◈ 546. [STAGE 31] Too Young To Die
Flash-!
A light flashed inside the outpost.
I, who had been waiting with my parched lips twitching, let out a shout.
“Now! Everyone enter-!”
Taat!
Led by Lucas, Thorkel and Nobody Chain ran from the vanguard, followed by me, Diarmudin Hannibal, and 30 soldiers.
“What?!”
“Let go of this, monster bastards!”
“Get out! Everyone, wake up!”
In the center of the advance base, the sane soldiers were barely escaping from the arms of the scarecrow.
Each of the scarecrows was not very strong, and most of the powers taken from the victims were given to the corps commander, so they were weak. The soldiers were easily escaping from the scarecrows.
We ran there.
“Whoaaaa!”
“Get out of here, you freaking bastards!”
The heroes rushed like bullets, wielding swords and shields, Diarmudin shooting magic, and Hannibal sending spirits away.
The 30 soldiers behind him fiercely swung their spears in all directions.
Gigi… … .
Kiki-kki-g-g-g-g-g-g-g… … !
The scarecrows made a grotesque sound and retreated.
Because all of the captured soldiers were gathered in one place, they were able to come to their senses with one single shot of Zenith’s ultimate, and we were able to rescue them all. Even Zenith, who passed out in a state of exhaustion.
Poof! Whiririk!
The scarecrows quickly backed away and slipped out of our attack range.
The scarecrow corps leader standing in the middle of them – ‘the oldest scarecrow’ growled.
《To interfere with the end of the harvest… … Guys like seabirds this fall season.
”
Standing in front of the soldiers, I smiled.
“The hostage was the biggest problem, but I solved it like this… Now I can beat you to death without hesitation.”
《Really?》
The scarecrow corps commander’s mouth, made by ripping a straw bag, grinned hideously.
《Did you really solve it?》
“… !”
He slowly opened his chest, which he had covered with his arms.
Mikhail was held there.
“town! Whoa!”
Although he seemed to have come to his senses thanks to the effect of Zenith’s ultimate skill, the strong arms of the scarecrow corps commander wrapped around Mikhail and did not let him go. His long fingers pressed down on Mikhail’s mouth.
The scarecrow corps commander laughed giggly as he looked at us with his complexion changing.
“And I don’t understand. A hostage is also a hostage… … This place has already been occupied by our Legion. Do you think you’ll be safe?]
Rurr-r-rr!
Scarecrows swarmed around us.
The number was higher than the ones I had identified earlier. hundreds? maybe thousands… … .
There were a lot of trees cut down in front of the outpost, so it seems that a lot of new scarecrows were made with the authority of the corps commander.
Lucas, startled by the number, shouted.
“Can monsters reproduce, my lord?!”
“It is not proliferation. After making a new scarecrow out of wood, that corps commander injects my malice into it, so it’s acting like a puppet.”
Catch a giggle, a giggle, a giggle… … .
The swarming scarecrows slam their limbs against each other like a crowd of mantises, making a ferocious noise.
“Kuh… .”
“Many drinks… .”
Not only those of us who ran to the rescue, but also the soldiers who were captured and just released. They all broke out in a cold sweat with pale faces.
At us, the scarecrow corps commander smiled as if he was licking his mouth with his missing tongue.
《I’ll harvest all of you, too.》
Kung! thud! thud! thud! thud!
All at once, the scarecrows started running toward us.
Although they are lame monsters who can only use the strength of a wooden doll if they fail to kidnap their victim. Still, the numbers are frightening.
This is a state where most of the troops were captured and then their powers were robbed. Clearly, the situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable.
‘It’s time to test the performance of the new equipment.’
I glanced at the flagpole in my hand.
Nightmare Slayer [Light and Shadow].
Normally, it can be stored in the waist as a ceremonial longsword, but after the sword is fired, it becomes longer like a spear if a modified gimmick is used to combine the scabbard with the handle. … This can be used as a flagpole.
Flutter-!
And I equip this flagpole with my exclusive equipment, [The Flag of the Great Commander].
flags and flagpoles. When these two are combined, only one great flag is completed.
“This is it!”
I yelled and put the blacksmith on the floor.
“It is the forefront of the world!”
My ultimate skill [Foremost Flag] is activated.
charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The summoned magical castle wall was in full bloom like a flower blooming.
The fortress walls surged up, enclosing them as if to protect their allies. In an instant, a new fortress was created inside the outpost.
However, the situation got a little better, but it was still the same as being surrounded by an overwhelming force difference.
Gigi!
Device device gig!
Countless scarecrows began to climb up the walls all at once, letting out hideous laughter.
“… .”
At that time, Diarmudin looked at me intently.
If there is a number prepared, it seems to show more.
It’s like I’m trying to prove my deterrence.
‘I’ll show you anyway!’
I clutched at the new flagpole.
Why is this equipment called [Light and Shadow]?
When there is light, there is shadow, and when there is shadow, light shines.
As such, light and shadow are inseparable from each other.
Just as the two midnight suns, each other’s duplicate doppelgangers, circled each other.
The special ability of [Light and Shadow], a nightmare slayer made with the magic core of these two magic masters, is… … .
‘To duplicate the user’s [characteristic].’
As if I were cloned and existed as two people.
It doubles the number of character slots of the existing characters – up to six in total, and doubles the effect.
