Civilization Game

Whoo-hoo!

Beatrice lunges at you with no time to breathe. Despite digging close to Bayan's body, she takes a kick.

'Are you aiming for the jaw?'

Bayan's calculation of leg movement quickly tilted his head, but the pain came from the knee joint. All Bayan saw was a flake move, which she kicked and then changed the direction of her feet.

The legs were delicate, but the impact and pain that Bayan felt with his knees was enormous. At last, I almost lost the center of my body. Beatrice, who recovered her leg, moves the dagger in her hand this time.

Hehe.

After taking a defensive stance that lifts the axe, Beatrice withdraws to her side, as if waiting. And as soon as she got out of the way, the bullets in the red light hit her head.

Kung, Kung, Kung! Kukwakwakwakwakwabang!

A series of explosions erupts and blood spills from Bayan's mouth.

"Cough! You coward!"

He staggers on one knee.

"... I'm not a coward."

Beatrice walks slowly toward the dagger.

"... It's natural to deceive your opponent in a fight and induce a loophole. You're just not ready to fight hard enough."

The words opened Bayan's eyes. As a warrior, it was quite an ego scratch.

"You're still a little girl, talking nonsense!" Then……. '

Bayan leaps to the side, ignoring Beatrice in front. His aim was unibelle, who was shooting a lot of back-up shots from afar.

Die!

Phew! Bayan's axe wields the same force as the landslide. Unibelle moves momentarily, standing still. Without preliminary action, her protruding foot slaps Bayan's wrist. The axe's trail twists with it.

"It's kind of like a faucet."

Unibells twist and twist as they kick, raising their arms roughly upward.

Blah!

Two sticks protrude up and slapped Bayan hard on the jaw. How powerful his feet seemed to come off the ground for a moment.

The explosion then left Bayan's body trembling.

"You thought I'd be weak in melee combat, right?"

While Bayan was unable to recover from the shock, several red bullets blazed throughout his body. Grrrgh! Grrrgh! I heard bones breaking all over the place. This bullet was the type that gave up the explosion and focused on speed and power.

Beatrice's body flies away as she flies her silver tail.

Tuqaaak!

The dagger barely dodges, but in the ensuing kick, Viyan's body rises and rolls over the floor several times. The black water enters your nose and mouth, and I stink.

"Hic! Damn it!"

He wakes up, bleeding from his mouth. The soldiers rush in late and surround the bayan. He was a terrible commander who hated getting into fights, but I couldn't help it.

'...... Things are going well. ’

Rod, who was tuning the view from the rear, shines his eyes.

Unibelle bombed the scattered carpet and drove the Axe Warriors out of the hills in the act of assassins. Thanks to you, the infantry occupies the hill again.

And even in the battle of heroes, I even made a painting that is classic by Bayan, a symbol of Arogetsu's power. The morale of the soldiers watching Aruges was reduced.

'This is the time. ’

Lord raises his arms and shouts.

"Everyone, stop! Stay back."

Rod sends a signal and the rider flies a blue flag. Immediately, all attacks on Arogenes cease. The arrow stops, and the ambushes that were distracting the enemy on the plain beyond the pit stop, as well as Beatrice and Unibell retreat back into formation.

"…… what the hell are you doing?"

Bayan cries out with a smile on his face.

"Do you really think you've won this much? The war hasn't even begun yet!"

'Well, yeah. ’

Lord agrees. These are the first troops, but there are still a lot of Arogenes left. If we continue into the long run, neither side will be able to guarantee victory. The battle for the heroes was dominated by Abyss, two of whom were Class B heroes, but Aruges had the advantage of the army's firepower. Winning in the Weather Ground was the end if you were defeated by the troops.

"Of course, Bayan. I'm not saying we won. Victory and defeat has not yet been decided."

But Lord has made it clear to them of the battle so far. 'Destroying Abyss will not be as simple as you think.’ in their heads. Lord smiles and says.

"Let's negotiate, Bayan."

Negotiation had to be done in a favorable manner.

*

"... Hehehe, hehehehe! Kuhahahaha!"

Bayan blew up the photon shop.

It used to be a world of intense metal noises and screams, but now in the silence of everyone, only a man's whimpering laughter is echoing.

"... you crazy bastard!"

Finally, Bayan said.

"Now we're negotiating? That's not funny. We will not lay down our swords to appease the souls of the warriors who died in battle!"

"It's nice to appease the dead, but you don't have to throw the lives of the survivors away now, do you?"

Bayan's eyebrows twitch.

"Pride pierces the sky! Rod Polentia!"

"I'm not arrogant."

Lord stretches three fingers with a cold face.

"You have three reasons to inherit your troops."

