Chapter 507 – Funeral for the Belseburg Orchestra
Chapter 507: Funeral for the Belzeburg Orchestra
[What?!]
“Go crawl.
Hide behind the heavy infantry of the 3rd Corps, get low and creep like a crocodile in a swamp.”
[That doesn’t look good!
Hotly, I’ll go up there… !]
“Go crawl.
The enemy must have predicted that you would fly and be thoroughly prepared.
Because I’m most afraid of you.
I would have done the same.”
[That, that, is that so~~~?
Yay~
After all, you know the awesomeness of this body?!
Haha!
Then you should!]
The enemy has a weak air force, and we have dragons, royal griffon riders, and even civil war Pteranodons.
That’s why I would have chosen a foggy day.
‘Just like me at the Battle of Belzeburg.’
So do what the enemy hates.
“Okay.
Originally, the main character should make a surprise appearance.”
Allies give it a moderate boost.
[I get it!
Don’t do that!]
The young dragon quickly felt better and agreed to Kamyu’s words.
[… But are you okay?
Shouldn’t I, who is strong, take the lead, and the Demon Foot Soldiers have to climb behind me?]
“Okay.
You have to hide behind
In this fight, the demon troopers are the shield, and you are the sword.
There is nothing more threatening than an unknown attack.”
[Good.]
“And listen to Blucher’s command in this battle.”
[Where did you not sign a contract to listen to the command of a deaf general?
This body is a great dragon, this is it.]
“Believe me.
The front-line command is the guy who surpassed me.
I will not disappoint you.”
[Too humble?
Conductor of the Belzeburg Orchestra, Mr. Iron Mask.]
“It is also a virtue of a leader to praise subordinates who are good at their work.
Go, come on.”
[See you later!]
Thud. Thud.
A black dragon that makes the sound of footsteps that cannot be defeated by a giant, but then sneaks up a snowy hill.
Befitting his cunning, he lowered his body and crawled behind the heavily armed demon infantry of the 3rd Legion.
Even such a large body vanished in an instant once it entered the thick fog.
***
“Jose.”
“Yes, lower.”
“By the way, why didn’t Iron Mask take over this hill?
Judging by the forced march of Nene’s army, he seems to have even vaguely known that this is a battlefield.”
“Well.
It could be that we sent Nene’s army to take over and failed.”
“Yes.
It’s understandable that he ran a long distance through snowfields, mountains, and forests in two days.
They have great mobility, but they will all get caught in a trap trying to save Balak.”
“Because this hill will divide them.”
Slurp.
The coffee smell was so good today.
***
“… You must be thinking.”
“Then you didn’t purposely occupy the hill?”
Cheer.
“… Isn’t that right, General?”
“No, it didn’t.
Even if I sent Nene or Balak, it would be too late.
She must have been repulsed.”
Inside the fog, the sound of spears and knives clashing, shouting, and screaming were full.
***
Wow!
“I have a report, Commander!
The berserkers, led by enemy general Balak, are breaking through the lines and pushing General Kendall’s troops to the southeast!”
“What… ?”
Widely.
Fernando set the tiny coffee cup down on the pedestal.
“Don’t worry, low.
Eventually it will stop, and if it stops, it will be annihilated.”
Tata that… !
“I will report you!
The army led by the enemy general Nene has retreated to a nearby small village and is conducting a defensive battle!”
“How many are there?
Did you have a siege?”
“That, that… The fog is too thick and illusion magic makes it impossible to clearly see the size of the enemy.
In addition, there are many obstacles in the terrain, so it is difficult to encircle or break through.”
“What?”
Prince Fernando raised his eyebrows.
***
Northwest down the hill, a small town.
“I am Nene, second-in-command.”
Chuck!
“Evacuate the civilians and block the alleys between the farmhouses.
Stand on dry ground, each battalion.”
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
The 7th Legion Demons and Night Elves camped along the land full of streams, trees, and bushes.
There were no fences or watchtowers,
Sloppy.
“Ugh!
