「My army is overwhelming, isn’t it?」

Feeling like a true commander, Vandalieu felt relaxed enough to say a line like this. The reason for that was the spirits of the enemies gathering to him after being killed, one after another.

They were not only the enemies killed by Sam, Bone Monkey and the rest of the hit-and-run squad, but also the enemies defeated by Vigaro, Basdia and the other Ghouls.

In other words, half of the enemies had already been defeated. There wasn’t a single spirit from his allies.

The enemy had lost around fifty percent of their numbers, while Vandalieu’s side had sustained no losses. If their enemy was a human army, they could firmly believe that they would be victorious.

「But our enemy is a group of monsters. The Noble Orcs haven’t come out yet, either… I suppose it’s time to make proper use of my『Lemures*.』」

TLN*: Not to be confused with the primates (lemurs). Lemures are shades/spirits of the dead in Roman mythology. In fact, the monkey lemurs are named after the Roman spirit lemures. You can Google “lemures” if you want to find out more.


Sam’s carriage ran freely around the village, but at present there seemed to be no allies in the midst of fierce battle. The buildings in which the captive Ghoul women were being held were already fully under their control.

However, the Noble Orc boss had yet to show himself. Wary of this, Vandalieu began to make use of one of the fruits of his lessons with Zadiris, the『Lemure.』

Each attribute of magic has a spell that creates a familiar. Mana dyed with an attribute is made to hold a shape and a spell formula is written to make the familiar obey the caster to create something like a remote-control drone that uses Mana to move.

Their abilities and shapes vary greatly depending on the caster; many of them resemble small animals such as butterflies made of flames and small birds made of wind.

The shape Vandalieu had chosen was a skull that could fly through the sky.

『Ooh…』

The resulting Lemure was in the shape of a mostly-transparent skull. Other than the basic abilities that all familiars have such as being able to share its five senses with its master, it was hard to spot, and also had one other ability.

「BUGAAAH! BUOOOH!」

『BUOOOOOOOH!』

An Orc General leading Orc Knights appeared in front with perfect timing, so Vandalieu decided to test it out.

『Muh, Bocchan, shall we avoid them?』

The way they held up their shields was the same as the Goblins had done earlier, but Sam knew that the power of their charge would be vastly different, so he calmly asked Vandalieu this question. However, Vandalieu gave the brief reply of,「Charge.」

『Certainly!』

Sam used【Charge】for the third time. Seeing this, the Orc General’s pig-like face twisted into an expression of ridicule.

He was able to perform a【Shield Bash】capable of sending even a five-meter-long Mad Boar flying, and he had two Orc Knights supporting him.

This carriage charging directly at him from the front would definitely be broken to pieces.

Confidently believing this, the Orc General and his subordinates quickly moved to perform their【Shield Bash】skills.

But right behind them, they felt a terrifying bloodthirst… the presence of death.

If they didn’t do something about it, they would be killed! The Orc General felt this biologically fundamental fear in the core of its heart. He and his subordinates quickly turned around and raised their shields to face this dreadful enemy.

However, after turning around, they saw nothing there.

「Bu-bugoh?」

That powerful bloodthirst had vanished, leaving the Orc General and his subordinates dumbfounded.

「Buhibegoh?!」

And then Sam ran them down.

No matter how good the Orcs were at charging the enemy down or defending against attacks, they couldn’t withstand being run down from behind with their shields not even raised.

「Bu… Buhih…」

The fact that the Orc General was still alive was perhaps to be expected from a Rank 5 monster. He attempted to get back onto his feet unsteadily, but did not succeed.

「Sam, stop. And then reverse.」

『Certainly.』

After running the Orc General over, Sam’s wheels began to turn backwards, stopping the carriage. And then the carriage began accelerating in the reverse direction.

「Bugeh!」

With an expression as if he was thinking that it was impossible for a carriage to move in reverse, the Orc General’s life was ended as he was run over a second time.

As the Lemure disappeared, it released a powerful bloodthirst that attacked the target’s survival instincts.

It performed no physical attack, only releasing this bloodthirst. It was perhaps only just enough to cause a heart attack in the weak-hearted elderly. In normal situations, it was probably only an annoyance.

However, there was no greater disturbance than this in the middle of battle. Its effectiveness only increased against more powerful foes that were more sensitive in detecting bloodthirst.