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Chapter 38
Makai Hongi

The enemy boss was a Gigant Centaur. I wondered how it would compare to the Taiga that I had fought last time.

I was pretty sure that the Gigant Centaur would be stronger.

In the first place, Centaurs had all the mobility of horses while also boasting monstrous strength.

Sometimes, they would have a weapon in one hand and wear armor and use a shield.

They were very difficult opponents when it came to battle.

And since this one was of the highest rank, all of its abilities would be at their peak.

That’s what I was facing. I needed a plan.

“Left. You’re lagging. Run faster.”

“Ayyee!”

Compared to those who ran in the center, the ogres to the left and right were falling behind.

It was no wonder. They were carrying some heavy equipment.

—That is, the anti-cavalry palisades.

The reason that I thought of this method was that the ogres with ‘increased arm strength’ were walking while carrying these ‘already made anti-cavalry palisades’ in order to raise the defenses of the base.

These palisades were partially buried in the ground and were supposed to stop the enemy while they charged.

In most cases, rocks were used to keep them in place so that they didn’t move.

But for some reason, they were carrying the palisades as they walked.

“Well, it’s ogres. Perhaps that’s not so strange after all.”

It was a blindspot. Or perhaps I was too bound by ideas of what was normal in my past life.

I had assumed that you put the parts together on location, but they were just cutting down trees and wrapping barbed wire around them.

And it was while I watched the ogres carrying them that I had an idea.

It would be difficult to defeat a Gigant Centaur.

Event if you somehow overwhelmed them with power, they would just run away when the tide turned against them.

And if they decided to run, they would definitely get away.

So, what could you do?

I looked at the ogres to the right and left.

“They…are able to run while carrying those palisades made of logs.”

The palisades were huge, and yet the ogres were carrying them as they ran.

With these, we could block the escape route of the Gigant Centaur.

“We’re in their camp now. The enemy is right in front of us.”

The enemy must have been very surprised.

It was unlikely that they had ever experienced something like this. We were charging into them while carrying anti-cavalry palisades. Hell, I had never seen anything like it either. 

Like the name suggested, the Gigant Centaur was huge. Enormous.

I didn’t even have to look for it.

“Surround him!”

The anti-cavalry palisades were set into place on the right and left sides of the Gigant Centaur.

In Shogi, I would be the silver general. I could only move around by one square.

The enemy weren’t bishops, but knights. 

Under normal conditions, I wouldn’t think that we could win.

And so we surrounded him. Surrounded it and got rid of its mobility.

“This is good.”

I laughed with confidence.

Painy and the other Reapers, who had followed me, went around the palisades and to the back of the Gigant Centaur.

The idiot siblings were protecting my back.

They also dealt with any enemies that came around.

And like that, the encircling net was complete.

The enemy was looking at us with a suspicious expression. He was very cautious.

This was the only part of the battlefield that was quiet. The ogres were wreaking havoc on the rest of it.

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    I didn’t know which side was winning, but we had inferior numbers. The longer this was drawn out, the more we’d be at a disadvantage.

    And so I had to end it quickly.

    As I stood in front of the Gigant Centaur, the Reapers behind me began to move.

    Painy’s special abilities included ‘Headhunter,’ ‘Terror,’ and of course, ‘One-hit kill.’

    Headhunter was a move that allowed you to behead someone weaker than you, which meant it could not be used here.

    It was the same with ‘One-hit kill,’ as the success rate was much too low.

    And so I ordered them to use ‘Terror.’

    It was a basic ability that nearly all evil spirit types used.

    When I had told Painy to use it, she looked very annoyed. Apparently, hardly anyone used it.

    I see. So that meant that even a user like Painy did not know the true horrors of ‘Terror.’

    In the first place, residents of the Demon World were so dense when it came to special abilities. They just saw it as ‘power that they just happened to have.’ It was a waste.

    They don’t really care to test how big the effect, the range, and what they can and can’t do with it.

    “Do it!”

    I said. And all at once, the Reapers unleashed ‘Terror.’

    Most people just thought of ‘Terror’ as an ability that made you feel fear.

    That wasn’t wrong, but it was more than that.

    They didn’t know that the person who unleashed ‘Terror’ could choose an image they wanted to project.

    Of course, part of this was because the only way for this to work, was if both sides had the same perceptions.

    What the Reaper imagined had to line up with what the enemy imagined, or it would not be effective.

    And so usually, it just resulted in imparting a vague sense of fear. As far as I could see, this was negligence.

    All you needed to do was to understand their perception and send it.

    For instance, something well known, like the Reapers’ ‘One-hit kill.’

    “…!?”

    The Gigant Centaur’s face contorted.

    ‘Terror’ was causing it to think about ‘One-hit kill.’ There were twenty Reapers. In other words, Terror was being used twenty times over.

    There was no one in this land who was ignorant of the reason that the Reapers were persecuted.

    How could they not? ‘One-hit kill’ was so powerful that it took down a Demon King.

    And now it would be all the Gigant Centaur could think about.

    “The success rate of ‘One-hit kill’ is incredibly low. Still, Reapers are high-ranking. For someone like you, is there a one percent chance? Lower? Still, with twenty of them, they are quite a threat.”

    Of course, right now they were just sending an image. He would not die.

    However, the Gigant Centaur looked pale.

    On its sides were the anti-cavalry palisades made from giant trees. Behind him were the group of Reapers. And in front of him…was me.

    So, here was the problem. If he wanted to get out of this situation, what would he choose?

    There was only one answer. He had to defeat me and escape.

    Well, of course he would do that. We were leading him to that decision.

    (Come on. I’m counting on you.)

    I called to the other me.

    Gigant Centaurs were all about physical strength. There was no way that I could beat it like this.

    And so I would leave my body to the other me.

    Up until this point, everything was going according to plan.

    –Now, it was just up to…me.
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