Chapter 344 – 344. Everyone’s Preparations for Second War (3)

– One –

‘My love.’

‘Yes, honey.’

‘My love has a lot of work to do this time.’

‘Are you okay. You’ve always been comfortable. You can do enough, honey. And I’m not on the front line, so what’s the problem?’

‘Then I beg you. First of all, please continue what Estrus was doing.’

‘What Estrus sister did? How?’

‘First,’

Margarita recalls the conversation she had with Jose at the last meeting.

Food.

She laughs alone

“I guess I was meant to do this from the beginning.”

“Huh~? What are you talking about~?”

“Oh, you know what your sister has done before.”

Estrus had gone out in the middle of the night with Margarita, some distance from their quarters.

Estrus was excluded from all her operations, but her duties, such as escorting her Ada or Margarita, were assigned to her.

However, not only did they not run on the front line, but they had already cleaned up the wild beasts and dangerous monsters that inhabited the surroundings, so they were nothing more than non-combatant chatter.

“Ah~? Playing with ghosts~ playing peek-a-boo~?”

“Yes. If I had done that from the beginning, I wondered if unnie wouldn’t have had such a hard time, and I also thought that Honey was acting differently from how she really looked. I don’t know if it’s clever or not.”

“Aha~! Yeah~ I also heard Jose oppa’s plan at that time~ and I thought that he was so handsome when he did it~♬”

“Ah, ahaha… Hey, I’m not a good boy…”

Margarita smiles bitterly.

However, if you think about it, the word yamsaeng doesn’t seem so wrong, so I couldn’t refute more than that.

“Hehe~☆ That’s what it says~♡ Isn’t that all the result of our hard work to buy time safely~?”

“Yes. That’s right. Sister, you don’t have to say anything, but Honey has had many sleepless days. She seems to have been thinking about it all along.”

“That’s right~ Jose oppa is a person with a strong sense of responsibility~♡”

They face each other and smile.

In their smiles, there was deep love for Jose.

“Come~ Now~ Stop chattering~ Now let’s play ghosts~♬”

“Yes, it should.”

Margarita looks somewhere south of her.

Estrus quietly shut her mouth.

Even within her detection range, it is easy to spot that Imperial forces are scattered everywhere.

Therefore, within Margarita’s detection range, it was clear that more Imperial troops were being captured.

From some moment,

Woo woo woo woo.

The wind starts to whirl around her.

As for Margarita’s detection range, measuring it became meaningless at some point.

The only difference is whether it’s in real time or with some delay, and she can put it anywhere she wants within range of her senses.

However, there are clear limits to the amount of information her brain can hold, so she cannot perceive everything at the same time.

It is the same reason that people cannot recognize everything that comes into their eyes even when they are looking at the complex urban landscape.

“Ugh…”

Tup, water.

Estrus supports the reeling Margarita.

If I squeezed my brain and this ability at the same time as I did now, I could maintain my omniscient point of view within the range I set for a short period of time.

Her batteries were always so severely constrained.

“Thank you, sister… That’s enough.”

“Are you okay~? You can lean on me more~♡”

“No. I can’t feel the wind, so I’m comfortable just standing by myself.”

“Then do it~ If you think you’re about to fall~ I’ll catch you on my own~?”

“Yes. I’ll ask you then.”

For that brief moment, Margarita had finished choosing who she would play with all night.

Spurt,

Aaaaa!
Whoa oh oh!

As she opens her eyes, the wind blows around her body.

To Estrus’ psychic senses, it looked like hundreds of spider webs stretching from Margarita’s body.

Margarita,

Wee Woong, Wee Woo Woo Woo.
Gee ying.

She began to resonate hundreds of webs at once.

The atmosphere cried.

– 2 –

“Ahhhhh!”

A female major screams into her drawn-out face.

Pushyyyyy.
Squeeze.

I’m tired of even peeing

Jjiik!
Tteuk!

I took off the shining rank insignia stuck in my epaulet,

Whii profit!

Throw it somewhere

Iron pudduck.

She buries her face on the floor with her head wrapped around her head, on her knees in her puddle of her own piss.

It seems to have been the best escape she could have taken.

“Sa-sa-save me! Save me aaaaa!”

Tat tat tat!

A man runs naked through the Imperial army camp.

His hair was soaked, as if he had just jumped out after washing himself.

He ran between the tents in perfect panic,

Jump!
Flutter!
Whii profit!

Jumped into any barracks.

