Episode 130. Fly like a butterfly (4)
“Chwik. What did you say now?”
One of the large orcs who had been listening to the report with a long, sullen expression asked as he lifted his back from the backrest.
Then the wounded orc in front of him answered with a trembling voice.
He was attacked overnight and tried to fight, but was defeated and fled.
“… Just, defeating hundreds of enemies and escaping?”
“Most of them are also elves.”
It was a serious talk, but on the contrary, the atmosphere around them quickly turned cold.
It was because, from their point of view, who did not know the details of the situation, something completely incomprehensible had happened.
The orc, who was explaining with enthusiasm, soon grasped the atmosphere and added an additional explanation.
“Bah, there was no way! Enemies… !”
Each one of them was strong and fast, so they wouldn’t be able to deal with them without the support of at least a commander-level warrior.
I explained it that way.
“Ha ha ha ha!!”
All that came back was laughter mixed with mockery and ridicule.
“Chwiik!”
Hearing mocking ridicule from other warriors in the midst of his already miserable mood, the orc, who was continuing his explanation, frowned.
He shuddered and shouted at the sound of laughter that erupted here and there.
“… Kuruk! If you don’t listen to me, you will surely regret it sooner or later!”
So, unable to bear the humiliation, I shouted and left the barracks.
Even in the midst of anger, he tried to be patient and left at least some advice, but unfortunately no one listened properly.
“regret? Ha ha ha!”
Rather, he laughed louder and mocked the shabby defeat.
“You are a warrior without shame!”
In fact, this was a natural reaction for the Orcs of the Legion.
Orcs outnumber them, but run away from the plains?
Even against the elves?
Considering the common sense of most orcs, this did not make sense.
‘If we fight on the plains, we win.’
This was a well-grounded confidence firmly planted in the minds of the Orcs of the Legion through the long war with the Empire.
That’s why they laughed at those who returned after being miserably defeated.
and was confident
“We are different from them.”
Thousands of troops were defeated only because of their foolish battle, and under normal circumstances they would never lose.
Thinking so, he rather waited for the enemies to show up with pride.
‘Then it’s rather good.’
If that happens, not only will you make up for the previous absurd defeat, but you will be able to monopolize the achievement.
As the commanders had hoped, the enemy appeared when night fell.
“Chwiik! I see something ahead!”
“Ku-hu-hu.”
The commander laughed at the report of the sentinel he had released around him.
From the appearance of the enemies watching from a distance, I could tell that they were the ones who attacked the idiots’ unit a few days ago.
“I crawled on my feet.”
The night raid was somewhat expected, so the guy’s judgment was quick.
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The opponent must have been confident because it was right after an unexpected victory.
So I would have hastily thought that I could produce the same result against other units.
The Orc commander commanded as he looked at the armies of humans who were doing nothing in the distance.
“Follow me! Divide the troops into four and surround them on all sides!”
The Orcs moved in perfect order to spread the siege.
Perhaps because he was prepared, his reaction when he found the enemy was very quick.
‘… ^$#%’
‘… … !’
Perhaps because of that, the humans and elves who could be seen in the distance were panicking, raising their voices among themselves, even if they could not run away right away.
“Kuruk. Arrogance caused anger.”
Seeing that, the Orc Commander muttered, twisting the corners of his mouth.
But he didn’t know
Which one was really arrogant.
realized that
Tingle… !
“hmm?”
The intangible waves caused by the magical precursor passed through his body, and soon after the magic was fired.
“… What is that?”
Creepy!
The commander’s forearm gave goose bumps as the orb flew towards the place where the allies were flocking with formidable energy.
‘Magic… . is it?’
He came up with the right answer.
However, he made the mistake of denying the answer himself.
‘No way.’
It was because there was no word that there was a wizard in the enemy camp in the morning.
No matter how much he was ridiculed, he would not have lied about the report unless he was insane.
‘That’s a flash grenade.’
They revealed their surroundings when they were in danger of being surrounded by the subject of the night raid.
‘under.’
It seemed that he did not have the confidence to engage in an all-out war in the dark.
The orc commander laughed at the foe’s foolish behavior.
however.
What was thought to be a glow bomb soon exploded in the air with a deafening roar.
Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwam!!!!
Accompanied by an explosion, super-high heat winds and flames spread out in all directions.
“aaagh!!”
“Kureuk?! Hey, magic!?
Orcs caught up in it died instantly, and those within range suffered severe burns.
“ah… ?”
The fallen orc commander groaned and stood up and looked around.
In a huge pit of fire, allies were dying and dying again.
“… Chi, calm down!”
He himself encouraged the warriors with great effort on a subject that made his mouth tremble.
But his cry was drowned out by the screams that filled the air.
Worse still.
Tingle… !
He, who was barely holding on to the opponent who didn’t even give him time to settle the confusion, also turned white.
“ah… .”
Now, there was no relaxed smile on his lips.
On the contrary, it was distorted into despair.
* * *
coo wow… !
