Let’s NTL the Heroine of the Hero 188

Chapter 188 – War With the 9-Heisen Kingdom (1)

After the land of the Lilith family was submerged, the problem with the beast was quickly resolved.

As expected by the bureaucrats, there must have been something that flooded the Lillit family with demonic beasts. When the Lillit family was submerged, the demonic beasts quickly dispersed and the demonic beast overflowing situation quickly ended.

I couldn’t find the demons who actually caused the flood of demons, so I don’t know when this situation will happen again, but it would be difficult for even the Four Heavenly Kings to do such a wide-scale thing again.

So, for now, we focused on resolving the damage caused by the demonic beast flooding and its aftermath, and the lords of each region quickly recovered their territories.

On the other hand, as the Demonic Beasts flooded only in the Empire, the current Empire’s power was considerably weakened.

The loss of troops caused by fighting a large number of monsters is also considerable, and there are many places where the territory as a noble is completely destroyed.

In this situation, ‘rumors’ began to circulate that the neighboring countries, the Kingdom of Heisen and the Kingdom of Gent, were preparing for war without missing this opportunity.

In other words, Shine Artel and the nobles didn’t like that they had solved the demonic overflow, but had to start preparing for war right away, and of course there was no victory party.

Instead, only non-gong pedagogical events were held where rewards and punishments were given according to merit.

At this time, Shine Artel’s party had just escaped from the Lillit family and had reported about the demons, and the demon beasts were flooded and the demon beasts were scattered.

Therefore, he received the award once again in recognition of his contribution to resolving the situation.

In response, the saintess glared at Shine Artel, but Shine Artel ignored it and received 100,000 regular soldiers as a reward.

At the same time, the emperor looked at Shine Artel and said:

‘A great empire does not perish in a crisis of this magnitude. So you show it.’

As he said, vicious rumors were circulating that the kingdoms were going to war against the crisis of the empire, and the people in the west who bordered the kingdoms were trembling in fear.

In addition, elves from the fortress canyon and beastmen from the country of hidden beastmen attack the empire and steal elves and slaves. In a word, it was the worst.

Therefore, the emperor sent 100,000 soldiers to Shine Artel to show the dignity and power of the empire.

Here, there was also a goal to make it easier for Shine Artel to set up the ball.

That’s how it was received with the emperor’s support. The 100,000 soldiers bestowed by the emperor is not a simple reward.

This means immediately preparing for war, and at the same time, it can be said that it is the will of the emperor to subdue the kingdom and show the imperial dignity once again.

With the emperor’s will, Shine Artel moved quickly as a war general.

He first received the command of 100,000 soldiers, recruited knights to accompany his soldiers, and restored the territory along the supply route as a top priority for the delivery of war materials and supplies.

Also, the knights to be with were selected from the Silver Knights raised by Asuna. And as a general, Asuna was appointed.

Asuna is a princess, but at the same time, a knight with outstanding skills. No one protested this decision, nor did the emperor object if she thought Asuna would be suitable.

After gaining an army of 100,000 in that way, Shine Artel finally started his first war as a war general and chose the Kingdom of Heisen as his first opponent.

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Standing in a field where the wind blows wildly, I watch the opponent’s soldiers.

There were tents for soldiers to rest, and improvised stone walls erected in front of those tents.

After taking a look around, we moved to the tent where the strategy meeting was held.

Countless people were already sitting and waiting in the tent, and I took out a letter while watching them.

“What do you think of this?”

I’m the knights. In particular, when I asked a question while looking at Asuna, everyone was silent, and Asuna held back her anger and gnashed her teeth.

It’s only been 2 days since we declared war on Heisen Kingdom and advanced our troops. Currently, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heisen and my soldiers are keeping the frontlines while vigilant with each other.

The total number of troops in our army is 100,000. The enemy’s total army is 50,000. If they pushed it, they could push it quickly, but behind the Heisen soldiers was the Immortal Castle, where the best knights of the Kingdom of Heisen were distributed, making it difficult to attack hastily.

In addition, among the current Heisen knights, there is Barris, who was one of the warrior’s teachers in the original work, and a prince who is famous for his genius, so the morale of the opponent’s soldiers is high, so if you attack hastily, you are concerned about great damage.

