Chapter 361

Translator: Nat

Aegir POV

The sun has risen high into the sky and a cold breeze blows across the empty plains .

Our soldiers are out of breath and wiping the sweat from their brows .

Run, keep running Dont stop moving your feet!

Have the cavalry rest the injured on the backs of their horses .

We marched north in a straight line or rather, we ran away .

The royal army, mainly consisting of infantry, have been marching continuously at a very high pace .

Weve been marching at such a speed . I dont think theyll catch up

Celia comments worriedly .

Brians help should have made it so the soldiers surrounding Tortoent cant move until dawn .

The problem will be the cavalry . No matter how fast we march, the cavalry will merely consider the distance trivial, like a small calculation error .

Schwartz, who is currently matching the pace of the infantry, yawns boredly as he stares at the ass of a mare .

If they really tried, theyll catch up .

Itll be a tough fight for us then .

As Myla makes a serious face, I feel a weight rest behind me .

Huhunh .

Sekrit has jumped on .

She hugs me from behind and licks my neck .

Hey now, this isnt the right time .

Sekrit, keeping an eye on the angry Celia and Myla, speaks in an amused tone of voice .

The pursuing cavalry isnt the only thing we should be careful of .

What?

When I turn around, she steals my lips .

Wa!

Celia shouts out as Sekrit continues .

Our escape was known the moment it became dawn . If the cavalry truly wanted to, they could be on us by morning .

Sekrit playfully points in the direction we are marching .

If we keep going in a straight line, we will end up running into them on the small hill . Well, there is a road to walk on so it shouldnt give us any more problems than an upward slope normally would .

She tilts her head sideways and smiles while looking into my eyes .

That would be a cute gesture if Celia did it, Sekrit just has a malicious air about her .

What would happen if a defensive formation was created on the hill? What if the cavalry caught up right at that moment?

Sekrit says that much then hops back onto her own horse .

Nobody aside from the cavalry can catch up and youre suggesting something like an ambush ah!

Celia puts a hand to her mouth as if suddenly realizing the implication .

Right . Those guys have wagons and are capable of moving at high speeds .

Yes, its convenient no wait

Myla also makes a troubled face .

Miraculous occurrences, what if scenarios with a low possibility of happening, can be safely ruled out .

Mobilizing the wagons immediately after news of our escape reached them by an express messenger, then running full speed around us to the hill to unload their soldiers and setting up a simple encampment ahead of our arrival

Its possible .

I dont care about miracles .

However, simply being able to do anything and everything quickly makes it possible .

Besides, its not like the South Yuguria army hasnt done so before .

Then we reach the aforementioned hill .

Its exactly like she said?

On the slope of the hill, we can see the South Yuguria Empire flags lined up along a shallow hurriedly constructed ditch and a similarly rough-looking fence .

Enemy encampment in front approximately 10 000!

Leopolt and I turn to each other and nod silently .

Enemy cavalry confirmed behind us! Roughly 20 000!

If this was all arranged, they certainly executed everything with perfect timing .

Lets do this .

Yes .

Leopolt and I separate after a short exchange .

Leopolt will lead the infantry to breakthrough the enemy camp in front .

I will lead the cavalry to charge at the enemy behind us .

According to theory no, we would be losing already according to theory .

Myla smiles bitterly as she follows Leopolt .

Normally, theory would dictate that the cavalry be the ones to breakthrough the enemy camp while the infantry would stop the enemy cavalrys attack .

However, defending against a pursuit on an open plains is impossible .

Well have to rampage enough so the slow-footed infantry can run away .

Im taking this side!

Me as well .

Irijina pumps herself up as she twirls her spear around .

Leopolt-san has commenced his attack on the enemy formation! The enemy cavalry is also charging in from the rear!

Celia yells out beside me .

Our opponents are 20 000 strong, meanwhile our forces are short of 5 000 .

Even so, we have to do something .

I raise my longsword and run up to the front .

Uoooooh! For the mighty Empire!

