After more than three months of besieging the demons, the humans' food supply was running low.
Even during this time, the demons were devouring the humans who had been killed on the battlefield. Thanks to Damian cutting off the supply channels, these orcs were only getting the food they could obtain on the battlefield.
After devouring the last group of people yesterday, Albion, who was deep in thought, decided to eat the younger orcs.
The goats and deer were the first group, followed by the horses.
Even if the idea is to eat the orcs, at least they should stay away from that possibility for a while.
In the middle of this year, the legion of the famed stone demons arrived on the battlefield.
Although this provincial army from the north has average combat effectiveness and is not as good as the second-line troops in the extreme north, it has more than 20,000 soldiers and can be responsible for protecting important strongholds, freeing the main troops to fight.
Even Roger now has a brigade under his command stationed there.
In over three months, Damian had taken full control of more than half of the territory in the far north, keeping the demons outside the walls and ensuring that no powerful demon dared to intervene.
Using his ingenuity, he began to increase the production of armor for the night guard, which was among the best that humans could receive at the moment.
Damian wanted his warriors to have the best possible care; this would immediately help reduce casualties on the battlefield.
Many days had passed, and although there were many casualties after the siege and annihilation battle at Azog, Damian mobilized veterans from other squads, and the wounded soldiers slowly recovered. Now, the troops were once again complete.
Frieren was also not idle. She used the materials from the beast, the captured earth dragon, and some precious magical plants to successfully refine one hundred and twenty alchemy bombs.
These weapons were what now kept the demons at bay; no one wanted to face this type of human armament that even a child could throw.
Damian's territory was now very large, with hundreds of silver, gold, iron, and coal mines, making the chances of becoming a powerhouse on the battlefield very high.
Scouts discovered that the orcs in Albion's castle had begun to eat their own people. After Roger received the news, he was secretly worried about the orcs' cruelty.
For three months, Roger continued bombing the demons in the forest.
But the fortifications of this castle were very strong. The outer walls were built with rocks. Although many orcs died and were injured, no breach could be made.
To conquer this castle, he wrote a personal letter to all the other nobles in the far north, hoping to use a super-alchemy bomb to destroy the city from its foundations.
Damian was the only one capable of creating this type of weapon, but knowing that they were risking a lot in this, he requested numerous resources, enough to create three of these bombs with the value of one.
The super-alchemy bomb is an improved version of the ordinary alchemy bomb. The explosive runes of this bomb are different from those of ordinary alchemy bombs. The formula for the explosives is also more special, precise, and detailed, something few can do.
The price of a super-alchemy bomb did not exist, as it had never been produced.
"Behold my creation, prototype 1A-4007-O." Damian, after three days without sleep, showed his creation to his most loyal followers, who applauded.
Frieren, who was asleep, opened her eyes only to murmur, "It's still such a strange name."
"I think that name is the key to success." Wilson didn't know if there was anything key about that name, but it sounded good.
When this bomb was sent to the area where Roger was fighting, Damian also sent thirty thousand stone soldiers to support the push and minimize casualties.
Now all that remained was to wait for the results.