106-Episode 106: The Army of Ruin

Then I'm going to fight the Silver Dragon!

It was a little while after the battle with the demon over the castle walls had begun. Leune-san suddenly said something like that.

''With the Silver Dragon?''

'Yes!　Because I've signed a contract with the Silver Dragon to become a Dragon Knight!

'What?　When did that happen?

The connection between Leune and Silver Dragon was when he went with us to Longfeng to train.

After that, we were all together until we came back to this town, and when we returned to town, we all rested well and woke up the next day to find ourselves in this situation.

When on earth did we make a contract with Silver Dragon?

'What?　That's after fighting the Silver Dragon, of course, right?

After fighting a silver dragon?

But we didn't have a special ceremony yesterday, did we?

Because dragons don't put anyone on their backs that they haven't signed up for.

Hmm?　That time, the Golden Dragon that was taut, got down on its own and gave us a ride.

''Um, how did you sign a contract with the Silver Dragon, Leune-san?''

'What?　Why would you do that...?　No, Master Lex said, so he must have a deeper intention. Well, you see, we dragon knights make a pact with dragons that have fallen through battle without taking their lives by shaving their horns and caring for their bodies. Because to a dragon, the only people who care for its horns and scales are its family. So being groomed by humans means that the dragon recognizes us as its own people. All we have to do now is remind the horn we shaved off the dragon and we will be able to call the dragon.

Heh, I didn't know that.

No, I knew that dragons only let their family members take care of their scales, but I didn't know that being taken care of by humans meant something like that.

Speaking of which, the other day when I first met a golden dragon, its horns and scales were so shaggy and dazzling that I groomed it to reduce the amount of light it got. I see, that was the dragon knight's contract.

...Yes?

I nodded my head, not really understanding what Ryune-san was saying.

''It seems that you signed the dragon knight's contract without knowing it.

...What?

''I mean, that's how you do a dragon knight's contract, isn't it?

''Uh...uh, you don't mean to say, Master Lex, you really didn't know how to sign a contract with a dragon knight?　I mean, Dragon Emperor, what........right?

Mr. Leune asks me a question with a blue face as he cuts the word by word.

''No, I didn't know about it until today. And I'm not a Dragon Emperor. I'm really just a stranger who happens to have learned the Dragon Emperor style empty spear technique, which is really unrelated.''

But still, I didn't think the way the dragon knight signed up was such a simple thing.

That cleared up a lot of questions from my previous life!

Yeah, reincarnation isn't so bad either!

Ri....

R?　What is it?

I'm telling you the secrets of the dragon knight...

Oh, I know that kind of thing.

It's okay, I've seen a lot of people like that in previous lives and previous lives.

"D-D-D-Don't do this!　Your father will scold me!

And so, it seems I became a dragon knight before I knew it.

Hmm, since it's a good time to call the Golden Dragon.

I'm sure you have to remember with your horns.

You can't just say "Come on!　Golden Dragon!

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"What's this all about?

I was perplexed.

Normally, the demon horde we use should be able to overwhelm the human army.

But in reality, this was not the case.

What?　What is that?

Yes, the humans were strong.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the market.

But the demons are not just demons, they are powerful demons that are more powerful than the B-ranked demons that the humans have chosen to use as their advance guard.

They have less than a hundred humans to defeat our invasion.

It looks as if they are not just surpassing him, they are even pushing him back.

The monster that was just torn apart is one that boasts a hardness that would break the weapon with an ordinary weapon due to the hardness of its scales!

And you slice through it as easily as you cut through butter?

The multi-headed serpent demon that rampaged over there was feared by the humans, who called it an immortal demon because of its ability to regenerate, but it was defeated without even showing any signs of recovering from the wounds inflicted by the humans.

Ah, stop that fool!　That demon is a powerful demon that we captured as our main force!

Oh, he's dead........

"What... what is this... what's going on here...?

It's not just the humans, the Dragon Emperor and the other dragon knights are following the dragons to destroy the demons' siege, attacking with their breaths, aiming at places where their companions won't be harmed, making sure that the thickness of the siege is reduced.

''Not good, not good!　At this rate, won't our army be destroyed by the humans?

My people are right. We won't be able to destroy their city!

Don't panic!

The one who calmed down the situation was the one from the Clan of Wisdom, the decision-maker who is responsible for uniting our people.

He said, "There is no need to panic. There's no need to panic, look at the battlefield, there's a huge difference in numbers. Then it is only logical that no matter how well they fight, they will be exhausted in the end. The humans' physical strength is much weaker than ours.

But they have the Dragon King in their midst, don't they?　What happens when the Dragon Emperor's golden dragons attract the dragons to him?　At that point the difference in numbers could be made up.

Indeed, my compatriots' concerns are valid.

