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Chapter 48
Makai Hongi

As the morning mist covered the battlefield, the flying eagles set out towards the enemy camp.

They had been sent from Corps Commander Nehyor’s main camp, and they were here to monitor the situation.

At first, I had been surprised by how many there were, but they said it was because the battlefield was large and difficult to cover. Besides, if one of them were to fall, it would break the chain of communication.

“And they also took shifts.”

In any case, clearly these flying eagles were useful for scouting and transportation. But they had weaknesses as well.

First, their combat ability was not very high, so I could not have them charge into the enemy camp.

So they were much more useful as scouts.

Furthermore, they didn’t have especially good eyesight. It was the same as the other races for the most part.

And so if they wanted to see finer details, they had to get close to their target.

Either that, or they stayed far away but could not give you a detailed report.

But the biggest one of all…

It was that these wise eagles could not fly very high.

Most normal birds could fly a little higher than them.

In other words, they stuck out if they were too close.

And if they were caught, they could be knocked out of the air.

What I’m trying to say was this. They weren’t all that great as scouts.

However, they could be very effective depending on how you used them.

As I was thinking this, one of the flying eagles returned.

“I have seen the camp. They have two layers of defense… Like so.”

He drew what the camp looked like from above.

They were enough for general reconnaissance missions like this, that just told us who had the higher ground and a simple layout of the camp.

“I see… And so this hole is a tunnel.”

I could see the camp in the distance from where I stood.

There were walls of stone and hardened soil. And also fences made of logs.

It seemed like it would be very difficult to get over them.

This whole time, I had been watching the enemy make their camp. There had not been an order to attack since then.

The enemy made wooden fences and put stone on top of it before hardening them with dirt.

While I watched, I couldn’t help but think about how difficult it would be to destroy them.

“Still, two layers of defenses and a tunnel to come in and out.”

It was very well thought out.

Because it was a tunnel, they could go in and out freely, but we would be easily targeted the moment we stuck our heads out.

It would be difficult to use a tunnel if the enemy was guarding one of the entrances.

“Well, it’ll work out.”

Compared to defeating the Gigant Centaur, this was easy.

“Alright, we’ll move as planned. Are you all ready?”

“Arrgh!”

“…Looks like you are.”

I was actually very worried, but this was business as usual for them.

Surely they wouldn’t disappoint me.

“Let’s go!”

“Arrgh!”

The important part of this plan was to move faster than the enemy.

Thinking back on how we fought up until now, even when the enemy attacked our base, the Gigant Centaur boss had not come out. In other words, he had stayed in their base.

The enemy boss was avoiding a fight… That was one way to take it. But I felt that it was a strategy.

As they had superiority in numbers, they were slowly trying to chip away at our fighting force.

“Continue on!”

There was no point in waiting for the enemy to attack.

And so I wanted to attack them before they could move.

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    Bootis
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    The rest of the chapter:

    We were almost there.

    So far, no magic had come flying our way. Perhaps this was too unexpected for them. They were not ready.

    But it was good for us that no ranged magic attacks were flying.

    This was also due to the many times that the enemy attacked our base.

    We ogres were weak to magic attacks.

    Because of this, we had made a point of taking out their magic users with ‘Rock Throw’ as quickly as possible.

    Our rocks against their magic.

    Either their numbers had gone way down, or they felt they were at a disadvantage, and stopped coming out.

    Perhaps they were transferred?

    In any case, the fact that there was no magic flying at us meant that our hard work had paid off.

    And now, we were all carrying long poles as we dashed up the slope.

    As for how we would be using them…

    “Follow me!”

    I stabbed the point of the pole into the ground, bent it, and launched myself into the air.

    Yes, it was pole vaulting.

    When the enemy started building their wall, I made my men train.

    While these meat heads were not good with using their heads, their bodies had a quick way or remembering things.

    My body easily soared over the wall of stone, dirt and wood.

    Surely, they would be able to do it too.

    –Zuzzzaza

    I had a little too much momentum.

    And so I carved out a huge tract of dirt during my landing. Then I looked up at the stunned enemy and roared.

    –Grrrrraaaaaghh!!”

    Then the other ogres followed me.

    Our plan had succeeded. The power of meatheads.

    They ran so fast that they all made it into the camp.

    Apparently, there were only centaurs here.

    They wielded bows and arrows. They must have grabbed them frantically when they saw us.

    “You’re not prepared for close quarters combat.”

    They had likely thought they could buy time by keeping us away with their bows. And they would wait for their spearmen to arrive.

    I grabbed the club that was tied to my back. I had given my men an order before we charged.

    “When I take out my weapon, crush them!”

    “Arrrghh!”

    And so the stampede began.

    We fell upon the centaurs and their bows.

    Most of them went down in a single hit.

    What else could happen when hit at this range?

    It was a rather one-sided battle. And before too much time had passed, the area around us was cleared.

    “Now, the problem is getting past the second wall.”

    It wasn’t as high as the first one.

    But as it was made of logs that were tightly stacked, we could not see inside.

    Also, there was an eerie silence. Perhaps the centaurs were just disposable pawns, and the defenses inside had been strengthened.

    These were people who sent their golems into the miasma zone. They would just consider it a necessary sacrifice.

    “The tunnel isn’t blocked off. But I don’t want to go through it.”

    When I looked inside, I saw the light.

    There were a number of these underground tunnels that led inside the second wall of defense.

    They used it to position their men. But I knew we would be hit the moment we went through.

    “In that case…let’s break this.”

    The destructive power of ogres was enough to deal with some logs.

    “But they’ll probably be waiting for us.”

    Maybe I should go first… I wondered. But then one blood-thirsty ogre started to kick down the wall.

    “He-hey!”

    We don’t know what’s on the other side. Be careful… But before I could say that, something that was the size of a telephone pole came flying and slammed into the ogre. It took him right towards the first wall and skewered him to it.

    “That…it was an arrow?”

    While it was as thick as a telephone pole, it was feathered, so perhaps it was an arrow.

    “Who the hell shot that?”

    No, it was obvious.
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  2. Offline
    F5 Sect Disciple
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    So did he actually fight the vampire, or what? Man, Japanese stories are always super vague with events and descriptions.
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