I lost my foot… !”
The snowfield gradually melted and turned into mud, making it difficult for Fernando’s army to advance.
Each corps had 7,000 men, and each battalion had 1,000 men, and each battalion had 100 men each.
“All troops, keep your place.
Each battalion commander, centurion controls the troops!
Don’t be fooled by anything you see, and stay square.”
The momentum was very strong as troops were assigned to protect each element along the dry land and small villages.
And.
Shaaaaa… !
A snake bigger than an elephant,
Big wal la rock!
Various monsters I’ve never seen before,
“””Right!”””
The illusions of the demon soldiers filled the gap between the misty mud and the village.
“Damn it, charge!
Hurry!”
Seeing the mess beneath your feet, dealing with a fantasy monster that suddenly jumps out of the fog, or dealing with Nenegun shooting a bow and crossbow from dry land.
Are you going to push hard with 30,000 people gathered?
The fog cut off the Demon King’s army, but also cut off the Fernando army.
So, the Demon King’s army with many skilled generals and generals has an advantage.
Furthermore.
“1st Battalion, step back to where the red flag is!
Military band, keep drumming!
Boost your momentum!”
The person in command now is Nene Boulanger, the oldest of the existing generals of the Demon King’s army.
Only the Four Heavenly Kings are 200 years old.
[Yes yes.]
[Yes, General.]
[March quickly to the point and arrive.
And retreat to this place and concentrate on defense.]
[… It means to disperse the enemy and the sight.]
[Okay.
Call in as many enemies as possible and hold out for a long time.
… Believe.]
[Sure, General.
Please leave it to me☆]
Who will pierce her for her determination and the thought of holding her out in this haze of hers?
The illusions that popped out of the fog were indistinguishable from the real ones.
“From now on! From now on!
Bravery that will remain as a song!
A battle that will remain as poetry!
This is our paradise!!!”
“Follow the General!”
“” “Balak! Ballack! Ballack!”””
Hung! Jjoong!
Wow!
And Balak, who had not received these instructions, also marched forward, and the troops sent by Fernando pursued them to the northwest and southeast, respectively.
Far enough that the fire on the hill couldn’t reach it, and it would take a long time to send a messenger.
“The enemy is dispersed.
Blucher must be going up by now.”
This is Camu’s design.
A blow that expands the front line on both sides and thins the enemy’s defense line.
Reproduction of the Belseburg Orchestra.
Solution in the same way as then.
“Break through the center.”
***
The heavy infantry of the 3rd Corps, led by Blucher, run up the hill at a terrifying speed.
“Lightweight magic!”
Tsutsutsu… !
“Everyone walked!”
Magic originally belonged to the demons.
There were so many battle mages among the legionnaires that they could cast light weight magic on large square shields, helmets, armors, and weapons that could cover all of that many legionnaires.
“Advance!”
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
Since the Demonic Heavy Infantry, equipped with superior muscle tone, agility, and endurance, even cast a lightweight magic, they moved quickly even while maintaining their ranks.
‘I’m going to win with this!’
“Everybody hold tight!”
Blucher gives up the traditional 3-row camp and climbs terribly while standing in 30-column.
7,000 heavy infantry in one corps moved as one mass.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
The black dragon, Karamit, crouched flat behind him and quietly climbed up.
“Commander, the enemy is climbing the hill from the front!”
Fernando-kun finally found Blucher-kun.
“Calm down.
As expected.
Tank troops, sortie!”
Kururrrr… !
“With the tank’s charging power added to the downhill slope, it’s over.
They will get scared and run away!”
Whoop, whoop, whoop!
The blades on the wheels of the chariot rotate terrifyingly,
Cood deed deed!
A troop of chariots running down a snow-covered hill.
Chariots drawn by two horses galloped along, each carrying two soldiers.
“Commander, the tank is coming!”
“Hold your shield and lie down!
Let it pass upwards!”
Thud!
Softly… !
The 3rd Legion raised their shields and prostrated themselves at Blucher’s command.
