The report of the fall of Nagrasia was received by Mirelbas-Ryburn on the 10th. It was the eighth day that Gandhian troops took control of Nagrasia. I need two days to communicate information.

Given the distance between the Dragon House and Nagrasia, the capital of Zalwarn, there is no choice. Means of transmitting information are also limited. An early horse by land, or a telegraphic dove by air. Airways are definitely faster, but accuracy does not extend to land.

At the source of the Mirell bus, it arrives by air. A dove flown by a citizen of Nagrasia rewarded Zeol and was told by Zeol to the Dragon House.

Even Mirelbus was surprised when the report was brought to the Dragon House.

Gandhia wasn't even ready to fight until a few days ago. It was supposed to be the previous stage.

Leongand, who visited Myram, had obtained information that he had entered into negotiations with the White Shield, and he had the view that a contract would probably be concluded. That was the action in anticipation of the forthcoming battle of Zalwarn, and it did not seem to me that I had visited Myram with the intention of cutting the end of the battle very soon.

But the reality is that the border was broken by the Gandhian army and Nagrasia fell. I can't help but think about Leongand's actions.

Suddenly, Mirelbus regretted that Nares was not on his side, but it was also difficult to imagine that he would work out a measure that would be detrimental to Gandia. He is a Gandhian operative and is now in prison.

It was only for the moment that his detention could be known to Gandia, and if you think about it, you don't know the invasion of the Gandian army either. Even if we invaded suddenly, I suppose we thought we could get assistance from Nahless. Indeed, if Nares had wielded extraction as a military master, Mirelbus might have left it at ease, and in that case he might have been secretly led to a situation that would have been advantageous to the Gandian army.

But he's no longer next to Mirell Bus. He's a traitor. I suppose it should be boiled and roasted after it was supposed to be washed and thrown up, but Mirelbas loved his talent. There is no sin in talent. Rather, he thinks that human talent is the supreme thing in this world. So Mirelbus, even if he was a sinner, took advantage of what he had, and in some cases he applied.

Mirelbas believed in talent more than personality. It is a sumptuous thing in front of a blind talent, such as human personality.

Anyway, Mirelbas had to gather his hands and feet from Mizu and Seros, the god general who presided over the Zalwarn army, and open his military manners.

Examine the information that continues to come in from the Nagrasian side and only bear in mind what you need.

The Third Dragon Scale Army, which was stationed in Nagrasia, could not withstand the onslaught of the Gandian army and halved, some 700 men below the Wing General abandon Nagrasia and aim to rendezvous with the Seventh Dragon Scale Army of Thruke - the Wing General Gordon-Fenec report was concise, but for that matter, the situation in which they were placed was easy to understand.

But now I don't see a formation of enemy troops. Though it seems to have been put in at least enough force to break down the Third Dragon Scale Army.

Is Gandia seriously going to start a war with Zalwarn? Or are you satisfied with just cutting off the territory around Nagrasia? If you don't know that, you can't even strategize.

Regardless, the seizure of Nagrasia must be a priority, but it does not mean that we can also immediately rally our forces for it.

Fortunately, Ginarvi-Lyburn has been given the position of Holy General and has also been given the right to organize the army. He went south through the Dragon House and should be in Zeol by now. Troops in Thruke may also be absorbing. It would be swelling up to about two thousand people.

Initially, he was scheduled to take the lead in the Gandia invasion. The plans went crazy, but it would be nice to have him recapture Nagrasia and wait for the invasion as it were. Attack Myram from Nagrasia, while causing him to invade from Bahandar to Recondar. Once the power of Zalwarn is ready, a multidirectional simultaneous invasion will also be possible.

Ginarvi is the second son of Mirelbus. For ten years, he was an armed summoner forged in hell called Dinobot Cave, and his abilities were impeccable. I don't know how my personality has changed in the last decade, but to the best of Mirelbas' knowledge, I was a kind boy with family thoughts.

Decade-long reunion.

Mirelbas still remembers Ginarvi crying. It was myself who forced him to suffer. At the time, I was only able to protect my family by offering him. I was careless, but I also gave up.

Marcias' tyranny had an end in sight. The next generation is coming. At that time, it must be the Mirelbus that stands at the apex. Otherwise, Zalwarn will lose his future.

And then he became the national lord and partitioned everything in Zalwarn's national politics.

Then seven years.

Things have changed dramatically.

Speaking of what was decided in the military ritual of the 10th, it was to change the manning in preparation for an all-out war with Gandia.

The reform of the army, to which Nares waved his arms, is, at first glance, gorgeous and brilliant. Discover hidden talents in each field and place them in departments where they can demonstrate their talents. We need to reposition a huge amount of talent in place. It's not a lot of work, that's why Mirelbas doesn't love his talent.

