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　The moment Ashtaroth, the Devil King, gets impatient and throws his troops into the northern front, Hannibal sends out his best men as if he had been watching for them.

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　It is the main force he has been saving. It was a mixed force of feather ants and human soldiers. The human troops were strong soldiers trained by Hannibal himself.

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　They were led by Hannibal himself.

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　The man who had once shaken the great Roman Empire to its core was now going to the front himself.

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　On the occasion of his departure for the front, Alicia asked Hannibal: "General Hannibal, what are you doing?

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General Hannibal, why do you give up your power for a little girl like me?

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　Hannibal did not answer the girl's question.

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　He only remembered the day he had met her.

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　It was a story from another world.

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　Hannibal once fought for the country of Carthage. Hannibal fought for Carthage at a time when the Carthaginian politicians had an overwhelmingly small army and were forced to fight against the great Roman power.

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　Hannibal served his country to the end, but in the end, he was defeated by the Romans led by Scipio and left in Carthage as a defeated man.

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　However, Hannibal Barca did not end his life there without doing anything. Hannibal replaced the incompetent politicians and led the country and succeeded in making it richer than it was before the defeat by Rome.

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　At the same time, however, Hannibal is also a source of alarm for the leading politicians in Rome. He was jealous of Carthage.

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　Hannibal is accused of having an affair with the Syrians in the Mediterranean world and is expelled from Carthage.

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　He flees to Syria and becomes an exile. When he was expelled from Syria, he wandered around the Mediterranean world as if on the run.

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　In the end, he was captured by the local king and committed suicide, but shortly before his death, he was summoned to this world.

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　He was summoned by a girl named Alicia.

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　Daughter of Ariosh, she offered her life and the missing flotsam to summon Hannibal. Thanks to this, her life span has been cut in half.

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　Why did she do it, she said, because she felt sorry for Hannibal.

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　After serving his country so well. Hannibal who fought for honor but was betrayed by his country in the end was too pathetic.

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　That's why he summoned Hannibal.

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　Perhaps Hannibal saw himself in his mother's disapproval of him, but Hannibal was touched by the girl's kindness and changed his way of life.

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　For the first time, he decided to fight not for his country, not for his honor, but for <>.

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　From then on, Hannibal served Alicia as a general of Ariosh.

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　Of course, he never told her what was in his heart, but he wanted to build a great empire for her as soon as possible.

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　A country where no one would be bound. A country where no one could rule. A country where no one could betray her.

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　He wanted to create a world where Alethea, the saint, was at the center of the nation.

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　Hannibal looked again at Alethea, the future queen, and went into battle.

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　He was going to enter the basement of Ashtaroth and destroy his core.

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　Hannibal leads the way, swinging his sword.

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　Hannibal was a military genius, but he was also a brave general.

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　Otherwise, he would not have been able to march into Rome with a small army and fight for decades in the enemy's territory.

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　When Hannibal kills an Ashtaroth soldier, his men crawl forward through the gap.

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　They are going in a straight line to the core. There was no reason to hesitate, but Hannibal senses something unusual in the rear.

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　Something is wrong. The unique sense of smell of a man who has been running around for many years comes into play.

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　Hannibal asks his men to halt their advance, but at the same time he hears an explosion from behind.

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"General Hannibal, we have fire in the rear, sir."

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"What?　Is it a trap?

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A trap? - Yes, it looks like a trap.

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The boy is going to destroy his own castle!

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　It seems that Ashtaroth has planted explosives in the castle. He's trying to break up Hannibal.

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"But there is no commander of note in this castle. There are no heroic commanders. We may be divided but we have nothing to fear. Resume your advance."

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　As he says this, a pillar of fire rises from the front.

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"What the hell is this?"

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　This time it is not his men, but the Demon Lord in front of him who reports back.

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General Hannibal, that was my magic fire. It is true that there are no heroes left in the castle, but the Demon Lord is here.

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　Hannibal was probably the most surprised to hear that voice.

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Hannibal had attacked the castle because of Ashtaroth's absence.

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"What do you mean--?"

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　Hannibal asks curtly. Ashit politely replies.

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"I sent a dummy army north. One of my men is a slime who is very good at shapeshifting."

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　Asito then projects an image into the air. Indeed, it was a slime, an unspecified and indeterminate creature, that was headed for the northern front.

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　Hannibal smiles to himself as he sees this.

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"What have I done? How could I have fallen for such a simple trick?

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"It's always easier to fall for a trick when it's easy to fall for it. I knew that if this castle was too weak, the Shogun would surely come.

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Well, that's our only chance to win.

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"Yes, my forces and the general's seem to be evenly matched, but the ant army is not at full strength. It seems that there are several factions.

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"Yes, this raid was almost entirely the work of Lady Alicia."

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Queen Alyosh holed up in Ismailia and sent her daughter to attack this castle, didn't she?

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"Yes, if we take this castle we will have a stronghold for Alethea. And then we will take it and give it to Lady Alethea.

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"Can't a general rebel without going through all that trouble?"

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　Hannibal replies to Asito's question.

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"That is impossible. If we kill Queen Ariosh, the army of ants will disappear. And the daughters she bore.

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"I see. So we're all doomed."

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"Yes. So all I can do is create a legion more powerful than Ariosh and imprison him. And then I can make him give up his right to be queen to his daughter.

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And you'll fight all the way for that?

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"That's right!"

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　Hannibal swung his sword from his hip. Asito also swung his longsword at him.

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"I never thought I'd cross swords with the great Hannibal!

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With a sword, I could beat you.

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Perhaps.

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　Asito honestly praises his opponent's skill and moves away from him.

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　Meanwhile, his subordinate intervenes.

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　It may not be fair to fight single combat, but the nickname "Omote-Arabi-Hiko" is not a bad one.

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　And if Asito had one advantage over Hannibal, it was one of the few.

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　His ability to command a large number of men is not equal to Hannibal's.

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　He could not enrich and strengthen a country as well as Hannibal.

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　Even in personal valor, he was aware that his swordsmanship was inferior.

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　Then what could beat him? Asito thought about this and pondered.

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　He was a coward. He would do anything to win.

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　Asito did not fight properly against Hannibal, but used a devious and clever way to lure him out of the fight.

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　And then beat him in a clever way. He defeated him by one more advantage over him.

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　That advantage was the tremendous magical power in his body.

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　Asito defeated Hannibal with magic.

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　Asito chants a spell and creates a huge flame that burns his men to death.

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　He burns the ant soldiers and the human soldiers at the same time and exterminates them.

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　The castle, which had been sprayed with oil beforehand, bursts into flames.

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"You'll burn your castle and my men?

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"Because that was the only way."

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　It was the truth. I knew I couldn't do any better than Hannibal the genius. He knew he had to attack without thinking.

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　Asito thus outwitted and surpassed Hannibal.

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