Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 211: Immortal Soldiers

Explosions blasted one after the other on the front lines, and the soldiers of Triaria Kingdom and Divine Empire of Sydnia’s allied forces danced midair.

There were some whose bodies were entangled in threads, movements suppressed. Those that escape the threads died from the poison.

Still, even without healing the fallen soldiers, the forces of Sydnia and Triaria marched absolutely, as if they were dolls without a will of their own.

「Now! Fire!」

At the command of Valkyra Kingdom’s Knight Order Commander Galahad-san, the catapults and ballistas began shooting their rounds.

The mage unit of enemy forces tried to block the attacks with barriers, but maybe because their overall numbers were lacking, the damage their forces sustained from projectile stones and giant ballista arrows increased.

It was then that I noticed that after dying, the soldiers of Sydnia with fewer injuries became undead and continued their march.

「I’m so glad we prepared. Still, it’s a nightmare how we’d have to kill them twice.」

It’s still early, but I was so relieved. So relieved that we kept it in mind to prepare countermeasures for the undead and miasma.

The pace of the enemies gradually grew faster.

Each time, undead soldiers and monsters were hindered by pitfalls and moats, but just like immortal soldiers, they knew not fear.

「Mages! Archers! Fire!」

「Archer Golems, keep firing!」

Galahad-san issued the order for the trination mage unit and archer unit to attack, and I instructed the Archer Golems to stay on the offensive.

The fact that our magic and arrows were within hitting distance meant that the enemies’ attacks were also within hitting range, so the enemies’ arrows and magic came flying at us.

The mage unit was responsible for blocking those.

While injuries increase vastly in the enemy allied forces, they ultimately reached the field camp.

Heavy Knight Golems routed the enemies with Shield Bash using their gigantic shields.

Knight Golems (Centaur-type) pierced enemies with Lance Charge.

The Polypod Golems (Scorpion-type) and Polypod Golems (Spider-type) were matchless.

Normal Knight Golems moved to support the other golems and the Trination soldiers.

I fired off magic from the enemy army’s rear as I took out my ice spear 【Ice Bringer】 and mowed down the enemies. I knew that half hearted attacks wouldn’t do.

Sophia and Maria also wielded their spears peerlessly beside me. I’m so impressed that they’ve become so strong.

Marnie and Laeva, having support from Akane and Kaede, safely dispatched the enemies too.

Titan took the Heavy Knight Golems with him and kicked enemies around like trash.

Before long, injuries caused by the abnormally strong immortal soldiers that feel no fear began showing on the knights and soldiers of the Trination.

「Retreat to the forts!」

Galahad-san saw a suitable time for the army to retreat. I raised a wall at the rear of the retreating army using Earth Magic.

『Earth Wall!』

Gogogogoooo!!

Before the barrier breaks, we retreated to the front of the forts while killing the enemies that slipped in before the barrier went up.

By the time we were in formation in front of the forts, the wall fell and the enemy’s march resumed.

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「Iruma-dono, as expected, they seem to be taking that nasty drug.」

「Yes, that seems to be the case. However, it’s relieving that they have been encroached by miasma.」

「Fumu, now would be a suitable time.」

「Barriers activate!」

At my shout, the forts’ magic devices started up.

The magic devices of the two southern forts activated, which was the signal for the magic devices of the other four forts to start up as well. Once all six were working, a thick line of light connected the forts, forming a gigantic hexagram, then sacred light encompassed the battlefield.

That sacred purifying light turned the undead exposed to it into dust in an instant, the immortal soldiers of Sydnia encroached by miasma were groaning as their movements dulled. As for the weaker individuals, they cowered on the spot, ceasing all movement, and soon crumbled into dust.

「Explosives!」

At Galahad-san’s orders, the field camp exploded, flames devouring the remaining enemies.

Divine Empire of Sydnia and Triaria Kingdom’s ten thousand strong army have already been reduced to close to 20%, and soldiers still in decent condition were few. However, they showed no intention of retreating. It was like fighting with golems. It wasn’t just Sydnia, even the soldiers of Triaria were already given the drug and had since been acting strange.

「……will it not end until they are annihilated?」

Galahad-san muttered gravely. It was that abnormal. In a normal war, if one side loses over 30% of their total, it would be deemed a defeat and negotiations for a ceasefire would begin.

「All units, annihilate!」

In front of the forts, we and the Trination’s combined armies headed into the concluding battle.

If it’s sending those guys off, then I have to do it.

Yes, as fellow Japanese………….

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