Chapter 971 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (29)
The military power was reorganized around the Crown Prince.
The soldiers, who were already drunk with emperor ppong, or gukppong, did not put the thought of defeat in their heads.
With so much morale, the result of the war was, of course, an overwhelming victory.
It was strange to lose.
“Everyone was terrified of us!”
The prince was intoxicated with the victory he had achieved.
A banquet prepared for the Crown Prince who has achieved great victory.
There, the crown prince boasted to me and the nobles about what had happened on the battlefield.
It was obvious that there was some exaggeration, but no one pointed it out to the prince.
It was also nice to see the prince I like so much.
What parent wouldn’t like to talk about what happened at school while purring that their child is happy?
Of course, it’s just a bit creepy that what the child experienced is a battlefield where people die.
“Even the commander was trying to escape somehow to save himself. The poor soldiers had to become shields to save him. Seeing that, I could see how big a problem an incompetent commander who is supposed to lead the army can create.”
“Yes, I realized how stupid people are who say that military officers are idiots who only use their bodies without learning.”
“…!!”
“!!”
Among the nobles, there were those who listened to the prince and me and rolled their eyes to see if there was a corner to be stabbed.
For a long time, civil servants and military officers did not get along well with each other.
The problem is that you absolutely need all of them to rule the country.
A righteous monarch should not have thought that civil servants and civil servants were discriminated against each other.
He wanted the crown prince to stay close to the military officers on the battlefield and not make the choice to keep them away, so he clearly explained that part to the child.
“Each one has its own use. You must not take sides recklessly. This means that favors should not be drawn to one side. Can you keep the middle way?”
“You can!”
“However, haven’t you already become friends with the knights who have shared life and death through the war? If they ask you for convenience, what will you do?”
A knight who had been acquainted with this meeting sat there in silence, but my questions were unstoppable.
“I won’t listen.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, no. You shouldn’t do that.”
“Yes? Didn’t you just say that we should distinguish between public and private companies?”
“If you separate public and private affairs so thoroughly, who will be loyal to you?
“!!”
Surprised by my words, the prince asked with his eyes wide open.
“If so, what should I do?”
“If that person’s request hasn’t crossed the line, you should listen. And give the person you like from the faction on the other side of that person a chance to set up the ball.”
“Ah!”
“If he gets his chance right, you just have to reward him. That’s how you balance the forces.”
Aristocrats widen their eyes as if they didn’t know I was doing politics like this.
“I will follow Obama’s teachings!”
“For the emperor to favor a person means more than you think. That person will enjoy power with you on his back. It’s something that’s going to happen.”
It meant that even if you didn’t give an order, the people below would take notice and take care of that person’s convenience.
“That’s why the emperor should be cautious and cautious again. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Obama.”
Is it because it is a battlefield close to life?
There are new things that can be taught to children every day.
Meanwhile, while the crown prince was receiving my teaching, a strange atmosphere flowed among the knights.
Probably, this teaching will not be stabbed by anyone here.
In fact, there is nothing new about it.
Who wouldn’t want to look good for the future emperor?
Even if it was me, if I were in their position, I would have tried to look good to the crown prince.
Therefore, this teaching was also a warning to them.
A warning to the Crown Prince not to gain favor with him just because he is young.
‘We’ve been friends since we were young, and we went through life and death together on the battlefield? What better way to become friends than this?’
Isn’t it true that men become close through fist fights?
And if it’s between a man and a woman, it becomes even more special.
If you do well, the reversal of your life will not be someone else’s opinion.
Thanks to this, there were knights who were secretly trying to get attention from the crown prince.
You try not to show off in front of me, but where could you not show off?
But I didn’t bother to stop it.
I brought in 3,000 concubines, but I tell the crown prince to be careful with women?
There was no word more contradictory than that.
‘It must be difficult for me to suppress my blood when I was young.’
For reference, I didn’t know anything about the crown prince’s night life.
I didn’t want to know exactly, so I told them not to tell me.
…It’s enough to know that you’re healthy, isn’t it necessary to know whether your son’s night life is promiscuous or chaste?
At this time, the Empire continued to advance toward the capital of Geos.
There was no time to focus on the war due to the unexpected betrayal of the allies and the fight against the temple.
