Trapped in Another World With No Magic

Chapter 82: Fort Twilight and the Grey Dragon

Choul has come into the service of a strange human from another world, having lost the chance of claiming revenge personally, but no less receiving the gift of justice for the people who raised him; the feldroks. As such, Choul understands fundamentally that, like almost anyone in this world, he is stronger than Daniel, a mechanic out of place in the world of Zenkon. Daniel is not actually impervious to magic, nor can he utilize magic in any meaningful capacity. He achieved most of what he has thus far with his own hands and a fair amount of luck.

He has brought something strange with him to the World of Zenkon.

He brought a perspective that does not view a person through the lens of their group, but the lens of their individual strengths and achievements. The most ironic part of this perspective is that his world is full of only humans in regards to sentient races.

Choul has traveled most of the world in his quest to find spells or other means of defeating Morthybargaron, the former dragon lord. He returned to the keep to lie in wait, since the red lord's magical presence had vanished from the world.

And, in his place arose a mythical sorcerer known as the Harbinger of Calamity or the Feldrok Sorcerer.

The myth comes from what Daniel really is.

This combination of events has led Choul to a new purpose. Daniel sees people as individuals, and he readily forgives them for their actions against him if they can prove themselves trustworthy. Choul accepted service to him in honor of Daniel achieving revenge against Morthybargaron, ending his tyrannical reign.

Now, Choul is leading a massive army to capture one of the fortresses from the Eastern Alliance, primarily controlled by the Grand Zenkon Empire, due to multiple attempted attacks on the Citadel. Rather than razing the fortress, though, Daniel's goal is to force the defenders out with as few casualties as possible.

In fact, because of the contract, Choul cannot specifically order combat. But then, the loophole is not lost on him. There is no mention of conspiring to kill in the contract, which Choul has wondered if he should mention. He has no intentions of treachery against Daniel. but he wonders if it was intentional. Daniel is very intelligent, but far from all-knowing or all-wise.

Regardless, Choul's mission is one he is proud to take on. Especially because there is nothing preventing him from using illusion or defensive magic.

As such, he looks behind him at his colossal army of demon-kin, numbering over 120,000 goblins, 50,000 ogres, 20,000 dattakoriens, 3,000 Uhl'tall, 5,000 Oni, 2,000 Chi'rinnis, and 5 dragons.

Of course, most of these soldiers are in fact golems, but the enemy doesn't need to know that. The only way they will be able to tell would be close inspection, seeing that the same living soldiers present are multiplied by illusion across the bodies of the golems. It's a mana-heavy endeavor casting an illusion on over 200,000 soldiers, but it'll be worth it. Unity among the demon clans is worse for the east than an army of golems from the Citadel.

Hmm... Perhaps I should have had golems as well. Oh well. Our banners are clear.

Bearing the sigil of the feldrok empress herself; a young girl's silhouette with big triangular ears and a bushy black tail, the army of the Fievegal is ready to make itself known to the world.

Choul's officers gather in the tent at their staging area. The army is easy to rest and feed, since it's actually very small, with the golems needing no resources other than mana, which has been supplied by the Citadel.

Ucahote is with Choul, as well as a commander from each of the races. Unlike Daniel's inner circle, not all of them speak the Eastern Imperial Trade language that Daniel speaks, nor the demon common taught to most races in the west. The goblin, specifically, cheers in a dialect of lorbini, which is different than the dialect Shek and Skloe use, but no less intelligible to most goblins. "[We stand ready to fight! But, we wish to ask permission for treasure.]"