My Artificial Intelligence Has Become the Devil

Chapter 45 – Laws of Nature (5)

Episode 45 – Laws of Nature (5)

[As expected, you need to have battle data with orcs that you have personally collected so that you can set up an appropriate tactic.]

It is a battle that must be fought anyway, but a battle that must be lost at the same time, Lucy focused on it to collect data. Only then can you get even the smallest efficiency.

There was some information collected by interrogating survivors of goblins, but Lucy decided that the data she collected herself was more accurate.

“As far as I know, most of the goblins are obviously small, so they try to act as a group as much as possible, and they tend to rely more on witchcraft than martial arts.”

[Are Orcs different?]

“I heard that the brown orcs are a bit short, but they are warriors with a solid physique.”

YuRia, who was hiding and waiting a little away, also shared the knowledge she knew with Lucy, hoping it would be helpful. Most of them were based on the experience of fighting the demons who belonged to the demon king’s army when he was a human.

“I don’t know how the battle will unfold, but I don’t think it will flow in the same way as the battle with the goblins.”

[What will happen, that data is enough to collect from now on.]

Lucy was neither proud nor afraid. As always, he thoroughly examines the reality and uses it to make calculations.

The demon king’s army, who pretended not to know anything and moved to protect the base, was able to see the marching orc army without realizing it.

[Being stronger in melee than goblins is definitely not a good indicator for allies.]

Brown Orcs belong to a typical warrior group among the Orc race, called the Earth Warriors. And the current Demon King’s army also enjoyed close combat, which was very effective against the goblins.

It is true that if you look at the compatibility, there are things that can be done with each other without any big advantages or disadvantages. However, Lucy calculated the efficiency for nothing because she seemed to give the opponent a battle that she wanted with more diverse tactics.

“Their movements.”

“I think I noticed, but the defense doesn’t look very strong.”

“Anyway, what kind of great strategy are these guys going to have?”

While Lucy continues to try to calculate. The Brown Orcs, who had come all the way along the road without any resistance, found a small nest of the Demon Kings located at the base.

It is just a nest, one of many truly ordinary things, where laborers work diligently and fire extinguishers and production sites work tirelessly.

“It sways and subdues it at once.”

The Orc commander who gave the estimate ordered an immediate attack. No matter how you look at it, most of the labor soldiers were at the level of monster ants, and there was nothing that could be called a defense force.

And more than anything else, what I wanted to experience firsthand about the power of the Demon King’s Army was the same with those who had the hot warrior’s blood flowing.

“Raise the flag. I don’t know if they’ll recognize them, but make them feel fear the moment they see our proud flag!”

Following his command as he gnashed his teeth, the banners of the orcs were raised high and the sound of horns resonated everywhere.

Encouraged by the sound of the flag and the trumpet, the numerous orc soldiers who started charging raised their weapons and ran screaming.

[Start defense as scheduled.]

Lucy, who had been observing all this using scouts in the sky, also began to defend as planned.

[Resistance experiment with 500 assault troops and 300 melee soldiers. The expected annihilation time is 1 hour and 15 minutes, and the estimated damage figure is 11%.]

Lucy was asleep by minimizing life activity for energy efficiency, and then woke up from that extreme sleep state and calculated the expected value while watching the soldiers rushing toward the enemy without hesitation.

But in fact, defeat and annihilation were already expected. The most important thing for Lucy was to acquire a lot of data by using allies for thorough experiments and inflicting maximum damage on enemies at the same time.

“Are you saying our allies will be wiped out in an hour?”

[I rather like that. While allies gain data, enemies mistake it for their own strength and become arrogant and impulsive. And as we raise morale and ride the flow, the further inland we come, the more advantageous we become]

Yuria was at a loss for words after hearing Lucy’s calculations, but she could throw as many as hundreds to Lucy to see her opponent’s hand.

“It seems that he was hiding in a nearby cave or something. They’re charging!”

“Also······!”

The Demon King’s army, awakened from dormancy, rushed at the Brown Orc heavy infantry in formation.

Without the slightest hesitation or fear, only look forward and rush forward. That is the characteristic of the Demon King’s army that is thoroughly controlled by one system and one absolute. And the Orcs who tasted the momentum for the first time had no choice but to flinch.

“There is no need to be afraid. Stay seated!”

However, the Orcs, who were the first to battle against the demon king’s army, still maintained their morale. Thanks to that, it was possible to believe in their own strength and deploy their own tactics.

What they have to deal with is the assault troops of the Demon King’s army. Hundreds of soldiers, mostly based on large beasts with strong muscle strength and heavy weight, turned into tanks one by one and charged while shaking the ground.