For the honorable queen!

Enemy soldiers shout as they run at me .

Time to charge . You guys, shout out the things you like!

I kick Schwartzs stomach to urge him forward .

Womennn!!

Celia and Irijina follow me .

Aegir-samaaaa!

Skewering!!

The rest of the soldiers are next .

Women for me too!

Booze!

Big boobs!!

I want hot guys!

Money!

Rich and handsome!

Everyone expresses their desires .

Eri at the bar!

The wife next door!

I want you, Michael!

You for me, Gredt!

If they shout their hearts out, they wont be seized with fear .

We dont have to stick with proclaiming loyalty to a certain nation or king .

Those guys are running at us!

That works for us since the infantry cant outrun us anyways . We can beat these cavalry first .

Theyre shouting about money, alcohol, women and all their desires

Both sides spread out and close the distance .

Nobody has any intentions of stopping or detouring .

Loose!

Luna commands and the bow cavalry skillfully launch a swift volley of arrows .

Most of the arrows flew parallel to the ground and were practically drawn to the incoming enemies .

Guah!

Firing arrows while charging

These guys gue!

Getting hit at point blank range meant more than a few of them went down .

Close to 1000 fell off their horses or tumbled to the ground along with their mounts .

Another volley! Aim for the horses!

The bow cavalry nock arrows to their bows and shoot another barrage .

Once theyve released their offerings into the sky, they store away their bows and draw their swords .

Im always fascinated by how fast they are .

More horses fall and those that dont have their mobility hindered by the shower of arrows, which end up obstructing the path of their allies .

My horse is hit!

Youre going to get in the way . Move away quickly!

Here to take advantage of the mess in front are the bow cavalry who have switched to swords, the escort unit and myself .

Hmph!

I put my full power behind the first strike to set the tone .

My longsword cuts through the head of a horse and the body of the rider altogether .

With a loud thump, the severed upper body parts dance in the air .

And one more!

I turn my sword around after the follow through for another slash .

My blade slices diagonally down from an enemy soldiers shoulder all the way down to bisect the horse as well .

As if a fruit was split in half, the two parts of the horses body fall to the ground in opposite directions .

Shit, this guys dangerous!

Get into de gugyah!

Before he could hide behind his shield, I swing my sword to cut him down .

Defend yourselves if you can .

I bash another cavalry with my shield to knock him off balance and then kick the rider off as I pass by .

So youve come, demon!

This guy, finish this guy off!

Spears are thrust at me from both sides .

My shield easily deflects the weapon on the left side and I purposely let the one on the right hit my armor .

Although I feel myself get pushed to one side by the impact, I squeeze my abs to restore my posture .

My target is you .

Ignoring the two close to me, I set my aim at the commander in the back .

Not good, protect the commander!

Too late .

My sword shatters the commanders sword with a bright clink sound and cleanly chops off his head .

I feel a slight pain in my side, though it isnt enough to concern me .

Not bad to start .

I twist my body around to look behind me .

These guys are good! Not just with bows!

Eeeei, theyre a measly force! Calm down and defeat them!

The bow cavalry are fighting hard .

Im sure the enemy thought they were simply archers riding horses .

Actually, the bow cavalry arent weak by any means at close combat .

Theyre especially good at slicing enemies as they pass by in this kind of situation where both sides are charging at each other .

I see more blood squirting from the heavily armed enemy soldiers than the bow cavalry .

Lunas contributions in particular are outstanding .

Over there! One more!

Shes shooting down enemies one after the other even as other soldiers approach close enough to touch her .

Right when theyre about to strike, she switches to the sword held in her mouth at blinding speed, then delivers a precise slash to the wrist or neck of the enemies .

In a flash, five cavalry are finished off with arrows and two with her sword . It does wonders to our morale .

W-whats that!?

This isnt fai gya!!

There goes Pochi, running around and sending enemies flying .

The initial development is in our favor .

But we cant return south like this, so we lower our speed and clash with the enemy .

