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If the battle of wits at Ashtaroth was the first act, the battle underground was the second act, and the fierce battle on the plain was the third act, we are now in the fourth act.

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　The fierce battle that had been going on for several days was now at its climax.

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　This series of battles, in which many have been injured and many have died, is coming to a conclusion.

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　--The winner, of course, is the pragmatic young man.

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　There are several reasons why the demon king Ashtaroth won this war.

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　Originally, a war is more advantageous to the defender than to the aggressor.

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　In terms of location, time, and strategy, Ashit created a situation in which it was always better to be on the defensive.

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　And not only defending, but also making a lot of schemes in the meantime.

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　Through these tireless efforts, Asito achieved victory. Or rather, he was winning.

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　He drew a half-siege on Hannibal's reduced numbers, took his time, and attacked.

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　He took his time and attacked them.

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　It is not that he has become a sadist. It is not that he is pretentious.

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　He was just afraid of a counterattack by the bird of prey Hannibal.

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　Asito selected the best men he could find to take down the general and decided to go to the front and hunt Hannibal himself.

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　As he looked out over the battlefield, Hannibal muttered to himself, "This is it.

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"...... is it over now?"

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　Of course, no one could hear him, but the old general, who had fought in hundreds of battles, could already see the outcome of this battle.

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　Hannibal, who had fought on hundreds of battlefields and struck terror into the hearts of the Romans, now seemed to be ready to pay his tribute.

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　Hannibal raised his voice and declared to his men.

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"My faithful and brave soldiers! You have fought well. You have fought well.

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　The men listen to the general's voice and continue the battle.

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"Our strategic objective was to take the castle of Ashtaroth, but we failed. But our political objective was the survival of Lady Alicia. It would have succeeded. Nagakura will surely rescue the queen and make Alicia the next queen.

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　Hannibal continued.

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"But I will not be there to see it happen. It is a pity, but it is also my destiny. I have lived long enough and have no regrets. ......

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　Only, he continues.

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"You are not. Neither are the ants, nor the human mercenaries. You fought well. You have fought more than enough. Enough! You need not be wounded anymore. No more death! You must surrender. The Witchking Ashtaroth knows how to treat the heroes of the battlefield. He will welcome you with open arms.

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　He was not lying. Hannibal knew he had lost. He knew that Asito would not punish the losers more than he had already done.

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　But the soldiers would not stop fighting.

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　Hannibal, suspicious, asks his aide: "Why don't they ask me for my orders?

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"Why don't they listen to my orders?"

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　The aide replies as a matter of course.

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They have always obeyed their general's orders and have won many victories, but at least at the last moment they make their own choice. They have chosen to die with the general. Please respect their choice."

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　Hearing these words, Hannibal said,

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"...... you idiots!"

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　He then picked up his sword.

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"Then I will answer your kindness. We'll charge in!"

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"Yes, sir. Which way?

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The head of the demon king Ashtaroth!

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　Hannibal shouted, and the rest of the army, shouting and yelling, charged in the direction of Ashit.

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　Thus begins the final assault of Hannibal's army.

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　The Ashtaroth army, which had held the upper hand until then, is pushed back as if by a lie.

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　The soldiers who had been confident of victory are now on tenterhooks.

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　Eve says in frustration: "Oh no, we almost made it!

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"Oh no," she says in frustration, "We almost won!

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"Because we almost won. We don't want to risk our lives for the sake of winning.

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　Asit calmly replies, and Eve asks a question.

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"Hannibal's men will come here if we don't do something. They may strike the master. Please stay back.

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"I can't do that. As I told you before, the soldiers follow a young man like me because I am always at the front, sharing the hardships of life with them. Because I eat the same food, share the same hardships, and die in the same place as the soldiers. If I break that principle now, my name will be synonymous with coward."

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"...... master."

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　Eve lets out a deep sigh and pulls a dagger from her pocket.

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　It seems that she intends to fight, but she can't afford to have a thin-armed maid like her on her side.

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　So Asito uses intrigue.

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　He deliberately forces the soldiers to leave a path to Asito's camp, and invites General Hannibal to join them.

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　Hannibal, who now has no choice but to take Asito's head, will come straight there.

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　He would then attack cunningly.

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　Eve's face lit up when she told him of her plan, but the one who told her did not look happy.

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　Asito was not hurt by such words as "cowardly" and "dirty," but he still felt that it was unethical to kill the most powerful general in the Mediterranean.

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"I'll have my misdeeds written in the history books of the bloody demon king," he said.

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　Moreover, the description of the passage would be written in very thick, bright red letters.

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　Bright red letters written in blood.

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　It seemed appropriate for the Demon Lord, who is a man of two sides of the same coin.

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　Hannibal's army was charging toward the head of Ashtaroth, but they knew that they had been lured into a trap.

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　They knew that they had been lured into a trap, and they dared to jump into it.

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　The oligarchs were now no match for him. Hannibal's remaining forces could not fight properly.

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　If there was any chance of victory, it was to use the Demon Lord's trap against him and finish him off.

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　The problem was that there was no room for error in Ashtaroth's strategy.

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　Ashit deliberately placed archers on both sides of the open road and fired his bows at Hannibal's troops.

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　Hannibal's death squads were strong. Their morale was high and they were invincible in hand-to-hand combat, but many of them were still ordinary men. They were creatures.

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　They were helpless against a mass of archers shooting at them from both sides at the same time.

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　Mercenaries and hive workers fell one after another.

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　One soldier takes Hannibal's place and dies.

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　Hannibal has no time to grieve and is attacked by the second shot. Many of his men die.

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　A third shot comes, but the men who dodged it are now too few to count.

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　They all died defending Hannibal.

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　The only saving grace for these dead men was that Hannibal was still alive, if anything.

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　Hannibal was alive, but he had dozens of arrows in his body. Why is he still alive? The enemy soldiers and even the allies could not help but wonder.

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　Hannibal, dragging his leaden body, set out for Asito's main camp, but that seemed to be as far as he could go. His energy was still strong, but his body could not hold out any longer.

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　His body, which had lost a great deal of blood, no longer listened to him.

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　Death was imminent.

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　The regrettable thing was that he could not take the head of the Demon King Asito, but there was also something to be happy about. But there is also something to be happy about... being killed by the Demon King Ashit.

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　The Demon King Ashtaroth. He will make his name known from one end of the continent to the other.

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　He will be known to all on the continent called Gloryus.

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　The one who was to become the great demon king who would rule this continent was the demon king Ashtaroth.

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　It was a joy to be killed by such a king, and one that future historians would envy.

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　Hannibal dies thinking so.

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　He had intended to live to see the coming of the demon king Asit, but he was too late.

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"......, young people these days have no courtesy for old people."

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　These were the last words of the great Hannibal, but no one heard them.

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　The troops under his command had been wiped out.

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　The orcs of the Ashtaroth army were astonished to see him.

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　He tells us.

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　Not only the humans, but even the ant soldiers fought to protect Hannibal.

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　Even the ants, who were thought to have no will, laid down their lives for the general and fought until the end.

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　When my comrades died, I was saddened, but I did not cry.

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　But when I saw General Hannibal, when I saw so many soldiers falling beside him to protect him, I cried.

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　I cried on the battlefield for the first time.

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　I cried big tears for them.

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