Quadd deed… !
“””Anit?!”””
The chariot troops rattled unsteadily over the shields.
And.
[Hi?
Little friends.]
Karamit, who was crawling like a crocodile behind the 3rd Corps,
Flutter—!
He spread his wings wide to the left and right.
Even at the height of a horse’s head.
“””!”””
Kukkoom!
“Aww… !”
Courage! Kwak!
Hee hee!
Purr… !
Hearing only the noise in the fog, Prince Fernando felt a little frustrated.
‘The fog is so thick that even if I fly an eagle, I can’t see it…
What happened?’
Swoop…
In-young revealed little by little.
The skirmishers who had gone ahead had no choice but to shout and deliver it to the relay.
“Commander!
Enemies keep coming up!”
Fast.
“Second wave, lancers.
Charge!”
Doo doo doo—!
Lance Charge of heavily armed knights shaking the earth.
‘In addition, the spears were remodeled and extended much longer in preparation for the enemy pikemen!
Why don’t you stop it!’
Blucher’s army was carrying a large shield in one hand and a spear in the other, so their spears were shorter than those of Fernando’s.
It was clear that the lancers would stab them first if they charged.
Doo doo doo—!
“Commander, it looks like the cavalry!
The sound of hoofs… !”
“Everyone stand in their places!”
Chuck! Chuck!
The sound of footsteps as if someone were shouting ‘one, two!’.
It’s all messy.
“Caramit, reload your breath!”
[I got it, kid.]
Doo doo doo—!
Suddenly appearing from the fog, the knights of Fernando’s army charged in wedge formation.
He grabs a long spear that has been remodeled and extended, and rushes while shaking the ground!
And.
Kyaaak-!
Kara Mit, who was lying down behind Blucher-kun, pulled out only his long neck,
Baat, baat, baat…
Fuhuaaaaa!
A cascade of acidic fluid poured out.
“””Ahh!”””
To-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa… !
Psiik… !
The center of the wedge formation that was directly hit by the breath was ‘disappeared’ in a straight line,
“Aagh!!
My arm, my arm… !”
Those hit by the acid screamed and dropped their spears,
Hee-hee-!
Purruk!
Udangtang! Coutan!
Horses were blown away by the shock wave or frightened by the explosion, knocking their riders off the horse and escaping at will.
“Brigade commander, the 2nd wave has been crushed!”
“Keep going!
Let’s go!”
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
“What?
What about this binge?
No way…”
Fernando felt that something was unusual.
“Damn it, the dragon crawled… !”
It was only then that I noticed that the dragon was crawling instead of flying.
“Anti-air ballista, bring it forward!
Main unit, gather behind cover!
Form a defensive line!
Archers, load arrows!”
The order I gave because I was so embarrassed.
How can you hit a target you can’t see properly?
Rather, the arrows were wasted, and the archers were sent forward to disrupt the ranks.
“Commander!
The fog is so thick you can’t see the enemy!”
“Form a net and shoot!”
It’s a stupid idea.
Enemies will come closer while reloading.
Shushu Shushuong!
‘Fernando.
I was embarrassed.’
Blucher sensed victory at this moment.
‘The general’s judgment was correct.
I can pierce it like this!’
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
Tang! Taetaeng! Tang!
Shields, helmets and armor.
Fully equipped heavy infantry units.
In addition, the forest of spears filled with spears was surprisingly good at defending against fighter attacks.
Even the arrows that were supposed to hit hit the window before they even touched the body and bounced off.
“Commander!
Enemies are starting to appear!”
“Blücher’s 3rd Legion Demon Heavy Armed Infantry!
Approaching fast!!”
“Loading anti-aircraft ballista!”
The ballista for antiaircraft fire brought in preparation for Karamit and the Royal Griffon Riders was located in the center of the camp and pointed towards the sky.
Only now, one by one, the troops were moving forward.
Kirik, Kirik, Kirik!
“Brigade commander, it’s an old gun!”
[Blücher.]
