Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

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The top of the hill where the second fort stood was crowded. After all, you needed a lot of people to prepare for a war.

Welner, as was the person who made the plan, was already busy but fortunately, he didn’t have to stay up all night every day because of the existence of Rafed and Eickstedt. Rafed was in charge of the goods transportation while Eickstedt was capable of managing a large number of the labor force required for construction works.

Certainly, it was true that Welner had luck in making a relationship. Eickstedt’s existence allowed Kesten to focus on the task of defending Anheim town.

“Sir Eickstedt. Sorry for troubling you.”

“Not at all. I am glad that you came here safely. Your Excellency.”

“Well, here is where things will start getting dangerous though.”

The first fort was made to only lure the demons into the trap, but the army needed to actually fight the demons in this second fort.

“We have everything prepared, including the wooden boards, as you instructed. Please check them later.”

“Thanks Sir Eickstedt. You return first to Anheim town with the labor force, guards, and mercenaries support troop.”

“Yes, sir.”

The slight dissatisfaction in Eickstedt’s voice must be because he was disappointed by the fact that he would not be able to kill the demons directly. Although Welner understood Eickstedt’s feelings, he couldn’t let him, who had no confidence in his fighting power, remain in the second fort that would soon become the battlefield.

“We’re going to kill the demon general in Anheim, not here so I’ll leave the preparation in Anheim to you, Sir.”

“…Understood. Still, I wonder if they will come to chase us here?”

“They will, probably.”

Although Welner said probably, inside, he was quite sure that the demons would come here. Nevertheless, it was true that not everything would go according to the plan on a battlefield. In this sense, Welner’s ability to make quick judgments and his flexibility was his strong point.

“At the very least, the demons won’t just return to Triot without doing anything. I already have a plan in case the demons decide to attack Anheim town instead so no need to worry.”

“I understand. Then, I will go and check the third fort before returning to Anheim.”

“Okay. I’ll leave Anheim in your care, Sir Eickstedt.”

After Eickstedt left, Welner checked that the necessary materials were available. Once done, Welner called all the soldiers and the mercenaries including Holzdeppe, Gekke, Neurath, and Schunzel to gather.

“Everyone, listen! The battle in this fort is crucial for our win!”

Welner walked to a platform and shouted. Almost everyone here was older than Welner. Despite feeling out of character inside, Welner continued.

“The battle is going to be fierce but bear with it until the evening. Once the evening comes, the situation of the battle will definitely change.”

Welner only explained the rough direction of the plan here. The details of the plan had already been shared with the commanders of the army, so Welner entrusted the commanders to share that explanation with the rest of the army.

“The honorable Hero and Saintess are currently fighting the entire demon army. We will only be fighting a small part of it but even so, our battle here will help them!”

In this kind of situation, the commander needed to look confident. If the commander looked anxious, the morale of the entire army would suffer. That was why too many unnecessary words would not end well.

“Everyone, win! Then return to your family and proudly share the story of how you fought alongside the honorable hero on a different battlefield! The victory will be ours!”

While apologizing to his friend, Mazell, for using his name like this inside, Welner raised one arm and then was met with the army’s fervent cheers.

After his speech ended, Welner stepped down from the platform, gathered the commanders, and gave them some instructions.

Not long after, Holzdeppe and Gekke left the area with stern expressions. Only Neurath and Schunzel saw Welner’s painful expression as he was bearing the stomachache.

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Gezarius and his army started running toward the fort as soon as they saw the Zeavert flag on it. It might be difficult for humans to immediately fight after running hundreds of meters, but that wasn’t a problem for the demons.

Seeing the demons coming closer, the people in the fort started to shoot things at them. The human army had the advantage of being on the top of the hill but because of the distance, the accuracy of shots was not high.

Some demons reacted to the things shooted at them by striking them with their arms and in the next instant, they ended up crying out in pain and sprawled on the ground.

Some of the demons stopped in surprise, but some did not, causing a large disarray in the battle formation.

The things the humans shot at demons were ceramic urns filled with a mixture of spices and poisonous herbs. The mixture was created by Rafed especially to blind the enemies and it was powerful enough to work even against demons.

Furthermore, due to the demons’ habit of striking down things thrown at them rather than avoiding them, the urns became an even more effective weapon. When hit by the demons’ arms, the urn would shatter, causing the mixture powder to be scattered on the spot so the charging demons would immediately feel its effect. It could even be said that the demons’ overconfidence in their physical ability became their very own weakness.

The act of ‘running’ itself stretched the demons’ formation, adding the effect of the mixture powder, the formation of the demons’ army became even more chaotic. The human army took that as a chance and threw javelins toward the demons.

Javelins were thicker, longer, and heavier compared to arrows. The shooted javelins pierced the fur and skin of the demons, causing blood to spurt and the cries of pain to rise. Some javelins even managed to pierce through the demons’ bodies, causing their tips to be protruding from the other side. Even Javelins which missed the demons were able to serve as an obstruction since they were stuck firmly on the ground.

Atlatl was by no means a complicated tool but due to the principle of leverage, it would be able to shoot javelins up to a distance of 100 meters even if the person using it didn’t have a lot of training. Depending on the javelins’ thickness and the force used to throw them, javelins thrown using atlatl would be able to have power four times that of arrows. For untrained soldiers, using an atlatl would be more efficient than bows and arrows.

(T/N: Atlatl/spear-thrower is a tool made for throwing javelins/spears.)

It couldn’t be denied that the javelins were quite effective as it left quite a lot of demons injured and some even died on spot after being hit on critical areas like the neck.

Once the demon army drew near, Welner immediately ordered the soldiers to switch to their melee weapons.

“They’re coming! Don’t engage them one-on-one and use group battle tactics!”

“Yes, sir!”

Under the command of Welner and Holzdeppe, the human army left the fort and clashed with the demon army. The Demon army could easily enter inside this fort which was basically bandits hideout not long ago. Instead of risking fighting demons who had much superior physical strength in a narrow area, it was better to clash with them outside the fort where the human army could properly utilize group tactics. Moreover, some soldiers were left behind in the fort which was located on top of the hill to provide backup using long range attacks and play a very vital role in the plan.

The cries of battle rose and the sound of the spluttering blood filled the battlefield. Sounds of weapons clashing, sounds of painful cries, anger, and disgust overwhelmed the battlefield.

Welner swung his now familiar new spear and struck a demon. Neurath stepped forward and gave a finishing blow to that demon. Then suddenly, a huge shadow cast above Welner.

“Everyone, scatter!”

Without any hesitation, Welner immediately fell back as he gave his instruction. Immediately after, a huge body landed on the ground. The owner of that body swung his hand in an attempt to grab Welner, but Welner dodged it calmly. Welner then readjusted his spear with an expression as if to say ‘as expected’.

When Welner saw the lion-faced Lycanthrope, Welner spoke with a fearless smile despite what he was actually feeling inside.

“So you’re Gezarius.”

“That’s right, you Welner brat. You sure have done tons of stuff to me.”

“Well, I can’t just stay silent while you’re planning to attack me, right?”

Welner shrugged his shoulders lightly and smirked. As expected, the reason why this guy didn’t launch a violent attack in the first fort and the reason he went all the way here to chase Welner was…

“I know you’re going to come. Using my appearance is your best choice if you’re going to fight Mazell, after all.”

After saying that with a sarcastic tone, Welner readied his spear.

T/N: So this is what Wenler realized in the previous chapter.

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