Vol 5 Chapter 76 (1/2)
The Young Commanders
Froe, I issued orders on horseback
Looking up in the sky, the Gryphon was looking down on us all froh
The air was filled with the cries of hts and fief
We had greater numbers than that of the monsters
But the numbers we had capable of combat was lower
Even so…
『We hold the advantage in a defensive battle, but hoill the Gryphon nificently』
As the Fifth said that, my Skills confirmed a few orcs had purposely been let passed, and cornered
The Third spoke
『Hoonderful How about you go meet them?』
His grin surfaced in my mind, and I let out a loud voice
“Activate the traps on the east side! Move out!”
A large bell chimed in the number of times decided by the party of three To confir out in return
The s loud, and within that, the ancestors instructed me to make my orders short and precise
For the expeditionary force made up of the odds and ends, complex orders wouldn’t be transmitted
The one stationed on the east side was Miranda
The traps were quite simple ones
Shannon popped her face out of Porter
“You stay inside!”
“I can’t help but be curious!”
Perhaps worried about her elder sister, Shannon looked to the east
(Can she see it? Her eyes truly are a)
While ere doing that, Marcus-san posed questions to me
“Oy, it’s really alright, right!? If they keep flooding in like this…”
The Sixth seemed quite irritated Even if Marcus-san couldn’t hear it, he shouted out
『Don’t raise a ruckus about the cos anxious!』
The Seventh seemed cold
『Lyle’s first defensive battle… and he has these men as his troops…』
Why did all the ancestors see such fun? I couldn’t understand, nor did I have the sentiment to
“… If they coh preparations for that sake”
And I confirmed the body of our troops with Skills
There were so the monsters’ numbers at a favorable pace
As I thought, this is where the gap in commander experience comes up
(The one doing best is Clark-san’s station Crossbows sure are powerful)
Enjoying himself, the Third spoke
『Up so high in the sky, it thinks it’s playing at being coht it would be a little more competent How unfortunate』
The Fourth spoke
『It likely understands its disadvantage e’re on a defensive front I doubt it had much of a choice Well, perhaps that Gryphon cares not how many of the small fries are killed off? Lyle, make sure you command in a way that makes you stand out』
If it were clever, the beast should be looking down at me
Getting a grasp of who it was giving commands…
When the runners returned, I heard out their reports
To put it bluntly, it wasn’t necessary, but it was to show off who the commander was to the sky
I aiting for the Gryphon and Hippogryphs circling around the perie to make a move
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… At the gate in the east, Miranda had nicely ti orcs
Soaked in water and ate had a rope fastened to it, and it was always prepared to open and close
Even when it was the bright and early ood humor
“As expected of Lyle He knoho to use where”
The inside of the gate was fenced in by stockades
In order to prevent the advance of intruders, logs with sharpened ends had been iaps between theoblins wouldn’t be able to make it past
And in order to pierce their spears through those s in wait
When the gate opened, perhaps the ene as well, as they stared at Miranda ide eyes
Even with fencing in between theht
But the enemies that had attempted to ram the door open didn’t find a point to transfer their moh the gate
“How unfortunate”
When Miranda s forward, pushed fro their place impaled on the spears
Monsters came in one after another, but they were unable to deal with the spikes shooting through the gaps
Miranda held up her torch, and a nearby soldier tossed a sack full of oil
When the sack tore, Miranda chucked the flame
“I’m sorry, we’re over capacity”
She said that in a cute tone, as the burning ony
For those a them that tried to use their comrades as footholds to escape to the other side of the stockades, the knights stuck their spears out to end them
An o down at Miranda from the sky, but she threw her knife, pierced its head, and it fell to the ground
There were other, smaller, monsters left alive, but the men with their eyes clouded by the prospect of money surrounded them, and dealt the fatal blows
“There really are too few Come in three times that number next”
While coood htly-far soldier with a bell, and notified him of their success
The bell of the prevalence of the traps
Another ring was immediately returned from the center
“Yes, close the gate I’ll extinguish the fires, so step back”
Nearby buckets of water were grabbed and poured over the stockades
The burning carcasses covering the earth let off a putrid scent
Miranda didn’t even grimace, as she calmly wrapped a cloth across her face
Using the rope, the soldiers shut the door, and all the re monsters within it were promptly taken care of
A nearby soldier called out to Miranda
“It looks like it ell, Miranda-san!”
But all that cale word, ‘yep’
(And wait, this is more of an add on The ain)
Miranda worried for Aria on the north side, but she soon changed her thoughts
(Now then, won’t a troublesome monster come my way?)
Seeing the rejoicing troops around her, Miranda ordered for them to return to their stations at once…
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…On the north of the village, fire was being rained on the gate
Goblins wearing robes held up staves as they ic
But…
“Aim for the robed ones! The rest can wait!”
Clark issued out orders, as he shot down monsters with his crossbow
Footing had been made on the inside wall, and he sniped them down from there
Only the space in front of the gate had been left without a trench, so the athered there
“But the orcs are…!”
A crossboielding soldier cried out, but Clark handed his empty crossbow to his subordinate, and accepted another loaded one as he yelled in response
He quickly stanced himself to aim to the outside of the wall
“If it burns down, they’ll come in all at once! Take down the troublesome monsters first!”
The screa soldier, of course, knew that the orcs would pay out a higher reward For that sake, he had wanted to focus his aim on them
Clark continued his attacks with the priority of taking down their ic users as the basis for his aim
He was perhaps the only one who continued hitting on the e round
Maybe they were nervous, as the nearbyup quite a cry
The orcs continued bashi+ng at the doors, and it seeh at any minute
(Even if we do have the traps in place, they can’t help but be uneasy…)
His aioblin, and it collapsed
The nu down as quickly as he had hoped
(But having theirl is a little…)
On the inside, was the forh
She had slain a Hippogryph on the second day, so no one raised a complaint
There wasn’t a soul who thought she’d be done in by so on the level of an orc
But there were no absolutes in the world
Even a warrior who could take down orcs could lose their life if surrounded by oblins
As one fought, there ays of going about things to put thee
Clark knew that
“At the very least, I have to take down those… alright!”
His arrow found its oblins fell Hearing a screa
“H-heeeeellpppp!!”
Attacked by a black crow-like , and collided, likely suffering a fracture or two
Clark immediately stopped the other crossbowed soldiers who had turned to aim at it
“Don’t shoot at it! You all just concentrate on the monsters outside!”
He was scared of the an ally, but more than that, they already had their set roles