Hakai no Miko

There was once a war between Zoan and the Holmeer National Army in the Sorbiant Plains.

It was about thirty years ago that the State of Holmea embarked on the exploitation of the Sorbiant plains.

But King Holmea, who boiled down his business to the fact that, after a few years, the pioneering process would not proceed as late due to the rebellion of the Zoans, more intensely than expected, gave his life to the army to sweep Zoan.

It was with this in mind that the Holmeer National Army formed fifteen thousand troops and marched to the Plains of Sorbiant.

First, the first victim was the "Tail Clan", which was located on the south side of the plain.

By the Holmeer National Army, which suddenly pushed over, the dwellings were burned down and even the elderly children were killed. The "Tail Clan" took the survivors and fled the plains north.

And he flew with it to each of the families of the plains, saying, "Defeat the humans with us."

The four families of eyes, fangs, claws, and tendons living in the plain responded immediately to this, and the first Zoan clan coalition was formed in the Sorbiant plain.

It was a grand legion of more than twenty-four thousand men, consisting of a thousand of the family of the eyes, six thousand of the family of the fangs, seven thousand of the family of the claws, eight thousand of the family of the flesh, and two thousand of the family of the tail.

This clash between all clan coalition forces and the Holmeer National Army took place in the central area of the plain, which welcomed the summer nearby.

First, when the warriors who gave their names to each of Zoan's clans advanced, they took over Zoan's methods of warfare, and raised their names and applied for a duel against the Holmeer National Army.

In contrast, however, the Holmeer National Army responded with simultaneous fire from the Archers.

Zoan was furious when the warriors who challenged the duel were shot with bows.

The angry Zoans began their assault, but the decree was made for each of the chiefs of the clans, and therefore all the warriors who had fought against Martial Arts (Bukou) were completely uncontrolled.

As a result, many more Zoan were sacrificed by archers. Still, in addition to the number, Zoan's manoeuvrability and physical toughness, known as the Hegemony of the Plains, were harnessed to the point where the Zoan's assaults fleshed out to the Holmeer National Army.

But it was the heavy-duty spear infantry regiment known to neighbouring countries as the "Black Wall of Holmea" that had turned into archers there and pushed them forward.

When the heavy-duty spear infantry regiment, dressed in armor aligned in black, with a large shield and protruding long spears, forms a dense formation, it is as if it were a giant chestnut iga or a eel. A suicide attack by Zoan, who is only equipped with a torso armor that only protects the braided chest, through recklessness.

He was speared and killed in turn by those who stormed him, and Zoan instantly let out a large number of dead.

Where the momentum of the assault was completely stopped by the Heavy Spear Infantry Regiment, when the tank units that were deploying on both wings circled to Zoan's side or rear to launch the attack, this attack stopped and the Zoans collapsed in total.

Furthermore, the Holmeer National Army formed a pursuit unit centered on the tank squad, adding pursuit to Zoan, who began his defeat, and beating him thoroughly.

In this battle, the death toll of all Zoan clan coalition forces numbered 15,000 and in just a few moments it seemed tragic to lose more than half, while the death toll of the Holmea National Army was only a few hundred, he says.

After this, when the Holmea National Army burns down the villages of Zoan on the plains over several months, it leaves only one battalion (which will then be scaled down and squadron sized) in the fortress it builds in front of the northern hills, and the main unit pulls up.

But by then, already, each of Zoan's clans had been driven to the hills, separated, and they had lost their power to fight back.

Zoan's defeat in this war was due to Zoan's use of the old ways of fighting the warriors of individuals against those who fought in an organized battle, and to the fact that it was a clan gathering zone only in the name of an all-family coalition and with no unified command or guidelines for action.

But with so many great defeats, the Zoans never took advantage of that lesson.

Even then, the Zoans persisted in their old ways of fighting and in vain continued to lose many warriors. All that, he tried to unify the command of all clan coalitions by putting up a flag, but that, in turn, led to a real fall between clans over who would take command.

I guess this is due to the temperament of Zoan, who was said to be proud and all the way. They appear to be virtues, but before the new age, they become stubborn.

Later, Aoima Kizaki will accomplish a number of reforms and changes.

Following him, Zoan was so loyal that he was scoffed (bruised) with "cattle of the Son of Destruction" by the adversaries, but initially they were also unable to readily accept the reforms and transformations brought about by the Ethereal Horse.

