Sacrifice
“……I wonder if my ears deteriorated due to my age? My apologies, but I would like you to make the report once more”
“……ha, the undead’s dungeon that was newly established several months ago is in a rampant state. The town with the dungeon was devastated, and eight nearby villages and three nearby towns were implicated and devastated. The herd of undead is in the midst of advancing towards the Royal Capital even now”
“……gather the troops. Bring the undeads under control right away”
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“So, which means they came attacking huh. Well, we ended up annihilating them all too easily though”
I smile awkwardly at the Devil’s Shadow(Doppelganger)’s report. And then, on the other side of the town’s outer wall that’s about 3 meters, were the soldiers who were left alive and brought over by the undeads.
Perhaps because they’re being surrounded by the undead, there was nobody that escaped; they were glaring unyieldingly, but their legs were shaking.
“Hardt-sama, what are you going to do with them? There is no need to deliberately bring them all the way here if you are going to kill them, right?”
“Of course. I wanted lively sacrifices like them”
“In that case, wouldn’t it be better if you left the humans of this town alive as well?”
Mylene, who was further confused by my words, asks me. Although that’s true, I wanted to kill those of this town no matter what. With my own hands. Well, it’s the same if I use them as sacrifices, but I just felt like it.
“How many soldiers are there here in total?”
“If we add up the wounded and so forth, there are probably about 30 thousand”
Mylene confirms the number of soldiers for me as I had requested, and answers me while looking at the paper that had that written. 30 thousand huh. It’s quite a number, isn’t it.
“That’s good. Looks like they’ll make good sacrifices. Where’s the aforementioned box?”
“I have already sent it to the Holy Kingdom. It will probably arrive in less than two weeks”
“You sure work fast, Mylene. Thanks”
When I pat her head, Mylene squirms embarrassedly. Although I would very much like to go to the bed as it is, there are still things to do.
I bridal carry Mylene and land in front of the captured soldiers. The soldiers made a ruckus at our sudden appearance, but because the skeleton soldiers around thrust their swords out along with those noises, they sink into silence.
“Hey, you soldiers who pointed your blades at me. It has been decided that you will be the sacrifices for summoning my new servants. Rejoice”
When I extend both arms exaggeratedly and say, Mylene claps for me with a smile. Adorable. But, in contrast to that, the soldiers who were frozen raised their angry voices at me.
And then, one person amongst them, a man who has better equipment than the other soldiers, slips through the skeleton soldiers’ encirclement and heads over here. He drew the sword that he’s wearing on his waist and slashed at me.
The sword swings down nimbly. Mylene spreads her wings and tries to come here, but I stop her. The reason is simple. It’s because I can block something of this extent easily.
I catch and stop the sword that’s swung down between my index finger and thumb. The man was surprised by the fact that a child like me stopped the sword with my bare hand. I carry on holding the sword and move the shadow with Dark Sorcery.
The man immediately releases the sword and tries to move away from me, but the shadow is quicker. It bound the man and shredded him in an instant.
I carry on to extend the shadow towards the soldiers. The soldiers who saw that try to run away, but they were captured by the diverging shadow one after another.
It carries on to bind the soldiers respectively, forming four circles. I pour in a large amount of Magic Power at the same time.
“Now then, come! New dead spirits!”
The instant the shadow swallowed the soldiers in one go, a black light extended high up into the sky. Simultaneously, the ground shakes, the clouds split, and an absurd Magic Power crushes the vicinity.
And then, what appeared from the pillar of black light were four people……I guess three people and one. My new subordinates appeared.
『For you to be able to resurrect me……boy, you, possess God’s fragment, right?』
“As I thought, someone of your level would know huh. If it is exactly as the legends, you are the Flame Dragon Lord, Bergius?”
『Indeed. My name is Flame Dragon Lord Bergius. I was subjugated by the Hero 300 years ago though』
The first one that spoke to me was, a Dragon that spanned 20 meters, possessed crimson red scales, and clad in flame. Flame Dragon Lord Bergius. Up until he was subjugated by the Hero, he was a Dragon that burned and brought fear to the neighbouring countries.
“……who would’ve thought, you’re able to resurrect me. Well done”
The one who said to me while looking at her own hands and figure was, a golden-haired twin-tail in black dress. A pair of eyes that dyed dark red, along with fangs that are visible from her soft-looking lips. The Demon Lord several generations ago, Beatrice・Estekia.
“Myー, who would’ve thought, to think that I can come to this world again! Haha, something like this happens as well huhー!”
A brown-haired youngster with the youngest appearance amongst this bunch that laughs, ‘Ahaha’. However, his true identity is the greatest blacksmith in the world whose smithing technique was said to be close to God even amongst the Dwarves, Hepienel.
“……”
Lastly, an individual whose face is wrapped up in a pitch-black fabric that’s made out of who knows what kind of material and is wearing a similarly jet-black mantle. It’s an individual whose gender is unknown, but until about 260 years ago, had built and had been the boss of an assassination organisation that would kill anybody as long as they’re paid, Zero.
These guys are, my new subordinates. Because I forcefully resurrected them this time around, Magic Power alone like I had until now wasn’t enough. I used a corresponding number of sacrifices. If I managed to resurrect these four people with 30 thousand people, then it’s a bargain.
I guess I’ll have them play their part, for the sake of the war against the Holy Kingdom that’ll turn into an all-out confrontation from now on. Also, I have to have Hepieniel make a grave in this town.
