Zhuge vs. the King of Darkness

Jegal vs. King of Darkness

Jegal’s army was stationed northeast, away from the Tentacle’s stronghold.

Jegal received a report that Marquis Sainz’s army had clashed with the Tentacle army.

Jegal led his army and advanced towards the Tentacle’s stronghold.

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I, Kyle, received a report from a scout that Jegal’s army was coming.

My army came out of the stronghold and lined up in the field.

The front and middle ranks of my army were Tentacle elites, and the rear ranks were me, the Tentacle Hero, Reapers, and Tentacle Guards.

This time, a newly devised siege weapon was added to the rear ranks.

It was a siege weapon that I came up with after seeing the Slime Kingdom’s Slime cannon, a weapon that launched Tentacle elites with a catapult, and had a range of 300 to 500m.

The human army was approaching in front of me, and stopped at a distance of about 3km.

I commanded my army.

“Too far. Advance slowly!”

The Tentacle elite next to me made a ppuuuung sound with a trumpet-like Tentacle leg to signal the advance.

The Tentacle army advanced in formation towards the human army.

Kung Kung Kung Kung

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Jegal watched the Tentacle army approaching.

The human army was also divided into front, middle, and rear ranks, but because it was a large army, each rank was evenly mixed with different troop types.

When Jegal gave the signal, soldiers dragged 20 large cuboid wooden boxes with wheels, deureureureu, and stopped in the middle of the front rank.

When the wooden boxes were opened, each wooden box contained one Dwarf-made cannon, five Dwarf-made cannonballs, and several human-made cannonballs.

Let me briefly explain the Dwarf-made cannon.

Dwarves were very skilled in machinery production, but it was difficult to obtain their firepower weapons because they never leaked them to the outside.

The Dwarf-made cannons and cannonballs that Jegal had brought were weapons that Gale Kingdom informants had barely obtained over a long period of time while frequenting the black market.

The Dwarf-made cannon had a maximum range of 5km using Dwarf-made cannonballs.

Considering that the human-made cannon had a maximum range of about 2km with Dwarf-made cannonballs, it was a huge technological gap.

When human-made cannonballs were used in human-made cannons, the maximum range was reduced to about 2.5km.

Also, Dwarf-made cannons had high energy efficiency, so they could go a decent distance even with low-grade mana stones, but human-made cannons had to use mid-grade mana stones to go a similar distance to Dwarf-made cannons.

A Gale Kingdom researcher once tried to take apart a Dwarf-made cannon and cannonball.

The Dwarf-made cannon was made with mithril drawn like silk forming a 3D mana circuit and integrated with the main body, so as soon as it was taken apart, it broke and became scrap metal.

The Dwarf-made cannonball also had an elaborate mana ignition device made of firelight stone inside, but it was manufactured in an integrated state with the main body, so as soon as it was taken apart, it broke, and only the operating theory could be guessed.

In the end, the King of Gale Kingdom forbade disassembling Dwarf-made cannons and cannonballs because he didn’t want to waste money.

Jegal brought the strongest weapons, the Dwarf-made cannons, which had been hidden in the armory of the Gale Kingdom’s royal palace, to eliminate all the Tentacles.

Because cannons were excellent firepower weapons, they were only in the royal palace, and other nobles could not own them.

Jegal always said,

“Hoarding turns into shit.”

Jegal was planning to use all 100 Dwarf-made cannonballs today to crush those Tentacles.

If he could get rid of those things, he would soon be able to obtain the southern granary, and if the food situation was resolved, the economy would normalize, and he could earn the cannonball cost again.

When Jegal looked ahead, he saw the Tentacles advancing with catapults in front of him.

He also saw someone who appeared to be the commander of the Tentacle army sitting on top of a Tentacle.

Jegal was convinced that this commander was the King of Darkness.

Jegal pooh-ed and burst into laughter, saying.

“You’re all gonna die here.”

The surrounding nobles and knights all smiled brightly.

When the Tentacles came within the effective range of the cannons, Jegal gave the signal.

“Fire the cannons! Sweep away all those Tentacles!”

The officers of the army gave instructions to the cannoneers.

“Load the cannonballs! Load the mana stones! Aim! Fire!”

Several cannoneers put cannonballs into the barrel, and another soldier put mana stones into the hole drilled on top of the breech.

The cannon aiming soldier aimed the cannon, and when the magician blew mana into the fuse of the cannon, the magic circle of the cannon activated, sucking the mana stone into particles and filling the energy of the firing device.

The 20 Dwarf-made cannons simultaneously fired Dwarf-made cannonballs with a huge noise.

Pueoeoeong Pueoeoeong Pueoeoeong

The Dwarf-made cannonballs flew through the air in an arc.

When the King of Darkness stretched out his hand into the air, a huge dark magic circle appeared, and hundreds of dark Tentacle spears were shot at the cannonballs.

It was an attack pattern that Jegal already knew about.

Jegal quickly summoned the four Spirit Kings and asked.

“Please block that guy’s attack!”

