I Reincarnated as the Mob Flame User Destined to Die in the Early Stages of the Game, but When I Cleared the Event Before the Protagonist, the Heroines Followed Me - Chapter 36 - Siege on the Castle

Chapter 36 – Siege on the Castle

[Kugutsu’s POV]

I’ll be able to corrupt Claire soon.

I can’t contain my excitement.

If I play with the crest before it becomes familiar with the body, the crest will not stick.

I want Claire to fall quickly!

“Kugutsu-sama! Mild Kingdom soldiers are heading towards the castle.”

“How many soldiers?”

“About a thousand!”

“Isn’t that on par with my army? What are they thinking? To attack the castle, they would need three times as many soldiers as we have.”

“Where is the enemy heading?”

“It looks like they’re heading straight for the gate.”

“Is it because we’ve captured Claire? Hmm, Claire seems to be highly valuable to them. But thanks to their intention of saving Claire, they will try to attack and die. The enemy won’t be able to get past the barrier. Even if they do, I can only see a future in which they will be surrounded by a large number of monsters. At that point, they’d be exhausted already and would be killed by monsters. Kukukkuu! In a siege, the defenders have an overwhelmingly advantageous position.”

If you want to launch a siege, you need to break through the sturdy gate.

However, in the meantime, they’ll continue to be showered with arrows from the safety zone on top of the gate, becoming easy targets.

On the other hand, if they fire their arrows, we just need to hide behind the wall and defend while shooting arrows.

Moreover, let’s say they finally got past the gate.

There will be a large number of monsters behind the gate.

My familiar will surround everyone and annihilate them.

And even if they were to break through that, they would still have to infiltrate the castle.

Here, we can close the gate and shoot arrows through the windows.

Though they have heavy warriors who can deflect arrows, once they reach the castle, their heavy armor will hinder them.

Their numbers will decrease, they’ll be isolated and surrounded, and with their stamina drained by the heavy armor, they’ll become unable to move and collapse.

The castle gate has also been strengthened with crest magic.

They won’t be able to destroy the gate, so they’ll be wiped out.

Our defense network is woven multiple times over.

In the meantime, shall I break Claire and have some fun?

[Gett’s POV]

We reached the castle gate.

In order to reach Kugutsu, we need to destroy the sturdy outside gate, defeat the monsters behind it, and then destroy the castle gate and rush inside.

Although the gate is made of wood, it has been strengthened with crest magic and it looks quite solid.

Estelle spoke to me anxiously.

“Gett, I’ll leave it to you.”

“I understand. I’ll ask everyone to be the decoy. Endure for just a short while.”

“”Oooooooooooooo!””

The vice-captain raised his voice.

“All troops, charge!”

Soldiers charged towards the gate.

A rain of arrows and magic came flying from the top of the outside gate.

I approached the gate while blocking the arrows with my shield.

“Everyone! Stay away! I’ll use it!”

Soldiers gave space between me and the gate.

“Exfire!”

In an instant, the gate was destroyed with advanced fire magic.

This strategy is not admirable.

It’s just brute force.

Kugutsu probably doesn’t know that I can use Exfire.

There aren’t many people who can use advanced magic.

Just by being able to use Exfire, I was welcomed into the country and given special treatment.

I’ve stayed out of the spotlight for a long time, just gathering strength.

I defeated Gills and then some monsters here and there, but all of that was recent.

The enemies’ movements slowed down when they saw my Exfire, which can be compared to a dragon’s flame.

Well, that’s natural.

If I shoot Exfire at them, they’d burn to death in one shot.

But the enemy doesn’t know how many Exfire I can use.

The first person who dares to approach me after seeing my Exfire would be a total weirdo.

However, there are exceptions. There are a large number of monsters behind the outside gate.

Unlike the female soldiers, monsters are disposable to Kugutsu.

The power of the slave crest forces you to fight the enemy even if it means sacrificing your life.

This is Kugutsu’s power.

The monsters attacked me first.

It’s convenient. It’s helpful that they attack me in a group.

“Exfire!”

They’re the perfect prey for Exfire.

Hundreds of monsters were burned to death with the flames of Exfire.

It’s great that I was able to burn the monsters to death in one go.

The fact that the number of monsters has decreased will affect later battles.

[Level increased from 50 to 51]

Following behind me, the soldiers passed me from behind and approached the castle.

I can only use one more shot of Exfire.

One shot consumes 100 MP.

I’ll save the remaining MP to use on the castle gate.

