Chapter 195 – Chapter 18 – A New Wind
“Can’t you tell me what the hell you’re thinking?”
When all the demons left the meeting hall and only the two of them were left, Yulia immediately opened her mouth.
She is a woman who showed a very firm appearance, not showing the slightest wavering in front of her servants.
But deep down, she seemed to think that, like everyone else, she couldn’t possibly understand Klaus’s opinion.
“It will take more than a week for the enemies to come here. And the canyon you speak of is closer to us than to our enemies.”
“Yes.”
“I’m blocking even the neutral nobles who keep sending letters saying they’ll join you on purpose, according to your opinion. It is said that Ferdinand of the Else family joined and gathered all the scattered ones, but our troops barely exceed 7,000. Even this is a number calculated including all defense troops.”
“You know exactly.”
“Are you really planning on giving up the canyon and then entering it?”
At Yulia’s question, Klaus nodded her head as if it were natural.
There was not the slightest bit of trembling to be found in his appearance.
Thanks to that, Julia, who sat on her throne, let out a sigh and cupped her forehead.
No matter how much I thought about it, I kept thinking that something wasn’t right.
According to Klaus’s plan, the allies would have to enter the enemy’s room and fight with a geographical disadvantage while being outnumbered.
When I recalled the Continental War I had learned at the academy, especially the southern war situation, I could say that it was a strategy that was not like Klaus.
“I studied hard at the academy about what kind of battles you fought and how you fought when you were the southern commander in the Continental War.”
“It is an honor. The Demon King of the East learned so hard about me.”
“Don’t play around. Of the dozens of battles you’ve fought over the course of seven years, none of them have been fought over terrain or numbers where your allies are at a disadvantage, or where they’re strategically inferior. Always give the allies the advantage, or if that’s not possible, make the enemies fight to give up their advantage. Klaus, there’s only one time you’ve ever fought at an overwhelming disadvantage in every area. It was during the Battle of Mera, when the Confederate Army, which was built with blood and sweat, collapsed due to stupid nobles and faced the great army of our demons with a handful of troops.”
Certainly, at that time, even the other subordinates except Kayla lost courage and faith.
Caella also never showed much of her anticipation for her victory, only saying that she would fight to the end and die here.
“Did I ever lose? I remember winning.”
“Yeah. You won That also resulted in the most terrible defeat in the history of the demons.”
“Isn’t that what happened? I don’t know why you’re so concerned.”
“Because you keep trying to go to a disadvantageous place. No matter who sees it, there is a better way, but I don’t choose it and I keep insisting on it.”
After saying that, Yulia quietly got up from the throne and approached Klaus.
Then, after looking around for a while, I sat down on top of him lightly, like at the academy, and took a deep breath and inhaled the scent of my man.
“If someone sees you like this, you’re second, and I’m very embarrassed.”
“There is no one. And I checked it myself just in case.”
“Still, it is the Demon Castle and your palace, Yulia. You always have to be careful.”
“I know. I know, but you keep making me like this.”
At first glance, she seems like a pretty hot woman, but at another point, she looks like a scary queen with a burning desire for exclusivity.
Looking at Yulia, who was balancing the two quite precariously, Klaus made sure that this woman was screaming for a reason before she could get her into more trouble here.
She smiles and opens her mouth, as she intends to tell Yulia her words anyway, though she may not know them.
“Surely, the canyon there will become a graveyard for allies the moment you enter it. After entering, the side is exposed defenselessly, and you have to fight enemies from all sides, and even the highlands are occupied. In a normal way, if you make a standard strategy, you will lose every battle.”
“So you’re saying you’re going to use an irregular attack method?”
“Nope. Did you say I intend to enter the canyon and fight on all sides.”
At Klaus’ answer, Yulia’s expression twisted strangely.
Even though I ask for an explanation, it keeps going round and round and back to where it was.
As if she thought it couldn’t be done, she pushed Yulia deeper inside.
Until a little while ago, she could still be described as sitting on a man’s leg.
She was to the extent that it was safe to say that she was a woman who openly rushed forward to have an affair.
If you answer politely, there will be no daylight sex avalanche.
In the end, Klaus raised the white flag in front of the demon king who approached him quite severely.
It was obvious that if she waited a little longer, she would immediately jump at it, saying, “This woman is a woman.”
‘Well, honestly, it would be good for me if I rushed in, but… You have a lot to do. I have to focus on my work now.’
It is certain that Julia also knew Klaus’ intentions.
If she rushes like this, she predicts that even if Klaus is in trouble, she will tell her heart.
“The enemies will probably fall on their own.”
“Are you saying that when you hear that you are coming, you will tremble in fear and collapse?”