But he wasn’t overly lucky.

Woowook!
Wow Jangchang!
R r r r r r r r.

“Turn it off, turn it off…”

The place he jumped into was because it was one of the tents where spare weapons were temporarily stored.

I couldn’t confirm it because I couldn’t see the rank insignia, but judging from the fact that he was able to wash himself with drinking water at a place that wasn’t even near the water, he must have been one of the officers in the Imperial Army.

His life was not long,

Burrrr
Dump.

It ended so insignificantly.

“Hate it!”

“Kyaaaaagh!”

“Uhhhhh…! Please save me… I made a mistake… I don’t want to die…”

“Resignation, I’m decommissioning! No, I’m leaving right now, so please don’t kill me…!”

Crying and screaming erupted from all over the Imperial Army’s military camp.

That they were all field and lieutenant officers was no surprise now.

However, unlike before, it was surprising that they showed symptoms of collective seizures.

The being who visited this time did not even intend to hide himself, and very confidently drove the officers into a state of collective panic.

“Oh, my God…! How many of them attacked…?”

One colonel, unable to hide his astonishment, lets his own sentiments flow.

He would never have uttered such words had he been sober to consider the fact that he had many ears.

Prior to that, it was clear that he hadn’t even shown his feelings.

However, the soldiers were equally fascinated, so fortunately, no one paid attention to his words.

However, since it was clear that everyone was thinking the same thing, there would be no point in hiding such shock and confusion.

“No, didn’t you say they were monsters…? Why do the officers treat monsters…?”

“I don’t know… Aren’t the real demons attached…?”

“Heehee…! Stop talking nonsense! How is it realistically possible that hundreds of ghosts cling to you!”

“Ah, no, but… The monsters were playing around with one or two before, and in the end, didn’t they even kick them out? But this time, it’s so different from last time…?”

“… If that’s really a ghost, it might be interested in you, so don’t say anything.”

“Turn it off…!”

The soldiers gather in groups of threes and threes, looking at the officers and whispering.

They too were trembling with anxiety.

Whether they were ghosts or monsters, oddly enough, they only targeted commanders and lieutenant-level officers.

I couldn’t help but feel relieved.

It is not only unclear what purpose the unknown existence had, but it was also because there was no guarantee that it would target only officers until the end.

“Call the exorcist! Call the exorcist!”

“Shaman prepares a scout, and wizards prepare a protective barrier!”

Finally, the generals began to step in to rectify the situation.

Immediately after grasping the situation, they urgently discussed countermeasures, but because they only came out when the confusion reached its peak, there was no sign of calming down in a short time.

– 3 –

‘My love. Contact Slammer.’

‘I can do that now. What can I tell you?’

‘That…’

Turd, turd, turd.

A stooped, ungainly old man walks with his back bent.

It was not difficult to recognize that he was born with a congenital deformity because of the hump-like curvature of his back that went beyond simple stooping.

He was a slammer

Hehe, hehe…”

He felt as if his lungs had been punctured, and his heavy breathing mixed with a leaky sound.

Considering that he was fully restored by Ada, he seemed to be acting as if he had suffered such an injury.

However, if you look at his skin, where his scalp, arms, face, etc. Have all melted due to burns, he may have deliberately jumped into the fire.

He was disassembled into a villager who barely survived the chaos with such a hideous appearance, and was wandering around the entrance of the unexplored land.

It was so well recreated as the barely surviving man that it seemed difficult for anyone to dispute the fact that he was not a refugee.

At that time,

– Mr. Slammer. Are you feeling well?

He hears Margarita’s whispers in his ear.

He twists his face

It was not clear because the skin was crushed, but it is presumed that he was smiling under the circumstances.

“Hee… Later, cool, I have no other choice but to be indebted to the saintess once more…”

He couldn’t seem to put the words out of his mouth.

His gruff, muddy voice makes it clear that his physical condition is anything but normal.

– In case you’re worried, the survivors are quietly sleeping in their quarters.

“Hee, hee… I’ll use it anyway, Kihik… I’ll throw it away… I don’t really care…”

That said, but Margarita was well aware of the fact that Slammer had great compassion for the few survivors.

– If everything goes according to plan, they won’t be much of a danger. But I’m worried about you. No matter how well I tried to camouflage myself, I was seriously hurt. Ada is not by her side, so what would you do if her wounds were very painful?

“Hee, hee… There was nothing special, Kihik… This slammer, that much notice, it’s cold, keuk, overflowing… Hee…”

Slammer grimaces again.

