Dungeon Defense

The night has come, the clouds have covered the moonlight.

Siege warfare has been weakened for a moment. But we didn't leave them behind like monsters.

─ Grrrrrrrrr.

─ Grara.

The Orcs and Goblins have joined the beat and called the troops. It was a different song than that of the Goblin districts who mobilized when they destroyed the Class E Adventure Party earlier. Here, instruments like the horn flute were used. A long horn sounded ominously to the dark night sky. Monsters roll their feet slowly, cough, cough, cough.

You do not light a torch among your troops. The blackness is everywhere. Monsters' songs creep up from far beyond the darkness for the humans on the walls. The enemy commander will judge you to be demoralized.

“Mr. President, Balaam's scouts have arrived. ”

“Haven't you noticed the Humans? ”

Zephar said in a laughing voice. Nevertheless, I did not underestimate the relationship of time.

“They think we're doing shit. ”

The Humans guarding the Blue Castle are Elite Soldiers. Ordinary Jobs have a history of exterminating monsters. Humans will snort if they sing to soldiers all night long. I might even fall asleep as a lullaby. rejoicing that our fatigue is growing. They had the courage to do so.

They were relaxed. I also had hope to be relaxed. The Red-Yellow Circle arrives tomorrow after defeating the monsters in the rear. Because of this, the human army consistently maintained a high level of fraud.

How long will hope last? Can humans fight death without hope? It didn't matter which way. The odds of them winning were very low. Not just victory, but survival.

After a while.

The Demon King, who leads the rear guard, approaches. Balaam. rank 51. He was one of the new Demon Kings. He's done well. He's been chasing us hard for more than a day.

Enemies have assembled at the stronghold, all the way to the scouts, in preparation for a fierce siege. That's the trick. The enemy does not know our rear guard.

If we had known we were ahead of the Lunar Alliance, we would have kept the scouts in a rather large group. But they didn't know. It seemed like a small invasion had been replicated just like before. Two hundred years have passed since the seventh month's war was organized. Two hundred years have made a man careless…….

Balaam raises his manners.

“I've arrived to receive my orders. Commander, the army has already plundered and is only looking forward to your attack orders. ”

“Good work. Stop the army. ”

Zephyr raises his right arm. Me and Balaam follow, raising their right arms. Suddenly, it was quiet. Our mindset was conveyed to the monsters. The monsters shut their mouths as if to say when they sang and rolled their feet.

Maybe it's because it suddenly calmed down. The human guard makes a bit of a commotion on the wall. The distance made me unable to understand correctly, but I shouted, "What is going on?" I don't know if they noticed it instinctively. The fact that silence now is not just silence, it is extremely unsettling.

“Artemis, your glorious night is our resting place. ”

Zephyr said in a loud voice. It was a prayer like a song. Balaam and I recited it behind his back.

“Artemis, your glorious night is our resting place. ”

His own voice was weak. If we were humans, we would have been far too lax for a signal of war. But we were the Demon King and our minions were monsters. As we whispered, the monsters remembered.

“Through adversity, friendship, equality before enemies, and imminent death, freedom. You swore an oath on the battlefield. The oath of friendship, the oath of equality. The oath of death.”

Zephyr and our voices echo across the ground.

“Artemis, I swear by our red blood before you. We will be mortal enemies. I will be loyal as a dog to his honourable future. May this moment not be a time of defeat, no matter when you win or lose. ”

Zephyr gave us the glasses. I poured wine on it. He fills his glass with his own drink. It has long been the tradition here that the total commander of combat pours liquor on his men. It is your responsibility to do so. I've heard it has that meaning.

“To conquest. ”

“To conquest, to Zephar! ”

“To Barbato! ”

I quickly emptied my drink and threw the glass to the ground. I shattered three glasses. Zepar shouted in a loud voice, unlike what he had been whispering.

“Tonight, the Black March shall be ours! All units, attack! ”

“Attack!”

“All forces, attack!" ”

Monsters roar. Ogres, Orcs, Goblins, and Golems roar. Tearing out the night air, even the clouds. I didn't need a careful march. He was about to break down the gate with a single blow. 1,500 monsters marched forward in one body. It was a mercenary that could only be dispatched by the Demon King, who manipulated the monsters like he had handled his hands and feet.

Balaam said.

“Commander! Please lead the ogre army! ”

“Your Excellency, the humans cannot have been unprepared for an ambush. First, advance the Orc Shielder. ”

Zephyr read the charter correctly. After less than a minute, the archers appear between dozens of torches. It's like I've been waiting.

As you can see, the number of archers surpassed three hundred. It was overwhelming! In fact, all of the acidic defenders knew how to shoot a bow. Archers in this age were treated as elite soldiers, though not as knights. It was because there was a terrible amount of time invested in cultivating archers. You can see how strongly the humans guarding the Black Mountains have been trained ever since.

