Vol 3 Chapter 12 (1/2)
LEVEL 3: Even the Best Laid Plans go Awry, but Such is This World
Chapter 12: Afterwards
PART 1 of 2
So at the southern wall, near the ? Haruhiro had a really bad feeling about it Actually, he had only bad feelings about it Surely it meant trouble…
The Green Storiment’s assault on the eastern wall continued nevertheless The orcs were fighting conservatively, concentrating only on defense If they didn’t clear the wall soon, the arrows raining down on them from above would never stop
“We’re going to take control of the parapets first!” Bri raised his sword, pointing to the top of the wall He was not carrying a shi+eld
They had soet all four ladders in place and no one on Haruhiro’s team or Choco’s party had been hurt Haruhiro stuck close to the wall itself, shi+eld raised above his head to fend off stray arrows He couldn’t see anything happening above hi on up there, but he assumed that Renji had been the first toall sorts of hell already Thanks to that, the volu shot at them visibly decreased
Just as Haruhiro let out a deep breath of relief at the reprieve, so him yelp
“Oy! Quit zoning out, Parupiro! We’re going too!”
Ranta It always had to be stupid Ranta His grip hurt, so Haruhiro slapped Ranta’s hand away, o
“That’s not o where?”
“Up the wall, where else?” Ranta shouted
“No, wait—!”
“Wait, bait, straight my ass!” Ranta shot back “LET’S GO!”
This ti him to the nearest ladder Haruhiro wished that kid would quit his antics and felt his out from under him
“What the—!?” Ranta sprang back up to his feet even as he hit the ground “bastard!”
“Whoa!” exclaimed Haruhiro as Ranta curled his hand into a fist and raised it “You’re really going to start a fist fight at a time like this!?”
“Ti to do with it!” Ranta yelled
“Of course it does! What the hell are you thinking!?”
“I’m not a onna revolutionize logical thinking!”
“And while you’re doing your revolutionizing nonsense, everyone else is already over the wall!” Haruhiro pointed out
“WHAT!?” Ranta cried “Seriously!?”
Even Choco’s teain the clin that they should probably get their behindsas well
“L-let’s go too!” Mogzo said, his words finally spurring Haruhiro into action
“Okay! Me and Mogzo will go first!” Haruhiro ordered “Everyone else after us!”
“Quit being retarded!” Ranta spat, cutting in front of Haruhiro and starting his scramble up the ladder “Me first!”
“Fine, whatever!” Haruhiro shouted after him
He slung his shi+eld over his back again and followed Ranta up, Yu a different ladder while shi+horu brought up the rear The orc arrows had ceased soo At the top of the wall, orcs and humans were scattered and mixed in a chaotic mess but it looked like Green Stor on the parapet anywhere near them
Haruhiro could see a set of stairs leading doards on the other side of the wall, near the northeast corner The orcs were gathered near it, fighting to the death to prevent the hu it while the humans, rallied around Renji and his team, assaulted relentlessly
“Go, Renji!!” Ranta shouted
It wasn’t like Ranta’s shout of encouragement made any difference at all, but the next le stroke and viciously kicked another, sending it flying off the ramparts With that, the orcs’ defensive line broke down entirely, inviting a thunderous cheer from all the reservists
“Now! Charge the stairway!” commanded Bri
Renji and Ron were the first to reach it The orcs were ht shoulder-to-shoulder for to prevent the hu to deal with that? Haruhiro wondered By body sla them, apparently
“C’mon! Push!+” Ron shouted
No way… is the guy completely insane? The rest of Team Renji and all the other reservists in the area obeyed iainst Renji and Ron Everyone was shoving with all their et crushed to death And between the orcs and the reservists, Renji and Ron were going to get turned into pancakes, because the orcs were shoving back as hard as they could too
Renji and the other reservists were pushi+ng doards fro upwards froe was obviously on the human side, especially since Renji had taken the initiative to charge in the first place The orcs were falling like dominos But what about Renji and Ron?
There! They were still standing, sto orc after orc back down the stairs even as they began their own descent
“God damn!” Ranta said “Renji’s awesome!”
Haruhiro admitted that he had to share the sentiment Renji was incredible Haruhiro could hardly believe that they had all arrived here at the same time Haruhiro and his own team couldn’t even compare, and if they tried, it would only make them feel even lousier
It kind of gave Haruhiro a certain aht about their shared arrival Anyone would be proud to adroup as Renji Or maybe not It was also pathetic in a way But that Renji… he was a He was so cool Haruhiro already knew exactly how aain now Renji was cut froap between hi at it was the only thing Haruhiro could do
“Don’t go too far ahead!” Bri warned froh yet!”
Suddenly a volley of arrows flew at Bri from one of the watchtowers of theat hilance in the direction they were co from But while Bri was unharmed, some of the other reservists weren’t so fortunate Several went to their knees as they got hit
“We can’t stay here!” Haruhiro said, loud enough for the wide-eyed, slack-jawed members of Choco’s party to hear “It’s probably safer down the stairwell! Let’s go!”
“No need to tell me, idiot!”
Ranta Always stupid Ranta He always had to beback unnecessary shi+t In fact, his entire existence was unnecessary No, no… cal, that hat Ranta provided Horrible, hellish, heinous endurance training
The watchtoere made for defense There were narrow, slit-like s cut into the from The reservists couldn’t see the orcs, so it was hard to even determine how to time their shots Just as Haruhiro and the others headed for the stairway,for anyone as trying to approach the stairs
“shi+elds!” Haruhiro quickly unstrapped his shi+eld forht it to bear in front of him However, no one else followed suit “Guys, where are your shi+elds!?”
“Uht that ouldn’t need them anymore, so Yume left it below the wall It was heavy!”
“Me too,” shi+horu admitted
“Y-yeah, I did too,” Mogzo said
“Same,” said Ranta
“Same here,” Mary said as well
“Even you, Mary?” Haruhiro sighed in exasperation
Looking around now, Haruhiro noticed that he was in the minority Everyone in Choco’s party and al shi+elds Maybe it was because Haruhiro was a hoarder that he had instinctively held onto his But one shi+eld wasn’t going to help at all… Suddenly an idea came to him
“Use the ones the orcs dropped!” Haruhiro said
The Green Storarrison nuood nu with the corpses was their equipment; armor, swords, and shi+elds The furred shi+elds were of Zesshu Clan make
“Gotta take e can get!” Ranta declared as he picked up an orc shi+eld
The reservists around them followed suit Everyone held their shi+elds between their bodies and the watchtower as they ran for the stairwell Arrows smacked into Haruhiro’s shi+eld one after another, but none hit his person; the shi+eld was doing its job
PART 2 of 2