Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

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“Fyuuh. Reinforcement has finally arrived.”

No one could criticize Welner when he sat down. Since the demon army had finally stopped attacking Anheim town, Welner who was running and shouting from midnight could finally take a break and drink some water.

Frightened by the sudden appearance of the kingdom army, the demon army scattered to the west in order to escape but they stopped dead in their tracks in surprise as there was an army bigger than Welner’s army coming toward them from the south.

“Hufft!”

Near the Anheim’s east gate, Baron Zabel came into contact with the demon army who had stopped. The baron rushed into the enemy’s line while swinging his halbert, killing the demons in his way. This brave general who didn’t have the chance to fight before was finally able to fight to his heart content. The soldiers under the baron’s command, and the soldiers and the knights from the now destroyed Triot territory followed the baron.

Meanwhile, near the west gate, Viscount Grellman’s army along with Gekke’s mercenaries was fighting and killing the demons.

Viscount Grellman had participated in the Veritza Fortress’s retreat battle. His skilled knights had also participated in the earliest group battle training along with the Zeavert house army.

In other words, Viscount Grellman’s knights were one of the few people in the kingdom army that were skilled in the group battle. Because of that, the Viscount was able to give instruction regarding the group battle tactic to his knights without even a moment of delay. The Viscount ordered his knights to surround demons with several people and used Anheim’s encirclement wall to his advantage to trap the demons and exterminate them.

The army of both the Viscount and the Baron slowly but surely drove the demons in front of them to the north, where the Kingdom Knights were waiting.

Currently, the demon army was surrounded from all sides.

The reason Welner burned the second fort was not only to lure Gezarius to follow him but also to signal Viscount Grellman and Baron Zabel that he had successfully lured Gezarius.

When the scouts from the Baron and the Viscount’s territories saw the signal, they reported it to their respective employers. Then, the Viscount and the Baron both led their armies and went to Anheim. They brought as many soldiers as possible because they knew that Welner had already lured the demon army so the demon army would not be able to attack their territories.

Both armies led by the Triot’s survivors crossed the river and entered Triot’s former territory. Then, they were there until the kingdom army came.

(Illustration by: Mitemin. Left side: Viscount Grellman’s army. Right side: Baron Zabel’s army)

On the other hand, when Welner returned to Anheim from the second second fort, he ordered his men to bring logs to the river so the two armies could cross the bridge quickly before finally falling asleep.

Furthermore, in order to prevent Gezarius from noticing the two armies who were standing by in the south, Welner sent Gekke’s mercenaries troop, his strongest fighters, to the south as an independent army to cut off Gezarius’s communication from the demons in Triot.

Lastly, when the kingdom army arrived, Viscount Grellman’s army, Baron Zabel’s army, and Gekke’s mercenaries cooperated to build a floating bridge. They used that bridge to cross the river, then drove the demon army, who was trying to escape, from the south to the north.

All of Welner’s strategies were made based on the fact that his strongest fighters, Gekke’s mercenaries, would not be able to participate in this battle.

As a result, the demon army went deep into the humans’ territory, the northern side of Anheim, and kept attacking the town unaware of the fact that there were two armies on the south that would be able to cross the river anytime.

The demon army was completely surrounded by the kingdom army on the north and by the baron and viscount army on the south.

(Illustration by: Mitemin. Yellow: humans. Red: demon. Words beside the arrow: the capital.)

Arrows rained down on the flustered demon army from the direction of Anheim. Soldiers who were formerly the citizens of Triot swung their weapons full of hatred. River of blood and mountains of corpses belonging to the demons filled the ground near the east and west gate.

Near the north gate, the elites of the First and Second Division rushed and killed the demons. The arrows from the carroballista killed the demons one after another, while the mercenaries danced on the battlefield taking the lives of the demon army as they fought. Just as it seemed that the human army’s victory was assured…

A powerful roar resounded throughout the battlefield. The well trained warhorses, humans, and even the demons stopped in their tracks as if they were terrified.

Not long after the sudden silence, the demons rushed toward the human army like madmen. A huge clash between the human army and the seemingly mad demon army ensued.

Boom!