As the Orc Shielders approached the walls, the archers pulled the bow. They shoot arrows in the air.

“Into dense formation!”

“All shields, full house! ”

Zephyr shouts and Balaam follows. The previous Orc Shielders formed a testudo as dense as the Roman Army. Numerous arrows pour down on the shields. Orcs were able to wield twice as large a shield as Humans. Those giant umbrellas are difficult to pierce. Even with the shooting of hundreds of archers, few of our allies were harmed.

This was why the Demon Prince's army was so powerful.

The Humans must lead the army, every day, with flags and signals. The Demon Prince is different. Thanks to his mental connection with his subordinate monsters, orders are omitted and delivered immediately. As long as the Demon King and the Demon King did not quarrel, it was theoretically perfect. The horde of ordinary monsters and the horde of monsters led by the Demon King were different.

Balaam was excited and said.

“It will take time for the shooting to happen again. Not only do they advance shields in this gap, but they advance the entire army. ”

“No, I shot him on purpose. ”

Zephar insists.

“You shoot even if you don't have enough range. It's a ruse to get us involved. ”

“Mr. President, it's night. ”

I said it carefully.

“Mine can see things exactly at night, but humans can't. Maybe it's because we can't see? ”

“They're not idiots. A bright-eyed soldier must have been deployed in case of an assault. However, you shoot your arrows out of range. Tricks. All units, disengage the nobles and spread out as widely as possible. ”

Balaam complained, but without a word he followed Zephyr's lead. Soon it turned out that Zephyr was right. A catapult appeared. Ten rocks slash through the air at once and charge at the monsters. The rocks were exceptionally large compared to normal catapults. Orcs crumble to the rocks without hesitation. A huge shield was not enough to stop the rocks.

Zephar groans.

“Did you increase your power instead of giving up the range? Not bad.”

“…… Your grace is astonishing. The damage would be greater if we were in dense formation. ”

“Now's your chance. All troops, form a nobleman as you move forward. ”

Zephar continued to command with his expression unchanged. It was just as Balaam said. I also admired it with all my heart.

The battle never went as planned. No matter how good the operation is, ten minutes will pass and things will get out of hand. This time it was the catapult prepared by the Humans. Who would have imagined a siege weapon with a shorter range than a bow? First we utilize the catapult and then we run the archer, which was a common sense tactic.

Zephyr immediately notices that the enemy's actions are deceptive. Why shoot arrows out of range. The goal was one. It was to tempt us to charge before the single fire strikes again. The enemy wanted us to come closer together... … for what? Zephyr didn't even know it was there.

However, he decided that it would be okay to reverse what the enemy wanted. If the enemy wants a crowd, they'll deploy the troops here. As a result, even with the intense shooting of the siege weapons, the monster troops took relatively minor damage. It was amazing.

Is this the Demon King's skill in the Moon Blind Army three times? …… If I were a commander, would I just be able to make quick judgments like Zephyr? I thought it was questionable. You couldn't. It was doubtful that they would realize that the enemy did not make a mistake, but a deception, and even if they did, they would have spent some time thinking about what the enemy's intentions were. As a longevity fighter, Zephyr and I were different....

“Humans will fire arrows again. Immediately after the rain stops, advance the ogre. ”

As I pondered, the time of the battlefield was running hot.

“Enemy fire again. ”

“Now! Charge all the ogres! ”

Arrows pour down on the Orc Shields like before. Something big started racing before the rain stopped. There were five ogres waiting far away from the walls. An Ogre, four meters tall, was a chunk of rock that moved by itself.

─ Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The ogres run at you, stomping on their allies. A Goblin was crushed by an ogre's foot and crushed. Ogres have gained speed.

There was a distance of 500 meters to the wall. Five ogres galloped 500 meters in a single moment like a cannonball. They were lined up, one by one, with these enormous, awl-shaped trees lodged in their sides. The front of the tree is finished with steel. He was a woodworker for the wagon.

Humans were never prepared for Ogres. Because we only have five Ogres, all five of them bypassed the blue acidity. We had ten ogres in the first place. You have been completely deceived. And now it's time for this spectacle to be deceived!

─ Kuang!

The first Ogre to rush through the gate stabs the wooden ball. The gate trembles. The ogre rushes out to the side. Then the second ogre slammed the gate with a woodwork. And the third, fourth……… finally the fifth woodwork was plunged down by the power of an Ogre with muscles all over its body, and the acceleration attached while running 500 meters.

─ Kuoooo!

The breach has opened. The gate has been destroyed! For humans, the obstacle was overcome as soon as the Ogre appeared in fear. You'd think it was genius. But in the end, you were deceived!

Commander Zephyr shouted as if he was waiting.

“All forces, charge! Roar! Kill the enemy! ”