Chapter 73: The Old Medusa (3)
Amunde, the water demon king.
The Lake Boden, which was the originating source of the Rhine River, was the base for her and her followers. Of course, her area of influence was much wider. Besides Lake Boden which was under her direct control, the water demons of Lake Neuchatel and Lake Leman, which were located on the southwest side of Lake Boden, also followed her, too.
The demon queen Amundes influence was on the south side of the Walpurgis Sisterhood. As a result, Walpurgis Sisterhood was a thorn in the demon queen Amundes eyes. So, Amunde would most likely try to eliminate her, at this time.
To aplish that, Amunde would try to eliminate me, also. If I was to mobilize to help Walpurgis, her n would go awry.
I can see spinning your head. You bitch.
As she had yed me many times, I could easily guess that she would use water demons specialty. Most likely, she would order her forces to approach along the coastline, andunch a surprise attack against the supporter.
They said that there were more than 1000 troops, so many have been sent. A strong water demon could easily take care of three or four humans, at once. Furthermore, therge alligator ones were powerful enough to devour ogres such that at least 20-30 soldiers have to engage them.
So, it wasnt possible to undermine their forces just because there were only 1000 of them. Their destructive power was sufficient to deliver a fatal blow to Wittenweier. So, if everything went their way, their strategy would have worked perfectly.
That is, if and only if I wasnt around.
I surveyed them using a monocr. I could see the water demons traveling down, along the coastline of the river. It was as if pools of fish were approaching.
Alright. Bastards.
I slowly began to focus on my powers. As I wasnt about to use my powers in a rushed battle field, I nned to execute is as perfectly as I could. Then soon, dark clouds gathered in the sky.
Krrrruuung!
As the clouds collided, great sounds reverberated. A strong wind followed. The grass in the fields swayed relentlessly, as did my cape.
The waves raged. Nheless, the water demons in the water did not sense it.
Pazzz! Paz!
The lightning panned out along the dark clouds, like spider webs. It felt like the air in the area has changed. Only then the water demons that were traveling down the river seemed to have recognized that something has changed.
A number of them, traveling at the front, raised their heads out of the water as they flowed down with the stream. Having heads, looking simr to the iguanas, along with webbed feet, and gills, they considered water to be their natural habitat.
It was when the one that was at the very front was about to sound an rm.
The bastard disappeared under the water as if he had been sucked under. And the sshing of water followed. It was the result of the bastard, struggling to stay afloat.
However, that was only the beginning. A strange sound reverberated. And as if watching a pool of fish wiggling desperately, the river was covered with sshes of water.
Keeack! Chweeehk! Krrreuk!
The water demons which were bravely floating down along the river became desperate as they were caught in the. Their struggle to escape was futile, as they were pushed further into the by the next wave of the water demons, traveling down the river.
I did not let go of this opportunity.
Whoever wins is the just one!
A moment of shing! There was a bright white sh of light, and taking that as the background, a ck bolt of lightning struck the middle of the water.
Kwaang!
The result of that was horrendous. The water demons, which were inside the effective area of the lightning, have exploded in to 6 pieces. And the energetic spraying of the water in the area has stopped immediately.
The water demons became stiff as if they were tree trunks, and they floated around on the surface of the river. It was as if they were fish which got killed by electricity.
A long line of ck blood floated down the river. However, that wasnt the end of it. There were about 1000 enemies which had invaded along the coastline. It wasnt possible to get all of them with this single strike. I dropped a series of ck lightning.
Kwaang! Kwang! Kwang!
Being trapped in the river, the water demons were struck by the lightning without any counter measures. There were a countless number of dead water demons everywhere. There were so many that they almost covered up the entire surface of the river.
<Congrattions! Youve entered the 2<sup>nd</sup> level of the ck lighting proficiency! You are able to drop two lightning rods in a single attempt!>
The effectiveness grew by two folds, all of a sudden. What used to be only one lightning rod was now two series of lightning rods, at once.
Kwaang! Kwaang!
Even more water demons began to die. Even in that chaotic situation, some of them have managed to escape toward the shore. And when they found me, standing alone on the top of the hill, they yelled.
Kill him! Kill that sorcerer!
We have to take revenge for our brothers! Well truly rip you to death!
Their eyes filled with blood, they truly appeared like vengeful ghosts. Some of them did not have wholesome physical bodies, yet they rushed, filled with rage.
Great show of bravery.
Id love to take you on, but I still have a lot to do. So, I pped and sent a signal. Then there came a loud scream.
Will follow your order!