Even his lungs were damaged, so he seemed to have a hard time even having a conversation like this.

– If you go a little further, there are soldiers on patrol. Right after I shook up the Imperial Army a bit, they must be very sensitive. So please be careful.

Slammer silently nods his head.

As he took a few more steps,

“Stop!”

“Who are you?! Identify yourself!”

The Imperial Army immediately showed up.

True to her words, they seemed no different from hedgehogs with lots of thorns.

“I, my dears…”

Wheezing, iron puduk.

Slammer falls.

The one born with the punishment of being a hunchback gasps and breathes heavily.

Blisters were all over his skin and ooze was running down, and he was so tired that he couldn’t even speak properly.

However, the Imperial Army does not relax.

No, I couldn’t.

“Are you even human?”

A noncommissioned officer who appears to be the leader asks Slammer a rude question.

In his eyes, Slammer seemed to be a new type of monster with a vicious appearance.

“A cow, a cow… A guy who used to work as a marketer in a nearby pioneering, kuluk, village…”

“Are you claiming to be a human with such a face?”

Slammer bows his head.

However, rather than being angry at the sergeant’s rude remarks, he seemed to be holding back the sadness that was rolling in.

Looking at his behavior, the eyes of the imperial soldiers slowly loosened.

Although he had a rather menacing appearance, they seemed to be gradually convinced that he was not a dangerous person that 30 or so sturdy soldiers should be wary of.

“A cow, a cow… From the bar, the rebels’, cool, demon beasts… Ga, barely survived…”

“Rebels?!”

The soldiers raise their eyes.

In the meantime, hundreds of reconnaissance teams were searching the area, and the imperial army was slowly expanding the occupied territory.

However, for quite some time, I couldn’t properly find even a trace of people living, let alone clues related to the rebels.

In the midst of that, for them, no, for the first time for the Imperial Army, they found a proper witness.

It was not even a simple trace left on one side of the unexplored land, but a living witness who could vividly testify to the eyewitness story related to the rebels.

Among hundreds of reconnaissance teams, they were the first to post meaningful results, so it was obvious that they could be recognized for their considerable achievements.

“Guys, I mean, are the rebels here?! Tell me where you saw them!”

“That, that, that… Cool, cool…”

Slammer is intimidated by the sergeant’s somewhat intimidating urging.

The noncommissioned officer took a step back and lifted both of his palms.

“I apologize. I was in a hurry, so I was very rude the first time I met you.”

“Ah, no, I’m not coming, sir…”

“Are there any other survivors?”

Slammer nods his head cautiously.

“Second gun… Seventeen people are alive, dwarfs, Kihik, are living, cool, kohok…”

“I see. Why are they wandering around like you alone?”

Slammer smiles inwardly.

Because you asked the question you wanted.

But outwardly, nothing changed.

He was very good at acting like that.

“So, one of the people who stayed with the small man, hee, one of them, went looking for something to eat, hee, and tea, and armed with a spear knife, hee, found, hee hee, kihi…”

“Is that so…!”

However, the imperial army could not hide their emotional agitation.

Because of that, their intentions had no choice but to be perfectly read by Slammer.

“After confirming that, what they were doing was similar to the bar, rebels, kick, I couldn’t stand it because I was anxious… I did… So, I was going to tell the Imperial Army about that fact, kohok, kohok, kohok, kohok…”

“I see! You are loyal to this empire!”

“Kihi… And, I’m going to praise you… B, even though I live on the outskirts, kuh, isn’t it a natural duty as a citizen of the Empire. Kihi, Kihi…”

The soldiers and noncommissioned officers exchange glances with each other.

Their bodies began to heat up in anticipation of receiving a reward.

“If you go to the command center and directly confess the information you know, the generals will surely reward you greatly.

“Yeah, yea… Of course you should, shouldn’t you… Kohok…”

Imperial soldiers silently cheer.

They clenched their fists or exchanged glances with each other.

“Yes. If you ever want protection or food, the generals will surely support you. So, if you ever see the generals, be sure to tell them where the survivors are gathered. The generals will definitely send you troops to lead them to safety. He’ll dispatch you. Got it?”

“Yes, yes…”

Slammer accompanied the imperial army that way and started walking towards their camp.

Because of his disfigurement, he was unable to be supported by his soldiers and had to be carried alternately by them.

Still, he could move more comfortably than when he was walking alone.