Chapter 58 – 2nd Corps Commander Balak and Rumors

Episode 58 2nd Corps Commander Balak and Rumors

Take Angela as a prisoner and go to the place where you just fought the Demon King’s army.
I also have an injury, so I can’t go soon.
I just drive my horse to the extent of breaking news.

“Oops! Whoops! Whoop whoop!”

“Ah, that girl talks a lot.
Aren’t you tired?”

Even though Angela’s magic and physical strength consumption was amazing,
She screams, still biting her gag.

Very powerful.

Her arms are handcuffed and ropes tied around her body, while I hold the ropes around her ankles.
She is afraid that she will fall off the horse if she is upset, so she is unable to take any sudden action.
Instead, she is constantly shouting something like that.
Even though there were no original words.

Doo doo doo!

A cloud of dust rises ahead.

“Let’s see… Hey Moon Knight.
It was too late for you to escape.”

“!”

The ones who came running on horseback were the mercenaries I had mentally controlled.
The number of twenty people was reduced to seven.

“Whoa, whoa!”

Purr. Puruk.

The mercenaries stopped near me follow my instructions and return to the battlefield together.

“But why are only you guys back?”

“That is… The rest were captured by the Demon King’s army.”

“Why? While fighting together, he even encouraged humans to surrender.
Are you speechless?”

But.
Even if it’s like me, the human soldiers suddenly attack each other and ask me to trust them, but I still won’t believe them.

“When the captain comes, we will talk and decide.”

“Okay? Let’s go at once.”

Run lightly at a quick pace.
When seven mercenaries joined, Angela was speechless.
It’s not like he gave up on his personality.
It must be to conserve power.

After some time, we arrive at the battlefield.

“This…”

The Demon King’s army keeps the surrendered human prisoners tied up in the ruins of the captured rear base.
Some personnel are collecting corpses from the war zone and collecting them.
The corpses of enemies are hung up, and the corpses of allies are covered with cloth for storage.

And next to the captives, my mercenaries also sit tied together.
A total of seven numbers.
Ugh, six people are dead, right?

“Stop!
Are you the commander of the human mercenaries?!”

A berserker with a battle ax over his shoulder approaches.
He has a thick beard and is tall, but his shoulders are very broad.
To the point of appearing small.
Very solid feel.

“Yes. See the horns here?”

I point to the horns above my head while on horseback.

“Will the horn prove it?
There are many cases where humans wear horns and camouflage themselves.
State your name and tribe.”

Humans make horns,
The demons hide their horns and hit each other in the back of the head.

“Camus Franz.
Former commander of the 3rd Corps and former espionage officer.
Right now, I am carrying out a special mission under the direct control of the Four Heavenly Kings, Nene Boulanger.”

“Ha, after all, everything is fine now.
My name is Ka… What?
I’ve never heard of a corps commander.
Ka-ak, twee!”

… This bastard is cheeky

“Hey, are you the captain here?
Call the captain instead of you.”

“I am the battalion commander.
Commander of the 4th Battalion, 2nd Corps.”

“What?
As for the battalion commander, where did the other 700 go?”

“It was a special mission like yours, so I picked it separately.
Know? I won’t be able to tell you because it’s a special mission.”

This kid even digs his ears and listens.

“Hey, bro.
Be polite and get off your horse.
If you want to take your men over there.

He points to my mercenaries, who are tied by the jaws.

“What?
Hey… You caught that blonde bitch.
Our subordinates did the hard work, but can you eat rice cakes after watching an exorcism?”

The battalion commander of the Demon King’s army finds Angela, and she approaches and tries to grab her.

Puck!

“Keugh!”

Without hesitation, I kick the chest with my foot while riding the horse.

“This bastard is arrogant.
Are you recklessly passing on a high-ranking prisoner who was captured through hardship by others?
Do you know that Balak and Khan do this too?”
A foolish bastard.”

“No, this bastard?!”

Dump.

Raising his axe, he fell to his knees at the touch of my hand.

“Kuh, this… What is this…”

“Captain! Kuh.. Ugh!”

“This bastard… Kut!”

Fluffy Fluffy Fluffy!

When the battalion commander is subdued, all the berserkers around him who tried to attack him fall to their knees.
As I said before, berserkers are far better at hypnosis and suggestion than university scholars.

Excellent physical abilities,
I often lose my senses,
A hot-blooded berserker.
It’s just a good prey for a magician like me.

“Kneel down.
This is at eye level between you and me.”

“This dog is …

I kick him in the face this time while on horseback.

Puck!

Demons basically do not obey those weaker than themselves.
He doesn’t do well in obeying authority.
Especially the soldiers of Genocider Khan are hot-tempered.
They are mostly warriors within a minority tribe, so they highly respect visible military force.