[Yes, General.]
[The reloading time of the enemy AA ballista is about 30 seconds.]
[?! How did you know that?]
[I used it when fighting the gold dragon in the royal palace in Amity.]
Cried Blucher, trying to calm his chest.
“Adjutant, count to 30!”
“1, 2, 3…”
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
If you run recklessly without armament, you might not get hit by the ballista.
It took a strong heart to run while watching the enemy reload the ballista while maintaining rank.
That is why the salute slogan of the Demon Foot Soldiers is ‘unity’.
The virtue required on the battlefield is sincerity rather than individual skills.
“Walk in time!
One two! One two!”
Heavy infantry walking at a constant speed!
My hands sweat, and my heart beats like a drum!
“… 28, 29, 30!”
“Everybody get down!”
The sound of swords and armor colliding loudly, everyone fell to the floor, and Karamit almost put his nose to the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The anti-aircraft ballistas fired arrows like long spears with a terrifying sound!
Jjoong!
“Aaah!!”
The soldiers who could not lie down were torn apart by the long-barrel fire and flew backwards screaming.
“Wake up!”
Every single thing!
“Walk!
Adjutant, count to thirty again!”
“1, 2, 3… !”
‘From now on, if I avoid the ballista shot one more time, I can reach it!’
“Don’t get excited!
Don’t run!
The ranks are getting tangled, you bastards!
Keep your feet in sync and walk with great strides!”
“23, 24, 25…”
Kirik, Kirik, Kirik.
“Come on, reload quickly!”
The old guns located in the center of Fernando began to be placed in front one by one!
Kirik, Kirik… Chunk.
“… 29, 30!”
“Get down!”
Papabak!
This time, all the soldiers were preparing, counting to 30 in their minds.
So I was able to react very quickly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Most missed or hit the ground.
It was because he was too conscious of the prostrated demons’ heavy infantry.
However.
Tae-aeng! Kwajik! Empty!
[Big… ! It stings… !]
The large Karamit could not completely avoid the artillery fire even if he lay down.
Critical blows to the head shook the head, and the horns and scales deflected or slid it at an angle, but one or two hits to the wings or torso were bound to hit.
Chara la la la rock!
[You think you’re going to knock me down with something like this!
I! As soon as! It is the black flame dragon of the abyss!]
Using the dragon’s roar instead of the sound of drums, all three corps stood up.
Jump!
“Everyone walk!
A little faster!”
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
“Break through!”
They didn’t even shout the usual ‘Waaaaa!’.
Silently, with only the sound of clashing armor, the Demonic Heavy Infantry advanced quickly while maintaining ranks!
“Caramit, reload your breath!
The goal is the obstacle ahead!”
[To Macacette!]
Baat, baat, baat… Fuhuaaaaagh!
Black Dragon’s Acid Breath explodes.
Two quack!
“Keah!”
“Ah!”
Barriers and anti-cavalry obstacles simply melted away, and all the enemy soldiers who had built defenses based on obstacles disappeared altogether.
In addition, some of the anti-aircraft long-barreled guns that were hastily deployed in the front were blown up!
“Commander, the camp has been breached!”
Fast.
“With an iron mask, this guy… !”
‘I never thought a dragon would crawl and come!
Hiding behind troops… !
I deliberately hid it so that it would be discovered as late as possible!
This bastard with an iron mask, as if I knew how to prepare… !’
Fernando clenched his fists.
I try to cool my hot head.
Because now is not the time to heat up.
“Body, line up!
Stop the enemies from entering!”
Wow!
Enemy soldiers rushing in to block the road opened by Acid Breath.
“Squad, stop!”
Chuck, Chuck!
“Lightweight magic, cancel!”
Dig! Dig! Dig!
Again the armor, helmets, spears, and shields became very heavy.
It’s okay though.
The 3rd Corps idiot Heavy Infantry Corps is the most elite legionnaires raised by Kamyu and Van Dark with great care.
Strength, agility, endurance… Because everyone is superior to humans!