Some have criticized the battle of Aoima Kizaki as a battle between the reforms and transformations he brings and the unacceptable maintenance of it.

In that sense, perhaps the biggest battle in the Sorbiant plains of Aoima Kizaki was the battle against the conservative ideas of Zoan.

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"Soma, are you listening properly?

A pontificating Ethereal Horse was poked by Shemr and returned to me.

It is in a tent set up abruptly outside the fort.

The plan was to hold consultations in the fort, but the buildings in the fort were everywhere wounded soldiers were put to sleep and there was no place to just afford to open consultations. Besides, in the fortifications originally built with architectural techniques of this era, there was no room of sufficient size to accommodate more than a dozen people, albeit only those who were the lords of the family of Zoan.

As a result, it was inevitable to set up a tent outside the fort, where consultations would take place.

The first discussion there was about the treatment of the Ethereal Horse.

At present, the position of the Ethereal Horse was that of a guest of the Fang Clan.

But then it was inconvenient to go through Garam, the chief of the Fang Clan, who cares for him as a guest, even when the Ethereal Horse wants to give the whole Zoan something to say, or vice versa, when the other clans want to hear the Ethereal Horse's opinion.

As for Galam, the advantages of monopolizing the Ethereal Horse were greater, such as the greater influence of the (Fang Clan), but he respected the will to be equal to all the families of the Ethereal Horse and recommended the Ethereal Horse from Galam to the guests of all the families gathered on the spot.

And the other families lifted up their hands in favour of it.

This is because of the desire to prevent the influence of the clan, who monopolized the Ethereal Horse, from protruding, and to make a slightly better impression of the clan on the Ethereal Horse in the realm determination of the clan that we refrain from after this.

But it wasn't until then that the story went well.

And when it came to the plains that he had reclaimed, they were long overdue.

The Ethereal Horse, who now thought Zoan had to unite unanimously, had decided to discuss it beforehand with Garam and the Shemurs to temporarily shelf the lines in the realm of the clan, which could also be a certainty between the clans.

But it was taken from other families that the Fang Clan was trying to monopolize the plains.

Of course, Gallum tried to solve the misunderstanding, but it was the "family of the predators" that interfered with it.

They also knew that it was the Ethereal Horses and the Fang Families who regained the plains, and that the discretion as to what to do with the plains rested with the Ethereal Horses. Therefore, it was a total misunderstanding, but the fear that the effective control of the [Fang Clan] would become a fait accompli while being shelved, and that they would not even receive the plains, has blocked the statements of the Ethereal Horse and Gallum.

The rush of this "family of tenderness" was due to the desire to poke through the gap because the "family of eyes", who had expressed support early and were close to the "family of fangs", seemed confused about the shelving of this area. But more than that, the claw clan and its chief Zug, who thought they would rebel harder than they did, were keeping their grievances in an attitude but creepy silence.

Until Zoog's minute, when he closed his unbroken right eye with a blunt face, and put his arms around it and just listened to the discussion, [The Families of Tenderness] had to wave his tongue to separate the plains from the gallum.

For this reason, Zoan, an old man attached to the aid of Banukkah the young man, began his conversation with the creation of twelve brothers who became the fathers of Zoan by the god of the beast, from which he spoke of his genealogy, and raised up the medals of his fathers, and began to speak of how desirable it was for them to make the plains a realm.

At first I had listened with interest to Zoan's history, but when I found out it was merely a brag about the glory of the past, the Ethereal Horse also became less interested. All that or I had to move on to my next action as soon as possible, but I was even beginning to remember being frustrated that I was spending so much time so carelessly.

At last, while listening to the story of "The Families of Takeshi", the Ethereal Horse was wondering how he could persuade them.

But a statement popped up that even such a pale horse could not hear.

"We have not reclaimed the plains!

Zoan, whose grey hair began to mix with her, was confident, caught in the attention of everyone who was surprised what that meant.

"Still in the plains, isn't there a village of humans! It is only by driving all humans off the plains that we can truly say that we have regained the plains!

Even though we did drop the fort, there are numerous pioneering villages of settled humans on the plains. They still burn this plain to build and live the fields.

"I hear the Fang Clan has lost many warriors. Can't you leave this place to us?

Finally, let ourselves have a hand before we define the area.

