I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

24 – Cold-Blooded Irene

After arriving at Baltabar Manor,

The Northern Army, led by Irene, installed a wooden fence on the desert border and built a watchtower to strengthen the surrounding security.

I was thoroughly prepared for the demon king’s army by periodically sending out scouts.

By the way,

After a day

After two days

Even after a few days…

The demon army showed no signs of appearing, and Irene didn’t say anything,

I knew that discontent was brewing among the soldiers.

It must be difficult for soldiers who lived in the cold regions of the north to endure in such a hot place.

I knew very well that every day was difficult because I was away from the cold and hot and left home and came to a foreign country.

“Yesterday, there was one case of assault within the garrison and one case of looting in the surrounding area.

“….. Punish according to military law.”

At the morning of the meeting, incidents and accidents of the previous day were being reported.

Listening to this, Irene’s heart was getting more and more uncomfortable.

“Yes? Ha… But…”

“…..”

The article I was reporting was resolved well, so I told Irene to ask for leniency, but

She didn’t show any signs of caring about the incident that happened in the Northern Army, which was like her own face.

I also felt uncomfortable…

It was to the point where I regretted that I had acted recklessly without considering the information I received from Kir.

“And… There are drinking water shortages here and there…”

“…..?”

I am very weak at the word drinking water, but Irene’s expression slightly changed…

“Originally, the villagers here also suffered from water shortages during this time, but it seems that the phenomenon has become more severe as our troops are stationed there.”

“What are the countermeasures?”

“For now, we are sending wagons to the neighboring provinces to add to the supply, but the amount of wagons is so insufficient that it is not enough to solve it.”

I think this happened because this area is originally a desert area and the rainfall is less than other areas, so it doesn’t rain very often.

After the report of her article, Irene, who had no specific countermeasures, was immersed in deep thought.

Then…

Lucia quietly raised her hand and…

“I will solve that problem.”

“Yes?”

“I think I can solve it.”

“But… No matter how much you are an Elementalist, making water for this many people to drink is…”

The two people, who still thought Lucia was just a simple elementalist, thought her words were reckless.

But…

“[Elaim]”

After Lucia learned the identity of the spirit she summoned, the way she looked at her changed…

Her woman appeared in her watery dress and stood next to her, Lucia, and Lucia looked at her and smiled at her.

[Isn’t there a fight or a fire today?]

“Yes. No. Instead…”

[As expected.. What happened this time?]

“Because there is not enough water in the garrison here. Can I get you some water?”

[Well, that’s not difficult.]

A spirit that communicates with the Spirit…

While Irene’s subordinates, who did not know much about the Spirit King, were only looking at her with curious eyes,

Irene, who was aware of the existence of the Spirit King, could not hide her embarrassment when she saw Elaim.

[Oops… Nearby wells are almost dry…]

Elaim closed her eyes and she concentrated on something as she talked about the situation around the well.

[At this time, you just need to slightly turn the underground water flow…… Now that’s it.]

Listening to Elaim’s words, Irene gave a notice to her subordinate who was next to her to check and come back.

After he left, Elaim came over to Lucia and stroked her hair.

[Well… Until confirmation… By the way, Lucia, where is this place? Seeing that it’s quite hot, it seems like you’ve come down more south than last time?]

“This is the Baltabar Manor of the Fjord Empire. It’s a little hot because it’s a desert right below.”

[Really? Then, can you make it rain?]

After hearing Elaim’s words, Lucia looked at Irene and me and seemed to ask her for an answer…

“Commander!!”

Irene’s subordinate, who went outside to check the well, came inside in a hurry and reported the situation outside to Irene.

“Every well is said to be overflowing with water! It must have been dry in the morning…”

Irene, who confirmed Elaim’s strength in a moment, got up from her seat and approached Lucia.

“Sorry. I didn’t know that you were a spirit lord who summoned the spirit king.”

“Ah… No. It’s my fault for not telling you…”

Irene wondered if what she said might have sounded disrespectful to Lucia, so she immediately apologized,

Lucia, who didn’t think so at all, rather apologized herself.

[Hey… I’m sorry to put you in front of a nice sight…]

“???”

[I guess there are so many monsters around here?]

“Yes?”

[No, monsters are pouring in from the desert? If the number is too high, you can feel the vibration even here.]

