"It's easy to deal with, just start a war."

"... a civil war?"

"Oh, there must be an altar in the Earl territory. If you can take it alone, we can resume production of healing drugs while destroying the earl's healing drug production .... Revival that can turn over the current situation at once Don't you think it's a hand? "

"Sure ... it's a valid hand."

Countess of Meigis has a strictly guarded forest.

According to the flow of logistics, healing drugs can only be made in that forest.

It doesn't matter whether the ceremony is taking place there or whether you are making the medicine in some other way.

Whatever the means, if the drug is available, that's fine.

War is a bit of a brute force-given the situation, you'll have no choice.

The question is, can we really start a war?

And-whether you can win.

"Can a civil war really happen?"

"Oh." Countess Meigis stolen equipment from Cardinal Georgis and began to use it to produce healing drugs. The equipment was buried deep underground and difficult to find directly, so we needed to install the equipment. I ask for a forest that is broken. If you don't follow it, it's a war. "

"... It's pretty forcible."

It's good up to "the device was stolen."

From there it is mess. There is also a lot of criticism, such as "I can't find the device and give the whole forest."

First, how does Count Meigis use equipment buried deep underground?

"I know that I'm compelled to do so. In the current situation, there's no point in giving a good reason?"

It is a well-known fact that Cardinal Georgis wants to crush Earl Meigis.

After giving such an excuse, the true intentions are decided.

Then it's better to start a war with a swearing from the beginning.

That would be a showcase in the sense that "If you go against Cardinal Georgis, you will encounter this kind of thing."

"That's true, but will that allow the war?"

"Let me admit. I can't stop at the middle guys."

This country is supposedly a "kingdom"-a country governed by the king.

But, in fact, the king's force is not large enough to deploy enough force throughout the country.

For that reason, maintaining security in the country was largely left to the nobility.

In fact, the king's power is not so strong in this country.

After all, if a nobleman in the country colludes and rises all at once, the Royal Army can easily be crushed.

Practically, the king of this country may be right to be called "the largest noble in the country" rather than a king.

It is difficult to stop war between aristocrats with such power.

Therefore, the war between aristocrats was supposed to be at their own risk.

"But total warfare may be difficult. Is a" ruled war "limited to the battle zone a realistic one?"

Count Meigis and Cardinal Georgis are not adjacent territories.

So if you do a total war, you'll get caught up between the nobles.

If so, the nobles involved will not be silent.

Perhaps the war-initiating side-Cardinal Georgis, will bring many nobles together to the enemy.

If you do a total war in such a state, all you have to do is defeat.

In that case, war will be conducted after narrowing the battle zone to some extent.

For example, if you specify “battle area is a plain” and ban fighting outside that area, noble people around you will not be involved.

Because civilians are not involved, it is possible to avoid losing the power of the territory.

Such a "war with rules" is something that has happened many times before.

Rather, wars that use rules and kill each other thoroughly are rarer.

If you do such a war, the winner will be exhausted, and even if you win the war, it will have the opposite effect.

"Do you think you could win if you fought with the Countess of Meigis?"

"Definitely, can you win?"

Cardinal Georgis's question was answered without doubt by the Cardinal Commander.

There are several threatening figures in Earl of Megis, including Melia and Eldo.

But the numbers are small.

It is number that speaks in war.

Miria, which is currently considered to be the greatest force, cannot survive against 100 elite soldiers at the same time.

Eld is unknown, but there is no difference that a large group can be suppressed.

The army of Count Meigis is probably around 1,000.

There are at most 3,000 Marquis Myr.

In today's world of food, maintaining this number requires considerable effort.

Cardinal Georgis has more than 30,000 troops. 10 times that of Marquis Meyer.

This number is just extraordinary.

Monopoly of healing drug production and vast territory.

These two advantages led to Cardinal Georgis's overwhelming force.

No matter how strong “Fire Spear” or Eldo is… Two out of 30,000 opponents would not be the same.

If there's any concern, it's Steam Explosion, which was used to storm the altar.

That magic alone doesn't matter whether you have many people or not.

Nevertheless ... I never thought that Cardinal would lose.

That Steam Explosion is probably a ritual magic, a sort of thing with a lot of high-ranking casters that you can only prepare for a long time.

Even if you shoot during a war, at most one shot is the limit.

A single shot would do a great deal of damage, but that would not close the gap between Cardinals and the Earl.

In the first place, there is an order of magnitude difference in strength and there is no way to lose.

That is why the commander immediately replied that he could win.

"Okay, so get ready to declare war .... Given Marquis Meyer's case, we have little time left. Declare war as soon as possible."

"As you say"

Thus Cardinal Georgis began preparing for the war.

I can't lose.

After all, there is a tenfold difference in strength.

Cardinal Georgis was convinced.