I don’t know anything about the son of a prince, but from what I hear, he has a history of proposing to Asuna in the past and getting knocked out after challenging him with swordsmanship, and is now the supreme commander of the Heisen army.

And that guy like us… No. More precisely, the form that angered Asuna was sent, so she gathered and held a meeting like this.

The content of the letter was unnecessarily long and complicated, but the summary is as follows.

[We have no intention of fighting the Empire, but if we continue to fight, we will destroy the Empire.]

I don’t know if it’s thoughtless or overconfident, but when he sent me a letter like this, I was dumbfounded and thought I’d sweep it right away.

No matter how highly morale and powerful the knights are, once they start slaughtering soldiers with my abilities, they can’t be stopped, and it’s very easy to wipe out the castle if you set your mind to it.

But this is war. If I continue to show the cruel side of sweeping myself away, I will cheer at first, but as time passes, they will fear me.

And we decided to hold a meeting with the contents of the letter to drag the time as a part of it because we had to set aside enough time to decide whether or not the warrior was summoned.

Of course, the knights and Asuna were furious with the content of her letter, and Asuna in particular radiated ferocious energy, as if she would cut down the prince at any moment.

It seems that he was quite angry at the provocation, but it seems that the relationship between our military and Heisen’s military has completely changed due to this meeting.

In this state, even if a negotiation request came, it seemed that Asuna would ignore it and cut her throat.

“Artel. I can’t bear to hear such humiliation! So I ask you, the current Supreme Commander. I want you to take the lead right now and push those cheeky Heisens out!”

“Calm down for now. We’ll push them away, but if we move hastily, we’ll only get hit. Let’s do it slowly.”

It was Asuna who shouted with her burning eyes, perhaps because she was more angry than I thought, but at least she didn’t lose her reason and ran amok, so her ability to self-control was amazing.

For Asuna, the Empire is her homeland and pride.

It was even admirable that such an empire endured even when it was insulted.

But moving hastily in war is dangerous.

Furthermore, I don’t know if she has abilities that are outside the standard or specialized for large armies like me, but Asuna has a fighting style and strength specialized in interpersonal combat as a knight, so it is dangerous if she recklessly steps out and is isolated.

No matter how strong they are, there is definitely a limit to their stamina, and since it is a battlefield that can become dangerous due to being hit by a blind knight’s sword, they cannot go out recklessly.

As a bonus, there is also a personal matter of trying to proceed with the war itself leisurely.

And Asuna can’t disobey my words.

“Huuu… I understand. I’ll do as you say. But when I hit them, I’ll make myself stand in the vanguard. That’s fine, right?”

“Yes. That much is fine. I’ll allow it.”

Putting Asuna in the vanguard was okay, so I allowed that much.

After finishing her correspondence, she received a report on the current situation at the front and the soldiers, and talked about future work.

And after the meeting was over, she and Asuna went back to my barracks.

Eileen and Rubel were welcoming me inside the barracks.

“Welcome. Commander.”

“Ohh! The meeting is finally over!”

“For now, it’s over.”

Currently, my only bitches are Asuna, Eileen, and Rubel.

The other children were not brought because they could not come to the battlefield.

One of the things I thought about when I started the war was about my bitches.

No matter how strong I am, even if I am a general, under the special order of the emperor. Taking private personnel to a war waged on the honor of the Empire is the perfect thing to tarnish my honor and get me scolded.

Therefore, the bitches that can be brought are limited to those that can prove their skills and do not cause any problems.

Among them, Aileen was brought in as a member of the Darius family and she took on the role of my lieutenant, and Rubel was the great wizard of the empire. She was obliged to go with me.

I tried to bring Ruri along as a bonus, but as Ruri herself remained for the revival of the Celtina family, she ended up bringing only 3 people.

Asuna and Mist were sent back to the Shine family for now.

However, the Shine family organizes reinforcements for the days when they go to the battlefield, so I wonder if they will come as reinforcements along with the commander, Anel.

“From this point of view, the position of the heir to the ducal family is the best.”

“? What?”

“No. Nothing.”

Eileen looked at me and asked a question, as if she had heard me, but I was vague.

The Shine family’s reinforcements will be used to raise the morale of the soldiers and increase my honor as a commander by having them join at the most dramatic moment.

That’s why they keep the reinforcements a secret from both the two of them and Asuna, so if you see them later, you’ll be surprised.