Chapter 292 – 30. Operation Amphibious
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“A messenger!”
A soldier hurriedly came on horseback.
Wang Yul, who was on her way, stopped her army and called her.
“What happened?”
The soldier hurriedly got off his horse and bowed in an abbreviated manner.
“A massive turnout in the plains of Ephesus to the east! It is said that the Seonggun side is retreating after losing 300,000 soldiers!”
“Three hundred thousand?”
Wang Yul frowned at her.
What the hell did he do to cause 300,000 damage?
“In addition, 9 cities of Ephesus fell into enemy hands, and an additional 100,000 were damaged in the process!”
“….”
It’s a truly depressing moment.
I’m just going to support, but the saintess who is really important is shoveling.
“How much is the enemy’s damage?”
“It is said to be less than 50,000.”
“I don’t understand. No matter how big the enemy is, if that’s the case, I would have been rather careful, but how did such damage occur? It’s too overwhelming. I’m sure you didn’t rush to the enemy’s headquarters recklessly.”
“That… It is said that when the enemy attacked each castle, they disguised themselves as 400,000 troops, so they thought there were few in the main camp. Therefore….”
“… When I went, millions of troops were still there.”
“Yes. It is said that the forces of Prince Oda Nobunaga and the generals of Guan Yu and equipment managed to break through the siege and survive.”
“Hmm….”
After thinking for a while, Wang Yul asked Shingen Takeda, who was by his side of her.
“Is Oda Nobunaga such an outstanding strongman?”
“I don’t know how I am, but Katsuie Shibata and Mitsuhide Akechi are outstanding generals.”
“Yubi and Jangwoo? Who are they?”
“I’m sorry, but I haven’t heard their names either.”
“Hmm….”
King Yul, lost in thought.
An aristocrat next to him made a mantra.
“Your Highness, Emperor Seorae is by no means an easygoing woman. No matter how strong the army is on the side of the castle, it is impossible to break through the siege of millions, and even if it breaks through, if you go in pursuit immediately, the castle will never survive.”
“I guess so.”
“I can’t help but suspect that she deliberately let her live because of her circumstances.”
“If it’s her, she can do it. Yeah, I get it. Then I’ll have to go to support as soon as possible. Where are the saints now?”
“That is….”
“What else is going on?”
“The Great King of Aran landed in Pergamum with his army, and it has already been completely subdued in the region two days ago.”
“What? If it’s Pergamum, isn’t it the area right in front of you?”
“Yes. Majesty. It is a region that must be passed through to go to the holy kingdom.”
“….”
Wang Yul felt that something was seriously wrong.
No matter how much he is not interested in supporting the seonggun, he has to work hard to become the emperor anyway.
I don’t know what it would be like to be able to meet Aran quickly, but looking at the battle situation alone, it was never a good situation.
“Things aren’t going well. Doesn’t that mean that you have to subdue the army of the Great Kingdom in order to go to support?”
“Your Highness, if you don’t know anything else, you can never look down on him. There are rumors that it is the first 7th tier of mankind, and it is to the point of deification in Athens.”
“I know. That’s why the holy war broke out. The apotheosis of the great king.”
And it is also the reason why she, as her princess her, led her army her.
‘Okay. Let’s think good. I’ll meet you as soon as possible and make you my side.’
“For now, let’s go near the border and set up a camp to observe the enemy’s movements.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
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The news of Aran’s capture of Pergamum also reached her saintess.
Even though the 9 castles of Ephesus were robbed, and they were in a situation where they were retreating because they had lost in the round, even Pergamum was in the hands of the enemy.
She was furious to the point of her head her and did things she would n’t normally do. She thought it was a gift from God and started throwing her things to her.
The ever-growing intensity worried each archbishop and lowered the morale of the soldiers.
“Whoa… Whoa…”
“Saint….”
The Bishop looks on with pity.
Cecilia, who came to her senses her, bowed her head, blaming herself for not being able to see her.
“I’m sorry… Following these days… I have trouble controlling my anger.”
“The war situation is so… I understand.”
Heart like Hahae!
Cecilia was embarrassed.
Even a single bishop maintains composure, but a person called a saint is like this.
“Whoa….”
