Border Guardian Hal Akircius

Fredia Castle, between kings

"Finally, we're home...!

Danford sat down slowly with his hands on his elbows as he moaned the throne between the kings.

A joyful grin and impulse that occurs naturally.

Danford leaves himself to that pleasant feeling that resembles chills.

"... Kuku, finally, Fried's throne is finally in my possession!!

With the blood spreading in front of him and the bodies of the accumulating court officers out of sight, Danford opened his hands with a black box and a bloody sword in his hand and told him to look up to heaven and scream.

"The king is me!!!

Under its feet, the eyes of a young court officer falling and lying immediately on the throne glow with tears.

There is more and more black blood overflowing like a pulse from the chest.

"... King Akircius respectfully... never hung... on the throne... sorry..."

I couldn't stop Danford from sitting down. With all the thoughtlessness, I can tell him to squeeze it out.

My hand, which was stretched out without power, fell, as if it were blood.

A laugh that springs at the same time.

The laughter emanating from Danford's mouth echoed until hours among the kings where no one was.

Just before the end of the war opened, Danford advanced to Fradia as planned.

Led by 1,200 Fried Warriors and 1,300 Flink Warriors who had borrowed from Grand Dollar, his uncle.

Danford, who led a total of 2,500 warriors, assembled the Possian and Sedenian military horses that the Halemians had not even looked forward to, and rode across the Ereil River, poking its gap when Bagan entered the battlefield, running to Fradia.

From the standpoint, the barbaric courage of the Halemians and the power of numbers and the military power of the imperial border guards were antagonistic, and it was certain that the winner would also bear great pain, regardless of whether he won or not, and he thought it would be better if he beat his weak winner to a final victory.

Hal did not order the closure of Fradia, which was preparing the ground for corner development.

As a result, Bergan had allowed urban security to be carried out in the usual system, but be vigilant about the approaching of just as many as 2,500 warriors.

At that time, Fradia had around 800 Fried warriors left to defend Castle Town, but the defensive captain mistakenly identified him as an ally from the direction Danford and the others were going.

And he responded to his grand request to open the door.

The Fried and Flink warriors, led by Danford, who collapsed into Castle Town, stepped on horses to kill the warriors on the defensive side who were alarmed, and vanquished once and for all as soon as the defensive captain who was guarding the Castle Gate and the warriors under his command prepared their response.

And they rushed into the castle of Fredia, and took over the castle and the town of Castle in an instant, hopping away the astonishing inhabitants of the city.

The court officers and warriors who remained in the castle resisted violently, but were defenseless in large numbers.

Everyone was discussed earlier among the kings who stood in cages.

Danford was furiously angry that even court officials with civilian roles who usually never had swords resisted himself, and then ordered a merciless killing.

Leaving room for Danford, who remained among the kings, the soldiers under his command searched for court officers and warriors of the castle of Fredia, ending up with caterers and cleaners, snapping their necks from one end to the other.

"I miss you when you're an Imperial Border Guardian in just one year! You are a disgrace to Fried!

Danford also dispatched half the warriors to the city to pick up those who were cooperative in the imperial governance, or arrested successively the technicians and officials who were coming from the empire, and to control the Western Postal Association branch to plot against Cilentium.

Western Postal Association, Fradia Branch Office

"... send Cilentium a winning report and news of the celebration festival?

"Yes, give us plenty of food, booze and a woman, and tell everyone who stands up to attend!

………

The director of the Fradia branch of the Western Postal Association turns his gaze to the barbaric demands of the warrior chief of the Flink tribe, who so threatens the sword with one hand.

"You refuse. Our Western Postal Association is unable to cooperate in such schemes and rape schemes that undermine the credibility of communications. A declaration of war or a recommendation to surrender must not be known and documents contrary to such letters cannot be dispatched."

"What!? You're not afraid of this sword!

"I'll do it if you want! The Western Postal Association will not yield to such threats!!

