Chapter 866 – Swamp in the Swampwood Forest (2)
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Eastern Romania.
Azwishia, a fortress city with high walls and a deep moat in preparation for war.
There were only 5 soldiers, the captain of the guards, climbed onto the wall and wore arrogance.
He looked at the magic item. An enchanted item that enhances eyesight was useful for scouring the huge valley far away from the city.
The beige gorge that first catches the eye of those who visit Azwishia.
The heavenly barrier protecting Romania from foreign countries was a familiar place to the captain of the infantry who was born in this land. It was just, familiar, but not friendly.
Beyond the valley, there is a wilderness that leads to the forest and the mining area of Germania.
It is a place where it is easy to supply wood, but on the other hand, there are many monsters disguised as trees, and it is also a habitat for monsters that even adventurers are reluctant to go deep.
Captain Ho lowered the magic item from the corner of his eye.
No country in the world pushes away the habitat of monsters. Excluding such a wide habitat was an act that greatly weakened national power and exposed weakness to the enemy. What’s more, if the enemy attacks through such a pierced road, isn’t there such a disaster? Due to the failures proven by history, the habitats of dangerous monsters have been neglected for a long time. Of course, they weren’t fools either, so they were taking precautions such as building a wall and checking the valley’s dynamics regularly. Insurance was thorough enough to foster even a professional ranger unit, which is the mainstay of the escort troops. So, it was strange. 〈I heard there was a death in the ranger unit? If the number of monsters increased that much, it might be visible.〉 It is said that several Platinum class monsters were found at the entrance of the valley, but the area around the entrance of the valley was strangely quiet. A very skinny but sincere enough adviser. ‘Harpies who are known for their lack of patience gather together and wait for the right time? I’d rather believe the words of the young lord and the young boy to stop drinking.〉 Captain Ho threw the telescopic magic item he was holding to his staff. “I don’t know that.” ─Swipe. Ignoring his words, Captain Ho handed over the report. 〈It is not a change of environment. Because the lady of the Ranger unit understands a sense of responsibility.〉 ‘Isn’t what you’re talking about from the textbook? Why do you have to know everything… >
“For the same reasons as you mentioned earlier?”
A mutant entity with strong power gathered the monsters together and led them?
Where will the food to sustain that number come from? The ideal of being together is only advancement and slaughter. At least the monsters living in Azwishia Valley.
The clustered monsters advance in a commotion based on hunger and instinct.
〈What if an entity with that intelligence appeared?〉
A staff member referring to Britannia’s troll and ogre corps that I heard about a few months ago.
Captain Hobyeong shook his head thinking about it.
‘Ah, sorry. That report hasn’t come to my line yet. Please blame our captain.〉
The chief of the staff, again, ignoring the joke, slapped himself on the forehead.
─Swipe.
Captain Ho, faithful to the textbook, turned over the shabby booklet in search of a precedent in this case.
〈An ‘external factor’ that wasn’t there before would have appeared and ruined the ecosystem.〉 The monsters wandering out of the valley were kicked out. Something that would drive them away, who were the vassals, has coiled itself in a place out of reach of humans. There is no other way to describe it other than that it is ominous. It was when he ordered the report and tried to lower the staff. The subordinate, gasping for breath, came up, his complexion pale, and he gave out a letter as if collapsing. Wyvern rider’s express letter. The band is purple. And what the purple band meant was none other than the ‘war spirit’. Captain Ho, who received the letter and read the contents, asked with a trembling voice. 〈… What about the battalion commander and the lord?〉 〈He’s already waiting for you at the pyroxene castle!〉 Captain Hobyeong, who answered, almost crumpled the edict of the Senate representing the emperor. It was a very disrespectful thing, but after reading the contents of the edict, I had no choice but to do so.
The decree, which must have been distributed throughout Romania, was as follows.
─Inundation of monsters is frequent in various parts of the country.
—According to military law, a military mobilization order is declared as a level 0 situation.
War with monsters.
A typhoon was about to hit the homeland where the clouds were about to clear.
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When we heard the rumors brought by Tyrsi, the couriers brought the news.
We arrived at the parliament, which we arrived at through turmoil and cries.
─Rumble!!
When I got off the carriage and arrived at the door of the council, the door was being thrown open by the hand of an angry nobleman. It was a blonde girl with a sword.
As she tried to turn away with a ferocious expression, she spotted me and let her face loose. “It was you. Sorry.〉 Seeing that there was no wagon, it seemed that every second was wasted, so he ran to his own feet. I saw the House of Senators as if they had been splashed with cold water. The elderly man sitting in the seat of honor gave her a chin gesture to the seat behind her. “Come and sit down.” Odelia went to the senator’s seat like the old man, and Tyrsi and I sat in the back seat of the old man. The old man in her glasses said without looking away. The servants, dressed more elegantly than nobles, politely brought the file folder and presented it. Tyrsi immediately took it and flipped through the pages, and the paused assembly resumed. I thought so, but she got caught. I stopped what I was doing and looked up at her, but the elder replied by passing the papers as if he was not worthy of a relationship. 〈… Pretend you didn’t see it.〉 It was a situation in which foreign nobles were present without permission in what was now the only governing body in Romania. Even so, the twisted lawmakers stopped the walgawalbu. Isn’t it a reaction that won’t come out unless it’s a pretty damn situation. It seems that the fortunes of the country have reached a critical point. – Empty!! Odelia kicks and spins an hourglass the size of Emily’s bell in the middle of the parliament. She tapped the pouring sand and said coldly.
