Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend Chapter 138

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 didnt 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. Eickstedts 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 ca 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 rcenaries support troop.

Yes, sir.

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

Were going to kill the demon general in Anheim, not here so Ill leave the preparation in Anheim to you, Sir.

Understood. Still, I wonder if they will co to chase us here?

They will, probably.

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

At the very least, the demons wont 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. Ill 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 rcenaries 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 cos, 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 na like this inside, Welner raised one arm and then was t with the armys fervent cheers.

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

Not long after, Holzdeppe and Gekke left the area with stern expressions. Only Neurath and Schunzel saw Welners 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 imdiately fight after running hundreds of ters, but that wasnt 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.

So 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.

So of the demons stopped in surprise, but so 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 beca 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 imdiately feel its effect. It could even be said that the demons overconfidence in their physical ability beca 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 beca 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. So 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 ans a complicated tool but due to the principle of leverage, it would be able to shoot javelins up to a distance of 100 ters even if the person using it didnt 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 tis 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 couldnt be denied that the javelins were quite effective as it left quite a lot of demons injured and so even died on spot after being hit on critical areas like the neck.

Once the demon army drew near, Welner imdiately ordered the soldiers to switch to their lee weapons.

Theyre coming! Dont 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, so 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 overwheld 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 imdiately fell back as he gave his instruction. Imdiately 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 youre Gezarius.

Thats right, you Welner brat. You sure have done tons of stuff to .

Well, I cant just stay silent while youre planning to attack , right?

Welner shrugged his shoulders lightly and smirked. As expected, the reason why this guy didnt launch a violent attack in the first fort and the reason he went all the way here to chase Welner was

I know youre going to co. Using my appearance is your best choice if youre 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.