chapter 11
11 – A policy that only costs money for nothing
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At the time of darkness, a group of wagons departed from the village of Rob with a little noise and started to move quickly along the road.
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Marches loaded with ammunition and food to be supplied to the front.
There were quite a few soldiers standing guard around it.
In order to be vigilant even in the dark, I was moving with the lights on on purpose.
So the carriage was on the side of a narrow road some distance from Rob then…
“yes?”
“What is that…”
The next moment, a person began to appear in front of them.
The light was brightly on for once, but the dark purple armor he was wearing gave off an unusual feeling at a glance.
“Who are you?”
“Dare to know who we are without fear..”
As the situation is the situation, the soldiers who immediately draw their weapons and move forward
at that time..
-Paaaaaaa!!
The next moment, a sudden sound as if something was being cut off, and a scene that began to appear at the same time…
In the sight of a warrior in black armor who instantly rushes in and blows off the heads of soldiers,
Feeling the deep bewilderment of the soldiers there, they immediately began to engage in battle.
“Um… is that guy a demon?”
“I don’t see any horns…”
“Is that important now? He’s the one who suddenly attacked us! Cut his throat right now!”
With those words, the soldiers rushed towards the ‘enemy’ right in front of their eyes.
However, at this moment they did not know.
The fact that their actions, which they naturally chose as soldiers on a mission, gave them more futile and disastrous results than they could have imagined.
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“Chehehehe!!!”
“Kuh! oh my god… ”
Soldiers dying, pouring blood with screams that seemed to be cut off.
A scene of slaughter, where the lives of living people disappear, leaving only heavy silence and overflowing bloodstains.
But..
this moment right now,
If it was the original me, I would have vomited just by looking at it.
I..
I had the name Hero Eren, and now I am a subordinate of the Demon King.
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More than I imagined, I felt a deep sense of wonder at the sense of nothing.
There was absolutely no remorse or hesitation that one usually feels when attacking a person.
Right now, with a light swing of a black greatsword, he is slashing a person’s throat and driving a knife through his heart.
The level of emotion I’m feeling, if I have to describe it, the humanoid enemies in the game… No, even that was a bit of an exaggeration.
To be honest, if I were to compare it, I could say it felt similar to leveling up without thinking in a dungeon just for nogada.
‘It’s the first time I’ve ever killed a person… I didn’t know I’d be able to perceive this in a game sense like this…’
Feeling a bit shocked by the fact itself, but at the same time relieved that emotional discomfort doesn’t arise in a situation that is, in some ways, unavoidable.
I went out without leaving a single soldier who was attacking me with a weapon drawn.
That was the time when I was performing a one-sided slaughter with overwhelming force for a while.
“Even… let’s run away! That guy is not an opponent we can beat!”
“Bah…let’s go back to Rob quickly! You have to go and tell them!”
The soldiers, realizing that there is no chance of victory, hurriedly attempt to escape.
Although it was quite a distance from here to Rob, they nonetheless started running forward with all their might to survive at all costs.
But..
“Ouch!”
“Chehehehehehehe!”
The next moment, the soldiers screamed and collapsed to the ground.
In front of them, the Demon King’s executive who had come as my watchdog and his subordinates stood there, wiping off blood from their swords.
Just like that, in just a few seconds, I and the demons succeeded in slaughtering all the humans and robbing the munitions.
However, apart from accomplishing the mission given by the Demon King with this. I began to persuade the demons here to proceed with the next step.
Unlike before, feeling a bit fortunate for the attitude of the short executive who seems to have become a little compliant after the battle…
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A military base located in the center of the port town of Rob.
In this place, which actually serves as the lord’s castle, a woman was heading somewhere with her subordinates.
A woman who wears red armor and has a cold yet mature impression overall.
One of the three generals that symbolize the Falcon, the empire of humans, and the person in charge of overall responsibility here.
General Cassandra Incliment.
Even while she was on the move, she was still listening to reports on the current situation from her subordinates.
