Chapter 165 – Shadow Family Defense (04)

“Ouch, ouch…”

If you had a potion, the treatment would be over quickly, but now that temples across the country were attacked and destroyed by the Duke faction, potions were becoming scarce, so most wounds could only be treated with herbs.

It’s not that I’m bad at making potions, but since I don’t have the tools or miscellaneous catalysts used to make potions, all I could do for now was apply a special ointment made by gasols of the [Shadow Family].〈 Br〉

What little ointment I have was given to Gasol, soldiers, and Rito who were more injured than me, so I guess I should just use herbs.

“You could have worked a little safer…”

“Well… Our power is weak, so the strong should step in.”

In fact, in this family, I am the strongest when it comes to simple combat power.

Even without using a wooden sword, I am the best if you look at my combat sense and abilities, and the difference in combat power is only when I use [Shadow Ninjutsu]. In Yujiro’s father’s case, spreading shadows through the structure inside the mansion is the main force, and Saori’s mother is Yujiro’s father’s main force. Because you had to use the shadow as if it were your own, it was an ability that could only be used for internal defense.

Even so, if the soldiers set fire to disturb the shadows, they couldn’t show their power, so I guess I’m the only one who can intercept the soldiers from the outside.

“…”

Even though Inori knew about the situation, she was licking my wounds with a sullen expression, as if she was dissatisfied with the fact that I was in danger.

After rinsing his mouth with water mixed with crushed herbs, he used his tongue to lick the wound on my forearm. I couldn’t show this to others, so the two of us were treating the wound in a dark room.

There were scratches and cuts all over the skin, but it wasn’t a fatal injury because it was just a crack in the skin.

Of course, my back hurt every time I moved, but this was alleviated by applying herbs and putting on a bandage.

From Inori’s point of view, she didn’t like the fact that her lord was injured, so she wanted to get some ointment and apply it to her, but she refused, saying that since I was only slightly injured, I should apply it to Those with serious injuries first.

“Is Inori hurt anywhere?”

“My body is fine.”

“Even if it’s not a deep wound, you need to take good care of it. Come here.”

As I was applying medicinal herbs to the shallow wound on Inori’s cheek, Inori calmly accepted my touch with her face and her blushing her.

‘It was quite a fight.’

Although they were relatively weaker enemies than Inori and Rito, they had to fight head-on without being able to use [Shadow Ninjutsu] Due to the necklace that could cast Demon World, and in order to deal with them quickly, they attacked while ignoring safety. Inori and Rito also had many minor injuries.

Rito was okay at first, but when she returned to her mansion, she suddenly collapsed. It turned out that she had cut her inner thigh and was leaking blood. She didn’t know that and was walking around, but then passed out and is now being cared for by her wife.

‘It seems a bit like a trick, but…’

Let’s take a look at that. Because she scouted hard and performed well.

He applied medicinal herbs to Inori’s cheeks and unfolded a scroll that summarized the progress of this battle.

The information was collected and organized by the twin sisters, and Richard produced and posted the report in the form of a report. It resembled the results window showing the battle results in the original part 2, so there was no problem understanding it.

First of all, there were no casualties. There were 12 wounded, of which 2 were royalist soldiers and the remaining 10 were Gasols, but most of them had minor injuries and could recover with just a little bit of herbal medicine and some recuperation time.

The opponent is all 200 dead. This is natural since I checked it with the system.

In the case of the loot obtained, there were five spears and six swords, but when the wooden sword was swung, the weapon could not stand and shattered, so the loot could not be obtained. Only the weapons that attempted to be taken without using the wooden sword could be obtained as loot.

Originally, when dealing with about 200 soldiers, you would get about 15 to 20 weapons with depleted durability, but since most of them were sold and only a few good weapons were repaired, the loot was similar to when playing normally.

Well, in the first place, I went on a rampage that was close to an instant-death cheat with a wooden sword, so I guess I should consider it fortunate that I was saved at least this much.

Currently, there are no personnel who can use weapons, so I tried to distribute them to the soldiers and gasols, but since they only practiced defense using Nagikata, giving them ordinary spears or swords was of no use.

‘It should be considered a fixed class of soldiers whose weapons cannot be changed. It can be used only in defensive battles’

There were reports that Richard’s soldiers were gradually becoming closer to elite soldiers as they gained experience, but in the original game, it seemed to represent a system in which soldiers were upgraded to the next type by leveling up and receiving a certain amount of high- quality weapons and salary.

As of now, I can’t upgrade because I don’t have enough weapons.

It was omitted in the original game, but at first I wondered if I should distribute food, but fortunately, there were various preservation magics, so there was less spoiled food, and the crop production itself was high, so it was fortunate that I didn’t ‘t ‘t have to worry about food in most places.

Even now, in the Shadow family, the only difference is rice and barley, and the food itself was abundantly stockpiled, and families and food shortages rarely occurred even in the vicinity.

‘Well, if you get there, it’s not an SRPG, it’s a strategy simulation.’

However, equipment and consumables were severely lacking, so you had to obtain weapons directly from the blacksmith shop or occupy an area that provided the blacksmith shop and resources on your own, but such items were not available in the [Shadow Family Mansion].〈 Br〉

There is nothing much to do because it is an information organization and not a combat organization in the first place.

Moreover, even if it was prevented without damage now, if the Duke faction was occupying this area, it was unknown when the next invasion would occur, so the future could not be seen as bright.