“Crush the ground. Make sure they don’t rush!”

Unless the Orcs were idiots, there was no way they would openly welcome that strong shock. The orcs, who had abundant experience in fighting large monsters, ordered their shaman to collapse the land where the demon army was rushing at one point and set a trap.

“It works. Charge now!”

Unlike the magic of the goblins, the magic of the resolution land is definitely the specialty of the brown orcs. However, their greatest strength is not sorcery.

Among the soldiers charging in unison, there were those who jumped forward. Those who momentarily explode mana out of their bodies, break the ground, leap into the air, and wield the weapon in their hands.

With their transcendent power, they shattered the hard armor of the massive Demon King’s army assault soldiers, avoiding the teeth and tentacles that attacked them and slashed them.

[This is the battle of the brown orcs.]

The Demon King observed the strength of the Orc Warriors, whose power was incomparable to that of the Goblin Knights. Even before liberation, Orcs were a different race than Goblins by default.

Although there is a slight difference, compared to the goblins, the body is stronger and mana is handled better.

[The expected annihilation time has been increased and the expected damage has been lowered.]

Lucy corrected her calculations right after the battle began. It was because the power of the Orcs was beyond their imagination. In fact, after blocking the demon king’s charge once, the orcs rushed and pushed the demon king’s army out.

“Look. Cheeky monsters, no big deal.”

An orc warrior murmured as he decapitated Beta, the Moonlight Three-Eyed Wolf, a melee soldier in the Demon King’s army with a large battle ax that glowed blue.

[The entire army retreats.]

Lucy retreated ahead of schedule and gave up the land. The enemies cheered and were delighted with the victory, but there was no way to tackle them.

Just step back as planned and prepare for the next plan.

“So… did you gain a lot from this battle?”

Of course, he was watching this scene too. Being pushed back was a predestined result, so it is more important what you get from it in the end.

[In the battle with the goblins, the allies had an advantage if they broke the formation and stirred the inside. However, the melee ability of the orcs is incomparable to that of the goblins, so I think we need to change our tactics accordingly.]

Lucy just moves based on the acquired data as usual.

[I will mobilize all data to secure a long-range attack method and deal with enemies based on it]

“I don’t think I will lose. It looks like we can do a lot.”

Winning the war, not the battle, and surviving is more important than winning the war.

Convinced that the demon army was stronger in that respect, he wasn’t really worried.

***

“What are these monsters eating?”

“Is that important! everyone look over there This is the last base we will occupy!”

Almost a week has already passed since the first battle took place. The Orc army steadily occupied the target bases one by one as planned.

“Are you saying this now? Our unit is still suffering a lot.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean that no damage has been done. The Demon King’s army gradually got used to fighting the Orcs through continuous battles, and the Orcs gradually accumulated damage.

“This is it. Even sending support, if we occupy only this place, our land will be much wider.”

To prevent this, the brown orc king Flauros dispatched additional troops even if it was too much. The wider the occupied land became, the more troops needed to protect it.

[Within the enemy power error range. Expected win rate of 65%.]

Of course, this composition itself was what Lucy wanted from the beginning. After all, it is Lucy who learns quickly. It was Lucy who could move it better as she gained experience.

“From now on, we will proceed with the recapture operation.”

The base of the demon lord’s army where the orcs prepare for their final attack. There, those who had not been revealed until now appeared.

Lucy, with flowing black hair and flashing red eyes, was one of them.

The orcs did not know this and rushed as usual. A situation where the complacent thought that they win if they fight against each other is dormant in a corner of their psychology.

However, Lucy, who always tries to calculate based on evidence and variables, expected her own efficient victory this time.

“Artillery Corps Alpha, ready to launch.”

Lucy, who had drawn her sword, glanced back. The soldiers of a new type of soldiers lined up there are a kind of biological weapon created by selecting and combining numerous data that Lucy has collected so far to deal with the orcs.

The front of the bioweapon resembles a scorpion or beetle with a number of stout legs, but the curved tail-like tail of a scorpion is made up of grotesque lumps of bulging flesh.

“launch.”

As soon as Lucy’s command was given, the tail of the artillery battery swelled as hot gas condensed within its body, and then something was ejected forcefully into the air with a popping sound.

The sharp spikes the size of a forearm and over 1m in size were pierced by the orcs rushing into the air and running in a parabolic arc.

The bombardment, which was fired with no mana and only the power of pure creatures, was at least enough to break through the Orcs’ steel armor and pierce their bodies.

“This, how is this…”

“Stay centered!”

The Orcs, embarrassed by the first attack, lost the power to charge. The moment the artillery fire continued, the Demon King’s assault troops rushed towards the Orcs all at once.