Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 417
[417[Tuesday] A nightmare overflowing from the West
drakes are smart.
It's not just domesticated species that are smart. The premise does not change just because it is a wild drake. Rather, they only become more clever and skilled at using their own tricks..
However, apart from the drake's intelligence, there was one characteristic that was not particularly well known: it was sensitive to magical power. Humans do not know this because they cannot use magical power, but demons only recently adopted the idea that they use drakes, so the characteristic that has not yet been systematically understood is related to the birth of drakes..
Nowadays, they are treated as a little troublesome monsters and are considered very insignificant, but they are beasts that inherit the blood of the dragon, who can be said to be the progenitor of mana and magic, even if only slightly. Rather, it can be said that it is strange that one does not feel magical power..
The drake could not use magic or apply magical power. He just fears beings with magical powers from the realm of instinct..
That's why the flying dragon that was hit by Eldmia with its magic-filled fist was afraid of him..
It only took less than ten punches for her fear to turn into obedience, for her to follow orders as best as she could understand and not run away even when Eldmia let go, but that was enough for the drake..
And after flying through the sky several times, the dragon realized that his judgment was right..
Throw a weapon to kill them, explode something to kill them all, and suddenly jump to another drake and kill them directly. The fact that there were more dead enemies than alive, even though it was just flying, came as a novel shock to the flying dragon..
No need to claw, hit or bite..
Just fly and the scary human will take care of it..
and become safe.
It was a moment when the formation of trust, which can be said to be one of the core processes that Ethisel's drake pilots and knights learn through years of interaction with the drake, was completed with just a punch..
"Come on!"
As soon as the human voice reached the ears of the flying dragon, which had suddenly reached the point where it seemed as if it had achieved liberation in a mysterious enlightenment, the flying dragon, which had been waiting for the human in a circle in the air, naturally moved according to the call..
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When I saw the flying dragon circling above my head like a crow stalking its prey, I shouted, and it very naturally turned its gaze towards me and began to approach me at high speed..
"Why are you so obedient?...?"
To be honest, I thought I could run away the moment I jumped off the guy's back and attacked the other drake....
What about running away? If someone who doesn't know you sees it, they listen to it so well that they think it's a pet they've raised for 10 years, so it's rather astounding..
Well... After killing the flying dragon I was riding with the mindset that good things are good things, I looked back and the sky was clean. Although another unit of flying dragons was seen flying from the inner castle in the distance, there should be no problem once the army advances and enters the outer castle..
Certainly, as I felt during the last hijacking, the aerial power of the Demon King's army was nothing compared to that of the flying dragon and its occupants. Of course, it is true that just spraying a magic bomb like this from above a person's head to neutralize the wizard's spell interference and then embedding magic in it was enough to be threatening, but the Drake Knight is not at that level..
The one who was able to hold out the best was the owner of the flying dragon that had just climbed on. When he tried to dive, he died with an expression on his face as if he had been defeated by the whole world..
"Hmm, what should I do?."
Anyway, after working hard to gain air superiority, I folded my arms and fell into trouble, admiring the flying dragon's cleverness in maintaining its altitude as if it were natural when I didn't give it any other instructions..
There is only one magic bomb left in my hand.
It wasn't a dangerous item that would just explode if you just smashed it, so it was good that it took down the Demon King's army's flying dragon unit without any hesitation, but of course, it couldn't be refilled.
It's almost the size of a 500ml plastic bottle, so I regret only bringing three of them. After seeing the benefits of this fantasy-style grenade, which boasts outstanding performance, I realized that I had to fight twenty drakes with just one....
...It's very annoying.
"It is true that I have fulfilled my role to this extent...."
Standing at the crossroads of whether to continue to dominate the air superiority and help our allies, or to step back and inspect the unexpected trophy, the flying dragon, I thought about it for about 30 more seconds and drove the flying dragon back toward the city..
If nothing else, this bomb cannot be dealt with by any means..
Even I can't stop this from happening..
In the case of magic tools that prevent the use of elemental magic or magic when activated, it is possible to neutralize them with my own abilities because they continuously absorb and release the magic power of the area, but this is a structure close to self-development without the magic power flowing outward. It didn't work. My ability is closer to disconnecting the cord of an externally powered home appliance, so I am extremely shabby when it comes to things that run on batteries..