‘Just leading this small organization gives me a headache.’

Originally, what I was supposed to be in charge of was organizing an elite special forces unit made up of Class F students and waging guerrilla warfare. So, just like Marian is doing now.

In fact, the responsibility of leading the soldiers depends on whether or not the Cylians make things easier by attaching reinforcements, but since there are no Cylians now, I had no choice but to do it.

First of all, as a shadow family, we needed to join forces with other royal factions, even if we were not Duke Davin, and we also had to receive support or join forces.

Moreover, my name has become known little by little due to this defensive battle, so if the royalist commanders are interested…

“Inori. Can you deliver the letter?”

“If the clans come forward, we can deliver it safely.”

“Then, shall we talk about seeing you briefly at the royal palace?”

Based on the currently collapsed front line, Duke Davin was the closest, and there were two more forces near the capital where the royal palace was located.

Alphyrio of Holio, who inherited the title of Grand Master on behalf of his father who was sick, and the Dnevarin family, a famous swordsman. And even the Davin duchy.

In reality, most of the nobles who joined Duke Davin were occupying the capital, but the sword masters and merchants were holding on by training their own private soldiers, so they were divided into three forces, using the capital as a sanctuary.

“Shall I ask to see you at the royal palace?”

“I will deliver the letter in your name.”

“Will my name be effective? Wouldn’t they come to me if I spread it in the name of Inori, the owner of Soga?”

Even when I thought about it objectively, I couldn’t summon them using my reputation, so Inori discarded the letter he had written and summoned them using his own name.

“You must attach an escort.”

I knew very well that I could only survive against a large number of troops on my own, so I planned to take some escort with me.

“Richard, William, and two bandits.”

“…”

“And Inori too.”

Since Inori is the head of the small family, I wanted to leave her in the family if possible, but I thought she would be really upset if I didn’t take her in now, so I just included her.

I don’t know. If Inori is absent, Rito will act as Sogaju’s deputy.

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“Currently, production of soldiers is progressing smoothly.”

A young man with a mask covering half of her face was politely giving a report to a middle-aged man with white gray hair growing out of his bangs.

“It seems like consumption is greater than production.”

“Yes. Recently, we had a problem for a while because we were using too much troops to overcome the tactical disadvantage in order to break through the royalist soldiers’ front line.”

“Is it possible to recover military strength?”

“It is possible. Those captured are already being put into production plants.”

Production plant.

They were calling the place where their soldiers were selected a production center, not a training center.

Age, gender, personality, loyalty. It didn’t matter to them.

Strangely, it did not work on children who were not adults, but beyond that, it was possible to infuse demonic energy into even elderly people in their 70s or 80s and turn them into excellent soldiers.

In addition, because it showed a rejuvenating effect to some extent, the greedy among the older nobles even pledged loyalty to them and begged for magic energy.

This is because they did not know that without special lineage and modification, they would simply remain in the body like a time bomb, and one day they would paralyze reason and become soulless monsters that do as the devil tells them to do.

By offering the souls of the injured and dying as sacrifices, he summons lower-level demons, seals them forcibly in a magic circle, and extracts magical energy from the demons like blood is drawn from a living person, contaminating the soldiers.

The entity needed for command is infused with magical energy extracted from mid-level demons summoned by offering numerous sacrifices, and is imbued with evil wisdom sufficient to enable minimal judgment.

Since it is impossible to reliably suppress high-level demons, make a contract with them and send a dispatch to each noble house, or talk about taking over their souls and bodies, and give sacrifices to corps commanders, nobles with large fiefdoms, or heads. . Of each faction. Attach it to.

Until now, you may think you are using power by signing a contract with a high-level demon, but what will happen if your true colors are revealed later?

Even that amount will produce troops capable of fighting the entire kingdom.

Of course, such low-level techniques were nothing compared to the skills and power that went into the man wearing the mask and the middle-aged man in front of him.

“Is the renovation progressing well?”

“I haven’t given in yet. If I touch him wrongly, he will awaken and rekindle the flame of rebellion, so I am carefully brainwashing him…”

“I tried all sorts of methods over the course of two years, but it didn’t give in…”

The middle-aged man was not satisfied with what he was seeing.

A red-haired woman with her head bowed, her entire body and limbs tied to chains thicker than a human body, no matter how many sorcerers, renegade priests and demons whisper at her feet.

The only successful work in existence with [The power of a completed lineage], But at the same time, the worst failure that did not corrupt the soul was at his feet her her her.

“Can I tell you what I think?”

“Say it.”

“Aren is needed to move Ophelia.”

The masked man who had been watching at the academy had decided that there was only one means of waking Ophelia, and that was the silver-haired boy.

“It’s not like a daughter who throws a tantrum because she doesn’t buy her a doll. It’s annoying…”

The middle-aged man clicked her tongue and looked into Ophelia’s eyes her her, which were forced open, unfocused.

Among the demons who are commonly born with red eyes, he is the only one born with golden eyes.

It was proof that he had successfully inherited the power of the Demon King.

“Find a replacement. Or make one so it can be mistaken for someone else.”

“I understand.”

A person known to the outside world as Duke Renellian, who started a rebellion.

And it was called by a different name inside this place.

“Your Majesty the Demon King Renellian.”

The eyes of Duke Renellian, or rather the Demon King, were also shining gold.

There was a very slight flaw, a trace of red that looked like drops of blood, but those eyes alone seemed to show how powerful and dangerous he was.