Other characters aren’t that useful. It’s because it’s a characteristic that only applies to individuals.
However, all of my characteristics are effective for all of my allies.
The efficacy of the attribute is unmatched by anyone else!
[Attack Totem Lv.3]
– Raises the morale of allies just by sortie to the battlefield, providing a 15% bonus to all allies’ attack power.
[Defense Totem Lv.3]
– Raises the morale of allies just by sortie to the battlefield, providing a 15% bonus to all allies’ defense.
Characteristics that I originally liked to wear.
And here’s the newly acquired talent in the 3rd year!
[Training Master Lv. 1]
– All allies who march together increase the experience gained by 10%.
[Good Quartermaster]
– All allies feel less fatigue and can continue fighting until the end.
[Unbreakable Heart]
– Increases the morale of allies by one level.
And in the last spot, the finish line.
[Super Buffer]
– Enhances all buffs provided by the commander character by one level.
finish like this.
In addition to this, it has characteristics such as [Main Order] and [Map Creation], but these six are currently worn.
Each equipped attribute is fraudulent, but [Super Buffer] raises the effect one step further, and the [Light and Shadow] equipment effect doubles it.
And even the [Great Commander’s Banner] hanging from this flagpole.
[Bag of the Great Commander (EX)]
– Classification: Flag (Sub equipment)
– Durability: 10/10
– Provides the following buffs to all troops commanded by the wearer
> Strength +10 Agility +10 Intelligence +10 Stamina +10 Magic + 10
> Increases physical resistance by 10% and magic resistance by 10%
> Increases physical penetration by 10% and magic penetration by 10%
> Increases all elemental resistances by 10%
> Morale does not go below ‘normal’
Buff!
buff! buff! buff! buff! buff!
It’s literally a bombardment of buffs-!
Flash-!
Horrible gray magic surged from the flag, and the buffs that had run amok beyond their limit began to lash out at all nearby allies.
Not only the heroes and soldiers who came to save them, but also those who were sitting powerless and powerless. I blinked my eyes in surprise.
“What’s the sudden power… … .”
“Has the fatigue gone?”
“what? My body was shaking just a moment ago… … .”
“I feel like I can do anything… !”
All the soldiers who hesitated at the number of scarecrows regained their fighting spirit.
They picked up their fallen weapons, put on their stripped armor, and started standing next to us one by one.
“What is it, the armor is light… ?”
“omg! Is it an illusion?! I think I can see ahead?!”
“Rejuvenation, rejuvenation, rejuvenation!”
“My lord, this power… .”
Thorkel and Nobody Chain Lucas also looked at me as if they were surprised.
“… what is this?”
Diarmudin watched the scene with his mouth open.
“How can an individual do this level of karma… Besides, you’re giving it to your subordinates? what is this… … .”
I smiled.
“Dear Mudin. He told us to sacrifice non-elite people in order to preserve the elite in order to maintain the front line.”
“… .”
“My answer is this.”
Forcibly transform all my heroes and soldiers into elites.
I spent money on my equipment, leveled it up, and at the end poured buffs with my abilities.
If everyone becomes the elite, fatigue won’t accumulate only for certain heroes, and there’s no need to sacrifice someone more.
Diarmudin, who was looking at me as if he was stunned, shook his head.
“This is an expedient.”
“I know.”
“It is not a fundamental structural solution.”
“I know.”
“It will be a deformed frontline that depends entirely on one commander, you.”
“I know.”
“Truly… Can you afford it?”
“I will handle it.”
I swung the flag once and at the same time stretched out my hand forward.
“There’s less than a year left until the monsters’ final big offensive, so there’s nothing they can’t hold on to… … !”
At the same time, an automatic defense turret is formed around the Magical Fortress
,
Magic bullets were sprayed in all directions.
The scarecrows that were climbing the walls were shattered and poured in all directions. I commanded the soldiers.
“Is everyone awake!”
The soldiers answered in unison.
“yes-!”
“Don’t be overwhelmed by the numbers! They are just wooden dolls as weak as straw!”
It is an insignificant and unmatched monster except for fear.
And their fear has no effect in front of my passive [Indomitable Commander].
number? what does the number matter
The soldiers here right now are all warriors who have bathed to their heart’s content with this Ash-sama’s finest special buff!
“Have it! Don’t leave out a single one, and annihilate them all!”
Whoaaaaaa-!
The soldiers shouted and ran to the edge of the wall.
Then, they engaged hundreds and thousands of scarecrows climbing up.
***
Although various buffs and morale boosting characteristics raised the soldiers’ fighting spirit.
The captured and released soldiers were in fact in no condition to fight normally.
I fell for the Scarecrow Corps’ Harvest. If the stolen power is not recovered, normal battles will be impossible in the future.
Right now, normal scarecrow monsters are weaker than normal monsters, so how can they fight… … .
‘We have to regain the stolen power.’
Ultimately, the subject of the harvest.
You have to defeat the scarecrow corps commander.
“You’re really cute.”
And he… I watched from a distance as my men were being torn from my walls.
The scarecrow corps commander laughed.
“Keep playing with my men like that. I’ll absorb all of this guy’s power.
”
“Aaaaaaagh!”
During that time, I was even unconscious.
Mikhail let out a terrible scream in front of the pain of having his soul pulled out with his mind.