Originally, the warriors of Aruguese were not a match for negotiation. So Lord fought. The fierce battle was also just an undertaking to bring Bayan to the negotiating table.

"Hehehe, that's funny. Great! Maybe you heard it once."

'... Of course you're listening. ’

Lord was guessing. Bayan's unique ability is' Natural Recovery ’. It will buy you time to take a short breath and heal your wounds, but just listening to the story is enough. Lord has opened his mouth.

"Number one."

Bloop! Bloop! Bloop!

Soldiers with torches walk among the infantry with shields. Suddenly, the archers were all loading up their fire arrows.

"That thing you've been lying on your ass and lying on your ass, that's our lab's wastewater. It's almost a lump of oil, so it's very flammable."

"...... What a fireworks. But you don't think we could smell the oil?"

Even Arogetsu knew about it, and he only operated a small number of elite troops to minimize the number of people getting oiled. Here, only a few were sacrificed even if they were to be harmed, and they were able to change their march routes and continue the battle as much as they wanted.

But Lord's confident smile does not go away.

"You think it's that small?"

Sand winds in commercial districts blocked the sight of the enemy and aimed at smoothing the ambush movement, for another reason.

It was to do the preliminary work of the Republic. While the enemy's gaze was scattered by the sand winds and ambushes, a barrel of oil secretly prepared by those hiding in their homes was poured onto the floor. Now the streets are fueled by oil.

"…… true. Chief."

Deputy went to check the facts according to Bayan's instructions.

"Somehow I thought the floor was slipping during the fight... The oil was right."

"Somewhere in the world...!"

"And the houses that surround this alley are filled with flammable straw and firewood. There is no way out."

At Lord's words, Arogenes' soldiers spit out a sudden malice. Bayan narrows his eyes and shouts.

"…… What a bluff. We cannot order such a massive reconciliation in the middle of the city unless we are insane. Your entire capital could burn!"

"So."

A cruel smile comes from Lord's mouth.

"... or we'll all die together."

"Mi, you crazy bastard!"

"The city will fall into your hands if you lose the war anyway, right? Burn or be stolen or sold."

His face hardens as he looks at Lord's shimmering gaze. Classic crazy eyes. Rod raises a second finger.

"That's the second reason. You were aware of the situation of our troops, so you were able to decide to enter, and strangely enough, Martin's troops were not included in the calculations. You knew he wouldn't come down to the Underheim. That is, we can assume that Martin leaked information to you. Oh, for now, it's just a guess, so there's no need to argue."

"……."

"But if Martin had given you that information himself, you wouldn't have barged in unless you were an idiot. It could be a trap."

That's what Lord has been thinking about all along. If I change my mind, one day Bayan contacts Lord and says, 'I want Jamuka out of the way. I'll lead the troops away, so hit Jamuka quickly. Let's say he made an offer. Who will take action only on the words of strangers?

"Thus, the information provider can infer the existence of a reliable third party who is Martin, but who has driven your movement using Martin's information."

Rod speculated that the third party might be a foreign player. The player, Arogetz's ally, contacted Martin to hear information and seduced Jamuka, king of Arogetz, to launch an attack. It was the most plausible guess for now.

"But you were deceived."

Lord says so, nodding at Beatrice. She steps out among the soldiers and approaches Bayan. Arugest's soldiers are cautious, but Bayan raises his arms as if he's okay. And she handed over the crystal ball she was carrying.

"…… This is a Memorial Crystal, not for communication."

Memorial correction spheres were magical tools such as films that remember the surrounding footage and then read it when desired. He looks at the crystal ball.

"……!"

Bayan's pupils were suddenly enlarged. The image inside the crystal sphere shows Martin's troops gathering to prepare for march. I even saw myself as Martin.

"This is what Drug Farm looked like hours ago."

"... How did you get this?"

The Memorial Crystal Ball was a magical tool that showed that it could not be manipulated. He asked because he knew it was impossible to manipulate. Lord smiles and replies.

"The source is a secret. It's my food."

In fact, this video was seen with the eyes of the 'Abyss Spy’ scattered on the Drug Farm. And the screen associated with the commander's window is a memorial modification tool. Commander Chang had to use this cumbersome method because he couldn't see it except for the players and the Shrine. It was also commonly used in Chaos World.

"I don't know if Martin cheated a third party or a third party cheated you. Martin will come down while we kill each other. To get rid of both of us."

"… Isn't that Martin your man?"

"Yes, but as you can imagine, Martin and I are pretty bad friends. If he's on my side, why would he tell you he's coming after you? The best way to do that is to set the fire here and hold off until Martin gets here."

Rod raises a third finger.

"Now for the last reason. There's not a country on this continent that doesn't know about your massive invasion."