Chapter 80

IT'S DONE! I'M DONE! I'M OUT! FINALLY!

Yes, I'm quitting. I kept getting slower and slower and I hated it more and more with every chapter. Not so much the novel itself but the translating.

I wish I had more to say except: It's been a long time coming.

Now, especially with the anime announced, I don't want to just toss the project to the popularity hungry wolves of s.h.i.+tty translation, I'm pa.s.sing the project over to Xion and will continue to host it on this site as well as running the discord and occasionally skulking around in the community(maybe).

While I had a weird way of showing it, I did appreciate the support I got over the almost two years I've been doing this.

Xion: “h.e.l.lo and nice to meet you, all of you. Has you have read Kaelpie is currently retiring from his post has translator after almost 2 years, his work has been commendable, and greatly welcomed. But worry not since the project will not be left alone or be pa.s.s to another group to die in an obscure corner of the internet, since starting from this point on I shall be taking said job, I might still be a newbie in regards to translations be sure I'll do my best to deliver quality and flair to the series, keeping up with what we've seen so far. Now without further ado see you in the next chapter.”

And the music recommendation I'll leave you with is my all time favourite alb.u.m I really though I recommended earlier but it's fine because it makes for a perfect one to leave on.

Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper

and enjoy

-Kaelpie for the last time. Adios f.u.c.kos.

BATHOS! In the middle of the night, before dawn and the beginning of the strategy.

At that time I was woken by people shouting that the demons started to move.

"What is going on!? Until just awhile ago they didn't show any signs of taking any action at all!"(August)

Gus sprang out of his tent and approached a soldier stationed outside.

"I-I don't know! An explosion happened and the sounds of fighting could be heard from the city… After that it seems the devils began to gather at one place in the city!"(Murdoc)

"Sounds of battle!? Impossible! Did someone jump the shark?"(August)

"I-I don't know!"(2D)

Hearing the soldier talking to August sent s.h.i.+vers down my spine.

Which reminds me, there was a certain someone that wanted the achievement of subjugating a devil.

"The Dahm commander!? Where is Ralph!?"(s.h.i.+n)

"Dahm Commander?"(Ace)

"Oh, according to the Dahm soldiers, Ralph, the commander, wanted the achievement of subjugating a devil. I didn't believe them…"(August)

"s.h.i.+t! He actually went and attacked! Hey!"(s.h.i.+n) (Kaelpie: RIP Ralph. Never got to fulfill his potential and establish a harem.)

"Y-Yes!"(Noodle)

"Go to Dahm's tent! We're attacking the town earlier than planned!"(August)

"Roger that!"(Russel)

As the soldier ran off we started preparing for battle.

"Time is precious. s.h.i.+n! Use floating magic so we can fly to the city!"(August)

"Got it!"(s.h.i.+n)

I casted floating magic and when every member was floating, we invoked wind magic and flew off at high speed to the city.

This is the worst possible scenario…

Flying through the sky all the while hoping the demons still haven't left the city.

*****

The soldier that was ordered by August to search Dahm commander's tent, instead went straight to the Ys commander.

Even if you're ordered to search the tent, your accused party is still a country's commander

That task was too heavy for a mere soldier.

So he figured it would be better if the tent was investigated by commander of a country that is closely related to Dahm.

"What did you say!? Dahm's commander Ralph did what!?"(Ys commander)

"His highness Augusto seemed convinced…"(Genex Neutron)

"I understand. If it's prince Augusto there must be some grounds to it. Hey! I'm going to Dahm's tent!"(Ys commander)

Ys commander took several men with him to the tent of Dahm's commander.

When they arrived at the tent, it was closed perfectly while the entire camp around them was making a fuss.

Dahm soldiers seemed confused as to why their commander isn't coming out as well.

"Hey! What happened to Ralph!?"(Ys commander)

"T-That… He didn't come out of his tent even during this commotion…"(Genex Spare)

"What did you say!?"(Ys commander)

Ys commander was convinced Augusts concern was proven right.

"Hey! Commander Ralph! Are you in there!?"(Ys commander)

He shouted but there was no answer.

"I'm coming in!"(Ys commander)

With those few words, Ys commander stepped into the tent.

"Cheh!"(Ys commander)

"W-what is this!?"(Genex Recycled)

The first thing they sensed when they entered the tent was a suffocating smell of blood.

And looking over the tent to find it's source, there were the corpses of several murdered soldiers left to rot.

Amongst the corpses there was no figure that matches Ralph's.

