Chapter 28
For the last discussion on Tuban capture, various commanders of third division gathered in Ryun Height.
Borrowing one of the rooms in viceroy’s mansion, we carry out the review of the protocols.
“I wonder, How thick the Tuban’s castle gate is.”
Senpai is the first disciple of Teacher and also a master of spirit technique, and has demonstrated her skills in negotiations and strategies but when it comes to battle tactics she is almost like an amateur.
“The castle gate of Bernhainen is just a grill gate…”
If it is the same thickness as Ryun Height’s gate, then there would be no trouble, but it’s the city which has continued to develop new technologies as the workshop of Mirarudia.
It will not go much easily.
The strength of Mereen-senpai lies on the point that she can make humans her servants easily by turning them into vampires.
The vampires in this world don’t fear sunlight or religious seals, however they can neither fly in the air nor transform. Surprisingly plain.
“No, I didn’t?”
“Without breaking the things like the castle gate, senpai jumping over the castle gate… what was that, yeah ‘Soul Shaker’, can’t you use that?”
“Originally that is a technique to dominate in a magic battle. The range of effect is not so wide, and also I can’t use it consecutively.”
If I was hit by the lance like huge arrow in vitals, even if I am a werewolf, I would still die.
“As expected, the plan have to be like squashing them with skeleton troops.”
Teacher, who can summon deceased soldiers infinitely is a moving supply base.
As a supreme commander, she can’t only be doing things like replenishing soldiers.
As a matter of fact, the demon army doesn’t have any know-how of siege warfare.
No one has an experience of anything like a siege attack on a fortress town.
Well, the same can be said about the human side, there should not be just about anyone who is an expert in castle attack in Mirarudia. So much time has passed since the unification war.
Furthermore, the thing I am most troubled about is a thing common to the demons.
For example, the jinba race are excellent cavalry, but they can’t dismount even if they rush inside a city. Well they are not particularly mounted, so it’s obvious.
On the other hand, the bow cavalry that Tuban is proud of, once dismounted can function as bow infantry.
Which reminds me of a game in my previous life, the demon-like unit had low growth rate, restrictions on equipments, less freedom in choosing branches, and other things like that.
In the industrial city Tuban, the main street is wide to bring in materials, but inside the town it seems to be completely jumbled up with various different sized workshops.
The battle after storming the city would likely to be more bitter.
That’s why we can’t spend too much energy on breaking through the castle gate.
First, the skeleton troops can be considered disposable, they can somehow fight in the narrow places also, but as they are just automatic fighting dolls, they can’t make trivial decisions.
Our mission is to capture, neither destruction nor mass murder.
If we call the stone throwing kyojin soldiers from the second division then the castle gate can be easily destroyed, and if we have the ryujin soldiers from first division then the battle inside the city would also be easy, but unfortunately it is not a situation to call either of them.
Since most of the powerful demons are generally grouped by their races, it is a headache that I can’t use them flexibly like humans.
My werewolf troops are few in number, and the inujin troops don’t have enough strength. Mereen-senpai’s vampire troops are not very good in direct fights. Besides, each troops have missions in their own occupied territories.
Then, what should we do.
The plans for breaking through the castle gate is ready, but since the information about the strength of castle gate is unknown, the success rate is meagre.
The battle inside the city… being prepared for casualties, there is no other way than to send in the jinba troops. Fernel also seems resolute.
Just that she still has some hesitation about the resulting casualties, Fernel sent a look to Mereen-senpai like imploring her.
The use of words is entirely different compared to when she talks to me.
Looking closely, Fernel is rubbing back of head as if it is painful.
In the first meeting itself, she seems to have been smacked.
For a second Mereen-senpai showed an expression of thinking, but immediately shook her head apologetically.
After all the humans are not fighting us for hundreds of years just for show.
That’s why the ancestors of werewolves left the town and secluded their offsprings in hidden villages long ago.
After all the discussions remained unsettled, and the meeting became a class reunion, before one knew the topic had changed to yearning for the days of training.
Although we are not to be seen as a gathering in college laboratory, but as for me, I want to make the plans….
At that moment, the door was knocked and nervously Airia came in.
With the arrival of male clothed beauty, all the women became excited.
“Vaito, this beautiful child is the viceroy here!? Why didn’t you tell me before! Kyaa, cool!”
If Airia becomes a vampire, my ruling policy would collapse at its base. It would be a problem unless she remains a human.
“Teacher-sama, perhaps senpai is popular?”
The loli Teacher and jinba girl are happily talking with each other making childish faces. Just like middle schoolers who fall in love with love.
“As expected, she is senpai’s partner!?”
“That’s why I am telling you not to be sceptic!”
After that, until everyone returned, I was continuously suspected about the relation with Airia.
Although, the scale has become bigger, but the demon army still has insufficient number of capable persons.
In the next audience, I will propose the demon king to develop a siege attack fit for the characteristic of demon army. Definitely.
While making the preparations for the attack, I vowed as such.