It was a warning not to slow the progress of the meeting.
No member of the council opened their mouths anymore.
〈It seems that the four sides of the country are being attacked by enemy forces with no compromise or truce. Among the misfortunes, is it that the domestic monster habitat is quiet?〉
I read the report as I listened to the progress of Congress.
Henir’s first move was simple.
‘There are places where the battle hasn’t been fought yet, and there are places where the damage is close to annihilation.’
The bastard ruthlessly refrained from attacking in a place where my foreknowledge might be caught.
‘That’s why I couldn’t foresee the attack until this moment.’
However, I would be lying if I said I didn’t even ‘expect’ it.
I thought this might happen, so I stayed in this country. He controlled the church and induced normalization of the country behind the scenes.
It was rewarding to work like that.
If I hadn’t touched it, if I had waited blankly for Wisdom to come out, Romania would have perished without being able to get rid of it due to the inundation of monsters this time.
The confusion that followed would have blocked my future foresight.
In an unpredictable situation, I coped enough and left enough.
Looking at a person’s life as a chip, there was one final conclusion that would increase our odds.
Letting them die.
It was to neglect the loss of life and find and kill Henir.
The fight between the Prophet Nara and Hyesin Chong resembles a board game. Every move is important, so sometimes driving horses to their death is the way to go.
So is now the time?
“Nord.”
Tyrsi cupped my sinewy hand.
“Keep calm. Not the heart, but the head.”
Hit. Even God can’t come up with a perfect plan.
Even losing our cool is the enemy’s goal. Aren’t you a little embarrassed if you know everything?
“Thank you, Tyrsi.”
“You’re welcome.”
I smiled at Tirsi, who smiled lovingly, and looked at the damage.
That bastard seemed to set fire to all the monsters in Romania. The monsters that had been kicked out of their nests and ran away were infiltrating human society.
‘Because of this, it’s hard to know Henir’s exact location.’
Besides, this is the first step.
If the army of the gods is complete, it is not enough to wage an all-out war against one country.
Even if I and my family survived, Romania would perish.
Needless to say, I have no intention of leaving it that way.
‘Hurry up. The maintenance of the front line depends on the priests.〉
〈First and foremost, we organize the urgency of contact batteries.〉
Odelia intervenes in the conversation of the councilors.
As if it was a waste of even a few minutes of time, she ripped open the report she had finished reading.
Odelia presented a page from the report. There was no voice of objection whether the discussion had been sufficiently conducted. “Can you explain why?” If you don’t catch and kill Henir, those bastards will just run away after one blow. Henir has nothing to lose even if we buy ourselves out and force death only on ordinary citizens or weak soldiers and win. Aren’t monsters and ordinary citizens dying? —In addition to that, he is raising soldiers with the authority of Pales. I finished reading the report and shot the telepath. -A soldier? How many troops do you have? ─Mithril class is in ten thousand units. —… Damn it Since we can’t reveal the artificial throne, we have to persuade them to wage an all-out war. Hey, where else did you get that damn news? ─It’s authority. ─That’s why it’s called a master class. You did a good job though. It was when the elderly man, who had connected his mind through relics, sighed at the story I was telling him. Said Odelia, tapping her papers lightly. “I hope you heard that much. Please tell me the conclusion.〉 〈In particular, we need to dispatch major forces to each area inhabited by high-risk monsters and control the war situation. The first priority is to stop the damage from spreading by biting the wires while they fight.〉 Being in charge of the rear end is tantamount to telling one to die in a common sense war.
However, in another world, it wouldn’t be surprising if one strong person played an active role. As long as it was accompanied by sufficient support, this [Middle branch] Tactic was close to standard.
Maybe if there is an infantryman who fires 100 missiles at a time, it would be operated like this on Earth?
The stern-looking councilman pointed to the map, presenting reasonable suspicion.
〈… It cannot be said that there is no possibility.”
‘You don’t need to change your mind. It’s natural to take care of the bleeding, but if the capital is paralyzed, you will only lose. The other members seem reluctant, so this time I’ll play the bad guy.”
The senator who raised the objection said bluntly.
“Let it die.”
〈… …〉
To Odelia, who had the forefront of the frontier as her territory, the councilor said resolutely.
A dying person can’t help it If it’s a war, it’s natural.
It seemed like he was talking to me, but he was probably right.
I don’t mean to point out and snipe me, but there are probably people who think like me.
‘I wouldn’t say it was a necessary sacrifice. As you said, it is an unavoidable reality.〉
If you want to protect vital points, you cannot pay attention to bleeding that occurred in non-vital areas. It was when the chilled atmosphere became tense like an instant bowstring.
As the servants opened the front door they were about to close, the person who appeared said so.
The half-dwarf, accompanied by a retired chancellor, winked with a gloomy face.
“As long as the goal is realistic, there is no romance, right?”
I closed the report I was reading and smiled.
Of course, there are no perfect plans and guaranteed success. So, even after thoroughly preparing for an elite Daegaltong like me, anxiety precedes it.
But I am an elite and a forager at the same time.
Just as a real man with his back to a bomb does not look back at the explosion, I will only have to look at the winning future.