"This… What the h.e.l.l happened!"(Ys commander)

"I don't understand… And the fact that commander Ralph is not among them. You should temporarily take command over Dahm forces."(Genex Power Planner)

"That's right… We'll find out the truth later. Devil subjugation is top priority and Ys will temporarily take control of Dahm troops. Please tell Dahm that."(Ys commander)

"Yes!"(Genex Searcher)

"Still… Why are there corpses in a place like this…"(Ys commander)

This is Dahm commander's tent.

Why are there corpses here?

Going back in time a bit…

Ralph and his faction who wanted to kill devils before s.h.i.+n took action gathered little by little inside his tent in order to sneak out around midnight so they won't be disturbed.

And when everyone got together and tried to move out, one of the soldiers raised his voice.

"Please wait commander Ralph. I'll say it again, you should stop this plan."(Voice of reason)

"What did you say? You… insult the church of creation… Are you going against G.o.d's will!?"(Ralph) (Nyx: wow suddenly someone calls themselves G.o.d)

In Ralph's eyes, all who oppose his actions are heretics for he is carrying out G.o.d's will.

"I am not! However I don't believe something like this is G.o.d's will!"(Voice of reason)

"Wh-What did you say….!?"(Ralph)

Ralph started trembling in rage.

"Sure, I can't be convinced someone who is not a clergyman could be called Messenger of G.o.d or Saint. However! This is a different matter altogether!"(Voice of reason)

"…."(Ralph)

Ralph is so angry he's speechless.

"I don't agree with their t.i.tle, but their ability is genuine! You should leave this to them so you don't provoke the devils for no reason!"(Voice of reason)

"That's right! Please reconsider! Ralph!"(Survival instinct)

"Ralph!"(Literal call from G.o.d)

Several soldiers raised their voices to stop Ralph in any way they can.

Because they were so desperate in the persuading they failed to notice their surrounding.

"Is that so… I understand"(Ralph)

"R-Ralph!"(Voice of reason)

Ralph received their insistence.

The soldiers who opposed going after the devils collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

But…

"I understand. You are not necessary."(Ralph)

"RRalph?"(Voice of reason)

Immediately after Ralph said that…

"Gyah!"

"RRalph… Why…"(Voice of reason)

"Didn't I already say? You're not needed."(Ralph)

While they were desperately trying to stop Ralph, the other soldiers snuck behind them.

When they heard Ralph's remark, those soldiers struck the soldiers trying to stop the subjugation from behind.

"Such… Ralph…"(Chances of survival)

A person called Ralph Portman is a fairly promising person within the Dahm kingdom who is fair and impartial to all.

You could not imagine a person like that would commit such an atrocity.

"Going against G.o.d's will and trying to disturb our actions as G.o.d's servants. You are heretics."(Ralph) (Kaelpie: Ok, G.o.d-Emperor…)

"T-that's… we would never… that kind of thing…"(Ralph's future harem offspring)

"Shut up."(Ralph)

"RRalph… Guah!"(Ralph's ancestors collectively facepalming)

The soldiers tried to talk but the surrounding soldiers skewered them one after another.

Every soldier that complained about the subjugation was killed, leaving behind an expression of surprise and sorrow.

As a result, there is no one left in the tent who would disagree with Ralph's actions.

"Tch! To put a damper like that right before our departure… Oh well, let's go you guys."(Ralph)

[DEUS VULT!]

With Ralph's opposition gone, he ordered the remaining members to go slay the devils.

The night watch is arranged in pairs around the parts that connect magic tools together, meaning one person can rest while the other stands guard.

The role of a night watchman was to alert the camp in case of night-time ambush but also to keep the demon detection magic tool running.

It's in pairs because one person cannot keep the magical tool running all night by themselves.

Besides, it wasn't even considered that a person would try to leave the camp.

Ralph ordered his team to go to bed ahead of time, the quietly moving team sneaked past right under the noses of the careless guards and out of the camp.

The group of about 50 people pulled away from the camp of humanities forces and towards the devil city.

In the report of the reconnaissance unit there were no guards in the town at all.

When they arrived to the town, they found a hole in the wall, which eight or so devils made when taking over the town and easily entered the town from there. (Kaelpie: What kind of a sorry excuse for a crusader are you? Amen & attack, let's go b.i.t.c.h!)

Although their mind was clouded by fanaticism, they were still the elites of their countries military. Up to this point it all went according to plan.

The problematic part starts now. How to slay a devil. Because Ralph didn't trust s.h.i.+n, he thought slaying devils would be easy.

Ralph who invaded the city, grasped the position of demons by their magic power and moved towards that place.

This had many buildings collapsed by the devils so it was quite convenient to hide in.

