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　We ask a young Dwarf to lead us up the tunnel.

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　I am not sure how old he is, since even young men of the Dwarven tribe have a magnificent beard.

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　He led us through the dark tunnels without hesitation.

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　I was grateful for that.

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　As we continue down the tunnel, we see a light.

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　I do not turn off the lantern.

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　We will use it again soon anyway.

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　There are, of course, guards near the entrance of the tunnel, and they attack us when we show up unannounced.

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　We will not be defeated by dwarves with only pickaxes.

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　The demons of Eligos' army may have been caught off guard, but they will regret it in the underworld.

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　It is true that the dwarves had only pickaxes, but Saint Jeanne had a sword.

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　She cut through demons one after another with a sword so famous that it is called a holy sword.

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　I, on the other hand, had a mighty magical power.

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　I swept away demons with overwhelming firepower.

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　Perhaps it was because of my spectacular performance that a large number of reinforcements came from the town.

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　I counted them calmly.

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Yes, almost all of them.

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"Wow, the Demon Lord is very quick with his calculations."

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　He returns Jeanne's praise appropriately.

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"I just had the messenger check it for me. ...... Okay, it looks like the enemy general is here too."

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　I looked and saw a man in a bad-taste robe.

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　He was the necromancer Shalltal.

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　The purpose of this mission is to destroy his forces or to take him out.

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　Either one or both at the same time.

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　Then the Dwarven homeland will be liberated.

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　To accomplish this I give the order.

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"All right, men, let's pull out. But not too deliberately and not too casually. Do not let the enemy discover the existence of the trap."

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　But they had no time to spare. They were panicking at their first real battle. They were scared.

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　They could imitate escape without acting.

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　They should have just stayed back.

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　I retreated, fighting off the pursuing Eligos' forces as I saw fit.

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　Almost only Jeanne and I are fighting.

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　The young Dwarves took in the scene.

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"The legendary demon king and the golden saint in concert!

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　He let out a sigh.

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　By "golden saint," do you mean Jeanne?

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　Indeed, her blonde hair and white robe made me think of a saint.

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　To keep up with her, I put strength into my fist.

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　I receive Jeanne's compliments as I retreat.

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"The Demon King is amazing. Not only is he smart, but he is also a first-rate fighter.

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"You're welcome."

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"I want to bear the Demon King's child. If it is the Demon King's child, it will be the strongest child."

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"............"

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　The sudden confession makes me swoon.

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　Jeanne smiles as I lecture her on the importance of ...... chastity.

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"Of course I will. I have never allowed a man to touch this skin. But if the gods tell me to, I'll give up my virginity and bear the demon king's child. If that's the oracle."

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　Praying that God is not bloodthirsty and that Eve does not hear this statement, we retreat backward and arrive at the square.

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　There was Godreve, the chief of the dwarves.

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　The miners led by him are also there.

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　They were all armed with pickaxes and spears.

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"The Lord seems to be punctual.

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　Godreve jokes in his thick voice.

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　By his manner and his words, we know that the side hole has been completed.

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　Then all we have to do is draw them here.

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　When all the enemy troops are in this cavity, we blow the entrance.

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　While I'm buying time, let the dwarves out of the cave, blow up the explosives, and bury them alive.

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　That was my plan.

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　Will it work?

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　I gaze into the faces of the dwarves gathered in this space, and as I gaze into their faces, I see that my fears are unfounded.

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　Each one of them had the face of a warrior.

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　They all had the air of heroes.

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　It is not easy even for the Demon King to defeat men like them.

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　So I thought.

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　I trusted them and we formed up.

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　A tight formation.

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　Everyone has a shield and a spear.

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　They gather in one place and thrust out their spears.

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　This tight formation is called a phalanx.

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　It was the specialty of Alexander the Great, the conqueror of the other world.

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　He used this strategy to invade Asia from small countries in Europe and to create a global empire.

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　The advantage of this strategy is that it improves the fighting spirit of the allies by solidifying them and the sense of unity it creates.

