Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki

Tabernacle

"Say it again"

During the sight of the Empire, the voices that pushed and killed anger echoed around. The Lord of the Voice is Folandier, one of the four Dukes with second place to King within the Empire. He's skinny, but only his eyes are shimmering.

The carpet that is laid is so long hairy that the feet are filled, and the pots and paintings that are casually placed are so valuable that the house is built with one of them.

"Yes, the hostage exchange was successfully completed and we were able to recapture the sons of Count Tilfore and Viscount Maribel"

With a mysterious face, Baron Lulubisch turns down the forged giant and drips his head to make a report.

"Ugh, don't fix it! Report this, while keeping as many as twenty of the most elite, failed to kill one elf. Lurubisch, you said this before you left.

Their sudden strength was due to the new chief. Kill him and they'll disintegrate. For the sake of surprise, let me use the elite. That way, wasteful spending can also be contained "

"Exactly."

Regret seeps into Lurubisch's voice. He suggested using SS to protect the Duke before killing Elf's village because he knew in advance that only the new village chief Cyril was a threat. Had it succeeded, it would have easily driven the village of the elves to destruction.

But...

"How's the result!? The money was taken exactly and an elite majority died! Some of the survivors stopped wanting to fight that monster too! I'm not just a soldier. My SS! They don't have a replacement. Do you have any idea how much it would cost to lose a soldier with all that skill?

"You're right, sir."

"If you know, why don't you do what I think you're doing. How incompetent are you!

The Duke of Forlandier throws a glass of wine at Baron Lurubisch. The glass breaks and the fragments stab Lulubish, but Lulubish doesn't change one expression.

"In the first place, it's weird from the first battle. Why wreak havoc on two hundred villages with five hundred!? I advised Count Tilfore and Viscount Maribel to make just the right points in an easy fight. My face is crushed! I paid the ransom."

"It was the son of Count Tilfore who commanded about it. I don't know anything about it."

"Don't make excuses!

"Ha, sorry"

Lurubisch bit his back teeth off. I hear more about that battle. If I had been on the spot, I would have done more.

Yet they dismissed the captain just before the battle to foil the aristocratic idiot son.

In fact, I am thinking of a number of measures for the next war. You no longer have to be afraid of elf bows or anything like that.

"And this is a lapse. There's more. The fire fox village raid you left to your men! I heard you won the fight, but are you kidding me that more than half of the soldiers died in their suicide bombings, and you can't get one, no fire demon stone, no one woman!?

I didn't want a tiny village of fire foxes. I wanted the Demon Stone of Fire and I fought! Don't you know what you're attacking for? "

"No way, I didn't expect them to go out by such means. No precedent, no prediction."

"It would be your job to do that! I wanted him to get that failure back, and I couldn't help but borrow a brave man from the Duke of Alyhardt. Because you said it was easy for brave men to lose their minds and kill or grab them before they blew themselves up."

Lurubisch's body gets even smaller.

Lurubisch heard from his men about the Firefox Village, and they thought it would be difficult to get the Demon Stone of Fire, regardless of defeating their opponents themselves, and reported that it was about the brave men who could do it.

Then, truly, the Duke of Forandier borrowed the brave from his fellow Dog Monkey, the Duke of Alyhardt.

There are only two brave men in the Empire. One was dedicated to the protection of the Emperor and could not be moved, and the other was only at the Duke of Alyhardt.

There are four dukes in the empire. Each of them was responsible for the protection and rule of the Imperial Quartet, and the chain of command was completely separate. I don't owe soldiers unless there's more to it.

Conversely, the more the brave let out the tiger child, the more the upper echelons will crave the demon stone of fire.

"How are the results!? The soldiers of the light surveillance are swept off by the brave men, and when the soldiers of the various surveillance reach the village, there is only a pile of the bodies of the fire foxes with their tails and demonic stones removed, and there is no brave man.

It's about that brave man. With the tail of a fire fox and a demon stone, he thought he could play and live the rest of his life. No, the Duke of Alyhardt could be pulling a thread behind it. We have a monopoly on the Demon Stone of Fire in his territory. "

"I don't think a brave man will be killed. Probably one of them."

Lurubish knows how monstrous the brave are.

No matter how many swords you slash, no matter how many arrows you shower, you're invincible. It works somewhat if it's magic, but soon after I use something like that, that monster will be stumped.

And rumors have it that the brave will come back to life where they died. There will be no more monsters in this world than that.

There was a demonic stone of the fire fox and a body with its tail cut off, which meant that we all had time to kill and work slowly. The most intense theory is that I got away with it.

"Your men are fussy. He's just a kid, so to speak of brave men. I didn't know you could babysit one of them."

"I am so sorry"

"The Duke of Alyhardt will be laughing high. You get the Demon Stone of Fire, and you plunge the compensation from me for losing the brave man. Even though they say their finances are inclined by lost soldiers and replenishment of weapons, survivors' pensions and war expenses"

The Duke of Forlandier is right.

The ransom was painful but trivial compared to others. Iron tools are good, but expensive, and require a lot of work to create. It also hurts that all regular soldiers died in the war. Unlike mercenaries, survivors' pensions are very high.

"I will return the stigma next time, I will try to win the next battle"

"That's natural!

The Duke of Forandier finally stands up and cries out with his eyes bright red.

The intruder showed up at that time. Lurubisch's deputy comes into the room breathless.

"I'm sorry. I'm going to let you in for an emergency."

After a gratuity, the deputy punches Lurubisch in the ear.

Lurubish heard it and blued his face.