I heard a bunch of lumbers colliding with one another from the backside, and then I saw long spears rising up into the air. They were the troops which were hiding behind me, on the hill.
Forward!
The leader of the long spear regiment yelled. Then in a formation, the long spear troops pointed their spears down the hill. Seeing this, the water demons that were rushing bravely hesitated.
However, it didnt end with that. The musket troops came forward, after the long spearmen. As they have been preparing for this moment in advance, they fired at once, even before the water demons had a chance to yell anything.
Tatatata-Taangtatta!
With the concurrent explosion of the dark, gray gun powders, smoke rose up, and filled the area like fog. Looking ahead, after the blowing wind cleared up the smoke, I saw about half of the water demons lying, dead on the ground. Those that survived didnt look too well, either. Enraged, they rushed forward, only to die shivering after getting pierced by the long spears.
Whoaaaaa!
With the unteral fight, everyone was energized.
Alright! Ill continue to leave it to you!
While the troops engaged the enemies as they came out of the water, I kept firing down the lightning rods.
Kwaang! Kwang!
<Congrattions! Youve entered the 3rd level of the ck lighting proficiency! You are able to drop three lightning rods in a single attempt!>
The proficiency level has gone up instantly as I was taking down so many enemies. Now, there came down three lightning rods. And so, the situation was quicklying to a conclusion.
The loud sounds of the enemies were no longer hearable. There was only the loud sound of water.
.Its finished.
Massaging my shoulders, I looked down the river bank. The dead bodies werent even flowing down the river, as they were tangled in with the. It was truly a horrendous sight.
One thousand water demons equated to 3-4 thousand human troops, yet they were destroyed in an instant. Almost none of them survived. The few surviving ones, which wiggled, were brutally killed by the troops.
Pappenheim.
Yes, my lord.
Bring back about 20 dead bodies which are fairly intact. Find and bring back the ones that look like high ranking officers.
You want to make them undead?
Right. Will use them as my spies.
I nned to send them back to the demon queens camp and have them bring back intel.
The water demon queen would recognize them immediately.
Still, they will bring back this and that intel until then. I see it as a win.
Yes. My lord.
After parting my way with Pappenheim, I went to the city, first. As I opened up the status window to take a peek on the way back, I found that Ive already leveled up, having earned so much experience.
Hhhh, truly, the gods help the good man.
Ive annihted the enemy, raised the lightning proficiency, and even leveled up. It was a very productive day.
***
Having set a perfect trap, the demon queen Amunde was waiting for Count Wittenweier. She has already received intel from the reconnaissance team. That the Count Wittenweier had mobilized in a dark armor suit.
Youre voluntarily walking into the dragonsir.
Once again, she reaffirmed that everything was under her control. She wasnt too happy though. That was because that was the way it was supposed to be. The foolish Count Wittenweier will be just left to be exterminated by the entrapment.
On top of that, that was not the end of it. She even had one thousand elite water demons down the stream in secret. Along with Kukushirak, the orc general, they were going to attack and overtake Wittenweier.
Even if the Count Wittenweier was to survive the trap, there would no longer be a city for him to return to. With such a clear oue, she even felt bored.
The human bastards are so foolish.
I did not think that there was no other opponent besides Walpurgis Sisterhood, anyway. No expectation means, no disappointment.
The demon queen Amunde was talking to the petrified person who was next to her. He was the monster hunter who fought against Rhinefelden, some time ago.
Since youre worth 10,000 Florins, Ill keep you as a trophy once I return to my under water castle.
Being a greedy materialistic demon queen, she valued everything in the world with money. The monster hunters bravery and skill were worth 10,000 Florins. He was certainly worthy of taking up a space in her trophy hall.
Um
At any rate, it was almost the time for the foolish one toe into her trap, but there were no news.
There.
Yes, your highness.
Where about is that Wittenweier fool?
Bored, she asked as she thought about unexpected oue. However, such event wouldnt take ce. It was because the humans are dumb.
Ill go and find out.
As it has always been, an ordinary victory would be the oue, as usual. However, when she heard thetest news, her hand stopped from stroking her prize.
ording to the reconnaissance team, the enemy turned around in the middle of their route toward here.
What?
Amunde found it entertaining at the unexpected report. It was a strange thing. Why did the troops which were on the way to help Walpurgis Sisterhood just pretended toe only to go back?
Hmmm..
Still, she had set up a perfect trap, so she didnt feel good about dashing out.
Watch their moves closely, first. They coulde back.
Yes. Your highness.