After taking a deep breath and regaining her composure, she called on Nobunaga, who was active in this siege and annihilation battle.
Because she has a big realization.
“Did you call? Holy Maiden.”
When Nobunaga came in, the saintess congratulated her on this and that before moving on to the main topic.
“I will hand over the military authority to you.”
“Yes?”
“Before the war started, I thought we would win unconditionally because God was with us. However… Strategy and tactics were necessary.”
“….”
Did you know that now?
It was a bit ridiculous, but I got it. Seongguk is a country that has not been at war for hundreds of years, almost a thousand years. Because no one dared to go against it.
“Since the Seongguk has had a long peace, they are not good at handling the military. Me too… The same goes for commanders. Even knights. You can never win this way.”
A strategy was needed.
And a competent longevity was needed.
“Actually, I thought of Liu Bi, who first gave me an opinion, but no one seemed to follow. Because her name is not known at all.
However, since Nobunaga-dono is known to some extent, it shouldn’t be too much trouble.”
“However….”
“It is a very urgent situation right now. Of course, that woman pushed in, and he Aran landed on the other side of her. Perhaps additional reinforcements will deal with that side, but she can’t let her guard down.”
“It is.”
It’s an awkward situation in many ways.
In the end, Nobunaga accepted the saintess’ proposal.
The first thing she did after taking her military power was to unify her chain of command her.
Because of the reinforcements that were called in from all over the country, the chain of command was Jung-gu Heating, which meant that precise control was not possible.
An uncontrolled army is more bandits.
Nobunaga tweaked his chain of command to get things right.
In the process, there were frictions with various nobles, but they were able to achieve unification in the end by showing their will to carry out their will to the end even if it meant sending back reinforcements.
And the reinforcements sent back were blocked by Pergamum, which Aran was eating, and eventually returned.
In this way, the army of the Holy Kingdom is transformed into a new look, and it is equipped with the appearance of a true great army.
It seemed
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“I’ll be back for a while.”
“Yes? Uh, where are you talking about?”
Everyone was taken aback by Seorae’s sudden words to her.
In the middle of the night like this, where did you go, even within the territory of an enemy country?
“I just had an interesting idea.”
Seorae laughed and disappeared with black smoke.
After becoming a vampneel, it was Seorae who ran amok like a fish in water.
“The emperor again….”
The place where Seorae arrived is near the headquarters of Saint Nyeogun.
Slowly, black smoke billowed out, and she took on the form of a woman, and a sultry smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
“If you eat the nobles step by step, they will surrender on their own. They are not kids who will act for justice or faith.”
She burrowed into her camp with a smile on her face.
It was such a secret movement that no one could detect it, and even the alarm magic did not go off.
So, the place where Seorae arrived is the barracks of a nobleman who seems to be a low-ranking commander.
Two knights were looking around with lights in their eyes.
Seorae dug into the back of the two knights with a slow movement.
She then raised her blade and stabbed the two knights in the neck.
“Knock…!”
She can’t scream anything else and she dies instantly.
Seorae went into the barracks without looking back at her.
Inside, a blonde woman was asleep on the bed.
“From the lower nobles, in order… You’re dying What kind of reaction will it have? I’m curious.”
She climbed onto her bed as if to pounce on her woman and bit the nape of the sleeping woman.
This time, not to suck blood, but to kill.
Kwadeuk!
She covered her mouth with one hand in case she screamed.
“Pretty!!”
The aristocrat struggles with his eyes wide open.
However, the power of Seorae was too strong.
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Next day.
Seongguk’s military camp was turned upside down.
One of the lower commanders was killed inside the barracks.
It’s also a terrible look.
The blood all over the body dried up and became like a skeleton, and the arms and legs were cut off and stood at the entrance of the barracks like exhibits.
And the important body was hung right in front of the barracks door, so even if it was cruel, it couldn’t be this cruel.
“Who the hell did this….”
The problem was that the barracks were inside the military camp.
If it was the work of an outsider or an enemy, it would mean that he went inside without anyone noticing and killed knights and nobles.
“… Increase your security and urgently find out who did this.”
“Yes!”
Nobunaga felt something intensely ominous.
Such an ominous feeling as if it was clamping down on her body.
The feeling of wanting to run away.
