Chapter 199 – 21. I.
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Two more days later, Aran and his party finally arrived at the capital of the Habsburg Empire.
Soldiers were already encamped outside the walls, and they were ready to attack the enemy as soon as an order was given.
“It’s getting a bit wary now.”
Entering the castle, there was a rather rigid atmosphere.
As the soldiers were conscripted every day and various munitions were brought in, the atmosphere of the whole city was subdued.
“Athena should have noticed by now. We’re going to attack first.”
“You’re saying this openly, but you can’t not know. Is it really okay, Aran?”
“Yes. As long as I, the Duke of Terrine, and Mr. Hancock are here, it will be all right. Oh, my sister and Theodora will go with me.”
“Yes?”
“Why…?”
“I will make you two stronger.”
“Does that mean you teach swordsmanship?”
“Well…You can see it that way.”
“Greatness…”
Illyana felt strange.
Apparently, when Aran first came in, she was in a position to teach Aran her swordsmanship her, and from then on, she showed her talent her and rushed to marry her to make her child.
‘It’s already been a year.’
But now her position has changed and she learns from him. Something felt strange.
“Aran, I have already seen the end. I know better than anyone else that this is the limit with my talent.”
“I do not know…”
Maybe she’s right.
However, except for getting stronger in a strange (?) Way like Aran, most of them play a very important role.
And Illyana has very little practical experience.
‘My sister needs a confrontation with the strong. Whether it’s me or the Duke of Terrin…’
Maybe she’ll get over the wall too and she’ll be tier 6.
Even if that wasn’t the case, Aran had a way to make him stronger.
It’s Bamgnil.
Yuri, conscious of Yuri’s eyes her, did n’t increase them much, but one day, she planned to turn all of her wives into snakes.
Because humans die someday, but vampneils don’t.
‘Well, let’s think about that later.’
“I… Your Highness, I… I’m not very talented with swords.”
“I heard that Theodora showed more talent as a child than the Duke of Terrin showed.”
“That’s…But…”
She is talented, but her shock has stopped her growth her.
Among Aran’s wives, except for Moae, he was a tier 3 knight with the lowest achievement.
“Anyway, since we decided that, let’s do our best in our respective seats. After this war, our kingdom can go through one more step for development.”
“Okay. If you say so, I will follow.”
“Yes. Your Highness.”
The two women nodded with some anticipation.
No matter what anyone says, Aran is better than them.
He’s talking about it, so he’s expecting something in case.
“Me?”
Moae asked.
“Yes?”
“What can I do?”
“Um…Moae-san…”
She comes in
Admittedly, it’s quite a chore to place her who is of no use to her somewhere.
He is not well versed in martial arts, but he does not know much about public administration, and he does not know much about politics. A person like Aran, who has no power, is Moae.
“Just stay in your room.”
“Oooh! Are you ignoring me now?”
“No way. Who would disrespect Moae? It’s just that a person who has reached the pinnacle of beauty like Moae has value just by existing. On the contrary, the more you move, the more your value deteriorates. Just stay still.”
Exactly what she’s trying to do gets in the way.
“Heh, heh. I think you finally realized it. If you do, treat me with some respect.”
She didn’t even know Aran’s intentions and fell for it.
“Then I will protect Moae.”
“Oh, would you?”
This established the role of all wives.
Hancock, along with the Duke of Terrin, defends the country. Illyana and Theodora join the expeditionary force with Aran. Moae just serves as her face her in her palace her, and Ramias protects her as such.
It was a perfect arrangement. Die text.
Aran got off the carriage and immediately called the nobles to Uijeongjeon.
The central nobles in the capital gathered in 30 minutes.
Aran looked around at the nobles seated on either side of her chair with a solemn expression and opened her mouth.
“Everyone must have heard of it. A woman named Attica, king of Athens, publicly insulted me, and furthermore, she despised and despised my country with her wicked tricks. She even shamed me in front of countless foreign nobles and declared war on me “Fortunately, the misunderstanding has been resolved, but the humiliation I suffered will never go away. What should I do about this situation? I would like to hear from you.”
