Became the Queen of the Legion

“Joining forces is an extremely rational decision, but this way, the composition becomes too diverse. This can make control difficult and make it hard to unite our strength.”

Demon races had various species and habits, which were fully reflected in combat.

When these are properly combined, they create powerful synergy, but if it becomes too complex, it actually becomes a minus to combat power.

This was explained by Kron, the mercenary captain. And through these words, I learned why in the game, when units are formed by mixing more than a certain number of races, their combat power decreases.

“It can’t be helped. We’ll have to move together but fight as far apart as possible during combat.”

But a mere mercenary group had no choice. The Hobgoblin commander Deru had already decided to cooperate with forces from other territories and was currently moving towards that location.

‘Since they’re also sending scouts to watch us, we can’t move openly.’

At times like this, if we led a large army to launch a surprise attack, we could devour them more easily than eating a sandwich, but the demon races aren’t fools either.

They had already dispatched reconnaissance teams to grasp the movements of our main force.

Unless it was turning a small force for a surprise attack, it seemed impossible to secretly move a large-scale force without being detected.

“Still, it’s possible to find out from the inside what tactics they’ll use against us. Rather than engaging in clumsy guerrilla warfare, we’ll use that time to gather as many nutrients as possible. And when they’re gathered in one place, we’ll push them back with a head-on power struggle.”

「Consciousness Enhancement 5」

「Physical Enhancement 5」

「Reproduction Enhancement 5」

I had steadily invested trait points and had already produced troops to be used as reserves, putting them in a dormant state.

Even if the entire main force currently in motion were to be annihilated, reserves would be mobilized immediately and new troops would be produced.

We’re staying put because we can’t engage in a war of attrition with the entire demon realm, but it’s clear that any ordinary territory would be crushed if they tried a war of attrition with me now.

“8,000 Doom Devils, 1,000 Blade Devils, 1,000 Bomb Devils.”

Divided as they named them, the force I’ll mobilize totals 10,000. But this is just the vanguard. An equal-sized second echelon is waiting right behind.

The plan was to strike with a time difference, to sweep them away before they could do anything.

I always tried to mobilize more troops than the enemy. There’s no reason to hold back, and the more we mobilize, the fewer die, making it more efficient.

At first, it was because the demon races handling magic power were stronger than my soldiers, but now the reason has changed.

“Currently, their main force plans to rendezvous at a surviving city in the southern part of the former Orc Baron’s territory, become one mass, and advance north. We’ll block them in the middle.”

“Will it end with just blocking them?”

“Of course not. If we win in war, there should be spoils.”

I snorted at Seira’s question after receiving detailed plans from me.

We must punish those who dare to harbor the impudent thought of taking even a piece of my land.

It seemed sufficient as spoils to annihilate their main force and then attack and capture the southern region’s cities and villages that were still remaining with follow-up forces.

“Southern cities… if we do that, we’ll get too close to the enemy’s territory. I’m concerned that the enemies, feeling threatened, might gather a proper army and launch a surrounding attack on us.”

“Before that happens, we’ll ignore Hobgoblin Count Ludas’s territory and attack Lamia Baron Rosalyn’s territory right next to it.”

The information acquired in real-time through my avatar includes the constantly changing diplomatic relationships between the lords.

I planned to postpone dealing with Hobgoblin Count Ludas’s territory, which had the largest area in the region, until the very end.

“Won’t the surrounding lords find it strange? All the territories I’ve occupied are closest to Ludas’s territory, but if we don’t touch the lands that could be called Ludas’s homeland at all and only attack the surrounding territories…”

“That…”

“They’ll be suspicious first, and wary.”

I grinned at Seira’s loss for words.

Their limited information, ‘still’ not accurately grasping me. I really intended to suck them dry to the bone.

“This time too, I’ll let you take the vanguard, Seira. How about making them realize the reality while they’re all frantically trying to catch you, calling you the Spear Devil?”

“It’s an honor.”

I gave an opportunity to the completely dyed Seira. The Spear Devil, crazed with slaughter, rampaging on the battlefield with a spear.