It becomes a melee where both sides stop to cross swords or maneuver their horses skillfully while fighting .

Our side remains superior in terms of skill, however the bow cavalry, lacking shields and wearing light armor, slowly start to get overwhelmed by pure numbers .

Guah!

Hiih!

No longer are they given luxury to shoot arrows and I see more spears piercing through the bow cavalry .

Momentum shifts to the enemy side .

Now is our turn!

That was when the royal army cavalry joined in .

Wielding shields and lances, they dont give an inch to the enemy .

Standing their ground firmly, they ward off enemy cavalry with protruding spears and shields .

It became a jumbled mess of man and horse .

Despite being fewer in number, it appeared for a brief moment that our side was pushing back the enemy .

Of course, the escort unit and I are also thrown into the chaos .

One, two, three, and four .

I plunge the Dual Crater into one enemy, pull it out and decapitate another, then stick my longsword into the headless body and launch it at yet another, knocking two enemies off their horses at once .

Five, six hmp! its hard keeping count .

After dodging the spear of the fifth enemy, I slice off his hands, and then I punch the head of the sixth enemys horse to send it tumbling to the ground .

Noticing another wave of enemies around me, I take a deep breath before swinging my longsword in a full circle, cutting down everyone in the range of my attack in one fell swoop .

I wince in pain from the wound in my side .

Kyaa!

The scream draws my attention to a female bow cavalry who fell off her horse and is about to be stabbed by the spear of an enemy .

I want to save her, but at this distance Im not going to make it in time .

Crap! Someone save her!

Got it!

A bloody red sword runs through the throat of the enemy .

Its Gido .

Bastard!

Two friends of the soldier who Gido just killed tries to take revenge .

Too slow!

Gido deflects the spear with his shield and blocks the second enemys sword with his own .

He parries upward and then slashes the vulnerable mans knee .

Gyaaaa!

As blood spurts out from the gap in the screaming mans armor, Gido silences the crippled soldier with a sword through the windpipe .

The remaining enemy hollers angrily as he thrusts out his spear again .

This time Gido stops it with his sword and snaps the spear shaft from above with a forceful strike of his shield .

What the-!?

Gido doesnt give the man any time to throw the broken spear away and unsheathe his sword .

In one smooth motion, Gido cuts off the mans head .

Are you alright?

Yes, thank you .

After the female bow cavalry is helped up by Gido, she promptly jumps back on her horse .

Dont screw up next time . I plan to visit you at night when this battle is over .

Of course Ill be waiting .

Gido forgets to watch his back as he acts cool in front of the girl .

That idiot, what is he doing!?

And then something as quick as lightning flies in .

Gugya!

The tip of a spear penetrates the face of the enemy and exits the back of his head .

Wahahahahaha!! Get skewered! All of you!!

Its the loud Irijina with a body and strength uncharacteristic of an average woman .

More skewering! More and more!

Her agile thrusts punch holes in the enemy soldiers around her .

Gyaaaa!!

One enemy reacts late and dies after getting impaled in the neck .

Uwah, this, higyaaah!

A different enemy successfully blocks the first strike only to fall prey to Irijinas consecutive lunges and cries out in agony when her spear runs through his body .

Hmp! Hm, hm, hm! Hngah!

Irijina relies on her strength to break down the defense of a shield-bearing enemy, pressuring with relentless thrusts until she finds an opening to land a knockout blow on his head .

Wahahahaha! Im gonna keep fighting! More skewering needs to be done!!

Irijina spins her spear as she runs off, making enemies scream wherever she goes .

She looks like shes having fun .

Aside from Gido, the other heavily armed escort unit members are shining remarkably bright .

It isnt uncommon for any one of them to take out multiple enemies by themselves .

Nevertheless, the difference in numbers was too great .

As the enemy grew impatient, they would deliberately pull several thousand soldiers back and then have them charge at us repeatedly .

It didnt matter if we knew they were coming, it still dealt a significant amount of damage and also dampened our morale .

After the second and third time, our disadvantage was made clear .

