◈ 371. [STAGE 15] The day
after the advance.
Dawn of the second day of the war.
Doong- Doong- Doong-
A ceremony was being held at the head of the goblin army lined up in front of the outpost amidst the beating of drums.
Seven selected goblin Janissaries knelt down in front of the Goblin God King, and the Goblin God King hand painted special patterns on their faces with red pigment.
《Now you are ‘Amir’.》
proclaimed the Goblin God King who drew all the patterns on the faces of the seven Janissaries.
Then
Hwa-Ah-!
Dark green light emanated from the bodies of the seven Janissaries, and little by little, their muscles and bones grew and their eyes brightened.
The goblin god king nodded and approached five hundred goblin soldiers lined up behind him.
The armor worn by Janissaries was placed in front of the soldier Obaek. In the meantime, it was peeled off from the bodies of the dead Janissaries.
《Put it on.》
The goblin soldiers immediately put on their armor.
After a while, the goblin god king proclaimed as he saw the five hundred goblins who had finished wearing armor.
《Now you are ‘Jenissaries
.
This is the authority of the Goblin God King and the special ability of the Goblin Army. It was ‘promotion’.
Due to the nature of the corps, which turns lives into bullets, the consumption of officer units is extreme. It was the ability to withstand that consumption.
The Goblin God King can forcibly promote the goblin to the next tier unit simply by drawing a magical pattern.
From common soldier to Janissary From Janissary to Amir… .
Units that were forcibly promoted in this way were definitely weaker than existing units of the same class, such as being restricted in various stats, but what does it matter?
He’ll die on the battlefield anyway, and he’ll promote another guy anyway.
This was the goblin way.
“Let’s go,”
said the Goblin God King, who looked around the snowy road all night and breathed over the mask.
《There is a long way to go.》
As the God King flapped his cloak and climbed onto his mountain goat, the leading soldier blew a long horn.
Buoooooo-
thump- thump- thump-
The advance of the goblin corps resumed.
And now there would be no stopping again.
***
“Whoa-… .”
Watching their progress through the telescope, I let out a long white breath.
Winter was blowing out the last cold, and the snow that had fallen overnight still sprinkled white powder in the air in the morning.
And in this bad weather, the goblin legion passed by unconcerned. There is no sign of any particular struggle.
The snow-soaked roads were frozen solid in sub-zero weather.
If it had become muddy, the advance would have slowed down a little, but unfortunately it wasn’t that kind of soil, and they were still filthy fast.
‘It would be nice if you would do me a verb… … .’
The ecology of monsters is far from that of normal creatures.
It will receive buffs or debuffs from the weather, but it won’t freeze to death as much as it snows.
And since they are not normal creatures, there is another part that is different from the existing war. That
is ‘proliferation’.
Supply can be said to be the basis of war. Replenishment of food, equipment and ammunition is essential.
Soldiers cannot fight unless they sleep, eat and drink. That’s why I’m paying special attention to logistics.
But monsters are different.
They are not naturally occurring creatures, but nightmare beings conceived under the darkness of the Lake Kingdom.
It does not require supplements such as food or sleep.
Well, there are some of them, like the Blood Relative Corps, that can only be maintained by eating special meat or blood.
That’s because cannibalism is the most efficient means of replenishing mana for them.
I said long… … In the end, it is said that tactics such as ‘strike supply lines’, which can be said to be one of the most effective means in war, do not work well against monsters.
“But it’s relatively unsatisfying… It doesn’t mean it won’t work at all.”
As I grinned and muttered, Lucas and Evangeline, who stood on either side of me, also grinned.
“Puetchi!”
Quylan, who was rubbing his muscular forearms with both hands as if the snow was falling, opened his eyes belatedly.
“uh? What is it? Why are you laughing? Let me laugh too!”
“Look over there, Kuylan.”
I reached out and pointed at the back of the goblin legion.
“Our prey is coming, isn’t it?”
At the tail end of the tens of thousands of greenskins that stretched out meanderingly, I saw a unit pulling dozens of carts covered in white cloth.
supply unit.
No matter how much the monster army is a being that does not need food or sleep – other elements need to be replenished.
equipment such as.
From arrows to bows, swords and spears, from saddles for horses to replacement wheels for chariots.
Here, goats ridden by cavalry and huge cattle operated by chariots… … .
In the meantime, the other monster corps were corps that fought with their own abilities with their own bodies.
That’s why there was no need to bring equipment while operating the supply unit.
But the goblin army is different.
They overcome the weak goblin’s body with tools and fight using tactics according to the god king’s instructions. Their strength is their strength as an army.
That’s why supply units exist.
“As a guerrilla, the priority is to strike the opponent’s supply unit.”
I looked up at the goblin legion’s supply corps, which looked delicious.
The supply unit has relatively weak combat power, but it can inflict great damage when defeated.
The maximum effect can be obtained with the minimum power. It can be said that it is the most suitable prey for us who marched out with the guerrilla concept.
I looked to the side. It was the heroes of the avant-garde that marched this time.
Lucas’s party, Evangeline’s party, the Punishment Unit, and Dusk Bringer’s Dragon Blood Knights. it’s four
Only powerful infighters who can get into the enemy camp and break through with excitement have been brought in.
Here,
“Please, Junior.”
Only Junior, who will cast a simple wind buff magic, will accompany you.
