Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

A herd of beasts rushing between the positions of the Grand Flam Kingdom towards their troops. Noticing, the Great Alexandros commander immediately emerged on the front line, commanding the infantry bombers attacking the enemy base to withdraw, while simultaneously intercepting the gunmen behind him. I was instructed to take a position.

The Great Alexandros Imperial Army is the most watched wonderland mercenary. The training for it has been repeated many times. Despite its value, the Great Alexandros soldiers should have smoothly transitioned to the intercepting position under the command of the commander, but before the formation of the musketeer unit, the assault of the cavalry corps To forgive.

The commander's instructions were accurate and quick. It's just that the Knight Corps has rushed faster. Just fast. The power of the Great Alexandros Empire came to know this power.

"Go down! Lower the gunmen back!"

"Get the heavy infantry forward! Prevent the assault of the beast!"

The command of the Imperial commander crosses the battlefield. The Imperial Army was preparing for battles with Wonderland Mercenaries, including heavy infantry to stop the assault of the monsters.

But for now, there is no sign that it works. Putting the unit forward, retreating after being trampled by the cavalry corps, and repeating another unit forward.

Fortunately for the Imperial Army, the difference in troops is overwhelming for the Imperial side. 20,000 soldiers against 20,000 cavalry troops prevent the collapse of the army.

"What is that ?! I don't know that!"

Maria was the first to see the Battle of the Wonderland Mercenaries. He is complaining about the strength he expected.

"We have prevented it enough. Please consider that the training was successful."

It is Gil who has been temporarily reappointed as Chief of Guards who is calming Mary. Gil is leading an executive army to fight the Mercenaries of Wonderland. I was attacked during the march and did not have any hands or feet. Compared to that time, the situation is quite good now.

"Somehow stop your foot, and you'll hit with a cannon."

As Maria says, if you can stop the cavalry Corps, you will not have a hard time.

"Now, you should be prepared to take the time to show your chance. The enemy is 2,000. No matter how strong, there will always be a limit."

Force difference. Making full use of this is an empire strategy. No matter how strong, if you keep fighting, it's time to get tired. Aiming at that time, they are going to attack at once.

"Essentially, you just have to defeat Leon, right? It's not a chance because you are on the front line.

"... Yes, but there is a chance to get rid of it."

"Is the machine made?"

"Yes ..."

Maria thinks she can defeat Leon if she comes out. On the other hand, members of the Gilles Guards believe that even Maria can never beat Lion one-on-one. This difference has led to the passing of Mary and the others.

"If you're worried, let's bring Lancelot, and you'll never lose."

"No, your Majesty has his fight."

If the emperor and empress face Rion together and are defeated, the battle is lost. We can't afford such recklessness.

"Speaking of which, what about Lancelot?"

People are worried even though their troops are in a difficult situation. Such a thickness is good for battlefield generals, but unfortunately Maria is perceived as insensitive and not thick. Nobody points it out.

"Enemy's right wing. Momentum likely to defeat first team."

"... I'm doing my best. I'm in charge of the Wonderland Mercenaries, so of course it's natural."

Even towards Lancelot, Maria is turning emotions like jealousy. Maria doesn't like Lancelot, who is trying to keep her away from state affairs.

"If your Majesty's army moves forward, you will be able to completely isolate the Wonderland Mercenaries. The war is on track. It's time to endure now."

Anyway, I don't want Maria to do any extra work right now. The damage from the Wonderland Mercenaries is only growing, but ignoring it means that the overall war situation is in favor of the Empire.

"... then wait a little longer."

As expected, Maria is not going to charge alone. Realizing that the people around me were not reluctant, I accepted waiting quietly. Maria, who seemed insensitive and read the surrounding air, was actually a good man.

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On the other hand, Arnold of the Grand Flam Kingdom was unable to grasp the situation. On the left, the Wonderland Mercenaries overwhelm the Empire. But on the right wing, the opposite is the case. But that's not all. Somehow, the movement of his army seems to be a jumble.

"... Why don't you support the right wing?"

Such a question leaks out of Arnold's mouth.

"The soldier seems to be turning. The left wing may be more dangerous than seen from here."

Lambert answered Arnold's question. That said, Lambert's explanation is only Lambert's personal guess. It was trying to forcefully justify their movement.

"Because there are only two thousand, but if the right wing retreats, will the mercenaries be blocked behind?"

Once the right wing has been deprived, the central base will be exposed to unprotected sides. If any team is robbed, the kingdom's basic strategy is to forcibly abandon the other two teams and retreat the front. But if you move that way, the Wonderland Mercenaries will be isolated on the front line. This is the aim of the empire.

