The Porter Is Not Interested in the Hero Party

Chapter 61

61 – Legion of Darkness (11)

Reinforcements were pouring in. An enormous number of troops, which could be seen with Greta’s eyes, were rushing to stop Greta. Greta wasn’t afraid or worried about the growing number of humans. Rather, he counted the heads of humans and put on a happy expression.

The demon soldier said to Greta.

“Greta. I am worried that the number of enemies is increasing too much.”

When the soldier said that, Greta exhaled steam and replied,

“Stop worrying about things like that. Aren’t we also getting reinforcements?”

“You mean reinforcements? I haven’t heard of that.”

When the demon soldier tilted his head, Greta nodded and said.

“They will think they are coming. So we will call in more troops.”

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“Em, there is a fairly large-scale movement being observed on the side of the Demon King’s army. I can’t confirm the details, but a large amount of dust is rising and moving towards Greta-kun. I don’t think it’s a reinforcement.”

The news from the watchtower was enough to make both commanders and warriors nervous. It wasn’t very welcome news that a large amount of reinforcements were coming to Greta’s unit, which hadn’t lost its momentum. The large army cannot be stopped by a group of porters. Because there was a limit to the number that a human being could handle.

The hero bit his nails and frowned.

“It’s strange… … .”

“What part are you talking about? Warrior?”

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the commander asked the hero a question. The warrior looked at the commander and said.

“Greta’s actions… … . It’s so strange. Why are you behaving that way? You don’t seem to be that proud of your martial arts or the type that enjoys one-on-one battles, so why did you give us time to recover and gather an army?”

“Wouldn’t it be to wait for their reinforcements and also do armor maintenance? It’s a presumptuous statement, but Greta may have been confident that she could win enough in the future after facing the hero.”

The hero shook his head at the commander’s words.

“…Do you want to? However, could a demon who misses an opportunity just for that reason be dignified in the Pandemonium?”

“I don’t know. I can’t understand the standards of the savage demons.”

At the commander’s words, the hero nodded. and smiled lightly. In a way, there was a corner where the commander’s words were right. In fact, no matter what Greta was up to, the hero had no choice. In the end, all the hero could do was fight against Greta and block this camp.

[Hero. I know you’re having a hard time. The operation we prepared has been completed. There is a trick to ruin his armor, so pour out everything.]

The warrior held the note in his heart. I closed my eyes for a while holding it down with both hands and prayed for good luck in the future. Then, putting the paper back in his pocket, he told the commander.

“Commander.”

“Yes. Warrior.”

“Go. To defeat that demon.”

“Yes.”

The commander looked anxiously at the hero’s dignified back, and on the one hand, he felt his heart pounding at the fact that he was fighting alongside such a hero.

Millet trotted along after the hero came out of the tent, and the commander lightly wiped the tears from his eyes. An adjutant close to the commanding officer threw a joke at him.

“You are emotional. Commander. Soldiers will move.”

“…I also have children. He’s the same age as the hero.”

The commander looked at the hero. The adjutant stiffened his face from the joke and rolled his eyes. The handkerchief protruding from the commander’s pocket had his daughter’s name written on it.

“The people of the Empire must have had families too. There must have been a father, there must have been a daughter, and there must have been a son. Just one family’s grievance would fill the graveyard with a sad tune, but how much grudge and sorrow do you think there must be in the mountain of corpses that covered the entire empire?”

The adjutant did not answer. said the commander.

“The future of our kingdom is not the only thing on the warrior’s back. He is also carrying the innocent grudge of the people of the Empire who were sacrificed first.”

“It must be heavy.”

The adjutant, unable to find anything to say, hurriedly threw out a word like squeezing out toothpaste. The commander nodded and put the handkerchief in his pocket.

“When I die, my children will go to the battlefield and fight for my grudge and the future of the kingdom. When I look at the warrior with that thought, I can’t help but cry. If you had lived in a different world, you would have been happier than you are now.”

The adjutant opened his mouth as he watched the commander catch his breath.

“I often think that I want to live in another world. A place where there are no demons to torment me and people live in peace. Nobody cares about the fight or the future.”

“By the way, would such a world exist?”

The commander laughed and said. The adjutant also giggled and nodded, then put a cigarette in his mouth. He handed out a thick cigarette to the commander and asked.

“Do you smoke?”

“Oh, give me one.”

Putting the cigarette in his mouth, the commander took a deep breath. The characteristic complex weed smell of cheap cigarettes calmed my mind. The adjutant sitting on the rock put the scabbard on his thigh and said.

“Look over there. Greta’s subordinates are already forming camps.”

As if bugs were wriggling around, the ghouls and Greta’s subordinates were forming formation little by little. According to the command given in advance by the commander, the friendly camp was also forming a defensive line.

The commander checked the surrounding situation from time to time, gave orders with hand gestures and shouts, and then told the adjutant.

“Bastards, you look filthy ugly.”

“I also thought my younger brother was the ugliest until I saw them.”

“Isn’t that your sister?”

“That’s right. It was wrong to get married. I’ve heard rumors that the hero isn’t interested in women. Maybe it’s because he likes ugly women?”

“Yes, you bastard.”

When the commander threw a fist out, the adjutant fled and landed on the rock again. The time to smoke is so short, but they were getting ready before one cigarette ran out.

In the middle of the friendly camp, a warrior was walking out. Even from a distance, her slender shoulders made up for her dignity by raising her shoulder blades, and her well-balanced steps staggered little by little, unable to escape the aftereffects. The hero’s back, which looked stronger than anything else when he pushed Greta away, now looked like a weak girl.

The commander extinguished the cigarette by rubbing it against the sole of his shoe. The adjutant threw a cigarette on the floor and spat.

The commander stretched out and said.

“It is too heavy a burden for only the warrior to carry.”

“I will help you. Commander.”

The commander tapped the adjutant on the shoulder. The adjutant nodded and smiled, showing his teeth. As if their smiles and chatter were nothing, with a roar that shook the heavens and earth, a huge smoke-emitting body began to emerge little by little from the dust.

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“Greta!”

“What’s going on!”