Even the dragon's breath is troublesome.

Just now, the golden dragon's breath blew away part of the demons' flock by the golden dragon's breath.

You don't have to worry about that. Dragons will only follow the people they defeat. The fact that the golden dragons are out on the battlefield and the silver dragons are the only companions is proof of this. Perhaps they don't have enough dragon knights to follow them.

I see, so it's no wonder there are no other dragons here.

A descendant of the Wisdom Clan, indeed...

In the past, we demons suffered a great deal from the legendary white disaster.

We were tired of fighting humans, but the appearance of the white disaster proved to be the decisive factor.

Many warriors died in the battle against the white disaster, and many sorcerers who had tried to study and use it were also angered by it and destroyed.

As a result, the power of our demons was greatly reduced and most of the knowledgeable people were lost in the war against the white disaster, so a lot of knowledge and skills were lost.

But not all the knowledge left by our ancestors was lost.　

There were people who tried to revive the skills that remained in the form of literature and magic items over a long period of time.

That is the Clan of Wisdom.

And now, with the knowledge that the Wisdom Clan has revived, we have obtained the ability to control the demons and attack the human city.

The Wisdom Clan is not just a restorer of knowledge for us demons.

They are not just restorers of knowledge, they have a lot of knowledge that has been cultivated through the history of past battles, which is why they are able to conduct operations that take into account the biology of the enemy.

It's no wonder that the Natural Wisdom clan members have become like our leaders.

"Leave the human warriors to the demons. It's not a problem. It's just a matter of getting rid of the Dragon Emperor, the humans who have lost their support are just a bunch of people.

Yes, even with the dragons and the odd humans fighting the good fight, we still have an overwhelming number of demons. Humans are not to be feared!

Yes, yes, yes!

After receiving the words of the Wisdom Clan's compatriots, the upset compatriots regained their will to fight.

Indeed, they are a simple bunch, even for my own people.

But now that we are free of anxiety, we can watch the battle unfold.

Yes, the number of demons is overwhelming.

Normally, there's no way you can fight against this many demons.

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Checking from above, it was a fierce battle around the gate.

The vigilantes and the adventurers who had jumped outside were engaged in a fierce melee with the demons.

I ordered the Golden Dragon to attack the middle of the demon's encirclement with breaths so as not to get my allies involved, while I used my wind magic to pick up the sounds on the ground to check the battle situation.

''Haha!　That's great equipment!　It may look a bit bad, but it won't hold up to a demon attack!

And this weapon could easily go through a buffalo's skin with armor!

Here!　When the battle is over!　Get it!　Huge! Can't you see it?

Oh!　That's a good one!　Oraa!

Good, it was a makeshift piece of equipment, but it seems to be useful in its own way.

''Huh........but there are a lot of demons. How many of them have you defeated on earth?

"At least 20 of them. Hahaha, that's awesome. I could be an S-ranked adventurer now.

'Sweet, I'm over 30. But even so, it's amazing that it's a high level granting magic. I feel like a different person after being enhanced to this level.

Yes, I'm using range granting magic to temporarily strengthen the physical body of the adventurers before the battle begins. This should reduce their disadvantage in numbers to some extent.

''But why are the adventurers so happy with the makeshift equipment made from materials from lower-grade dragons like green and blue dragons?''

Unless you're a fledgling adventurer, I'm sure you adventurers can get better equipment.

''Oh, could it be that they sent their equipment out to be raided before the battle and didn't have any ready-to-use equipment, or only had low quality spare equipment?''

Then it's understandable that they were pleased with the equipment I had available.

In fact, you're able to overwhelm so many demons with that kind of equipment, you adventurers are amazing.

I guess they're skilled at fighting even when they're at a disadvantage.

But even though we've defeated all of them, it doesn't feel like we've lost any numbers.

Currently, there's roughly 100 people out there fighting.

If you include the people who were attacking from the top of the defensive wall with bows and magic, and the people who were commanding above, there would be about 140 people.

Of course, that's not all of them, of course.

There are people attacking from the top of the defensive wall away from the gate in order to reduce the number of demons away from the gate, and if we all go out at the same time, there are replacements to deal with everyone's fatigue and unexpected troubles.

''However........I'm starting to get pretty tired and it's time to take over.

Oops, looks like everyone's energy levels are nearing their limits.

'You'll recover!　Area refresh!　Area Heal!

I let the Golden Dragon descend to the skies above everyone, and then I use range strength recovery magic and range healing magic to heal the adventurers and the vigilante guards.

''Oh, whoa!　What!　I'm not tired anymore!　Did that dragon heal you?

"Not just recovered, it's as if you're even more powerful than I am!　Can Your Majesty the Dragon Emperor use this kind of magic?

I'm not the Dragon Emperor.