When the branch director raised his sword to an amazing warrior and provoked anger, the officers around him rose in unison, making a noise of a chair.

The warriors who came to dominate are overwhelmed by the temper.

"You can kill me if you want, we connect people to the Western Postal Association! We will persist in our dissatisfaction with those who harm people!

Fredia Castle, between kings

It's still blood. Among the remaining kings around, Danford, who took the throne, snorted.

"... well, good. Don't you dare go to Cilentium right now. I know we'll be staring at each other for a while."

That's what Danford said as he nodded to Eagle Fling to warriors who told him he had failed to use the Western Postal Association, causing him to back down.

The city's leaders, who had already cooperated with the Empire's engineers, ex-soldiers, and Hull's governance, have arrested or, in the case of heavy resistance, killed them, and the purification of the city is progressing steadily.

The beautifully maintained streets and drains immediately pulled off the cobblestone and sent out a circular to the city's residents to break down the cement and restore it.

Street trees arranged to be cut down, public learning centers shut down, and pharmacies took away and destroyed the herbs.

But for a short time Fradia has smelled like an empire.

Danford gives directives one after the other to return to the original Fried-like city in an indignant manner.

A spooky voice echoes from the black box with ever-blackening smoke when the person receiving the instruction is interrupted.

You seem to have carried it well?

"Oh, thanks to you, I didn't know your operation would work like this..."

"You don't believe me, do you?"

"... formerly an enemy, isn't it?

'... but I was betrayed by the Empire. Betrayal must be rewarded accordingly, and I reward the Empire, and the enemy of the enemy is on my side. So the enemies of the Empire are on your Lord's side?

"... must be, well, your wisdom and knowledge will be useful enough, keep asking"

"Hmm, well, as long as it suits my intentions, we'll work together... that's right, I can't breathe, if there's no one out there, will you let me out a little bit?

"... if it's about a lid, I'll open it"

Danford hesitated, but decided to do it at the request of that voice.

The front lid of the black box is opened by Danford's hand.

What emerged from inside was a black shrimp dressed in the helmet of an old imperial general.

Beautiful decorations have been applied in ancient times, but helmets with knife wounds everywhere are also interrupted, adding to the spookiness combined with the colours and disastrous atmosphere of the room.

The mouth moved with a clatter.

'Hmm, the outside world is always full of comforting grudges and rotten odors!

Danford opens his voice to an emotional voice.

"... the hero of the Empire, Altrius, has fallen."

"Unpluck it! Heroes and other one-belly aches, I am the one thing that avenges the Empire“ Neck of Disaster ”Altrius. It is the Empire and those who join it that are unhappy! What I exchange is revenge."

I'm gonna tell Danford to throw up after he protests.

"... I agree with that opinion..."

"Would it be? As long as you're hostile to the Empire, you'll have my help."

Returning a satisfactory response to Danford's consent, Shinigami's eyes glow red and black smoke emanates from his mouth.

"There is no hope in this world, it reminds me... including you..."

Words covered in curses are secretly spun, but did not reach Danford.

Cilentium Army Barracks, North Bank of the Ineon River

Hal's Silentium Army found out that Prince Danford had taken over Fradia in an ambush by decree.

When Hal regained his calm with surprise, he immediately called Gatti and Randeluez and held a rapid operational meeting with Bergan, Adamantius, Quintus and Belius, whose expressions of remorse were also remarkable.

Bergan regretted the lack of handouts in the castle fortress he would keep, and was still hearing the news with an angry look on his face.

"Sorry... no, no words of apology either..."

"No, this is because of my sweet decision not to give clear instructions for the blockade. I am responsible for the circumstances that have led me to put you all in this predicament for your hard work. I'm sorry."

Hal defends Bergan, who squeezed out words of apology, and first apologizes to everyone.

"Because nobody would have imagined that that stupid prince could do it this far if it weren't impossible to do the trick this time. Now, how am I going to turn this thing upside down, and I'm going to ask the Border Guard to remain in command?