“okay? After all, the hero party failed to kill the demon king, right?”
“Yes, sir. According to the story I heard from one of them, the hero was defeated in vain before the mighty power of the demon king, and they managed to escape with only their lives.”
“Chit.. But this time there was an oracle, so I had high expectations. In the end, I guess it failed this time too.”
Cassandra speaks with a dissatisfied expression on her subordinate’s words.
At first glance, the news that the party of warriors who participated with the mission of defeating the demon king was defeated might sound like a serious story, but…
To be honest, the feeling that Cassandra and other generals were feeling about this was only the impression that the upper classes were only wasting money this time around.
Because to them now, the meaning of being a warrior party was only that much.
“So, what is one of the warriors of the warrior party in question doing? When I heard about it, I heard that it was a precious beastman warrior.”
“For now, I have been shackled by the shackles of domination and imprisoned in the basement. My heart seems to have been broken to some extent, but I decided that it was a little too early to feel relieved.”
“I get it. But in case you don’t know, first of all, since he’s a strong beastman warrior, he’s a guy who has to work as a soldier until he dies to make sure he gets his money’s worth.”
“Yes, I understand, General.”
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The Alliance of Tribal Forces is continuing its offensive in confrontation with the Demon Kingdom.
As a result, about 30% of the territory of the Demon Kingdom has already fallen into the hands of the allied forces, and even at this moment, news of the allied victory was being delivered all over the front.
However, even in the midst of such a favorable war situation, the allied forces could not just look at the current situation with optimism.
Regardless of this or that, the existence that they need to keep an eye on the most is the demon king sitting on the throne of the demon castle.
A demon lord with overwhelming power and charisma that encompasses demons.
Once he appeared on the battlefield leading the bodyguards, even the demons who were driven to the brink of defeat fought desperately with weapons until the end.
At the same time, the formidable force possessed by him and his men frequently thwarted allied advance attempts.
Due to this, despite repeated victories during the last war, the Tribal Alliance is having difficulty advancing beyond a certain level.
As this standoff is prolonged,
The head of the tribal union has been in the middle of the gap from the past to now, but it is true,
In order to end this endless war and achieve a clear victory, one operation has been steadily progressing for several years.
warrior party.
A type of specialized mercenary unit, often chosen from the strongest among the Alliance’s freedom fighters.
With the usual huge support from the Tribal Union,
They, who were only supposed to be active with the goal of killing the demon king, broke through the defense line that had been weakened by the Allied forces’ large-scale offensive so far, entered the demon castle and advanced to defeat the demon king.
But,
Despite the attempts of many warrior parties, including the brave warriors who were said to be within, to defeat the demon king, the ending they met was largely divided into two.
One is that, although they made a bold start, in the end, they couldn’t even go near the Demon Castle and were wiped out neatly.
The other is to give up on maintaining a party of warriors and scatter in pieces after losing one’s heart through the death of comrades or defeat in battle.
It is said that only outstanding warriors from the coalition were moved, but nevertheless, the Demon King’s response was more deceptive and powerful than they thought.
So far, the warriors’ party has been producing only poor results compared to the investment from the Tribal Alliance.
And this…
The same was true of the hero party this time, which included the so-called ‘legendary hero nominated by the oracle’.
The warrior who was expected by the pope and others, and the strongest warriors of the tribal union who joined him in subjugating the demon king.
However.. the end of the mercenaries named the warrior party with this chosen warrior only gave up useless results of defeat and escape again while eating more support money.
The only achievement was that this party even tried to enter the castle of the devil.
From that point of view, it was certainly worthy of the name ‘the strongest ever’, but in the end, Cassandra and others came to the conclusion that this warrior’s party also ended up eating money without meaning.
At least, it would be possible to make up for the loss by rolling a powerful prisoner warrior sold as a slave for the rest of his life as a soldier, but apart from that, the policy of the warrior party itself is a waste of money and manpower that has no meaning in this war.
At least for now… that’s all I thought…