Dungeon Defense (WN)

charge were definitely impressive.
You could tell how much training they received under Queen Henrietta’s command.
They most likely practiced their strategy numerous times after arriving at St.
Denis Plains first.

But they were only impressive.
Our 10,000 volunteer soldiers were still enduring splendidly.

“You really are reckless! What would you have done if something happened!?”

The assassin group members panted as they reached my side.
Jeremi was in the lead.

I turned off my amplification spell for a moment to speak to them.

“Jeremi, take your unit and defeat those knights! There will be nothing to fear if we take care of the knights.
Take their warhorses’ legs down and give our spearmen fodder.”

“No, if I go as well, then how do you intend to give your orders?”

“Do not worry.
Your commander will find an aide by himself.”

I urged Jeremi to quickly go.

“All 10,000 of our volunteer soldiers here in St.
Denis are my aides!”

“……Aah, seriously! This is a mess.
Fine! I just have to go, right!?”

Jeremi scratched her head before shouting behind her.

“You damned bastards of the Scarlet Scar, it’s time to slaughter some pigs! Cut their useless dicks off from the root!”

The unit of 20 assassins disappeared into the frontline as soon as Jeremi finished speaking.
Jeremi spat on the ground and unsheathed her dagger from her waist.
She left without even saying goodbye.

Furious voices, the sound of metal hitting metal, screams from the defeated, and the cheers from the victors shook the earth.
Brittany’s army struggled desperately to push us back.
Our forces did their utmost to push Brittany’s army outside of our fences.

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The assassins immediately displayed their effectiveness as soon as they got involved.
Several of Brittany’s knights were like matchless warriors as they were sweeping through our forces with only curved blades.
These people suddenly fell off their horses.

“The knight has fallen! Stab him! Stab him now!”

“Uaaah! Everyone rush at them!”

The further in the knights were into our formation, the more surrounded they were by enemies.
Our spearmen ran in like hyenas as soon as they saw even the smallest opening and thrust their spears.
Dozens of spears and axes rained down on the knights once they hit the ground.
The knights died without being able to get back up.

This scene gradually repeated itself.
The assassins would hide among the spearmen and only sever the legs of the warhorses before leaving and letting the soldiers handle the rest.
I didn’t tell them anything, but the dwarves seemed to figure things out themselves as they supported the assassins.

Did they realize that doing anything more was impossible now?

“Retreat! Retreat with haste!”

One of Brittany’s units turned their horses around.

Once a single unit started to retreat, almost every single cavalryman turned around at the same time.
The sound of cheering from our allies, the realization that we had successfully defended against the knights spread throughout the plains.
Victory! We had won the first skirmish.
Farmers and peasants had managed to repel knights and elite cavalrymen.

“Wooooaaa! Glory to Frankia! Glory to His Excellency the Emperor!”

“Fuck those shitty Brittan dogs!”

The mounted soldiers retreated through the opening between the fences where they had come from.
A portion of our archers didn’t seem to want to let them leave just like that, so they shot their bows until the very end.
It was in vain, but it was proof that our soldiers were fighting without any concern about the price of the arrows.

“Let me ask you this, Sons of Frankia!”

I shouted with a rugged voice.

“Are you proud of your empire!?”

As soon as these words came out of my mouth, the soldiers roared chaotically.
All we required were beastly roars.

“That is right! We are proud of this nation.
These rutting hares are trying to step all over this nation……Will you allow them!?”

– Non! Non! Non!

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The soldiers kept chanting ‘Non!’.

“How should we cook these dirty hares!?”

– Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!

“That’s right, kill them! Do not hesitate! Slaughter them!”

I was improvising everything as I shouted.
Yes, it was fine for speeches that were prepared beforehand to be discarded in situations like this.
10,000 humans had merged into a single mass and were being swept up by the madness of the battlefield.
No, we had become a wave and were washing over the battlefield with chaos!

“An endless slaughter.
A slaughter that cannot be satisfied! Let the grass and plants of Frankia grow with the blood of the enemy! Engrave into the enemy what sort of end the Gods have prepared for barbarians that pillage this empire! Warriors of Frankia, show to history that we are the ramparts of the empire!”

I took in a deep breath before shouting as loudly as I could.

“Here, and now, we shall be the victors!”

The soldiers cried out vigorously.
Viva Frank! Viva Frank! The shouting that started from the left wing soon spread to the middle and the right wing that was beyond the morning fog.

I was certain that all of our forces had managed to stop the cavalry charge.
The surprise assault that Queen Henrietta was confident in was denied!

However, the sound of hooves could be heard approaching once more from the other side of the plains.
I barely managed to calm my excited heart down as I stared at the plains in front of me.
Mounted archer.
More than a thousand archers were approaching us again.

“Kuh.”

I realized what Henrietta de Brittany’s strategy was.

The Queen was planning to attack us endlessly by rotating between mounted archers and mounted lances over and over again.
Therefore, all we had done was stop the first wave.

Was it going to be Brittany’s spear or Frankia’s shield? The sun had only just now started to rise.
I ordered our archers to go forward again.
Today was definitely going to be a long and exhausting day…….

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TL Note: Thanks for reading the chapter.
Well, I was able to squeeze this chapter out before going to my family reunion.
The next chapter will probably be late by a day, though.
I don’t know if other people are celebrating a holiday too, but uh, I hope you guys have a good one.
Time to sit uncomfortably in a small room talking to relatives about probably nothing because not enough time has passed since the last gathering.
Fun.

See you guys in the next chapter.