I Was Sent to an All-Female Frontline Unit to Get Rid of Some of the Trouble, but the Most Beautiful Girls Who Are Rumored to Hate Men Love Me So Much That I Have a Hard Time at Night - Chapter 37: Counterattack (2)

Chapter 37: Counterattack (2)

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When we reached a place beyond the forest where we could see the frontline,

there was an unbelievable number.

According to reports, three thousand soldiers of the Granzenia Kingdom army were advancing toward us.

I thought I knew that three thousand was a lot, but seeing that many enemy soldiers in person gave a completely different feeling of power.

“Enemy troops spotted! We could do a surprise attack like before, but I want to show Finn-kun that we can fight head-on, so let’s go like this!”

“Okay!”

“Understood!”

“I want to show Tera-kun a good fight…!”

To fight head-on when it’s three thousand against fifty.

Normally, that would be crazy, and no one could stay sane doing that.

But for some reason,

when I thought about being with everyone, I didn’t feel any fear.

Just as Elena said, we came right up to the three thousand soldiers of the Granzenia Kingdom army.

We faced each other.

Though there was some distance, so even if they used long-range magic, we had time to set up protective magic.

Because we came forward, the brown-haired man leading the three thousand soldiers must have noticed us.

He opened his eyes wide a little, then stopped the soldiers behind him with a hand and said,

“They’ve come! The frontline women of the Luvankrum Empire’s military!”

After saying that, the man glanced at me for a moment.

For some reason, he smiled as if he found it interesting.

But he quickly looked away and continued speaking.

“I am in charge of the frontline of the Granzenia Kingdom army, and today I will take the title of the strongest from you!! My name is──”

“I’m not interested in any man’s name except Finn-kun~”

“What…!?”

“And why do you act so proud when you keep losing?”

“…!”

At Norn’s words, the man bit his lips angrily.

But after a moment, he smiled again.

“Sure, I admit I have taken a lot of damage from you so far! I am generous, after all!”

Hearing that, everyone started whispering softly.

“Sigh…”

“Men other than Teraward-kun are really all like that…”

“A bunch of useless pride.”

“And besides, ‘generous’ is the wrong word here.”

“It’s a miracle those guys can even speak properly.”

I couldn’t hear clearly what they were saying, but it didn’t sound kind.

Since it was quiet, the brown-haired man didn’t seem to hear it.

He didn’t pay attention to us and spoke loudly again.

“Recently, we sent small groups to check, but that game is over! Today, we will smash you and break through this frontline!! You guys!! I could overwhelm you with numbers, but I confirmed ‘that guy’ is here! So instead of just numbers, it’s better to follow the plan! Move!!”

At his signal, the three thousand soldiers behind him began moving closer to us.

Elena then spoke to everyone.

“Everyone! I will definitely protect Finn-kun, so don’t worry about us and fight with all your strength! I’ll leave orders to Sephia-chan!”

“Understood. Everyone, follow me.”

“Yes! Sephia-senpai!”

“I want to show Teraward-kun a good fight…!”

“I will defeat everyone who made Teraward-kun worried…”

Everyone followed Sephia toward the advancing Granzenia soldiers.

Meanwhile, Norn unbuttoned her military uniform and said,

“Finn-kun, I’ll do my best today too.”

“Y-yes! I’m cheering for you!”

“Just hearing that makes me want to try harder than usual… Since there are so many this time, maybe I’ll get a little more serious.”

She then started moving after everyone.

Soon, the clash between everyone and the Granzenia soldiers began.

Everyone immediately started fighting the unbelievable three thousand enemies before them.

“Ice Bind!”

Almost at the same time, everyone cast that magic, freezing the feet of the enemy soldiers in front of them.

“What is this…!?”

“Can’t move!!”

“Use fire magic to melt it!!”

The enemy shouted that, but—

“Sorry, but I won’t give you time for that.”

As they began melting the ice with fire magic, Sephia drew her sword.

“Chevalier-style swordsmanship… Wave Blade Hajin.”

She quickly drew her sword and sent a slash of magical energy that spread widely, cutting down many enemy soldiers at once.

At this close distance, I couldn’t hear exactly what she said, but that was definitely Wave Blade Hajin!

The first time I saw it, I didn’t understand, but now that Sephia taught me, I do.

I was happy about that—but still, there were so many enemies.

“Now!”

“Stab from the side!”

Though we defeated the ones in front, many more soldiers were behind them.

Those behind tried to circle around from the side to attack us.

But everyone, without needing to say anything,

“Ice Wall!”

They created ice walls on the left and right to block the attack.

“What!?”

“Ugh!”

“This magic is too strong to break!”

“Impossible…!”

Watching that battle, I whispered honestly,

“…Amazing.”

Hearing that, Elena said,

“Before, the enemies were too few to show you properly, but that absolute strength and perfect teamwork of each one is everyone’s real power.”

“Teamwork…”

…I also thought,

“I want to fight with everyone like that someday.”

“Of course! If it’s you, Finn-kun, I’m sure you’ll quickly match everyone perfectly in battle.”

“Really!?”

“Yes!”

Elena said that with a bright smile.

Just imagining fighting together with everyone like that made me very happy.

“It looks like everyone can handle it, but I’ll get a little closer to help──”

“Not if I have anything to say about it!”

Just as Elena started to speak,

we heard a loud voice.

The brown-haired man who led the enemy army and about a hundred soldiers came right in front of us.

“Heh heh… So you were really together! Just as I thought! Hahaha!”

The man laughed like something was funny.

Elena didn’t seem bothered.

She stepped forward before me and said coldly,

“Bringing three thousand soldiers, but the commander goes in front of his troops? That’s really thoughtless, isn’t it?”

“I’m not wrong in judgment. This is the plan. Use the three thousand to hold everyone except you two, then my men and I will attack the two of you alone!”

“Attack? You think you can beat me with this many?”

“Sure, Elena Endyheart can easily defeat this number usually, but this time she’s protecting that kid there—how much can she fight us then?”

Still, the man said with big gestures,

“This plan will cost us some losses too, but I don’t want my soldiers to die uselessly. So I have a smart proposal──”

Smiling, he pointed his finger at me and said,

“You there, the non-combatant──how about a one-on-one fight between you and me to decide the winner here?”