Rok's charge was incredible.

It looked like he'd crash any second, but just then, the fence in the direction Rok was running tilted. Rok ran up the slanted wooden pillar and jumped to open the path.

Uooooooooh!!

The orcs of the Legion of Wrath, shortened to Ras Legion, gripped their clubs and followed their master. When conquering Gremory's dungeon too, at the vanguard, in the middle of the enemy—the master was there.

Bang, bang bang!

Rok's figure cheerfully swinging his bat on the tower shield became an example for the orcs. Though his combat style could be debated, at least standing in front of everyone swinging his weapon set an example for his subordinates.

"Crush their heads---!!"

As soon as Arthur's order fell, the ten orcs following him charged at the guards. The guards gripped their spears tightly, and the civilians behind them started screaming and fleeing.

"Damn it, kill them! Hold the line!"

"Run quickly!"

Though the guards defended their line, they couldn't save the people in front of the orcs' advance. Those who hadn't gone inside thinking nothing major would happen were immediately exposed to the orcs' charge.

"Kyaaaah!! Ahhh...huh?"

"Uoooooh!"

The civilians screaming and fleeing were dumbfounded as orcs brushed past them. It was extremely unusual for the Demon King's army, which killed any human on sight, to avoid prey collapsed on the ground and go fight soldiers instead.

"Wha, what!"

"Raise shields, dammit!"

Accordingly, the guards were the ones whose feet were held to the fire. The orcs avoided civilians, and when that wouldn't work, they pushed them aside as they charged at soldiers with swords and spears.

WHAM!

An orc's wooden club struck a guard's shield. The guard felt dizzy, but fortunately the opponent wasn't that strong.

"These bastards are all weaklings! We can wi—"

WHAM!

The soldier struck in the temple with a wooden club couldn't finish his words. Arthur immediately pulled out the sharply honed sword from the soldier.

"Brothers!"

Arthur shouted the order received from Rok.

"Acquire your own weapons!!"

Arthur swung his sword at a soldier charging from the front. The swordsmanship of a prestigious noble house passed down from Eila unfolded in an orc's hands. The soldier lost focus at the graceful and splendid swordsmanship, and lost his life too.

Clang.

Arthur snatched a wooden round shield from the soldier. If he hadn't raised the shield, an arrow shot from the watchtower probably would've pierced Arthur's neck.

Thwack thwack thwack!

Arrows stuck into the shield Arthur raised. Thanks to that, the subordinate Arthur pulled down below him could save his life.

"Take their shields! Hit the back of their knees with clubs! Then hit their heads! Try not to damage equipment!"

Rok had said. The ultimate goal of raiding Zabiyaba was securing supplies. The reckless operation of procuring food for provisions and equipment for armament locally was working through surprise attack.

Boom, boom boom boom!

A dull sound echoed through the air from far away. Arthur and his subordinates felt an exhilaration like their whole bodies' blood was boiling. The orcs' eyes began glowing red, and their whole bodies started heating up.

"Raaaaaaas!"

"Raaaaaaas!!"

Following Arthur's call, the subordinate orcs shouted along. At the orcs' war cries filled with madness, the guards unconsciously stepped back.

"Damn it, these crazy monsters!"

"They're weak one-on-one! Watch out for strong ones! Don't let them take your swords and shields!"

Just as the orcs had squad leaders, the guards had officers too. With the guard captain currently turned into a drum by Rok, it was important for officers to lead the guards.

"Hold out until people escape! Hold out until the ones at the main gate arrive!"

"Uooooh!!"

Arthur charged at an officer. When he raised his sword high and struck down, the officer tried to block by raising his shield. Even if it was an orc, an officer's strength and shield could deflect the attack.

Slash!

And the moment he realized that thought was wrong was already after his arm was cut off along with the shield.

"A, aaaagh!!"

Clang—!

Arthur slashed his sword horizontally. The officer's head flew skyward, and Arthur received the spurting blood fountain with his body.

"Grrrr...!"

Arthur's eyes reddened further. Around him were only guards frozen with fear and civilians who'd fallen in shock.

Instinct told him to kill them all right now, but though Arthur was excited, he hadn't lost his reason.

Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!

That drumming. The drumming that made hearts pound heated his body but kept his reason cold. It felt like Father, Legion Commander Rok was roaring across the entire battlefield.

"Everyone—!!"

At Arthur's shout, the orcs about to rush out stopped in place. They too were on the verge of going berserk, intoxicated by exhilaration.

"Don't touch civilians!! What we must catch are enemies with weapons--!!"

Arthur shouted at the top of his lungs. That voice rang out not just from Arthur but from his other officer-class siblings too.

"Kill everyone holding weapons---!!"

"Uaaaah!!"

At Arthur's shout, the terrified guard screamed and raised his shield. As Arthur kicked aside the hand holding the shield and raised his sword high to behead him, the guard shouted from survival instinct.

"Surrender--!!"

Though he knew it wouldn't work against the Demon King's army, against monsters, he couldn't help it. The guard didn't want to die and naturally wanted to live.

"...?"

His opponent didn't kill him with the sword. As the guard slightly raised his head in confusion.

WHAM--!

Arthur struck the guard's neck with the sword handle. The guard lost consciousness and collapsed forward. And such situations weren't only happening where Arthur was.

Boom, boom boom boom!!

Whenever sounds of beating something echoed throughout the entire city, people were gripped with terror. Especially the guards.

And from the city's central square, a thunder-like sound rang out.

"Drop your weapons and surrender----!! Then we'll at least spare your lives----!!"

A surrender recommendation that would never be thought to come from a monster's mouth. The guard captain was already beaten to pulp, and at the square's fountain, a robed orc covered in blood was holding the guard captain with one hand while shouting.

