𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟗.2: 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐧 (7)
The number of pilgrims who followed Oswald and the Imperial Expeditionary Force this time was almost as large as a regiment. Naturally, more than half of them were priests, so even serious injuries could be easily treated, and Gilgamesh was using that to conduct such intense training.
“Aren’t you training berserkers?”
Oswald clicked his tongue as he watched the soldiers who were even breathing to fight their comrades for a vacation.
“We have about 30 days left, so we’ll train harder.”
Just like that, the next day, a company finally got a vacation, and there were also many who got overnight leave or outings due to injuries. They used the wages they had received during that time to relieve the stress they had accumulated so far.
In particular, the camp village was doing very well, and thanks to the fact that they had prepared both men’s and women’s camps, more money was poured in because of the characteristics of the Imperial Army, which had men and women serving equally, and Duke of Salt Lake earned more money than when there were only elves.
Even the human nations joined in, and a lot of money was poured into Salt Lake City, and with the increased finances, Duke of Salt Lake poured it into developing and improving the surrounding land for the future.
Anyway, this special expeditionary force would not last more than a year at most, so it was better to secure various sources of income in advance in preparation for when they left.
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Todododododo!
CID special forces members of the Exo-Skeleton unit, equipped with heavy machine guns purchased from the Imperial Empire on their shoulder frames, are cleaning up the demons that are swarming from all sides.
They were raiding a newly summoned ritual site in the northwestern snowfields of the New Continent. The purpose of this raid was to block the additional Army of Sin from crossing into this Century by disrupting the summoning ritual.
Knights wearing power suits along with the Exo-Skeletons fought the Snow Elves, scattering aurora. Like the barbarians, the Snow Elves were a race that lived in the northern snowfields, and unlike the Elves in the south, they were more aggressive and cannibalism was a way of life for their race.
That’s why they didn’t hesitate to follow the strong, even if it was a demon of Chaos, and thanks to that, Chaos chose the Snow Elves as their servants instead of the barbarians in the New Continent, just like on the Titan continent.
Furthermore, Snow Elves had shorter lifespans than ordinary Elves. Compared to the 500-year lifespan of ordinary Elves, they lived a short life of 200 years, and because they lived in a harsh area in the form of clans and were aggressive, fertility meant the strength of the tribe, so they gave birth to children at a similar rate to humans and raised them.
Therefore, they were completely different from the southern Elves, who created homunculi as soldiers because of their lack of population. Furthermore, they had excellent physical specs as much as barbarians, so they were able to fight against the CID special forces wearing Exo-Skeletons and power suits without being pushed back.
“Baalzebub of Gluttony will be here soon! We must stop those bastards from interfering with the summoning ritual!”
At the cry of the Snow Elf priest, the Snow Elf warriors charged even more recklessly and properly held back the CID special forces.
In particular, the Snow Elf warriors cast the Berserker spell, which pushed the CID special forces even further, but this Berserker spell, when cast, gave them more than five times the strength, but it was actually treated as a taboo because it consumed their lifespan.
A new Berserker spell, which some had downgraded to make it twice as strong and minimized the side effects, had spread, but instead of reducing their lifespan, it caused their muscles to rupture after a single use, requiring at least a month of recuperation.
Anyway, the Snow Elves were currently using the original Berserker spell that gave them five times the strength without mercy. Well, of course, they had a lifespan twice as long as humans. . . . . . But even so, compared to other Elves, it wasn’t that long, so they would have been sorry to lose their lives.
However, the Snow Elves didn’t care at all, and because of that, the CID special forces were being pushed back by the Snow Elves despite the help of magical engineering machines.
“Damn it!”
Just then, demonic power surged and the summoning ritual reached its peak. . . . . . Soon, a huge yellow pillar of light shot up towards the sky, announcing to all that the Legion of Gluttony had been summoned.
Eventually, the CID special forces hastily retreated and used emergency teleportation magic to the air battleship. After that, the air battleship quickly moved to get away from that place. . . . . . But something quickly emerged from the yellow pillar of light and flew towards the battleship.
Bang!
Something entered the air battleship. . . . . .
【I was just getting hungry. How convenient. 】
The Archduke of Gluttony, Baalzebub, smiled and began to devour the CID special forces and agents with the giant mouth on his abdomen.