35. Chapter 35
Walm, eliminating a small group of enemy soldiers he had encountered, turned in a straight line toward the 6th layer. He climbed up the slope of the embankment using wind magic, jumped over the wooden walls, and killed the enemy soldiers he passed. His injured body was surprisingly light. Perhaps the pain had passed a certain level, he was numb to pain, even broken fingers and ribs were a trifle for Walm today.
The soldier on guard warned the surrounding soldiers and shot an arrow at Walm, who disappeared in the darkness, but the arrow pierced a wrong spot. After all, they were in the 6th layer, which was wide and large, and there should be a limit to where the soldiers could be deployed, especially if they wanted to save some strength.
As a soldier who had helped build the 6th layer, Walm was familiar with the area. So he had a way of not having to deal with all the soldiers.
After Walm blew up a soldier’s post near the wall, the human eyes scattered.
Walm split up the upper and lower bodies of the Craist soldiers standing in the way and finally found his target.
The camp was crowded with soldiers. Supplies and generals rested in the elongated tent, and soldiers pulled a cloak over the ground and slept on it. Part of the bonfire was still burning, and Walm confirmed that soldiers who might have been drinking were surrounding it. The alert non-commissioned officers and veterans quickly responded to the commotion and hurried to wear their equipment, but more than half of the soldiers remained unarmored. It was a scene Walm wanted…
“What is it? What’s the fuss?”
“Undead, no, is it a sabotage by the enemy?”
“GET UP!! GET READY FOR BATTLE!!!”
Most soldiers would have been able to react quickly during the battle, but in addition to the mind and body being exhausted by the fierce battle each day, the bed in the safe area slowed the soldiers’ movement.
Walm entered the camp and let the mana flow out of his body. The cold outside air at midnight quickly became hot, and the temperature of his surroundings turned into unbearable temperature.
“STOP HIIIIIMMmmm!!!”
The sorrowful scream of the Craist soldiers echoed, but Walm howled to drown it out.
“AAAAHH, aaaAAAHHH!!!”
The soldiers, armed only with a weapon like a sword, spear, or dagger, came at Walm in slow motion, but their figures disappeared in an instant.
The swollen blue flame rode on the hot air, burning the entire area and spreading throughout the surroundings. A general caught in the fire rolled on the ground and burned the nearby tent, and the soldier who inhaled the blue flame burned his windpipe and lungs and fell to the ground, suffocated.
Walm was well aware of what he was doing. Still, he couldn’t stop. The emotions he had suppressed poured out of him as if the floodgate had broken.
A naked man and woman jumped out of one of the tents and were burned. They were probably in the process of communicating their love. Walm didn’t think it was because of the high tension before the big offensive or because they felt relaxed by the atmosphere. It must be because there was no guarantee of tomorrow. When people understood that their lives weren’t guaranteed, they would follow their desire, regardless of rank in the army.
However, luck wasn’t on their side. After all, a battlefield was unreasonable, always, no matter where it was. By the time you noticed it, the people around you had died, and it would be your turn. Walm had experienced it, too.
“Attack him, attackkkkk-aaaAAA!!!”
“It’s not a normal fire, it’s the 《Fire of Hell Gate》.”
Walm continued to burn down the camp, not stopping shooting out 《Demon Fire》. The Craist soldiers, who should have attacked the enemy, were breathless even before they tried, and so they tried to flee to a place without fire. There was no skill to use, no armament to rely on, and no chain of command to be had as a guide. Everyone there was equally afraid of the fire like a primitive human.
“Damn it, it won’t disappear, it’ll cling to you. Idiot, don’t grab me, stop!!”
“Don’t roll on the ground, the fire will still cling to you. Run, keep a distance!!”
Those trying to put out the fire of their comrades, those trying to escape their subordinates, it was a scene that would normally warm Walm’s heart, but he kept shooting 《Demon Fire》. After all, what he was doing, had only burned one of the goals he had set in his mind――
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Yuuto was having a hard time sleeping on the bed in the tent, as he had been ordered to support tomorrow’s battle with his magic. Yuuto, who had buried a large number of humans with his “skill” in the past week, had placed a heavy burden on his spirit.
Yuuto managed to get through the day just fine. Even so, it was the middle of the night, and when he was alone, he couldn’t get the scenes on the battlefield out of his mind, even if he didn’t like it. After all, the scenes had been burned in his eyes. Exploding limbs, blood spreading with a scream, intense murderous intentions, and hatred directed at him.
When Yuuto met a person with magic that didn’t even leave any limbs after the attack, the man was wearing a mask, but he was sure that their eyes met the moment he used his skill. It was as if the man’s black eyes wanted to tell him that they would never forget Yuuto. But, Yuuto didn’t think what he did was a wrong decision. If he didn’t kill the man, many of his comrades and the knights who belonged to the Order of Reharzen, to which he was indebted, would be harmed.
“Pull yourself together. You’re a man, aren’t you?”
For the new home, and for his companions, Yuuto couldn’t escape.
Yuuto rolled on the bed several times, before finally pulling the thin bedding over his head. And just when his consciousness finally was fading away, his ears heard the commotion.
“Did the undead escape?”
Human bodies might become undead. Yuuto had an excellent light attribute and had been engaged in the subjugation of the undead many times. Like humans, they were monsters with great individual differences, and their power fluctuated greatly depending on the body and how strong the human was before died. The resistance of the soldiers of the Highserk Empire after Yuuto helped the breakthrough of the layer was tremendous.
「”Kill the three heroeseeEESS!!!”」, Yuuto was deeply frightened when the enemy soldiers shook their open stomachs, spilling the inside, and approached him even after their limbs had gone. Even after a week, the roar was still ringing in his ears.
Moreover, when Yuuto heard that the soldier had become undead, he was reminded of the horror of human willpower.
Yuuto got up from the bed and sat down. If the others had problems, perhaps he would be asked to help.
Just as he expected, without prior announcement, the entrance to the tent was pushed open in rush.
“Yuuto!!”
It was Makoto who stepped in. A childhood friend, who wouldn’t lose her temper even in battle, displayed a strange appearance that could only be described as a state of panic.
Yuuto took a deep breath.
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
“A campground and a command post are under attack!!”
“What about Ayane? And Johanna-san? Are they safe!?”
The first thing that came to Yuuto’s mind was his other childhood friend, and the female knight who guided Yuuto in this world.
“I don’t know. The information is confusing. Over a wide area from the 3rd to 6th layer is burning.”
Yuuto hearing Makoto
Yuuto couldn’t believe that the soldier would let the enemy enter. At the same time, Yuuto, who was uncomfortable with the word “burning,” opened the tent entrance.
It was as if the whole layer was on fire.
The smell of burning rose to the nose and cries of pain echoed. Above all, the flame was blue like the sky during the day.
“No way. Is it the user of 《Demon Fire》?”
“I don’t want to believe it, but I’m sure this blue flame is the 《Fire of Hell Gate》.”
Yuuto spoke about his true identity. The user was definitely the one he had killed. A blue color that would stick and burn to anything it touched. He couldn’t have made a mistake. At the same time, the reason came to his mind. By connecting the words “blue flame” and “the 3rd layer”, Yuuto understood that it must have taken about a week for the man to become undead――
“Makoto, let’s go. Ayane and Johanna-san are in danger.”
With a minimum of equipment, Yuuto jumped out.
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Thanks for the Chapter!
34 wasnt a banger since it ruined the momentum the novel had but 35 pretty good picked it right up i was worried for a moment
I usually don’t comment but I really like this story.
Thank you for the translations.