“Ruler! Keep training!”
That night.
Seorae permeated the military camp again.
This time, towards the barracks where a slightly more senior commanding officer resides.
“Shall we suck two of them today? Four tomorrow. Whoops. This will make your skin better.”
It doesn’t matter that Aran has infinite mana, but Vampneel needs to be consumed periodically because the existence itself consumes mana.
And because they usually live in hiding, it’s not easy to get blood.
However, Seorae is the emperor.
And now war.
Since he was literally taking blood-sucking storms, he had reached the point where his mana his was not overflowing and he was accumulating, and thanks to this, Seorae was getting stronger and stronger.
She killed four knights and infiltrated the barracks. The security had been strengthened because of the murder case just yesterday.
Inside the barracks, a cute-looking woman was reading a book.
“Oh, I wasn’t sleeping.”
“!”
“Are you sure you can’t sleep?”
“Who, who… Town!”
Seorae quickly goes back and covers her mouth.
She licked her ear
“It’s better if you’re alive. Originally, food tastes best when you struggle to eat it~♥.”
“Huh!!”
The woman’s eyes were wet with fear.
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Next day.
Two commanders were killed.
Horrible look this time.
Apparently, one of them seemed to have suffered alive.
“Something is wrong.”
“Maybe there is a spy?”
An emergency meeting was held.
However, there was no other policy other than strengthening the guard and spreading alarm magic all over the place.
“Let’s just sleep with the knight!”
“Yes? Do, sleep…”
“Then! Homosexuality is forbidden in the denomination!”
“Homosexuality is not the purpose, it is purely protection. Even if you don’t know who the culprit is, you are being helpless!”
“That….”
“If we continue like this, the barely uniting army will collapse!”
“Ugh….”
In the end, the guards were strengthened, and the knights came together in the barracks of each commander.
But the next day.
A total of four commanders and sixteen knights were savagely murdered, and among them there were horrific corpses that had their heads cut off and attached to other bodies.
“… Who the hell did this horrible prank…!”
“This is insane!”
After that, they continued to strengthen security and even moved the military camp itself, but the number of victims steadily increased.
Finally….
“I-I’m going back now!”
Started to break down
Starting with the nobles who came to support from the West Continent, even the bishops and soldiers agitated and fled.
This incident was a fatal blow because there were many believers whose faith had already been drastically cut in the rotation with Seorae.
“This must be God cursing us!!! It was not done by humans!!”
“We did something wrong. Maybe the truth is in him….”
“Since the saintess did not know the will of God, she was defeated by Emperor Seorae. God abandoned her her saint her!!”
A situation where even those who curse the saintess come out.
The saintess and her commanding staff hurriedly comforted the soldiers, but even the seeds were not eaten.
Commanders and nobles, who are protected by high-ranking knights, are dying like that, but how sad are ordinary soldiers?
The situation got worse with each passing second,
Finally, the next day
In the middle of the military camp, which was not even a barracks, as many as twenty commanders and nobles were found dead and completely exploded.
Everyone regarded it as the work of a god, not a human being.
“Hey, let’s run away! This is not a place where God dwells!”
“It’s a fake saint!”
Soldiers did not listen to control.
No, the commanders to control fled first.
“Under… Haha….”
A slumped saintess.
Could there be such an absurd case?
That many large armies disintegrated in just a few weeks.
The remaining number is only about 100,000.
Most returned to their hometowns, and there were not a few who surrendered to Seorae.
“I’m frustrated.”
Yuvi spat out helplessly.
It’s downright disappointing.
I ran all the way here from the far west station for justice, and this is how it ended.
Caught up in the enemy’s scheme, he lost a large army, and the army collapsed without being able to suppress a single incident while running away.
“Whew….”
Nobunaga let out a long sigh.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t find an answer.
‘Is God really with Aran? Are you with Seorae? Is that so? The Holy Kingdom collapsed in vain….’
Of course, there are additional reinforcements.
That’s a huge army of 1.3 million.
However, that was the army of the Western Continent, not the army of the Holy Kingdom.
The Holy Kingdom’s army is completely disintegrated.
The most important faith as a saint is completely exhausted.
Rather, distrust of the saintess was increasing, so the only thing that came out was a sigh.