“!!!!!”

At Elim’s words, Irene and I hurriedly left the barracks.

Across the fence, the desert was full of desolate sand dunes, but there were no monsters to be seen.

[Here I am. Excuse me.]

When it came out, Elaim pointed with his hand at the sand wind blowing from the desert.

After a while… I saw what appeared to be a group of black people running towards the place, raising a wind of dust.

“It’s… It’s… It’s the Demon King… It’s the Demon King!!! Everyone emergency!!!! Emergency!!!!”

Irene’s men headed to the place where other units were gathered to inform them of this fact,

Irene, who only believed in the scouts she sent, was also surprised when she saw the scene. She could see that her pupils were shaking slightly.

“This way…”

Irene, who came to her senses, guided us to the barrier made between the manor and the desert.

There, all the soldiers stationed here gathered and were in full swing preparing to greet the approaching demon army.

“Hero and Lucia, rest. I think I can do it alone.”

As soon as the number of her Demon Lord army was grasped to some extent, Irene confidently took a step forward and gathered her mana.

Beside her, chunks of ice that appeared all of a sudden were slowly growing in size and preparing to attack.

“[Bingtan]”

Pababababat

The ice formed like round beads near Irene bounced off the demon army and flew away.

It hit the Orc soldiers at the head of the Demon King’s army, and the Orcs who couldn’t avoid it were sitting down.

However,

The orcs, clad in thick muscles or tough leather armor, got up and started running again even after being hit by the ice beads, and were unable to inflict a greater blow than she expected.

Irene, who was grinding her teeth at this, immediately used the next magic…

“[Ice mass]”

This time, instead of the small ice orbs like before, large ice blocks the size of a human being created in the air fell on the approaching enemy’s head.

With so many orcs dying or injured from the weight of the ice and the impact of the fall, I thought I’d slow down a bit…

The orcs are speeding up their run regardless of Irene’s attack…

“Bing…”

“Wait a minute.. Irene..”

“…?”

Irene tried to use her ice magic again against the demon lord, but I had to stop it while blocking Irene.

“Why is that…”

“Take a good look at the orcs.”

“Yes?”

The reason I stopped Irene…

I couldn’t see any weapons in the hands of the orcs who were rushing to the vanguard of the demon king’s army,

There were many Orcs, Goblins, and Asmodian soldiers behind them, too, with no weapons in their hands.

As if being chased by something, the Demon Lords are running at full speed towards this place…

“Isn’t something strange? You don’t have any weapons?”

“It’s strange, but I’ll stop it from coming any further.”

Perhaps Irene also felt strange about my words, she stretched out her hand and collected mana again in order to check the approaching Demon King’s army.

“[Frost Feet]”

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With her caster, a large ice skewer rose from the ground, and it had grown to the height of a child.

As these skewers were all attached to each other, it seemed difficult for the Orcs or the demon soldiers behind them to jump over or avoid them easily.

However, something completely different happened than we expected…

Push! Shuk suk! Push!!!

I don’t know if the orcs are stupid or if they didn’t see the frost feet made of ice skewers made by Irene.

The Demon King’s army continued to charge, and eventually the orcs in the lead were stuck in the frost and stepped on a lighthouse or the same kind orcs that were stuck in it and headed towards us again.

And when the distance got closer to a certain extent, I could understand why the demon king army was so scared…

Bang~~ Bang~~~

An object swimming over the desert like a butterfly…

No…

A giant monster…

Bang~~~ Boom~~~ Boom~~~

The identity of the monster that eats the demon king army with its big mouth open when it comes out of the sand once and goes under the sand again…

“Sand worm…”

“Yes?”

Its long body, more than 100 meters long, was shaped like an earthworm, and hundreds of teeth moved inward in its front mouth, sucking in anything, whether sand or food.

Irene seems to be seeing sand worms for the first time…

That’s also true, sand worms are monsters that only live in deserts like this, so Irene, who lived in the frozen land in the north, will probably see them for the first time.

“It is a monster called the desert scavenger. It hides under the sand, and when its prey passes over the sand, it jumps out and attacks.”

“….. Then, including the demon king, we can just kill them.”

“Isn’t that easier said than done… Irene?”

Irene stepped forward without listening to my words.

And near her, dozens of pieces of ice were already slowly growing in size and preparing to attack.