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The strength on the walls increased further, and it seemed as if they would push through at once.

However, a huge shadow appeared from inside the wall and swept away the undead on the wall as if it were a piece of trash.

”Oh?

A huge wing flapped powerfully.

Shiro, fluffy feathers, sharp eyes and beak. The horse's lower body covered in brown hair like a baby's.

A hippogriff. The rider on it flew over the city wall, wielding a lance.

More and more hippogriff riders appeared.

The Order's airborne horsemen are here.

...... Alastor. Show him my airborne cavalry.

”Yes, sir. ...... Skeleton Riders, ride forth.

The wind was blowing and the curtain of the Rene palanquin was agitated into a mess.

The four hippogriff zombies that had been waiting near the main camp flapped their wings and flew up.

They had the skeletons riding their asses.

Three of them belonged to the Dukedom of Gerald, and one was privately owned by a rich man in Wesara and was commandeered by force.

The four hippogriffs flew ahead of the others, leaving behind billowing winds instead of footprints.

The airborne horsemen, who had been fighting unbeatably against the undead on the city walls, gained altitude and took up a stance to intercept them.

In a low-altitude battle, the density of air attacks determines the superiority or inferiority. They did not want to be attacked by the skeleton archers.

A dogfight began, like a territorial dispute between birds of prey. Flying objects intersected in an irregular pattern, flying over the royal capital.

However, it was not hawks and falcons, but giant hippogriffs that were doing this. They are not armed with claws, but with lances held by their riders.

There is a type of jousting in which two knights joust with each other while riding around a track. After all, the hippogriffs were so huge that ordinary swords could not reach the enemy because they were blocked by the wings of their riders.

The side that loses this air battle will be at a great disadvantage in the battle on the wall.

The reason why walls are effective in battle is that they provide a valuable means of flight.

The first and most obvious means of flight is the ”fly” spell, but if you want to carry someone other than yourself, you have to get very close to the wall (usually). In other words, the defender can kill the sorcerer by shooting from the top of the wall. It would be more effective to let the valuable sorcerer support the soldiers climbing the wall with magical bombardment.

Then there are the aerial cavalry, who will fly overhead without question. They are valuable and expensive, but they are a very powerful means of attack in wall and siege battles. However, when they reach altitudes where anti-aircraft attacks cannot reach, their attacks are frustratingly limited to throwing down spears from the sky. The damage is limited if you have properly placed mages with anti-air defenses.

The problem for the attacker is how to break the antagonism.

Feathers fly from the impact of crossfire.

A clash of lances will not be enough to end the conflict. However, a hippogriff of the Order screams as a pursuing arrow pierces him.

The skeleton archer riding behind the skeleton rider fired an arrow.

The hippogriff zombie's movements are nimble. They are only bone riders.

The air battle is close. The outnumbered hippogriff zombies and skeletal riders fought evenly against the airborne horsemen, who were more than twice as numerous due to their undead advantage. Both sides were too busy dealing with the enemies in the sky to touch the ground.

On the other hand, the top of the city wall had already become a hellish scene of screaming.

This was due to the fact that Rene was sending undead onto the wall one after another, using the Fly from the palanquin at the rear.

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--But with the battlefield shifting to the skies above the city, the skeleton archers outside the walls would be hard pressed to provide cover fire.

As Rene watched the game, continuing to deliver undead like a drudgery, one of Alastor's callers suddenly began to rant.

I'm not sure what to make of this. The sun emblem is emblazoned on the side of the beast.

”Huh?

Rene leans back from his throne and turns to the left rear.

A black shadow like a grain of wheat was floating in the blue sky.

I'm not sure what you're talking about. It was followed by a number of hippogriffs and a large, unidentifiable bird (apparently a monster called Vizovnir), each carrying one or two riders.

”A light emblem of life and prosperity. ...... Could it be Noacurio's airborne cavalry?

Alastor muttered.

The four major powers that backed the king's brother and forced him to stage a coup. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

Even if Noacurio were to send reinforcements, it would take several days for the ground troops to reach the royal capital.

However, if you are looking for a small group that specializes in mobility,......, for example, dispatching only a squad of airborne cavalry,......, it's a different story.

The cavalry, which had been the size of a grain of wheat, soon grew so large that the naked eye could make out the sharp-angled head of a wyvern.

Incoming!

Skeleton Archer, prepare to strike!

A scorching wind blew through the air.

It was an instantaneous event, but if I were to explain it in order, I would say that the wyvern flew low into Rene's main camp, and the skeleton archers shot arrows at it to intercept it, but they were shot down by the wind shield surrounding the wyvern. The wyvern flew through the air, reaping the ground with flames, and headed straight for the sky above the capital.

Renai was defending herself with magic, but the wyvern cavalrymen were so wary that they avoided attacking the palanquin.

After it flew away, the undead were knocked down by the windbreak created by the wyvern's flight, and the zombies were left to burn.

”A tandem with a sorcerer, and now a flamethrower!　Well done.

You'll be able to use the ”Repair Corpses” magic to heal the undead, who roll around on the snow to put out the fire.

I think that was a kind of greeting as we crossed paths. It was just a ping-pong dash to join the air battle.

Is this all the reinforcements we have?

”I'm assuming it's a rush of troops based near the border. We expect a second wave of airborne cavalry to arrive within the next few hours, possibly ground troops within the next few days.

...... Let's get this over with before the second wave arrives.

In any case, even though the ground troops were fine since I was planning to finish it today, I was concerned about the possibility of more enemy airborne cavalry if I took it easy.

Even if they didn't, the addition of Noah Curio's air cavalry would push back the air combat.

The targeted hippogriff zombie narrowly avoided the charge of the leading wyvern, but was caught in a flaming inferno and burst into flames. It's only a matter of time before he's shot down.

I want that.

I'd like to have one of those,” Rene said, watching the wyvern cavalry rampage through the air with a trio of horsemen's spears, flamethrowers, and tandem sorcerer's magic.

Shall I make arrangements to get it?

”No.

Rene stood up from his throne, controlling Gerald.

As soon as he grabbed his hair and removed his head, his whole body regained the weight of flesh and the red staff transformed into a cursed red blade.

Dullahan form.

I'll get it. I'll get it. You'll lead the invasion and carry on with the operation as planned.

”Yes, sir. Good luck.