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　The undead numbered about 1,000.

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　It seems that the enemy commander had formed a long line of serpents.

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　A long snake formation, as the name suggests, is a formation in the shape of a snake.

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　No, it was not a formation at all.

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　It was like a procession of young children going to school.

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　It would be safe to say that they were completely caught off guard.

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　But it was inevitable.

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　The enemy must have known our numbers.

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　At 300, no matter if we attacked their rear or flank, it would have no effect.

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　You cannot encircle and destroy the enemy.

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　Surround and exterminate!　cannot be used.

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　Rather than being caught off guard, they seem to have simply chosen to get to this place as soon as possible.

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　We should be thankful that the enemy did not ignore our 300 men and head straight for the castle of Ashtaroth.

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　With this in mind, I check the other commander.

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"Toshizo, do you know who their commander is?

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The messenger reports that he is a sorcerer with a grim face.

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"Oh, is he human?"

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"Apparently."

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"...... human or not."

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　I have a bad feeling about this.

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　Jeanne comes in as if to affirm this feeling of foreboding.

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"I just grabbed a gargoyle and scouted the area.

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"You took such a risk."

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It's not dangerous. They're undead. You don't have to worry about being shot by a bow.

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"But a gargoyle can't lift an object weighing nearly 50 kilograms. It would stall in midair."

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"It took two of them. And I don't weigh 50 kilos. Excuse me."

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　He puffed up his cheeks, but I was sure he must have weighed close to 60 kilograms with his armor and such.

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　Since we were in a hurry, I didn't want to rush into anything or get into a bad mood, so I simply asked him directly.

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"Jeanne, who was the enemy commander?

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"He's just as the Mad King imagined."

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"...... I see, so you mean the necromancer Shalltal."

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Correct.

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Of course.

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"But he was supposed to have died in the home of the clay dwarves. How is he still alive?　A twin brother?"

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"We cannot rule out that possibility, but it is possible that at the moment of the explosion, he gathered the undead and prevented the blast. After that, they must have been sleeping in the ground, using some kind of suspended animation magic. It makes sense if you think of it that way.

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"I see. Then he must have a grudge against the Demon King."

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"Of course. No wonder they came to the 300 troops I'm leading instead of their home base."

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"Then he's out for revenge. The Demon King shouldn't be on the front lines so much."

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This battlefield is not so sweet that we can afford to be so optimistic. First of all, we have to get rid of those thousand undead!

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"Leave it to me, I'm a saint. I'm good against the undead."

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"I'm counting on it."

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　As soon as I said that, the undead attacked.

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　My troops are lining up in single file, side by side.

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　I, Jeanne, and Hijikata will lead 100 men each, and we will take turns commanding our troops and fight as if we were in rotation.

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　Jeanne is up first.

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　She announces herself as if to say, "I am Jeanne.

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"My name is the Maiden of Orleans!　But in a few months I will no longer be a maiden!　Because I will be the wife of the Demon King!"

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　I have never heard of such a declaration of name, but he seems to be quite serious.

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　But such talk was meaningless to the zombies.

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　They do not understand human language.

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　They only understand the language of the dead spirits of Charlestar.

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"Uh-uh!

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　The attackers attacked with a cry of "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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　Jeanne stared at the zombie and did not draw her sword until the moment the zombie's hand touched hers.

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　Or more precisely, just a moment before it touched her skin. She draws her sword at that moment and slices her opponent open.

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　The zombie, a moving corpse, was cut in two by the holy sword of Saint Jeanne.

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　--Not only that, but her sword line continues to draw a thread, extending far backwards.

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"The power of the holy sword Nouvelle Joieuse, have you learned it!"

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　Jeanne is proud of her victory.

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　Not an overconfident word.

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　She killed 30 zombies with a single blow.

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　Her appearance was bizarre, divine, and dainty.

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　She is indeed the maiden of Orleans.

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　When we admired her, she smiled and spent the next half day slaying zombies.

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　After half a day, Jeanne's men were exhausted.

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　Many of her men are human and not suited for long battles.

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　Then Hijikata Toshizo's troop came out to replace them.

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　The werewolf squad led by him slaughters the zombies mercilessly with their claws.

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　Zombie heads are blown off and destroyed with a single blow.

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　Skeletons and other skeletons were crushed with a single blow.

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　Of course, not only the werewolves but also the claymores were monsters.

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"Izumimamori Kanade is bloodthirsty tonight. --But then, undead do not have blood, do they?

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　After he has completed his joke and plunge, he cuts through the zombies one after another with his karma.

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　It is typical of him to force himself on zombies and his subordinates on skeletons because he enjoys the feeling of cutting, but he is not cruel at all.

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　Occasionally, when he found someone who seemed to have been hired by Shalltal, he would allow him to cut off his hand, but not to take his life.

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"Learn from this and don't lend a helping hand to the scoundrels."

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　This seems to be a key line, but it still seems a bit cruel.

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　However, this is a battlefield, a place where lives are exchanged, and perhaps it is kindness not to take lives there.

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　Toshizo slaughters undead one after another, but some of them are too hard for his troops.

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　Ghosts sometimes appear.

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　Kanade Izumimamori can cut them. Even a werewolf's claws can do it. But orcs and goblins are no match for him, and in that case he will have a hard time.

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　In such a case, I dispatch a squad of human sorcerers that I have kept as a rangers' detachment.

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　These are the people we gathered before with our billboards.

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　They could wipe out ghosts with a single shot of magic.

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　Seeing this..,

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"That's the Demon Lord's master.

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　He praised me.

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　Toshizo said.

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　I am proud of my leadership, but I cannot play an active role like Toshizo and Jeanne.

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　Magic is powerful, but its power is limited.

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　The rangers are running out of magic power.

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　And Toshizo seems to be exhausted.

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　I'll go to the front.

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　Toshizo saw that,

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"Here comes the real winner!"

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　He whistled.

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"Shut up and stay back and rest. The battle will continue for a few more days.

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　Toshizo was dismayed to hear this, but the fact was that the battle would last for three days.

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　During those three days, I worked so hard that I was given the nickname of the "Demon King of the Immortal Killers" by future historians.

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