The Fire, Water, and Earth Spirit Kings each shot spears of fire, water, and earth to shoot down the dark Tentacle spears.

The Wind Spirit King changed the trajectory of the cannonballs with wind to deflect them from the dark Tentacle spears.

When Louisa created a Wall of Trust, a translucent blue wall appeared in the air and blocked the dark Tentacle spears.

Some Dwarf-made cannonballs were shot down by the dark Tentacle spears, but the rest fell on the Tentacle army.

When the Dwarf-made cannonballs fell in the middle of the Tentacle elites and exploded with a kuaaaang noise, dozens of Tentacle elites exploded and died in flames.

Some Dwarf-made cannonballs hit the catapults, and the catapults and the surrounding Tentacle elites all exploded and died.

The bodily fluids and fragments of the Tentacle elites splattered and fell everywhere.

Jegal clapped his hands and rejoiced at the sight.

“Yeah! That’s it! Blow them all away!”

Louisa looked at Jegal and muttered with a joyful face.

“Jegal. You’ve found your original self now. I’m glad!”

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I, Kyle, was advancing towards the humans with excitement.

At that time, the soldiers in the front row of the human army moved aside, creating 20 paths, and cannons were visible there.

“Huh? What’s a cannon doing in a fantasy world!”

Kureha shouted urgently.

“Danger! Those are Dwarf-made cannons!”

While I was momentarily dazed, 20 cannonballs flew with a pueoeoeong noise.

I stretched out my hand into the air and shot hundreds of dark Tentacle spears at the cannonballs.

The Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth Spirit Kings and Louisa, summoned by Jegal from the human army, protected the cannonballs.

In the end, the cannonballs fell into the Tentacle elite group, and fragments of the Tentacle elites splattered everywhere with a kuaaaang roar.

The catapult I devised was also hit by a cannonball and turned into pieces of wood.

“Jegal, that guy! He’s not an opponent to be taken lightly!”

I flew into the sky, took out dozens of Tentacles from my stomach, and shot a dark mana cannon at the human army.

Jiiiiiiiiiing

—

Jegal saw the King of Darkness shooting a mana cannon.

An overwhelming torrent of energy was shot at the human army.

But the Gale army had already trained to defend against great destruction magic.

Jegal shouted.

“Create a defensive wall!”

The Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth Spirit Kings built walls of fire, water, wind, and earth in the path of the mana cannon.

After that, Louisa built a Wall of Trust, and priests and light magicians stacked layers of defensive magic.

A very thick defensive wall was created in the path of the dark mana cannon.

The dark mana cannon collided with the defensive wall, and a shockwave spread in all directions with a roar.

Kwagagagagagagang

The mana cannon collided with the defensive wall for a while before being cut off.

The defensive wall was still intact.

Jegal praised the soldiers.

“Well done! We can win!”

The soldiers cheered.

“Uwaaaaaa! The King of Darkness is nothing special either!”

—

The dark mana cannon I shot was blocked by the human army’s defensive wall.

I shot the mana cannon for a while, but the defensive wall was unshaken.

It seemed difficult to inflict damage on the enemy even if I continued to attack here.

Cannonballs were constantly flying and continuing to inflict damage on my subordinates.

Colliding with the human army in a situation where my army had already suffered great damage was not a good tactic.

In the end, I ordered a retreat.

“Retreat! Retreat to Minji’s Sanctuary at full speed!”

My army retreated all at once.

Even while we were running away, Dwarf-made cannonballs flew and exploded, and the Tentacles exploded and flew away.

Kwaaaaang Kwagang

“Kieeeeek!”

I had to abandon the stronghold and retreat to Minji’s Sanctuary.

With this battle, 200 Reapers, 3 Tentacle Heroes, and 8,000 Tentacle elites died, but the enemy suffered no losses.

My army was reduced to 800 Reapers, 7 Tentacle Heroes, and 52,000 Tentacle elites.

I lost all the catapults I devised.

Jegal’s army began to move south, following my army.

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Jegal was in a very good mood today.

It was because he had recently swept away the Tentacles with Dwarf-made cannons and cannonballs.

According to scouts, the Tentacle army seemed to have already arrived in the Barony of Minji.

Jegal’s army advanced slowly due to the weight of the cannons and cannonballs, but now it was relaxed.

At that time, a messenger came from Marquis Sainz’s castle.

The messenger’s face looked quite dark.

Jegal asked.

“What’s wrong?”

The messenger said.

“The west side of Marquis Sainz’s castle is currently being attacked by Slimes and Tentacles!”

“Tell me exactly!”

“A large army of Slimes and Tentacles is attacking the west wall. There are almost 100,000 of them. In particular, the cannon that came out of the body of a giant golden Slime is causing great damage to the wall!”

“Damn it! Come to think of it, Marquis Sainz’s messenger hasn’t come either! Have the monsters in the Bohark Forest gone crazy as a group!”

If Marquis Sainz’s castle fell, Jegal’s army would be sandwiched by the Tentacles in the south and the Tentacles in the north, and there would be no more supply support.

