Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World
Episode One Thousand Three Hundred and fifty-three: The Old Admiral Thinks
Betraying your country is the same thing, that is, denying your life.
Born in the country, raised in the country, studied in the country, lived for the country. I've devoted my life to it. Everything was for the country, nothing else. That was the life of Saran-Kilclade. So dying for the country was the main hope, and I've lived to this day because I was hoping for the possibility that one day the time might come when I could use my dead life for the country. Otherwise, it is not something you can continue to live like this for the rest of your life.
So this time I was delighted with the mission that the King gave me immediately.
What a causal task it was to assassinate an allied king, but it also seemed like the right mission to curtain my life. Difficult and critical tasks. Success or failure, but first of all, no doubt, there is no life for him. There are also lives of those who accompany them. If they succeed, there is no way that one of the Gandias will let them live and give them back. Same thing if you fail. It is normal to be killed without question.
Death wasn't horrible.
It's like he was already dead.
From that day on, when he died, his life became empty.
So I didn't mind dying. It is pathetic for those of you who have not been informed of your mission, but if it is for the good of your country, then you have no choice.
It is the efforts of the soldiers to die for their country.
At the expense of the soldier's death, the country moves forward.
Saran's death is also a necessary price for Ichika to move forward.
But.
When it turned out that the reason for Leongand's failed assassination came from personal emotions, agitation, various emotions in him shook. No, in the first place, from the moment I ran into her, I guess I was shaking. The result led to a failed assassination. If it wasn't for her to expose it, the assassination would have been a success. Leongand was dead, and Saran and all the soldiers of the Star Bow Corps were dead.
But it didn't.
I thought about Sheila.
Sheila was like a granddaughter. The desperate battle with the Demon King's Army, although it was a bond we knew in the Kruselk War and were bound on that battlefield, had the power to only make the bond profound.
Saran didn't want Sheila to fall unhappily. I think like a granddaughter. I always loved her bright, winning and healthy. Not as a heterosexual, but as a granddaughter. Her life was never bright like that. He had lost his parents in Abad's unrest and was forced into a situation where he had to leave the royal family from scratch. Apparently there was a complicated situation. I could imagine Sheila being in a serious situation, although I don't know the truth from the information that comes through to Ishika.
When she reunited as a Maldia Rescue Army, Sheila was what treated Saran like her real grandfather. She's changed. At least, it seemed to carry something darker than it did during the Kruselk war. Maybe it's my fault. It could be a casual assumption. But Saran didn't want to make her any more unhappy. It is only natural for me as a grandfather to think of my granddaughter's happiness. Of course, there's no blood connection to her. A relationship I just met on the battlefield. But that's the kind of relationship that adds to life.
Is it for the country?
For an individual?
For your own good?
Various thoughts were intricately intertwined and the unleashed arrows did not draw the desired trajectory. As a result, it was shot down by Dorin-Nog and did not reach Leongand. Even if it didn't get to the right track, without Doreen, I would have stabbed Leongand's body. And I'm glad I just stabbed you. The poison was painted.
Like plundering leads to death.
After all, I didn't even plunder it.
(I guess this was a good idea)
Saran thought his judgment was not a mistake, recalling Sheila's face when she was pleased with his survival. I wanted to think about it. If the assassination had been successful, Sheila could have been held accountable and even pursued by the country. No, on the contrary, I could have seen more wretched eyes. I'm glad it didn't. A terrible personal emotion tells me so.
Of course, it was a bitter decision.
Saran was forced to make a choice.
Betray Ishika and go down to Gandia's military gates or die with the many disciples on the road, starting with Ilda-Orion and belonging to the Star Bow Corps. One in two. There was less respite to think about. Naturally. The Gandhian Liberation Army must reach the mainland of Gandhia as soon as possible. I hardly have the time to spend on Saran and the others.
Saran troubled himself all night. The Irdas didn't even know Saran's mission. It is important that the Leongand assassination plan leak. Many of the soldiers in the Star Bow Corps were Saran's disciples, and even though it was unlikely that they would betray Saran, I thought about it just in case. It is not surprising that some of them appeared to think that it would be better to go through Gandhia, which had become more powerful and gained momentum than the squid of a small country. Not everyone is devoting their lives to their country like Saran.
When the assassination ended in failure and the outrage of the squid was revealed, members of the Ilda and Star Bow Corps were detained. For the Ildas, it would be talking about water in their sleeping ears. It's not surprising to think that he was dumped by the state. The same goes for being fooled. They didn't know anything, and they dumped him.
