Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"Mr. Lafayence, killed in action!　Mr. Lafayence, I'm sorry for your loss.

Just after I returned from Vieille's camp, I heard such words.

"A general died in ...... battle?　What the hell is going on?

"Please wait a moment!　We're checking on it right now!"

One of the soldiers spoke rapidly. The front line is in a melee, and it's hard to tell friend from foe from where I am.

Since the situation had changed after I had been away from the camp for a while, I looked around to ask what had happened so far, but everyone's eyes were focused on the camp that Vieille and his men had set up. I looked there and saw that her army was gradually encircling the enemy's left flank and that the formation of Tana's army was about to collapse.

"That guy, he's good. ......"

The words came out of my mouth unintentionally. I thought it would be enough to upset the enemy, but from the looks of it, the enemy's left flank seemed to be being pushed back considerably. At that moment, a narwhal appears out of nowhere. I was too surprised to raise my voice. Seriously, this guy is heartbreaking.

"Your last breath, General! Your friends are here."

"What?"

"Sandanj troops, come in."

He pointed in the direction he wanted to go and saw an army gathering in the northeast. It seemed that Nike's army had finally arrived. Moreover, the position of their position would cut off the retreat route of Tana's army. They are in a good position.

I turned my attention back to the front line to check on the battle situation and Lafayence. Then I saw some soldiers running toward me, carrying a man in their arms.

"General!"

I arrived to find Lafayence's corpse. His eyes were wide open, his sword clutched in his right hand. The light was gone from his eyes, and more importantly, he had several arrows piercing through his body, the deepest of which was lodged in his neck, adding to his pain.

"Shogun!　General~!"

He did not respond at all to my desperate calls. Anger welled up in my heart.

"That son of a b*tc*!"

I walk over to Ilimo and climb onto her back. I immediately try to get her to run, but for some reason she doesn't go.

"Wait for me..."

The next thing I know, Ikkaku has his palm on the tip of Ilimo's nose, preventing her from moving forward. With a voice filled with anger, I give an order to narwhal.

"Get out of the way!　We're taking revenge on the General!　Get out of the way!"

"Flatten."

What?

If you move, you lose.

What the hell are you talking about?

Ignoring my words, narwhal quickly raises his left hand. At the tip of his finger, I could see Tana's army retreating little by little back to its own position. Apparently, they had been ordered to retreat. I heard a voice telling me to retreat.

"Oh, thank God! We can finally catch our breath.

Suddenly a crazy voice rises. Startled, I look in the direction of the voice. There, to my surprise, is Lafayence, his upper body jerked up.

His face is as pale as ever, but his neck is swaying slightly from side to side. The sight of him moving with an arrow in his neck is nothing but eerie.

"Sho...... General!"

I jump down from Ilimo and run to Lafayence. When he sees me, he lets out a grin.

"I thought you were dead. Unfortunately, it looks like he's alive."

"Good ...... but why ....... That ...... arrow in the neck ......."

To my consternation, he puts his hand on my neck and touches the arrow that is stuck in me. Then it fell to the ground. He touches his body, but does not seem to feel any pain. All the arrows that were stuck in his body fell to the ground soon after.

"Maybe it's because of this..."

He slowly reached into his armor and pulled out a small box from his pocket. It was already in a state of disrepair, with scratches here and there.

"General ...... what is this?"

"King Poseidon gave me this box."

"...... that time."

As I recall, Lafayence gave me this box when I visited Poseidon's palace with King Maintia. I wonder if this box had the effect of protecting my life. While I was thinking about such a thing, the old general slowly takes hold of the box in his palm. Then, a silky sand-like substance fell from his hand, leaving nothing in his hand.

He slowly exhaled and turned his head toward me.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little tired. I'll leave the rest to you."

"Okay. I'll take care of it. Message!　Tell the soldiers on the front line. The general is safe.

No, that's not good enough.

I was interrupted by Lafayence, who spoke up.

"Why, General!"