Ralph believed this was also G.o.d's will at work and thus he became even more convinced this devil subjugation will succeed so he finally decided to start the attack.

When observing the situation from the collapsed building, he saw devils talking.

Not only Ralph who couldn't use magic, but also mages couldn't feel the overwhelming magical power described in Merlin's story from those devils.

Again, Ralph decided that a devil isn't really strong, but it's power was just exaggerated so you would think it was a powerful enemy to have the feat stand out..

By this point, the phrase "Cancelling the attack" completely disappeared from Ralph's mind.

At last, Ralph aimed for the timing of the attack.

Devils who were targeted showed no signs of being aware of the impending attack.

Ralph was already fully convinced of his victory.

He decided the timing of the attack and signaled.

And…

(go)

Ralph ordered the beginning of the raid with a hand signal.

Because the surprise attack begins with a magic barrage the soldiers started shuffling around in the shade of the collapsed buildings

The soldiers jumped out and swung their swords at the devils without any hesitation.

However, just when it seemed the soldier's sword would reach the devil, the devil turned around and caught the sword with his bare hand.

"What!? What is this!?"(Immediately regretting this decision)

The soldier raised an astonished voice.

A twisted smile appeared on the devil that caught the sword barehanded.

"Kukuku, Did you think we wouldn't notice if you came into town in such great numbers?"(Baphomet)

"Blame your magical power. Do you really think you can beat us?"(AzaTHOT)

They thought the devils didn't notice them at all but they knew from the moment Ralph and his crew entered the town.

In other words…

"R-Ralph! Around us… The devils surrounded us!"(Maximum regret)

"Wh-What did you say…?"(Ralph)

"You guys hiding there, we know everything!"(Beelzebub)

They were completely surrounded in the collapsed building and it was Ralph who didn't notice anything.

Ralph had forgotten. They were originally humans who could control magic power.

And that they have a will and can control magic power.

That's why he made the wrong a.s.sumption that the devils were weak.

"Huhu, it was easy to spot these humans because they were scared and slow."(Sorath)

"Why's that a.s.shole acting like our leader?"(Azazel. Not the Tekken one)

"It's like that isn't it? Wasn't it just because he was the first one to rebel against Stromm?"(Cthulhu)

"It his fault that the humans found us here 'cause he's being slow. Let's strip him from being the leader."(Cthulungs)(Kaelpie: Gonna rip out his lungs while he's at it.)

"That's right. Let's try and conquer the world again." (Gorath)

"Heh, but before that…"(Marduk. Again, not the Tekken one)

The devils gazes which were frustrated for some reason, turned to Ralph

"Hii…"(120% regret)

"First of all… Let's take care of these guys." (Ramrod)

Ralph was surrounded by a group of devils. (Kaelpie: I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going)

If one is surrounded they despair.

Those who surround are overjoyed.

Every one of them was grinning.

And…

The battle between devils and soldiers… Instead it was a one sided slaughter of men at the hands of devils.

"What are we going to do now?"(Baphomet)

Devils that slaughtered Ralphs men started discussing future plans.

"Bring me the guy who's acting as the leader. If we show him this situation, we can ask him to take responsibility since it his fault we got discovered."(Satyr)

"You're right about that. Give me a second."(Diablo)

"Actually, he's coming over right now… Pretending to be our superior, I bet he must think that problematic thing was grunt work."(Gorgoroth)

Devils have been cooped up here for quite a while and had a lot of pent up aggression. Things finally began to change but they couldn't think of a plan.

If humans are here, that means the human forces are approaching the vicinity.

And that means s.h.i.+n must be here too.

They were cooped up here because their raids were stopped twice by the group of humans known as Ultimate Magicians, and on top of that the second time was an ambush so they were hesitant to attack again.

The ambush was entirely a coincidence but the devils still saw s.h.i.+n as a considerable threat.

The devils were people who didn't receive an education so they couldn't even imagine that s.h.i.+n might be close.

The devil leader finally came after a while, and looked over to the corpses of Ralph and his men.

"Wh! A human soldier!?"(Pazuzu)

The devil leader received a huge shock when he examined the slaughtered humans in this place.

"That's right. Because you're just idling around, the humans found out about this place."(Abraxas)

"What are you talking about!? Do you understand what this situation means!?"(Samael)

The devil leader raised his voice against those calm remarks which were spoken in a way unbefitting of the gravity of the situation.

"AAH? It's your fault that the humans found this place, is it not? Take responsibility."(Rakshasas)

"This not the time for something like that! If this place was already discovered by the humans, it means that they're here too, aren't they?"(Zagan)

"Those guys just attacked us not a while ago, there's no way they'll come."(Flaga)

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