But they explode something like this in the outer castle to prevent the enemy from entering? There may be more people killed by explosions or debris than soldiers killed in battle. Fortunately, I couldn't use the advance guard I had assigned in time because the army was still in the open field and had to approach, so it wouldn't be a big deal if they decided to attack me in the city center..
This doesn't seem to be a new weapon that was revealed for the first time today, so veterans on the battlefield may be preparing their own countermeasures....
It's a bit inefficient to try to solve a problem before it happens and then sort it out. Unlike the outer castle, the trick I tried won't be able to attack the inner castle, so it's right to minimize damage to allies..
Having made that decision, I checked the area with the most people among the rapidly approaching flying dragon units and then picked up the pace..
It was a bonus to burn my will to refill this time..
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From the command post, Alt, who was looking at the outer walls of the city that were destroyed so quickly and unexpectedly, gave an order after a short period of thought..
"Move the command post."
"What location do you have in mind??"
"In front of the outer castle gate. Do not go inside."
Originally, once the command post was in position, it did not move until the siege was over, but due to the long battle with the Demon King's army, their field manual had many differences from existing common sense. And one of the most representative examples was the movement of the command post during a siege..
The demons never fixed their powerful troops to protect a single city. Try to move as much as possible and take advantage of it, but if something goes wrong at the base, you retreat while the defensive troops hold out and aim for the rear. Therefore, the siege war targeting the Demon King's army begins after there is a high probability of breaking through the outer castle..
The reason they were able to respond in such a ridiculous way that the human race wouldn't even dare to do was because they were the demon race..
This is possible because of using magic power, and based on that magic power, the gate can be applied in a much more diverse way than the humans. Even in most cases, individual strength is far superior to that of the human race, so there are often cases where the number of moving troops and supplies is relatively small, but the firepower is actually superior..
How much damage was inflicted by that ridiculous mobility in the early days of the war? In a way, it was a natural progression that the command post, which was closer to watching from the rear, was transformed to be closer to the battlefield and to issue orders as quickly as one minute and one second. At first, there were many opinions that the command center would be exposed to danger as a result, but this is a counterargument that no longer exists. When dealing with demons, the danger is the same no matter where the command center is..
However, since this attack on the outer castle went in a direction that no one could have expected, it was clear that the enemy would not be able to respond properly. And Alt had no intention of wasting the enormous profits he gained from this..
"Contact the cities in the rear and tell them to move their troops. Report the situation to the royal family. Maybe this time, instead of just taking Levien, we can push the front line a little bit.."
The achievements that Eldmia has achieved are enormous..
He breaks through the outer walls alone, and counterattacks even the enemy's flying dragon units that attempt to bomb him, causing almost no casualties. Thinking that this would be an unprecedented siege in the entire history of the kingdom, Alt turned his gaze to Margrave Levien, who was calmly examining the map of the battlefield, leaving his men behind as they left the command post to carry out orders..
"Did you expect this??"
I couldn't help but ask. Because it made no sense.
If a human can do something like that in a siege against demons, it goes without saying in a war between humans. In the future, if the royal family and nobles, led by the Margrave Levien, attacked other countries, I had no idea how quickly and quickly the conquest would be accomplished..
There are simply more strong people than you think. However, there are only a few who are strong enough to shatter such existing common sense. Even Eld Mia has just become an adult, so she has plenty of room to grow further..
'That's a strategic weapon. A strategic weapon that is bound to cause trouble if held by a nobleman. If Margrave Levien had indeed predicted all this, Alt was planning to submit a report containing a warning to the royal family..
"Do you mean breaking through the outer walls without taking any damage? no. I had no idea."
However, the noble girl, who was good at hiding her emotions, remained oblivious. In contrast to her calm tone, there is life in her eyes. However, there was no way to know whether it was the joy of a commander who was satisfied with the results as expected, or the joy of a person who was avenging the past of losing his family and having his territory taken away..
What meaning does today’s battle have for a girl who almost lost her family at a young age?.
The incident at the time, when they were pushed into a quick attack due to lack of knowledge about the demons' tactics, was a humiliating and painful past for the kingdom. This time, the enemy was pushed back with a quick attack, so perhaps he was feeling a sense of accomplishment from having achieved revenge..
"We've been together for a long time, but I can't figure it out.."
Alt thought as he looked at Margrave Levien smiling as he finished speaking..
Somehow, Lanje seems to be seeing himself when he made an event and an achievement at the same time..
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