"If we pretend I'm dead, the enemy will be caught off guard. Don't worry about my army. I've given you strict orders not to move from your post even if I'm dead. Behold, the enemy is slowly retreating. They will be fine without me. That's the way of the OWARA!"

He looks at narwhal who is standing behind me and grins. Then he looked at me again and nodded slowly.

"I understand, General. I will do so. First, you need to rest.

As if relieved by my words, the old general smiled and fell flat on his back. Soon after, I heard him snoring loudly.

"...... Well, if he can sleep that well, he should be fine. Someone please carry the general to Knogen's place.

With quick movements, the soldiers put the old general on a stretcher and carry him to the rear of the unit. I sighed and looked at the battle situation on the front line. There, I saw Agartha's army trying to push back Tana's army despite the loss of their commander.

"Hm?　Are the Tana forces starting to pull back?　Alright!　...... but it's too far from here ....... Let's move the main camp to the front line!　Move!"

With a single, unruffled movement, the main line of Rinos moves toward the front line. Seeing this, the morale of Agartha's soldiers rises, and they launch another attack on Thana's army.

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"You say we cannot attack any further!"

Ville, the king of Tana, was furious. He had heard the report that Lafayence, the commander-in-chief of Agartha's army, had been killed in battle, but the men at the front did not advance any further; on the contrary, they were gradually retreating.

Ville did not understand. He had already killed a general who was the key to the enemy's army. One more push and the Agarthan front would collapse. The head of Linos, the king of Agartha, was at hand. He could not understand why his generals did not attack.

"With all due respect, sir, the order to retreat has been given among the soldiers on the front line.

"Why?　I thought I gave you strict orders to listen to nothing but my orders!　And it is Honshu and Lumine that are attacking Agartha!　You mean they're ...... blowing in the wind of cowardice!"

Ville doesn't know. One of the Owara had imitated Honshu's tone of voice and ordered the soldiers to retreat. In the midst of the melee, the soldiers were fighting the Agarthans in front of them without having time to look around. Then, the commander ordered them to retreat. ....... They obeyed the order and started to retreat slowly. On the other hand, the commander, Honshu himself, was furious when he saw his soldiers retreating in spite of his order to attack, and again loudly gave the order to attack. Here came the confusion among the soldiers on Tana's side, and the front line troops were in chaos.

"Your Majesty!　Let's pull back and regroup!"

"What!　The enemy is a widow!　One more step and the head of the King of Agartha is at stake!　Attack!　Attack!

Tabu, a member of the staff, desperately advises Ville, but he glares at him in rage and gives the order to attack. But he tries to persuade his lord with a biting expression.

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that war is not about numbers!　First, military strategy, second, geographical advantage, and third, the morale of the soldiers!　We do not have the geographical advantage, and moreover, the morale of our soldiers is low. Please stand down for the moment!　If we can rebuild our forces, we have a good chance of victory!　How could His Majesty, the God of War, not understand that!"

"I say!　The Sandanji army has begun to move toward us!

"Yes, sir!　The enemy forces that have been deployed on our right flank are now in our rear, ready to move in on the swamp!

Can't you do something to stop them?

"With all due respect, Your Majesty, ......"

"...... all forces to move to the swamp at once. Octa!　No Octa!　Octa!"

I'm afraid, sir, there's no sign of him anywhere!

What?　I told you to stay close to me!

Our first priority now is to rebuild our forces. We can't afford to waste our troops on ........."

"Enough!"

Ville interrupted Tabu as if to spit. He stood up, snapped his baton in half, and gave the order loudly.

"Tabu, all troops!　Rally to the rear and retreat to the swamp while we intercept the enemy!"

He slammed his broken command stick to the ground, then turned and strode over to his beloved horse and straddled its back.

"Octa...... where did you go....... I ordered you to stay with me. ......

Biting his lip, he put the whip in the horse's rump. If only Octa had been here, he could have moved his army of a hundred thousand men to another location and attacked them. ....... He left the main camp with his advisors with a feeling of deep regret that he did not know what to expect.

Meanwhile, in the city of Agartha, the wives of Rinos were in the greatest danger. .......