◈ 371. [STAGE 15] March
next day.
Dawn of the second day of the war.
Doong- Doong- Doong-
Amidst the beating of drums, a ceremony was being held at the head of the goblin corps lined up in front of the outpost.
Seven selected goblin janissaries knelt down in front of the Goblin God King, and the Goblin God King hand-painted special patterns on their faces with red pigment.
“You are now ‘Amir’.”
The Goblin God King, who drew all the patterns on the faces of the seven Janissaries, proclaimed.
OK,
Hwaaak-!
Dark green light emanated from the bodies of the seven janissaries, and little by little, their muscles and bones grew, and their eyes became clearer.
The goblin god king nodded and approached five hundred goblin soldiers lined up behind him.
The armor worn by Janissaries was placed in front of the soldier Obaek. It was stripped from the bodies of the dead Janissaries.
《Put it on》
The goblin soldiers immediately donned their armor.
After a while, the Goblin God King proclaimed as he saw the five hundred goblins who had finished wearing the armor.
“You are now ‘Yenissaries’.”
The patterns engraved on the Janissary’s armor emitted a green light, and the goblins who had become the Janissaries roared in unison.
This is the authority of the Goblin God King, and the special ability of the Goblin Army. It was ‘promotion’.
Due to the nature of the corps, which turns lives into bullets, the consumption of officer units is extreme. It was the ability to withstand that consumption.
Just by drawing a pattern containing magical energy from the goblin god king, the goblin is forcibly promoted to the next tier unit.
From regular soldier to Janissary, from Janissary to Amir… … .
The units that were forcibly promoted in this way are definitely weaker than the existing units of the same class, such as being restricted in various stats, but what does it matter?
He’ll die on the battlefield anyway, and he’ll promote another guy anyway.
This was the goblin way.
“let’s go.”
Looking back at the snowy road all night, the Goblin God King breathed through the mask and spat out.
《There is a long way to go.》
As the God King flapped his cloak and mounted his goat, the leading soldier blew a long horn.
boo oh oh-
thump- thump- thump-
The advance of the Goblin Legion resumed.
And now, never again, there would be no stopping.
***
“Whoa-… … .”
Watching their progress through a telescope, I let out a long white breath.
Winter was pouring out a last-ditch chill, and the snow that had fallen all night was still dusting the air with a white powder in the morning.
And in this bad weather, the goblin legion passed by unconcerned. There is no sign of any particular struggle.
The snow-soaked roads were frozen solid in sub-zero weather.
If it had become muddy, the advance would have slowed down a bit, but unfortunately, it wasn’t that kind of soil, and they are still filthy fast.
‘It would be nice if you would do me a verb… … .’
The ecology of monsters is far from that of normal creatures.
It will receive buffs or debuffs from the weather, but it won’t freeze to the extent of snow.
And since they are not normal creatures, there is another part that is different from the existing war. that’s right,
‘It’s replenished.’
Supply can be said to be the basis of war. The replenishment of food, equipment and ammunition is essential.
Soldiers cannot fight unless they sleep, eat, and drink. That’s why I’m paying special attention to logistics.
But monsters are different.
They are not naturally occurring creatures, but nightmare beings conceived under the darkness of the Lake Kingdom.
It does not require supplements such as food or sleep.
Well, there are some special ones, like the Blood Relative Corps, that can only be maintained by eating meat or blood.
That’s because cannibalism is the most efficient means of replenishing mana for them.
I said long… … In the end, it is said that tactics such as ‘strike supply lines’, which can be said to be one of the most effective means in war, do not work well against monsters.
“However, it is relatively unproductive… … It doesn’t mean it won’t work at all.”
As I grinned and muttered, Lucas and Evangeline, standing on either side of me, also grinned.
“Puetchi!”
Quylan, who was rubbing his muscular forearms with both hands, opened his eyes belatedly, perhaps because the falling snow was cold.
“uh? What is it, why are you laughing? Let me laugh too!”
“Look over there, Quylan.”
I reached out and pointed at the back of the goblin legion.
“Our prey is coming, isn’t it?”
At the tail end of the tens of thousands of greenskins that had meandering around, I could see a unit pulling dozens of carts covered in white cloth.
supply unit.
No matter how much the monster army is a being that does not need food or sleep – other elements need to be replenished.
For example, equipment.
From arrows to bows, knives, and spears, from saddles to mount on horses to replacement wheels for chariots.
Here, goats ridden by cavalrymen, huge cattle operated by charioteers, etc… … .
The other monster corps in the meantime were fighting corps with their own bodies and abilities.
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That’s why there was no need to bring equipment while operating the supply unit.
But the goblin army is different.
They overcome the weak goblin’s body with tools, and fight using tactics according to the god king’s instructions. Their strength is their strength as an army.
That’s why supply units exist.
“When it comes to guerrillas, priority is given to striking the opponent’s supply unit.”
I looked up at the goblin legion’s supply corps, which looked delicious.
The supply unit has relatively weak combat power, but the damage it can inflict when defeated is great.
The maximum effect can be obtained with the minimum power. It can be said that it is the most suitable prey for us who marched out with the guerrilla concept.
I looked to the side. It was the heroes of the avant-garde that marched this time.
Lucas Party, Evangeline Party, Punishment Unit, and Dusk Bringer’s Dragon Blood Knights. it’s four
I brought only powerful infighters who could enter the enemy camp and break through with excitement.
Here,
“Please, Junior.”