That’s why you have to show an overwhelming image like this so the words can communicate well.
Being on a horse on purpose was also aiming for that kind of visual effect.

“Kuk!”

“Commander of the 4th Battalion of the 2nd Corps.
I remembered.
Hey, where’s Balak?
Are you robbing the human knights’ camp over there?”

“That… That.”

Puck!

“Hey, I was also a corps commander?
3 corps.
I don’t believe it from a while ago.”

As I kicked the battalion commander’s jaw repeatedly, one of the kneeling soldiers raised his head.

“Former commander of the 3rd corps… ?
Mental pressure… ?
By any chance.. Are you the commander of the iron mask corps?”

“You guys just memorized the name of the corps commander as a nickname?
To get out
Okay.
That is me.”

“Ooh.. Whoa!
Iron mask corps commander!
L.. I’m a fan!
We fought together in the Battle of Belzeburg!”

“What, what?!
Is that person an iron mask?
In reality, it looks really baggy, doesn’t it?!”

“And! Iron Mask!
I heard a lot about you from my father!
My father often said that he had seen it at the Battle of Belzeburg too!”

Whoops. Now I know
There was something in the middle that bothered me.

“… I can’t feel the force at all, even for an iron mask…”

Fuck!

Battalion commander, you bastard, the last words scratch your nerves.

“Okay.
Thanks for noticing.
I’m the one who knocked off the enemy knights earlier.
Did you see the fear of horses?”

One of the reasons why I’m a good fit for a commander is that I have a lot of useful magic for anti-army combat.
The human knights’ heavy cavalry charge was a threat to the Demon King’s army, which lacked anti-cavalry tactics.

But I subdue almost all animals.
The troopers were almost at the level of playing with them.

“Ah! Somehow, all of a sudden he fell off his horse!
It’s a scene I’ve seen somewhere, I wanted to!”

“Hey, it was an amazing scene, what is it!”

Yes?
Hehe.
What is it that makes me so popular?
Rumika needs to watch this scene too!

… Let’s stop.
Ugh, the girl who left because she didn’t like me
No catch, no catch!

“Where is Balak? Your commander.
I have something to tell you.”

“That, that…
We infiltrated the rear by culling elite troops, so news didn’t come around that well…
They are probably attacking the enemy garrisons from the front.”

The battalion commander carefully spat out saliva mixed with blood and responded politely.
After all, a guy who is open in the first place is a weakling.

“Okay?
Okay.
Free my mercenaries.”

“Yes… Yes!”

“Oh right. Six mercenaries were reduced.
Where are the rest?”

“That… That is.”

“Three people died in battle, and three people were killed for getting in the way.”

“!!”

When the mercenary informs me, the battalion commander glares at me as if killing me.

“Ugh.
I must have told my subordinates to tell you, but are you going to kill me?”

“That, I didn’t know at the time!”

Dump!

With mental suppression, he falls to the floor and puts his head down.

“Keu, keugh!”

“I’ll leave two of my men here, don’t mess with the prisoners here.
Unless I save my mercenaries.
We need to replenish staff.”

“Well, we are only less than 300, how do we keep over 120 prisoners for a long time?!”

“I won’t let any more human soldiers come this way, so you guys just keep the prisoners in a corner.
It’s possible if you don’t fight.
My men are watching you.”

“… Yes.”

After I said that, I was about to leave for the garrison, but somewhere there was a commotion.

“I, forward!”

“Advance!”

“Advance!”

The demonic soldiers suddenly saluted.
What?

“Camyu, you bastard!
Where did you suddenly appear?!”

“Hey, Balak. Long time no see.”

A black, curly-haired demon appeared that was 3 meters tall.
Strictly speaking, it’s a mixed blood between a demon and a giant.
Strong buffalo-like horns, reddish-red skin.
He carries a large ax spear and wears a tiger skin over his breastplate.
At first glance, it looks savage, but the face is also that of a square jawed, well-rounded Honam.
Wide shoulders.
Incredible forearms and biceps.
He is a warrior whose calf muscles stand out.

“Did you write this letter?!”

I think Zach got it right.
Guy, that’s great.
But I didn’t know that Balak would come here himself.

“Oh right. Did you read it?”

“Of course!
And if you mess with me, did you say let’s fight?
Fuck you?!”

“Uh.”

“Is it true that if I don’t follow this letter, you’re going to put your legs in my ass and tap dance?!”

It’s Zach…
I never asked you to comment.

“Did you put your head in my nostrils and do headbanging!!!”

… Zach This bastard is real.
I guess he just talked about things he usually wants to provoke with me on his back?
I’ll hang it upside down for a few days.

