Border Guardian Hal Akircius

Heon, the castle of the Almar tribe

Wearing an armored helmet, Goosind was walking over the walls of the castle, which had just recently been renovated in an imperial manner, looking over at his enemies.

Until a year ago, it was Heon's walls, which were wooden walls, but the conversion to stone was progressing under the guidance of engineers who had come from the Empire with the streets, partly because Goosind had filed earlier.

A report came in that the army of Siluha had begun marching across the mountains, the arrow tip, where construction of the water bridge had begun in the phase where the walls, streets and sewers had been erected and the water supply was about to be improved.

I had grasped that there was a "that” Prince Danford on Siluha's side, and I had reported it to the Cilentium. Goosind used to have a wartime system, and would quickly send a report to the Cilentium when he implemented the cage castle.

It won't be long before the Siluha army crosses the line.

The battle was imminent.

Sometimes the Almar were originally favoured by the Empire, the introduction of culture proceeded quickly and the cultural development of their inhabited areas had now reached a level no different from that of the peripheral regions of the Empire.

Agriculture, mining, manufacturing and commerce have made extraordinary advances over the past few years, economic activity has been enlivened by currency infiltration, and even more so, almost all the tribal warriors have acquired imperial-style methods of warfare and become Northern Legion soldiers.

A thousand Heon warriors, led by Goosind, are also Northern Legion soldiers equipped with imperial-style armor helmets and wearing their methods of warfare in Cilentium.

Goosind, who leads that Northern Legion soldier and stands and cages in Heon, was told not to attack his enemies as much as he could.

Hal tells me to fight back only when I approach Heon.

"Now, would you like to see Lord Achillsius..."

Unfortunately, he was out of the convocation tribe, so Goosind, who was unable to participate in the battle on the banks of the Ineon River, is looking forward to seeing what kind of maneuver Hal will show in today's battle.

That's the same for the soldiers under my command.

"Oh, I see... it's the Siluha army!

Ahead of what the guard soldiers indicated with spears, we were beginning to see the southern infantry of Siluha marching in clutter.

Meanwhile, Danford, who leads the Siluha army, was bewildered by Altrius' neck instructions.

"... Something's wrong, stop the march"

"Oh, what are you talking about? It's almost Heon, isn't it? Shouldn't we have moved on to the siege right away?

Danford answers badly if he is unhappy with the neck language, but Altrius' neck does not preach as usual and sounds serious.

"Um, I was going to, but something's wrong, let's see how it goes."

"Idiot, you're the one who told me to take precedence over everything and drop Heon because if we don't occupy him soon, Silentium reinforcements will come, right?

"... if things change, the operation changes, and if that's what makes it dangerous, you have to think about leaving."

Not even in Danford's fed up voice, Altrius' neck suggests drawing attention again and stopping the march, but Danford shrugged his lips and said in a trembling little voice.

"... there will be no more of it, I have no more of it."

At last, Danford's short handkerchief broke on Altrius' neck, who still persists in telling Danford not to heed his repeated advice to stop the march.

"Shut up! Shut up!!

………

And a place that will soon be out on the outskirts of Heon.

Altrius' neck echoed the voice of giving up on the verge of the forest breaking off.

"... Was it too late"

"Hmm? What?

Danford looks back with a strange look on his neck voice that looks different than before.

'... so I told you to stop the march...'

Suddenly a shout came out of the woods when he asked if the sound of Altrius' neck voice, which shouted at Danford, who had not tried to heed his advice at all, disappeared.

One arrow after another from the woods descends into the battle of the Danford army in a panic, and a linear arrow of crossbows devours the armor and shields of the soldiers.

And from the woods emerged a Northern Legion soldier who planted the surrounding grass in his helmet.

"Hey, what?!?

'It was wet... I didn't know the border guards were coming this way... I can't spot this. Danford, retreat, now retreat and rebuild.'

"Ahhh!? Oh, my God, come on! Can you do that now, blurry!

"Me, what is a blur... a lot... oops!?

Altrius' neck sighs as he is thrown out of the box that is contained and leads his allied Fried and Flink warriors to drop off Danford as he moves forward.

"Unh... my grudging will has never been..."

I perceived that the enemy had begun to spin around in the rear as well with signs, and Altrius' neck was silent after sounding a crushing voice.

The Southern Infantry panicked at the sudden appearance of the Northern Legion soldiers, unable to fight back, turning right and left, and being shot through his body by arrows and crossbows from the next to the next, he despaired.

Some soldiers have been torn and turned toward the Northern Legion soldiers, but they have just been slaughtered without daring to jump up a spear and have no effect whatsoever.

By the time the bow and crossbow strings sounded, the flying sound of the arrows, the blade sound of the hand-throwing arrows, and the sound of the sword trident began to mix, the battle had already begun to settle.