The junior, whose complexion was not very good due to excessive work yesterday, smiled as if nothing was wrong and held up his magic wand.
“This is as easy as it gets!”
As Junior swung his staff, the wind’s blessing fell upon our steed.
In this way, the hooves will not fall well into the snow and the horse’s speed will increase, so hit and run will be easier.
“Thank you, Junior. Go back first.”
“yes. See you later.”
Junior returned through the teleport gate first, and I nodded while looking around at the rest of the heroes.
“Let’s make a big mess.”
In the meantime, the avant-garde heroes have not been able to fight properly.
They either stand in charge of the defense line of the forward base, or yesterday they were operated as a decoy unit and were also mobilized only to defend the entire unit.
But today is an attack.
This is the time to unleash the accumulated anger on them.
My heroes all drew their weapons and smiled viciously.
I pulled out my staff at the forefront and took the lead in accelerating.
“charge! Destroy their supply corps-!”
***
Head of the goblin army.
Even in the midwinter cold, a goblin Amir hurriedly ran to Kali-Alexandr, who took the lead in driving the goat, holding on to the injured left arm and pretending to be fine.
《Kirik the Great Kali-Alexandre!》
《What’s going on?》
《It’s an enemy Kirik! Humans have appeared!]
Carly-Alexandre’s eyes flashed.
“I see.”
“Twenty people on horseback! There is no Kirik wizard!]
《Twenty… … .”
“What should I do? Shall we immediately turn around and encircle them?”
Carly-Alexandre immediately shook his head.
《No, never mind.》
《Yes?》
Running at thirty thousand with only twenty.
It was undoubtedly the most elite human side – a unit made up of heroes.
It must be made up of only those who are confident in hit and run. There was no need to get caught up in their pace.
“Do not slow down the march to the north. The troops around you fight back, but don’t pursue them deeply.”
The goblin Amir blinked as if he didn’t understand.
Carly-Alexandre chuckled. It seemed difficult to understand that his own people did not immediately slaughter the enemy in front of them.
“Our purpose is human nature. And the purpose of humans is also their castle wall.”
Goblins destroy.
Humans are the guardians.
The purpose is different, but the target is the same.
In the end, it’s a battle to cross the cross road’s castle wall or block it.
《What they fear is that we get to the wall as quickly as possible with as many troops as possible.》 There
was no way that the human side would not come without an attack during the three days leading to the wall.
Carly-Alexandre rightly predicted. And his answer was simple.
“Let them attack. The humans will continue to attack us throughout the march anyway. take the damage Put the advance first.]
If there is any harm to be done anyway, I would rather keep the rapid advance than to be caught up in the guerrilla’s deceptive tactics and delay the time without seeing much gain.
No matter how much the human heroes run amok, the size of the guerrillas is only a few dozen units.
There is also a limit to the maximum amount of damage this side can inflict.
Callie-Alexandre was willing to risk thousands of Legion lives if they could reach the walls in time.
Goblins wage war using their lives as a resource.
There was also no reason not to pay if maintaining the speed of the advance was costly.
“Of course, we can’t just be taken for granted… call the cavalry Have them search the area where they appeared. If you find a teleport gate, destroy it and tell it to come back again.”
《Yes!》
Then another goblin, Amir, appeared. Amir, who ran in panting, reported to Kali-Alexandr.
“Kirik the Great Kali-Alexandre! Report! The humans have started attacking the last of our corps!”
《If it is the last… … .]
《This is the supply unit, Kirik!》
《I see.》
A faint smile formed on the lips of the goblin god king, aged inside the mask.
《You move according to the rules, Ash.》
***
We destroyed the last supply unit.
As befits a corps directly led by the Goblin God King, the troops guarding the supply base were well trained. The guys held on tenaciously.
So it took a little while to process it all. However, they were eventually crushed before the attack of my top 20 heroes.
After destroying all the hundreds of guards guarding the supply unit.
“… .”
I glared dissatisfiedly at the main force of the enemy moving away.
The goblin legion didn’t care if the supply unit was shattered at the end.
They were still heading north as if they couldn’t look back.
It was a bit embarrassing for me, who was thinking of running away when they attacked us.
‘why?’
No matter how important the advance is, is there any reason to go so far as to abandon the supply unit… … ?
“Lord!”
Then Lucas called me. I suddenly looked over there.
Lucas had removed the fabric from one of the carts they were pulling and was looking inside. I opened my mouth slightly as I rode the horse beside him.
“This… .”
“… yes.”
Quickly,
Lucas gnashed his teeth after completely removing the cloth covering the cart.
“It’s an empty cart, sir.”
“… .”
The cart was empty.
“Open the other carts too!”
“yep.”
Dealing with the remnants of goblins, my heroes hurriedly lifted all the carts.
It was all empty or loaded, but a little bit of clutter.
“… Was it bait?”
I put my hand on my messy forehead.
“Are you expecting us to launch a guerrilla? That’s why you deliberately placed a decoy unit disguised as a supply unit at the very end… ?”
“… .”
All the heroes looked around with bewildered faces.
The corpses of hundreds of goblin soldiers we had fought and slain lay miserably in the snow.
“This number… Are they all throwaways?”
Watching the goblins calmly walk away like lizards cutting off their tails and running away, I realized it all over again.
The opponent in this defensive battle is really formidable… … .
