Hakai No Miko Volume 1 Chapter 20 (1/2)

In later years various other nickna them is 『Divine Son of Destruction』

Of course, this stemmed from the fact that he is the divine child of Aura, the Goddess of death and destruction Because this fact alone both disheartened opposing troops and inspired his own, he actively spread the knowledge that he is the divine child of Aura It is assuredly the nicknaated the widest As for the other fas like 『Son of Genobanda』 and 『Scorched Earth Destroyer』 have been used, but even ae portion of them can be considered to be influenced by 『Fire』

This is probably because it's said that he liked to use fire-based attacks in many of his battles

However, if one examines his battle records, there are unexpectedly very few instances of hi fire in his battles

Despite that, what caused thisfire can be attributed to the strong ihnareah Hill」 where he used it intentionally, as well as the 「Massacre of Bolnitz」 that happened later on

Especially the 「Massacre of Bolnitz」 That was an abhorrent deed even in those days, where a single city in the domain of his own country was reduced to ashes in its entirety alongside its tens of thousands of huated, and left lasting i countries

Events like these were most likely the reason for thean established fact

But, as ato attack with fire, Sou it at all

In those days there were e amount of fire arroere shot at fortresses and cities at the tis inside the defended location, and then charge after the defending side was plunged into chaos Even so, Souin with However, it has been left behind in several docues he participated in, he firmly tried to not accept it when a fire-based attack was proposed by his generals

This allows one to guess that Soue in society

The「Battle of Hoghnareah Hill」 is the first officially recorded battle of Sou 800 enemy soldier to ashes with a mere s the story of that tiht-lipped at the time when the story reached that point

This is probably the truth since Count Bilgrit, ent to hold peace negotiations with Souhna, left behind a note in his journal stating 『At the tihnareah Hill」 during dinner with hined calmness When I complimented hi it unpleasant for some reason』

It was also the sa Clan that had followed him since that battle Many of theh it's a weird story, it seehnareah Hill frohna, to Souee shock However, many historians have also pointed out that the zoans, mired in their old traditions, likely wouldn't have followed the tactics that should be called the innovations of Souma if it weren't for thisafter the rain stopped, Garam stood on the mountain road accos, all he saas scorched earth

The mountain, which overfloith the various colours of weeds, fallen leaves, and trees is now a mere shadow of its former self Black soot as well as the charcoal that remained after the fire, and white, burned-out ash It had coed into a world that was entirely composed of only these two colours The air smells burnt and even now there are trees that didn't burn down yet, s here and there

“How terrible…”

Garaulped due to the scenery he couldn't describe in any other way

Next to hiination how many hu have been captured and split into several places as instructed by the youngster called Soiven them medical treatment since we've been told to save as many of them as possible, but there were also many soldiers where the treat large scalds” (Gulkaka)

“As things are now, just how many of the soldiers that escaped were able to safely arrive at the fortress…?” (Garam)

There are no detailed records left behind by the zoans about the losses on the hu that could serve as a reference is the journal of Company Commander Adjutant Marchronis who stayed behind in the fortress

According to this journal: After a fire was first spotted in thethree days after the first sighting, and continued to arrive for several days afterwards The soldiers that returned from this fire amounted to two companies of soldiers that served as supply units for the combat infantry, and were stationed at the tail end of the army's forces However, those soldiers' appearances were terrible All of thereat number of soldiers ere severely burned and heavily injured by having been hit by stones Thususeless It's said that those numbers appeared to be a quarter of those soldiers that reached the fortress

From the fact that the number of soldiers per company at that time was 100, it seems that the number of survivors amounts to around 150

Moreover it states that the soldiers who had became prisoners of the zoans were afterwards released sequentially and returned to the fortress, which amounted to two companies in the end

Except these, there were likely soldiers who escaped without returning to the fortress, but since they would have to walk for two e, the nuh Also, it's easy to iine that the majority of them would lose their lives due to starvation or injuries

If one considers it like that, the surviving soldiersit kindly

Losing half of the 800 soldiers without theht was truly an unprecedented event

In ether fro to do, and were only allowed to carry weapons Their loyalty towards the country and their coeration to say that it's a total annihilation if such a th in one battle For arguanized into units, it would likely be impossible to use them normally for a while as the fear of defeat was burned into their hearts

“How about our side's losses?” (Gara his eyes at his own pal used the unfaot burned afterfire, so in the smoke and some that injured their hands due to the bows and arrows they are not familiar with That's the extent of it” (Gulkaka)

Coe didn't a more than that

Even so, that's also a wonderful outcome It shows that it was only the zoans that dealt out attacks one-sidedly

As result of being informed of that, Gara to call this…?” (Garam)

“It probably isn't a mistake to call it victory?” (Gulkaka)

“Don't be stupid, Gulkaka” (Garahs deeply

“Is this just a si victory” (Gara such difference in military potential, they annihilated the enee There is no way for this to be a mere victory

The northern wind carries white ash like snow as it blows between the two