The Southern Infantry 10,000 were wiped out without even being able to resist the hustle, and later the Cliffonham warriors led by Danford are only cut off from the Northern Legion soldiers in the front.

It was also a battle with arrows fired in from across the side and hand-throwed arrows fired in from behind, a battle with momentum but a thin winning eye.

The Danfords, who were literally besieged when the Southern infantry was wiped out, only repeatedly storm desperately at the walls of the Great Wall that surrounded them.

And gradually the momentum is lost.

"Surrender, Danford!

"Shut up! Follow what the Fake King says! Die."

Even as he exhales rough, Danford does not heed Hull's surrender recommendations, but picks up and throws a spear that was falling nearby.

But the spear fell to the ground in front of it without strength.

"... capture as much as you can, if you can't handle it"

Cliffonham warriors attached to Danford are challenged and exposed to bloodstained corpses as they approach the Northern Legion soldiers at various distances.

Finally, it was Prince Danford who remained.

"... take a ride... take a ride!

Hull returns his words with a shudder at Danford, who looks at Hull and screams as he waves his sword ugly.

"I once defiled that of my father. You say that?

That being said, Hal stepped forward to respond to a single ride.

Two facing each other.

When was the first time I saw it?

It's been a long time since then.

In the meantime, Danford has done a lot of damage to the North, but none of it can be ignored.

We have to cut that off here.

"If it wasn't for you... fuck off"

Danford coming out with his first slaughter.

Hal sends it away, sometimes playing it with a knife to prevent it.

Hull gently avoided it when Danford's rather powerful caged blow was applied to Hull in several rounds of meetings, overthrowing Danford's wrist full of gaps with a blade peak.

The sound of a broken bone sounds high and Danford screams.

"Get him."

While he held the knife unannounced, he tied it to a roll around Danford where Hull ordered the Northern Legion soldiers to roll around the ground with their wrists in ropes.

"Damn. Ooooooooooo!!!

"Prince Danford, there are plenty of people waiting for your return. Will you wait for me in Silentium until I get back?"

"Whoa, whoa, I'll kill you."

Hal, who barely sees the screaming Danford, commands the soldiers briefly.

"... take him"

Having defeated Siluha from the back, dropped Lugusa, crossed the territory of the Kingdom of Siluha and attacked Castle Julius from the side of Siluha to enter imperial territory, Hal immediately left Silentium with more than 40,000 troops for Heon.

Along the way, he received reports from shady men sent by Maple that Danford had led about 10,000 troops out of Lugusa and started marching north, and Hal decided to consult with Altrius to ambush him.

The operation was a brilliant success, the Danford army was devastated and captured Danford, who continued to plague Hull and the northern lands.

Most of Siluha's troops have entered the eastern part of the empire, and the merchants' stories and information from the east photograph show that there are only about 10,000 to 20,000 defensemen in the capital of Siluha, Partheon.

Even if Siluha abruptly summoned extraordinary troops, the weak southern infantry dominates, and not so many soldiers can be summoned during the agricultural boom in the first place.

Besides, he also destroyed that convoy in the current battle.

Further afield, the Le Seong Bang of the Dongzhao Empire is supposed to lead 40,000 Dongzhao troops out to near the border, an operation that will keep the Dongzhao army from following Hull with Siluha in tow from the rear.

We are not breaking the border or engaging, but Sirukha, who is not close to East Photo, will have to take some precautions in consciousness of these 40,000 troops.

After the rest of the army confirmed that Siluha would not move, they were supposed to receive supplies from Cilentium that had been transported to Heon on Altrius Avenue to abandon Lugusa and head to the Castle of Julius.

It is a seemingly outline operation, but Altrius sees a good chance of winning.

That's because we know that there are weaknesses in Siluha's political system, not just in the placement of troops.

"There is a king in Siluha, but no more authority than the Emperor. The basics over there are massive merchants' stopovers, so if you're at a disadvantage, you're bound to crack your opinions, and if you are, that's the only way the country won't move. Because of the complexity of the faction structure, the relationship of power becomes even more complicated when there is a former standing army, so Siluha hates the army and is dominated by mercenaries who can hang up whenever they want. The cavalry cannot be trained overnight, so it has a large number, but other soldiers and officers are basic in gathering soldiers and mercenaries. There are only merchant ships in the navy, and because they convert them, they are also thorough in their dislike of the army."

Altrius convinced those who pointed out the dangers of the operation by explaining this, and contacted East Light to ask him to secure the rear.

Moreover, if you proceed along this route, you will not pass through the Imperial Realm until Castle Julius, which has the greatest advantage of not requiring any requests or authorizations.

