Hakai No Miko Volume 1 Chapter 61 (1/2)
Feeling the presence of someone, Souma woke up
The sun had already risen above the horizon and the surroundings are filled with the sounds of people bustling around
Suddenly his nose was tickled by a delicious aroma Once he follows the scent, he discovers dried meat that had just been heated up by a fire as well as duht next to his pillow
Probably soets up and while rubbing his half-asleep eyes, he ate the dry food
Once he finishes eating, Souether and says “Thanks for the h it's his usual daily routine, the breakfast tasted soether with hi his clothes that got dishevelled during his sleep, he heard so happen? Souma hurriedly looks for Garam Thereupon he found Garam at the southern fence where one can see the punitive force in the distance, along with the other il
“Good s
“Did you finally wake up?”
Last night Sou too highly strung, but that won't serve as an excuse for anything
“You've got quite the balls, considering we are about to be fighting for our lives”
“Eh, it would be pretty bad if our general didn't have sou, which he said in a jesting manner, seriously, holded his arms and nodded with a “Yeah, yeah” That fanned Souma's shame even further instead
“H-How is the situation over at the punitive force?”
He hurries to confir it as a e the topic
“Until just a little while ago the s, but now it has vanished and the humans have started to assemble in front of their camp site”
Ahead of where Garahly split itself into three groups
First a large unit for out in each direction frohtly apart fro theest unit situated in the centre The athered into that unit
“All soldiers in the group over there are holding long spears and big shi+elds There's no doubt that they are the heavy spear infantry mentioned by the human called Marchronis”
If it's as Garam says, that one should head out in a dense formation
If it's done that way, the units located on the left, right and behind the heavy spear infantry will protect the weakness of the for the first to open hostilities before the formation
“What's that unit over there?”
The unit Dvalin pointed at with the halberd in his hands is the only one that has been placed in location away fro out for our surprise attack, or they ht attack this place separately from the main force”
Souma replied, but he mostly suspected it to be a unit that will attack the enca in from the west side
The deployment of the unit seeainst a surprise attack They ht have concluded that the surprise attack will co by the steady coeneral up until now, I don't think that's the case
Rather than that, itthe heavy spear infantry that will attack fro the encampment incessantly from the west The terrain with its undulations and rocks would make it difficult for the formation of the heavy spear infantry to ue slightly
“What's wrong?”
Gara would be heard, puts on a slightly aard expression
“It's nothingof the black beast…”
Souma had heard that the 「Black Beast」hoisted by General Darius
Once he squints his eyes, he can so in the wind above the unit that was deployed behind the heavy spear infantry That should be the headquarters where the general called Darius is located at
“It lared at the unit where the the eneeneral, whose face he hasn't even seen yet, is most likely situated at
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At the salared at the enemy camp with Souma within
The front of the campsite of the punitive force, which was about to finally enter the decisive battle against the rebels, was overfloith the yells of the co orders and the sounds of the soldiers'into a concert of reat noises
However, as if he was in a different world, only Darius, as right in the hts free reign
“… It's really strange after all”
Dariushis chin on a hand with his arm placed on the armrest of the chair provided in the command chariot
What worried Darius is the number of eneht, it looks as if there are around 1,500 rebels in the enemy camp However, with that, even if there were ambush troops as predicted by Darius, they probably couldn't spareaside the regiment of heavy spear infantry, they won't be even able to break through thefor my head— no, do they plan to carry out a suicide attack…?”
I'm well aware that the zoan, who hunted in the plains, are strong at hiding themselves in the bushes Even they won't be able to hide theather in one place, but if they narrow it down to a very sht be able to draw quite close to thediscovered And I suspect it's possible that those feill carry out a suicide attack that aiht by relying on a chance of winning with a rate of 1 in 10,000, not to y, I will have overestimated the rebel leader far too hs at hi the vicinity Have theet through”
He calls a nearby er and passes hiainst a suicide attack with a sh he has ht come up with by now, Darius' mood didn't improve for some reason
What the hell am I afraid of?
Darius asks himself, but an answer to that is to no avail
“Your Excellency! The setting-up of the for for your command, Your Excellency!”