This is tough .

They should have suffered way more casualties . How come they arent falling apart?

Celia complains in frustration .

Ive felt this since the initial meeting with South Yugurias forces .

They dont really collapse unless you the commander or completely rip their army to shreds .

The commander I cant get him .

Naturally, their headquarters is at the very back .

Its far enough that I cant easily go there, kill everyone and come back .

Theyre weakening! Attack all-out, run them over!

The enemy charges with more intensity .

Has Leopolt made it through yet? Were at our limits here .

I know complaining wont make a difference so I tighten my grip on the longsword and run up to the front .

Preparations are complete, firing now!

Celia suddenly shouts beside me .

I unconsciously look down at my crotch, then I realize thats not what she meant .

Giant bolts rain down on the furiously charging enemies .

Knowing there isnt enough time to set up ballistae, this must be coming from the chariots .

Theyre firing from the highest point . This should confuse the enemy a little!

Only 60 chariots or so remain and that is nowhere near enough to stop the enemy .

Still, the unblockable bolts dull the enemys advance .

Ballistae!? Where!?

Its those strange carts! Demolish them!

Chariots start to get targeted .

Obviously they run from the enemy, allowing our allies to flank from the side .

Shit, how annoying! Just make it easy for yourselves and surrender!

Get away from those things!

Good job Celia .

Yes! except its merely a way to stall for time .

It cant be helped .

This entire battle itself is a way to buy time for the infantry to breakthrough the enemy camp .

The enemy is dealing with another mess in a different location .

This is weird! Isnt this definitely strange!?

No way! This is not possible!

Pochi is standing on its hindlegs and running wild in the enemy lines .

Its claws tear through enemy soldiers and its tail sends them flying .

When spears and swords challenge the large creatures body, it results only in a metal clanking sound .

Oh, its breathing fire too an empty space is created with Pochi in the center .

Thats what an armored lizard can do .

Actually, Ive recently started to doubt whether its a lizard .

At that moment, a thunderous sound resonates from the direction Leopolt is attacking .

Simultaneously, I feel the vibrations travel to my stomach .

When I touch my side, blood is left on my fingers .

Is he firing cannons?

We didnt bring any cannons

Celia looks around .

I nod and lower my head so she can climb on and see further .

Her crotch has gotten nice and moist from fighting .

Thats horses and wagons are running into the enemy . Ah, they exploded! It looks like theyre packed with gunpowder!

How extreme .

So he had his own secret plan prepared .

I can tell Leopolt cant afford to fight a long arduous battle .

He must have determined a certain amount of recklessness is needed to get through a force larger than ours in a short amount of time .

There were successive explosions, the booms echoing for a while until that moment .

Theyre through! They managed to breakthrough the enemy camp!

The one who came running was Myla .

She wanted to inform us immediately and chose not to send a messenger .

Why didnt she just run away I dont have a blanket to wrap her in .

Theres no need to continue stalling . Please withdraw now . We have a plan!

I think the infantry would get chased down if we run now, but if Leopolt says so, were not prolonging our stay here any longer .

Everyone fall back . Careful not to let them cut you from behind .

A collective sigh of relief can be heard when the ally soldiers hear that command .

As expected, this situation is rather tiring .

Dont let them run! Chase!

It would be shameful if we let them escape like this!

The enemy cavalry pursue us in a frenzied state .

With both of us being cavalry, its hard to catch up once we have a head start .

And theres one more factor .

Rear volley! Loose!

Arrows from the bow cavalry pour down on the enemies behind them .

Wearing lighter armor also means the bow cavalry are quicker .

The enemy could not get any closer and one-sidedly get shot full of arrows .

Uwah! Damnmt!

How are they shooting behind argh, no good . Stop for now!

I see their pace decrease .

Good, we can shake them off like this .

Kyaa!

An unfortunate accident happened at the end .

One ally at the tail of the line slowed down too much after shooting arrows and got caught by the enemys spear .

