"Hmm, today is another good morning."
While purifying the entire room, including myself, I stretch a lot. No, it's really convenient to purify this life magic. I wonder how they distinguish between dirt and non-dirt, and how the dirt disappears. I don't want to figure it out though.
"That kind of thing... this beast..."
"You were excited at the end after saying that, weren't you?
"Wow! Oh!"
Nera, whose face is bright red, closes my mouth without wearing a single thread. Hahaha, cute girl. It can't be helped if I piss her off in the morning, so I hold Nela, who is shivering like a puppy, and pet her until she calms down.
"Ugh... you're kind of mean to me, aren't you?"
"I don't like it because it's cute"
"Hmm!"
The swollen Nera hits my chest. What is this cute creature? Stella came to wake me up and kicked me out of her bedroom. She's going to dress like a princess, so I don't think it's a good idea to kick me out of the room in just a pair of pants.
"You're wandering around dressed like that, master."
I couldn't help it, so I went to the living room with just one pair of pants, and Kusuha immediately scolded me.
"No, Stella kicked me out of the room."
"It would be nice if you could change your clothes somewhere..."
"Because it's warm in the living room."
I take out my clothes from the storage and put them on. Yeah, the shirt Kusuha woven for me feels great. After changing clothes, I prepared myself, ate breakfast prepared by Deborah and others, and left for the battle.
Today's equipment is a conspicuous piece of equipment called Mithril armor. Armor made of mithril, you know, it sparkles. It can not be helped. I wonder if Peron-san and I will make an armor with a demon king-like design. This time, use plenty of monster materials. Place monster skulls meaninglessly on both shoulders.
Finally, check the blade of the aurora sword, try transforming it into artillery mode, and put it back in its scabbard.
"Okay, I'll go."
When I turned around, all my wives had come to see me off. Yeah, there's something deeply emotional about seeing everyone off like this. Let's do our best to protect everyone and live without any inconvenience.
"Taishi-san, please come back safely."
"It's okay, it's okay, if the gods aren't my opponent, there's no way I'm going to fall behind. Please wait with peace of mind. Fram, I'll ask you to prepare for reception."
"Yes, leave it to me."
Today Flam is also in knight mode wearing armor and swords. Kuh, kill me! I would say For some reason, Flam has the most variations in costumes.
"Be careful not to put anyone else in danger. The prisoners may go on a rampage. Marle and Melkina shouldn't be particularly dangerous."
"yes!"
"I know. Be careful over there."
"Oh, that's right."
Concentrate your magic power, activate the magic of flight, and gently float up. I waved back to everyone who waved, and after gaining sufficient altitude, accelerated toward the north of Clover.
Outside the castle walls of clover, several monsters can be seen on the battlefield. Perhaps the smell of blood still lingering on the battlefield lured them out of the Great Sea of Trees. I thought about getting rid of it, but there shouldn't be any corpses left on the battlefield, and I can't imagine that a monster of that level could do anything to the outer wall of Clover. Let's leave it here.
North of Clover, a road that seems to have been carved by the invading army stretches all the way north. How the hell did they march towards Clover? It's easy to extend the highway from the clover to the east and west. As long as I have a compass, I can get by with just that, and I had a map function in the menu in the first place.
However, it's a bit unusual to cut a straight path from outside the Sea of Trees toward Clover. There's no way I can go straight to a city where I don't know where it is.
"This one is obviously in your hands."
Fly straight over the cut road and mutter to yourself. No, it might be the result of using some unknown magic item-like something. It would be premature to conclude that the gods intervened.
After flying like that for a while, things that looked like stragglers came into sight. Maybe they couldn't stand the march, or maybe they were attacked by monsters during the march and didn't survive... the traces of a not insignificant number of corpses began to appear one by one. It was a puddle of blood and traces of bone fragments on the ground.
The bones are also mostly intact. Perhaps the bones were also devoured. I don't want to be like that.
About an hour after they started flying north, they finally saw the invading army retreating ahead. I wonder if this one could be confirmed from the other side, it was a commotion like a beehive. While observing them, I circle around them several times to check their number and condition. Hmm, I think it's roughly a little less than 1,000 people. If everyone surrenders all at once, we'll have to expand our prison camps.
When I was thinking about that in the air, monsters appeared from the left and right of the road that had been cleared and began to attack the invading army.
"Uwaaaaa!? The Demon King's servants have attacked!"
"Hiiii!? I don't want to die!
"No!? No way!?"
Because I was paying attention to me in the sky, the initial response was delayed, and it was a disgusting scream. It's not like I'm manipulating the monsters, I think the monsters were just lured in because you guys were making a fuss...but it's becoming a pity to abandon them. The majority of the soldiers are said to be conscripted farmers. Hmm, I can't help it.
Concentrate your magicmagic cannonmagic canonMow down the monsters with the magic of. A magic cannon is a magic that fires converged magical power in the form of a very thick laser. The attack range is limited unlike the maximum explosion that causes a large explosion at the point of impact, making it suitable for support in such situations. There is also a refreshing feeling because you can mow down.