"What's up, Lulubish? What did you hear?"

"Damn, I'll scrutinize the contents thoroughly before I report it, so on this occasion,"

"Talk."

"So."

"Talk to me. What, I'll ask your men directly? Lurubisch has a lot to hide from me. Say it without covering it up."

Lurubish, in his heart, offends.

If I tell you what I'm talking about, it won't taste good. Even if you deceive me with lies, a good man can do his job, but he's a bad actor. If you tell a lie, you'll be right in your face.

Resolve to give up everything and talk as it is.

We have information from an informant in the village of Elf.

"That's interesting"

"... they seem to be ready to offer the Kingdom of Corinne the iron making technique and the bow that overwhelmed us, the soldiers and the funds at the price, and the resources that can be ceded to it.

We are still in the process of discussing it in the village, but if the snow melts and we can go to the Kingdom of Corrine, we will enter into full-scale negotiations. "

The Duke of Forandier, having heard the story, is severely upset.

If that is true and it materializes, it can be a huge threat to the Empire.

With pure national power, the empire is inferior to the Kingdom of Corinne. Advantage in power is the difference in weapon performance due to iron.

If the Kingdom of Corinne gets the unusual performance iron and bow that the elves have, that's even the possibility that the Empire will perish.

"Lurubish. You said you'd attack two months after the snow melted. I can't wait until then. Set it up as soon as the snow melts. The number of soldiers is not three thousand either. I'll have more."

Lurubisch wanted to hold his head to the worst development he had ever expected.

"With all due respect, Duke of Folandier. Three thousand is almost all of our regular soldiers, a major mercenary regiment. It attracted citizens from districts who were relatively often conscripted to it. It is a population with some degree of collaboration and guaranteed minimum proficiency.

Gathering more than that can really cause a variation in morale and hinder collaboration. Let's take an even longer expedition, rather a heavy load. "

"I don't believe you anymore. You'll never lose. They smash it before they make contact with the Kingdom of Corinne. I will gather all possible soldiers in my power.

Speak to the mercenary regiment from one end. Increase the number of conscripts. The goal is five grand. Ten times the last time. We can make sure they squash whatever bow they use. I don't care how incompetent you are. "

The Duke of Forlandier laughs high already convinced of the victory.

The difference in strength is obvious. There were a hundred soldiers that the elves put out in the last battle, mixed it up with both women and children.

Nearly a hundred to five thousand wars. The power difference is fifty times greater. Whoever you want can win. You can push anything you want. Then the lack of proficiency can also be deluded.

But Lurubisch's years of inquiry were alarming.

... I want you to at least borrow a soldier from the other duke. That would guarantee the quality of the soldiers and their collaboration, but sometimes they are brave, and the pride of the Duke of Folandier would not allow it.

No, there's no way this man can tell you that there's an imperial crisis in the land under his control, even without the brave ones.

"Duke of Forlandier, I understand about the increase in personnel. But could you just do it two months after the snow melts as planned?

"Tell me why."

"Ha, from the empire to the village of the elves are all the villages and cities under our control. It's a massive military march, but it can't be plundered."

If it is a long-distance march, it is common for food supplies to attack enemy villages and towns and procure locally.

But it is within the realm of the Empire, and it cannot be done.

"You just have to collect it, not plunder"

"For that reason, the time is a problem. If you can afford food, give it away if you threaten it a little. Shortly after the snow melts, however, we are running out of food that has been simmered in during the winter months, which will take some more time to harvest.

Village and city humans starve to death if they provide handheld food. A little or softly, you won't be offering food. Waiting for the harvest, waiting for food to fill each village and town. "

In addition, before the snow starts falling, we are offering more tax collections to the limit for this battle. In most villages and towns, some percent will starve to death this winter, and stockpiles are almost nil.

There is also growing opposition to the Empire. It is predicted that if you go there to collect more, you will resist dying, and this time the soldiers are mixed up with soldiers conscripted, not regular soldiers. Instead, they can sympathize with villages and towns and even think about the worst rebellion.

"As usual, soldiers and weapons should be kept to a minimum and lighter as they leave the empire, replenished at relay point supply bases, and then attacked their villages. Then we can march at minimal cost without replenishing in villages or towns"

"Sure, you're right, but there can be. For some reason, I can't replenish it at the supply base. The pace of the march is disrupted and the food in hand runs out. It makes it harder to deal with these cases.

If you are two months from the snowmelt, you can rest assured that you can easily collect from the ruling villages and towns. If we're going to make it all right, we're going to have a war at the right time. "

"Lulubisch, what are you talking about? There can't be any element of delayed marching in the realm of the Empire, can there? All around us are allies. Fighting is a difference in strength. It'll be over soon. It's no use worrying about food or a long war."

Lurubish puts on his lips. I don't know what happens on the battlefield. Plus, a large army of nearly 5,000 people in luggage who can't work together. I couldn't imagine being able to replenish it properly at the relay point and drop the Elf village in a short showdown.

"If we don't take them down faster than that, their technology will cross into the Kingdom of Corinne. It's worse that way. If you do, you will take responsibility!

If we don't fight soon, we'll have thousands of soldiers from the Corinne kingdom coming with their weapons!? Your report says it's a crazy bow to snipe from 500 meters away. "

"Sure, you're right...... I got it. Be sure to defeat these Lulubishes, defeat them, and gain the Demon Stone."

With an unpleasant hunch, Lurubisch embraced the increase in soldiers, the advance of the war period.

Both of them, without knowing by whom they were induced.