Civilization Game

“Only an estimated 17,000 troops? ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. In fact, there will be more... ”

Arc hears the messenger's report and feels the pressure rushing towards him.

‘... I have to admit, this attack was painful. ’

Arc garrisoned in the Underheim has an army of 10,000 men. With Ben Blegden's actions, the Abyss Army has certainly taken the advantage of the numbers.

But Arc still thinks he can. In terms of qualitatives, Casar's soldiers still had the upper hand, and over time the difference continued to be made. There was also the advantage that it was an underwater war.

‘Come in anytime. Lord.’

Arc was confident in his‘ waters’. The city's hundreds of barrels of boiled iron were melted down, and it was equipped with stationary weapons, a detachment unit, and visibility measures to mount elements to attack enemies coming up the walls.

However.

The Abyss army does not march on the siege itself.

They set up camp far from the Underhaim, switching locations once a day to block only supply to the Underhaim.

Arc couldn't help but wait for the perfect waterborne preparation.

‘... Huh, you're not going to do anything I want, right? ’

Akra had no choice but to climb the potion in this road. Preparing for the Water Temple, he came out with a blue-eyed technique. Even with an elite force, the supplies are being cut off from afar.

‘Yes, do whatever you want. I have no intention of getting out of here. ’

Both road and arc players were subjected to capital penalties and the long term aspects were established. The only variable was the rain.

The tug-of-war has begun.

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“...... My mouth is sticking. ”

“Ah, thirsty! I can't wish for a sip of water! ”

Soldiers' frustrations erupt like bottles in the Underhaim. Soldiers had to stand on the walls in the heat of the sun without slowing down their tension, but the stress was increasing because they could not drink water compared to the sweating out.

This complaint was reported to Arc, but there was no way to resolve it immediately.

‘Be patient. Until they attack from the road first. Or until it rains. ’

It was a struggle of endurance. Who can't stand it and turn to violence?

However, passive strategies have always followed the complaints of his subordinates. Whenever I have a meeting, I have a lot of opinions about taking violence among the knights, but Arc shakes his head. It was because he went out to intercept the enemies and was more at risk of being surrounded by them. Arc revealed his intention of refusal, and some of the knights showed some displeased faces.

‘…… As expected, my authority is not the same as before. There's a capital penalty in effect. ’

However, Arc managed to cope flexibly with the growing complaints of the widows and soldiers. I loosened middle drinks and meat, and sent scouts out from the terra mines to find cave water. I have not neglected the hopeful story that I will soon be able to find the underground vein.

Then, an unintended problem arose.

A very thirsty soldier snuck into the palace and stole water. The incident itself was not that great, but a deputy knight passing by saw it, and furious as he dragged the soldier into the middle of the city and publicly executed him. This was the root.

The knight expects praise from himself for keeping the military vigorously, but arc's reaction is callous.

“I did something worthless. ”

“…… Yes? ”

“Why was it necessary to execute him in the middle of the city? ”

“Your Majesty! You are a thief! I was just trying to set an example for everyone...! ”

Arc sighs. However, many soldiers complained that the only drinking water was stored and dispensed in the palace.

The action was to burn the oil.

‘We stand on the walls all day in the sun, and only nobles drink cool water indoors! ’

‘Why is it so wrong for nobles to drink a sip of water every day? ’

As the fury of the soldiers who formed a common sympathy began to rise, Arc asked the knight about his responsibility to demoralize the troops, stripping him of his knighthood and lowering him to the ranks of the general troops. That night, the knight was found slain by a rubble.

However, one man's sacrifice did not completely silence this feverish anger.

The public opinion is getting worse. ‘If everyone is dying of thirst, why should we not go to war but be trapped in this hell?' I don't know what the top people are thinking! "Etc." The soldiers complained violently. Arc's popularity was unimaginable. Arc's name, which was an absolute symbol of victory, is now rising and falling upon the soldiers' mouths with profanity.

Arc, who was watching the situation outside the castle, tasted bitter.

‘... Tsk. Obviously, the penalty is a big one. I can see the king's authority and support is failing. ’

Arc was comforted by the thought of a similar situation for Lord. If the majority of the road's authority and support were drastically reduced due to the capital penalty, it would not be long before such a large force could surround the castle. An army of powerful men would soon be scattered.

However, Lord Lord was somewhat different from Arc, who had to control 10,000 troops in a narrow territory called Underhaim.

The forces led by Lord have been left to commanders at the discretion of half of the main army he has brought, as well as the various clans and revolutionaries, Roseanne, Demibeast and Tia.

“There's only one thing to do. Hold off while blocking the supply routes at their respective positions, and gather when the group's energy rises. Everything else is autonomous. ”

Lord set a big framework and applied autonomous action to everyone to reduce the stress of the commanders and soldiers as much as possible. The rod itself was a wider style than to force loyalty in the first place, and such tendencies were exerting this moment when the king's support was lowered with a capital penalty.