The demonic beasts mowed down by my magic cannon evaporate without leaving any dust, and the ground that is stroked turns into glass due to the high temperature. As expected, the demonic beasts thought it was unbearable to be mowed down over and over again, so they scattered and ran away.
All that was left behind was the invading army with many wounded and me, who continued to stay in the sky. The soldiers of the invading army must be terrified by my every move. You should have understood that I could unilaterally overrun them in the current battle.
"Ah... If you surrender and disarm, I'll treat you as a prisoner of war, but what are you going to do?"
A metallic sound spreads out like ripples. Yeah, that's right. Some people seem to be raising their voices. It's troublesome.
Ignore the people shouting something in the center of the group and build a barrier to avoid monsters behind me. The shape is slightly distorted because I randomly threw a stake made of divine silver imbued with magic power and used it as a base point, but if it functions properly as a barrier, there shouldn't be a problem.
"If you surrender, move into the barrier behind me! It's a barrier to avoid monsters. Take the injured, too. Bring the seriously injured to me. Now, move!"
Many soldiers start moving according to my words. There were those who ran toward the barrier while looking like they were about to cry, those who lent their shoulders to the wounded and entered the barrier, those who brought in several people to carry the seriously injured, and the soldiers who entered the barrier. Those who shout at us.
I was cautious, thinking that he would take some kind of concrete action, but he didn't seem to have the courage to do so, so I quickly treated the half-dead and half-life seriously injured with healing magic. It seems that some of them have missing limbs, but for the time being, I'll just close the wounds and restore the missing limbs to clover. That will take some time.
It was time to treat the last seriously injured.
"Shhh!"
The man who accompanied the seriously injured pulled out a dagger from behind his waist and thrust it at my stomach. Yeah, there are times like this.
"Sad"
Grabbing the wrist holding the dagger with my left hand, I hit the man's face with my right fist filled with magic power. A sound resounded as if a watermelon had been smashed with a stick, and the man's neck and above was blown away in smoke of blood.
Blow away the corpse with wind magic so as not to get splashed with blood.
The blown corpse fell to the ground with a damp sound, and the field fell silent as if it had hit water.
"It's sad, even though I showed you mercy, this is it. I wish you had behaved honestly."
Treating the last seriously injured while feeling the bottom of my heart cooling.
"Are you guys also friends with the guy just now?"
In response to my question, the man who had just been treated for a serious condition and the other attendant shook their heads.
"Okay then. Wait inside the barrier."
In fact, I don't know if that's true or not, but it's a big deal if you still face the current scene. Oh no. I don't want to do this.
I turn around and declare to the trembling men inside the barrier.
"Listen, I'll tell you guys. Behave yourself. Don't cause trouble. If you do, I'll feed you, treat you, and eventually send you back to your country. I'm merciful. I don't want to kill people if I can.But hey, if you point your blade at my family, at the inhabitants of Clover, it's a different story.I'll kill you like a fool lying over there.OK? Did you do it? Answer me."
""""yes!!""""
"Good"
I turned around again and turned my gaze to the invading army that did not surrender. Hmm, about half? Looking at the same height like this, I don't know the exact number.
"You who did not surrender are my enemies.
Concentrate magic power to create countless blazing fireballs. One shot is enough power to burn a human to death.
"Hey, run away, run away. Otherwise, I'll burn you to death. Come on, go!"
I'll land many shots near the invading army and turn it into a sea of fire. I don't dare to attack it directly, I plan to chase it away. Those who have surrendered must be housed now, and it's a pity to spend time worrying about them.
It's easy to annihilate them all at once, but I have to make these guys regret attacking Clover to death. As a result of yesterday's discussion, it was decided that those who did not surrender immediately should be driven away and let them continue their death march. It's a cruel treatment, but these guys who attacked us in the first place are to blame.
I frightened them away with fireballs until their figures were as small as peas, and after roughly treating the rest of the injured, I collected the weapons left at the scene and opened the transfer gate to Clover. Well, here's the real thing.
☆★☆
After returning home, it was difficult. Expansion of the prisoner of war camp, medical treatment, parallel cooking, pinch of food shortage, I hurriedly fly to the Sea of Trees to hunt meat. It is the nightmare of the second day after returning. There were already 500 prisoners of war, but about 400 more prisoners were added. Surprisingly, there are more prisoners than Clover's population. It is a grave situation.
"There are too many prisoners."
Kusuha muttered as he looked down at the POW camp illuminated by the setting sun from the top of the ramparts.
"Really?"
At this rate, Clover's food reserves will run out at Mach. The amount of food eaten by prisoners of war, who are nearly twice the population, is enormous. It won't run out tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but it doesn't mean there's room. It is very unsatisfying to the public sentiment that the food that they have desperately collected is wasted by the invading enemy soldiers.
"Let's divide them by country of origin and send them to the capital. I can't take care of you."
