Overlord, Vol. 16: The Half-Elf Demigod Part II by Kugane Maruyama and so-bin

Author:Kugane Maruyama and so-bin [Maruyama, Kugane and so-bin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2023-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

Why are they fighting like this? Does the Theocracy have no concern for losses?

A week after they’d left the dark elf village, Ainz was observing the Theocracy assault on the elf capital and musing to himself.

They’d made wall-like structures from wood and were pushing those ahead of them as they advanced. He knew this was an attempt to shield themselves from the elf archers’ uncanny accuracy, but it felt extremely inefficient.

And they didn’t even have anything overhead so were unable to block skilled shots that arced over their mobile cover. There weren’t all that many of these, so perhaps the losses were acceptable, but still—

“The Theocracy has a lot of faith casters. Why aren’t they just flinging out AOE spells? As it is, the elves have the terrain advantage. To counter that, they could just summon angels or the like and have them attack from above. Or smarter still, simply burn them out of their homes. There’s no shortage of wood to make siege engines from. They could easily set the place ablaze from a distance.”

Trees that size might not burn that easily, but the smaller branches and leaves certainly would. The smoke from that would harm the elves and impair the aim of their archers. The Theocracy’s failure to do so struck Ainz as downright unnatural.

Why not send in their champions? If they had high-level units like Fluder or Gazef, they could cast larger spells, attack in force, help the troops break through. I see no reason to hold them in reserve.

“Hmm, it makes no sense to me. Have either of you spotted anything in their movements? Any insights to offer?”

The twins were watching the same thing he was. After a pause, Mare answered.

“Er, um…maybe they just aren’t thinking?”

“Please, that can’t be true. An army this size has any number of commanders and strategists. I find it hard to believe none of them has a plan. There must be a specific reason for this.”

But Ainz literally couldn’t think of one. It was certainly possible that an idiot had been placed in charge for political reasons and was ignoring the advice of his strategists, but given the sensible measures they’d taken on the advance to this location—felling the trees, etc.—it didn’t feel like the right answer.

“Hmm, they’re attacking from other directions, too, but the methods they’re using don’t seem much different.”

They had the elf capital half surrounded and a number of units stationed on the far shore of the lake behind the city.

“They don’t seem to be placing any POWs on the front lines… Are the soldiers leading the advance disposable? Does the Theocracy have a slave caste?”

“No, they’ve been known to sell elves as slaves, but I haven’t heard anything about human warrior slaves. We’ve got a solid grasp on their political structures, but…it’s not like we know everything. Still…I doubt that’s it.”

“C-could those soldiers have been s-summoned?”

“Those hit by arrows are still lying there, so probably not.”

Other soldiers were dragging the fallen to the rear—to the Theocracy base camp.

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