Due to the voice of Marius, who brought his horse right next to the chariot, Darius returns his consciousness that was stuck in thought back to reality
Once he did, all units had already finished lining up orderly and were eagerly awaiting Darius' command
However, Darius' words were different from what Marius had expected
“Have them standby like that for a short while,” and then, after looking up to the sky over his shoulder, “Wait for just one koku”
“Your Excellency, why can't we attack right away?”
No h However, if they are forced to wait too long, that morale will plummet He wanted to know the reason why they won't attack i like this
“Look at that”
Darius pointed at the eneained the soil where they built their encampment as an ally and they have also won over the wind that carries the north wind In that case—”
Next he shi+fts the finger towards the sky
“We won't be punished as long as we have the sun on our side”
Due to those words, Marius looks up to the sky after letting a quiet, surprised voice leak Once he did, he saw that the sun would be probably right behind them as they attack the enemy camp if they wait for one more koku If they attack with the sun in their back, the eneht them with the sun in their eyes
“As expected of you, Your Excellency…”
He always makes absolutely sure to be at the peak of perfectness
This is how Darius, as hailed as Holhts
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The punitive force still hasn't moved?
Quite a bit of time has passed since the punitive force went into formation However, there's absolutely no indication of the to attack Different frohed or repeatedly scratched his cheeks or nape since a while ago due to the tension of confronting an ene spirit for the first time
“Don't show any fear or i the warriors Cal warned by Garam, as unable to let it pass unnoticed, Soueneral mustn't openly shohat's hidden in his heart That's because the soldiers are alatching the general that leads theeneral is shaken, the soldiers will be as well If the general surrounds himself with an air of composure, the soldiers will also feel relieved
Sou been written in a strategy book he read for fun when he was crazy about the Annals of the Three Kingdoms
Souma, who reflects on those lines, breaks out into a cold sweat Is everyoneabout that, Sous, but fortunately he can't find any indications for that being the case On the contrary, he senses even a lukewar him “I'll let it slide this time”
However, even so he notices that it's because it was deliberately overlooked by Garail and the others around hi that he didn't have the co like that until now Souether, takes a slow, deep breath to calm his heart and surveys the encampment once s he hadn't seen so far
As Sous, he doubted his eyes and exclai up zoan warriors, he discovered sole fe the brawny zoan warriors For the zoan, where woht in a battle, a fenised that feht chestnut-colored fur
He strains his eyes trying to make sure that he doesn't mistake her for someone else However, noa mistake there
The female warrior, who noticed his look, bluntly turned her face away
Even now Souma wasn't able to tell apart zoan faces, but as expected, after living together for several uish her froh footsteps and, without giving her time to escape, he asked her,
“Shyemul… why are you here?”
The closer he looks at the female warrior from nearby as he approaches, the more obvious it becomes that it can't be anyone else but Shye person I' a reply in a dubious falsetto, Souma ends up truly troubled as to how he should retort to that
Using that opportunity, the female warrior turned on her heels and hurriedly ran away from there In a panic Souma chases after the female warrior who tries to leave at a quick pace
“Hey! You are Shyemul, aren't you? It's definitely you, Shye person”
She continues to run ahile repeating the same words like a broken voice recorder, when suddenly a black shadow stood right in front of her
It's Garaet away in a hurry, but the stretched out arrabbed the nape of her body ar to escape from his hand, with one ar》, right? — Right?”
The last word looking for confirmation was pointed at the lifted female warrior Even to someone like Souma, who had reached the point where he could somehow understand the zoan expressions, the smile Garam revealed at that moment, is pretty obviously one filled with an enorht…”
“I mean, it's certainly impossible for that felloho received the nicknaard the order of her own 『Navel Master』 To say nothing of her definitely not doing so her brethren to stay silent without questioning her about having secretly returned in the dead of the night”
Sou in return
It see suspiciously at that ti the prepared breakfast secretely at one's pillow so that she won't get discovered”
At that point Garam displays a dejected expression and spits out in a whisper,
“Good grief, so”
Sou was likely prepared by Shye held in the air by the nape of her neck as she receives such a verbal tongue lashi+ng, even Shyeer and screaive 》!”