Chapter 278 – Chapter 27 – Divide, Divide
Ferdinand Else followed the orders of her king, Julia, very faithfully.
Thoroughly prepared for the siege, but for the sake of excessive attacks, they refrained from exchanging fatal damage to each other by driving allies.
Just wait, the enemies will take care of themselves from the inside out anyway.
While I go back and stir up the enemies, you give your soldiers a decent amount of combat experience, while avoiding anything that can cause heavy damage.
Bite if you have a chance, but don’t try to get the glory of scarred.
Recalling that part, Ferdinand looked at the fortress right in front of him.
“Aide. How long has it been since you knocked on that fort?”
“Today is the fifth day since the previous fortress was captured.”
“Ally damage. Is it so serious that you can’t handle it?”
“Since the battle continues, of course there are injured people. Also, since it’s a siege, if you don’t take care of it during the retreat, you won’t be able to save it in the end. It doesn’t seem like anything to worry about though. Didn’t the eastern side arrive with supplies some time ago?”
Deste, who is in charge of the rear, is a member of the loyalists who have been by Yulia’s side since the beginning.
He was well-versed in ability, thorough in his work, and above all, a demon who knew war well, so he was clearly aware of how important supply was.
So, he continued to supply supplies at the right time and prevented the morale of the army from falling.
However, despite the adjutant’s words, Ferdinand didn’t look very happy.
The consumption of material resources can still be exceeded to some extent.
War is constantly consuming, and the military is a group that consumes without any productive parts.
Even if it’s not pleasant to consume that part, there’s nothing good about paying attention.
However, human resources were not something that could be filled at the same speed as materials, nor could they be replaced with money.
It’s not even decades since the Continental War ended, it’s only been a few years.
At that time, it seems that each other mobilized tens of thousands of people, but now it is a situation where only tens of thousands come out if we really scrape together.
That’s why the consumption of human resources in the west and east was so extreme.
Perhaps, if things went on like this, an entire generation could really evaporate.
‘His Highness said he wanted to unify the continent. If so, what would be needed in that vast land? Naturally, it needs people who will clear the land, cultivate it, and fulfill everything. Whether it’s demons or humans, fairies or beasts, we need them all. If there is no one to manage the land, it becomes an abandoned land, and in that case, even if the continent is unified, in the end, in reality, even half of the half will not be able to rule.’
In this way, in the end, the best way to take from this side is two.
One shows the difference in overwhelming power, making me lose the will to resist.
Another is to make them divide themselves so that they kneel in front of Julia in a relatively intact state and surrender.
Given the current situation, one of the two would probably be able to do it right.
If the king is directly showing his dignity from the rear, and only battles are taking place in front.
In the end, the enemy will either fall out of exhaustion first or wander in search of a way to survive.
While thinking that way, someone arrived in front of Ferdinand, who was contemplating how to effectively beat the fortress and reduce the damage as much as possible while applying pressure.
“Ferdinand. An urgent message has just arrived from a scout.”
“Urgent news?”
“Yes. It is said that the fire has been confirmed in another fort not far from here.”
“Fire? It’s fire Is it just a fire? If not…”
“I don’t know exactly, but it seems that the fire inside was quite severe. I think it was arson rather than spontaneous combustion, but the confusion is said to be very extreme.”
At those words, Ferdinand stroked his chin and thought he should take a good look at it.
If the reconnaissance report was just an accidental fire, we could use the confusion.
Conversely, if someone started the fire intentionally, it was right to see this as a sign of the long-awaited and long-awaited division.
And his predictions were right.
As Ferdinand and some of his troops approached the fort, a commotion broke out inside the turbulent fortress, and the door, which had been firmly closed until now, began to open.
Even the drawbridge, considered more important than the gates, came down.
Looking at the angle of entry, there was no better time than this.
The adjutants were worried that it might be a trap.
Rather than going right in, they insisted on taking a look at the situation.
However, Ferdinand shook his head and told him to make preparations as he would rush right in.
As the adjutants said, the possibility of a trap cannot be completely ruled out.
But if that’s not a trap, but part of the chaos that’s fighting right now.
In the gap between them hesitating, the confusion was put to rest and the opportunity that had come at best was missed.
‘I trust my judgment. If I’m wrong here, since this is the end of my worth, I’ll have to atone for my sins with death, and if my judgment is correct, it’s an unparalleled gain.’
It is impossible to lead a large number of troops anyway.
So he picked out hundreds of elite soldiers and immediately entered the fortress with a few adjutants.
It was dark, and the sudden fire spread to chaos, and even those who stood guard on the wall were wandering around, forgetting about their duties.
Ferdinand, who took advantage of the gap and entered without difficulty, realized that he was not mistaken.
