Chapter 299: Opening the War with Magic, and the Hellish Scene (1)

Probably thinking which magic to use based on the enemy’s composition.

“Master.”

When Melchior left this time Muriel spoke to me.

“What?”

“As I said before please absolutely do not face only the dragons.”

Muriel approached to the degree noses hit me and pressed with a serious face.

“A-ah, understood.”

I while arching back nodded.

Speaking of which had not asked Muriel why clinging to not fighting dragons.

“…Why fearing dragons that much?”

“Eh? I think dragons are things to fear…”

When asking Muriel was surprised as if why asking such a thing.

Following Muriel looking back I turned too, and Lilli and Sara who seemed to have been listening to our talk were smiling wryly.

“Because in fairy tales too. Bad children will be eaten by dragons! etc.”

“In the first place do not want to meet dragons.”

Lilli talked interspersing exaggerated gestures, and Sara shivered for an instant.

“I too am bad with dragons. No feeling of winning.”

“Is Master fine?”

Gejia talked with a serious face folding arms, and Birga asked me.

How?

“Because never met nothing to say.”

Indeed as far as “saw” large and had intimidation, but not to the degree feeling that much despair.

“Can you fight and win?”

Birga looked at me with eyes filled with expectation.

“No, as said just now nothing to say. Seems able to fight though.”

I put in a reply along the expectation at the end.

“As expected my Master.”

Seemed to receive well with Birga…

“Absolutely no good! If dragons come out please absolutely return here!”

Seemed bad with Muriel.

Muriel brought her face close to the degree noses touched again.

“W-understood so.”

Somehow soothed Muriel, and we exchanged small talk for a while.

Because before war Lilli and Ito, Tiria etc. seemed to be shaking their bodies anxiously, but by doing small talk the mind would be distracted too.

From beside three gazes of different kinds felt, but because nothing said from over there this side did not talk more than this either.

Around when the sun began to set we sat on the ground and arranged to sleep.

Above the enemy being near not knowing when attacking, but this side naturally had lookouts out so if something would inform immediately.

More than that not knowing how long the war would continue so when able to rest had to rest.

Not even a bed let alone straw bedding, sleeping on the hard ground trampled hard wearing hard armor too, and the mind tense so not able to sleep soundly.

“Um, is it fine to be nearby?”

“Ah, come.”

When answering Muriel the A-Dules looked at each other’s faces and nodded, and gathered around me.

“Excuse me.”

Then Muriel and Gejia, Birga rested their own backs on my back, Lilli and Ito boldly lay down using my thighs in a cross-legged as pillows.

Both wearing hard leather armor so for form could lie down.

Muriel, Gejia, Birga wearing plate armor so if lying down the body would hurt so only able to sleep sitting.

“Is it fine for us too?”

“Of course.”

When answering Sara too Sara and Yanica sat on both my sides and entangled their own arms on my arms.

Only one whether because all seats filled Tiria was flustered going right and left in front of me.

“Tiria.”

I called out to Tiria and pon pon hit my own feet cross-legged.

“…! E-excuse me!”

For a while blankly directed eyes at me, but whether the intention transmitted brightened the expression paa, once bowed her head to me then lay down in front of me and put her head on the cross-legged.

Now with this I became unable to move.

Well the usual.

Receiving a painful gaze from beside we fell asleep.

…

“Came!!!”

“The enemy army was seen on the hill. Urgently prepare the posture.”

Probably the voice of a man who was a lookout and a large drum sound as if sounding at the ear, and someone’s voice echoing directly in the head we woke up.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and strained eyes on the hill where the Demon Lord army would be.

There sand smoke like morning mist rose, and black shadows blocked by that showed figures in places.

Probably that was the vanguard.

Those showed figures on the hill, and ran down from the hill.

That many numbers so on the hill alone should not be able to deploy all.

I thought, but…

The vanguard finished descending the hill,

climbed the small hill ahead of that too.

On the hill the forces were stopped, but the vanguard had no sign of stopping.

“Intending to charge as is!”

Still time until contact, but whether because thinking would stop once the forward units who started preparations with margin seemed to have agitation running, and were noisy.

Several who seemed commanders raising voices trying to take control.

“A little early but let us begin.”

Melchior declared that in a somewhat large voice to the degree audible to us, closed her eyes and stretched both hands forward.

“Our mother earth. From the creation of heaven and earth shaking that body, gave terror to small us. I request. Now give that terror to my enemies. Shake the body, destroy my enemies.” “Earthquake!”

When chanting the spell smoothly magic power gathered in both palms, and when finishing chanting that was released forward and sucked into the ground.

At that moment with ground rumbling the earth shook.

No, strangely the place we were did not shake.

Clear even from here that the feet of the Demon Lord army’s vanguard trying to head this way were shaking.

The feet of the small demons goblins and dog heads kobolds running ahead stopped, and going right and left was visible.

“The endlessly continuing sky, the wind going there freely flies, eventually becomes a swirling wind that wraps everything and blows away. Scatter my enemies.” “Tornado!”

Melchior spun the spell again.

Looking left the left hand stretched forward, the right hand stretched up.

From that hand magic power surged, and the clouds in the sky swirled centered there.

Then at the same time Melchior finished chanting the magic stretched the right hand forward the same as the left hand, the swirling wind headed to the group of small demons goblins and dog heads kobolds whose feet were unsteady from the earthquake.

The tornado wrapped the small demons goblins and dog heads kobolds and blew them up into the sky.

“Ooo!”

The soldiers of our army who saw that scene stirred, then raised cheers.

I too excited and raised a voice together with the soldiers.

Stopping hundreds of thousands of soldiers, flying them in the air and giving damage.

If Melchior alone could do this much better to leave it to her.

I thought such a thing, but seeing Floche and Niagara standing beside Melchior making worried faces not matching the atmosphere of this place the two stopping the use of these strategic magics passed in the mind.

If using too much magic power Melchior’s little lifespan would shrink further.

Then to lighten Melchior’s burden, and to expand this advantage let us assist.

I lined up beside Melchior, faced up raised both hands concentrated magic power, and chanted the spell at the same time.

“Flame. Gather at my origin and become a ball that scatters calamity fire.”

When humming that one verse the magic power inside the body was released from the palms, and a giant fireball formed at once centered at the gathered place above the head at the tip of the palms.

No this was too large.

Recalling the time practiced before concentrated magic power high in the sky with margin, but as is I would be swallowed by the fireball.

Put in a little too much spirit.

I hurriedly concentrated to shrink the fireball.

The red flame gradually condensed, began shining blue, then white.

“! N-no! Please do not contract more than that!”

Beside Melchior was shouting, but because concentrating to maintain this fireball did not understand what saying.

For now still seeming the fireball would become larger so further shrunk the fireball in the manner of packing snow round and pressing firm.

“Ku! Niagara! Immediately instruct the front line soldiers to enter inside the barrier! Floche please inform the main camp that I will seize the barrier!”

“Yes!”

Beside somehow noisy, but whether compressed a little too much quite concentration needed to maintain this fireball so could not pay attention that far.

Several people passed both my sides and ran behind me.

Did not know what happened, but could not mind that thing.

About good soon.

I directed eyes to the place to head the fireball.

In front of me not a single one of the tens of thousands of soldiers who should be there.

Then the tornado had calmed somehow, and the still safe enemy army had begun gathering in one place.

Though saying that the number had decreased considerably.