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　It is a perfect formation for the untrained but brave Dwarves.

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　And even though this was a square, it was better than spreading out in the tunnels.

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　That's what I thought, and the theory fits perfectly.

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　The Dwarves, who were supposed to be a weak army, were fighting more than evenly with the Shalltal army of demons.

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　They were undaunted by the Shalltal army, which consisted mainly of lesser demons and gargoyles.

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　On the contrary, they were able to beat them off at least once.

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　Could it be that they could have won without using the strategy?

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　But that was indeed a bad idea.

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　Shaltar must have realized the folly of pushing too hard.

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　He came out with a mental attack.

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　He replaced the winged demons with zombies.

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　Normally zombies are weaker than demons, but the dwarves were a benevolent race.

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　If they were just zombies, but when their fellow zombies appeared, they could not help but be frightened.

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　Some of the Dwarves were crying when they saw their family members.

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　The dwarves take a step back.

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　As if to take advantage of this, more dwarf zombies enter the hall.

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"d*mn you, you devil!"

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　I had expected this, but the effect was more than I had anticipated.

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　I send instructions to Saint Jeanne.

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"Will you take down the zombies?"

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　Jeanne, who understood the situation, drew her sword and said, "Yes.

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"But once they're scared, they're weaker than before. If we let the dwarves fight the daemons, we might lose.

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"I know that. But we don't have to destroy the daemons. We just need to buy ourselves some time.

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"How long?"

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"There's a grim-faced necromancer in the back."

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Yes, there is. It's disgusting.

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That's Shalltal. He's the only one who can enter this space.

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"Okay. I think if we slay enough zombies, they'll open up some space and come in.

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I'm sure. Please."

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　With that, she starts running with the speed of the wind, slashing at the zombies.

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　The slow-moving zombies were either decapitated or had their torsos cut off as soon as she raised her weapon.　Her movements were graceful and fluid, no slow zombie could catch her.

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　I thought to myself, "I don't have to worry about this one," and looked at the dwarves.

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　They were getting the better of me.

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　I remembered the saying that once a soldier is scared in a battlefield, he is useless for a while.

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　Human and subhuman soldiers are strong and can be made as strong as they can be if they are trained, but such mental weakness cannot be helped. They have a heart.

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　Demons without hearts grow claws as if to take advantage of them.

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　One dwarf falls because of it.

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　The dwarf is sent to the cave ahead of the others. The number of dwarves carried and the number of dwarves being carried, two dwarves for every one killed, is a hard thing to take.

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　I knew that this was a bad situation, so I decided to evacuate the dwarves earlier than I had planned.

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"Dwarves, let's go with plan B!

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　Hearing these words, the dwarves nodded and retreated.

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　Jeanne comes up to them and gives them an earful.

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"The Witch King, you are ahead of schedule.

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"I don't want to make any more sacrifices for them."

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"It's cool, but do you think the two of us can handle it?"

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　We'll just have to endure," I say, and some of them intervene.

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"It's not just the two of us, I'll fight too.

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　The voice was uttered by a great white-haired stalwart.

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　It was a Dwarf chieftain in chainmail and carrying a large battle-axe.

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"Lord Godsleeve!　You have been entrusted to guard the Dwarves' people."

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"Dwarf women and children are not so weak as to do nothing while the men are fighting. The women kicked me in the ass and kicked me out."

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"But with that old man, ......"

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"Old body?　My Lord, don't judge a man by his appearance."

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　Godreve says this and throws his battle-axe.

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　For a moment his arm swells, and then he throws the battle-axe,

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　BOOM!

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　With a resounding "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

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　The power was like magic.

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　Godreve pulls out a spare battleaxe,

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"Are you still unhappy with this?"

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　He let out a joking laugh.

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"No way. I'll make use of your military might.

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　I shook his hand as he said this.

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　His hands were like rugged ore.

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　A blow from this hand would have been a terrible blow.

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　I decided to trust him as a chief, as an engineer, and as a warrior.

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