The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

We are ready to march.

I, who had the title of Commander of the 2nd Legion, received the news from my subordinates, and then I responded to the call from the Demon Lord.

However, the only legionnaires assembled were myself and the newly appointed legionnaire.

"It seems we are ready to march.

Ha!

Sitting on his throne, he kneels down and bows his head to the demon king, who looks down at us.

In the presence of this man, I feel as if he is of a different class from other living creatures.

The Demon Lord then turns his attention to the woman with light purple hair standing next to me.

"Hannah Romia, the leader of the Third Legion. You've just been appointed as the new commander of the Third Legion, is that a problem?"

"Of course I am. I am doing my utmost to fulfill the expectations of the Witch King.

This was answered by a woman named Hannah Romiah, who was appointed to succeed Amira as Commander of the Third Legion.

She was a soldier who had originally belonged to the Third Legion led by Amira.

During the last battle, she was responsible for 30% of a large-scale illusion operation by dozens of people to deceive the eyes of the humans.

It seems that his out-of-the-ordinary behavior caught the attention of the Demon Lord.

"Now, let's confirm the composition of our forces, shall we?

Yes, sir. Is that all right with you, Commander of the 2nd Corps?

I nodded at Hannah's words.

I could do it myself, but I think it would be better to leave it to Hannah, who is better at explaining things.

"First of all, the foundation of the battle will be the infantry and the troops who will use demons as their strength.

"As for demons, how many species are available?"

"Wyverns, the flying dragon species. A wyvern, a flying dragon, a glow wolf, as ferocious as a grand grizzly bear, and a wyvern, a flying dragon. The monster created by Dr. Huluk, the Barzinak and its larger counterparts. In the rear unit--"

In a flowing voice, Hanna describes the composition of the unit.

The Demon Lord, who had been listening silently, nodded and put his hand on his chin.

"At the moment, I can say that the forces we have available are sufficient. If we ask for more forces, it will be a hindrance to us. Koga, Hannah, I'm amazed you've been able to get your forces this far.

Hannah and I bow our heads more deeply at the words of the Demon King.

All I have done is to improve the overall quality of the soldiers and make it harder for them to die on the battlefield. It is Hannah and Hurrukh who have made the demons usable in battle.

I did a lot of other things too, but I'm not sure how I did it.

While we were feeling a sense of accomplishment inwardly, the Demon Lord opened his mouth to us without changing his expression.

"As you know, I can't move from here.

"No, we Demon Lords are surviving thanks to you, so don't worry about it."

The Witch King quietly replies to his words.

The earth where we, the Demon People, live is decaying.

There are few nutrients left in the soil that is supposed to nurture crops, and the food we can eat is limited.

We, the demon tribe who live in such a land, were in dire straits until just a few years ago.

However, our poverty has improved somewhat since the Demon Lord's resurrection.

The demon tribe that should never have been able to fight is now able to fight. That alone can be a reason to pledge allegiance to you.

The Demon Lord, resurrected from his seal, has performed magic on the dying earth and brought blessings to it.

Thanks to that, the demon tribe has survived until now, but it has conversely become a wedge that binds the Demon Lord to this place.

In fact, as long as the Demon Lord is in this castle, the blessing will continue, but if he goes to war, the land where the Demon Lord lives will return to the decayed land it was before.

Only the Commander of the Legion and the close associates of the Demon Lord are informed of this. ......

Even though it is known that the Demon Lord's bounty has brought blessings to the land, it is not possible to leak out the information that the Demon Lord is stuck in the castle because of it.

"I see. It's a hard world, isn't it? To be able to do nothing but see off our brothers who are going off to battle. It's a feeling I never experienced hundreds of years ago.

As the Demon Lord spoke these words, his expression did not change, but the tone of his voice seemed to be filled with melancholy.

The demon tribe should ask for cooperation from other races, especially humans, but unfortunately, the discriminatory mindset of humans and the impression of the demon king's army that committed tyranny hundreds of years ago will not allow it.

It is as if the cost of their mutual aversion and hatred for each other has only now come to pass.

That is why the demon tribe chose the path of invasion. ...... Or, rather than choosing, it should be said that there was no other way left.

"......We have prepared a contingency plan for you. You may fight to your heart's content and be victorious.

""Ha!""

The voice of the Demon Lord is answered.

As the commander of the 2nd Legion of the Demon King's Army, there is no doubt in my mind that the Demon Tribe is on the edge.

However, they are not inferior in terms of strength.

In fact, I would say that the abilities of the individual demons and the quality of their soldiers are far superior to those of humans.

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......Aside from that guy who just popped into my mind, demons are basically superior to humans in terms of both magical power and physical ability.

Besides, there is no need to worry about our strength.

At any rate, the strongest man in the Demon King's army, excluding the Demon King himself, is..,

"--here you are."

"!"

Just as the Demon Lord uttered these words, the great door behind him was quietly opened.

When I turned around, there stood a man wearing a tattered robe.

He had shaggy blond hair and stubble, horns and brown skin characteristic of the demon tribe.

Black armor is attached to his shoulders, which are visible through the gap in the robe, and a long sword is sheathed at his waist.

I did not recognize him at first glance, but when I saw the sword, I knew who he was.

