Episode 230 The Crusade of the Abyss – The Liberated Bridle
There were no additional enemy attacks until reinforcements joined and the battle was over.
Thanks to this, the command team was able to take turns taking turns and resting for a moment, and the expressions on the faces of the commanders who were reunited were quite good.
“There is no doubt that the enemy has also suffered serious damage. Of course, it was thanks to the appropriate reinforcements from His Majesty Heinrich and His Majesty the Queen Mother.”
As General Scharnhorst of Krafte says this, an indelible joy is evident on his face.
It was the Krafte army that tenaciously held on to the end and supported the other allied forces even as the friendly army’s lines were almost collapsing.
This is because the unit was able to maintain its strength until the very end thanks to a firefight that involved frantic consumption of ammunition.
Of course, if you ask us if we can do that even if we are told to use ammunition as much as we want, I don’t know… so I have nothing to say.
As for the reinforcements, which were already a key card for victory, the Krafte army had the largest number of 50,000 reinforcements and King Heinrich himself brought them in, which further increased the pride of the Krafte army, which was already high.
“Haha, thanks to you, I survived. And I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Her Majesty the Queen of Saints. “Seeing the expressions on the faces of those gathered here now, I cannot help but marvel at their wondrous presence.”
Eris smiled shyly after hearing the words of Imperial Army Commander Gilles von Leonhardt.
Although the situation is clearly good, the reason Eris’s expression is not so bright is probably because she feels responsible for the tragic end of most of the Holy Knights.
“It’s not really that great…”
Even if she herself said so, Eris’s presence as perceived by the actual advance team was enormous.
This is not just an empty remark, it is true that just by Eris appearing on the battlefield, the fog that had been bothering us so much became lighter and farther away, and the fatigue that seemed to be weighing down our bodies also decreased significantly.
Each soldier felt this with their own body, and their morale skyrocketed just by Eris being with them.
So much so that one wonders if this is the same army that was gripped by despair just yesterday.
As I was thinking that, Eris suddenly turned her eyes to look at me and asked.
“What do you think, Marquis de Lafayette? “Until the door opens, there will be another fight with the enemies, right?”
I thought for a moment and then answered.
“I don’t think so.”
It should be said that Paimon brought out all his strength in the last offensive.
The number of drones mobilized was overwhelming.
Due to the nature of drones, which turn into powder after a while and leave no corpses behind, it is difficult to estimate the exact number of troops, but it seemed to be over 200,000 at best.
“Drones are not weapons that just come out of the box, but weapons that require materials. “Now that all routes for them to obtain the races of the central continent are blocked, the only source of supply is probably the Eastern Empire, which is currently in the process of being invaded.”
Just adding up the number of drones we handled after landing would be enormous.
As battles continue to rage in the Eastern Empire, the number of drones that the Abyss Corporation is losing while handling two fronts cannot be trivial.
“In fact, at the end of the last battle, the enemy appeared to be withdrawing their drones.”
That is the biggest proof of all.
Until now, enemies have treated drones like expendable items.
It was used as if charging into the enemy camp and killing more enemy troops would be beneficial.
However, when Paimon thought that he had no chance of winning the last battle, he tried to make the drones retreat.
Since we judged that we couldn’t escape anyway, we ordered the drones in the rear to catch its ankles and chased it away, but this was our first experience of chasing an enemy drone with cavalry.
This is very encouraging.
“You win now, right? We did it too! Indeed, His Excellency the Marquis de Lafayette! Take a look! If we just follow His Excellency the Marquis, won’t we win like a miracle?”
Damien de Mirbeau suddenly shouted with such force that the atmosphere suddenly became cold.
No, if Eris hadn’t brought Desai and Heinrich, we would all have died, right?
“…We are still at war, so you cannot be overly optimistic, Commander Mirbo.”
“I am very sorry, Your Excellency the Marquis. I was so happy that I stopped…”
Damien crumpled again.
Anyway, I don’t understand how this insignificant guy became a master of defense.
But still…
“Even if we can’t be too optimistic, we have seen evidence that the enemy’s forces are not infinite. Even if we had reserve troops, we wouldn’t be able to deploy them right away.”