The orcs made a sad sound and ran away.
Fireballs and arrows rained down on them.
Kwaaang!!
Despite the distance, I could feel the ground shaking.
tremendous power.
In addition, even the aiming ability, which was a disadvantage in the past, was somewhat improved.
“you are doing well.”
It was not yet completely at the level of being stuck in the center, but it was forming a group of bullets in its own way.
Iris, who had been casting the seventh spell, responded with a smile.
“Perhaps it’s because you studied hard, right?”
“… Did I?”
“sure! You practiced until you ran out of energy whenever you had time.”
Iris frowned, perhaps recalling the memory of that time.
Then he added that he thought he was really going to throw up.
“It was the first time Roan treated me so harshly. No matter how much I begged and begged, they wouldn’t let me rest… .”
“… … ?”
“… ?”
At the words that caused some misunderstanding, several eyes turned to the surroundings.
I cleared my throat and continued talking behind my back so that the people around me could hear it.
“… training.”
“yes.”
“Why do you say that?”
“why? That’s right.”
“… … .”
Are you metaphorically expressing your intention to protest?
I want you to do some training.
“… isn’t it? Do what you do.”
“Hmm, yes.”
I’m not saying it, but I don’t know if it really is.
If Noah was by my side, I would have asked right away.
Anyway, while we were talking about every detail without any tension.
The formation of the Orcs had completely collapsed by this point.
‘So where are you going?’
Judging from the initial movements, it seemed that they originally intended to divide the unit into four and encircle them in all directions.
That plan was ruined from the start by powerful firepower that far deviated from the opponent’s blueprint.
“They scatter!”
Soon, the formation as well as the command system collapsed and scattered in all directions.
Still the numbers were, even though they still outnumbered them by a factor of 10.
‘It’s the power of night raids.’
Because of the darkness, the difference in numbers would not be felt properly.
Rather, in the middle of nowhere, the ground trembled as if an earthquake had struck and a roar rang out, so I had no choice but to be frightened.
“How do I do this?”
Sigrun asked.
“Are you going to catch them all this time?”
“No, that is too much. Because they are already scattered like that.”
“if… ?”
If there were more of us, we could have divided the troops, but since there were only a few hundred troops, it was unreasonable to divide more here.
So, I pointed to the one with the largest lump and gave my order.
“Everything is impossible, so let’s just chase that way. The riot squad moves first.”
“ancient!”
The knights, led by Berze, and the fast-footed elves went round and round to block the retreat.
And he asked the remaining members to chase after the Orcs and attack them.
“You can close the distance now!”
I’ve lost my will anyway.
Even if the distance has narrowed somewhat, he won’t try to counterattack now.
So right now, it was more important to finish them off quickly and go back than to keep a safe distance.
‘Because I used magic.’
The echo would have been transmitted far away, so if it took too long, reinforcements could arrive from nearby units who felt something strange.
I also gave up commanding, which had lost its meaning, and added a hand to the attack.
“Sue… .”
He continued to shoot arrows.
The orcs who desperately fled were completely lost and annihilated by enemies who appeared from behind.
… Chew!!
“Whoa.”
Grabbing the last remaining orc, I turned my head and looked at the plain.
The clean plains were stained red with the blood of the orcs along the way they fled.
“… Let’s go back now.”
Among thousands of orcs.
Only about half of them escaped alive.
* * *
Even after the second victory, I led my troops through the plains every night, searching for relatively small troops and relentlessly targeting them.
The pattern was always the same, but the opponent always reacted the same, so there was no particular problem.
‘It’s a very interesting race.’
They must have heard about us from those who were alive, but it was strange that everyone had the same response.
Maybe you don’t believe that your opponent is that strong.
If they were attacked, they might have planned to catch the opponent in reverse by responding perfectly.
‘but. Everyone was like that.’
But each time it failed.
It wasn’t until after destroying seven more troops that the guys reacted differently.
The guys who were spread out to strike several places on the wire at the same time started to gather in a big lump.
* * *
late night.
The reconnaissance teams that had been scattered in all directions returned after reconnoitering the surroundings.
they reported
“There is none in this direction.”
“We didn’t find anything other than the opposing scouting team.”
“We too… .”
“… … .”
Units that were divided into thousands of units began to unite in units of tens of thousands, so even after meticulously exploring the surroundings, the appearance of the Orcs could not be found.
Even if they found it, it was realistically difficult to attack.
“We found it. However, there were too many of them.”
“how much.”
“At first glance, it looked over 30,000.”
“… Tsk.”
No matter how good you are in guerrilla warfare, it is insane to attack 30,000 troops with hundreds.
“What are you going to do?”
At Sigrun’s question, I pondered over my plan for a while.
“… … .”
In fact, if we just leave it as it is, we’ve done our job well enough.
This made the enemy’s movement dull, so it can be seen that it greatly contributed to the stabilization of the Western Front.
However, I wasn’t satisfied with this.
This level is not enough to change the game of war.
‘… I have to change the way.’