"-Nero Agens, Commander of the First Legion. I am late, but I have come to see you."

Nero Agens, the man who kneeled before the Demon King.

He is a swordsman who has earned the reputation of being the strongest in the Demon Lord's army, and until now has been forced to recuperate from injuries sustained before the war.

After a moment of silence, the Demon Lord opens his mouth.

"Nero. Have your wounds healed?

"-The brilliance of my sword has not faded. Now that I have reached a new level in my training, I swear to you that I will be your blade and cut down all obstacles.

The Demon Lord's mouth twisted into a small smile at the quiet yet powerful declaration.

"Then, many words are not necessary. You will go where you must fight and fulfill your destiny.

"As you wish."

He stood up, bowed deeply, turned his back to the Demon Lord, and walked down the road he had come from.

Hannah was taken aback by his behavior, which could be considered rude depending on how you look at it, but for me, the interaction between the Demon Lord and Nero was different from the one we had.

I was surprised to see the way he was talking to Hannah.

Here at last we have the first three corps commanders.

The first legionnaire, Nero Agence.

I, the second corps commander, Koga Dingal.

The third corps commander, Hanna Romia.

Although there were some substitutions and absences, this means that the Demon Army is finally ready to go into battle at full strength.

"Mr. Koga, do you know about the wound of Mr. Nero Agens, the leader of the First Legion?

After the assembly, I left the hall where the Demon Lord was, and decided to meet old man Nero for the time being. I followed him through the castle ......, but for some reason, Hannah, the leader of the Third Legion, caught my eye.

Her question anyway, the way she called me made me look at her with a subtle expression on my face.

"Why do you call me 'you'?"

"Because we're both corps leaders and ...... you know, I'm older than you.　And since we share the same position, I thought we should get along.

"Oh, really? ......?"

Hannah's unique distance from us makes us feel like we're walking through a castle.

It's amazing how different Amira is from me, when all she ever did was and still does was spit venom at me.

"By 'wound' you mean old man Nero, right?"

"Yes. I heard that he was seriously wounded before the Demon King's resurrection and was recuperating, but the reason why he was so seriously wounded has not been revealed.

Nero Agence, Commander of the First Legion.

A warrior who has been active since before the Demon Lord's resurrection.

Is it any wonder why he is seriously wounded?

"Old man Nero was seriously wounded in a battle with a human before the Demon Lord's resurrection.

"Against a human, that one?"

In addition, the elite unit he was leading was wiped out, leaving only one ...... apprentice, Amira.

"...... what did you fight?"

Healing wizards. From the Kingdom of Lingle."

Hearing this, Hannah looks surprised.

She is probably surprised to see someone she did not expect.

When Amira told me this story, I was also surprised to the point that my eyes popped out of my head.

"I don't know all the details myself,...... but in that battle, old man Nero suffered a serious injury on his right shoulder and the healing wizard on the other side lost one of his eyes,...... so the battle ended in a painful draw. It's over."

"That healing wizard is ......."

"The healing wizard you must be thinking of right now. Rose of the Lifeguard Corps, infamous in the Demon Lord's army.

Amira may know the story of what happened, but she's stubbornly refusing to tell us anything more than that.

What happened there, what kind of battle took place, only old man Nero himself, Amira, and the Demon Lord know.

"Still, the old man is a monster enough even without recuperation. At any rate, even I can't stand him at all.

"I do not doubt your ability. Even before the Demon Lord's resurrection, he was famous as a warrior with extraordinary strength. ......"

After the Demon King's resurrection, I had a chance to play a hand-to-hand combat with an old man who visited the castle once, and he beat me to a pulp even though I wasn't his dominant hand.

It was quite a shock at that time to have my nose broken so spectacularly and to have no respect for my teeth.

"So, what about you?"

"What about me?

"You survived the last battle unscathed, didn't you?　And with your magic power depleted.　

When I ask her this, she waves her hand sideways as if to say "No way.

"No, no, actually I didn't do much. I'm more of a support wizard than a fighter. All I can do is create illusions.

"Then how did you survive?"

"I went out into the battlefield with so little magic power that I didn't know what to do with it. I just used what little magic I had to fool the other knights and made them all fight each other. Well, I wasn't the one fighting, so it was pretty easy.

"......"

He smiled and revealed his very aggressive fighting style.

This guy is the type of guy who uses basically anything to keep himself alive. He is the type of guy who does not fight on the front lines, but rather in the back, and fights in a way that his opponents do not like.

......If Amira is a hot-blooded and passionate swordsman, Hannah is a cool-headed and cunning illusionist.

I'm shuddering, but Hannah continues to talk about her time in the battlefield.

"Oh, but I ended up fainting for no reason, and when I ...... woke up the next time, my allies carried me away and we were defeated.

"Well, you ran out of magic, didn't you?　Well, it can't be helped.

No, no. I was using the other knight to make them fight each other, and all of a sudden the knight I was controlling disappeared right in front of me. ...... The next moment, my friend who was next to me was surrounded by a green light and flew toward me. I got caught up in it and passed out. ......"

"......"

Fainting, green light, getting blown up.

I don't know. That sounds really familiar.

I knew that healing wizard from the Lingle Kingdom was a badass.

That's what makes him such a badass.