But that handle is only the killing of the pioneering people of the plains.

Besides, the signs of the Ethereal Horse changed.

"! What's up, Soma?!"

Shemr shouts his surprise at the blue horse who suddenly rises silently.

I recognized the quiet anger coming from the back of the Ethereal Horse directed at me.

I can't forget that, that night.

It was exactly the same when I stood before the Gallums for myself in distress.

"You can take it on your own now! I'm leaving here!

Shortly after Shemr stopped, the Ethereal Horse shouted angrily.

"Something, even if it bothers you...?

The Zoans were in a hurry.

It was undoubtedly the handle of the Ethereal Horse that dropped the fort. If they leave without paying one thing to those who have such great manners, they will say what a small amount of people they are on this scene.

But the Ethereal Horse wasn't what I found out about that.

He recovered from the agony of the Battle of Hognalea Hill because he told me that young Zoan like Zita and Shepoma had been helped.

Because even in my own selfish deeds, I had a young life saved by it and there were people who would appreciate it.

And yet Zoan, who was supposed to have helped, now tells us to do the same thing to humans.

That alone could never be forgiven by the Ethereal Horse.

"Open your mouth, it's all about the realm of the family! It just seems to me that drifters caught in the same little slab cut in the ocean are fighting over the breadth of the slab cut surface they're grabbing! I'm about to get turned over by one big wave, to a fool who's fighting over a broken board!

Even though he was aware of the magnitude of the Ethereal Horse feat, to its too frank curse, the Zoans floated the colour of their anger and floated their hips.

To those Zoans, the Ethereal Horse pokes his finger sharply and says:

"You think you're done kicking humans out of the plains?! The humans are bound to come! Now is the time, thoroughly, relentlessly, to destroy Zoan!

To the feelings of Zoan, who was floating in victory, the Ethereal Horse showered the cold water of the words.

"You thought winning would end it? The other way around! It's the beginning! It's the beginning of a battle that can go on until one of them turns up the sound! Zoan's only way to survive is to win, win, and keep winning!

In the words of the Ethereal Horse, the Zoans saw the illusion of a human army that would push them.

The sound of a drum being struck as the march, the sound of military boots, the sound of armor and weapons touching each other, the voice of a soldier crying out to kill Zoan, becomes an illusion and trembles Zoan's eardrum.

"Oh no...!

"After all, this is the son of Aura, goddess of death and destruction! This guy's brought us death and destruction!

Banukah pointed to the pale horse and screamed like a scream.

The cry evokes fear for the Son of Aura, which was held back by the fact that his Son, Shemr, and the witches of the [family of eyes], were turning to support.

"What's wrong with that?!"

But the Ethereal Horse lied dauntlessly.

"You just had to perish, didn't you?!"

The word shot the Zoans as if it were a thunderbolt.

That's the truth about Zoan that everyone knows, but it's something that was never acknowledged and dared to avoid for the proud Zoan. But the Ethereal Horse did not allow it, and clearly stuck the status quo before them.

The Zoans, who could not deny it and could not admit it, spoke out in remorse.

It was Gallum who acknowledged the words of the Ethereal Horse in it.

"Soma is right. We were right before the Fang Clan died. No, it's still very much the same."

Among the families gathered here, the most in existential crisis was the Fang Clan. Now I have repaired my face and I did not distract myself from Zoan's current situation.

"I knew if I had to fight, I would perish. But even a good warrior can't keep fighting forever. What are you gonna do, Soma?

By questioning the Ethereal Horse in front of everyone, Gallam tried to make everyone understand the situation in which Zoan was placed.

"I know. We have to find a drop somewhere and finish it. But that's not now."

Said the Ethereal Horse, who regained a lot of calm with the conveyance of Gallam's intentions.

"I heard humans have attacked with tens of thousands of troops in the past. In comparison, we just beat a few hundred this time. If you take it from a human, it's to the point where you were lightly beaten one shot from behind where you were alarmed. Then you can't! At least, I have to make you think you don't want to fight Zoan that easy!

"So what do you want us to do?

Upon Garam's enquiry, the pale horse spread the map he had kept with Shemr over the cloth.

"This is the fort where we are now. Going all the way down here, it looks like there's a city."

The Ethereal Horse looked around at the surrounding Zoans, pointing to the map drawn on top of the map.

"There's only one thing to do. We'll take this city down!