Luckily the spear only grazed her body, but it was enough to knock her down from her horse .

Shes

That sad look as she sits on the ground is very familiar .

Shes the daughter of a bow cavalry and someone whose virginity I took not long ago .

Normally, it shouldnt be me who goes .

As a commander, that would be irresponsible of me .

Although if I weigh that responsibility and the responsibility of a man who stole her virginity, its clear which one would win .

You guys go on!

Aegir-sama!? You cant!

What are you doing!?

I rush past Celia and Myla .

Schwartz also seems to put forth more effort, running the fastest since this battle started .

Move it!

I charge into a group of enemies without losing any speed .

Schwartz barrels into two horses, tackling them to the ground with his massive body, while I bash another with my shield .

Chief, why!?

Get on .

I grab the girl and pull her up onto my horse .

Its time to run .

However the enemy isnt making things easy and have surrounded us .

Did I underestimate their reaction?

Keep your head low and hang onto me tightly .

After instructing the girl, I wield both the longsword and Dual Crater .

Theres no escape . If you surrender now, you

His head gets lopped off before he could finish his sentence with can be a prisoner .

Enough talk . Come .

My eyes ooze with bloodlust .

In an instant, the enemy stops any idle chatter .

This guys a demon, dont treat him as human . Nothing is considered unfair well all go at once .

Yeah!

Multiple enemies attack at the same time .

Four are approaching while two more spears are thrown at me .

My deepest apologies, chief .

The tearful voice of the girl clinging to my waist gives me strength .

For one of the incoming spears, I let the arm guard of my left hand brush it aside . For the other, I bend my body backwards to dodge .

Uooooh!

Seeing me off balance, the enemies come running quickly .

Hey .

Schwartz answers me by rocking his body forward, jolting me back to the center .

Good enough .

I swing my longsword up and slice through one enemy .

Using the butt of the Dual Craters hilt, I deflect the sword of the second enemy and make him unstable .

Schwartz rams his body into the third cavalrys horse before I get hit .

That allows me enough to time to shove my Dual Crater into the fourth cavalry .

His sword hits my shoulder while mine goes through his throat .

Finish .

One swing from my longsword ends the two staggering enemies .

Dont falter! Our opponent is a demon so were prepared for at least 50 to die before taking him down!

Dont let him catch his breath!

None of the enemies hesitate to charge with spears and swords one after the other .

Schwartz has no opening to run and Im forced to stay and fight .

I make it a point to punch the attacking enemy soldier with the hand holding the Dual Crater, then slash the other behind me .

My longsword intercepts a cavalry charging in with a spear .

Since the blade is long enough to act as a lance of my own, the one who gets skewered first is him .

Do something about the left .

Schwartz neighs, bumping a horse to the ground .

Uoooh!

Behind the next enemy charging at me, I see another one aiming with a javelin .

Here . Hold this for a second, will you?

Gueh!

I stick my longsword into the chest of the charging enemy, let go of the handle, quickly switch to my shield and block the thrown spear .

Thanks .

I leave my shield immediately after I felt the impact and then retrieve my longsword from the first enemys body, kicking away to free my weapon .

Chief, behind!

My reply to the girls scream comes in the form of sticking my Dual Crater in that direction .

The Dual Crater nicely penetrates the enemy through his forehead, and he twitches a bit before falling off his horse .

Clear the waaaayyy!!

Three more cavalry run in with spears .

I take them all out with a single sweep from my longsword, except the momentum of a fallen horse carries the body into us .

tch .

Schwartz recovers quickly even though it was a direct hit to his stomach .

I can see through his nonchalant expression that it was not an insignificant amount of damage .

Keep it up, dont stop attacking until hes defeated!

Three spears fly toward me .

I knock down two out of the three with each of my swords, and the last one hits my back .

It doesnt pierce through my armor, but the force of impact is not even close to that of an arrow .

Guh

When I let out a groan, the girl at my waist moves to cover my back .

Ill be your armor! Even if I die, I wont let mugya .

