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We have 50,000 troops...

while they have 300,000.

They're making a move.

What?!

They're using our own weapons against us!

Mirror! Use your Awakened Skill: Total Reflect!

That move triples damage received and turns it back as an AoE attack!

Should've taken out a few hundred of them.

O spirits, grant us your protective blessings.

Eternal Garden!

Gatoluuga's Skill buffs all elves within a kilometer radius for one hour.

Great, that means 50,000 buffed soldiers!

Three-star Talents are nothing to scoff at!

Lay waste to these foul monsters who plague our castle, men!

- Yessir!

- The enemy will strike back soon! Prepare the next volley!

I wanna fight, too...

The demons don't know about us yet. Wait until tomorrow and we'll surprise them.

It's almost noon.

I've mapped out their positions. Let's pull back as planned.

Understood.

This spot should be good.

Moley, you're up!

Use your awakened skill: Hole Home!

Now everything's ready.

I'm glad that castle is so sturdy. Our attacks didn't leave much of a mark!

That's because it was built by a Grand Spirit User long ago.

I'm curious, Sophie. What sort of tension caused your people to erect this castle?

It doesn't seem like it was meant for battles against monsters.

Astute as ever, Sir Allen. You are correct.

It goes back a few millennia ago, when there were two nations here...

one governed by elves and the other governed by dark elves.

The World Tree was located in the elven nation,

where it had long been treasured as a source of spiritual power.

However, one day, the dark elves attacked to try and claim the World Tree for themselves.

The elves knew surrender wasn't an option, so they made an offer to live in harmony,

but the dark elves refused.

Their goal was to have the World Tree all to themselves by eradicating the elves.

That's around the time Castle Lapolka was created.

The bloody war between the two races went on for millennia,

until the elves came to the brink of extinction.

Seeking salvation, they turned to the World Tree in prayer,

and that's when a young elf girl encountered a certain spirit.

The girl named the spirit Rohzen and forged a pact with him.

Her hair turned a radiant silver and she became known as the "Priestess of Prayer."

The Priestess of Prayer used her great powers to turn the tide against the dark elves.

Then the elves made one final offer...

"Live in harmony with us or leave this land."

The dark elves refused coexistence and were exiled.

Thus, this continent became Rohzenheim- the land of the elves.

Now you know the historical horrors of our people.

So, is Queen Lenoatiil the current Priestess of Prayer?

No.

However, our silver hair is proof that we are directly descended from the priestess.

As it currently stands, there are no elves who have a pact with Lord Rohzen.

Mmph, rilly?

That's wild. Somebody should do it, since you're at war and all.

You make a fair point.

Anyways, let's do our best to retake Castle Lapolka tomorrow!

Right!

My noble warriors! Today we fight to reclaim Lapolka!

Yeah!

This is where we split up.

Yessir!

Wow. Is this your handywork, Sir Allen?

Yeah, I made a tunnel that goes straight to the castle yesterday.

The No-Life Gamers and 5,000 elven troops will use this to breach the interior.

We'll open the gates from the inside and make way for our main force to attack.

Sending 5,000 troops into a castle held by 300,000 enemies is madness.

We settled on this plan of action because we have what it takes to pull it off.

Please follow my lead.

Yessir!

It's almost time.

Krena, do your thing.

Okay!

The rampart squad will go with Sir Gatoluuga, and the south gate squad will come with us!

Yessir!

Hmm...

Seeing their superior numbers in person hits different.

Drago, Cerby, Antsy, Mirror, Steely!

Get out here!

Sophie! Your Extra Skill!

Okay!

Great Elemental!

Wind shield magic! What a lifesaver!

Good thing the blood of the Priestess of Prayer runs in Sophie.

She hit the jackpot with a Skill that lets her summon Great Spirits,

since not even 3-star ranked Spirit Users can do it.

It's 12 o'clock. Time for the barrage.

Now, men! Attack with your Extra Skills!

Stick close to the wall, everyone!

We'll use this chance to take the south gate!

Yessir!

Krena!

I'm on it!