Altrius, who assembled that great strategy, is actually accompanying Hull this time.

Especially since there are restrictions on leaving the city, Altrius was shrinking to the size of a little bird and traveling on Hull's shoulder.

The figure is a former battle outfit, but Hal carries the white holy sword because he can't hold it himself.

"Uhm, this standing position is pretty good too"

"... Aren't you just having fun?

He complained to Altrius, who chested with satisfaction on his shoulder, hal perceived the appearance, though he could not see it, but the person at the time returned the words without looking bad.

"If you say so."

"Prior..."

Altrius inherited the words with a voice that contained a little laughter in Hull's voice like a shudder.

"Let us not let the daughter-in-law of the LORD slay us, and let him be the most suitable place to give counsel as a predecessor."

"... right"

Altrius said it sounded interesting for a reason.

Because when I found out that Altrius was going to get smaller and travel on Hull's shoulder, Erlacia was fiercely jealous and Hull had a hard time forgiving him.

There was also a proposal to create an Altrius clerk and let the soldier or general carry him, but it was rejected because of the danger that Hal and Altrius would be separated, and ended up sitting on their shoulders.

"I've never had it on my shoulder, either," Erlacia said, and Hal was forced to embarrass Erlacia into leaving the balcony of the administration building before putting Altrius on his shoulder.

Altrius invited Hal to a certain location as the Cilentium army, which won the battle on the outskirts of Heon, was cleaning up the battlefield.

"Haruyoshi, will you go that way?"

"What's wrong?

"Um, it's like I miss it... and then I feel like I should be abominable."

As Hal proceeded to walk according to Artrius' guidance with a complex look on his face, there was a black box rolling unwrought.

'Well, the main body... it's been a long time... has it become a god too... haha! What a difference!

It sounded like a black box admired the same voice as Altrius.

With surprising hal to spare, Altrius returns his words very calmly.

"Are you my neck?

"Whatever... the neck dropped from your body... the neck of a calamity that will avenge the empire, but my lodger seems to have lost to the good lodger of the Lord, you win"

"Not a lodger, this one is my excellent junior… but neck, there will be no victory or nothing. Me and you, Altrius. Likewise, I was born with different thoughts, and I just passed the time."

Artrius responded to the words of his neck, which perhaps contained an atmosphere of giving up, as he would teach.

But the neck does not break the stiff atmosphere and echoes the voice.

'No doubt… but when you are sowing the seeds of prosperity in the land of the North, with my Danford, you have brought calamity and misfortune into the Lord, causing confusion and destruction in the land of the North, and scattering sorrow is the truth, and so hostility, and how do you make me defeated?

Altrius answers the words with the revealed voice of complex emotions mixed with feelings of pity and anger.

"Your wisdom, after all... it seems to me that the idiot prince will have that much wisdom, but now we finally have a point."

It is true that the disaster brought about by Altrius' neck did not extend to the Empire, but it had caused more than enough tragedy and confusion in the North.

Altrius was devastated by the fact that things that were once the same as himself caused it, but the end of it has to be attached.

"O Haruyoshi... destroy this one"

"Prior..."

"… I have no desire to absolve myself of my responsibilities, but this one is completely separate from me, so I have nothing to worry about. Poke with the Holy Sword and it will be a blow... please '

"... but"

Altrius, his neck, calls out to Hull hesitating.

"... hehe, he's funny, he's really funny...! But unfortunately, I am the one who wields the neck, the misfortune and the curse of disaster… there must be no difference for Altrius, with shame and pride. Don't make me feel any more miserable. '

"Okay..."

Hull, finally ready in the words uttered by Artrius of his neck, protruded into the box at once as he quietly pulled the white holy sword out of his back.

while the sound of solid objects pierced through the box, the black fog blew up more and more, and the delightful voice of Altrius echoed.

"Phew haha, my thoughtless fulfillment... but it is a sunny feeling!

The black fog changed color from black to gold as it swirled all at once, becoming a glimmer of light and disappearing into heaven.

And at the same time that the little glowing balls left are sucked into Altrius' little body, for a moment a strong light renders Altrius invisible.

When Hal opened the eyes he was crushing at the loss of glare, there was an appearance of Altrius floating before him.

Seems like you have no heart or darker shades.

"I'm sorry... but I don't have any apologies..."

"I know what I think of my predecessor… I want to make sure no one feels sad like my predecessor, like then"

Around the two people who speak so, the Northern Legion soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield gathered.

I guess I wondered when I saw the light when Altrius' neck ascended.

"Hehe, you are... then why don't you do anything to bring this fight to a successful conclusion"

"Yes."

Hal waved to the soldiers and slowly walked out, letting them know there was nothing unusual.

Tomorrow is an invasion of enemy land.