Arc survived the exacerbation. Then one day, Lily, who was walking down the hall of the palace, recently became particularly cold, spoke to Arc first.

“Ahh. I need to talk to you. ”

Arc quickly smiles softly.

“What's the matter? Miss Lily, if you're mad at me... ”

“It's not about that. As a soldier, I'd like to give you some advice. ”

The joke on Arc's face disappears. She was making a serious face.

“Tell me.”

“Even at the Underhaim, there's nothing to gain. Why are you still here? ”

“ ……. ”

Lilly continues to speak as soon as the answer is not returned from the arc.

“I've been researching books, and they say it doesn't rain on the sandstorm season in Underhaim. Rod Polentia knew about this, and he got there in time. so that we can enter the Underheim in a time when it doesn't rain. We have to wait at least a month for it to rain, but there's no water to last. ”

“…… I know. ”

“The stress of the soldiers is increasing dramatically and the condition is decreasing day by day. Bad opinions about the arc. Why aren't we going back? Escape is enough. The Abyss siege is vast enough that if we run at full speed, they won't surround us. The Blitzkrieg will be easily breached. ”

“…… I know! ”

Arc has raised his voice.

“Actually, the Lord Army has no intention of going to war! They're forcing us to leave the Underheim on our feet! ”

Lily's eyes narrow.

“Is that really going to upset you? I'm just going to put it all back where it started. Only 3,000 troops were stationed at Empire by Rod Polentia. With our troops, we can take back the capital. We just go back to the way things were before we took the capital from each other. ”

‘... I don't like that. Miss Lily.'

Arc was only the first half of the battle, as he thought. At this point, he made overwhelming gains, occupying more than half of Abyss' vast territory.

But since then, Lord didn't take on the arc at all. The Red Keep is perfectly defensive and awaits, and Lord ignores the Red Keep and heads straight for Empire. And this time I defensed and waited in the Underheim, and came out with an audiovisual tactic that only blocks supplies from afar. It's like pressuring me to go back to the mainland.

Arc was annoyed by all of this. Rod must have come out this way until he was destroyed.

‘After the exchange of capital, the capital is restored...' It's not funny. ’

We keep each other's forces, but we get the capital back from each other. At first glance, it sounded like nothing was wrong, but the problem was that the load was driving the situation. I'm sure there's a target on Lord, and Arc must have left it at Empire.

‘…… Revolutionaries. ’

Arc's most basic goal of the revolutionary list system is to plant revolutionary ideas in the territory owned by Abyss and create rebellion and chaos inside when foreign forces retake the territory.

Lord must have planted the Revolutionary Virus on Empire. How hard I have worked to gain the support of the people. Arc was furious because he thought that the people of the capital who had supported him looking only at themselves would be contaminated by the idea of revolution. Empire is no longer safe. Enemies everywhere.

Friends who were out of control and had room for betrayal were the ones Arc hated the most. And in order not to see it like that, he was trying to hold on to the Underhaim and rid Empire of the power of the Revolutionary Squad.

You feel ominous that if you continue to do as Lord intended, you may continue to be drawn to Lord.

“…… arc. We have a decision to make. We can't stay locked up here waiting for the rain to come. ”

Lily insists.

“… we'll talk later. ”

Arc walks past her, deeply troubled.

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The agonizing arc. In fact, this one depicts only a very small portion of the hard work of the aquatic side. I used to be trapped inside the castle and try to give it a longer, more realistic straightforward (see South Korea Castle novel), but it's not very fun, so I'll skip it fast and lose!

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Altenia/I'll do my best! In the next episode...! (Puff) I can't quite get an angle on that. Ugh;

Contradiction/Ow!

Loricom MK/Arc Checkmate!

Stars in the night sky/Thank you for pointing this out! Because this episode itself wanted to get off the road and show the concept of various generals, the protagonist's point has been relatively reduced.

T-Stone/Ben hits Casar, Stone hits Ben in the back...! Thank you for your coupon!

- What's so funny? - Fuck you!

Whale/Malek, I miss my uncle.

the jhl/cassar's power is the same because it is also focused on the underheim. The protection on the Red Keep can still be beaten, but only 2,000.

Park Sung Bin/Blow away!

Haledame/Barrel Attack Load

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@ sugarcane158/...? Dry whip! Help me.

@ Nialla totep/Oh oh! I love the metaphor of power. Of course, I put my hand first, but the speed-wave writers are popular.

@... (-1).../Big Grimboso; Ben hits the back of the road and blah blah blah blah

@ spadel/blah blah blah blah Three comments a day is a demand for biblical appearances!