For her now, that was joy and the purpose of life itself.

And to stimulate her further, I recently gifted her a new body.

The body made by filling omnipotent cells, which had been greatly improved, with as much magic power as possible, was essentially a complete replacement for her existing vampire body.

That body, created by synthesizing the data of countless demon races and demonic beasts I currently possess, was similar yet different from her original body.

At first, she was a bit awkward and her combat power decreased slightly, but after repeated battles, she’s now fully adapted and using her body perfectly.

‘Time, even just buying time has meaning now.’

And above all, we had leeway now.

There was a time when we were pressed for time, but now that we’ve found a new method of nutrient supply, we could leisurely wait and just think about covering the area with countless Sun Flowers.

When the enemies are groaning from the aftereffects of war.

We will be able to grow again by eating sunlight and go out to fight again.

* * *

“Urgent news!”

“So they’re moving. By the way, where exactly are they watching us from to move so accurately in sync with us?”

The moment the Queen moved her legion troops, naturally, the news was conveyed to the demon races who were watching those movements.

And now, one by one, some were starting to harbor doubts.

As the scale of the forces being operated increased, their movements became easily noticeable, and their agility and accuracy were also observed together.

They already knew that the legion was not an ordinary demonic beast, but even so, this was beyond common sense.

As if they were watching their every move in real-time.

‘Should I act a bit foolish too?’

The Queen, who was watching even this scene using the avatar planted inside, clicked her tongue.

Of course, it would be difficult to uncover the truth with just that level of doubt, but once a seed is planted, it can sprout at any time.

“For now, focus on the battle before us. Still, since everyone joined within the promised time, we’ll form a defensive formation at an appropriate position to draw them in.”

Fortunately for the Queen, the commander, Hobgoblin Knight Deru, was a born warrior who thought more about fighting than complicated thoughts.

According to the information that they were coming first, the demon race allied forces, once again formed, set up a defensive formation on a hill they chose as the battlefield and waited for the legion troops.

“Hobgoblin infantry and Orc infantry at the front, with mercenaries and Lamia troops deployed on both flanks to face them.”

“What about the poison gas bombs thrown by the Bomb Devils from that far distance?”

“Gargoyle soldiers are on standby and will fly to attack when they appear.”

Deru grinned, looking at the hundreds of Gargoyles standing by all at once.

Gargoyles, demon races that could freely fly in the sky using wings with membranes, were beings that could fight freely in the vast sky.

They planned to ignore the ground enemies and fly to snipe the Bomb Devils.

According to the information they had acquired, the enemy clearly had no means to freely attack those floating in the sky.

While the main force held out, if the Gargoyles acted as a kind of cavalry and swept the rear, it certainly seemed that the allied forces had a chance of victory in this battle.

“That’s not wrong. Right now, we don’t have the means to intercept hundreds of Gargoyles.”

“The Bomb Devils might not be able to fulfill their role.”

“It doesn’t matter. The Bomb Devils just need to draw attention. We’ve mobilized nearly 2,000 of our Bomb Devils anyway. Do they think they can catch that with just a few hundred Gargoyles?”

The Queen grinned as if analyzing and breaking down the allied forces’ tactics was fun.

The strategy the Queen prepared this time was not to counter the enemy’s prepared troop types or composition.

“We’ll push through as is. With overwhelming power, numbers, and mass.”

Her plan was to break through the main force while the enemies were focusing on the Bomb Devils.

Of course, it wasn’t just mindlessly pushing in soldiers. Because she was watching in real-time which parts of the enemy, composed of various troop types and races, were deploying what forces, she had prepared counters accordingly.

The plan was already complete, such as pushing in numerous Blade Devils to the mercenaries’ side where cohesion was weakest, and deploying alpha types to the Lamias’ side.

“Another war. There will probably be constant wars from now on.”

Having completed preparations, the Queen first charged her legion troops. Those who had already experienced their power once began to tremble as they watched the slowly approaching black wave with great tension.