Hakai no Miko

The Ethereal Horse, who was reported to have begun his journey to crusade himself by the armies of the Holmeer Nation, gathered a glimpse of the faces that had been the Lord of haste.

"As I'm sure we've all heard already, the Holmeer Nation is moving its troops to crusade us"

So the Ethereal Horse cut out, gathered in response to his convocation, toward the face, which had become a wheelchair in the hall.

In the words of the Ethereal Horse, a tingling tension runs between the glances. I had heard it beforehand, but when it was thus heard directly from the mouth of the Ethereal Horse, I could not help but strike and tremble at the hunch of battle again.

"First, I have to apologize to everyone"

The Holmeer State means to shred its power while avoiding a frontal showdown, and yet make it impossible to move with tension with the Romanian State. In the meantime, we feed ourselves enough troops to overwhelm the State of Holmea, and then we bring down the State of Holmea without fighting with its authority.

That was the measure of the Ethereal Horse.

It is a reward for the re-invasion of the arrow-tipped Holmeer country, which I thought was half successful in its measures.

The Ethereal Horse honestly apologized to everyone that his prospects were sweet.

But it is a time of supposedly showing martial arts on the battlefield. Even though I understand that the measures proposed by the Ethereal Horse are solid, it really makes me feel like I'm running away. For those, rather, the re-invasion of Holmea was even good news.

For this reason, no one criticizes the Ethereal Horse for announcing the failure of the measures, and Jahangil and others say, "I'm generous, so I don't care! It is instead the end of what is seen with white eyes from the others.

"Now more than an apology, we should discuss what to do with the armies of Holmea on their way. - Do you have any ideas?

The pale horse, so watered by the gallum, nodded with a dull nod.

"The basics are, I'm going to go with measures against the National Army that we had prepared"

Although the Marben Copper Mountain raid had already disintegrated the Hormere Army, measures were also contemplated if the Hormere State had turned over the National Army rather than the soldiers of the Hordes. When the Ethereal Horse says he will use it this time, Dvarin strokes his beard satisfactorily.

Wouldn't it have been a waste of our hard work?

Many Dwarves, who had not been allowed to participate in the Marben Copper Mountain raid, were asked to prepare measures against the National Army. "I would have liked it to have been wasted if I could," the Ethereal Horse grinned bitterly at Doverlyn, who said it was good without wasting it.

"Hey, Lord Soma."

Zoog throws a question at such a pale horse.

"When that happens, is the first thing we have to do, as we used to hear?

The pale horse nods and shows for Zoog.

"Yes. As planned -"

When the Ethereal Horse separates words there, it points to one point of a large map spread out in the center of the car seat.

"- First we will control the crossing of the Conte River!

"Whoa," he pushed into the hall. A twirl happened.

After the twirl is quiet, the Ethereal Horse looks around everyone's face and asks.

"Do you have any questions?

And I said, "Are you sure?" And it was Solon who raised his hand first.

Standing up with the approval of the Ethereal Horse, Solon slowly walked out the inside of the wheelchair as he and his staff lay on the floor.

"The intention to fight the enemy is a big deal, is it that simple?

Everyone looked down on Solon's remarks like he was giving water. Failure to do so is about an Ethereal Horse, except for Eladia, whose inner heart does not break her smile in public, no matter what.

"According to reports of physical sightings, more than 10,000 troops were moved by the Holmeer State over the eastern border? If you look at that, there will be some of the Holmeer gods who are now in the territory to join the Crusades in response. Then the Crusaders should be 15,000 to 20,000 large armies. - Compared to that, how much more could we do?

Besides, the Ethereal Horse thought a lot before answering.

"Right. - Probably less than 7,000 places?

Four thousand warriors of the Zoan clan of the Sorbiant plain. About a thousand Dwarves added those who liberated from Marben Copper Mountain. A former Holmeer national soldier and a human soldier who added a newly-hired one, who surrendered to the Ethereal Horse, about a thousand as well. Elf archers have only slightly increased from five years ago, from three to four hundred. There has been little increase since five years when other species, such as Harpuan and Dinosaurian, are not originally present in the area, and only about a hundred combined.

Together, these calculations are only slightly more than seven thousand.

"Master Soma said you were brave, but the truth is, our troops are less than half the enemy. This is the pinnacle of stupidity. First of all, exploring the path of harmony is a good idea.

Those who were on the spot became rather small and grumpy at Solon's suggestion to float with caracallas and mockery.

Even if the opponent is against a big country known as the male in the West Side, this one is just a small force that's kind of dominating a city. Domestic feelings are like offering to surrender in the name of harmony, such as seeking harmony where tens of thousands of soldiers have been rolled out.

Jaharn Gill and others, who should also be the heads of militants for this, were slapping the vitamins and the floor with their tails in a blatant manner of frustration.

The Ethereal Horse opens its mouth before Jaharn Gill jumps on Solon.

"I can't do that."

Neither did the Ethereal Horse explore the path of harmony with Holmea during the last five years. But the Holmeer nation did not break the position that the Ethereal Horses were rebel slaves and did not even try to get to the seat of dialogue.