It’s a lie. The answer is already decided.
And the nobles knew all of Aran’s intentions her. Didn’t they gather a lot of soldiers outside the castle in the first place? No one said that we had to put up with it here.
“Majesty!”
Count Ellin stood up.
“Your Highness is this country and the heart of the people. You have been insulted, but you cannot just go over. Gather soldiers and punish them!”
“Punish me!”
Aristocrats who speak in chorus as if they had been concocted in advance.
At this moment, there were no facts.
Aran looked around them once.
“I’m glad you said that. I didn’t know you were thinking of me.”
“Your Highness, how can you say such a thing? We are only thinking of your comfort.”
“That’s right. No one will find fault with this incident. Please do as you wish.”
After hearing the nobles’ answers, Aran stood up.
“Then, I will declare it here. We, the Great Habsburg Kingdom, declare war on the Athenian kingdom, and we will hold the Athenian kingdom responsible for this.”
“I will follow you with all my heart.”
“I will follow you!”
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“Majesty.”
When Aran left Uijeongjeon, Muning brought his disciples to visit Aran.
“Mooning? What’s going on?”
“I have something to show you.”
Her expression was quite recalled. It seems that some research results have been obtained.
‘Munning’s research is helpful in warfare.’
If not right now, it will definitely help.
Aran believed that and decided to follow her to boost her morale her.
When she followed her to her Al Gray Mage Tower, dozens of disciples had already gathered in her laboratory her and had completed some preparations for her.
“Your Highness, do you remember the powder bullets?”
“Of course.”
Gunpowder bullets.
After gathering the nobility and presenting it with enthusiasm, they were only teased.
In addition, it served as a decisive opportunity to divide the nobles, who were originally divided into the terrine faction and the non-terrine faction, into two again.
“Existing gunpowder bullets had to be thrown by hand. So, the efficiency was reduced, and the enemy archers had no choice but to get hit.”
“Hmm…It seems to have improved that.”
“Yes! You can use gunpowder to shoot far away!”
“Hmm?”
“Although it doesn’t reach the range of an arrow yet, experiments have shown that it can be shot at a distance of 400 to 500 paces, and very quickly.”
“400 behold…”
“Let’s demonstrate!”
Mooning beckoned, and several of her students brought large, heavy-looking chunks of metal.
“Do you see that iron box?”
What she pointed at was a square iron box about 400 paces away.
“Yes.”
“I’m going to shoot for that.”
“How accurate is that?”
“It’s not like that, and even if it falls nearby, the iron box can be shattered through the destructive power of gunpowder bullets and cannons.”
“Hoo.”
The woman who received the signal did this or that, and then she set fire to the protruding rope.
After waiting for a while while watching the burning rope, a thunder-like sound suddenly rang out, and a huge fire spewed from the mouth of a cylinder called a cannon.
And,
Kwakwang!!
A large explosion occurred next to the iron box in the distance.
“Oh oh…!”
The iron box, as Mooning had boasted, shattered and fell ungainly, leaving a thick cloud of dust around it.
“To hit something so far away…”
I haven’t been able to solve the shield issue yet, and it’s shorter than the range of an archer, but it’s still a lot better than throwing by hand.
In addition, 400 steps was by no means a short distance, and it seemed that it could have a great effect if used against swiftly running cavalry or against enemy soldiers advancing in a densely packed manner.
And above all…
“Could you possibly load this on a boat?”
“Yes? A boat?”
“Yes. Current naval battles are about wizards fighting each other or fighting in close quarters, right? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could intercept it from a distance? Even if it was blocked by a shield, it would drain the energy of the enemy wizard that much.”
“Hmm…”
Munning was worried.
“I think you have to try it once. There is something called recoil, so if you do it wrong, the boat may capsize.”
