Volume 2 - CH 348

Sorry for slow update, the bad weather season really hit me

Chapter 8-20. Specialized Reinforcement Devil

On the forest side of Bamil territory.

There are only wooden fences and no stone walls here.

Because priority was given to building in areas without fences during reconstruction this time, this area was left untouched.

The possibility of a breakthrough is therefore quite high.

However, Uchikage, who sensed a presence and moved before the warning signal, sighed and said.

“Looks weak. ……”

“I agree.”

“Do you think so too, Alena?”

“Yep.”

The orcs that are now pushing forward while stepping over the trees in the forest are clearly not ordinary orcs.

However, it is simply large in size and moves very slowly.

Even an ordinary Oni would be able to defeat it without any problem.

From the looks of it, the Oni from the other side of the battlefield were coming their way as reinforcements.

This way, we would be able to destroy them before they break the fence.

The number of them was around 400 to 500.

While the total number of Oni on their side was only 200, in this case the number was not reliable at all.

If one Oni defeated two of them, the situation could easily be turned upside down.

Furthermore, Uchikage is a higher rank oni species that has evolved to become a true oni.

He could take care of them by himself without any problem.

“But since they are here, let’s leave everything to them this time, shall we?”

“Is that okay?”

“Yes. Alena and I may be the only ones who can fight the devil, so let’s conserve our strength.”

“Okay.”

Then, the Oni immediately rushed toward them.

When they saw the enemy, they took a fighting stance.

“All the Kidouhei soldiers, we are here by Ouren-sama’s order!”

“You seem to be a little few, don’t you?”

“We will attack from two directions. Those who come later will be charged from the side.”

“I see. Then do what you like.”

“Yes, sir!”

As Uchikage said that, the Oni who reported to him raised the metal club and slammed it into the ground.

The ground dented with a slam and made a loud sound, inspiring the soldiers.

And it seems that was the signal to charge.

After approaching at five giant steps, the Oni swung the metal club up from the lower level and jumped up to strike the enemy in the head.

The orc’s head easily flew apart from the body, and this time the head was struck with the metal club and smashed into the face of a different orc.

Though not very lethal, it succeeded in temporarily frightening the orc.

The Oni followed suit and swung their clubs around.

Any intelligent person would be terrified by the joyful laughter and splattering of blood from the enemy.

Then the Oni, who arrived late, interrupts from the side.

The giant-bodied orcs moved so slowly that not a single one was able to avoid or hit them, and they were all crushed to the ground.

No matter how heavy their bodies were, they were as good as pebbles in front of the power of the Oni.

Regardless of how strong the attack is, a failure occurs when you are in a fight with the Oni.

Physical attacks that are heavier than Oni are almost nonexistent.

There was an orc who was lucky enough to hit an Oni with an attack, but the Oni firmly guarded himself with his metal club and repelled the weapon with pure force alone.

The attack was not a swinging, vigorous attack.

It was merely a simple shove up, and the orc fell down.

Kidouhei.

The seer innocent unit of pure physical strength.

It was only a matter of time before the orcs were annihilated.

However, there was a problem.

“GUUUOOOH!?”

“NGGHUUAAAH!!”

Two Oni were blown away.

Luckily, one of them was not injured, but he was rolling on the ground, and the other one was holding a metal club against the ground to reduce the momentum of the attack.

An attack so powerful that they had to do that struck both of them.

In front of them was a lone orc.

But its appearance did not differ in any way from the other orcs.

However, Uchikage had a gut feeling that this orc was a completely different kind of creature.

“Alena! Let’s go!

“Uh-huh!”

With a dash, Uchikage charged forward.

With a single step, he completely crushed the several dozen meter gap between the orcs and swung his instantly deployed rake at the orc.

The strike was aimed at the abdomen, and the claws of the rake did not penetrate that deep.

However, his attack cuts the orc off in two.

“Hmm? Unexpectedly, nice~. ……”

“Uchikage? Why is your tone of voice so strange?”

“Oh, excuse me. That was just my inner Oni instinct kicked in……”

At that point, Uchikage felt a strange presence.

He immediately moved away from the orc he had just killed to check on it. Black bubbles erupted from the cut and formed a form of a humanoid figure.

A devil with horns, wings, and orange hair.

He looked at him with a disgusted expression on his face, and he recognized him.

The devil that had possessed Lequam.

“I knew it was weak because it’s not a pure Orc. ……”

He was scratching his cheek with a crackle, but now he turned his attention to us.

After giving a small click of the tongue, he held up his hand to a nearby orc and seemed to do something.

“You’re the Oni that was with the reincarnator. ……”

“I never expected you to remember.”

“How could I forget? Ya’ll are always getting in Dacia-sama’s way.”

“What’s wrong with that? In the first place, what are you guys doing this for? What is your purpose?”

“I’m not telling you!”

Then, all the orcs around us felt a stronger presence.

The Oni also noticed the change in their movements and immediately began to distance themselves and be wary.

As expected of the Kidouhei.

They not only go berserk, but they also observe their enemies.

However, …… they were outnumbered.

The orcs, which were moving faster, attacked the Oni.

The attacks from their huge bodies seemed to have been strengthened, and they easily blew away the Oni.

Since the orcs had been whittled down earlier on, their numerical advantage remained the same, but this was the opposite of the situation earlier.

“You seem strong. But we have to take care of the ones around me first, so we can’t hit you all at once.”

“…… Sigh ……. I never thought these guys would suddenly become stronger …….”

“Fufufu, I’m a devil who specializes in strengthening my allies. With this, these guys are more than equal to the Oni.”

“Okay, we’re finished.”

“Hmm?”

The orcs next to the devil collapsed.

After that, all the orcs that had just been reinforced also fell down.

On closer look, it was clear even to the untrained eye that it had lost everything from the neck up and had ceased vital signs.

Turning to the frightened devil, Uchikage puts the rake claws on his hands together and makes a sound.

The speed of the attack of the current Oni around Uchikage is completely different from before.

In the realm of Aki (Spectre Oni), he had not fully mastered this power, but when he was away from Ouren, he trained with Tenda.

And what he obtained was this speed.

It was the real speed of the true Oni’s legs.

“You will be captured alive.”

“……Eh?

“[Heavy weight].”

“Hughuh!”

Alena applies the heavy weight to the devil, which for a moment shows signs of trying to escape.

The devil can’t escape even if he tries to run away, and his vision slowly fades away.

But at the end, the only sound heard was the clash of the metal club and the rake.