However, the Wittenweier troops did not return even after waiting for the whole day. She felt into a deep thought. It has certainly been a very long time since such a wrong maneuver had been made.
Did he read my strategy? Just exactly what happened?
She thought about being outyed by her opponent, but she could not admit that due to her high sense of pride. However, more surprising news were waiting for her.
Your highness! An emergency report just came in!
What is it?
Its about the troops that went to Wittenweier!
The demon queen Amunde naturally expected to hear that they have overtaken the city.
Thats.
Stop hesitating and report.
That they are nearly annihted.
What?
She could not believe the report she was hearing. That was a sheer nonsense since the troops dispatched were the most elite soldiers. They were the same demons that fought with the queen for the past tens of years.
And yet, all annihted?
Is there an error in the report?
Only a few have returned. And their reports are consistent.
It was quite serious. However, she did not lose her cool even when she heard that the entire troops have been annihted. She gave high credence to effectiveness. She had no intention of getting enraged, and ruin everything.
Truly, it was a behavior which did not line up with human beings. That was why she was the demon queen and a monster at the same time. However, even she could not control the small serpents, on her hair, wiggling about ferociously.
Where are you?
When she asked after exiting the tent, one alligator human staggered forward. He was a high ranking officer who went down the coastline in order attack Witenweier. He knelt down as soon as he saw the demon queen Amunde.
Your highness.
What happened?
Resentfully, most of the troops were killed!
There was a ruckus when he was heard. However, the demon queen Amunde was calm, even in this moment.
Report everything that has happened.
Somehow they knew of using, and there were so manys set up along the river.
And?
Our troops were caught in the and we were struggling. And the enemy was already prepositioned. And so we.
The demon queen Amunde, who was listening quietly, felt something out of the order.
Wait?
The underling before her had been well known by her, too. But then the ambience was different. She felt somber and dark energy. It was the power which the demon queen Amunde knew well.
You Bastard?
Her eyes narrowed. And at that moment, the alligator human rose up as if he was exploding, andunched an attack at Amunde.
Kwaaaang!
Everyone watching it screamed as they were shocked. It was because a loyal officer had suddenly turned on his lord.
However, the alligator humans attack was not sessful. The demon queen Amundes hand had already prated his chest area. Grabbing the alligator humans heart, she pressed it until is exploded. However, the alligator human did not die even after that, and he kept moving his jaw.
Kreeeung!
You! Bastard. Still!
Ultimately, the demon queen Amunde had to incite magic. Only then the jaw of the alligator, which could devour an ogre, finally exploded in to pieces.
Puung!
sh and blood sshed all over the area. And having lost his head, the alligator human fell on his back to the ground. And the demon queen Amunde looked at him in a ghastly stare.
Hmm
She then took a small taste of the blood which has been sshed onto her face. Only then she was sure.
Undead. And it was created with such a skill that she could not recognize it at the first sight. But then how did my officer be and undead?
Even though she was intelligent, she couldnt figure this one out. She hurriedly searched the dead alligator human. And she found a rolled up letter.
As soon as she saw it, she somehow felt that it was addressed to her. So she opened it without any hesitation. A short message was written on it.
[Your n was worth 10 Florins. You bitch.]
Having read that, she bit her lips unconsciously. For some reason, she felt her heart pounding. And she felt fire burning inside her, where it was always cold.
It was an unfamiliar feeling. Thinking about it for a moment, the demon queen Amunde suppressed her emotions as she realized what it was.
Its rage..
Surprisingly, on the ount of reading that simple sentence, the demon queen Amunde, who remained calm when she heard the report that her entire forces have been annihted, felt her stomach turn.
She had estimated her n to be worth about 300 million Florins. She thought that that was the appropriate estimate as it would be the beginning of the conquering the southwest of the empire.
However, the opponent has ced a value of only 10 Florins to the demon queens wisdom. It was the most, vilest insult.
Ssssss.
The demon queen Amunde looked down on her hand with a surprise, as it shook lightly.
Count Wittenweier. I will not forget this day youve enraged me for the first time in many hundreds of years. Ill swear on my name and will pay you back.
She was curious. She was wondering how much the man, who will be her newest trophy, was going to be worth. Currently, the most expensive trophy in her collection was a warrior over one hundred years ago. He was worth 524 million Florins.
Ill issue an order.
Yes! Your highness.
Kill everyone who returned from this battle. And be sure to burn the bodies.
It was thete summer of 1614. That was the beginning of the battle of the wits between a demon queen and a newly endowed count.
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