Hurry up!

Open the gates! Open the gates!

The path is open! Storm the castle, men!

Join forces with the advance squadron!

We've made it past the gate!

Take up formation and repel the enemy!

Yessir!

Field Marshal!

You really came through for us!

I'm glad the plan worked, Sir Allen.

Now we're in a much better position strategically.

Let's mop up the rest of the monsters without damaging the castle.

Then victory will be ours!

Looks like we're dominating on the west side, too.

My party will head for the ramparts on the east side now.

Elf soldiers, please come with us!

Yessir!

This is the last hurdle we need to clear.

Master Allen!

I'm afraid the demons have gone outside.

Oh crap, they choose now to intervene?

What kind of monsters are they?

Those are... demons.

I knew it! You again!

Huh?

Ah! You're that elf from that one battle.

Come to lose another arm?

Huh? Them elves got a healer who can regrow limbs with magic?

No, they likely just cured him with an elven elixir.

They must keep a hidden stash of rare items like that somewhere.

Although it won't be enough to save them from losing this war.

Fortunately, we have someone else ready to fight you.

Huh? Are those humans?

What human aside from the Hero could possibly prove helpful to the elves?

Yeah, is this some kind of joke?

They're just a bunch of brats!

Okay, fess up. Who's pulling the strings behind you?

Haha! You think we'd just spill the beans?

Demons are stupider than I thought!

They're dead friggin' meat!

Neftira! Yagof!

Roger that, Captain Glaster.

I love chopped liver, guffaw!

Do you really need to provoke them like that?

It's called baiting and it works wonders.

Lucky for us, they're a fairly normal size.

It'll be easier to get off Griff and fight on the ground.

Agreed. Our two heavy hitters should go fight them up close.

Krena takes Captain Beardface.

Dogora takes Chuckles Mcgee.

And Volmaar takes Daddy Longlocks.

Daddy...?

Longlocks...?

Our first battle with demons and we're facing three at once.

Plus, I'm down to only three usable summons. This will be tough.

I'll just have to focus on providing support.

You send a single child to fight me, really?

He almost looks human except for the weird purple skin and horns.

But I can't forget he's a bad guy who kills elves! I gotta beat him!

You've insulted me for the last time, damn brats!

Man, that hurt!

Hang tough, Krena! You've gotta keep him busy!

I was hoping to take out their spellcaster first, but they're too good at covering each other.

We'll take down the dogface one first!

All right!

Avalanche Smash!

This brat really thinks he can ice me over, guffaw!

Destructo Wave!

Oh crap!

Fireball!

I'm not done yet!

Icicle Spine.

These guys have solid teamwork.

Let's go, Drago! Bring the heat!

A dragon?!

Then one of them must have a Talent similar to a Spirit User, as we suspected!

Wind Cutter!

Full Might!

Yagof!

They... They ain't beat me yet!

That's enough, Yagof.

Open your Extra Gate, now.

Okay, guffaw!

What do they mean by "Extra Gate"?

Guffaw-haw-haw-haw!

Beast Monstrosity.

Demons can use Extra Skills?!

Total Reflect!

Sic him, Cerby!

Ninefold Crunch!

Hellfire of Fury!

YAGOF!

Wow, so even demons can give EXP?

That one must have a base value of around 8 million.

Even more than a dragon!

You, with the black hair.

This is your doing.

You changed the balance of this fight.

I've never seen a talent like yours among the humans.

You're more powerful than the Hero.

Tell me.

Are you one of the Liberated?

"Liberated"?

Hmph. You don't even know what you are.

This calls for a different set of tactics.

That is impossible, Captain Glaster!

We should interrogate them. They must be getting a helping hand from someone!

Neftira.

I will buy you time.

You must go and inform Master Rehzel of these humans.

He's about to use his Extra Skill!

Activate yours, Krena! Fast!

All right!

Please don't go zap, please don't go zap!

I need my Skills to work!

What is wrong with me?

I'm dragging everyone down because I can't use my stupid Extra Skill!

Attack, Cerby!

Killing Field!