Suddenly, a huge body rushed forward and slammed himself to the north gate, surprising the guard and Welner who was distracted by the earlier roar. The gate let out a creak and a part of it collapsed. Gezarius then once again slammed himself to the gate.

Finally, the entire gate collapsed, despite the fact that the gate had been reinforced.

Welner shouted in disbelief, “Impossible!!!”

Welner’s army threw the remaining blinding agents and rocks at Gezarius yet Gezarius didn’t stop moving. After crushing the gate, Gezarius went to the catapult near the gate and destroyed it. Welner couldn’t let Gezarius continue his rampage.

“Staying here is dangerous, Welner-sama.” (Neurath)

“You need to hide, sir.” (Schunzel)

Welner thought to himself, ‘If I can hide, I will love to!’

With his speed, Gezarius could reach the center of the town in an instant and if he went on rampage in the center of the town, many people would die. Welner couldn’t let that happen.

Welner ran down the stairs of the enclosure wall. It was hard to say if his decision was not on impulse. However, he couldn’t think of any better way to buy time until the Kingdom Knights arrived here than to let himself be the bait.

“HEY, DEMON GENERAL! ARE YOU HERE TO GIVE ME YOUR OTHER EYE!?”

“BRAT!! SO YOU ARE HERE!”

Gezarius closed the distance between him and Welner in an instant and attacked Welner. Welner dodged. A large hole was formed in the place where Welner stood just a moment ago. Welner’s back was covered in cold sweat.

“YOU…YOU ALONE I WILL KILL YOU WITH MY OWN HAND!”

“Oh, dear. You are really scary~~ I’m so scared of you that I want to go home~~”

Although Welner said that in a light tone, he knew that he didn’t have much time to spare. Gezarius had completely lost his reasons and he no longer hesitated in trying to kill Welner. Neurath and Schunzel rushed to Welner’s two sides and drew their swords.

Gezarius was badly wounded. Moreover, he had overexerted himself to forcibly break the gate. In a glance, it seemed like Welner had an advantage, but Welner himself was also exhausted and the difference in fighting ability between them was really huge. It was hard to say if Welner would survive even if he fought with all his might.

Understanding the range of a spear, the demon general closed his distance in an instant and swung his arm toward Welner. Welner used the hilt of his spear to parry that swing. Welner’s hand became numb, but the new spear was able to withstand the demon general’s attack. Most likely, the fact that Gezarius’s shoulder was injured also helped Welner.

Welner moved toward the side of Gezarius’s lost eye while Neurath and Schunzel simultaneously attacked Gezarius from both sides. The two were by no means weak. Blood spurted from Gezarius’s body.

“Move!” (Gezarius)

Neurath and Schunzel barely managed to dodge Gezarius’s attack. In the next moment, Welner swung his spear and stabbed Gezarius’ leg, making him fall. The lion that was blinded in one eye didn’t pay attention to other people near him and just stared daggers at Welner.

Then, Gezarius let out another roar. If there was glass nearby, it would have broken. That roar made Welner, Neurath, and Schunzel feel dizzy. There were even some soldiers who fell to their knees.

“Damn. Does his roar inflict a debuff on his opponent or something!?”

Still, Welner barely succeeded in retreating and keeping his distance from Gezarius. Then, unexpectedly, Gezarius gouged out the ground in front of him and threw it toward Welner and the others. The clump of soil hit the three of them like an avalanche.

“Urgh!?”

“Welner-sama!”

Because of the sudden impact, Welner lost his balance and Gezarius stretched his arm toward Welner’s head. If that arm reached Welner, his head would definitely be crushed. Welner readied his spear. Although Welner didn’t know if his spear would be able to deflect that arm, Welner had no plan of dying without resisting.

In the next moment, Gezarius’s arm fell to the ground.

No one could comprehend what exactly had just happened.

The man who had just cut off the demon general’s arm with a single blow stood in front of Welner and confronted the demon general head on. He turned his head and looked at Welner with a proud smile on his face.

“With this, I have returned one of my debts, Welner.”

“…Mazell!?”

That man was indeed the acclaimed Hero, Mazell Hearthing.

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T/N: The chapter that finally broke chapter 14 record of the longest chapter with a whooping 10k japanese characters and more than 4k english words! WITH NO INFO DUMP! Even the author said this is their personal record!

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