Gazing at the city of Alesta from a distance.

　It's a pretty big city. It's not as big as the city of Arsenum that I first dropped, but it was bigger than Ivalice.

　The city is surrounded by an army of humans.
　Quite a few of them. Initially I had heard five thousand, but it could be more than that.

''And it's quite an elite looking army.

　Lilith, my second in command, points out.

''-- Yeah,'' I reply.

　The strength of that army can be seen from the fact that it is neatly surrounding the city of Alesta.
　They all formed a neat formation and attacked the castle without a pause, moving seamlessly.
　It seems that they have catapults, siege towers, breakers, and all kinds of siege weapons at their disposal.

''This is the standard for human castle attacks. There are not many people with strong magical powers among them, so they will rely on those kinds of clever hands.

I'm not so sure about that.

　I say this so that she doesn't hear me.

　The fact that they have prepared that many siege weapons means that the enemy general had prepared them in advance.
　According to the Demon King-sama, the city of Alesta also fell into the hands of the 7th Legion almost without resistance.

　After deliberately letting the city fall, they cut off the food supply, furthermore, they immediately surrounded the city and cut off the supply routes, and made perfect preparations for attacking the castle.

''It's not something an ordinary general can do.

　In fact, the Seventh Legion, one of the strongest in the Demon King's Army, is being cajoled.
　Perhaps we should fear the strength of the enemy general rather than the difference in strength here.
　I thought so and warned my men to be careful.


　Lilith said, "Yes.
　Sigan is "Yes,
　Giron said, "I understand.　　


　And they obeyed my orders, but did they understand?
　I was especially worried about Lilith.

　I let out a sigh at the thought, but the Demon King, who had lined up his horses and observed the army of humans together, seems to have reached the same conclusion as me.

''It's quintessential. You were able to see through the excellence of the enemy general with a single glance.

Is that what you think, Your Majesty?

'After many years of running around on the battlefield, you can understand the strength of the enemy general just by looking at the troop positions. The enemy general, what did he say his name was?

Giron reports that the general of the enemy is a man named E. Rudre.

Well, I've never heard of it.

They say he's a man who is said to be a great general of the Pharus Kingdom in the west.

'I see, there are plenty of men in the world who are called great generals. There may be excellent men like you lurking in the enemy's army as well. I can't let my mind wander.

Yeah. I'll have to brace myself.

　In fact, the command of a man named E. Rudre was brilliant.
　The attack on the castle has been slow, but steadily and surely, they are hunting down the 7th Legion.

　Cephiro and his men counterattacked with large fixed bows (ballista) placed on the castle walls, but they were immediately destroyed by stone throwers.

　A projectile looks simple enough, but it's hard to hit a target.
　This is because it requires a knowledge of mathematics.
　They must have a very competent technician with them.

　On the other hand, Cephiro himself stood at the head of the line, gathering sorcerers and intercepting them with magic, but even that seemed to be an empty resistance in front of the sheer number of enemy troops.

　They would lose at this rate, that was my honest opinion.
　The Demon King-sama seemed to agree with the same opinion.
　After uttering the same consideration, she continued.

''We've come this far. I'm not saying that we should turn back now. How do you plan to defeat that large army, Unu?

I have a plan. In a manner of speaking.

Can I ask you a question?

Let's keep it a secret.

Oh, so you're not even telling me, the general of the Demon King's army?

　The Demon King says a little sulkily.

''No, I'm just not confident. I'd be embarrassed if I lost after talking about my tactics in a big way.''

　Besides--'' he continues.

''The Demon King has come to watch me take charge, right?　If I told you everything, it wouldn't be fun to be a spectator.

　When I say that, she laughs, '.........'

It's true that Unu is right. I'm going to watch Unu's fight from here on out with Atsushi.

　When the Demon King-sama said that, she urged me to go into battle.
　I don't need to be urged by her.
　I give instructions to my men.

''Everyone of the Immortal Brigade, we will now charge into the middle of the enemy.

　The demons of the Immortal Brigade, the newly joined humans and dwarves.

Oh!

　He shouted out.

　Hearing those words, the Demon King-sama heaped up his impressions.

''Everyone's wariness is high.
Thank God for that.

　The demon men may trust me because of my past achievements.
　Humans and dwarves may be trying to return the favor and friendship they owe me.

　Anyway, my mission is to reduce the damage to my allies, defeat the enemy, and rescue Cephiro and his friends.

　That was what I had to do right now.
　I completely cut off my consciousness from the Demon King-sama and looked at the enemy army.
　Looking down on the large army from the top of the hill was quite a spectacular sight.