If we had that kind of power, we would have deployed it a long time ago.
“Oh…”
Hope bloomed on all the commanders’ faces.
What has been the most difficult for us so far has been the endless, fatigue-free waves of drones.
As casualties continue to pile up and we grow weary of the unstable island surrounded by fog, the enemy continues to engage in a war of attrition as if nothing has happened.
However, there was visible evidence that just as our forces were finite, so were our enemies’ forces.
Nothing supports our morale more than knowing that we are winning.
“How long is left until the gate is built?”
When King Heinrich of Krafte, who had been listening quietly until then, opened his mouth, Director Maxim answered with a face with dark circles.
“Now it will be just one day.”
Oh my.
It was a little sad to see Eris so tired, even though she seemed to have helped with her divine power, but the mages did their job anyway.
They somehow succeeded in meeting the unreasonable deadline I requested.
The pressure that had been weighing me down for so long disappeared like a lie.
Just having Christine here with me makes me no longer doubt my judgment.
Eris, who seems to find hope in any situation, is here, and Deze is there to assist me even if I make a military mistake.
“If the last general offensive failed in vain, the enemy will not be able to move because it is trying to recover, or even if it does move, it will not be able to launch an offensive as prepared as the last battle. This is the last one. “Each unit will be on even stricter alert and hold out until the gate is completed.”
“Haha, this is it. I got ready in a hurry and ran as soon as I landed, so I’m a little tired… I guess I can rest when the door opens, right?”
Louis Desget made a joke, and I responded with a chuckle.
“Well, I’ll definitely consider guarding it while the main force crosses the gate.”
Everyone laughed at my answer.
The end of the long fight that has been waged since entering this island is in sight.
I got up from my seat, grateful that I was able to regain my composure just by doing this.
“Then go to your respective positions!”
“ancient!”
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“The offensive ultimately failed, Paimon.”
Paimon ran his hand through his long red hair and sneered at the demon who spoke as if he was interrogating him.
“If we had activated all the drones from the beginning, we could have wiped them out a long time ago and taken control of the door.”
Pierre de Lafayette’s prediction was correct, but it was also wrong.
Clearly, the number of drones available to Paimon has taken a serious hit.
But that doesn’t mean the demons’ forces are exhausted.
In the first place, the humans of the Central Continent thought they were the center of the world and had a huge delusion that the Abyss Corporation could not obtain materials for drones by blocking access to the Central Continent.
After all access to the Central Continent was blocked, the Abyss Corporation began a large-scale ‘supply of materials’ from the New Continent.
A den of uncivilized tribes that is larger than the Central Continent in size alone and whose level of civilization is lower than that of the Central Continent.
The number of drones that Abyss Corporation has secured there is beyond even their imagination.
Not only the drones in the New Continent, but even the majority of the demons who were sacrificed during the great purge in the Abyss Corporation were converted into drones.
So there are plenty of troops in reserve. In any case, it would be enough to engage in combat with the entire Central Continent.
Nevertheless, there is another reason why Paimon has operated only a few hundred thousand troops at most.
“Great Bael knows that you are disloyal.”
The devil at the surveillance station spat arrogantly.
Paimon simply responded by twitching the corner of his mouth and letting out a sneer.
The pride of the great demon warrior himself. Bael.
The self-proclaimed loyalists who support him are acting as if they are Bael.
The reason Bael kept Paimon alive and brought him in from the beginning is because there is no means that can easily purge those who oppose it and operate it as efficiently as ‘drones.’
Neither Bael nor Paimon trust each other.
There is no need to feel unfair.
Paimon himself is fully intent on stabbing Bael at any time.
“Ah, yes. The great demon warrior sees everything. So the drones will only operate when the door is open. “After all, once the door opens, you can’t close it from then on.”
The advance guard of the Central Continent, led by the Marquis de Lafayette, probably came with the intention of closing the gate in case of emergency.
However, Abyss Corporation has not been idle either.
The Abyss Corporation is the most skilled in magic engineering, and the demons are also the ones who best understand the Magic Tower’s almost maddening desire for knowledge.
Do the so-called ‘Allied Powers’ know that among the magicians currently constructing the gate, there is one who has already been bribed by them?
