98-098-Meet the darkness from the sky

128 years in the life of the Holy King, red moon, the 9th.

＜The Jediite Empire, Northern Plains.

Normally the plains would be quiet, but today it was filled with a very heavy atmosphere.

The only people present there are soldiers who belong to the military, mercenaries, hunters and other people who make a living from fighting.

I'm sure you've heard of it.　'I heard that bastard Leppard bowed to the prisoner and asked for help.'

"And by a helpless human being!　Well, the only thing he can do is wave his sword around. I'll throw away my pride for the sake of my favorite prince, hahahahahaha!

"But still, there's something wrong with the high and mighty in this country for taking the prophecy of an attack by the Demon King's men to heart.

"That story is rumored to be the ravings of a beautiful fortune teller brought in by that leperdick!

Strictly speaking, the announcement from the government was 'We have confirmed the approach of the Demon King's army. Strictly speaking, the announcement from the country was 'We have confirmed the approach of the Demon King's army, gather in the center of the city and prepare for battle', but it seems that some soft-spoken person was present at the strategy meeting, and some information that was supposed to be known only to the top brass has leaked out.

As a result, even though the enemy soldiers are still invisible, the bragging rights have been gathered in the northern plains.

''Come on, come at me anytime, you Demon King's d*mn servants!

When one of the beastmen, laughing half-jokingly and bravely, shouted valiantly--

A tremendous thunderclap rang out over the city, and the sky, which had been clear until then, was enveloped in dark clouds.

''Well, it's not true that he's really here!

"Hi!

While those who had expected it to be a gossip anyway were in a panic, the first magic circle finally appeared in the sky.

Then two, three, four, five........

One after another, it was increasing, but they could only watch it in stunned amazement.

Because--.

Isn't that far away?

They were occurring in the sky above the southwest plains, which is almost the opposite of the northern plains where we are.

But none of the people who had gathered on this plain said 'let's stand up to it'.

I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

''This is.......impossible.''

Oh, I'm taking my wife and daughter, and I'm running away!

The handlers abandoned the battle and fled, and the lower-ranked soldiers who saw them began to flee one by one.

In the end, even though they hadn't even seen the advance soldiers of the Demon King's army yet, the group in the northern plains had easily fallen apart.......

[Jedite Empire, Southwest Plains]

Just as it was written in the diary, we were gathered in the southwest plains.

In the dark clouds appearing almost directly above us, a number of magicians appeared in the sky, similar to the magicians that appeared when the Four Heavenly Kings "Flaming Megidor", which Elena shot down in a first strike, appeared, and it is certain that a horde of enemies will soon appear.

''I'm home~''

And Harl and Fleur came back to us as we were looking up at the sky.

'How was the north side (over there)?'

Out of the question ... they'll all be dead. In this day and age, they will beheaded.

Oh, boy.

Hearing Fleur's report, Satsuki breaks out in a wry smile.

It's a very interesting thing to do. You're doing some pretty interesting stuff, aren't you?

While looking up at the sky with roaring dark clouds, Leopard smiles with admiration.

........Yes, he's right, I was right when I told the strategy meeting where the bigwigs gathered that the Demon King's army might emerge from the northern sky, and suggested that the troops and mercenaries be made to wait in the center of the capital.

His Majesty agreed to it, but as expected, this story was easily leaked to the militia, and his pawns were lured out to the northern plains.

Even if we tell them not to come because they're in the way of our operation, they'll never listen to us, right?

"Ha-ha-ha, of course.

The world I once witnessed proves that conventional forces are of little use in fighting the Demon King's army led by the Four Heavenly Kings "Darkness Dysaea".

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with the help of the brave Kanemitsu's lightning power and the powerful lightning magic of Prince Laika, who has awakened as a wizard, to defeat the demon king's army.

''Well then, thank you for your patience.

I bowed my head to Einz, and he laughed and fluttered his hand in a slightly troubled manner.

'Don't be so afraid, he said. It was a long time ago that I was the high priest.'

Although Einz laughs while being humble, even though he is a prisoner, I don't have the same temperament as my sister to be able to speak rudely to the former head of the Holy City Central Church.

........no, he's just being rude, that's all.

I'm going to concentrate on deploying auxiliary and magic defense walls.

Yeah, I'll take care of him.

The main firepower in this operation is Einz, and Elena is in charge of defense.

Everyone else will be in the rear guard to return fire if enemy soldiers invade the capital, and of course I'm among them.

The person who will be in charge of our battle is not His Majesty Emperor Dinosis--but Emperor Dinosis.

I'm going to do my best to do it.

That's right, Prince Laika is the key to this operation.

Yeah, good luck with that.

I couldn't help but stroke Prince Laika's head and he smiled happily with his eyes.

In fact, most of the planning for this operation was decided by the prince in the center.

Of course, we can't let Prince Laika die a dog's death in the unlikely event, so if this front line is breached, the operation will be a failure and the prince is supposed to retreat with Leopard to His Majesty the Emperor who is waiting at the royal castle.

And when everyone is ready, the time has finally come!

A gigantic magical force reaction in the sky...

Everyone braced themselves at Elena's declaration, and at the same time, one of the magic circles in the sky popped up.