Became the Queen of the Legion

“It’s a great military achievement. They say no one has survived their attacks until now!”

“It was possible thanks to it not being their full force.”

“Even so, what’s the problem! With the mayor and the defense captain all fled, if it weren’t for you, we would have fallen!”

The moment my soldiers retreated, Kruger and the residents who had achieved victory all cheered and gasped in amazement.

They rejoiced at having survived and trembled as they realized what a great achievement they had accomplished.

In fact, there hasn’t been a single instance where my legion has attempted an attack and failed.

This is because I’ve always fought battles I could win somehow, either by using superior intelligence through avatars infiltrated inside and scout troops freely flying in the sky to deploy larger numbers, or by creating new types of soldiers to counter them.

Of course, although it was a reckless fight, my soldiers could have won if things had gone slightly differently.

It’s true that Kruger’s leadership, displayed in the moment of crisis, played a big role in blocking that.

“But… it’s impossible to go somewhere for help like this. To be honest, I wonder if it’s even possible to keep defending this place. The walls are already damaged, and the turrets need repairs due to overload. If they swarm in again, we won’t be able to hold out then.”

“That’s right. I think we should slowly retreat with the survivors while we’ve bought time.”

Kruger didn’t deny the words of another Orc mercenary.

Unfortunately, their power and miracle ends here. Compared to my soldiers designed and living solely for combat, their combat endurance was very low.

“It’ll depend on the situation elsewhere.”

Kruger muttered blankly beside me while preparing to retreat.

If other places succeeded in holding out like this place, there might be a chance for a counterattack.

However, his thoughts and reality were different. This was the only place that managed to hold out. I had no intention of sparing others from the start.

I didn’t show mercy to other places, nor did I properly distribute and deploy troops.

“Capture the lord’s castle.”

Especially the Lamia Baron Rosalyn’s lord’s castle that my main force is now raiding is the same.

The life-and-death struggle between the opposing player’s forces and my soldiers taking place there was incomparable to the battle that occurred here.

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“Aim the turrets at those swarming from behind. And focus on shooting down the bombs they’re dropping!”

The main force of the Lamia territory gathered at the lord’s castle fought fiercely with the swarming enemies. Both ground and sky were battlefields.

They bombarded the enemies covering the ground, and archers and mages continuously fired arrows to shoot down the flying combat troops and biological bombs covering the sky.

“Wh-where is the end to this?!”

Rosalyn, the lord, constantly writhed her tail instead of pacing back and forth anxiously, unable to do so.

Although they were holding out well, killing numerous enemies every second, the legion troops covering all visible land showed no signs of decreasing.

At this rate, it seemed they would collapse. It felt like she would lose everything she had.

Just like the Orc Baron’s territory that had fallen miserably not long ago.

‘Foolish woman. If we had more time, we who serve Him would have become the masters of this territory.’

Manuel, the general of the Lamia army looking at Rosalyn, inwardly sighed.

Rosalyn was not a talented lord capable of developing or expanding the territory, but merely inherited it from the previous generation.

Even Manuel himself once was loyal to her, but not anymore. It was because of the divine revelation that came to him at some point.

‘This land ruled by Him could have surely prospered and flourished more!’

The god who gifted him with revelations and various powers had turned Manuel’s forces, once mere local gentry, into the strongest in the area. Massive resources appeared, and through that authority, they could obtain special warriors.

It was to the extent that Rosalyn, the lord, kept an eye on them and called on them first when a crisis came.

But time was short. Although it was his and his god’s plan to grow their power further, devour the entire territory, and aim for more, the monster legion invading from the north attacked the territory first.

These monsters, having already cut down one demon race territory and swarmed in, were creatures that only repeated destruction and slaughter. Regardless of territory or whatever, everyone had to unite and do their utmost just to survive.

“Fire! Show those uncivilized monster bastards His grace!”

As numerous legion troops crawled up to where he was, Manuel ordered the soldiers under his command.

They were somewhat special Lamias.

When those with black scales and dark copper skin all fired arrows at once, several streaks of crackling lightning burst forth along with the arrows.

The lightning instantly electrocuted and felled numerous legion troops. Rosalyn’s eyes widened in surprise at the sight.

“Who on earth are they? I’ve never heard of such a tribe…”

“They are those born from the revelation of the Great One. More importantly, it’s not over yet.”

Manuel sneered at the surprised Rosalyn and pointed to the front.

Instead of the Doom Devils, which were the smallest and weakest but most numerous, alpha types with dark red magic barriers appeared in large numbers and attacked them.

The magic barriers of the alpha types were not easily penetrated. And following them, numerous enemies that hardly seemed to decrease continued to swarm in.

“Th-These bastards…”

Manuel was shocked to see the additional forces of the legion appearing again in the distance.

Clearly, they were fighting beyond their capacity, but there were already dozens of nests created by the legion inside their territory.

As long as they didn’t reduce the nests that were producing nutrients in real-time by destroying everything on the ground and creating soldiers with it, it was impossible to win a war of attrition against the legion, even with the power received from the player.

“Is this even possible? What on earth are those things?! This is cheating!”

[There is no problem with the system]

It’s not just those fighting on the scene who are shocked at seeing the legion troops whose strength they’ve directly confronted.

Even from the perspective of those commanding them, the endlessly swarming legion troops were monsters beyond common sense.

Of course, to those who knew nothing like Rosalyn, they too seemed the same, but even taking that into account, the strength and expansiveness of the legion troops were off the charts.

‘Can such creatures exist? Are they, of the same kind as me?!’

The player of the Lamia forces, realizing that even squeezing out all their power was insufficient, gritted their teeth.

「Who the hell are you. Answer me」

They hastily attempted to contact the opponent. The system had already acknowledged that the monster legion was an entity touched by a player’s hand.

「Hey, you son of a bitch!」

But there was no answer from the opponent. Not knowing that the other side could see but couldn’t respond, they had to find a way to survive while swallowing their anger.

Defeat means death. It was the same in reality, and the game was no different.

‘I’ll retreat everyone. I can’t die like this.’

「I’m not sure exactly, but the unidentified monsters that appeared in the north are certainly related to a player. We need to kill that bastard first」

In the end, they had to make desperate efforts to survive.

They decided to evacuate all forces, including those fighting and those in their stronghold, and flee.

And they sent chats to all the ‘other players’ they knew. Although they could all be considered potential competitors, they were in a state of not immediately clashing for practical reasons.

They proposed a joint front to these individuals to stop the monsters pouring in from the north.

[The power of each force is still insufficient to form an allied front]

“Shut up, this is the only way to face those monster bastards now.”

Although there weren’t many players who had already taken the position of lords while still growing their power, there was no choice.

If they left those monsters alone like this, they would devour everything in this land, whether natives or players.

“Wh-what are you doing! Manuel! Come back!”

“There’s no choice! This is an order from the august God!”

And simultaneously, Rosalyn’s lord’s castle fell into chaos.

In the midst of the fierce battle, when Manuel, following the player’s orders, deserted with his troops without looking back, the frontline that had been barely holding out collapsed in an instant and began to be swept away.

“Ugh…”

Rosalyn, who couldn’t escape in time from the enemies pouring in like water as the castle fell, slumped her body in despair in front of countless legion troops surrounding her.

Before her, Seira, who had brought the head of the last Lamia knight who died resisting to the end, approached with her red eyes flashing beneath her mask.