Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"Get back!　Back up!　Get behind me!"

It was Knogen who was loudly ordering his soldiers. With deft control of the reins, he led an army of about 2,000 men far back from Linos' side. This force was, so to speak, one of Agartha's best bets. Knogen had quickly moved this group to the rear when he sensed an unusual movement on the enemy's part. It was no wonder, then, that a huge cannon-like object appeared right in the middle of the enemy line. The muzzle of the cannon was pointed at the sky, but it was obvious to anyone who saw it that it was clearly aimed at the Agartha army. Knogen saw the strange appearance and intuitively decided that it would be better to evacuate the troops to the rear.

Rinos immediately accepted Knogen's advice to withdraw the troops. He only glanced sideways at the hastily retreating troops without saying a word.

Princess Rufana watched the scene with black and white eyes. She herself did not know what to make of the unexpected move of Knogen. She wanted to go to the front and cut down the soldiers of Thana's army, but she had received strict orders from Linos, the king of Agartha, who was standing next to her, to never leave Knogen's side. He looks at Rinos, but he remains motionless with his eyes fixed on his enemy. She looked puzzled for a while, but then she looked disappointed and moved backward.

At that moment, a booming sound, as if a cannon had been fired, echoed from Tana's army. They looked up to see some kind of shiny object being launched into the sky above them. At that moment, the armor of Linos glowed purple and covered my surroundings.

I realized that my surroundings had gone completely white.

The blast and the intense light deprived me of sight and hearing for a moment, but the sensation gradually returned. Looking closely, I saw the same scene in front of me as before, but the soldiers were all holding their ears. Their ears might have been damaged by the blast. I looked further to the other side of the river, and saw what looked like a black mass forming there. After a while, Thana's army began to return to its original state. It seemed that they were using their shields to protect themselves from the blast.

"I didn't expect them to use bombs. Some of them might have been hit in the ears or eyes. I'll cast a healing spell on them.

I cast a recovery spell on the front line soldiers. But the blue light that appears when I cast a restoration spell disappears right beside me. The soldiers on the front line are still holding their ears and don't seem to be affected by the restorative magic. What the hell is going on?

"...... magic power is ...... unavailable."

Ikkaku, the head of the Owara people, is muttering to himself right beside me. When in the world did he get here?　He scurries around with his arms folded. Then he looks at me and opens his mouth in a disappointed voice.

"I guess it's a Prill stone."

"What?　What do you mean?"

"Magic power is unusable. It may be a magic sucking stone.

"What?"

Warding may be inoperable.

"Hey, a little more detail: ......"

As I was saying that, a "beep" sounded from the Tana forces on the other side of the river. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a black object being shot into the sky again. It fell to us in a beautiful parabolic pattern.

"Whoa!

"Ow!"

Soldiers scream here and there. At the same time, the whole of Agartha's army was in turmoil.

"Is it possible that the ...... warding isn't working?"

I looked at the scene in front of me with a stunned expression on my face.

Meanwhile, Lafayence, on the front line, was raising his voice more than usual to contain the turmoil.

"Silence!　Be still!　Everyone, be still!

The soldiers' eyes fell on Lafayence as he shouted. His brow wrinkled and his bloodshot eyes glaring at the enemy position, he called out to the soldiers around him.

"If my king's wards are not working, then it is time for us to show our skills!　We can now show the results of all our training!　I have taught you how to lose magic, bows and arrows, everything!　Remember!　Remember that painful training!　Meatbags!　It's a meatball fight!　Isn't this exciting!　All of you, take your swords!　Pick up your spear!　Let's do this!　That's why our equipment is so light!　We will take out every last man of Tana's army!"

The soldiers cheer loudly. And they were ready for battle with surprising speed. At the same time, the wounded who had been pierced by arrows were quickly sent to the rear, and the usual Agarthan coordination was restored.

The same was true of the Lamaronian army, whose soldiers were shaken up. At the main camp, General Callies sent out a messenger to calm the troops, but the unrest among the soldiers did not subside as he wished.

The Lamarons knew that they could not use magic, so they quickly moved the sorcerers and mages to the rear, and at the same time, they were trying to move those who had lost their lives or were injured by being pierced by arrows to the rear, which added to the confusion.

General Caries could not hide his impatience. If this continued, Tana's army would undoubtedly rush toward Lamaron. Attacking an embattled army is the usual way of warfare and the most efficient way to win. General Callies, who knew this better than anyone else, was annoyed at the sight of his soldiers in turmoil before him.

At that moment, he saw a knight moving slowly along the river in the front line. He looked closely and saw that it was Almond, one of the commanders. He was standing on the saddle of his horse, holding his left hand over his soldiers as he slowly advanced. The soldiers looked on in amazement, and then they noticed that Almond was smiling at them.

The expression on his face was very peaceful. The groans of the soldiers gradually subsided. And when all their eyes fell on Almond, a loud command was given.

"All troops, regroup!"

In an instant, the lineup of the Lamarong Imperial Army is complete. Almond, seeing this, quickly mounted his horse and returned to his own position.

"Almond is ...... doing a good job!

General Caries sat back in his chair with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Huff, puff, hahahaha, ahahahaha!

Laughing loudly to the heavens was King Ville of the Kingdom of Tana. He laughed out loud for a moment and then turned his glowing eyes in the direction of Agartha's army.

"You have a larger force than I thought! I like it!　With this army, no army can defeat us. I, the god of war, will train them. They will be stronger than ever!　I will send you an addition to my army that will fulfill my ambitions!"

He gazed at Agartha and Lamaron alternately. He draws the sword at his waist and points its tip toward the opposite bank of the Kakona River.

"Charge!　They can't use magic!　Let us show them our power!　Move it!"

Under Ville's command, the vanguard of Tana's army began to cross the Kakona River.

Behind Ville, who was happily watching the battle, Octa, the fox Hayes, nodded with a satisfied expression on his face. Ville could not hide his excitement as he spoke to him.

"Octa, move Geranius and the other sorcerers.

Don't worry. It's already done.

You're as fast as ever.

Ville shifts his gaze in the direction of the Agartha army again, and mutters to no one in particular.

"As long as Geranius and his mages are alive and well, we are not defeated. ....... Linos, King of Agartha, and Khaleesi, the Great Demon Slayer...... their heads will not be on their bodies by the time the sun goes down......."

Hayes bowed his head reverently as he watched Ville's back. Then, gradually moving away from him, he grins and mutters in a small voice.

"Well, that's about as good a preparation for battle as you can get. I'll leave the rest to you, your majesty. Your Majesty, I'm counting on you. Keep the king of Agartha glued to this battlefield as long as you can, won't you?　Ideally, I would be happy if you cut off his head.

He took a staff from his pocket and pointed it at the ground.

"Well, I guess I'll start fighting now," he said.

The ground glowed and enveloped him.

"Goddess Lycorette ......, I'm coming."

With these words, Hayes disappeared from the battlefield.