Fulham's eyes are fixed. Certainly, we don't need to be so responsible. Considering the circumstances, it would not be condemned even if he was thrown out with the clothes on his back.
"Then, should we have them sorted by country by the end of the day… Fram, I'm sorry, but I'd like to ask you to make arrangements. By "
"got it"
"Umu"
I remain alone on the castle wall, and carefully burn the sight below me into my eyes. The men lined up at the kitchen, feeling relieved that their lives were safe for the time being...they were the men who came with weapons to invade this clover.
If this clover didn't have the power to repel them...the city would have been completely overrun by them.
Their goal was to occupy this city and to plunder demi-human slaves. Those who resisted would have been mercilessly killed, and those with human-like appearances might have suffered even worse. The madness of killing each other can easily turn people into beasts...it's a bitter memory for me too.
Perhaps one of the wives was involved in that hand. Not only Marle and Melkina, who had my child, but also other wives. Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
As a result, before facing the trials of the gods, the castle walls were completed at a rapid pace, and the development of flying magic bullets and portable magic cannons had paid off. No, there are quite a few residents of Clover who have high combat abilities, so it's possible that they were able to repel them unexpectedly.
"Hmm..."
I thought while looking down at the men who were happy with each other's safety and even had smiles on their faces. Was this correct? It is quite possible that the men who helped him in this way will come to invade Clover again in the future.
Nella also said The source of power for royalty and nobility is, after all, the people. Inflicting damage on the people would result in the loss of power for the royal family and nobility. The death of a large number of men in their prime must be a painful loss for the nation. The labor force produced by about 900 men is enormous.
It might have been more profitable for the Brave Demon Federation to kill them all. I don't think so. However, I couldn't possibly think about it that way. I can't help but think that the fewer the number of deaths, the better. I'm sweet
I'm the head of state of the Brave Demon Federation, right? Wouldn't it be better to throw away such naive thoughts and be ruthless?
"Husband?"
I feel something touch my left arm. When I turned around her neck, Tina was looking up at me with a worried expression. She may have been called out several times.
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"No, you looked like you were thinking about something... are you okay?"
"Hmm, it's okay, it's okay. I was just worried."
"Isn't that okay?"
"Maybe. Can you hear me?"
I told Tina, who nodded, what I was thinking just now. In other words, wouldn't it have been better to kill them all instead of taking prisoners? The prisoners you freed by going around may attack Clover again. That's what I'm worried about. I'm a half-hearted guy who can't be ruthless. I wonder if I can go ahead with this.
"Yes, sir, indeed, sweet, like sweets and honey. Or like the dreams of little children and innocent maidens."
"Is it that sweet!?"
"Sweet. Master, this is a war, isn't it? The opponent is a beast that has attacked this clover and the residents living there. Originally, the power that should be directed at monsters is directed at humans, rather than at monsters. They are wicked big sinners. If I don't say mercy to those people, and I'm worried about what I've done to them, what should I say?"
"Ah, no, I'm sorry."
I was overwhelmed by Tina's spirit and ended up apologizing. When Tina saw me like that, she smiled and her expression softened. Tina's small, soft hands wrap mine warmly.
"But this Clover, the Brave Demon Federation is a country made up of such kindness of Mr. Master. Master is kind. He is too kind. But that is very rare in this world, It's a precious thing.There's no need to throw it away.There may be times when it hurts, but when that happens, we'll support you, Master.Don't worry alone, confide in us and rely on us.Please be pampered. .Sounds good?"
"Oh, oh..."
"Besides, it was your kindness that kept so many people alive. Isn't that fine?"
"Is that so?"
"That's right. No one other than Danna-sama can safely bring such a large number of prisoners up here. If me, my sister, and Kusuha-san were in command, they wouldn't take prisoners."
Taking no prisoners means killing everyone. Satsubatsu!
"That's right... yeah, I've stopped worrying about it. I'll continue as before. But I'll kill those who plotted this invasion."
"Yes, I think that's fine."
Seeing Tina's smile somehow made me feel like my heart was clear. It's not that she doesn't feel like she's been put down, but Tina makes sense too. Hitting back the opponent who attacked, if it's just a story, it's certainly true. Besides, this isn't a quarrel between children, it's a violent killing, a war.
But I don't think it's a good idea to stop thinking and kill people just because it's a war, so I'll keep it to human deaths as much as possible. But kill the mastermind, no mercy. Also, I will show no mercy to those who take advantage of my good intentions. Let's keep that stance.
"Yeah, I've decided. Thank you, Tina."
"You're welcome. Let's go back to the mansion. Deborah should be cooking for you today."
Ah, while replying, I hold Tina's hand and start walking. She wonders what the menu will be today as she walks along the path of clovers as night falls. I wondered if what I did today helped me keep such a peaceful time, and I felt like I wasn't completely satisfied.
After dinner, I stayed in the studio for the first time in a while and worked hard to make various props. Things like the treasure bag that Nera told me about, and non-lethal weapons (I'm not saying it doesn't hurt).
Who are you with tonight? I'll leave it to your imagination! Boobs are the best