Siege of Loyts

Siege of Loyts was a battle during Jaldabaoth's siege on the Roble Holy Kingdom. After the city of Loyts was retaken by the Holy Kingdom Liberation Army, the demon sent a 40,000 strong demi-human army to recapture it.

Background
A week after the Holy Kingdom Liberation Army captured Loyts the food supplies of the city were dwindling and the army was about to move out. Outside their walls though a demi-human army appeared from over the horizon. The demi-human army was comprised of 40,000 of the 50,000 troops that the Demi-Human Alliance allocated to manage the prison camps of the Northern Holy Kingdom. Though the humans that occupied the city only numbered 10,000 strong, the demi-humans allowed their enemies a few days to prepare. The commanding demi-human chieftain, Rokesh, under the orders of the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth was given command of the campaign and instructions to maximize the fear in the humans.

After three days had passed, Rokesh gathered all the chieftains for a war council to hash out their plan of attack. After the Naga Raja briefly restored order among those present, defusing a fight between Vijar Rajandala and Nasrene Belt Cure with a stern warning that their actions would be reported to the Demon Emperor. Rokesh ordered that the army will attack the city in two days, but until then they will be content to observe the human army. While the delay in the attack would give the human defenders time to launch a counterattack, it would also mean to allow the demi-humans time to deal with their human captives that they brought along. It was suggested that they use the humans they bought as food and kill them before the city to terrorize them, though Vijar believed such an action might push the humans to surrendering and make things boring. Rokesh agreed as another part of Jaldabaoth's orders were not allow some of the humans to live. The plan was to attack the western gate and kill everyone there before moving to the eastern gate and chase the humans away. Nasrene Belt Cure and Hectowaizes Ah Ragara were left to handle the eastern gate, while Muar Praxua would lead ranged fighters to harass the northern and southern gates. All the other chieftains though would concentrate on the western gate save for Rokesh who would be away from the frontlines to coordinate their forces. That being said Rokesh announced the meeting over and ordered them to rest and save their strength so that the could lead the humans into despair.

Battle
On the fourth day, the demi-humans did as they planned and brought their captives to the outer wall of Loyts. There before the human defenders who were unable to attack them the demi-humans proceeded to butcher the prisoners and eat them. The demi-humans then proceeded to attack the western and then eastern gates of the city. Remedios Custodio commanding the Liberation Army's forces planned to hold out the siege at least until the nobles that were freed from the camps reached the Southern Noble Alliance and brought back reinforcements. It was her belief that the enemy was underestimating them and that the best strategy would be to gather all her forces at the east gate and crush the attack before moving to the west gate. But realized that the plan would fail as the small detachment at the west gate would be lost to the enemy's main force.

The captain sought an idea from her second, Gustav Montagnés but before doing so the paladin informed her that people were expecting the Sorcerer King to take part in the battle. However the Ainz Ooal Gown would not be participating as he was still recovering his mana and to hold himself in reserve in case Jaldabaoth attacked. Despite the reasons some remaining nobles in the city attempted to offer large sums of money to receive his help to no avail. To Remedios for the people to request the aid of the Sorcerer King an unholy undead was ridiculous and even insulting when they saw him as a hero. The captain refused to acknowledge the contribution Ainz provided to the cause of the liberation, holding him responsible for the deaths of the hostages in spite of the fact his actions allowed her to retake the city. Furthermore she rejected the idea that her friend Calca Bessarez was dead, and any aid received from the Sorcerer King would sully the Holy Queen's reign. The fact of the matter still stood that Ainz came to the Northern Holy Kingdom at his own risk and was able to conquer the city with only two people made him a hero.

To counter this image, Remedios suggested slandering the Sorcerer King though Gustav advised against it as it would turn the people against her. In that case the captain believed that the simple solution was to prevent the Sorcerer King from being seen by the people by silencing them. The idea is even worse, and Remedios wonders if she made a mistake in bringing the Sorcerer King to their nation. Gustav understood her frustration, but pleaded that they needed to appease the people for the time being. In the end Remedios decided to leave the decision to Caspond Bessarez and delay the people's questions and rely on their own strength to defend the city.

In response to the demi-humans' attack on the western gate, about 80% of all paladins, priests, soldiers and able-bodied men were set to defend it with Remedios. The remaining 20% were led by Gustavo at the eastern gate and the non-combatants kept watch at the northern and southern gates. The demi-humans made their move during the day and marched to the western gate, at their front ogres carried ballistas and started shooting gigantic arrows at the walls and shatter the battlements of the defenders. The defenders were able to launch a response due to the ogres being out of range and protected by shields. Morale was already falling for the human defenders not just due to the odds but also the absence of the Sorcerer King, but when some of the militia were speared through by the bolts of a second volley, the defenders at the battlements began to panic. To keep them focused, a paladin used [Under Divine Flag] and [Lion's Heart] to suppress their fears and had them resume their posts. A third wave of attack came leading to more destroyed battlements and casualties. A fourth wave of attack was about to be launched by the ogres using flaming projectiles when winged angel summons flew at the demi-humans dropping down, fire bombs. To combat the angels, Pteropuses took to the sky and Spidans shot webs to ensnare them. Many of the angels were caught or knock out of the sky, but their fire bombs dropped with them delivering the demi-humans in a fiery inferno.

The ogres having raised their shields to block away the flames gave Neia Baraja at the walls of the western the opening to use Ultimate Shooting Star Super to strike an ogre in the head injuring it. In response to the attack on their fellow, the ogres loosed projectiles from their ballistas at the wall. Neia and a few of her comrades escape the counterattack. As the fire from the angels was slowly being contained the ogres raised their weapons again at the wall with their shields protecting them. They volleyed an endless hail of lance-sixed bolts while the defends could do nothing but hunker down and weather it. The demi-humans used drumbeats to coordinate the attacks of the right and left wings of the front. The army that was sieging the gate finally moved and it wings moved in parallel with each other with the center detachment in formation. Whilst the wings arched forward, a small detachment of the demi-humans flanked the city.

The demi-humans of the right and left wings carried assault ladders to scale the walls and break into the city. Many of the demi-humans had human children bound to their bodies to discourage the human defends to not shoot them otherwise they would harm the hostages. Neia leading the archers at the western gate killed the prisoners with her bow and arrows, knowing that killing the children would be a mercy. After seeing that their human shields were not effective the demi-humans slowed the pace of their assault on the wall. Neia rallied her unit to cast stones to hit any of the attackers and prevent them from reaching the walls as she continued to mercy kill the hostages. While the militiamen were originally hesitant to continue their attacks due to the children, they eventually came to realize that they had to protect the innocents within the walls first. They followed Neia's lead to kill the human shields first mercilessly.

Neia was hit by a ballista bolt, but her Turtle Shell protected her, saving her life. The defenders put up a valiant effort to defend the walls, but were slowly overwhelmed as the demi-humans were too numerous. Reaching the walls, the demi-human attackers used ladders to scale the walls before the paladins and angels could repel them. Armat s and Blader s reached the top and easily ignored the attempts by the militia to push them off and the numbers of the demi-humans on top of the walls grew.