The Porter Is Not Interested in the Hero Party

56 – Legion of Darkness (6)

weird.

Something was strange.

They had been waiting for three days on a road with a clear supply route, but no carts were passing through. Lena and Ashuria were also looking at me with strange eyes, and I double-checked the map before they asked questions.

Obviously, considering the direction Greta’s troops were moving now, this was the shortest route the supply unit could take. If an ambush was suspected, it would be better to attach more troops. Going the other way was inefficient.

It was because there were rivers or rough hills. Lena, who was waiting next to me for someone to come, looked at me suspiciously and said,

“Here, uncle. I don’t doubt it. Is this right here?”

“I have no choice but to come this way. Judging from Greta’s army’s advance route and the enemy’s camp that Kaybereth marked, there is no better way than here. Furthermore, a scout has confirmed that soldiers on horseback are moving this way.”

Even if the information Kayberes gave me was wrong, if I remembered the location of the main towns in the empire, there was no supply route other than this. said Lena.

“But nothing has come for three days already. If it’s a supply route, shouldn’t someone keep coming and going? If we win by mobile warfare, I think we will resupply very often.”

Ashuria said.

“How about waiting a little longer? Because you can’t go back like this. We brought plenty of food, and there was no news that the hero was defeated.”

I nodded at Ashuria’s words. It was because the beacon on the mountain ridge gave a signal in case the warriors were defeated and the troops were pushed all the way back. The beacon, clearly visible from this supply route, stood as if it had nothing to do with the war.

“Ah, why are you annoyed by that beacon? Not hearing any news makes me more anxious. Aren’t we the only ones trapped here because the messenger who was just about to send the beacon was also wiped out?”

At Lena’s words, Ashria spoke quietly as she closed the Bible she was reading.

“Lena. You must trust the warrior.”

“No, it’s like that.”

With Lena shrugging her shoulders with an embarrassed expression, I also rubbed my chin with a serious expression. Apparently, they are ambushing the optimal supply route, but supply is not coming. Why?

Why is there no supply?

Is it possible for a unit to fight without being supplied?

******

“Uh, what… … .”

“Warrior. You need to calm down.”

In front of the camp of warriors who managed to block Greta’s air raid, the performance Greta and her men showed was beyond common sense. The Demons, who were standing with a disgusted expression, dragged the corpses of humans who had fallen on the floor overnight and started roasting them over a bonfire.

Some giggled and ate raw corpses, and some even ate the corpses of their own people.

It was clearly a meal, not an execution. Where the human troops were in full view, they were openly filling their stomachs with human corpses. Even Greta was eating, munching horse meat and magic stones that had fallen on the floor. They seemed to regard their violent and savage behavior as a snack or entertainment.

“Ahhh… … !”

“Mo, everyone! turn your eyes! Don’t be fooled by that appearance!”

The commanding officer was startled and forced the soldiers to look away, but the smell of cooking meat, the sound of eating meat, and the nakedly discarded human bones drove the soldiers crazy.

“eww… . ugh… … !”

A few terrified soldiers trembled while holding their spears. Some collapsed with nausea, others burst into tears. The hero was blinking with a shocked expression, and Millet was also crying sadly as he watched the cruelty.

“That is unfair… … .”

“What is this… … . Are all demons like that?”

The warrior asked the priests. Without Ashuria and the porter, they were the only ones the hero could ask here.

One of the nuns said, looking at them.

“…I heard that there is a violent and savage race called ghouls in the Pandemonium that will devour any prey. That Greta’s unit must be made up of those ghouls.”

The warrior’s head hurt at those words. He seemed to understand the reason why Caybereth hadn’t given any information about that unit. It would have been difficult for Ciberes, who are on the moderate side, to think that game eaters would advance by eating humans as well.

The hero thought that far and hardened his face.

“for a moment… … . That means… … .”

When Greta fights in the front and creates corpses, the soldiers devour them. If that doesn’t stop Greta’s advance, the troops that have dug deep will begin to damage civilians. The soldiers who realize that they will become prey to the ghouls if they are captured lose their will to fight, and the more the rumor spreads, the lower the morale of the army.

And, this unit doesn’t need replenishment.

There is plenty of food on the battlefield.

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Greta was also a descendant of a demon dragon, and was a savage warrior with a good stomach enough to fill her meal with horse meat. He wiped his lips and tossed the leftover meat. The horse’s hind legs, full of muscles, flew in front of the camp.

“What are you so afraid of?”

Smoke billowed from Greta’s body. Realizing that he had completely lost his temper, he put on a triumphant expression. After wiping the blood from his mouth with a handkerchief, he handed it over to his subordinate.

“do not worry. Aren’t we by your side?”

Was that word so terrifying? The place was full of soldiers who would gladly drop their weapons and run away at the commanding officer’s word. the warrior thought.

Will you be able to hold out against that monster army?

Can we defeat Greta and stop their attack?

[Fight until the end. Do not doubt anything and endure until the end.]

The hero recalled the sentence that Kiberes had written down once again. I don’t understand what that means, but she was also a fellow fighting demons now.

There was only one thing the hero could do now.

“Ooh!”

A golden flash flew in and aimed at Greta’s chest. I twisted to avoid it, but the hose was damaged and a black liquid gushed out. The smoke rising as if it were spitting blood served to evoke the atmosphere that had been submerged for a moment.

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Greta closed the hose and smiled, and an arrow flew aiming at Greta’s cheek.

“100 million!”

A sharp steel arrow scratched Greta’s face, sparking it. A few scales fell and Greta’s face was stained with displeasure. Millet’s arrows pierced the foreheads of two ghoul soldiers who were openly eating meat outside.

“hehehe!”

“Kiyaaa!”

The demons began to scream and hide, and the fear disappeared from the soldiers’ faces.

Fear is the feeling of the unknown. People feel overwhelming fear when they think that it is an invincible, powerful, and incomprehensible being. If you show that you can beat your opponent, it is your fighting spirit that takes over.

The warrior fixed his sword and said.

“Everyone. Look what those monsters are doing. They are scumbags who insult the corpses of our comrades and mock us! Everyone! If we get pushed out! Those monsters will trample on our families! That evil monster is destroying our fields! We will burn everything we have ever loved!”

The warrior’s sword emitted black energy like a torch. Looking at the golden light, Greta frowned.

“Everyone! Are you going to let those monsters do what they want?”

“Oh no!”

“It must be stopped!”

The fighting spirit began to come alive on the faces of the soldiers. The hero gripped his sword tightly and glared at Greta. Greta raised the corners of her mouth and began to give strength to her body once again. Smoke billowed from his body, and a black liquid began swirling violently from the hose that had been roughly plugged.

the commander shouted.

“Prepare to attack!”

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Greta also screamed, raising the scales all over her body.

“attack! Break through them this time! Advance to the capital! Kill that warrior! Victory is ours!”

cry. The sound of swords clashing.

The only one who didn’t fight in it was the man Vivs who had fallen into the rear.

*****

“All demons are liars. You can’t trust it easily. No matter how true it is, it needs to be rethought.”

Kiberes said that while looking at the work site. In the midst of some kind of work that began with Kiberes’ strong request, the soldiers and workers only looked at Kiberes with puzzled and suspicious faces.

“No, what the hell does this have to do with the current war?”

“I heard there was a chaos upstairs, shouldn’t we have to fight there too?”

Kiberes did not respond to their allegations. Instead, she just stared at the distant horizon and bit her nails.

“I’m sorry. Warrior.”