What lurked behind that reform, however, was the future invasion of Zalwarn by the Gandian army, when it was the kind of people who would no longer be useful who were putting them in key positions.

It was only after his detention that Mirelbus learned of his sincerity that the Gandian army attacked him where he tried to move into restructuring.

In the back, it's turning.

"Let the army of Smada move some of them to Malwale as a restraint to Fort Gallon. As it stands, I don't see any movement in Berel. Since the loss of Knight Chief Graham Zan-Nordis, who was an aggressive expatriate, Berel has shown a passive attitude towards his involvement outside the country."

To Cyrus-Ode's suggestion, Mirelbus stared at the map on the tabletop. Smada, a southeastern city of Zalwarn. The city, manned by a thousand Fourth Dragon Scale troops, is the closer the border between the two countries: Berel and Gibelle, and if you show a gap, one of the two countries could come to hand.

The reports of the Nagrasian repression by the Gandian army will be in the ears of both countries as well. It doesn't seem like Berel will ever get his hands on it like Cyrus did, but Gibbel can't do that either. His country wanted to form a friendship with Zalwarn, but resented him for being scorned and now said he was revealing his enemies. In fact, we must be assisting Fort Gallon's Gray-Barzelg, showing up where Zalwarn was disturbed by the Gray army and plotting to make a territorial cut.

"But Gibbel could move"

If so, I don't want to move Smada's army. There are only a thousand people. The combined strength of defensive bases near the border is less than a thousand and five hundred. It's like you're asking me to attack you, such as by dividing my troops from there.

"So what about Fort Gallon?

Asked, Mirelbus shut up.

The fort, situated at the western edge of the former Merisol territory in eastern Zalwarn, currently houses three thousand people under the Gray-Barzelg administration, and stares at Zalwarn. His disobedience was painful, but only then could it still be dealt with.

It was synonymous with Zalwarn, and as the strongest force, its minename was blasting on neighboring countries. Grey-Balzerg, the fierce general, and three thousand men under him. Three thousand people. If we had mobilized all the armies of Zalwarn, we would have been able to destroy nearly five times that, and even though Grey-Balzerg would not have left his hands and legs.

But it is unrealistic to move the whole army just for the annihilation of the Grey army. Can I use it for about nine thousand people? Still, can we afford to fight? Of course, I know Gray's troops don't even make some difference in power or anything, and that's why it's scary.

Long-term siege of the fort is good. It was not a bad idea to take the time to destroy Bahandar, as it did when he fell. It's just a waste of time and personnel.

Gray has talent, too. Blessed with rare generals talent, he was also Mirelbas' favorite subordinate. But at one point I had to distance myself from him on the border.

Because I trampled on his trust and betrayed him.

That's the price, Gray.

Beyond Malwale, Mirelbas thought of chewing on his umbilical cord in the formation of Gray, who also stared at the Dragon House.

The presence of Fort Gallon serves to dampen the movement of the Zalwarne army as a whole. If we move the soldiers from Malwale and Thruke, Gray will start the march without missing that gap. The invasion of the Dragon House by the Grey Army is fulfilled without rivalry from the few.

No, as long as the Pentagon is functioning, it's so easy to get close to the Dragon House. But it is clear that if the troops on that march path are kicked, it will lead to a reduction in the power of the Zalwarn army. It's like being able to poke a blade around your neck if Malwale gets knocked down.

If the Grey army moves, there is no doubt that the Gandhian army will respond. Conversely, if the Gandhian army starts deploying troops inside Zalwarn territory, Gray will also not be able to sit and wait.

"I can't leave you alone. but you can also crack Smada's army. Plus, if the Gray Army moves, it could ignore Malwales and Thruke and go straight to Fabulneia"

Wouldn't it be more likely to go for the Dragon House in a straight line than to attack a city and lose troops? And if you silently kill two cities and attack them into the Dragon House, you can also cause the armies of the two cities to run behind you or flank you. But if Gray is going to be as solid as he has been, he's going to have to go one way or the other.

"I thought of that possibility, of course, but I was wondering if we should consider increasing the strength of the Malvasian forces"

"Yes, it is."

What bothers Mirelbus is the allocation of Zalwarn's total force.

The total Zalwarn force is nominally eighteen thousand. Of these, seven thousand and five hundred were the power of the Dragon House. To the Dragon Eye Army two thousand, the total number of First to Fifth Dragon Teeth Army five thousand and five hundred. Forts built in five places around the Dragon Mansion - commonly known as the Five-Way Defense Regiment - are said to inflate their defenses several times. Each of the fortifications bearing the family name of the Pendragons was manned by a thousand men, with a strength of one thousand and five hundred men only in Vridia in the South.

