Fake Saint of the Year: You Wanted the Perfect Saint? Too Bad! Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 11] by kabedondaikou

Author:kabedondaikou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 34: Eight Minutes to Victory

Almost an hour had already passed since the crow and its army launched their offensive.

Thanks to the efforts of the knights and soldiers, they’d yet to enter the city. However, as an increasing amount of forces collapsed with every passing minute, the Bilberrian army was gradually being pushed back and the humans’ stamina waned. They started losing focus and the morale dropped. How could they remain brave when they saw their comrades drop like flies, especially when victory was impossible? The outcome had been obvious before the battle had even started. The forces that had been stationed in the capital were far from enough to drive away the crow’s army.

The best they could do was buy the capital more time...but would there even be a point? They’d sent word to the saint’s castle over an hour ago. By now, the news would’ve reached King Aiz and the saint’s guards. But how long would they need to wait before the reinforcements sent by the king reached them? A Stil’s bird took around one hour to fly from the capital to the saint’s castle. Even if they were to run the entire way, the reinforcements would need time to arrive. They couldn’t possibly be faster than a bird.

Even if their comrades miraculously made it in an hour, would they be able to hold out until then? The first sixty minutes had been hell. How were they supposed to do it all over again? It was impossible; they’d done everything they could. They’d die in vain if they stayed here.

The logical choice seemed obvious here: they ought to flee so they could survive and team up with the reinforcements.

And yet, they didn’t budge.

The crow was growing increasingly flustered. “Why...?”

Their advantage was overwhelming! It couldn’t think of a single way in which the human army was superior to theirs. The monsters ruled over the battlefield. They were pushing them back, slaughtering them unilaterally. So why weren’t they running away?!

The victor had been decided before the battle even started. Humans were foolish, sure, but they weren’t that stupid. They had to have understood this too.

While the crow had led its army here with the goal of annihilating every single knight and soldier in the city, its plan involved going after the runaway soldiers after they inevitably broke formation. Considering the difference in strength between the two armies, that was the logical course of action. The humans should have fled. It didn’t make sense from a strategic standpoint. It was obviously better for the Bilberrian army to regroup with the reinforcements first before trying to retake the city.

Even without taking military strategy into consideration, their survival instincts should’ve pushed them to flee. So why weren’t they?!

“Are humans truly that stupid?” the archmonster wondered out loud.

It couldn’t understand their reasoning, and that was making it restless.

The crow had two goals: One, to annihilate the Bilberrian army. Two, to invade the capital before Ellize could arrive. It needed the helpless citizens to become Ellize’s shackles.

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