Chapter 300: Opening the War with Magic, and the Hellish Scene (2)

Rather than shooting the same place more effective to shoot the other side, outside the damage range of the tornado Melchior caused, maybe?

No if anyway let us aim at the enemy’s main camp.

A little far but… would reach.

“Fireball!”

I slowly lowered both palms from above and directed toward the enemy army.

Precisely on the hill where the main camp was about to be made.

The fireball shining dazzlingly like a small sun accelerated along the movement of my hands and flew toward the enemy army.

Then…

From the place the fireball fell a giant mushroom cloud appeared.

On the ground shockwaves ran radially from the center of the mushroom cloud, blew away everything there, and crushed to pieces.

A roar as if splitting the ears echoed, then the shockwave approached.

Someone pulled my arm back.

I who was a little tired concentrating on shooting the magic easily staggered and fell back.

Immediately the shockwave reached the place I was standing, gouged the ground, and dissipated at my feet.

Apparently the immediate near my feet was the end of the barrier.

At the same time as the shockwave the ground shook.

“Kyaa!”

Muriel and Gejia, Birga who caught me hugged me from above.

What was it?

Raising only the head and looking ahead of that.

Beyond the barrier sand smoke was dancing, and did not know what was happening.

Occasionally with a raw “docha” sound something hit the barrier, crushed and fell to the ground.

After red and yellow, green liquid remained on the barrier, and that flowed down too.

The ground rumbling that continued for a while stopped.

Conversely to until now a silence to the degree ears hurt wrapped the surroundings.

“Haa, haa, haa, nk, haa, haa, haa…”

No, only Melchior’s rough breathing was heard beside.

The barrier that was protecting us cracked, and if that shockwave continued a little more could speculate would not have held.

That barrier too when Melchior who was breathing with shoulders waved her right hand was repaired to a transparent barrier to the degree not knowing whether original or not.

“Already fine, probably.”

Melchior smiled nikkori and looked at me.

“A-ah.”

Did not know what was fine but… well because there was a shock to the degree cracks entered the barrier already that passed, probably.

For form returned a reply.

“!”

After I replied Melchior directed her face toward the direction the enemy army was, no the direction the enemy army was, and suddenly opened her eyes surprised and swallowed breath.

The Dules supporting me too faced the same direction as Melchior and were dumbfounded with mouths half open.

I too looked toward the direction I shot the fireball.

The dancing sand smoke disappeared, and became able to overlook quite far, but first what entered the eyes was not that far but some lumps like sandbags piled immediately outside the barrier.

That was mottled with blackish red and yellow, green.

Looking well inside that hands, feet, heads, but no complete shape things.

When seeing a dog’s head with half the face crushed involuntarily almost vomited.

But what Melchior and them were looking was ahead of that.

With a hand applied to the mouth raised the gaze.

Then the hill the enemy army was trying to set up the main camp was gone.

No not even the hill, there a large crater like a mortar was gaping, and inside lava of boiled liquid state while swaying in heat haze was filling as if showing off that vivid red.

The forests that were on both sides from here to the hill disappeared, the grass that was lush blue like a carpet gone, and instead glittering glassified earth and sand colored the ground.

The sky that had clouds but blue sky visible was covered by black thick clouds whether the influence of the previous mushroom cloud, and light rain began falling.

That scene was hell-like.

With this probably not a single person alive.

But in front of the miserable state even though the enemy army should have been annihilated not even a single voice let alone cheers rose from the soldiers.

This… overdid it.

Anyway the meat lump sandbags in front of the eyes were poison to the eyes.

I casually made a gesture of cutting the sky with the right hand and brushing away.

At that instant wind arose from the hand, and the meat lumps that should be heavy were lightly blown.

I who was dumbfounded not knowing what happened looked at the right hand that caused the wind.

That was not wind, apparently magic power.

The magic power covering the right hand dissipated with now.

The left hand still swirling centered on the hand.

That too brushed away aiming at a place with no one.

“Fuu.”

I stood up, then stood up Muriel and Gejia, Birga who were sitting nearby.

The three seemed to want to ask me something, but did not open their mouths.

I too said nothing.

Rather could not say anything.

To the degree I myself wanted to be taught.

The only Melchior who seemed able to teach in this place was still breathing hard with a hand on the knee.

Well for now with this the war would end, maybe.

After that might be scolded variously.

“Fuu.”

Exhaled a sigh again and looked at the large crater I opened.

Then saw things moving around that large crater.

That which was countable gradually increased in number.

“That is… monsters?”

Whether Melchior saw too a muttering voice was heard.

Melchior while muttering something stared at that one point.

“…Skeleton people skeletons? …No… dragon fang warriors spartoi! And even iron doll golems! Able to gather that many numbers…”

Then surprised, next muttered as if groaning.

At that time a voice echoed in the head.

“Lord Hiroyuki, is that side fine?”

This was Falco’s voice.

“…Yes, this side is fine.”

Turned back, confirmed all my Dules here, then replied.

“Understood. As you think visible from that side too the enemy army moved, apparently. With the previous magic our army’s agitation intense, cannot move immediately. First apply the Dule unit. Lord Hiroyuki after confirming that situation move by that side’s judgment.”

The plan was informed from Falco.

The action we should take was as the initial plan.

…Better to talk that the cause of this hellified was me?

“Understood. Ah, the one who shot that fireball was me but…”

“Information has come. Did not think to this degree, but because the enemy army was almost annihilated this side is evaluating. Unexpected is the soldiers agitated, but will calm immediately. No problem.”

What returned from Falco was words of content caring for me though curt.

Because thinking would be said something a little anticlimactic.

“Anything else?”

“No, that is all.”

“Understood. Praying for good fight.”

Falco with those words last fell silent.

Probably ended the communication magic.

Falco too busy with processing reports etc. from other units, probably.

For now gathered the Dules.

Lilli and Tiria seemed to have regained composure, and while anxious ran to me.

Ito and Sara, Yanica… were half-eyed saying monologues grumble something, but at the same time I signaled seemed to return to themselves and responded to the gathering as if nothing happened.

Muriel, Gejia, Birga were near me from the start.

“The enemy army moved, apparently. First will apply the Dule unit, apparently. Depending on that war situation I think we will move too.”

After everyone gathered talked the information and instructions from Falco to everyone.

“What about the army and mercenary units?”

“The mercenary units unknown, but the army soldiers seem agitated by this situation and cannot move, apparently.”

To Muriel’s question I answered.

Speaking of which Falco did not talk about the mercenary units or adventurers.

Well probably information not entered that far yet.

Now looking at the hellified battlefield.

The Dules slowly advanced the battlefield, and whether from the difference in advance speed the fight with the skeleton soldiers Melchior called dragon fang soldiers spartoi first began.

The weapons of the dragon fang soldiers spartoi were broadswords held in the right hand, equipped with metal round shields in the left hand.

That movement agile to the degree unthinkable for skeletons, and strong.

Many Dules close to amateurs probably, but clear even from afar that the dragon fang soldiers spartoi were defeating the Dules in a short time.

This was not bad, maybe.

Even just the dragon fang soldiers spartoi inferior, and if iron doll golems caught up from the rear?

No in the first place momentum seeming to annihilate with just the dragon fang soldiers spartoi.

Would some unit not go to support?

Looking around but that sign not felt at all.

Whether the soldiers’ control not yet done, or waiting until the Dule unit annihilated.

No choice but for us to go.

“Muriel, can we go?”

“A little many numbers, but if dragon fang soldiers spartoi degree with these girls fine, probably.”

When Muriel returned that reply the other Dules all nodded too.

“Alright, let us go!”