Fort Stella-Demon army.
The war for the demons, the forefront of the war with the hyumans was at Fort Stella.
This base is the start of the map for humans and the end of map for the demons.
Fort Stella was made by the Hyumans and with the help of the spirits, the fort has a geographical advantage and the major power of Limia and Gritonia want to reclaim it.
This fort is the place that has become the stage for many fierce battles.
"According to our information as you can see, any battle with hyumans right now will have a chance...thus I will conclude my report." (Demon A)
There were two people in charge of this Fort.
Well, technically there is only one person in charge but the other person's words are equal to that of the commander.
She is latter one, one of our demon generals.
"Rona-sama, the detail of the arrangement and routes of the armies of Limia and Gritonia are both here." (Demon A)
An officer hands the documents and various materials to her quickly.
"The support from Aion was less than we expected and Lorel seems to becoming less involved as the decision to choose a Maiden comes closer." (Demon A)
The officer that was telling the information had ended. There was no pause or hesitation in his words, there were no analogies in the report.
"Thank you, now I would like to ask you to give the same report to Io." (Rona)
Rona-sama gave the officer further instruction after he had finished the report.
Io-sama and Rona-sama. These are the two who are in charge. Io-sama is the commander of the army while Rona-sama is the strategist the keeps us from being below the hyumans.
Although Io-sama is the person who leads the army and is always with the soldier, Rona-sama is always either going somewhere or collecting information from various sources in her network.
These two are the absolute authority in this fort, no one can disobey them.
The power of these four people are all different but they have all pledged loyalty to his majesty the demon lord.
I am actually in Io-sama squad but I do not mind helping Rona-sama with her work.
There are some people who are frightened with espionage work because of their high risk and field activity.
Even right now Rona-sama is preparing measures against the hyuman's attack that will be happening soon.
Io-sama was making a difficult face yesterday along with a face of fright, I think Rona-sama plans may have been a bit gruesome or so.
I truly feel pity for the hyumans that have to face her plans.
"Well, I wonder how strong the Hero is?" (Rona)
It is about time that the hyumans to begin another attack. According to our info, they want to attack the Fort at night.
The Hyumans do not like to attack at night a lot, but recently the Empire has been learning and has been attacking a lot more in the night.
I understand that this Fort is quite advantageous in both position and supplies but the hyumans have been too monotonous in their attacks.
Seeing that the Hyumans have now started to change their tactics, I believe that acquiring a Hero has somewhat evolved their thinking. I have also heard that the Heroes are actually quite strong and very few people are able to deal with them. Anyone who has fought the heroes have either lost their lives or are unable to battle.
There have been few people who were able to escape unscathed. Thus…I believe that the upcoming battle is quite different than the battles before as we have information that has lead us to believe that both Heroes will be showing up. I also believe that this is the reason that the Fort has been so tense lately.
But...I also have absolute confidence in our victory.
Why, because we have two of the Demon generals currently in our Fort.
I am starting to wonder if any plan Rona-sama has made been wrong. I do not know any warrior that has toppled Io-sama in battle, and I do not know any as ruthless and cunning as Rona-sama.
I have completed my training for the preparations for the night war. My placement in the battle is security in the Fort.
I may not even get a chance to swing my sword if everything goes well. My heart started singing praises for our generals and was excited.
I have been taught that no position in battle is useless and in war this becomes 10 times more important.
I will not hesitate. I will complete the job that is given to me.
"You, it is time to go out, so it is fine to leave here. If you are soldier that is part of Io's army then do not be stiff but also do not get too relaxed." (Rona)
"Yes ma'am, I will do my job with all my power." (Demon A)
"Good…..one last thing, what are you most worried about in this war? Please be honest." (Rona)
"Yes ma'am, I am worried about how our information may have been wrong and the hyumans will act in an unexpected way because of the two Heroes." (Demon A)
"Good, that is answer I would expect from someone who is helping me." (Rona)
Oh were you reading my expression to decipher my answer. She was satisfied with my answer as I saw a slight grin on her face.
"Please do not worry, we will try our very best to keep the safety of the non-combatants and to keep the enemy lines at bay. " (Rona)
"Yes ma'am, please do worry the morale of the Fort is high and enough thanks to Io-sama." (Demon A)
Rona-sama left after hearing my last word. True vigilance as a spy is not required by Io-sama, but, he does think it is necessary.
Everyone who has been trained by him or trained with him understands this and thinks of it as a mission.
There were never trying to get on the good side of Rona...maybe just a little.
I joined up with the team in charge of moving and organizing personnel after the security duty was finished, in anticipation for the attack.
I heard several sounds in the distance.
Has it began?
A large of amount information and exchange is being conducting, but most of it is what Rona-sama had predicted from the meeting earlier and is close to an exact copy of that.
I tried my best to hold my voice but I could not stop myself from making a smile.
Hyumans, Heroes, remember this.