And now that I have robbed the copper of Marben Copper Mountain to fulfill my covenant with King Dordea and painted mud on the face of the Holmeer country wondering if this is still the case, I can't think of any great harmony.

Solon further says when Ethereal Horse tells him that fighting Holmea is inevitable after explaining those things.

"It is true that the fight against Holmea is inevitable. But do I need to dare attack the crossing of the Conte River?

More than in ancient times, if we keep soldiers far away, that's all morale will fall, and there will be no shortage of food for soldiers. Firstly, after consolidating the defenses of the city, it is best to install an attacking Holmeer army, buy time, and wait for its will to frustrate (lottery)?

But I also assure you that the Ethereal Horse cannot.

"I can't do that either. First, there are no walls to stop the enemies from attacking."

In the five years since the Ethereal Horse came to rule, the city of Bornis underwent rapid development. And there was a surge in the population, and it couldn't fit within the walls of the city. Nowadays, a second downtown had been formed by surrounding it outside the city walls, which had been around for a long time. But because the city was expanding too quickly, the construction of a city wall to protect it was not catching up. It is also due to the fact that the Ethereal Horse, which gave development priority over the defense of the city, dared not rush to build the city walls.

For this reason, when the city of Bornis is attacked, a second city town with no city walls to stop the enemy will be exposed to the fangs of the enemy army.

There is no room inside the city walls just to evacuate all the residents of downtown Second. Assuming you're forced into it, the next problem is food. Although emergency food is stockpiled in the city of Bornis, there is no way that tens of thousands of residents can be reached by supporting their stomachs in addition to the great thousands of soldiers.

"And above all, we have no allies to send reinforcements."

We have friendships with our neighbours Jeboa and the Mermans, but only friendships, not military alliances. Even if the Ethereal Horse asks for help, it would be better if we sent him some letters of assistance and encouragement.

Probably won't make a move until you get away with it and buy time and identify trends (sorry) in the situation. Still, I have to think it's just better that they stopped attacking me in tune with Holmea.

Either way, it's like a fish swimming in a pan set on fire, like a caged castle battle with no food and no reinforcements to hope for. One day they will only be boiled and eaten.

"If we can't fight Cage Castle, we'll have to aim for victory in the field. But Holmeer's army is more than twice as strong as ours. I would divide the army into two parts, and whilst I was stopping us with one, I would poke my back with the other, or I would take down this city. In order not to do so, I think we have to fight the river behind our backs, first by taking control of the crossing and stopping the march."

Solon further says as many nod in favor of the words of the Ethereal Horse.

"There are few villages around the Conte that can be looted, and food will be transported from this city, but is there any way about that?

"Yes. - Marco, give me that."

What Marco brought before everyone, in the words of the Ethereal Horse, was like a kettle with water and an iron helmet, and a mud dumpling. When Marco takes something like a mud dumpling, which is also the size of a baby's head, he starts talking in his usual laid back tone.

"Eh. This is a food ball made at the behest of Master Soma."

Marco softens the hot water there as he puts a soldier ball in the iron helmet with the top of his head down. Then to cross noses, start stirring with a stick.

"I dipped it in water for a while and then boiled and steamed it until the water ran out - uh - and, Sauma said, 'cooked' wheat as a dough"

Shemr said, "Is that it?"

When eating barley on the continent of Cerdeas, it is normal to coarsely ground it or powder it before eating it as a porridge or soup with the addition of cows, goat's milk, etc. But the pale horse, hungry for rice, dared to cook the wheat as it was, and liked to eat it as barley rice.

The sight of the Ethereal Horse eating rice with tears in his eyes as he leaked a strange grunt of "puffy. Crumbly." is something that even Shemr, who should be used to seeing the Ethereal Horse's quirks, donned.

"I put it in a net to keep it from breaking down and frying it vegetables, then applied soy mittens to the surface and then dried it thoroughly"

The nosy Zoans moved their hicks and noses. From the hand of Marco, who stirred with a stick, he began to smell a good smell of appetite.

"It's easy to complete the mite-flavoured wheat porridge by simply swinging the hot water around like this"

It looked a little bad, but there was a mite-flavoured wheat porridge with soy.

The prototype of this Ethereal Horse Soldier's Ball is a highly conservative military food that was used during the Japanese Warring States era - called miso balls or unusual miso balls, which are battle food. It was the soldier ball of the Ethereal Horse that became the first military food on this continent of Cerdeas that was made there by adding knowledge of soldier pills, the ninja's portable food, and modern Japanese instant food.

Turn to everyone the wheat porridge that Marco took in small portions. Though salt air is strong when you mouth it surprises me when it's surprisingly handsome.

"... hmm? You got anything in there but wheat?

Zoog said he was surprisingly loud about the taste as well as the amount of food he ate.

"Yes, they are fried together with ingredients exposed to the sun and flushed with enough water in the wind. There are five types of ingredients inside. Vegetable balls with dried vegetables. Pork-centered pork balls. Bird balls made from bird meat. Beef, beef balls with lots of Zoan-style spices. Seafood balls with seafood. They are all delicious, but even better if you mix them all in one pan and make them. Khuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

"Hey, Marco. Do it seriously."

