episode_0120

“It’s okay to express your opinion, but before that, who are you at the meeting?”

In response to Ren’s question, I stood up and bowed my head.

“The introduction is late. I am Siegfried, the director of the Pixie Management Bureau. Please feel free to call me Zeke.”

The knights were agitated when they heard the words “Pixie Management Bureau.” Now that I think about it, I guess no one other than Filia and Liza knew that I was the director of the Management Bureau. Because I didn’t reveal my identity during the meeting.

“…Director of the Management Bureau? Why is someone like that here?”

On behalf of the chattering knights, Ren asked the question again.

Why is it there? It’s because of fucking Cheshire.

No, is it like a cat? anyway.

“The reason I am on the Eastern Continent is because of the Pixies that our bureau is trying to capture. The name is Cheshire Cat. He’s a famous bad boy that everyone has probably heard of at least once.”

I knew it. Some of the knights seemed to know something about Cheshire.

“Cheshire stole two things from the Bureau and fled to the East Continent. One is the magic sword, and the other is me.”

“…What is the magic sword again?”

“The Demon Sword is a sword that contains a large amount of Demonic Energy. It’s a guess, but I’m thinking that the reason the legions are attacking is because of this magic sword. Because I strengthened the monsters with the magic of the demon sword, I became confident that I could win against the knights.”

The knights looked at each other and started whispering.

Yeah, I know what you guys are thinking.

“This situation occurred due to the management’s negligence. Therefore, I plan to take responsibility and help you win against the monster army.”

In fact, managing Cheshire is impossible. But what can you do? The Pixie Management Bureau was created to manage such people.

“…I know who you are. I also understand what the situation is. But regardless of whether you are responsible or not, there is no reason for us to follow you.”

Ren made a valid point. Even though I am the Director of the Management Bureau, after all, I am a stranger to him and I have not proven my ability to command knights.

‘I knew that would happen, so I wrote down the numbers in advance.’

“Philia, this is my request. Do you remember?”

“Ah… .”

Philia, who had been sitting quietly, only then realized what she had to do.

“I will help the Director of Management.”

“Wait a minute, Philia. Are you willing to entrust your life to an unverified person?”

“Verification is already finished. The management director competed with me and won.”

The conference hall is once again buzzing with excitement. I think everyone was surprised that I beat Philia.

“… Even if it’s a victory, it’s just a clash of swords. It’s a different area from command. Just because you beat Filia doesn’t mean your commanding ability has been verified.”

That’s also true. Ren That woman just keeps saying the right things, it’s annoying.

‘Let’s see… . To persuade such a strict principled person… .’

While searching through several persuasion methods in my head,

“Julia approved it.”

Liza joined the conversation.

“Julia? The Julia I know?”

“Okay. Julia is currently working at the management bureau. Among us, he is the one who knows Zeke the best.”

Liza takes out a piece of paper from her pocket.

“This is a letter that Julia sent me. It says there: ‘Zeke creates miracles. I can jump into the fire of hell without hesitation if Zeke orders it.’”

Hellfire. I feel burdened because I am too loyal.

“Julia said that… ?”

“Okay. If in doubt, check for yourself.”

Liza put the paper down on the table. At this, Ren opened the paper and began to quickly look through it.

“Len, do you know what kind of Anne Julia is? I’ve never said anything like that to the captain. It is said that Yulia evaluates Mr. Zeke more highly than her teacher, the captain. To be honest, I can’t accept it easily… . Still, if I were to gamble, I’d like to bet on Julia’s insight.”

Len, the glasses technician who was silently checking the letter, closed his mouth and sat down. The other knights also seemed unable to say anything more in this situation.

‘Julia, I don’t know who it is, but thank you.’

Thanks to you, things went smoothly. I’ll let the harem slander issue pass.

“Then, I assume everyone has agreed, and I will explain the strategy.”

*

*

“The corps has arrived.”

“All to location!”

After hearing the scout’s report, Liza solemnly gave instructions.

“…Mr. Zeke. Can I really trust you?”

While the knights were busy moving around, Liza, whose solemn expression from earlier had disappeared, asked worriedly.

Even if you said you would trust me and gamble, you can’t help but feel anxious.

“Yes. Trust me.”

“Hu… . all right. Build a fire!”

She gave the command again, and the knights all started lighting firewood.

“There’s really no going back now. We must make a decision within tonight.”

A huge pile of firewood piled up by destroying not only simple wood, but also flammable substances, alcohol and oil, easily combustible food, spare clothes, and even unused ships.

As it was so large, just a small spark created a huge flame, and the flames soared high into the sky.

“It rides well. With this, Marona can no longer attack.”

“…I hope so.”

I have so many worries. I’ve already done all the testing.

* * *

“Let’s make a fire?”