“Heavy-duty dense infantry!
Let’s go!”
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck!
30 rows of shield formations made heavy with lightweight magic.
The soldier standing behind pushes the back of the soldier standing in front of him, and the soldier standing in front pushes the soldier in front.
Each half-hidden in the shield of the soldier on the right, while covering the soldier on the left with the shield in his left hand.
Become one piece and move forward!
“Two steps to hell!
Throw the enemy into Hell!”
“””Right! Right! Right!”””
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck!
“Stop it!”
“Kill the Horners!”
Tada da dot… !
Troops running facing each other.
And crash.
Bang!
“””!”””
“These children… !”
“It’s heavy… !”
Tuong! Empty!
Flying Fernando.
“No way… !”
Fernando opened his eyes.
He faced lesser shields and did not spear them.
“I crashed without slowing down… !”
Yes.
The reason why I solved the light weight magic.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Pushed and thrown away by weight and mass!
“Uh, huh?”
“Mi, don’t push!
Ugh… !”
The fallen Fernando soldiers,
Puck, puck!
Trampled by the foot of the heavy infantry,
Kwajik! Hooked!
“Ouch… !”
The infantry in the rear row advancing with their spears erected were pierced to death by the short blades on the hilts.
“Commander!
The center is being pushed!
No, it was broken through!”
“Damn it, hold on somehow!
Enemies are narrowly packed and penetrated!
Wrap from left and right!
Deploy the reserve!
Engage the enemy, lock it in as if you were putting it in a jar, and defeat it!”
Prince Fernando pointed his finger at him as he gathered up the battle lines.
It was clearly the right response.
Blücher did not stretch his troops on both sides for a breakthrough, but came densely.
If the center held out, they would surely have been able to surround and annihilate them.
The strength of the main force was much larger than the 7,000 men of Blucher’s single corps.
Since the main unit had 30,000 troops, it seemed like they could stop it.
Ridge! Ridge! Ridge!
If the iron mask hadn’t prepared for it.
“Commander!
The menials are coming up from the bottom of the hill!”
“The enemy is the Four Heavenly Kings, Adolf!”
Deploying reserves at the right time.
And.
Baat, baat, baat… Tuhwaaak—!
Kara Mith now raised his head, spread his wings.
[How dare you scratch my body?!]
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!
A black dragon entered the main gate and fired its breath at the anti-air ballista.
Flutter, Flutter, Flutter!
“Caramit! Don’t fly!
I can’t identify my friends because of the fog!
Stay close behind us!”
[Damn, I got it!
I’m afraid someone might not be his junior, so there’s a lot of nagging!]
“You’re meticulous!”
Even as he bickered with Blucher, Kara Mith rolled his snake-yellow eyes to grasp his main target.
After destroying the old gun, next…
Fuhuaaaaagh!
Wow!
“Aagh!”
A dense formation of enemies pressuring the left and right.
[Wahhahahaha!
This is all cool~!]
“Commander!
All anti-air ballistas were destroyed by the Black Dragon’s breath!”
“The center has been broken through by the enemy heavy infantry!”
“Enemy follow-up units are moving fast up the hill!”
“I can’t surround the enemy with the breath bombardment!
We can’t form a mass formation!”
“Soldiers are scattering!”
The Demon King’s army was united, and the humans were scattered.
The result.
Kwajak! Kwajik!
“Ouch… !”
It was clear.
***
“Now it’s time for the fog to lift.”
When the sun rises in mid-heaven and gets a little warmer, the fog clears.
An excellent commander is skilled in astronomy above and knowledgeable in geography below.
“Marie, has it been half an hour?”
“It’s going to be 30 minutes soon.”
Ridge! Doo! Doo Doo Doo! Ridge!
Unusual drumming heard from the top of the hill.
“It’s a signal, General!”
“Brigade Commander Blücher has occupied the hill!”
Wow!
“Good.
Also Blucher.
Keep your promise.
What about Adolf?”
“It’s going up!”
