The Porter Is Not Interested in the Hero Party

53 – Legion of Darkness (3)

“What are you so afraid of?”

Kiyiing!

A sharp sound echoed along with a thick voice. The commander, who had been expanding his territory by pushing back the forces of the Demon World, was at a loss for words when he faced the gigantic being in front of him. A black liquid was circulating in a complex device that had not been seen in the kingdom, and smoke gushed out of the mask worn in the mouth.

Its entire body radiated heat like a living furnace, and its muscular body was studded with brittle scales. He was wearing armor and holding the heads of soldiers in each hand. The commander was on his knees like a pauper, trembling, but he was barely holding back his tears.

Would be about 3 meters tall. Its neck was so thick that a blade couldn’t reach it, and whenever it moved, the scales, armor, and complex devices rubbed and sparked. He stretched out his arms as thick as his huge body and handed over the captured soldier to the demons in the back row.

“Sah, save me… … !”

The soldier, who was still breathing, begged in a pitiful voice. But that mournful voice only made him react in a puzzled way.

“What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of, are you weeping so pitifully? This is a battlefield. You raised your sword to kill each other, so why are you afraid of dying?”

When I lightly bent my scaly head and pushed my face in, the feeble-minded soldier foamed when he urinated. The demons didn’t care about the soldier’s filthy appearance and grabbed his head. After passing out, the body, which had no resistance, was shoved into the glass tube, and the other demon manipulating the device pulled the lever with all his might.

“Do not be afraid. Aren’t we by your side?”

Benevolent words that did not go well with the ferocious face rang out, but no one found comfort in those words. It was because his calm tone was followed by a sharp mechanical sound that gave goosebumps.

Kiyiying!

The surrounding demonic energy was seeping into the glass tube. The figure of the soldier squeezed into the glass tube was dyed pitch-black, gradually changing into a mud-like depiction of the soldier and thickly sticking to the surface of the glass tube.

Then, it finally showed off its smooth cross-section and transformed into a magic stone. When the demons opened the glass coffin door, a cylinder-shaped magic crystal rolled out. The demons picked up the magic crystal and inserted it into the mechanical device that the body of the giant was strapped to.

Quadduk!

Awesome!

It was just that the jewel split, and each time it was shattered, the soldiers felt like their bodies were being torn and broken. That bloody sound gave him information on how the machine was working, and at the same time letting him know that the other soldiers would be like that the moment they were captured.

“do not worry. You will be with us too.”

A dark red liquid began to circulate anew in the transparent hose that was circling the body of the giant. After speaking, the monster nodded and exhaled, expelling steam from its entire body. A bloody mechanical sound echoed repeatedly, and sparks flew in all directions just as I applied strength to my body.

“eww… . OMG… ! eww… !”

“Sah, save me… !”

When the soldiers saw the scene, they got tired and began to walk backwards. The commander drew his sword and stood up. And in a solemn voice, he ordered the soldiers.

“Me, everything! run away! Hey, I’ll block this place!”

However, the commander’s bravery was not remembered by the soldiers. His voice was so low it was drowned out by the mechanical noise, and before he could shout the soldiers were running away. Thicker, hotter smoke billowed out in all directions as the muscles of the monster’s body squeezed the mechanism.

“Fear not!”

“Ugh, aaa!”

The commander trembled at the overwhelming appearance, but ran out without even being able to hold the sword properly. The sword wielded at random could not determine the location of the enemy, and its movements revealed untrained clumsiness.

The spirit of sacrifice that it would be nice to take even a little time. his bravery. However, to this monster, the appearance of the commander seemed like a simple suicide attack.

“Don’t run away!”

The log-like arm struck the commander faster than a cannon ball. The body of the commander, who was charging with his sword held high, turned into meat paste and spread on the trees.

The red mist spread as he swung his arm.

Only the commander’s frantic head, hands held high in the sky, and legs running forward remained empty in place, struggling and rolling on the floor.

“Find the others and kill them.”

At the monster’s low words, the soldiers rushed out. They all took up bloody weapons and wanted to show off their skills, saying that they would kill more.

