Chapter 7: another division commander
the demon lord army headquarters, Gurung Stadt Castle. The name was somehow stern but it was a former frontier deserted castle. It was destroyed when the humans have conflict within themselves several hundred years ago and now the demon lord army is using it as a base. Originally it is a ruin but it was rebuilt by making full use of magic and has become an impregnable strong fortress now.
The surrounding has been covered by fog that is also tinged with magic. It has camouflage effect so the castle can’t be approached or seen. Humans who touched the fog will be paralyzed and at the same time all of his five sense will be messed up. Even if a whole army entered the fog, it may be wiped out without being able to reach the castle. Trough the fog, demons like us can walk normally. I am now walking with teacher on my shoulder. Since it was prohibited to teleport directly inside the castle so we have to walk from the nearby gates. I didn’t transformed just so I can carry teacher in my shoulder but it’s also to inform the guards.
“Your face is creepy.”
“You’re not looking bad either dragon man.”
Still we’re stopped because teacher looked like a human. Dragon man soldier that protected the castle gate didn’t even look me in the face. After all the defensive force that guarding the castle is the elite of the dragon man. They belong to the first division and the head of the first division is none other than the demon lord. After we walked past the guard, and walking towards the castle, someone come waling from the other side of the fog. It’s a huge figure coming.
“Ayatsu?”
at the same time when teacher said that, I also noticed the ident.i.ty of that figure. There is also a blood fishy smell in the air.
“Oh, wasn’t this the third division?”
It was a giant that has a face that like a beast. The height is around three meters too. It was nearly two times my height. It was a beast demon race and carrying a steel club, half naked. It was the second army division commander. His name is mad dog. The name might be funny but it is what describing him the most. The mad dog bowed to my teacher, overlooking me.
“Are you going to report?”
it was spoken with a tone that seemed to be mocking me. As if he was triumphant for reporting earlier than me. It is as if he has won even if just a minutes difference, he still won.
“It’s that trading city right? What takes you so long? I’ve take down the mining city Boruc far earlier.”
once again he is brandishing his club and boasting with a triumphant face that looked like a dog.
“You know, it’s mining city. You know what? We can mine iron out of it. What is the use of trading city? It doesn’t have any worth.”
ah, it’s this kind of thing. Now, in short he want to say that his prey is more worth than mine. It’s just that he doesn’t realized the importance of trade. Not his fault, for demon, even some human in this world may have not understand it. And since there is no other reason to compare which one is more important, I shrug it off lightly.
“It’s good if you’re happy.”
instantly the dog face was br.i.m.m.i.n.g red. You see, I like seeing blood red color.
“You… are you asking for a beating? Don’t you know who I am? I’m a genius with the power of shishioni, I’m mad dog!”
well he might be genius in elementary school level but I’m already a genius in junior high school.
“I’m a magician possessing werewolves body. Which one is stronger you think? Aren’t you a genius?”
“Of course it’s me!”
ah, how can someone be this stupid? I looked up and glanced at teacher and she is speaking lightly.
“division commander should get along.”
“Teacher.”
it seemed like she doesn’t really care about this as she floated away. So I look at the shishioni.
In the demon lord army, strength is all that matters. Once you lost, you are trash and I’ll face my opponent with all my strength as I glared at the mad dog.
“Don’t block the road. It’s the habit of the weak to stop the strong.”
“What did you say?”
the club was swung down suddenly but of course that kind of thing won’t hit me. Under my werewolves eye, it doesn’t even seemed to be moving. The club missed the target and crushed the stone pavement on the ground and sprinkled debris everywhere.
“Hey, don’t break the property of demon lord castle.”
since he is blocking my way, I’ll play with him a little.
“You need to receive some lesson.”
werewolf against Shishioni. If it was pure strength, shishioni will comes out as the victor. Not to mention the physique differences, his club swing range covered a wide area and they are a specialist in destruction. Still it has a weakness. It’s movement are slow because of its large stature. But not a lot of demon are able to courageously faced their attack. More than anything, it is difficult to give them a fatal wound because their flesh and skin are tough. Even if you deal a fatal wound, they won’t stop attacking. They are monsters. That’s for sure, for human being.
While thinking like that, I dodged his second attack. It’s bad that the second division army commander is this weak. I won’t let him attack the third times so by lightly jumping, I impress a kick upon his jaw.
“Ugh..”
if it was a normal human, their skull will be shattered but indeed he is a shishioni. It seemed that the kick didn’t have any effect. His body is quite st.u.r.dy. If it was an ordinary enemy, they would surrender but he is a division commander. His spirit is still strong and full of composure. In reverse his club swing is now enhanced with vengeance.
He started to attack blindly because of that one hit from me but if I carefully dodged, it won’t land. As I looked to my teacher, it seemed like the time to add magic a little bit.
I leaned sightly and gathered magic in my palm.
“Prepare for this.”
my werewolf claw is charged with heinous light and pounced to the mad dog jaw. The claw that is shining in black landed.
“Guooo!”
Shishioni chin has a dent and it can be seen that his jaw has been dislocated. As expected even this amount of pain couldn’t incapacitate him. But he has lost his fighting spirit as he put down his club.
“Ya, it’s better if you surrender.”
I recommended it to him but he is still stubborn and only screaming. It can’t be helped.
“Now, you can sleep.”
I attacked the chin again as shishioni head is trembling and his eye can only showed me white parts as he lost consciousness. The mad dog fall to the ground and caused a small tremor. It didn’t stand up anymore. Well, it’s my win for the werewolf.
“Alright, alright, that was over.”
teacher came down from her flight and landed in front of the mad dog. She struck his shoulder two times to treat him.
“still your bravery is enough to put you as a division commander.”
“I…uuu…aaaa…”
I think teacher has healed him but the mad dog is still writhing in pain. Apparently teacher didn’t use a simple magic to close the wound but use a therapeutic magic to increase natural healing power. That guy will experience excruciating pain until his wound healed on his own. My teacher is quiet sly indeed. After that teacher come towards me and flick my head two times with unhappy face.
“This is the first time I saw your fights, it was really poor.”
“Eh?”
I think I brilliantly won but teacher seems dissatisfied somehow. While flying to my shoulder she said.
“It was good you’re not being fearful but my heart couldn’t take it…”
ah, you can just say that you are worried about me. My teacher is quietly sly but also caring and protective.