Die.

Just in the nick of time!

Use your Skills on him, Krena!

Hah! She's nothing but brute force!

She still can't pull it off, huh?

Not good, that beardface is as strong as the Hero!

Allen! Longlocks is running away!

Stop him, Drago!

Hellfire of Fury!

I must escape!

Volmaar! Use your Extra Skill!

But that means I won't have it for later, if I need it to protect you!

Don't worry about me!

I'm sorry, but no.

Phantom Blade!

Dogora!

Sorry for spacing out. Let's attack him together!

Okay!

Krena's Extra Skill timed out.

We'll have to let that one demon go and focus on the bigger threat.

Listen up, team! Put everything you have into defeating Beardface!

And don't let him hit you!

Roger!

Got it!

All Protect!

Hellfire of Fury! Ninefold Crunch!

Fireball!

O spirit of water, please bless us with your soothing grace.

Full Might!

Thunderous Blow!

Captain Beardface can't use recovery magic.

So we just have to beat him into submission!

You little shits!

Pyroblast!

Awesome!

Neftira managed to escape.

Victory will be ours in the end.

You're sorely mistaken if you think... you stand a chance against Lord Rehzel.

Unbelievable. They defeated the demons...

He was an archdemon?!

Worth 32 million EXP?!

And look at that, I finally can use my Deputize skill!

Great work, team! Pick yourselves up and then we'll wipe out the rest of the monsters!

Right...

A few hours later, all the monsters had been defeated

and Castle Lapolka was once again in control of the elven army.

Praise be Lord Rohzen! Long live the Queen!

It's astounding our small strike force was enough to rout an army of 300,000.

This is an incredible victory, Sir Allen.

It was a team effort.

I'm sorry that we let Neftira escape, Sir Allen.

My apologies.

It's okay. I don't blame you for it.

Besides, I already have our bases covered.

You do?

I managed to have Ellie secretly tag along with Neftira.

That'll give me a chance to size up the big bad demonic deity for myself!

I don't like that smirk on your face...

By the way, do you know what "the Liberated" are?

No, I was curious about that, too.

I'm afraid I've never heard the term before.

Hmm... guess we need to ask the Sovereign of Spirits.

You've pulled off an incredible feat.

Word of the battle has reached all the cities including here in Tiamo

and the people are hailing it as a miracle!

We couldn't have done it without your cooperation.

Now we have the fortress we need to stave off the 3 million monsters headed this way.

A large chunk of their reinforcements

landed on the north shores yesterday.

Since the rest are still in transit,

we have few days of leeway until their attack begins.

Sir Allen, what do you think is the best way for us to prepare?

Good question. We have two options.

The first is we move to eliminate the Demon Lord's remaining forces south of the castle.

The second is we rally at least 300,000 soldiers to fortify our defense of the castle.

What will we do about the 1 million monsters coming for Nest?

My plan is for the No-Life Gamers to wipe them out before they even arrive.

Huh?!

However, that will require me to verify a few things first.

So I'll give you more details at a later date.

When those 1 million monsters attacked Tiamo before,

we barely managed to defeat 400,000 of them in three days, right?

Aw man...

What's going on?

The squirrel- I mean, Lord Rohzen started floating!

Huh?!

Thank you, everyone. Your plentiful prayers will soon be answered.

Lord Rohzen! You mean, you've finally ascended to being the God of Spirits?!

Oh, Lord Rohzen!

It will take some time. I leave things in your hands for now...

Great, he went belly up then fell asleep again.

The elves have been hoping this would happen for a long time, huh?

Congrats!

Thank you!

Lame. I thought he was gonna help us out or something.

I didn't even get to ask about the "Liberated."

The only question now is how the demonic deity will respond.

Hope Ellie's cover doesn't get blown.

We finally made it.

Wow, the World Tree! It's even more impressive in person!

The capital city is huge, too. It's twice the size of Tiamo.

A lot of elves got killed here...

But weird, I don't see any monsters.

Does that mean the demonic deity doesn't need any guards?

Sir. I have returned to report in.