--My name is Ike.

　I'm a member of the 7th Army of the Demon King's Army, and I'm the leader of the Immortal Brigade.

　I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to find a way to make it work.

　I'm sure you'll be able to see that the situation has changed.

''Master Ike, it looks like we'll be able to break through the gate.

　The orc man in charge of the staff said.　

'That was quicker than I expected.
Yes, I gave the trolls a destructive hammer, just as Master Ike had instructed.

Didn't they fight back during that time?
Of course there was. They threw boiling oil on us.

Well I'm sorry to hear that.
What?　Did you say something?

　No, I shake my head.

　Watch out.

　I'm known as the bosom buddy of the Demon King's army, which can keep a child from crying.
　It would be suspicious if I worried about my subordinates at every turn.

　I tried to look unconcerned.

Treat the seriously wounded first. These are the precious soldiers the Demon King gave me.

　He blurted out a word and continued his command.

''When you've finished destroying the gates, then form your troops. We will move in.''

'Ha!　Which unit would you like to deploy?　There are still a few skeleton soldiers left untouched.

'Skeleton soldiers are not very mobile. They're useful in defense, but not for mobile warfare.

So, shall we send in a squad of kobolds?
They're mobile, but not intelligent enough.

　The orc's chief of staff let out a hegemonic, "Huh......." and then asked, "What do you want to do then? He asks.

　I answer clearly.

'Well, recruit a few of the elite in your unit. Trolls, orcs, goblins, and a few decent ones from a race with intelligence, just in case, and scrape up a few of them.

Oh, Master Ike, no way.
No way. I'll take the lead on infiltrating the city.

　The orc's chief of staff let out an astonished expression and words.

''It's too dangerous. I've beaten them in the field and destroyed the gates of the city, but there's still a chance that they may be trapped as rats. A one-horse race is the height of recklessness.

Reckless?　Who are you talking to?

　The voice is deliberately low and intimidating.
　The orc's chief of staff is horrified.

　I grab the Ouroboros Staff in my right hand.

　Then, I raise it wide open and chant a spell and unleash the magic of the Sonitk Boom on the rock in front of me.

　The rock literally shattered into pieces and its crushes scattered in all directions.

''I'm the Demon King's bosom sword, Ike, right?　Do you think I'm going to fall behind in humanity?

　The orc's face paled and he shook his head.
　When he was satisfied with the sight, he had his squire bring a horse for him.

　It's a horse from the demon world, trained exclusively for me, and can carry a heavily armed troll.

　As I gallantly stepped aboard it

Don't be late!

　After saying a few words, I rushed into the city gates.


　The city I'm attacking right now, the Free City of Arsenum, is a trading city located in the center of the continent.

　Although the population is only a few thousand, it is proudly known as a trading city, so the leaders of the demon king's army predicted that it must have accumulated considerable wealth.

　Indeed, the cobblestone pavement leading to the lord's mansion was splendid, and the size of the trading pavilion on the main street was also impressive.

　But--.
　I have to say.

　Surely there will be vast amounts of wealth accumulated in this city, but what is the use of expropriating that wealth?

　Trading cities only create wealth when they trade.
　It's easy to take that treasure, but what do you do with it once you've taken it?

　The leaders of the Demon King's Army.

'If you resist, you can kill all the residents and set the city on fire.

　But if we do that, the city will produce nothing more.

　It would just become a mere ruin.
　It would only become a burden that would not produce a single gold coin of wealth for the Demon King's army.
　Most of the lowly cadres did not understand that.

　Even the leaders of the Demon King's Army were like that, so were the Immortal Brigade's people.
　They must have believed that as many humans as possible would spring up, even if they killed all of them.
　I didn't need to think about what would happen if I let such people storm the city.

　Hence, they had rushed in alone and in single combat, but when they saw thirty heavily armed infantrymen waiting for them in the city square

Did I miss this one?

　I thought.

　I thought that there were indeed too many of them.
　Even though I am a magician known as the "Pocket Sword of the Demon King's Army," that number is still too many.


''No matter how many soldiers I have, it's impossible for me to destroy them without killing a single one of them,''


　I thought that in my mind, and in fact the result was the same.

　I unleashed the 《Shock(Sonituku Boom)》 magic at a minimal level, but no matter how much I took it easy, some of them would be 'unlucky' to die.

　I annihilated the soldiers, praying that this one-sided battle would end soon.