“How long will Geos give way in vain like this?”
When we reach the capital, we will have no choice but to compromise with the temple, and by then the temple will start to get scared and join the hand of Geos.
When the two hold hands like that again, we have to be nervous again.
Both forces are staggering, but not in a terrible place to be taken lightly.
Even after killing them, they’ll still have plenty of troops left to send to us.
‘Because the Geos Empire pushes for quantity rather than quality.’
The Geos Empire enjoyed the richness of the land and accumulated power for a long time, and the temples accumulated wealth with the existence of ‘gods’ on their backs for a longer period of time.
It was a very big threat for the two forces to unite, and it was clear that support would come on a level different from the clumsy alliance that had existed so far.
“It certainly seems that the power of the temple is dangerous.”
“Until now, the temple would have been supporting him with the thought of earning pocket money.
It’s only greed that doesn’t move now.
If you forge an alliance with the Geos Empire in earnest, the paladins will begin to step out.
“I heard that each paladin has tremendous power.”
“Yes, I’ve heard that their regenerative powers in particular make them the worst opponents in war.”
So far, all the reinforcements the temple has dispatched in the war have been priests.
Therapists who treat people.
It is not that they do not have an impact on the war because they treat injured soldiers and send them back to the battlefield.
However, it was an unavoidable fact that the influence was inferior to that of the Paladins who went to the battlefield and fought directly.
But now, when the temple starts sending reinforcements in earnest, the Paladins will come out on the battlefield.
“From then on, it will be the real turning point. Don’t get too carried away with winning. And don’t be afraid of losing. If you don’t give up, you’re not defeated yet.”
“…It seems like you’ve been frightening me like that already. I’ll try to think of a way to prepare for the Paladins.”
The Prince swallowed his saliva as if he was nervous at the word Holy Knight.
The Geos Empire would seem so easy now that it was pushing forward with great force.
However, it is still premature to celebrate.
It remains to be seen how the cornered Geos Empire and temples will rebel.
And my concerns were always right.
The Geos Empire finally ended the war of nerves with the temple and began accepting reinforcements in earnest.
Even the temple would not have liked to completely lose the excellent shield of the Geos Empire.
The movement of the two great powers came as a burden to our empire.
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“Is the Paladin really that good?”
The paladins who joined the new reinforcements of the Geos Empire this time.
However, the existence of nobles, soldiers, and paladins was unfamiliar to them.
“It’s not that my skills are good. Even the paladins I saw when I was young weren’t that good. Maybe they were as good as those knights?”
Therefore, the curiosity about the Paladins turned to someone who knew a little about them.
He was a soldier who was said to have saved his life with the help of a paladin when he was young.
The soldier grew up in an orphanage run by the temple, so he knew quite a bit about the paladins.
“Really? Then, if your skills are similar to those of the knights, will they take care of it?”
“No. Wouldn’t that be difficult?”
“It’s hard? Why?”
Our skills are similar, so why can’t we block them?
“A paladin…Is not a person.”
Gulp-
The soldier rhymed with a low voice and a meaningful voice.
“I’m worried that I’ll be punished for speaking disrespectfully like this… But a paladin is a troll.”
“Troll? Monster? So strong?!”
“No no! It’s not that I’m strong, it’s that my regenerative power is crazy. No matter how much I swing my sword, I don’t get tired!”
“Aren’t you tired?”
“I keep recovering my stamina.”
“Then, even if you cut it with a sword, it will reattach and come back to life? Is that a person?”
“No no. It’s not that much. It just means that your stamina is infinite! Just think about it. There is a knight and a paladin of the same skill. But one side gets tired the more they fight. But the paladin keeps recovering. So who’s going to win when time runs out?”
“The Holy Knight wins.”
“That’s it. That’s it!”
It was.
Paladins do not fall.
That was a bigger problem than I thought.
Fighting a war is hard and arduous work, no matter how skilled a knight may be.
Sports athletes eat a lot because they need to supplement their calories.
However, war was more intense and consuming more calories than sports athletes.
On top of that, people who are tired don’t show their skills.
The condition of the day was a very important factor in sports.
And in terms of conditioning, the paladins were no different from monsters.