"Those who resist will all die!"

Rok's wrath-filled shout spread throughout all of Zabiyaba.

***

I turned the guard captain into pulp and used him as a drum to echo throughout Zabiyaba. The red light flowing from my tattoo spread across the entire battlefield along with sound, and my subordinate orcs pushed back the guards with even stronger force than before.

'Is it an aura?'

I thought it only buffed me, but to give area buffs like this. I felt like I should immediately mount a beast like a crocodile, but unfortunately we had no such existence in our dungeon.

Crack!

The bat I'd been beating on the kite shield broke. Since I'd been playing fast rhythm on an iron plate, it was quite impressive it only broke now. I kicked the kite shield away and checked the guard captain's condition.

"Well well. Knight background? You're alive?"

Despite being bruised all over, the guard captain was alive. Curled up and stuck tight to the ground, it seemed the ground actually acted as cushioning. There didn't seem to be major damage, but his condition wasn't good. I grabbed his collar and hoisted him up.

"You're the captain, right? Heh, perfect."

I scanned the surroundings looking for somewhere everyone could see. In the wide square, a fountain was peacefully spouting water, and I ran in one stride and stepped onto the fountain.

"Kuk, let go!"

"Where do you get off giving orders after getting wrecked?"

I poked the guard captain's solar plexus with the club that hadn't broken yet. The guard captain coughed up blood and gagged. I didn't really plan to spare him, but having apparently seen some action somewhere, he didn't die easily.

"Hey. Shout that you surrender. Then I'll spare you."

"Bullshit!"

"Don't believe me? Think I'm deceiving you or something? What do I gain by deceiving you? Try announcing it?"

I pointed around with the bat. From Arthur's squad to Lancelot's squad, seven squads total were fighting against guards. Officers handled guards 1-on-1, while the rest handled guards in pairs or trios, swinging clubs.

"If I'd wanted, everyone sprawled in this square could've been trampled to death. Right?"

I pointed in all directions to the guard captain. People who'd been in the square when we raided the fence, either not having evacuated or having fled and collapsed in place. If the officers hadn't avoided them to raid guards first, this place would be littered with corpses.

"Ah shit, he doesn't believe me. Can't be helped. Hey-----!!"

I took a deep breath and shouted.

"Drop your weapons and surrender----!! Then we'll at least spare your lives----!! We'll kill all who resist!!"

But no one believed an orc's words, a monster's words. Even the guard captain, currently beaten to pulp, shouted louder than me despite having his throat grabbed.

"Everyone--!! Flee from this filthy monster!! I'm sorry I couldn't protect you!!!"

"Those who flee will die!"

"Shut up, you pig bastard! If you stay quiet I won't kill— khuk!"

I hoisted up the guard captain.

"Pig?!"

One hand grabbed his throat, the other grabbed around his thigh. And then.

"I'm just fat!"

Crack!

I dropped the guard captain while raising my knee. The guard captain's back bent severely, and he foamed at the mouth as he fell below the fountain.

Splash!

In the clear blue fountain, dark red blood began spreading. When the guard captain died limply from the beating, the residents were frightened by the deeply settled fear of death.

"I'll say it again, all who resist will die!"

I raised the half-broken wooden bat. Was there something with impact? I looked around and saw a flag fluttering in one corner of the square.

The building where a flag with a maiden picture, symbol of the Barony of Virgo, fluttered. Definitely Zabiyaba's government office. I held the bat horizontally and threw it at the flagpole.

CRACK!

The bat hit the flagpole precisely. Simultaneously the flagpole broke with a crack, and the barony's flag was driven into the ground. Beyond curtained wooden windows or glass windows, I could clearly see residents' faces fallen to fear.

'Since they can't escape, they're trying to hold out inside their houses.'

That was problematic in many ways. While I grabbed the guard captain and threatened, Lune and Eila ran to me and reported.

"I sniped everyone in the watchtowers."

"No one escaped through the breached fence."

"Yeah? Good."

I glanced around. People were properly thrown into confusion at the sight of an elf and human as subordinates of orcs talking.

"Lune. Can you tell what the situation is throughout the city?"

"...Some are fleeing through side gates, and some jumped in the river and are going upstream. Everyone's fleeing, so what should we do?"

People attempted escape everywhere except the fence we'd destroyed. Near where we raided was the government office, so there seemed to be plenty of information to check, but people had frantically started fleeing.

"Leave them. Our original target isn't people."

"Right? Hehe."

"...Then Master, what will you do about those who are essentially prisoners?"

Eila pointed at humans prostrated flat on the ground. Since they were citizens of the same kingdom, she seemed concerned in various ways, and I too found it troublesome to fill this city with corpses.

"Ugh."

Since residents were so scared, even if I shouted to run away, they probably wouldn't.

"Are there basically no guards left now?"

"Right. Almost all fled. Some seem to have dropped their swords and shields and hidden in alleys."

"Leave those guys. ...We've essentially easily occupied it."

One hundred orcs versus one hundred guards.

Naturally, our Ras Legion's victory. The slime dragons joined the soldiers at the main gate to ravage the guards.

"Heh. Easy victory."

As easy as the victory was, future victories would be more arduous. And this city would become a foothold for that victory.

"Everyone listen well--!! From now on, everyone moves to operation phase 2!!!"

"Ras---!!"

The answer was Ras, but what's important now isn't Ras. So the humans holed up in houses could hear too, I shouted high toward the sky.

"Don't kill the humans in houses, drag them all out!!!"

Sorry to the residents who lived here, but you'll have to be forcibly evicted.

"This village is mine now."

I can do whatever I want with it.

Therefore, I decided to immediately change the hard-to-pronounce name.

"From today, this is Ras Vegas."

I obtained a bad town.

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