The reclamation operation began.
I was participating as a commander this time.
My rank sat somewhere just below Wifey and Thomas.
‘He~y evewyone, it’s opewation time~’
Isono kicked me in the ass.
‘You’re obnoxious!’ the bastard yelled.
‘Well, you’re not wrong!’
‘Alright, alright. This operation involves the reclamation of the Wolf Beastmen's planet. First, let’s talk about the Proone. Since they’ve eaten all the planet's living creatures and are busy building their structures, we’re going to burn them with missiles. Nina-san’s team will be the ones sending the Proone to hell.’
‘What about the enemy Humanoid Fighters?’
‘That’s where we come in. Melissa, Eddie, Isono, and Edge, I’m appointing you as captains. Anyone have a problem with that? Anyone thinking, ‘I should be the captain’?’
No one spoke up.
That actually made me feel a bit uneasy.
‘For this mission, Piggett-sensei, our chaperone, will focus on guarding Wifey. Also, Raven-kun is taking a break from being my guard to protect me specifically so I don’t get shot in the leg and die at the hands of some Earth Mother Cultist.’
‘What are you even talking about?’
‘Internal matters. For the main attraction, the Ogre God Nation's Hyahhaa Legion, led by the Former Great King, will be running wild. Make sure you don’t get caught in their wake. Great King Saria will be on the Bridge with Wifey.’
The room split between the ‘It’s only natural for Saria-kun to be in a safe place’ faction and the ‘Wait, the Former Great King is actually going to charge in personally?’ faction.
Not that it mattered to me.
‘Kevin and the others will release drones in advance to assassinate the enemy commanders. ...Can you handle it?’
These were the spider-type drones from before.
It was a grisly task, but it was for everyone’s safety.
‘After I’ve already shot you, Leo-kun, it’s a bit late to ask that.’
She was a Former Zork Hitman, after all.
And so, the operation commenced.
First, we released Kevin’s spider-drones.
This time, we improved upon the ultra-tedious process from before.
We scattered them directly from outside the atmosphere.
‘Five percent lost; within the expected range.’
They were expendable weapons to begin with.
There was no problem with this method.
‘Bishop located via AI identification.’
To be honest—and this wasn’t due to discrimination or anything—I couldn’t tell those guys apart.
I imagined my subordinates felt the same.
Apparently, Saria could recognize the ones he met often, like their diplomats.
Impressive!
That was why we had the AI handle the identification.
They called him a Bishop, but in short, he was the lord of this planet. He was eating something in his private room within a fortress that resembled a church.
I didn’t even want to know what the ingredients were.
Death penalty it is.
‘Eliminate the target.’
A popping sound rang out.
I didn’t know where the neck ended and the head began, but regardless, his head exploded.
It would have been easy if they were the kind of creatures simple enough to suffer a total collapse from such an event, but unfortunately, they weren’t.
‘Leave a drone behind in case the body is discovered, then move to the next target.’
‘Wait, they were discovered.’
Of course they were. I watched as an attendant rushed toward the Bishop.
‘L-Lord Bishop!’
Was he trying to help him?
‘I’ve thought you looked delicious for a long time!’
Terrifying!
So they were creatures that didn't mind a bit of cannibalism.
‘Kill him too.’
‘Understood.’
Pop!
His head was blown off as well.
Next were the commanders of the group known as the Holy Knight Order.
We didn't kill these guys yet.
We attached spiders to them and would kill them the moment they boarded their Humanoid Fighters.
‘Okay, Isono-kyun. Good luck!’
‘Die!!!’
The foul-mouthed Isono and the others launched.
They intentionally made a show of it.
The Proone were weak to this kind of provocation.
Perhaps because they were a religious nation, they had a strong sense of ‘we must not be looked down upon by inferior lifeforms.’
In that regard, they probably got along with the Ogre God Nation, who were meatheads obsessed with one-on-one combat.
But you see, my dear Proone.
We are monkeys who don't care about the rules of engagement.
The moment the Proone took their positions, the drones detonated.
Pop!
‘Commanders assassinated.’
‘Nice~’
The assassination of the main unit commanders was a success.
In the first place, did they think I’d actually fight a fair war with them?
I was going to slaughter them without letting them lift a finger.
Since when did you think we would play by your rules?
Morons!
While watching the soldiers panic at the lack of response from their commanders, I gave Nina-san the order.
‘Burn them all.’
‘Okay~!’
We incinerated the planet with missiles.
It was a total slaughter, but so what?
There was some talk about whether this was a massacre, but the Wolf Beastmen had said that if they won, they intended to torture and kill every single prisoner.
We decided that if we were going to allow the abuse of defenseless captives, we might as well just burn the lot of them from the start.
Besides, we hadn't signed any treaties regarding the rules of war with the Proone.
When dealing with villains as extreme as them, my heart didn't even ache.
The citizens had few objections either, having had their fill of atrocities during the Zork incident. It was likely only the contrarians who would complain.
Besides, this time, we humans were also on the menu.
If this had been a war with the Ogre God Nation, I wouldn't have used such methods.
The ultra-large missiles were launched.
‘W-Wait! What do you intend to do with us?!’
A surviving commander sent a transmission to us.
So, I answered him.
‘What else? War.’
‘God will not forgive you for trying to kill us, the holy and noble ones!!!’
‘I don’t care.’
End of transmission.
I thought they might surrender, but it turned into that nonsense.
For the record, I had already obtained permission from the Wolf Beastmen to burn everything. They surely had family graves and precious memories there, yet they still told me it was okay to burn it all down.
That was the weight of their resolve.
Yes, you Proone earned far too much resentment.
‘B-Break through their encirclement!!! We must survive!!!’
Oh my, their internal transmission had switched to all channels. They were truly panicking.
‘Former Great King, please begin the battle.’
‘Understood!!!’
After that, the Ogre God Nation took the lead, with Isono and his group providing support.
‘Guhahahahahaha!!!’
The Former Great King shot down one Humanoid Fighter after another.
Incredible. He was so powerful.
I watched the show from the safety of my seat.
Nina-san’s team was busy controlling the missiles. That said, the projectile speed was incredibly high. Even the Proone’s Air Defense System couldn't intercept them.
‘Why?! You fools who defy God, aaaaaaaaagh!’
I didn’t have anything to say to that beyond ‘I don't care.’
The missiles dispersed in the atmosphere. A massive number of warheads incinerated the planet.
The Former Great King continued to annihilate the Proone's Holy Knights.
‘Guhahaha!!! Come at me!!!’
He defeated them one after another... and then.
‘H-Hieee! Run awayyyyy!’
Naturally, they tried to flee, but neither the Former Great King nor we were going to allow it.
We wiped them out.
And thus, we were victorious.
On this day, Saria submitted a document to his home country that read: ‘Never anger the Empire.’
How did I know?
Because he sent a copy to Wifey.