Episode 122. Counterattack Prelude (5)
“Prime Minister! An additional 5,000 reinforcements from the Great Forest have arrived!”
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southern republic.
Lorraine, who had been elected Prime Minister, drooled upon hearing the news.
It was definitely good news.
It’s good news, but…
“How many horses did you bring?”
“It was 30 pills.”
“Keuk-eung…. How’s everyone’s armor?”
“It was mostly chain armor and leather armor.”
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Then yes.
The only thing Daesam gave me was the gangster infantry.
To deal with enemy knights, you need heavy cavalry on horseback in the same way with full body armor.
Having succeeded in destroying the suppression force completely, it was now the turn of the Imperial Army to step forward.
To repel them, a different level of power than before was required.
“How is the operation status of the blast furnace?”
“Iron imports from the Trud Kingdom have been delayed, so everything has stopped.”
Moreover, there were no more resources to extract equipment.
In the southern part of the continent, there was the continent’s largest blast furnace and blacksmith, but iron ore imports were cut off due to the imperial blockade, so all of them became useless.
If I had known that the Trud Kingdom would be so messy, I would have stockpiled more iron and started a riot.
But Lorraine was well aware that regrets like this were of no use.
“And here. This is a letter from the Great Forest Presbytery.”
A sheet of paper covered with petals.
Receiving it, Lorraine put her finger on the red petals.
Then, the petals withered in an instant, then dried to black and fell to the floor.
Petals that dries up immediately when exposed to high temperatures.
It was a method he liked to use when sealing letters in the Great Forest.
Lorraine opened the paper and immediately began to read the letter.
-Congratulations on your independence to Prime Minister Lorraine Philippe, Prime Minister of the Southern Republic. The bravery of the Southern Republic forces that successfully defeated the suppressors was astonishing. However, there will be many challenges ahead in maintaining independence. We are cheering for this, and since we are sending more reinforcements, even if the Prime Minister’s will is done…
There wasn’t anything important.
Instead of the Great Forest, he was busy praising the Southern Republic for fighting the Empire.
Thank you so much, I’ll send you some elite troops.
-As I said before, if you airlift the Elixir, Daesoom promises a stronger alliance.
And in the end, the Elixir request was not left out.
It has been a famous story that the Great Forest has been frantically searching for elixir in recent years.
You are in such a hurry to explicitly write it down in your personal letter.
I wondered if one of the important elders was ill.
If we can rescue that elixir, we can really form a ‘strong alliance’ with the Great Forest.
It is probably not unreasonable to receive support from the main force of the Great Forest.
“Where is the Elixir not going to drop…?”
useless bullsh*t.
Even though she knew it was a vain dream, Lorraine dared to say it out loud.
Even though I knew the ministers next to me were making troubled expressions.
“Wow. How’s Darius?”
“Are you talking about the eyes of the deputy commander?”
“okay.”
“It was sealed well. There is no risk of eye disease anymore.”
“Good luck.”
Deputy commander Darius had been taken prisoner in the past to guard the suppression forces and to lead a rebellion within the castle.
Unsurprisingly, the savage repressors pierced Darius’ eyes and tortured him.
Because of them, I almost lost Darius, respected by all the beasts of the South.
Even if he dies, of course, the beasts will follow my command, but the great unity between humans and beasts like Darius’s will not be achieved forever.
Although his fighting power was somewhat reduced, he was fortunate to have saved his life.
“How about a fortress?”
“Prime Minister, were you just joking around?”
“What? What do you mean?”
“Oh, nothing.”
As Lorraine asked nervously and turned around, the ministers lowered their eyes.
Then yes.
That Duke of Lorraine, no, the Prime Minister can’t be kidding.
“The suppression force’s fortress is said to be on the verge of being captured.”
“Don’t exaggerate. Didn’t you say that those who inflate or reduce the previous ones are all blown up?”
“Really. Now all that remains is to build a siege weapon and destroy the fortress. It’s made of wooden walls, so it can be captured within ten days.”
“You said there were some crawling into the fortress last night?”
“Yes. I think it may have been the servants who worshiped the saint.”
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After hearing the last words, Lorraine was relieved.
There was no change in the end.
The suppression army, which boasted 2,000 troops, was now completely annihilated.
“The next opponent is the Imperial Army.”
Lorraine let out a sigh as she looked down at the vast plain through the window.
Now that the hastily suppressed forces have been defeated, the Emperor will move the Imperial forces.
There were quite a few cavalry here, so even a single division was enough to fight a war.