"With this, we should be able to fight for a while longer, let's just hang in there!

""Yes, Your Majesty, the Dragon Emperor!

Vigilantes, don't salute on the battlefield, fight!

Just then, attack magic and a lot of arrows were fired from the top of the defensive wall.

''Oh?　Protection?　But didn't you run out of arrows and magic?

And the adventurer is surprised to see that his allies have resumed their cover.

'Looks like you've completed your spare arrows.

Yes, I made a certain number of spare weapons for everyone, and now I was asked to make arrows, which are consumables.

And since it would take a lot of time to assemble them by myself like I did with the shields, I decided to prepare the materials before assembly.

I immediately went to the lumberyard and cut all the wood in the shop that I was going to use as firewood and building materials to prepare the main body of the arrow, and also quickly made the feather decoration while doing so.

When I returned to the forge with the rest of the materials, I made the arrowhead in a hurry.

Well, I didn't have enough iron, so I reused pieces of dragon scales to make arrows along the way, but for some reason the blacksmiths looked at me with a blue face, saying it was a waste.

But it was strange that they gave me a great look when I told them that it's like free if it's just green and blue dragon scales.

I'm just not happy with the quality of them because I made them in a hurry.

Well, there are a lot of demons, and it's enough to use them as a checkmate.

Besides, as an emergency measure only this time, I've also applied a magic granting formula to compensate for the hit rate, so there's no problem with the hit rate.

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"Hey, what's that arrow for?　You hit a demon and it went right through the middle of its wing!

Whoa!　Ever since I started using these arrows, they just keep hitting exactly where I want them to!

Wow.　I'm hitting a demon right between the eyes for the umpteenth time in a row!

Hey, those arrows are good!　I want to buy them by the hundred!　Where the hell do these arrows come from?

?

Humans don't run out of breath...

Oh, another bracelet blew up the siege.

'Hey, hey, magic and bow cover has been resumed from the barriers. Didn't they run out of magic and arrows?

....

There's something about a member of the Clan of Wisdom sweating funny, are you sure it's okay?

You're not going to be able to do that.

Until the battle started, the blacksmiths were focused on assembling shields made from dragon materials, but now they seem to be focusing on assembling them so they don't cut the arrows.

The mana potions I offered are to be given out first to the wizards guarding the defensive wall away from the gates, but I wonder if it's okay to give them out to the gates where they are more powerful.

You're not going to be able to do that.

'Oh, ho-ho-ho!　What is this manna potion?　I just took one sip, and my magic power was restored!

This mana potion doesn't have any effect other than restoring magic power, right?　I have a feeling your magic is getting more powerful.

'Hahahaha!　The demon will be blown up like garbage!

'At the rate we're going, we're going to run out of mana potions.　Let's put it on the front line for a bit.

You're not going to be able to do that.

Hey, they've resumed their counterattack in the absence of a gate.　Didn't you run out of magic?

The strong counterattack of the humans has made their friends upset again.

'Calm down, even if they come up for air, there's one thing we can't do about it.

But the one from the Clan of Wisdom calmly tells him.

'What is it?'

The wall that protects the town. The humans are desperately guarding the gate to the city, but if the demons continue to attack, the wall will break down at some point. If that happens, the demons will rush into the town and the gate will be useless to protect. And if another part of the wall is destroyed while you are dealing with the demons that have entered through the broken wall, you will be even less protected. That's right, we are overwhelmingly outnumbered to defend this town!

'Well, it wasn't the gate you were after from the beginning!

That's right.

Humans have no choice but to guard the gate.

But the true aim of the Wisdom Clan is to destroy the very wall that protects the city?

Is it possible that the wise man has more than one plan, but only if he has two or three different plans?

That's right, a fearsome man was on my side.

'....Isn't that wall too strong?　How hard can you be?　Doesn't look like it's going to break at all?

I mean, the demons have given up attacking the walls and started hanging around....

Some of them have injured their hands from hitting the wall too hard, and it looks like the demons are limping along.

''Hey, what are we going to do?''

....

Come on, wise guy, you can't stop sweating even if you think you can.

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But even though we're being attacked by all these demons, the defenses don't seem to be breaking down. It's surprisingly strong.

''Right. It would be useless if a flying dragon attacked us anyway, and I thought if I had the time to spend money on that kind of thing, I'd spend it somewhere else, but I never thought it would be useful here.

The guards express their admiration that the defensive wall protecting the town is unexpectedly helpful.

Yeah, just to be sure, I got permission from the captain of the vigilante group to put defensive magic on all of the town's defensive walls right before the battle started, which may have helped a little bit.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that it is possible to see the battlefield from above and see where the defenses are weak, so let's join the battle in earnest!　CHAINWALL!

I made a number of further walls appear in the crowd to break up the swarm of demons that surrounded the town.