"I'm serious," Marco protested with a musty face, noting Garam.

In an era where diet takes precedence over quantity and flavour is grated, it is not impossible for Gallum to take Marco seriously. But this food made by Marco will later go a long way in maintaining the morale of the soldiers in a protracted battle.

You'll see how good the food situation was for the army of the Ethereal Horse, as the trail of the Old Bornis Town liquor store, unearthed in modern times, finds a wall left with graffiti: "If you want something good, go to the army".

Where everyone was tongue drumming on the wheat porridge, the Ethereal Horse made him bring a square crate slightly lower in height than his waist.

"This food ball created a crate that you can put just five vertically and horizontally, plus four steps of it. With one of these boxes, it will be just for a hundred people. It's easy to understand, isn't it?

And Marcronis nodded loudly.

It was this food that bothered me the most when I was leading soldiers on the plains. At that time, I counted more or less people in a bag of wheat, but it would be easier and easier to manage one meal with one ball of military food and one hundred meals with one box than that, and it would be easier to plan for the future.

It is also advantageous to carry boxes with uniform size.

"And for the transport of this food. - Michena, please."

Michena jumps up when the Ethereal Horse calls her name.

"Yes! I have already bought and raised the Great Dragon through Master Joash. We will use this for transporting food and supplies!

It was because of the characteristics of the dragon that it was necessary to transport until it dared to buy an expensive dragon.

When many bull horses are used when transporting supplies, their feed must also be taken into account. Usually you should let them eat grass around the camp and on the side of the road, but once the bull horses are concentrated in one place, that will run out of grass. For this reason I have to carry the feed separately or move the bull horse in several parts.

But if you're a dragon, you don't have to worry about it. If you eat a whole calf, you can only give them water for ten days or so.

"I promise I will never starve you all as long as this and Master Soma's built flat path!

Michena slapped the knob on the chest and undertook to show it.

Just do your job steadily, and Michena, who has nothing to do with overconfidence or grand language, affirms so. Nothing is more reliable.

"As I was asking, I don't want you to worry about food. All remaining soldiers and warriors will be prepared to pay their salaries."

A solon just eats up at a pale horse who says so.

"Hmm. That's something different to say. Does that mean you don't collect soldiers, even though they're inferior in strength?

In this day and age, many of the soldiers who participate in the war are peasants collected as servants, one of the taxes. But the Ethereal Horse's statement that he would pay all soldiers was that if he returned the back, he would not collect such peasant militias.

"I want to know why you do that, and how you feel about Soma."

The Ethereal Horse persisted resolutely against the sharp solon cut in.

"To prevent looting by soldiers."

The collected peasant militias are amateurs alike, so there is a low awareness of trying to comply with military regulations and orders. In addition, peasant militias driven out as labor naturally work for free. Then I really tend to run into acts of looting.

In order to prevent looting, Aoima dared to resolve to break through the separation of soldiers and farmers.

"Sweet! That's too sweet"

But Solon scoffs at such a pale horse's determination.

"I say that wheat taken more than the enemy in ancient times deserves ten times the wheat carried more than the country. Looting is also a fine tactic. Gather not soldiers from the countryside, and plunder not all the Holmeer country with great armies. And it will be easy to win."

In addition to the insulting mouthfeel of the Ethereal Horse, Shemr attempted to rise up with his whole body hair upside down in anger at Solon's suggestion to plunder from those who were not warriors.

But the Ethereal Horse controls it by hand.

"Solon, I don't think you're wrong about what old man said."

The Ethereal Horse continues, feeling Shemr's gaze on his back blaming him for what he would say to you.

"But that's only for this battle with Holmea."

The Ethereal Horse began to speak to everyone gathered during the sight, not Solon.

"I want everyone to remember. Why did we get up? Why are we fighting? That's because we tried to correct the wrong way in this world. Because the Episcopal Church is spreading, because the human race is the right one, and all the other races have tried to correct the wrong idea of being a stupid and barbaric race"

To the words of the Ethereal Horse, those who were present on the spot nodded forcefully and expressed their approval.

"And yet what happens if we plunder and sacrifice so many weak people? Those who believe in ecclesiasticism will say: 'The Fae are still savages,' he said, 'a terrible enemy that threatens human peace'. That's our defeat. Even if we beat Holmeer, I think it's a defeat."

So once the pale horse separated the words. And stay between them as if waiting for your words to penetrate everyone's hearts before continuing with the words.

"As Old Solon said, forbidding looting and fighting with fewer soldiers is a tough road. But I believe that the tough road is the only one that leads us to where we want to be. Please, we all want you to understand that."

When he complained that way, Shemr first drooled his head with his hand on his left chest. That is followed by Zoan and the others similarly drooling their heads. He even offered his gratitude to the Ethereal Horse for his compliments in each race, such as Dwarf laying his hands on his beard and Harpuan spreading his wings down.

The Ethereal Horse stroking his breasts down on them ho asks Solon.

"Old Solon. Do you still have something?

And Solon smiles.

"All at your will, Master Soma."