I push her head down with one hand and then chop off the head of an enemy coming from behind .

It would really trouble me if you died after I spent so much effort to save you . Why dont you count how enemies I killed instead .

R-right um, 14 after the last one .

Still only 14?

The endless fight continued with me swinging both swords, using my shield, my head and my legs .

25 27 29, chief .

I have no chance to run when the enemy isnt giving me an inch of space .

Chief, theyre all around you!

Got it!

I change to holding my longsword with both hands and do a complete spin with a full-powered swing .

An interesting assortment of severed parts fly into the air .

My sword cut through shields like they werent there .

Several heads of soldiers looking totally shocked were among the airborne objects .

When I was about to bisect the last soldier, a sharp pain shoots up to my head from my side .

Guh

My muscles contract from the pain and I feel my strength leave me .

I stop moving right before my longsword makes contact .

The spear thrust by the enemy stabs into my throat .

Eh?

In disbelief, the girl tenses up and freezes in place .

Similarly, the one who stuck out his spear has also stopped moving, surprised at what happened .

Blood overflows from the hole in my neck and stains the front of my body .

Ah ah

The flustered girl attempts to say something, but couldnt form any words .

She couldnt even breathe properly .

D-did we get him?

Wait, dont get close until we confirm hes dead .

Enemy soldiers take slow steps closer toward me .

I cant breathe, my consciousness is fading and I cant move .

The enemy soldiers ready their spears .

This is bad .

Time to kill the demon .

Glory to the Empire and Her Majesty the queen!

I feel the girl hug my back .

It is an unexpected honor to die together with the chief . What pains my heart is how it was my fault the great chief died

My eyes open .

If I die, I cant save this girl .

Celia, Myla, and all the girls left in the mansion will also be saddened .

My hand grabs the spear .

The girls will find new love .

Celia will get in bed with another man, Nonna will let another man bury his face in her enormous breasts .

Strength returns to my arm as I grip the shaft and slowly pull the spear out .

Eventually the girls will have kids .

Some guy Ive never seen before will groan on top of Carla and Maria, pour his seed into them and get them pregnant .

Im not going to let that happen .

Im the only one who is allowed to fuck them and impregnate them .

Guuuuuh

I forcefully rip the spear out .

Blood gushes out from the hole, but at the same time air also goes in .

My mind revives, my eyes lock onto the enemy, and now my limbs do as they are told .

Gaaaaaah!!

I extend the spear just pulled out of my neck at the group of enemies coming at me .

The demon

My spear plunges deep into the eye of one enemy .

Revived

I grab the spear and toss the enemy soldier up into the air .

I thought so, hes not human!

An attack lands on my face .

The enemy soldiers smile lasts for a second and his face instantly dyes with fear .

His spear goes into my mouth and gets caught with my teeth .

I cave in his face with one punch, take his spear and swing it around .

I whack them with the shaft and ram the tip into their bodies .

Even when the spear gets flimsy, I continue using it like an ordinary stick .

Tumultuous noise alerts to me fighting, which brings my attention to the escort unit .

I told them to go first and they came back .

No words are coming out of my mouth so I cant say anything .

My only chance is now .

Without saying anything, I urge Schwartz to run .

hes running awkwardly, so he must be hurt somewhere .

An enemy yells something and then crossbows are aimed at me from horseback .

My back will probably take lots of hits .

I pull the girl in front of me before running off regardless .

Aim no, wait!

My grand appearance!

A single rider rushes in .

Its Christoph .

Shit, its one of those heavily armed cavalry! Theyre tough!

The enemy has already seen the brave fighting from my escort unit .

They couldnt just ignore the well-built Christoph who charges in yelling courageously .

I use that time to dive into the escorts cover .

Celia opens up a hole to give me space and panics when she sees me covered in blood, relaxing only a little when I pat her head .

I hope Christoph forgives me for not praising his good work since I cant speak right now .

Hahahahaha! Did you see that, Ive been in perfect form since yesterday!