Catch up! Hwareuk! Kwawang!!-
Right away, the sound of spears and knives coming together in all directions completely covered the people’s shouts.
Huge flames obscured and engulfed all kinds of buildings, destroying them all.
Battles were going on everywhere, but the situation seemed too urgent to be called a trap as each other was dressed similarly and there were corpses everywhere.
“Ferdinand. What should I do in this situation…”
The most important thing on the battlefield is ‘distinguish between friends and foes’.
In the evening, as it is now, with flames burning next to it, and the intense light conversely making it difficult to see the surroundings, if people dressed in similar costumes were brandishing spears at each other.
The eastern demons couldn’t figure out which side to help take this fortress.
That part was too vague for even Ferdinand to handle.
They are not the ones who will follow orders, and it is questionable whether they will be heard properly.
He wondered what the hell he should do in this mess to distinguish between fiancé and fiancée.
“… Klaus’s old subordinates, form a formation immediately!”
Suddenly, he spat out words that did not fit the situation at all.
In this chaos, it is the formation that even skilled soldiers are extremely difficult to unfold and weave.
It’s obviously irrational to ask them to unfold it in such a mess itself.
Chuck! Chuck!!-
Some of the soldiers who were engaged in a melee on all sides gathered as few as three or as many as ten people and took up positions with their backs to each other or began to form new formations.
A person holding a shield stands in front, a person holding a spear stands at the back, and a soldier holding a sword of appropriate length stands in the middle.
It is a passage that clearly shows what kind of training and what kind of battle he had under the commander.
“We sort out those who formed camps like that and those who fight first.”
“Is that okay?”
“Those who were under Klaus must be the instigators of this incident. If not, it must have something to do with them. In other words, those who fight them are enemies who do not welcome us.”
Even though the words were still cryptic, the adjutants lowered their heads in agreement.
Afterwards, the Demon Soldiers rushed along the main road and began to deal with the knights who were completely collapsed and floundering and the few resisting soldiers.
Meanwhile, Ferdinand stepped aside and approached those who were watching the situation.
Then, they immediately showed their hostility towards the Demon Commander who was approaching them.
Aiming at the tip of a spear is not usually sharp momentum.
Because of this, the demons escorting Ferdinand immediately expressed their will to fight.
However, after stopping all of his subordinates, he stopped at an appropriate distance and opened his mouth.
“I promise you. Without any harm, I will not take you anywhere either. I hope you do as you please, but do not do anything hostile.”
“…”
“This is a request I received directly from Klaus. You are well aware that he is already in our East Coast. He speaks on my honor, having once fought him as an enemy. Even if you can’t completely let go of your wariness towards us, I hope you’ll end your hostility.”
The reason why they couldn’t stand it was clear, because there was no hope.
In front, the soldiers of the east came rushing in, but behind them, their old boss is rampaging.
Even raising rumors that he and the Demon King annihilated the allied forces that came to help them.
They are already feeling great antipathy in the part where they have to confront his existence called Klaus.
At least the part about fighting demons was the driving force that kept me in my place.
Now, if my old commander gathers up his ranks and starts coming from behind them.
Will they be able to resist the man by hurling spears and knives like they do to the demons?
If Klaus had approached slowly with his demons from the front, he would have had time to feel resentment, but now he is approaching fiercely from behind.
Even at this invisible moment, to the south, which was no different from one’s home.
If their backs collapse one after another, how long will they be able to hold out?
There are not many people who can fight while looking forward even when their back is cut off.
It’s really something that only the elite can do, and it’s never easy.
If there is no place to escape anymore, it is natural to find a way to live naturally.
“… Won’t you tell us to lead the assault on the other forts?”
“I don’t think so. One by one, those fortresses will fall anyway. It will not be me, but my king and your commander, who will be approaching from behind.”
“…”
“Do whatever you want. However, if you continue to show hostility, we will have no choice but to treat you as prisoners rather than helpers. Please keep that part in mind.”
Having said that, Ferdinand focused on capturing the fortress.
It’s not a big fortress, but it’s one of the places in charge of the southern outskirts.
The fact that a place like this fell into their hands, even if it wasn’t just that the gates were breached, but that it ended up being divided from within.
Naturally, signs of division could be felt in the surrounding fortresses as well.
The nobles and knights looked suspiciously at the common soldiers and could not be trusted.
On the contrary, the commoner soldiers would not be able to hide their anger, saying that they had endured until now, and that they would return with suspicion.
A relationship that was completely wrong from the beginning was barely maintained because of the atrocious situation of war.
However, the pressure coming from all sides broke that part.
All that was left was to split and split again due to distrust of each other.