This is the mage of the battlefield. And the person who is coming towards you right now is the Sword of his majesty.
Boom!!!!
This was the activation of Rona-sama strategy, this will bring the collapse and withdrawal of the hyuman army.
The war is progressing within the range of the plan. However, there is no way to abstain from injuries and deaths in war.
I am thinking this while facing the hostile gaze from a woman warrior who is currently being treated right now.
She is one of the injured soldiers that we were able to bring back.
Those who were dead or close to death were left outside and only the one who could be treated we brought inside.
Of course we have already closed the gates to the fortress so anyone outside must go through the unique route we have made.
There are no cases of it being noticed by the hyumans. They would have tried to send their soldiers if they had. Despite that…..
"We will kill Rona for you Tomoki-sama!!" (Demon girls)
"I will forever devote myself to Tomoki-sama"(Demon Girls)
The group of woman tries to attack Rona-sama but fails completely. Rona-sama quickly knocks them out and takes away their weapons.
"Hmm, Tomoki, the charm power of his reaches this far and even to us huh?" (Rona)
They say more words and Rona-sama knocks them out. According to the information we have obtain, the Hero of the empire has the ability to attract or charm females.
These seem to affect every single race, whether it be demi-hyumans or demons. It is quite the fun ability I have to say.
But it is terrible ability for our side. Mix a charmed soldier with the ones who are injured and done, you have a spy.
The plan is normal and at the same time quite effective. But it does not work that well here.
Rona-sama already has way to detect and determine who has been charmed. This one should be just fine.
"Will it be ok?" (Demon A)
"The attack on the front gate was quite intense, so we did not notice this one. But the hero of the empire is sure annoying."( Demon B)
"….I will wake her up later" (Demon A)
"Hey, you stop this at once! This world can only be led by one person." (Demon girl)
"You are talking about his majesty right?" (Demon A)
"No! His imperial hero Tomoki, his majesty must follow Tomoki-sama as well." (Demon Girl)
"Bitch, what the hell…" (Demon A)
As a demon and as a soldier, these word must never be said. I felt a heat of anger awaken inside me.
"You Fool!!!" (Rona)
Blue flames covered the demon girl. It took only a moment.
The demon girl did not even scream. She had lost shape and disappeared within the blink of an eye. There were no ashes left.
I look towards the voice of the person who said that.
It was the same woman who I exchanged words with beforehand.
"Rona-sama." (Demon A)
If she is here then that means the battle has reached a stable point where she does not need to attend to every move.
Yet, the mood here is extremely bad. I would not have thought that the strategy that was going so well would have such a bad ending.
"You….you seem to have kept up the protection well." (Rona)
"No ma'am, there was delay in the recovering of the injured…I am sorry for that. Thanks to you ma'am I am safe and will return to my duty" (Demon A)
"Ok good….what about her, is she also like that?" (Rona)
"Yes ma'am, I am afraid so, she keeps yelling Tomoki-sama and is losing sanity quickly. I had knocked her out thus there is no danger, and was going to continue her treatment." (Demon A)
It was the person I said would be fine.
I do not want see her killed as well.
"I am afraid Charmed cannot be healed." (Rona)
"What ma'am!?" (Demon A)
"There is nothing that can be done. I will take over here please continue with the recovery of the injured and treatment." (Rona)
"Yes!" (Demon A)
"If you believe that they still can be treated then restrained them and put them in prison. Io is coming back soon, good work." (Rona)
"….Ummm." (Demon A)
I know this is wrong but I have to ask. The expression on Rona-sama face is not good but also not bad. Io-sama is safe thus it is fine but I believe that something went wrong.
"What?" (Rona)
"What happen in the battle?" (Demon A)
"….Do you have the right to know or even ask?" (Rona)
"I am very sorry ma'am" (Demon A)
"….It is fine, the battle was a strange result, but I have at least gained something in this battle, knowing that there is soldier like you here is greatly fruitful." (Rona)
"Yes?" (Demon A)
"The battle was completely unexpected, we have achieved the minimum victory in that we have kept here but the battalion of Io lost, Empire hero and the kingdom Hero fled. The two dragon slayers have also lost and lost an amazing amount troops as well. I really wonder what they met?" (Rona)
"That kind of…?" (Demon A)
Such a thing happened, why?
"Hmm….then my question, what is your name?" (Rona)
"I am a member of the Fort Stella forces, Alec Deed." (Alec)
"Hmm, very well Alec Deed, you can go now. Let us meet again sometime." (Rona)
"Yes ma'am, I shall excuse myself." (Alec)
For some reason I was asked for my name and there was no punishment for my over standing.
The battle I heard from Rona-sama was scary. Still we have won over this fortress and won this battle.
We have protected this fortress.
As I was thinking this my footsteps got lighter The tension from before the battle was gone and the rising sun filled my heart.
We saw today that even with the Heroes of the hyumans as long as we have Rona-sama and Io-sama on our side we will never lose.