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Chapter 17
Makai Hongi

There was something nice about being on a battlefield with nothing to do for a whole day.

Once the sun came down, we started to eat our dinner. Those who had too much energy to spare started quarreling with one another.

I watched them silently. It was a familiar sight back in my village.

“Where’s Rig?”

“Ah, over here.”

The overly serious adjutant approached me.

“What’s the situation?”

“The staredown continued all day at the center.”

“They didn’t fight?”

“Yes. There have been no signs of any fighting breaking out.”

“What about here?”

“I sent out some soldiers a short while ago, but they haven’t spotted any enemies. Should I send them out again?”

“No, that won’t be necessary. But keep your guard up.”

“Yes, certainly!”

He was always so serious. I didn’t see how relaxing a little would do him any harm.

We had taken their stronghold in just a single day. So the enemy must have panicked. They were taking their time to respond.

Well then, they were more than welcome to just retreat for good.

I had no idea what would happen tomorrow, but we had the power to kill their commanders in a single battle.

That was what they would be thinking. If things went well, the battle may end without further fighting.

After everyone finished eating, I sent soldiers to patrol the area once more.

As expected, they returned with reports that they hadn’t seen any signs of the enemy.

After a while, I received an order from the main camp. A meeting.

I had slept through the last one, so I suppose I would have to attend this one.

“Rig. I’m going to go to the meeting now, so I’m leaving the men to you.”

“You’re going alone?”

“I know where it is now. I’m sure I’ll be fine.”

“No, what I am concerned about, is that you will antagonize the others.”

That!

“Don’t worry about that. Trust me.”

“I am not convinced!”

Why!

I switched gears and headed to the tent where the meetings were held.

This time, there was a chair prepared for me. Good.

“Ah, it seems that everyone is here now.”

As always, Corps Commander Nehyor seemed to be in good spirits.

“First, Golan. I received the report yesterday. You defeated their commander. Congratulations. From what I was told, it was Corps Commander Koven, of the Taiga clan. Well, he was Corps Commander to Lesser Demon King Bagzley, but now he is a Commander under Lesser Demon King Leninoth. It is quite impressive that you beat him. Should I be worried, now that we know you can kill Corps Commanders?”

“That thing was barely a hassle. But if you’re up for it, I’ll fight you any day.”

“Ahahaha… I’ll consider that offer.”

“Commander Nehyor, please don’t take his foolish boasts seriously. In fact, a good beating would be warranted now.”

“You’ll get your turn, mongrel.”

I couldn’t help but say.

But if I fought with Corps Commander Nehyor, I would lose without a doubt. I mean, I would die.

“Well, we are still fighting a war here. So how about we talk about that later. Of course, once this is all over, and Golan is still up for it, I will fight him whenever he wants.”

“Good.”

Of course, this was all just for show.

In the Demon World, saying, ‘I’ll bash your head in the next time we meet!’ was basically a signal for saying ‘let’s stop fighting.’ I had no need to worry.

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    The rest of the chapter:

    “Alright, now that that is out of the way, let’s continue with the meeting. Things are still at a standstill. I checked up on the enemy in the afternoon, but it seems they have no will to fight.”

    There are several ways to check on the enemy. I wonder what he used?

    Of course, the easiest method was for people with the special ‘Beastmaster’ ability to use Farsight in order to spy on the enemy.

    Once you reached the Corps Commander class, there were many who were able to do this.

    Others might be able to fly in the sky and look down from there.

    As our army had Bian, it was more than possible.

    “So, will things be the same tomorrow?”

    Lobos asked thoughtfully.

    “Indeed. As for the enemy, it seems they are slowly starting to move their forces to the main camp. In other words, there are signs of a retreat.”

    That was good. A full-scale withdrawal would be the best possible outcome.

    “That means tomorrow’s battle will be the deciding factor.”

    “Yes. They will probably come at us in full force.”

    Lobos said and Corps Commander Nehyor nodded.

    It seemed like only those two understood each other. What did they mean?

    As it annoyed me, I decided to think about it.

    We were currently protecting the hill.

    The enemy had split into three camps and attacked, so we also split into three and fought back.

    Both sides had their main camp in the far back.

    As one of the enemy camps was destroyed yesterday, they only had two left.

    And now they were merging.

    It could be that they were preparing for a retreat, but there was also another possibility.

    Either they were switching some of their soldiers or perhaps they meant to hide where they were going.

    If they just retreated without doing anything, they might be attacked from behind.

    And so there was a need to strike us once and take the wind out of our sails.

    So, if they were going to start a fight somewhere tomorrow…

    “I see. The Gob-gobs.”

    As I had destroyed one of their armies yesterday, the enemy was no longer able to advance to the center.

    After all, my men would be able to join the battle very easily.

    If they were gathering all of their central forces to the main base, it was likely so they could then focus their attack on Gob-gob’s place.

    The strongest of them would have been in the center, and so they had been brought back.

    As the Gob-gobs were far away from me, we likely wouldn’t be able to join them in time. And if we left our camp, then the enemy might take advantage of that and attack.

    In any case, we couldn’t cross to the other side of the battlefield.

    “Correct. And so Lobos’s camp will likely fight a small-scale battle tomorrow. However, they might send some of their strongest men.”

    If that was the case, why not strengthen the Gob-gob troops?

    “Perhaps you should move our forces while we still have time?”

    Take the enemy by surprise.

    “They’ll know immediately if so many soldiers are moved. If we can spy on them, there is no guarantee that they aren’t spying on us.”

    The average soldier didn’t understand anything about strategy.

    If you told them to move, they would complain. And it wasn’t like all of them could move stealthily.

    In other words, if the ogres moved, the enemy would know it immediately. There would be no point then, if the enemy changed their plan.

    So he was telling us to sit down and be quiet. I couldn’t argue with that.

    “Alright, that’s it for today. Good luck tomorrow!”

    And with that, the meeting was finished.

    As for the Gob-gobs that had been brought up many times in the conversation, they were silent the whole time.

    Bian, the wise eagle, had also stayed silent the whole time.

    What? Was the beating I gave them that effective?
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