Jegal’s head throbbed and ached.

Jegal shouted in annoyance.

“Uaaaaaa!”

Jegal threw the cup towards the floor.

Jjaenggeurang

The messenger flinched.

Jegal regained his senses and said to the messenger.

“I’m sorry. I was a little excited. Tell them to defend the castle because we’re going back.”

The messenger nodded and went outside.

Jegal held a commanders’ meeting and informed them of the information the messenger had brought.

The faces of the nobles and knights, which had been bright until just now, were stained with despair.

They had no choice but to go support the castle.

Since most of the troops were here, if the Marquis’s castle fell, the surrounding territories would all fall.

Also, there were families of nobles and soldiers inside the castle and in the surrounding territories, and there was no possibility that the monsters would spare the humans.

At the commanders’ meeting, it was decided to turn back.

But the cannons and cannonballs were the biggest problem.

At the meeting, there were conflicting discussions on whether to take the cannons and cannonballs, have the main force go to the castle first and have the soldiers drag them from the rear, or break them and go.

If they took the cannons and cannonballs, they would be slowed down and the castle could fall.

Having the soldiers drag them from the rear was a way to lose only soldiers because the following Tentacle army would attack.

The method of leaving some troops behind and attacking the Tentacles with cannons was also rejected.

The King of Darkness’s power was stronger than expected, so it seemed like they would be annihilated without Jegal and Louisa.

Jegal eventually ordered the Dwarf-made cannons to be broken and gone because it would be troublesome if the Dwarf-made cannons fell into the enemy’s hands.

The soldiers began to break the Dwarf-made cannons, which they had worked hard to obtain from the Gale Kingdom, with hammers.

Despair and sadness appeared on the faces of many people, including Jegal.

Some soldiers even cried.

When all the cannons were broken, Jegal ordered a retreat, leaving the cannonballs behind.

“The entire army goes to Marquis Sainz’s castle quickly!”

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I arrived in the Barony of Minji and sent messengers to request reinforcements from the surrounding area.

I planned an all-out war in which the Tentacle army would rush at the human army from all directions.

Just in time, a messenger came to Winston.

He conveyed the content that Winston had met the Slime reinforcements and annihilated the human troops.

Winston’s current forces were 10 Tentacle Heroes, and the Tentacle elites had decreased from 40,000 to 27,000, and the Slime reinforcements had decreased from 100,000 to 92,000.

It was an enormous force.

Winston said that he would attack Marquis Sainz’s castle with the Slime reinforcements, crossing the mining area north, according to the principle of reporting after taking action.

I cheered.

“Puhahahaha! Winston succeeded!”

Kureha rejoiced next to me and advised.

“There are human families in the Marquis’s castle. Maybe the human army will turn back… We have to chase them now.”

Soon after, a report came from a scout that the human army was turning back.

I ordered the entire army to eat enough and depart.

The dark army advanced again that evening.

When we advanced to some extent, traces of where the humans had been stationed came out.

There, the Dwarf-made cannons were all broken, and the cannonballs remained as they were.

I smiled with a bright face.

“Puhehehehe! They were scared and broke everything and left. I’ll use the cannonballs well~”

Lucy-nuna also rejoiced and encouraged me.

“Kyle! I’m glad! Until yesterday, you were silent and dark, but you’ve completely returned to the original Kyle!”

Melissa, riding a Tentacle elite, approached me and stroked my head.

“Melissa will pat pat you to cheer you up, Oppa. Pat. Pat.”

“Puhahahaha! Today is the best day! The human bastards are all dead now!”

We advanced towards Marquis Sainz’s castle.

I sent a messenger to Trenda to collect all the Dwarf-made cannon debris and cannonballs here.

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Jegal’s army got closer to Marquis Sainz’s castle.

The west wall of Marquis Sainz’s castle was broken, and Slimes and Tentacles were pouring in through the gap.

A giant golden Slime was visible in the distance.

The golden Slime discovered Jegal’s army and turned 20 gun ports towards Jegal’s army.

The 20 gun ports simultaneously fired giant golden projectiles.

Peobeobeobeong

Jegal shouted.

“All priests! Magicians! Cast defensive magic!”

Various magical shields were created on top of the human army due to defensive magic.

The golden projectiles flew and collided with the magical shields, causing a kuaaaang noise.

The projectiles slowed down and became smaller as they broke through the shields, and when the priest shot purification magic, they turned into light and disappeared.

One projectile came straight down towards Jegal.

At that time, Louisa activated the Wall of Trust.

“I’ll protect my husband! Wall of Trust!”

A translucent blue wall was created above Jegal’s head, and the projectile collided with the wall and disappeared.

Louisa said to Jegal confidently.

“You trust Nuna, right? We can overcome this ordeal together!”

Jegal nodded and gave orders to the entire army.

“The entire army advances! Kill all those monsters!”

The priests spread courage and hope buffs everywhere.

Nobles, knights, and soldiers regained their morale and charged into the castle to protect their families and friends.