"I think it's okay if you give a retreat instruction before that happens, but ... isn't the movement halfway?"

Lambert is not convinced of his movement. I don't think the movements are wrong, but I feel halfway as a whole. If you want to defend the right wing, you should put more troops at once, while the left wing, which is being pushed by the Wonderland Mercenary Corps, is not fighting, so it seems that you can empty it. .

"Send a messenger to Marcus. Decide if you want to defend your right-wing position or retreat the whole."

"Hah"

Arnold is finally out of luck and decides to give instructions to Commander Marcus on the front line.

"... I don't know what Leon is thinking?"

Arnold also doubts the movement of the Wonderland Mercenaries. Certainly they are overwhelming the Imperial Army. However, there seems to be a decisive factor in destroying enemy forces. Dozens of times enemies are opponents. I don't think it can be helped, but it seems unusual for Rion, and it seems that it is an almost careless movement.

"Are you waiting for something?"

Lambert, like Arnold, thinks that he is as decisive as he is. However, Lambert considered the situation to be Leon's measure.

"If anything, what is it?"

This is not a question for Lambert. You are asking yourself. Arnold was doing the same when he was accompanying Lion in a battle with the Demon. Rion's bizarre strategy is to make it his own.

"The right wing is about to be overtaken!"

"What did you say!?"

The war did not allow Arnold time to think. Arnold rises involuntarily to Lambert's voice.

"Decrease the center! Reinforce the second team on the right wing! Stop the enemy from moving forward!"

Lambert is screaming, but from here he can't reach the front. Lambert knows that too. Even if you know, you can't help but frustrated by the poor movement of your allies.

"Motion is slow! What is Marcus doing?"

The Imperial Army, which broke through the first team, is attacking the second team as it is. To stop the momentum, you should turn your troops off, even if you temporarily emptied the third base, and increase the second base immediately, but this has not yet been seen.

That is not all. In the center, the first team on the left, there are still soldiers.

"The second team will be overtaken as it is! Thicken the front! Stop Alexandros's momentum!"

Lambert's cry never reaches the front line.

The Imperial Army, which broke through the first team on the right wing, is pushing out troops at once to the second team on the right wing and the first team on the center. The momentum is pushing not only the center, which is pierced by the vulnerable side, but also the second team on the right wing.

If you do not stop somewhere, it will be overtaken by three teams and four teams at once.

"Lambert! Prepare for Konoe's sortie! を Stop the enemy's momentum somehow!"

At last, Arnold decided to go on the front line. Otherwise, he feels the imperial momentum is unlikely to stop.

"... Oh no, wait a little!"

"I can't afford to hesitate!"

Arnold thought that Lambert's voice was a resistance to being on the front line, but this is wrong.

"A shadow on the side of the enemy left wing!"

Next, a voice telling the appearance of a new army resonates to the headquarters.

"I'm on your side! I can see the Ox kingdom!"

A further voice signaled that the army was on your side.

"……What did you say?"

I'm glad to see allies, but the question of why the Ox Army is here was also in Arnold's head.

"Rush into the side of the Imperial Army!"

Ox's army emerged, outscoring the first in the Grand Flam kingdom, and assaulted the side of the imperial army, which had been in the foreground. The Imperial Army, which was in a prolonged formation and completely unpredictable, is now in turmoil. The momentum just before was lost in an instant.

"Hashiu Kingdom! The Hashiu Kingdom's army has also appeared!"

In addition, voices announcing the appearance of Hashiu's army resonate. The Hashiu army, which appears a little later in the Ox kingdom, launches an attack from behind the Imperial army, which was attacking the second base.

The Imperial Army, which had been upset by the Ox Army's assault, lost all willingness in this Hashiu Kingdom blow. He lost control and began to flee.

"... I guess it's true, were you aiming for this?"

The Imperial Army unit, which was attacking the first team in the center, was also attacked by the Ox Kingdom Army and collapsed. For the Imperial Army, which had been attacking with the momentum, it was the worst timing of the two countries' participation.

"That's the anticipation of the fall of our right wing, and the rest."

Lambert does not affirm or deny Arnold's question. It simply offered the possibility that it could not be.

"What if it was done?"

"... a genius. Even these words feel empty."

The expression of the work of a genius is not enough. It may have to be described as the work of God, but there is no concept of God in this world.

"... don't come back"

Wonderland mercenaries unite their units and pull them up from the front. The same applies to both Ox and Hashiu kingdoms. The Imperial Army has no sign of pursuing it. Conversely, the Empire is also pulling troops off the front.

Once, the battle was suspended. It is about to be repartitioned.

"How do you tell our troops?"

Lambert confirms. Arnold seemed to be asking if he could leave it to Mercury Knights. Even so, Arnold has no intention to judge right now.