If I had known, I would have stopped building the gate a long time ago.
Contrary to their illusions, once the door connecting the Central Continent and the Abyss Corporation is opened, they will not be able to close it at will.
This is because the circuit is designed and manufactured a little differently than the circuit they originally planned.
From Bael’s point of view, the best thing would have been to annihilate the Marquis Lafayette’s advance force in advance, complete the gate through collaborators, and then make a surprise invasion of the defenseless Central Continent as soon as it was completed, but…
“Now, the warriors of our great demon race and their loyalties. “Plan A, which the worthy vassals wanted, unfortunately failed.”
Paimon asked with a smile.
“Now the door is slowly being completed. So isn’t now the time to activate all remaining drones?”
The so-called ‘loyal servant of Bael’, who was assigned to watch over Paimon, frowned and snarled in response.
“When the time comes, Bael will command. But keep in mind, Paimon. “Your life and your place were prepared by Bael.”
Paimon very leisurely thought about how he could decorate this guy’s neck once it was of all use value.
“The control and command of the drone clearly belongs to you. However, do not think that the great Bael will give you such power without any measures.”
Paimon smiled and answered.
“no way. Should I have forgotten the grace of the great warrior who rescued me from captivity and gave me back my power?”
It was all according to plan from the beginning, but wouldn’t two-way deception be the most diabolical type of trust?
Paimon thought so and smiled with a very humble face.
“…I like it when you stay on top of the topic like that, Paimon. “Your request will be conveyed to the great warrior.”
After speaking, the devil spread his wings and flew up.
Oh, communication would be possible, but it would be inefficient to fly and deliver the message in person to prove loyalty.
Paimon smiled and crossed his legs leisurely.
“Huhu hahaha…. Ahahahahah….”
Maybe this is a good thing.
In the end, the seed sown by Pierre, who thought he could not overcome human limitations, ended up exceeding all expectations and even the arrogance of a warrior who was prepared for anything.
The cry that it was nonsense was sincere. Because I couldn’t believe it even when I saw it with my own eyes.
Paimon wasn’t completely sincere either. Because there is the Eye of Bael.
Nevertheless, I did it in the end.
“Ah, Pierre. “It’s so adorable I think I’m going crazy.”
No way.
really.
I never thought I would pull this off.
Paimon was defeated but victorious.
because.
Bael’s plan to control Paimon and use drones to wage war against the Central Continent was ultimately ruined.
If Paimon had won, Bael would have proceeded step by step with his plan to invade the Central Continent, which started with a surprise attack on Franzia.
The drone army is certainly an indomitable army that never tires, but in the end, it is expendable.
If you wage a constant war with the Central Continent and mobilize only the necessary troops little by little, it is possible to maintain only a level of force that can control Paimon.
But now the door they completed will open and the prepared Allied Forces will storm into the Abyss Corporation’s island.
There is no way it would be possible to deal with them just by waking up the drones properly.
They’ll be activating all the drones that are ready.
That goes beyond what Bael can control.
By wiping out the Allied Forces, Paimon will finally obtain the force that can slay even heroes.
-The control and command of the drone clearly belongs to you. However, do not think that the great Bael will give you such power without any countermeasures.
Bael is not without thoughts either. We also know that Bael has established the authority to take back control from Paimon during the drone manufacturing process.
However, the designer of the drone is Paimon.
The drone is a product created by Paimon from the design stage as part of his plan to break up the Abyss Corporation in order to break his shackles.
Such drones are equipped with overriding authority that allows them to override functions that are granted later, starting from the basic process.
It is disguised as if it is an essential function required for the maintenance and operation of drones, and only Paimon at Sloth understands the driving principle.
No one can know that. Even that arrogant and great demon warrior.
So, the moment all the drones are activated, Bael wakes up his greatest enemy to stop the enemy in front of him.
“Hahahaha….”
Finally, the freedom from all the shackles Paimon had longed for was just around the corner.
The only person who made all of this possible was the Irregular.
“Pierre, only you make me perfect….”
I have to give him a gift in return with gratitude for his endless love and obsession.
“A temple that will burn everything in this world.”