When Gatti says that after he takes over the place, everyone nods.

"No objection"

"... no matter, there won't be anyone else"

"... there is no substitute for the king"

"I don't need to tell you."

Responsibility lies with everyone.

Now Gatti is right, how to improve this situation.

Taking the Cliffonham-style battlefield trust, Gatti smiles and nods loudly.

"It's up to you, then. The Border Guard will be in command."

Hal, once thanked, slowly opened his mouth.

"Thank you… then send an early horse to Cilentium as soon as possible to notify us of the incident and the suspension of the supply team. Mr. Adamantius, could you send me a few rides just in case? Cilentium will be fine, as long as the information is included, Mr. Sittius and his predecessor will be there."

"Well, if I may, Prince Danford should begin his work of gathering soldiers and turning back against the clans. There will be no immediate danger to Cilentium."

When Adamantius finishes saying so by nodding at Hal's instructions, he orders the military to send a commanding cavalry.

"Then... it's the rest of the supplies, how much?

Quintus began reporting the report in his hands with a reluctant face on Hal's question.

"Yes, we also predicted a lasting war for food, so we have roughly 25 days. Arrows and hand-throated arrows were significantly lacking and will probably run out soon after one fight. In addition, heavy weapons usually have two rounds of ammunition, no special flamethrowers, and fuel pokes the bottom as well. I just assembled it and finally said for two cars. There is more than enough food for protected refugees, etc., to fill what the Halemians had, and it is possible to convert to our army...?

"I wouldn't use that unless I had to"

Copy that, sir.

Quintus responds to Hal's answer.

A good number of looted goods have been secured, but they belong to the people of Cliffonam, who should be called allies.

Hal, who thought that he would not buy grudges by switching poorly, sometimes managed to secure food and decided not to use it.

"Have you used Arrowball long enough... I can't help it, I didn't envisage this happening..."

Belius roars at Quintus' report.

They dealt with a large group of four hundred thousand.

Even though we've got five times the amount of arrowballs in the Empire's Legion Opera, we're already out of ammo.

It is the mountains that want to receive replenishment, but between Cilentium and now Hull, Fradia is truly stuck as far as the mountain, which is not easy.

"I have no choice, retrieve the arrows and hand-throwed arrows as much as I can from the battlefield and reuse them, I wanted the soldiers to take a break for three days… but they take turns and hit the retrieval work. Together, we have to sharpen the sword, repair the shield, repair the heavy weapon... it will take about five days for the army to reboot."

Fortunately, the damage to the allies is negligible for the destruction of 400,000 barbarians, and the soldiers are willing to win.

I've already told her that Fradia has fallen, but the soldiers and warriors are motivated enough to breathe that the next step is the Fradia offensive.

Morale is the only good ingredient that hasn't fallen, but this also threatened to cover my hands at once.

Anyway, I can't get supplies right now.

"And then, Chief Gatti, Chief Randeles"

"What?

"... what is it?

Two sheikhs answer Hull's call by unarming them.

"Please convey to the tribes of Cliffonam and Oran as soon as possible the backdrop of the Battle of the Ineon River. If we find out that the Halemians have been wiped out, no one will turn the Silentium army against the enemy to respond to Prince Danford's call."

"I see... OK! To the people of Cliffonam, including the northern tribes, I will send a commanding cavalry from my people."

"Okay, I'll take care of the people of Oran."

Gatti and Randeluez responded immediately to Hal's request.

Dispatching orders from within can increase the persuasion and credibility of each tribe.

The two sheikhs felt something dependable on Hal's instructions and, responding with a smile, promptly forced the military to call on a young man from the clan.

Hal opens his mouth when he sighs louder.

"I've sent Maple and Shady to Fradia, so you'll get more information, but let me guess... is this the place? And then we'll give the soldiers as much rest as possible to prepare them for the siege."