Several dozen boats, countless magic weapons and dolls were created in order to combat the beast people and monster race. Furthermore, an other-worlder had been used to fight against the beast men, who pride themselves on their physical prowess. Which is several times that of a human, the Empire’s army was around 300,000.
Kazuya knew that the Empire had invaded due to a spy from the Canary Kingdom. Apparently the beast men and monster family had been caught off-guard due to the two pronged attack used by the Empire.
A unit from the monster group had attempted to form a defensive line in order to halt the advance of the imperial army at the border, so that they could buy time for reinforcements. They had completely secured themselves within a fortress. However, they were being bombarded by the slaughter machines that is the automatons. Equipped with “Charge Spears” and “Demon Guns”.
The monster army which were in the fortress and living in seclusion, attempted desperate resistance in order to keep the Imperial Army away just a little longer, but the imperial army with it’s magic weapons were winning.
As a result, after about 3 weeks. The Imperial army had completely broken through the fortifications on the border with extreme force.
In response to this, the main body of the non-human alliance army fought the imperial army. They had also engaged the other-worlder calling himself a hero and suffered heavy losses. They had failed to push them back.
So the army had marched forward, like and irresistible force. One after another, towns and villages were raided in loyalty to the Lowen Religion. All monsters had been slaughtered under this religion. Those who weren’t killed, were made into slaves.
「Haaa, we haven’t run away very far….」
In the allied territory, 2 elf sisters were breathing heavily whilst resting on an ancient tree.
The town where they had lived had been completely destroyed by the Imperial army. They had desperately tried to escape, however they had been noticed and were currently being pursued.
The elder sister Sarisa had pulled the younger sister Lydia’s hand and ran away from the pursuing force.
「Haa, haa. Nee-san, I can’t run anymore….」
「Lydia. It’s just for a little more」
「But, I can’t move my feet」
Saying so, Lydia put her hand on the big tree and started breathing heavily.
「Lydia stand up. We’ll be killed if we don’t run away!!」
「Nee-san, you should run ahead…..」
Because Sarisa had kept encouraging Lydia, she was able to run through the fatigue. However, it had accumulated and hit her all at once now.
「What are you saying? Lydia–」
At that moment. When Sarisa tried to continue, the bushes nearby began to rustle.
「I finally caught up!! You guys were so much trouble!!」
The sisters had been surrounded by the Imperial army pursuers.
Such a thing!! Do they not get tired from running!?
Sarisa was upset that she had been caught by the pursuers faster than expected.
「After making us go to all this effort, you think we’ll let you die easily? I’m going to kill you after I’ve teased you both thoroughly!!」
「「Uu…..」」
The eyes of the two people who were imagining their tragic future began to fill with tears.
When the soldier began to approach, the two sisters gave up on running and mutually embraced each other whilst trembling.
The soldier’s hand that was reaching for the sisters, suddenly disappeared.
「GYAAAAAAA!?!? MY ARM!!!!」
The soldier’s entire upper arm had gone, copious amounts of blood was spewing from the stump. He was writhing in agony.
The imperial soldiers as well as the elf sisters were stunned.
「Eh–」
「What is happening?–」
「His arm–」
When the soldiers had finally come to their senses. They were dying one by one, their vital points such as heart and brain exploding.
The two people hugged each other closely, enduring the fear of the soldiers dying one by one around them.
「A, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! くぁwせdrftgyふじこlp!!」(TLN: Literally says this in the RAW)
The final imperial soldier remaining couldn’t seem to cope with the fear and has gone insane.
He had attempted to run away, whilst saying something that didn’t seem like human speech. However, several steps ahead, his brain exploded and he fell down in place.
「…..Oh? Is it over already?」
After all the soldiers had been killed, Sarisa quietly looked up. Only the sounds of the grass moving in the wind and the birds could be heard.
The bushes began to rustle yet again, suddenly men completely covered in grass appeared one after another. They were surrounded.
The sisters who had seen these strange creatures had lost consciousness due to fear.