“Please. I was even called a devil in the Continental War, but this is not the southern part of the kingdom, nor is this the time when the Continental War was in full swing. Moreover, the soldiers I command are not the ones who have been with me for several years. If you convince the soldiers with those parts, there will be no collapse.”
“But just now, you said that your enemies will take care of themselves…”
Yulia, who had said that far, let out her sigh and responded that she had noticed something.
When she thought about it, she could say that most of her soldiers had been replaced in the meantime, or that they hadn’t encountered Klaus countless times yet.
However, most of the nobles who commanded the soldiers, especially those who were active in the Continental War, knew Klaus.
“I’m thinking of urging you to betray.”
“Did you notice?”
“My uncle, no, that disgusting man initially formed a force centered on the nobles close to him, but as time passed and his power grew, I knew roughly that some were alienated and others trusted too much. Although dissatisfaction came out because of that, the fact that the man’s power is so strong that he can’t openly say it.”
He would have started with those he could trust, but as his power grew, the number of people who naturally followed him naturally increased, and the reorganization of forces became essential.
There, Aufen couldn’t abandon his personality and left those who could make him shine more by his side and neglected those who had silently supported him.
However, since they were not lighthearted and had been together since the beginning, everyone knew that they could not turn back to the devil, so they were not worried.
In fact, those who betrayed Yulia’s uncle were the ones he cared so much about.
All of them are people who are on the same page, so they are the ones who tried to match them as much as possible and attract them somehow.
When several of the key figures Klaus had arranged in advance turned around and he had never urged them to betray, they collapsed on their own.
“But isn’t it too late to write to them?”
“Already as a professor at the academy, I sent letters to everyone worth persuading. Think carefully and decide when the time is right.”
“… Are you not talking to me?”
“A king shouldn’t be involved in such dirty work as encouraging betrayal. This is a law that must be taken on by someone who takes care of the dirty work behind the scenes.”
You will be criticized yourself, so focus only on shining as much as possible.
Yulia, who understood the meaning right away, let out a drool.
“… Then, did you convey to whom did you tell them to turn around?”
“All the Demons who were former commanders during the Continental War that I know to some extent.”
“What if someone does that and shows it to his uncle?”
“I’m telling you to show me. Because of that man’s personality, the moment you see him, you’ll doubt this guy and that guy. Even if it’s not, the power has grown so much in a short period of time that the solidarity has loosened, and if such doubts are added to it, this side will welcome it.”
If things work out the way I want, I’ll show a pretty good part, though.
He is a man who keeps breaking down when the critical moment, which can be called the most important time, comes.
That was the weakness or limitation of Yulia’s uncle, Aufen.
Until now, I had planned and proceeded step by step in order not to reveal it, but Klaus suddenly forcibly slowed down the work and it was ruined.
A tag he would never get, even made him hear the voice of a traitor thrusting a spear at the king.
If this happens, even if it means overturning all of that at once, he will somehow defeat the pesky loyalists in one blow and advance right to the Devil Castle to sit on the throne.
“You said you sent letters to quite a few people, Klaus.”
“Yes, it is.”
“Then who do you think will betray?”
“I don’t know. If you could know everything inside your heart, where would you go and read fortunes?”
“It’s not going to be what you expect. I don’t think he did it with vague expectations and without saying a word to me.”
“Yulia, how many people do you think will betray you?”
Conversely, when Klaus asked a question, Julia slipped out of his arms and was lost in her thoughts.
My name is the Demon King, but I wanted to show a decent appearance in front of him.
And even if it’s not necessarily that, he thinks he’s not ugly about himself, so he wanted to answer his question all the more.
“I don’t know how many will betray, but it seems that the person who can lean towards us in the battle of momentum will turn around.”
“Why do you think so?”
“You can clearly see that you are confident. That means you can overcome the disadvantages of the terrain, outnumbering, and all other disadvantages, so you have to have something that can do that much damage.”
When Yulia correctly pointed it out, Klaus smiled and turned around slightly.
Then he said, pointing to the map with his hand, especially the part of the canyon he had pointed to.
“When you enter the canyon, there is a mountain that comes out first. The biggest battle will happen there.”
“The enemy’s terrain is much better than ours. If we fight over there…”
“You still have to fight. If you don’t get pushed out of there, everything will go your way.”
“Are traitors born there?”
At that, Klaus shook his head.
“While we fight like that, the one camped in the mountains to the south will move.”
“If they don’t betray, our army, which was concentrating on the mountains to the east, will remain…”
“Nope. It definitely works the way we want it to.”
How are you sure? Because I’ve experienced it all.
And because I’ve already put my hands on it to make it happen.