“That must be wrong.
좆밥새끼라는 얘기까지만 내가 했어.”

“Under… The Kkan tribe just… !”

“Whoa, whoa.
Be patient, Balak.
Everything you heard, I will tell him.”

“Really?!”

“Sure, then.”

“Fuck, fuck.
I got really mad and ran.
If you were right, I killed you and robbed the human camp.
Watch your mouth too.”

“Whoa, whoa. Calm down.
So did you do what you wrote in the letter?”

“So I came.
Sipal!
I’m having fun with a surprise surprise attack, but why are you interfering?!
Even if you don’t wear it, dude, I’ve already surrounded and driven the enemy!
Even Master came with the Black Dragon Moon Sword!
What nonsense is this!!!”

My throat is very loud.
If I hadn’t calmed the horses with my mental stabilization magic, all of the mercenaries and I would have fallen off the horse.

“I know, I know.
I know you are suffering.
But thanks to me, you can keep the siege like this.
Right? Commander of the 4th Battalion.”

“Just… Yes.”

In the state of being hit by me, he tells what happened during the battle.

“… So I was luring the enemy cavalry into our formation to kill them.
But suddenly the horses jumped up and fell off the horse.
Even if we didn’t fall down, we had enough…”

Kwajak!

“Ugh… Thanks to the falling horse, it attacks the knights,
Cannons, siege nets… It’s done… “

In the middle, he tried to speak in his favor, so he immediately took care of it with mental suppression.
Berserkers are my food like this.
Good compatibility, good compatibility.

Halfway through I tried to make up, but Ballack held up his hand to stop me.

I don’t want to be seen as giving away Ballak in front of my subordinates or trying to steal the ball from Ballak’s men.
So wait

“Hmm, that’s what I mean.”

Ballack listens to all the stories and strokes his beard.
You really resemble Master Ji’s habit very much.

“I have a rough feeling.
I need to hear more, Kamyu.”

“Okay, I’ll explain, so come over here for a second.
Hey, grab this horse’s reins and rope.
If you miss, you die.”

Pass the reins and ropes of Angela’s horse to my mercenary, and ride to the corner of the ruins of the supply base.
Balak is so tall that his neck hurts.
I must speak on horseback

“For now, I will moderately attack and stop.
I did as you wrote, so tell me everything.
What are you up to?”

The summary of my letter is roughly as follows.

[There is a way to get all the Garrison’s Light Blinger Knights.
I will subdue Angela and the detached unit, so even if we win, don’t massacre the prisoners and wait for me.
If you’re not going to do what I say, let’s face it.
Do what the winning side says.
Scared?]

“Did you see it?
A blond woman tied up next to me.”

“Is there a Demon Lord you don’t know about?
Not Angela, the Knight of the Moon.”

“Did you know that woman was involved in the demon king assassination operation?”

“… What?
It’s the first I’ve heard of it.”

“Shh.
Lower your voice.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“That’s right…”

I briefly explained
… Balak is not a vessel for plotting, but I am not convinced that he is not connected with the snitch.
Even if you tell me, let me tell you only irrelevant information.

During the espionage activities, he found out that there were more people who were mobilized for the demon king assassination operation.
For some reason it is forbidden to mention it.
I came to that woman to find out and avenge my family who died with the devil.
Enemy troops are needed for greater revenge.

“But what are you going to do with that troop?”

… I can’t divulge her plan here: ‘mind control Marianne, use her and her Angela to tear her Cathedral apart and get her Star Princess’.

“It will blur the proclamation of the holy war.
We already have a lot of troops, so what will happen if it explodes properly?”

“Are you going to stop with that stupid logic?
Master also came because he wanted to have a fight with that woman,
If I just send the Light Blinger, I wonder if they will agree.”

In frustration, Ballack bangs his fist on his chest.
Still, at this level, among the berserkers, it belongs to the axis of communication.

“Who wants to let go?
It means not killing prisoners.”

“Don’t kill the berserkers, would you?”

“Why not?
You haven’t been doing much lately, have you?
Anyone who hears it will know what it was like decades ago.”

At my words, Balak touched his forehead.

“… Hey Camus.
Didn’t you hear
The news.”

“What news?”

“… Humans keep kidnapping demon civilians.”

“… What?”

It’s the first time you hear it.

“Why?
Are you going to hand it over to the slave auction house?”

“No.
I knew that too, so I prepared the ransom to find out,
No news since he was taken away.
Not even on the black market.
… I wondered if it had been taken away by cannibals, so I looked it up and found out that other vicious rumors were circulating.”

“… What rumors?”

Balak leans down and whispers near my ear.

“Humans… They say they experimented with the body of a demon.”