As the sun rose, the fog began to dissipate little by little.
Just like that, the battlefield gradually emerges.
Flutter, Flutter!
The 3rd Corps flag was erected on the hill.
“You made a great finale.”
“That’s what I mean.
Congratulations, Kamyu!”
“Not yet.
Everyone has to come for the curtain call.
Hello.”
“Yes, General.”
“Send a signal to Angela to sortie the Royal Griffon Riders waiting at the Floating Fortress.
Thoroughly disperse the fleeing enemies so they don’t regroup.”
“Yes!”
“Now that the fog has lifted, it’s Air Force time.”
When enemies unite,
Fuhuaaaaagh!
Breath support bombardment.
If you keep your distance,
Shushu Shushuong!
Concentrated fire from the handguns crossbowmen.
If you reduce damage in spread formation,
Bang!
Break through with heavy-duty infantry techniques.
The trinity of death
It was a feast of funeral songs made up of screams.
***
“… Retreat.”
“Commander… The main force is still holding out!”
“So now we have to pull back in an orderly manner.”
Fernando decided to let go of his lingering feelings.
The future is clear only if we endure here.
The dragon also invaded, the ballista for anti-aircraft was broken, and the large-scale magic dispelling ceremony will soon be pushed back, so the magic battle will also be pushed back.
“… Then they’ll take the hill, split our forces in two, and encircle them all.
We will encircle our forces pursuing Nene’s and Balak’s forces.
The Royal Griffon Riders will cut off our retreat and organically support the South and the North.
We have to move quickly now.”
“… I have no face, low.”
“It’s not your fault, Jose.
We still have ‘him’.”
There was determination in Prince Fernando’s eyes.
“Jose, lead the troops attacking Nene and retreat to the designated location.
I’ll take care of the main unit.
Adjutant, you run to General Kendall and tell him to break the siege of the Balak army and retreat quickly.
We must leave the battlefield quickly.
Soon this whole place will be a mess.”
“Yes?”
“Come on, tell me, come on!”
“Yes, yes!”
An adjutant running without knowing English.
“…”
Fernando looked back at the man in the red robe with a hard expression.
I couldn’t see his face because he was wearing a hood, but it was clear that his mouth was wearing a twisted smile.
“I’m sorry, Prince.”
“… Don’t say anything you don’t mean.
I know you like it because the time to avenge you has come earlier.”
“Then don’t you?”
“No way.
This board, you have to turn it over.”
“It should be.
Hey, it was really fun~
Disperse the main force by using the unruly berserker unit as bait, and if that is not enough, use the longevity and wife he cherishes as bait to thin the defense line, and then boldly break through the center…
That’s why, up until now, a unit dedicated to defense was put in and penetrated as soon as it was deployed after a long-distance forced march.”
“Stop.”
“Who would have thought that dragons would crawl without flying?
Who would have known that he would come sneaking up behind infantry!
Did I learn a lesson too?
Wahahaha!”
Match! Match! Match!
The one in the red robe now clapped and laughed.
The mouth exposed under the hood looked genuinely pleasant.
“Is this the dirge for the conductor in the iron mask of the Belseburg Orchestra?
I can’t imagine recreating it here!
It’s a masterpiece that’s as good as Manpasikjeok’s song!”
“Stop.
I don’t want to hear your thoughts right now.”
“What if I don’t like it?”
Kkeukkeuk.
Twisted smile.
It is a mockery sent by the strong to the weak.
Nod
“… Please.”
Finally, the prince bowed his head.
“Yes.
That should be it~”
Flutter.
When the red robe was thrown off, the grotesque figure hidden within it was revealed.
Blonde hair and red eyes.
Sharp teeth jutting out like sharks.
And the biggest personality… That it has three heads.
Are they Siamese twins?
“Please turn this board over.
… Crimson Hellkite.”
Flutter!
Wow!
And.
The strongest dragon with 3 heads and 6 wings.
Kyaaaaa!
Spread your wings.
Roared.