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Chapter 41
Makai Hongi

“…How boring.”

Deja Vu? I felt like I had said the same thing last time.

While the war continued today as well, our battlefield was quiet.

We were both just watching and waiting. You could say that it was a stalemate.

“Waiting is so boring. It makes me want to go back to the village.”

Yes. It would be better if there was no fighting. Things should be done peacefully.

“Why don’t we just say that none of this happened and leave? Don’t you agree, Painy?”

“Do you mean that we should annihilate them into oblivion?”

Why was she so extreme?

“Not exactly that. I don’t mean that one side should be erased. But that we could pretend that we hadn’t been fighting at all. There is no fighting and no hatred.”

“That doesn’t sound very realistic. The strong must rule the weak. That is something that will never change in the Demon World.”

“Yes…yes, that’s true.”

–The strong will rule the weak.

Painy the Reaper was right. After all, similar wars to this one were erupting all over the world.

And yet, could they not resolve these conflicts by talking? Reset everything. Forget.

…No, it was impossible.

The only reason that the Reapers were working as my subordinates, was so they could survive by serving someone more powerful.

That wasn’t me, of course. They worked for me because they entered the country, but they are really under the rule of Lesser Demon King Melvis.

It was because of this law of the strong ruling the weak, that the Reapers came to us for protection.

This law would not change.

Speaking of which, as a Reaper, Painy was a higher rank of monster than me. And so I was quite sure that she would one day challenge me to Gekokujyo. However, there were no signs of it coming yet.

“What do you think, Rig?”

“For a hill like this, it should take at least forty or fifty days for the fighting to end. And yet it hasn’t even been ten days yet. It’s a little too early for you to be getting bored…”

That wasn’t what I meant…

Well, I understood his point. I was the Commander. Saying that I was ‘bored’ was a good way to lower morale.

“Still, having nothing to do will lead to slacking off.”

“I can see why you would think so, Commander Golan. However, I advise you to be careful…if I may be so bold.”

Rig sounded odd. Did he think I would start ordering reckless charges because I was bored?

I would not do that. Quite the opposite. I wanted to go back to the village.

Well, maybe he thought that I would order the charges in a desperate attempt to get it all over with as soon as possible.

“He was very clear about it during the meeting. And I intend to obey.”

I said, and Rig bowed. It was because he trusted me…right?

“So, when are we charging?”

Asked Saifo, his hands behind his head.

“We’re not charging! Were you even listening?”

“What!? We’re not going to charge, Golan?”

“You idiots! Why are you saying it as if it would be the normal thing for me to do!”

How rude.

“Because it would be so much better to do it and end things quickly, than doing nothing at all and running away. That’s what you always say.”

“I was talking about fights. Ogres are so obnoxious. Even if you run away, they will continue to chase you.”

“Well, being beaten by you is a kind of rite of passage, Golan.”

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    “Why! Is that the reason that you continued to threaten my peaceful existence?”

    “Of course. In fact, if we ever found someone who wasn’t being beaten to a pulp, we told them to go to you.”

    “…So that’s why there was a line…”

    I had thought it was strange. Some of them had said that it was finally their turn.

    “So… When are we charging?”

    “We’re not!”

    What was wrong with these idiot siblings. I hate them.

    We had strategy meetings every day.

    What we decided today solely concerned the defense of the base. Don’t strike out. Focus on defense. That’s what I was told.

    Apparently, vicious battles were being waged in the other battlefields.

    There were many deaths as well.

    Reinforcements had been sent from General Farneze’s main army, but they did not have many men to spare.

    Because of this, the General had ordered all of his Corps Commanders to not expand the battle line.

    “Listen, the General’s order is absolute. I mean it. Golan, especially you.”

    He singled me out. That wasn’t fair.

    It’s not like I didn’t understand him the first time.

    If the battle line expanded, we risked losing control of the whole thing.

    Of course, we would also lose many men.

    And that wasn’t an option, as it would be difficult to get reinforcements.

    “Ahh. Meetings are so annoying. I always get picked on.”

    I grumbled to Rig on the way back.

    I never had to ask. Rig would always follow me silently. He was a good adjutant.

    Recently, I’ve been wanting to make excuses to not attend meetings.

    But I knew all too well that they would then say I was no different from Guden.

    Still, I was reaching my limit.

    “Hey, Rig. What if we just went with the flow and attacked the enemy?”

    “They will likely strike back in great numbers.”

    “Right. But…we would still reach their camp, couldn’t we?”

    “Yes. The problem is that we can’t see what is inside now. Perhaps they have built two layers of walls.”

    The enemy hadn’t done anything so troublesome last time, because they underestimated us.

    Well, it was no surprise they would do that, since we were a group of meat heads.

    However, unlike the time that we charged before they were prepared, the enemy now had a strong defense.

    After they had retreated, they spent much time and effort in creating their fortress.

    That meant that we couldn’t touch them anymore. And we already had inferior numbers to begin with.

    There was no way around that.

    “We have to minimize our losses… That means staying here.”

    “Yes. I believe we should continue this stare down. And hit them if they come and attack.”

    “Our base is pretty strong as well. I guess that’s the only choice.”

    The side facing the enemy had three lines of defense.

    Earthen walls and palisades surrounded us.

    And if the enemy got past them, there was a deep trench.

    Of course, we did leave a clear path that they would have to go through.

    That would allow us to focus our attacks on a small number at a time.

    I had tried my best to recreate the field fortifications I had seen on tv.

    Next time, we would make barbed wire.

    And lastly, there was the inner defensive wall.

    It was simple and made of planks and logs. But it was hard to get through by brute force alone.

    In other words, we would suffer the fewest losses if the enemy came and attacked us.

    “Still, when will they come?”

    It was as I ponder this, that the day ended.

    It was time for another meeting.
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