King Reingold believed that discussing Leongando would lead to peace of mind for the small group of nations. That's the big deal for the small group of nations, and for that reason, they worked out an assassination plan based on the idea that they wouldn't even hate to pay for the strongest army of archers in their country. If you just want to assassinate Leongando, you can send Saran in alone, but the fact that Saran is the only one dispatched by Ishika is problematic. It's an important battle for our allies. The old soldier is the only one who has the strength to provide it, and he can't dress up.
That's why I can't help but wonder what it would be like to offer a star archer regiment at a price that could be considered the most important force for Ishika. It is also the organization he grew up in by hand salt. Ilda-Orion's bow arm is great and capable as a commander. Losing her was supposed to be a huge loss to Ichika. She's not the only one. The Star Bow Corps itself is an important force in supporting the squid.
I'm guessing it's such an impending situation that I have to assassinate Leongand even if I give it to you.
Drinking down those thoughts and emotions, he came to the assassination.
As a result, he failed and was forced to make a choice.
And after worrying about his troubles, he chose his way down to Gandia.
Betray the country and take the path of being stigmatized by traitors.
"Do you betray your majesty, Ishika?!?
"Why even bow saints!?
"We are the Star Archers of the Squid! Living for the squid and dying for the squid should be the rule! And yet, why!?
Some voiced opposition to his decision, but many, were happy to survive. So does Ilda. As a soldier, it's painful that it turned out to betray the country, but since the country itself has abandoned itself and pawned itself, it doesn't matter what path we choose. And there's no reason to disagree with the conclusions Saran, the master, made, she said.
Even if it were a forsaken pawn, if the king had been ordained immediately, he would have understood and been convinced. But they didn't know anything. He was doomed to die without knowing anything. You can say I was abandoned by the state. While they felt some hindsight in their betrayal of the country, it was a matter of inner relief, with complex emotions, to please their survival.
(That's good to know)
You can no longer go back to Ishika than you betrayed Ishika.
Ishika has a family waiting for him to return. I have children. Naturally, Ishika, Rheingold will detain his family if he learns of this betrayal. However, there is no immediate punishment. I'm talking about Rheingold. You would start by holding Saran's family hostage and blackmailing Saran. I know Rheingold's character. Extremely reluctant to get his own hands dirty, he should thoroughly figure out how to do it, even if he asks that family about Saran's sins. I mean, there's a temporal respite.
Unlike Saran, many members of the Star Bow Corps have no family. Many of Saran's disciples were orphans, and Saran loved his disciples like my sons, and his disciples admired me like fathers. I guess that's why I couldn't make the choice of dying for my country with them like that.
What mood is it to give precedence to the life of the disciple over the real family?
(I wouldn't have thought of that before -)
I'm sure it's her fault.
Saran narrowed his eyes as he looked at the gray-haired woman who seemed to be arguing over her men over the bonfire. Whether your love for her reminded you of your love for your disciples.
Because getting a granddaughter with no blood connection or anything named Sheila changed Saran.
It was supposed to end the rest of my life here. Successful or unsuccessful assassination, everything was supposed to end here. That survived. I survived. I'll have to spend the rest of my life again for a while.
"Don't worry about the rest of your life."
Ilda comes whispering.
"I decided to live because I'm a master."
"... oh, I know"
It was Saran who tailored her and the members of the Star Archers to be traitors to traitors. We have to take responsibility, and we have to do everything we can to make sure that they do well in a country called Gandhia.
I can't spend the rest of my life talking about it.
Think about it, Russia, because it motivates you, it's funny.
If you gain a little martial arts in this battle of the Gandhian Liberation Army and increase the value of the Star Bow Corps, after the war, the Star Bow Corps will be recognized as an important force in the Gandhian army. In that case, Ilda and the others will be safe in the future.
Then finally, Saran can destroy them.
The Gandia Liberation Army was marching across the Seal River East Bridge, all the way, southeast. It passes just between the city Shieldar, located east of southern Maldia territory, and the King's capital Maldion, located near southern central, leading north of Masak.
It was expected to reach the Maldia border within a few days.
If you cross the border, it's Abard. Abad was a Gandhian country, and the information currently in the PLA meant that he did not grant Gisele Court, but rather was hostile. That means it's on the Leongand side, and if you put it inside Abard territory, for one thing, it's peace of mind.
And until Abad territory, nothing will stand in the way of the PLA.