Still blinking, the monster carefully picked up the head of the unconscious commander. From the huge body, the commander’s head had changed to the size of a ball used by children.

“do not worry.”

A calm voice came out of the monster’s mouth.

“I will send it to you.”

And, behind the commander, a weak-looking demon tribe carefully followed. He looked at the drawn-out corpses, and finally cried out in disgust at the head rolling in front of him.

******

Two weeks after the frontline commander collapsed. It was the time until we were given a new mission. It was a miraculous recovery speed created by the quick contact network within the Pandemonium and the fighting spirit of the commander. Some of the troops who were frantically pushing toward the demon world also came in with news that they had lost contact with the commander’s unit.

After the advance party was destroyed, only a few who survived were able to bring up the story of the opposing commander.

According to reports, the commander was 3 meters tall with a scaly body, wore strange devices all over his body, and emitted smoke from his body with every breath.

The hero heard the report and frowned.

“Does such a monster exist?”

Lena clicked her tongue as she looked at the report the hero was reading.

“Do you have scales on your body? It’s probably for body protection, so I can’t kill it with a needle. It’s too big.”

Lena clicked her tongue as she said that. It was because she had bought a lot of needles, saying that she was going to give them to the new commander this time. Ashuria said.

“It’s not good for morale to already think no. Word has already spread in the barracks about the monster commander. The story of the monster capturing people on the spot and then using them for self-fueling was pretty shocking.”

Ashuria’s expression didn’t look good while talking about replacing the magic crystal. As a church member, it seems that he reacts sensitively to the act of blaspheming death. She waited for the shock of the rumor to reach us before adding.

“So, first of all, it’s a simple enemy that we can beat, so why don’t we have some confidence.”

Millet nodded and asked the hero.

“So, what’s our next plan?”

“We need to stop the advance of the enemy commander by raiding the supply unit. They said that the speed of the enemy’s advance was so fast that at most the expanded land might be taken away again. Our main force is holding out in the front line, while cutting off supplies from the rear to harass him.”

“It’s not a one-time mission.”

Ashuria said. The hero looked at Ashuria and nodded, then continued.

“right. It’s a long term mission. But they’re moving faster than we thought this time, so we can isolate them. Even if it’s a monster, if you fight without eating, you’ll get tired. If the commander is defeated consecutively, even the demons will be shaken. In a way, you can see it as a golden opportunity.”

Saying so, the warrior grabbed the sword again. For a while, thanks to negotiations and one-sided charters, I hadn’t taken on such a difficult task.

This time, it was a good opportunity to check my skills as I had to be in the Pandemonium area for quite a while. I said.

“By the way, who exactly is their commander? I think it would be good to know that.”

“For that matter, I contacted Kiberes in the rear, but I haven’t heard back yet.”

It was a law to properly understand the story of the demons by asking the demons. I nodded at the story of Cabareth, and Lena stepped in between me and the hero.

“By the way, our main force could lose to this monster.”

“Then it will be difficult. Didn’t you bring in military units from other fronts to stop him?”

I said boldly. The hero shook his head at my words and said to Lena. Unlike his usual nonsensical remarks, he had a serious face.

“Lena. You can’t think like that already. Our main force is also an elite army. No matter how much of a demon commander you are, you won’t be able to break through it easily. only once. You only need to stop it once.”

There was only one reason the warrior said that. It was because if the main force was breached, the fight would go back to the pace of the demons from then on. We had to run after the rear of the troops boasting crazy charge speed, and they would gather the main forces around the commander and break through with one point.

We are a duke unit, we could wipe out one enemy unit, but we couldn’t win against a large army.

Millet asked.

“By the way, then we’d better be here. I think it would be right for us to block this place and send soldiers to the supply unit.”

The warrior nodded and said.

“The soldiers are too conspicuous, unfamiliar with the terrain of the Imperial Forest. So this time I’m thinking of splitting it into two. There are priests here, so Ashuria, Lena, and the uncle will raid the supply unit.”

The hero’s finger was pointing at our barracks on the map. Perhaps those slender fingers were pressing down on the top of our heads.

The warrior put strength in his fingers and said.

“Me and Millet will stop the commander here.”