“Yes.”

I gave a simple answer to the question of the bespectacled knight, Ren.

At first I thought she disapproved of me. He always frowned when he saw me, and whenever I said something, he would ask me questions.

However, after observing Ren through several retries, I learned that this was not necessarily the case.

“Why do you light a fire?”

“This is to neutralize Marona’s group. Marona is weak to fire and heat. If you light a large fire and create intense heat, Marona’s group will not be able to attack through the sky. There is no need to be afraid of flying insects that cannot fly.”

Ren simply had a lot of doubts about his personality. To put it nicely, should I say he is cautious?

“What if paralyzing poison is sprayed from a height where you can’t feel the heat?”

“At that time, the wind will take care of clearing away the poisonous dust. As air heated by the heat rises into the sky, the barometric pressure changes, and as the barometric pressure changes, wind blows. Powder that falls from high places will be greatly affected by even the slightest wind. Even if there is a very small deviation, as the distance increases, the error becomes larger than you can imagine, and the powder ends up falling in a harsh place.”

Also, perhaps because my brain worked so well, I tended to think of questions more quickly than others. So, since he asked all the questions that others would ask, it felt like he was the only one asking questions.

“Then how do you plan to resolve the impact of the heat of fire on our allies?”

“Cannot be resolved. Rather than fighting wearing a gas mask to block the paralyzing poison, it would be easier to endure the heat.”

“…I see. I am convinced.”

In fact, as long as I explained things well enough to make people understand, they would not tackle me any further and would actually help me in unexpected areas.

Of course, I still don’t know why he frowns when he looks at me. Are your glasses prescription incorrect?

“The fire is started immediately after the legions arrive. What to do after that… .”

* * *

“Open the door!”

Following Liza’s instructions, the knights opened the entrance to the camp. A wall made of thick iron was lifted into the sky.

‘It looks like an old castle gate.’

In fact, the knights’ camp itself is surrounded by thick and high walls, and is similar to a castle. So, if you think about it, there was no problem in assuming that the entrance to the camp was the castle gate.

“Harpoon crew standby!”

Knights carrying large, ugly harpoons and ropes camped at the entrance and waited.

” Pit team, how are you prepared?”

“Good!”

“Hu… . Now all I have to do is wait.”

Liza wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve. Is it because of the heat of the burning fire, or because of the tension? The beads of sweat that were forming steadily were soon dripping down to the floor.

“…But no matter how much you think about it, isn’t this too blatantly a trap? No matter how stupid Zot is, I don’t think he’ll get caught here… .”

“It takes. Zot is dumber than you can imagine.”

All of these preparations are a trap to neutralize Zot. And after retrying several times, there was a 100% chance that that idiot would fall into this trap.

‘It’s going to be such a constant hit.’

“A group of Zots are charging!”

When the observer on top of the wall reported, Liza immediately raised her hand.

“Harpoon crew, ready to fire!”

“Ready to launch!”

With a neat double-headed spear, a knight climbed on top of the harpoon launcher and prepared to fire the harpoon. Please note that it is not fired with the power of gunpowder, but rather is fired manually by the knight kicking it directly.

“Kuhahahaha! Stupid human being. You left the door open! This Zot kills everyone–”

“Fire!”

bang-!

With the command, the knight who climbed onto the firing platform kicked the harpoon hard. The fast-flying harpoon successfully pierced Zot’s neck. Zot screamed and tried to pull out the harpoon, but the prongs of the harpoon made it difficult to pull it out.

“Suppression team!”

Afterwards, the suppression team was dispatched and cut off the limbs and tendons of Zot, who was panicking, leaving him defenseless.

“Launch team, recovery! The rest follow me!”

A rope was tied around Jot’s helpless body. At the same time, the knights led by Liza blocked the charging group of Zot. There were at most two monsters coming through the entrance at a time, and the knights skillfully dealt with the monsters coming in.

While the knights were providing cover, the launch team retrieved the harpoon, and Zot’s body was dragged away.

“Crrrq too too! . Humans will regret it. Jot doesn’t die. It happens again… .”

“Asshole.”

Jot, who was being dragged away, glared at me and said something, so I also said something.

dump-.

Jot’s body was thrown into a deep pit. Not only that, they even put shackles on his limbs and cut off his head to buy more time.

“Now pour it.”

Knights carrying huge drums poured out their contents in front of the pit. The hole was filled with mud made by mixing water and soil appropriately.

An artificially created swamp. It is a fatal trap created by nature, in which even elephants die if they do not know how to escape.

Of course, Zot’s strength easily surpasses that of an elephant, but what good is that strength if you bury it alive by pinning it in a deep hole and pouring mud on it? At least you won’t be able to do anything until the mud hardens.

“Zort neutralization complete.”