Only Junior, who will cast a simple wind buff magic, will accompany you.
The junior, whose complexion was not very good due to overdoing it yesterday, smiled as if nothing was wrong and held up his magic wand.
“This is as easy as it gets!”
As Junior swung his staff, the wind’s blessing fell upon our steed.
In this way, the hooves will not fall well into the snow, and the horse’s speed will increase, so hit and run will be easier.
“Thank you, Junior. Go back first.”
“yes. See you later.”
Junior returned through the teleport gate first, and I nodded while looking around at the rest of the heroes.
“Let’s make a big mess.”
In the meantime, the avant-garde heroes have not been able to fight properly.
They only stand in charge of the defense line of the forward base, or yesterday they were operated as a decoy unit and were also mobilized only for the defense of the entire unit.
But today is an attack.
This is the time to unleash the accumulated anger on them.
My heroes all drew their weapons and smiled viciously.
I pulled out my staff at the forefront and took the lead in accelerating.
“charge! Destroy their supply corps-!”
***
Leader of the goblin army.
Even in the midwinter cold, a goblin Amir hurriedly ran to Kali-Alexandr, who took the lead in driving the goat, holding the injured left arm and pretending to be fine.
“Kirik, the great Carly-Alexandre!”
《What’s going on?》
《It’s an enemy attack, Kirik! Humans have appeared!”
Carly-Alexandre’s eyes flashed.
“Okay, you’re here.”
“Twenty people on horseback! Kirik, there are no wizards!”
“Twenty… … .》
《What should I do? Shall we immediately turn the army around and surround them?”
Carly-Alexandre immediately shook her head.
“No, never mind.”
“yes?”
Running into thirty thousand with only twenty.
It was undoubtedly the most elite human side – a unit made up of heroes.
It must be made up of only those who are confident in hit and run. There was no need to get caught up in their pace.
“Do not slow down the march towards the north. Surrounding units counterattack, but do not pursue them deeply.”
Goblin Amir blinked as if he did not understand.
Carly-Alexandre chuckled. His own people seemed to find it difficult to comprehend that he did not immediately slaughter the enemy in front of his eyes.
“Our purpose is the human inclination. And the purpose of human beings is also their castle.”
Goblins do destruction.
Humans are the guardians.
The purpose is different, but the target is the same.
In the end, it’s a battle to cross the cross road’s castle wall or block it.
《What they fear is that we get to the walls as quickly as possible with as many troops as possible.》
During the three days leading to the wall, there was no way the humans would not attack.
Carly-Alexandre rightly predicted. And his answer was simple.
“Let them attack. The humans will continue to attack us throughout the march anyway. take the damage Make marching a top priority.”
If there is any harm to be done anyway, rather than delaying the time without seeing much profit by getting caught up in the guerrilla’s deception tactics, I would rather keep the rapid march.
No matter how much the human heroes ran rampant, the guerrillas were only a few dozen units.
There is also a limit to the maximum amount of damage this side can inflict.
Carly-Alexandre was willing to risk thousands of Legion lives if they could reach the walls in time.
Goblins wage war using their lives as a resource.
If maintaining the speed of the advance was costly, there was no reason not to pay.
“Of course, we can’t just be taken for granted… … call the cavalry Have them search the area where they appeared. If you find a teleport gate, destroy it and tell it to come back.”
“yes!”
Then another goblin, Amir, appeared. Amir, who ran in panting, reported to Kali-Alexandr.
“Kirik, the great Carly-Alexander! Report! Humans have started attacking the last of our legion!”
《If it’s the last thing… … .》
《This is the supply unit, Kirik!》
“indeed.”
Inside the mask, a faint smile formed on the aged goblin god king’s mouth.
《You move according to the rules, Ash.》
***
We destroyed the last supply unit.
As befits an army led by the Goblin God King himself, the troops guarding the supply base were well trained. The guys held on tenaciously.
So it took a little while to process it all. However, they were eventually crushed before the attack of my top 20 heroes.
After destroying all the hundreds of guards guarding the supply unit.
“… … .”
I glared dissatisfiedly at the main force of the enemy moving away.
The goblin legion didn’t care if the supply unit was shattered at the end.
They were still heading north as if they couldn’t look back.
It was a bit embarrassing for me, who was thinking of running away when they attacked us.
‘why?’
No matter how important the advance is, is there any reason to go so far as to abandon the supply unit… … ?
“Lord!”
Then Lucas called me. I suddenly looked over there.
Lucas had removed the fabric from one of the carts they were pulling and was looking inside. I opened my mouth slightly as I rode the horse beside him.
“This… … .”
“… … yes.”
slap-
Lucas gnashed his teeth after completely removing the cloth covering the cart.
“It’s an empty cart, my lord.”
“… … .”
The cart was empty.
“Open the other carts too!”
“yep.”
Dealing with the remnants of goblins, my heroes hurriedly lifted all the carts.
It was all empty, or if it was loaded, a little bit of clutter.
“… … Was it bait?”
I put my hand on my messy forehead.
“Expecting us to launch a guerrilla? So, did you mean that the decoy unit disguised as a supply unit was deliberately placed at the very end… … ?”
“… … .”
All the heroes looked around with bewildered faces.
The corpses of hundreds of goblin soldiers we had fought and slain lay miserably in the snow.
“This number… … Are they all throwaways?”
Watching the goblins calmly walk away like lizards cutting off their tails and running away, I realized it all over again.
The opponent in this defensive battle is really formidable… … .