Seeing me get away safely, Christoph turns tail and runs .

Of course, he never wanted to charge in from the start, he simply wanted to be a distraction .

Nice going Christoph!

Amazing Christoph!

Today is your day, Christoph!

Several escort unit members pour on the praise .

As he puffs out his chest proudly on his way back he falls off his horse .

Uwaaaaaah!!

Aaah, there goes Christoph!

Its that rock! The horse stumbled on it!

Its because you were looking away!

His horse mercilessly runs off with him still on the ground .

Christoph gets surrounded in a flash .

Hes done for .

Myla mutters .

I cant save him even though I want to . Im at my limit with the hole in my throat .

Christoph, you did well to save Aegir-sama .

Celia salutes him while pressing a cloth down on my neck .

The other escort unit members also salute him and retreat with me in the center .

Damn, theyre getting away!

Resume the chase . Its because of that demon, he delayed everyone .

It seems this guy is a high ranking knight . Lets capture him alive and interrogate him .

Uwaaaah! Uwaaaaah!

It looks like they arent going to kill him .

Now that I owe you, it would leave a bad taste in my mouth if you died .

You better survive .

We somehow make our way out of that place and ride up the hill which is hard on my wounds .

The enemys pursuit has begun!

So fast

At this rate, the infantry wont get away .

What does Leopolt have in mind?

As we climbed up the hill, we see a few wagons in front of us .

Despite feeling suspicious about those things, theres no time to stop moving .

The moment the chasing enemies get close the wagons exploded .

I see the same method used to breakthrough

Thats not all .

Sekrit shows up from nowhere .

I didnt see her at all this whole time .

Her eyes narrow at my neck, then she gives it a few pokes as a test before exhaling softly .

A simple explosion would only blow up the guys in front . This one has a little trick to it .

Upon further inspection, the smoke from the initial blast is not disappearing .

In fact, the smoke seems to be getting thicker .

Is it some sort of powder?

Its powdered lime . The explosion was nothing more than a way to scatter that that Leopolt guy is pretty interesting .

When the enemy cavalry try running through the smoke, they quickly stop in their tracks .

Both rider and horse cough so severely that they could no longer think about chasing .

Jumping into the lime will induce choking and irritate the eyes . The powder will travel down the hill from that spot and affect a lot of them .

I see, it would be difficult for them to continue pursuing us while their eyes and throats are in pain .

This is way more effective than using gunpowder to blow up a hundred or two .

The battle itself resulted in extraordinary losses plus the Goldonia border is close . If I were in that position, I wouldnt chase .

After Sekrit says that, she checks on my injury again .

Youll be fine if you put some ointment on it . Then you can devour a woman while you heal . That woman can be me .

Sekrit adds one more thing as an afterthought .

Oh yeah, that stuffy idiot from Libatis has something to say to you .

Treatment comes first . That can wait .

Celia wraps a bandage around my neck .

Myla wraps me in a blanket for some reason .

With my throat in such a sorry state, I cant talk guess Ill have to listen for the whole trip .

Protagonist: Aegir Hardlett . 24 years old . Winter .

Libatis Reinforcement Army (failure)

Subordinate Squad:

Goldonia Royal Army Seventh Division Army Corps

Infantry: 4100

Archers: 900

Cavalry: 700

Hardlett Army

Bow Cavalry: 2400

Escort: 150

Chariots: 45

Subordinates: Leopolt (staff officer), Celia (worried), Myla (worried), Irijina (trigger happy), Luna (commander)

Gido (escort unit), Pipi (armored lizard rider), Pochi (armored lizard), Sekrit (temporary squad member)

Suzy (seeking asylum), Marta (worried), unnamed bow cavalry (deeply in love)

Current Location: Goldonia border

Achievements: Defeated siege army, Successful defense of Melisbark, Defeated magic squad, Broke through surround of Tortoent, Repelled cavalry + part of eastern army

Assets: 2050 gold

Sexual Partners: 585, children who have been born: 68 + 565 fish