Dark Knight Kroki

　Finally, as the serpents began their advance, I cut off my sword training with Kouki and went to the strategy room with the dwarf king, Arberon.
　The dwarves are waiting there.
　They are Arberon's entourage, the dwarven generals.
　Accompanying him is the elven princess Lucien.
　In the meantime, I'm here as a representative of the elven side, so it's only natural.
　However, Lucien is sad that he was separated from Kouki.
　That Kouki is with Raina and the other elves.
　In the meantime, I asked Raina if she was coming or not, but she said, "You're here, so it's okay".
　The reason why Raina came here seems to be because of Kouki.
　He doesn't seem to be particularly interested in helping with this matter.

'Kuroki-dono is here to see you. General, explain the situation.

　Averon said and the general nodded.

'All right. Let's get the footage out first.'

　When the general says this, he reflects something in a magical mirror.
　It shows an army of orcs and goblins.

As you can see, it's a huge army of orcs and goblins. They seem to be advancing on the elven city of Arceidia.
'I see, I didn't know that so many of them were heading to the elven city: ....... Will the elves be okay?

　I look at Rousien next to me.
　Rousien is unconcerned that such a large army is heading to the Elven City.
　Isn't he worried?

"Orcs and goblins are no problem. Their magical power will not be able to surpass the stray wards of us upper (high) elves.

　Noticing her own gaze, Lucien says with his chest.
　Her breasts are small compared to Raina's, but large for an elf, and they sway.
　It's a pretty generous attitude.
　Certainly the magic of the upper (high) elves is powerful.
　I've heard that they put up a stray ward around the capital and prevent you from entering.
　If it's only orcs and goblins, they'll be able to prevent it.
　But that's only if the enemy is only orcs and goblins.

''Hmm. I'm an elf princess. It's true that if it's only orcs and goblins, there will be no problem. But can you say the same thing about this?

　Arberon laughs at Rousien's spare attitude and points to a point in the image.
　There's a different species there than the orcs and goblins.

''Oh, is that a snake woman?''

　Lucien's face pales.
　Among the armies of orcs and goblins, he can see Lamia's sorcerers.
　In fact, Lamia and other serpentine relatives are excellent at detection.
　They would be able to break the elves' wandering wards.

'What will we do? The serpent prince is here, so it's as good as having a snake woman. If we don't, Alseidia will be in danger~''

　Averon smiles nastily.
　This is where I can see how badly the elves and dwarves are getting along.

''Guhnnnnn!　Even if the wards are broken, there are still the mighty fairy knights!　They'll protect Alseidia!
'Isn't that hard to do?　I've heard that the assault power of the orc boar cavalry (Boariders) is tremendous. No slender fairy knight can prevent it.

　Arberon was right.
　Orcs were inferior to the elves in terms of magic power, but in a frontal meat fight, the orcs won.
　Also, the Boar Cavalry (Boar Riders) led by them would be impossible to prevent with the bow cavalry-dominated fairy knights.

''Uuuuu.''

　Lucien couldn't say anything back.
　It's no wonder, since it's obvious that the Elf's strength alone is not enough to prevent it.

''Lord Arberon. You don't have to say that much, but that's why you transferred Kutar's strength to Alseidia.''

　I say to Arberon.
　The Boar Cavalry (Boar Riders) are powerful, but the Iron Golems controlled by the Dwarves can prevent them.
　That's why they moved this Kutar force.
　The letter that Tathania, Queen of Elves, left with Rousien had a formal request for reinforcements.
　He didn't have to have Ruusien bring it to him, but he would have kept to the formality there.
　Nevertheless, Ruusien didn't know what was in the letter.
　Was he not informed of the contents because he didn't want to ask the dwarves to do it for him?
　Well, the Elven Queen might not have been on board either. I don't know what would have happened if the gods of Elyos hadn't told them to cooperate.
　Next to the legions of orcs and goblins, an elven defense force is shown.
　There is also a dwarven warband and an iron golem unit there.
　The Iron Golem troops are strong, but they have a weakness.
　It's mobility.
　They are slower than the slow dwarf warriors.
　However, that's where the fairy knights will support them.
　The fairy knights riding the Keluneian deer are highly mobile, and they are very good ranger soldiers as they shoot their bows while moving.
　Elves and dwarves, it would be great if they could make up for each other's deficiencies, but it seems to be difficult to do so.

''For that I am grateful, King Arberon.

　Reluctantly, Lucien thanks him.
　Arberon is in a good mood after the Elf princess thanks him.

'By the way, Arberon-dono. I feel that you have moved too many troops from this Kutar. Are the defenses here safe?

　By all accounts, the enemy's goal should be here.
　The enemy heading towards Alseidia is to reduce the strength here.
　Many dwarven warriors and golem troops are already on the march.
　Also, many of the dwarven engineers are out there as well, as the golems need to be fine-tuned to move the golems.
　This is why this Kutar dwarven village is less well protected.

''It's true that this Kutar's troops have been cut in half, Lord Kuroki. However, it is still protected by quite a few golems. Well, you needn't worry.

　Then Arberon laughs.
　Then the general comes forward.

'Hold on!　It is true that we have more than enough golems left. However, we do not have enough engineers to adjust the golems.
I understand, General. Oh, if only Ribezal were here at a time like this.

　Then Arberon looks into the distance with his face.

'Libesar?'

　It was the first time I'd heard the word.

'Ah, Lord Kroki. I was a brilliant golem engineer with Ribezal. But at one point he ran away from Kutar. Even now, the golem he made is still working here.
'Oh really? ......'
"Libesar has lost a limb for a reason. After he lost his limb, he wore a prosthetic hand like a pair of scissors. But at some point he left Kutar.

　Averon explains.
　Just as I'm wondering if there is such a person, someone comes in.
　It's a cat woman dressed like a ninja.
　Night-eyes.
　They are a scouting unit made up of the cat lady as they are called.
　There are rangers, but basically dwarves are not good at hiding and scouting.
　Their wives and daughters, the cat-women, take their place in the search for them.
　I'm sure they are the only ones in this kutar who can oppose the werewolf's covert unit, the shadow runners.

''My king. I'm sure the wolves are surrounding you. What do we do now?

　As she says this, the werewolves (wolfmen) are shown on the video.
　They seem to be surrounding this Kutaru.

"Ma'am. "How many of them are here?
There are quite a lot of them, but probably not enough to drop this place. They just surround the place and don't seem to be attacking it.

　The cat lady explains.
　We can't tell the exact number from the images shown on the screen.
　But they don't seem to be attacking us.
　It's like she's waiting for something.

I'm curious. But we are at a disadvantage in an outdoor battle. If they're not attacking us, we'll just have to wait and see. I'd like you ladies to continue to gather information.
All right, sire.

　She laughs when she says that.
　If they aren't moving, there's no need to be proactive.
　Perhaps they are waiting for us to come out.
　It would be better to continue to be on the defensive.
　But I'm worried about what they are doing.
　I feel somewhat uneasy.