"Check and report the situation. If the damage to the first base is minor, rebuild the front line at the first base."

The Imperial Army is completely retreating. The first position on the right wing is a command that he knows can be reclaimed without any problems. Bases can be reclaimed. The problem is soldier damage. The force difference between the Empire and the army of Ox Kingdom and Hashiu Kingdom who are participating in the war is half of the total. It's only fifty times, damaging the Empire twice.

"First, the first match is won."

Lambert is convinced of the win, although the status of the front line has not been confirmed. The Imperial Army, which has advanced on the right wing, is almost destroyed. There were quite a few who fled to their positions, but the damage was still extraordinary.

"It's still the first match"

And this victory in the first round is not the Grand Flam Kingdom Army winning on its own. Arnold doesn't want to be glad to let go.

And there are others who are not happy.

"... Is there no Lion?"

It was Prince Alex of the Ox kingdom who appeared at the main team and asked where Rion was.

"I haven't returned. I'm supposed to be there because another unit is outside of the left wing."

The Wonderland Mercenary Corps, who was pulling up from the front line, did not return to its headquarters. Arnold concluded that he had headed to a place where Arial and another unit were waiting.

"Really……"

When Prince Alex hears that there is no Lion, he looks relieved.

"It's not a joke. You may be glad you didn't get angry, but this is a misunderstanding."

Prince Harry of the Kingdom of Hashiu, who was following him, was complaining to Prince Alex.

"It was just a bit faster. No, it failed because the Grand Flam Army was in vain."

Prince Alex replies to Harry's complaint. The content of the conversation between the two cannot be ignored by Arnold.

"Just because of the failure, is the previous battle a surprise that we decided in advance?"

"How can I charge that place without having decided beforehand?"

The Ox kingdom is about 2,000. Despite the surprise, there are too few forces to launch against the 80,000 army.

The imperial army was in the forefront, and the side guards were neglected.

"... I see."

"Thanks to being on the front line, the results have been terrible. I should have been able to draw in more Imperial forces."

"Is that so?"

If the first team on the right flank of the kingdom of Granfram collapses, the left of the Imperial Army will move on and go further. On the other hand, the Imperial Army's right wing is held down by the Wonderland Mercenary Corps, so the Imperial Army has only the left wing extending to the Grand Fram Kingdom. At that point, the Ox Kingdom forces attack from the side to break the front line, cutting the base. Hashiu's army stabs the way the Imperial Army is upset, thinking she has lost her way.

Just as we saw right before, but if you think it was intentionally created, your feelings will change.

"The total number of minor injuries is 5,000 at best. It's not enough."

Prince Harry is dissatisfied and talks about possible damage to the Imperial Army. Approximately 4,000 for both Ox and Hashiu. They did more damage than their troops. Failure is too severe.

"... I wanted to go twice. Will this be a longer game than I thought?"

After hearing the numbers, Prince Alex finally acknowledged the failure and looked frustrated.

There are 30,000 Imperial troops, 30,000 Grand Fulham troops and 37,000 allies. Arnold was surprised to see that he wanted to end it in a short game.

The first match ended with the victory of the Grand Flam Kingdom. But the battle is far from over, Arnold tightened his feelings.

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The Imperial side ended in the loss of the first match. The entire army has been lowered significantly behind and is starting to form a new position. I thought I was going to settle at once as soon as I arrived, but that was a failure.

In this case, the empire is ready for a long battle.

"I'm sorry"

Upon arriving at HQ, Lionel Commander apologized to Lancelot. It was a result of the loss of the first match.

"… In terms of morale, the defeat in the first match is painful, but it's not bad to be able to bring out all the strength of the Grand Flam kingdom."

In addition to the Wonderland Mercenaries, troops from the Ox and Hashiu kingdoms have also entered the war. That's a surprised Lancelot, but if you think the uncertainty has disappeared, it's not bad.

"It is not yet confirmed, but the total number of dead and seriously injured is about 3,000.

"What about the Grand Flam Kingdom?"

"I don't know for sure, but maybe less than 500."

"Really……"

It is delicate whether the number of 500 is regarded as small or large. If it is just a number, it may not be surprisingly defeated. It was Lancelot like this.

"However, the number of right wings is not included."

The right wing is the side led by Maria, the army fighting the Wonderland Mercenaries.

"... What's the damage?"

"I don't know, I don't get any reports."

"I see ... I'm losing."

It is good to lose the report. If it is bad, it is defeated. And perhaps the result is the latter. Not only did he not report, but Maria did not try to appear on the team because she did not want to be blamed for it.

The first match was settled. But the battle is far from over.