Each of the Dragon Scale armies stationed in every city in Zalwarn is a thousand troops, and only Nagrasia is one thousand and five hundred, because they have faced the border with Gandia, but did not add any numbers to Bahandar, which is also adjacent to Logner, for one thing because Bahandar is difficult to defeat. It's hard to attack and easy to protect. That even five hundred men is enough was the word of Wing General Kaleggia, but it is not a lie. In normal organizations, you can't drop Bahandar.

And there are two hundred people in each of the defensive strongholds across the Zalwarn border, and this is two thousand people in ten locations.

A total of fifteen thousand. But we can't move defense base personnel, only thirteen thousand can actually move them. Nominal 18,000 is the number of people who were adding three thousand Grays. Three thousand of them slipped out and became hostile.

There it is, an attack by the Gandian army.

Maybe Zalwarn couldn't help turning back either.

At that meeting, no conclusions were reached on the response to Fort Gallon.

It was the fifteenth day - today - that reports jumped in that the advance units of the Gandhian army left Nagrasia.

Does leaving Nagrasia and heading west mean that even Reuben should strike down? No way is it Bahandar. Bahandar is an undefeated fortified city that even the Zarwayne army attacked. It is not a substitute for the kind of army that has invaded rapidly.

vast wetlands and small high hills. From the fortified city on the hill, you can see the entire wetlands, and you can control the enemy troops coming down the wetlands with only bows and arrows. Zalwarn has been hit many times. Thus, Bahandar's intransigence shines mythically within Zalwarn.

"Let's turn Miliu and the others to Reuben."

"Right..."

The three armed summoners, headed by Miliu-Lebaen, are given the position of Heavenly Admiral.

A Heavenly General is one of the Zalwarn armies qualified to command the Dragontooth Army, and was second only to the Holy General. Beneath it is the Wing General, and the Three-General position of Saint, Heaven, and Wing has long been passed down to Zalwarn. It was the discretion of Mirelbas to add the throne of God there, but it was to reward Cyrus-Ord for his years of accomplishment, loving his talents but also the late.

Miliu and three other heavenly generals are followed by two thousand men gathered from the Dragontooth Army. It took me a while to collect them and the three of them should still have stayed at Fort Beaunel.

"They're sending Miliu to Reuben."

Mirrelbus narrowed his eyes to the words that the man who visited Mirrelbus' private room had gone the most open. The meeting is over, not an hour has passed.

"You're so fast."

"I didn't make a fool of myself. This is still your shadow."

"Shadow."

Mirrelbus wanted to mock himself inside, but didn't even put as much hair on his expression. Orian-Lebien. He is the commander-in-chief of the Dinobot Cave and the person who inherited foreign law from the former lord Marcias. He's also a talented person, and that's why Mirelbas uses him so heavily. Personality can be as fake as possible, but talent doesn't lie.

"Sometimes it's humiliating. Everyone has a shadow in their heart. By creating shadows outside, you can continue to have them with light."

"I know."

Mirrelbus was looking into Orian's eyes. I'm not sure if he's still sane or crazy, but if that's his normal, it could mean he's not crazy.

"By the way, what's wrong with Miliu?"

Mirelbus wondered because Orian is a man who has no interest in tactics or strategy. It was unusual, such as mouthing the army's movements. He laughed just at the look on his face about what was wrong.

I thought Miliu had Heavenly Admiral.

"... you mean that"

"Are you also a fool who fantasizes about the connection between blood ties, etc. by giving the Holy See to the child who divided the blood?

Orian's eyes were ironically distorted. He was not the only human resource to dispute the system of change of control by the Pendragon clan and to reform by talent.

"You seem to care about your daughter."

"You're not. I just can't stand what you say and do. [M] Does Ginavi have the gift of Holy Admiral?

"Ten years."

Mirelbus meditated. What floats behind the lid is the unyielding smile of young Ginarvi. You can call him a completely different person than he was for ten years. I've seen hell that Mirell Bus can't even imagine. Naturally.

"Ten years, I was driving you to hell. When I finally thought I'd gone outside, I just thought about the emotions of what would be sent to the front."

"I'll take it away when the war is over,"

Orian giggles cold.

Mirelbus didn't deny it either.

"It depends on the war effort. If he shows you a battle worthy of the Holy See, you can put it down."

"I'm a little relieved to hear that. The world will be boring if the fool falls on you."

Mirelbus didn't say anything about what Orian said. Because I know what he thinks. In the days of the former lords, Mirelbus mourned and suffered the foolishness of this country.

"The example is done. It's more powerful and vicious than Marcias's. I don't want you to rely on that."

"Right..."

"First of all, wouldn't that happen?"

Orian has told me to take a peek at this thought.

"The guardian of the Dragon House can't break through."

It was on the 17th that the news of the fall of Bahandar arrived at Mirelbus.