The Trud Kingdom has endured against one corps, with far fewer troops.
Unless the opponent is Roman’s 3rd Corps.
If it wasn’t for that demon-like legion, the odds were good enough.
***
“What is that?”
“What? Why?”
“Are you wearing a magic mist? How thick is the concentration of magic in the sky?”
Dawn when the moon is setting, the 4th star.
The heads of the wizards and mercenaries were tilted upwards.
Rubbing her pitiful eyes wondering if she was looking at it wrong.
He woke up all his sleeping colleagues, and suddenly dozens of wizards gathered together and stared intently at the sky.
Those who analyzed the bizarre magic wave without paying any attention to the suspicious glances of the soldiers passing by—
“Mi, crazy! It’s drunk! It’s drunk!”
“Fire series…!”
Soon it started to roam around.
The number of cases that we thought was the least likely became a reality.
A huge spell that poured at least 100,000 mana.
It was being completed in an instant over my head.
“The power?”
“Shut up! I’m counting now!”
“I need to tell you soon…”
“Wait a minute!”
The wizard, who was rushing to run to the soldiers, was caught in strong hands.
“We need to disband, right? Then the rewards will come down.”
“ah······.”
It was a plausible opinion.
Because he was hired by the rebels and betrayed him, he was not well trusted even within the rebels.
If he made a contribution to destroying such a large-scale rite, he would have been recognized.
If you become the independence activist of the Southern Republic, you will be able to live in the South without being branded as a traitor and chased by the Imperial Family.
“That’s right! There’s no need to scare you!”
“It would be ruined anyway! How many we have!”
The mercenaries who finished the calculations in their heads began to interpret and break the spell.
Break their necks. Their faces, who looked up at the sky for a long time, gradually distorted.
I just thought it would take a little while because the size is ignorantly large.
Even if he poured his magic into the calculation of Amman, he understood only a part of the core of the formula.
After wrestling for over two hours, they came to this conclusion.
Breaking is impossible.
It wasn’t that it took a lot of time, and it wasn’t that it required a lot of magic power, it was impossible.
“How long will it take to complete?”
“At the speed of writing, around this afternoon.”
“Report. Hurry. This is the Duke of Lorraine… No, even the Prime Minister should know.”
The report could no longer be delayed.
Something unusual joined the suppression force.
And the madman was about to pour flames through the sky that the walls couldn’t protect.
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.
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“The siege plan has been moved forward! It is the commander-in-chief’s order to break through the fortress before noon today!”
the dawn of dawn.
The deputy commander, Darius, gathered the dreary soldiers and spread the news.
The suppression force is carrying out a magic attack on the 4th castle, and if it is not stopped, a lot of casualties will occur.
Of course, there was a possibility that it was deception, so the residents of the castle were not informed.
It was decided that there was no need to confuse the fortress anyway, as it would be a problem if only the caster of this technique was suppressed.
“The number of knights left to them is less than 40! If we only drill a hole in the fortress, that means victory! When the sun rises, we will gather on the plains and attack!”
“Wow!”
I thought that there was no need to worry about the suppression force, which was left with only a weak force.
If we had to pay such a trump card, we couldn’t wait for the supplies to fall and surrender.
At any moment, they had to mobilize all siege weapons to break through.
Operation starts at dawn.
As the red light slowly leaked out from beyond the horizon, Darius led the reconnaissance team and went out to inspect the assembly point first.
In the distance, the camps surrounding the fortress could be seen.
“I’m very old-fashioned.”
Darius, who looked into the camps with the unique excellent eyesight of a beast, let out a sigh.
The vigilante posture was open.
They are sentries and all those standing are nodding.
The spearmen in the first line, who had to wait for them to jump out immediately, were asleep, leaning on each other’s shoulders.
It wasn’t very incomprehensible.
The enemy ran out of the fortress last night and made a surprise attack.
After waking up all night and widening the guard, it was clear that the sun was coming up and Sumas had gathered.
“I don’t know what to say when I get smashed properly just like that… Huh?”
At that moment, Darius had to doubt his own eyes.
The gates of the fortress were open.
Behind them appeared dozens of knights on horseback.
They were coming out of the fortress in line with Oh.
How can those who lose their commander-in-chief and be locked up in a fortress feeling defeated…?
“Oh My God.”
They began to charge with fierce speed towards the infantry camp.
Wait, I thought they were discovered when they came to rescue the commander in chief? Did they not notice that Kane was with them at the time? Did none of the troops report to them about the return of Kane? I’m confused.