It cannot be used until then.

I headed towards the gate, but I was surrounded by monsters.

I blocked the charging goblin with my shield and defeated it with my mace.

No matter how many monsters I defeated, more monsters gathered.

“Damnit! You’re in the way!”

I slammed my mace to an orc’s face.

Even if I defeat a monster, another blocks my path, stopping me from moving forward.

“Create a path for Gett!!”

The vice-captain screamed as he commanded his soldiers despite being injured.

“I’m here too, nyaa~”

Alicia quickly defeated the monsters around me.

She moved as fast as she could and I could tell she was pushing herself.

“Let’s go quickly, nyaa!”

I moved forward on the path that everyone had created for me.

“Exfire!!”

The gate of the castle was burnt down.

“”Oooooooooooooooo!!””

Cheers exploded the moment the gate was broken down.

“All troops! Attack!!!”

At the words of the vice-captain, our soldiers rushed into the castle.

The place is chaos, in the midst of a melee.

And I can’t use Exfire anymore.

Magic alone is not enough. Keep training your shield and mace as well.

Suddenly, I remembered Old Man Zes’ words.

“Old Man Zes, even if I can’t use magic, I think I can fight with my mace and shield.”

“I, the great Hero Dust, will defeat Kugutsu!!”

Dust charged towards the castle, full of energy like never before.

While we were out of breath, he slipped into the castle with plenty of energy to spare.

Dust’s cowardly movements really made me want to hit him over the head with my mace.

But for now, the priority is to rescue Claire.

If Dust can defeat Kugutsu, that’s fine.

I’ll rescue Claire!

“Let’s go quickly, nyaa!”

“Let’s go.”

Alicia and Estelle stood next to me.

“Ah, yeah. That’s right, let’s go.”

We entered the castle.

I ran into the castle, right after using three Exfire shots.

Due to the lack of MP, I was starting to feel exhausted.

[Kugutsu’s POV]

I headed towards Claire.

“Kukukku, how effective is the slave crest now?”

“K-kill me!”

The sight of Claire wearing bikini armor and being chained together is indescribably beautiful.

The contrast between her brown skin and white bikini armor stands out and it excites me.

When I looked at the slave crest, it was half finished.

“Hmm, about half a day left, I’d say. But, hah…hah… I can’t wait any longer.”

“St-stop!!”

Clang! Clang!

Ah, yes~ This is it! This expression when I laid my hands on her bikini armor!

Her knightly face changed to that of a woman.

Give me more!

I want you to show me more of your terrified face!!

Booooommm!

“Huh?”

At that moment, Claire’s expression softened.

“Claire, what do you know? What are you thinking? What made you suddenly feel relieved?!!”

A soldier burst into my room.

“Report! The enemy has infiltrated the castle!”

“What was that sound earlier?”

“It seems there is an enemy using Exfire! The castle gate was destroyed in an instant!”

“They destroyed the door that I strengthened with crest magic?!”

“Yes! It was destroyed with one shot. Furthermore, the Hero Dust has infiltrated the castle and is running rampant!”

“Was it the work of the Hero?”

“No, it seems like the person who used Exfire is a different person.”

“Who was it?”

“W-we don’t know.”

What? What’s going on?

I’ve gathered information on this country.

Claire, the dual-wielding female swordsman.

The Hero Dust.

Zes, who retired to the south.

I’ve accounted for all potential threats in my mind.

Even after I arrived in this country, I continued to send out scouts to gather information.

Until now, I thought the only important information in this country was Claire’s beauty.

Was there someone who had been quietly amassing power without ambition all this time? No, that’s unlikely. It’s hard to imagine.

Or perhaps there was a monster lurking in the hard-to-reach southern regions, beyond even Zes? That’s unlikely, too.

But it’s here.

There are certainly formidable individuals here.

I must defeat him.

I’ll have fun with Claire after I finish.

I headed towards the enemy.

As I walked down the hallway, a man approached me.

“Ha ha ha, with that skinny appearance and your robe, and those creepy eyes darting around, you must be Kugutsu, right?”

“And you… Are you the Hero Dust? You’re the one who used Exfire?”

“Huh? What nonsense are you spouting? Well, it doesn’t matter. I’ll take your head. Don’t move from there!”

We each only listened to what we wanted to hear and didn’t answer each other’s questions.

Dialogue was meaningless, and we naturally assumed a defensive stance against each other.

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T/N: Dem… Very pein to translate, and I think chapter 40 will be even longer…