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Chapter 227 - Battle of Milius Plains

　The two armies, Fontana and Uruk, with almost equal numbers, are standing facing each other.

　This place is the Milius Plains that is in the middle of Xillia City to the territorial capital of Uruk.

　Our forces are already in place.

　The central troops, the right-wing troops, and the left-wing troops are in position, with Barca's soldiers positioned behind the central troops.

　The Xillia forces are in front of the center army, with the Einrad forces on the right side and the Burma troops on the left.

　How the Xillia army would move was a little delicate, but at least Wagner was fully motivated.

　Let's hope that he will play an active role in this battle.

　This time, the battle against Uruk was to be fought without any surprise attacks.

　I thought it would be better to do so this time as well, since the Barca army had won most of our battles by surprise.

　However, after discussing with other knights, including Peter, the idea of surprise attacks was rejected.

　This is because of our strategic goal.

　The most important part of our strategy this time is to pacify Uruk as soon as possible.

　With Carlos protecting the King, our goal is to prevent Uruk from intervening before the other great nobles start staring at us.

　To do so, what was necessary was for the entire Uruk Territory to admit defeat to Fontana.

　In other words, the Fontana side needs to defeat the Uruk family in a fair, head-on battle, not a surprise attack, and take possession of the Uruk Territory.

　This is why the two armies have gathered at Milius Plains as if to show time and are facing each other head-on like this.

　The Uruks probably also wanted to fight on these flatlands rather than get ransacked in the depths of their territory.

　As usual, a prelude was made before the battle.

　Although I was in the central troops this time, it was another knight who was speaking in front of the army.

　The knight, who is in charge of protecting the northern city of Burma, is shouting loudly and enthusiastically.

　His enthusiasm is helpful, but I'm not sure if he's having trouble using his words, or if his vocal cords aren't getting magic.

　However, it seemed that the speeches had gone off without a hitch, the knights in front of the armies turned back, and the battle at Milius Plains finally began.

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「「「「「 Charge!!! 」」」」」

　The knight turned back and after a moment, both armies began to move.

　Our army's movements were simple.

　The central forces, the right-wing forces, and the left-wing forces all attacked at once.

　A very simple strategy.

　If Uruk had an ultra-high-performance military strategist, they may have predicted this - as it is quite simple - so I had insurance.

　To prevent that from happening, I made a plan and put it into action.

"Do it, Thanatos."

"Okay, Ars."

　When I said that, Thanatos moved.

　The next moment, a giant humanoid suddenly appeared in the Barca army.

　Thanatos the Atmos warrior activated his magic.

　His body was three times larger than that of a normal person.

　He had a body with defensive power backed by mana that could even prevent attacks from magic swords.

　And then there was the overwhelming physical strength that could cause a lot of damage just by swinging a log.

　One of the Titans that had once tormented Barca's army appeared in the battle... but on our side this time.

　I didn't intend to use Thanatos' 『Titan』 ability as it was, though.

　If I let Thanatos run into it, that alone would be enough to cause damage to the Uruk army.

　However, the opponent also has a Head on their side, the Uruk Head.

　If the Head of Uruk, who has a spell called [Black Flame] which can produce hellish flames that burns up the target, is the opponent, even Thanatos might be in danger.

　That's why I decided to let Thanatos attack differently.

　The gigantic Thanatos picks up a spear made of [Hardened] bricks on the ground.

　He then set the spear on a certain tool.

　The tool was called a spear thrower.

　Thanatos grasped the spear-thrower by hooking it on the end of the spear handle.

　Then, holding not the spear itself but the spear thrower, he moved his arm from way back to the front.

　The large spear which I had created exactly for this purpose flew through the sky.

　Its speed was greatly enhanced due to the spear-thrower and the Titan's extraordinary strength.

　The target it had been locked onto was the Uruk forces.

　The giant spear flew and fell to the ground while drawing a parabola.

　With a tremendous impact sound, it sent people and dirt flying up into the air.

　I knew it would be strong, but I didn't expect it to have this much offensive power.

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　I've used catapults before to scatter bricks like projectiles, but the destructive power of a single blow is incomparable to that.

　Yes, this was the secret plan that I had prepared this time.

　An attack method was made possible by the existence of Thanatos, a being with rare power.

　At the same time, it is also a countermeasure to Uruk's higher magic, the Black Flame, which was a painful experience last year.

　It's too dangerous.

　If you get hit by that attack, you probably won't be able to survive.

　In that case, we just didn't need to get close to the spell caster.

　[Black Flame] is originally a spell that is meant to allow the Head of the Uruk family to scorch the opponent(s) in front of him.

　Pessi used it for the siege along with using the scrapped catapults Barca had originally made.

　But this time, the Uruk family could not use that strategy.

　The Uruks may be able to build catapults, but they would have to cut down trees near the battlefield to build them.

　If you put a large rock on a catapult made of wood and cast [Black Flame] on the rock, the stone thrower itself will go up in flames due to the heat of the spell.

　The reason that Pessi was originally able to do what he did was that the catapults weren't built by Uruk, but created using [Hardened] bricks.

　However, after I defeated him, I properly collected and disposed of those.

　As far as I can tell, there is nothing like it on the battlefield this time.

　In other words, the Uruk side probably doesn't have any means of long-range attack using the Black Flame.

　In that case, just staying out of range of the magic allows you to safely proceed with battle.

"It was a little off. Thanatos, try again. This time, try to correct the direction of flight a little to the right."

"Okay, I'm on it."

　The powerful attack Thanatos executed from a distance.

　I confirmed its effect and called out to him once more.

　Right now, I'm on top of a tower made with magic, looking through binoculars.

　I was checking the spot where the spear Thanatos had thrown had fallen.

　When I saw that the place was off target, I ordered Thanatos to correct the direction.

　Yes, there was more than one spear that Thanatos could throw.

　There were several huge spears made of [Hardened] bricks that I had made in advance.

　Thanatos picks up one of them and uses the spear-thrower again to send it flying into the air.

　Then the spear struck the Uruk army again.

"Oops. It's a little bit too low this time. Can you shoot it a little higher?"

"No problem. Just a little higher, right?"

　My job at the top of the tower was not to lead the army, but to be an observer, a partner to the sniper named Thanatos.

　And as an observer, I have a firm lock on the target.

　The Uruk army is divided into central, right, and left troops, as is the case in the Fontana army as well, but there is one main difference.

　By concentrating mana in my eyes and looking, I can see what has the highest amount of mana in the Uruk army.

　A person whose mana is overflowing from his body, like the flames of a fire.

　There is only one such person in the Uruk army.

　In other words, the Head of the Uruk House himself.

"Hit! Nice work, Thanatos. You were right on target! You hit Uruk's Head."

　This was Thanatos' third spear attack.

　That definitely hit the Head of the Uruk family.

　It was a huge spear that flew through the air at high speed and hit the target when it fell due to the force of gravity.

　Even if the Head of the family was able to prevent attacks with magic swords, there was no way to prevent this.

　It seemed that I was not wrong in his thinking.

　It was good for the Head of the Uruk family that he had his Nine-tailed Sword with him, but as expected, from my binoculars I saw that the man could not stand it.

　He could not stop the momentum of the spear and was crushed.

"The Head of the House of Uruk has been defeated. Baito-nii, attack with your cavalry. Crush them all at once."

　Thus, the battle in the Milius Plains had begun, but the death of the Head of the House of Uruk had turned the tide of the war heavily in Fontana's favor.

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... Heads seem to only have abilities as far as where Magic is considered. Physical strength is entirely dependent on the human, huh?

 

 

Here's the spear-thrower:

 

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