I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree-Chapter 9 - Reinforcements Arrive (2/3)

“I have given you chances! Time and time again!” Balu said viciously. “Who do you think you are, speaking so presumptuously in front of me?”

Saying this, Balu angrily stepped forward, roughly tore Swin’s corpse in half, and then threw it out.

Now, not only the commanders in the military tent but also the soldiers outside saw the tragic state of their leader.

“I said, if the beastmen want to defeat the humans, they must be united! UNITED!!” He slammed the table, roaring repeatedly.

“With your current behavior, it would be strange if you weren’t defeated by the humans from within out!” He said this, pointing at each chieftain.

“Alright, we are all pure-blooded beastmen. We will settle this the beastmen way. Come! Whoever can kill me today will have my position as United Chieftain. Otherwise, you will obediently follow my orders from now on, or your fate is death!”

Balu now understood. For this kind of backstabbing behavior, only the most direct method could make them realize the seriousness of the situation and let them know that Balu was not someone to be trifled with.

His killing of Swin was equivalent to killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. It just so happened that Swin, during Balu’s most suppressed emotional state, said the most provoking words to Balu, thus bringing about his demise.

Those familiar with Balu knew that he was usually quite calm. It was because of this that the human informant would specifically seek out Balu and cooperate with him, rather than approach others.

Of course, the strength of others was also inferior to Balu’s, which was a very important point.

A strong tribe, coupled with a calm and collected leader. Originally, under Balu’s leadership, the beastmen’s attack this time should have been quite successful. But unexpectedly, a more formidable commander appeared on the human side, who simply used a combination of weather and terrain to inflict heavy losses on the beastmen.

Balu hadn’t even met Orson, and it seemed he was about to be defeated.

In this situation, no matter how much he endured or considered the bigger picture, Balu couldn’t help himself anymore.

Not to mention the few buffoons who had been constantly provoking his emotions. novelbuddy.cσ๓

Balu’s purge was completed almost instantly. The chieftains of the large tribes were all threatened and controlled by Balu. Their armies were forced to participate in this siege.

Balu knew that if they couldn’t capture the city today, his actions of attacking the border this time would definitely end in failure.

Eighteen years ago, the beastmen’s previous attack on the humans was the most successful in hundreds of years. And his own attempt this time might become the most disastrous in hundreds of years.

But Balu just couldn’t swallow this.

Even if he died, he wanted to see Orson’s face.

At the same time, on the border line, the beastman containment forces who had received Balu’s message also launched attacks on the humans.

Although most of the beastmen among them were not strong fighters, compared to the count’s armies that were hastily assembled with only a few days of training, they were already quite formidable.

They might not necessarily win, but they could definitely inflict huge casualties on the count’s armies, preventing them from supporting the front line.

...

On the city walls of Tralava.

Although the beastmen, lacking siege equipment, had suffered considerable losses in the two days of attacking the city, the human side had also suffered a significant number of casualties.

The human side had heavily fortified Tralava City, stationing ten thousand soldiers. But after fighting until now, only about seven thousand soldiers remained on the city walls.

For humans fighting beastmen, achieving this casualty ratio was already quite remarkable.

All of this was thanks to the beastmen not carrying siege weapons as baggage train when they retreated, and the muddy terrain indeed somewhat slowed down the beastmen’s charge towards the city walls.

But the beastmen had been mainly attacking the west city wall these past few days.

If the beastmen had attacked from all four sides, and their side didn’t receive reinforcements, they would definitely be completely wiped out.

Virgil sat on the city wall, looking at the beastmen’s encampment outside.

“General Shuvas, you have been in the army for many years and are very experienced. In your opinion, based on the number of encampments, how many enemies are left?”

“...” Shuvas frowned, then said, “On the west city wall alone, there are still around forty thousand. Adding the others, there are probably seventy thousand.”

“Seventy thousand... That’s ten times the number of combat-ready troops we have now,” Virgil sighed.

If the enemy surrounded them from all four sides today and attacked relentlessly regardless of losses, this city might not hold out until the end of the day.

He hoped the enemy would attack tentatively today, just like the past two days.

Virgil said this, but his heart held no trace of hope.

Once the enemy decided to attack, Virgil could only choose to live and die with this city.

As for other matters, they were not within his consideration.

...

On the other side, morning came. Balu ordered the entire army to take out all the grain for cooking, ensuring the warriors had their last full meal. Then, they smashed all the cooking pots and assembled all the warriors.

“Warriors! Blocking our path home now are the despicable humans!” Standing on a platform, he roared in the beastman language.

“Thousands of years ago, humans drove us out of this land, leaving us in the barren desert. Now, we have retaken this land, but humans want to drive us out of here again!”

“We absolutely refuse!”

“Our grain is all gone. To survive, we must take this city before us!”

“For our families! For our brethren! For ourselves! For the tribe!”

“For the tribe!” The beastmen below also responded.

Virgil, standing on the city wall, could hear the sounds from the enemy encampment. He knew instinctively that something was wrong and quickly ordered all the soldiers on the city walls to prepare.

Today, it was very likely that the beastmen would launch a full-scale assault.