Hakai no Miko

The Ethereal Horse shook his body frightened by the contentious voice he heard from downstairs.

While his gaze is directed at the battle between the Romanian National Army, which spreads beneath his eyes, and the Zoans who sandwich it from left to right, his consciousness is directed downstairs with or without response.

After a while I stopped hearing voices from downstairs.

But still, the Ethereal Horse stiffens her body to nervousness with a small tremor as to when someone will come running up the stairs with an anger.

Because of that condition, the Ethereal Horse did not realize that Sheml, standing beside him, wrinkled his nose and shook his right hand wide up.

There was a loud sound of bashing meat.

The Ethereal Horse suddenly jumps up to the pain that struck her back and the sound of it, raising her vegan (softly) voice.

"Hey, hey! What do you do, Shemr?!"

The astonished Ethereal Horse raised his voice in protest.

The slightest escort Zoan warriors and big flag-wielding mollards who were around also circle their eyes in surprise. But when I found out that it was also Shemr slapping the pale horse on the back, everyone looked strange, "Is it the usual?"

And he was a protested Shemr, but when he attached a small finger to his jaw, he watched as he wandered from the tip of his pale horse's head to his nail tip.

"Hmm. Sounds fine."

That's what Shemr told me, but the Ethereal Horse tried to complain, "It's not okay," as she rubbed her sore back. But Shemr tells me before that.

"I thought you were stoned, but it looks like you can move properly."

Besides, from the mouth of the Ethereal Horse, a small voice of surprise leaks with A.

Until earlier, if you ask me, my body was tense and stiffened by bees, but I was surprised by the clap on Shemr's back, which also blew me away somewhere.

And before the Ethereal Horse, who searches for words without knowing what to say, Shemr says with a good arm.

"I have this me. No matter who comes, what makes me hurt you under my umbilical cord? If you have to, I'll show you around, jump off this wall and run away."

From the gate tower where I am now to below the walls, it is quite tall. No matter how tough Zoan's flesh is, I don't think he'll be safe if he jumps with each person in his arms. But when Shemr says so confidently, the Ethereal Horse is somewhat relieved.

Shemr, who thus confirmed that the tension had disappeared from the body of the Ethereal Horse, now half-eyed and bewitched the Ethereal Horse.

"In the first place, what are you freaking out about now? Even if everyone points out it's dangerous, aren't you the one who pushed it to get here?"

To Shemr's point, the Ethereal Horse got stuck in words.

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It was Marcronis who raised the objection exactly when Aoima suggested that Zoan, his main force, lay down outside the castle and enter the King's capital with only a few gestures on his own, on the occasion of an open military venue before entering the King's capital, Holmenia.

"That's reckless. You should stop."

Among the generals under the Ethereal Horse flag, Marcronis, a well-informed common sense man and familiar with the internal circumstances of the Holmeer country from his background, broke off the idea of Ethereal Horse as reckless.

"It's like when I pumped water in the river trying to boil soup, it even came in a pot with the water to the fish. If I were you, I'd stab you in the back with chaos where the Romanian National Army was about to lose."

"I agree"

Even more in tune with Marcronis was Eladia.

"Anyway, a man of high status, a nobleman, takes for granted to be served by others. They tend to belittle their promises to those who are not noble."

He was an eladia with a gentle smile, but the words are mixed with poison. Given her background, that's not impossible either.

The others do not speak, but they seem to agree with Marcronis and Eladia.

The Ethereal Horse, aware that he would be denied his proposal, does not panic, but points to a corner of the map of the Holmeer country spread over the round table surrounding us all.

"Beyond accepting the surrender of the Holmeer nation, we must defend the King's capital, Holmenia, and defeat the Romanian National Army. On top of that, the problem is with these northern marquises."

The Ethereal Horse pointed out that it was in the northern part of the Holmeer country.

"In the northern part of the Holmeer country, there are many leading lords, aren't there?

"You're right," replied Marcronis, who was directed to that question.

While the southern part of the Holmea State borders the Inland Sea of Benes, its coastline is an area where large-scale shipping and fishing did not develop because of the large number of cliffs cut off and the inability to make a large port. In contrast, the north had developed more economically and demographically than the south, with many mines, including Marben Copper Mountain.

That is why the leading countries are gathered in the north in the Holmeer country.

"Especially the Marquis of Apius, known as the Alliance Lord of the North, is powerful and influential enough to be left to the general generals of the crusaders who have broken it down in the air but earlier. If the northern marquis gathers men around the Marquis of Apius and wakes up his soldiers, it will be nearly five thousand."

Marcronis adds so, but the Ethereal Horse nods and shows.

"With so much force, I watched the earlier showdown with Holmea and Romanian and still haven't moved the soldiers. But lately, we have been in frequent contact among the Hordes. - Isn't that right, Mr. Pipi?

The Ethereal Horse spoke was the Harpuan pipipi entrusted to the Avian General. Pipi answers from his brilliant head in cobalt blue, shaking the hair that clasps the remnants of only one pin stretching wind-cut blade.

"We have not emitted troops, but there is no doubt that the Horsemen are gathering soldiers. We also make sure that the early horses are going off hard. And even some of the northern lords took a few soldiers and left their territory themselves. From its path, it is likely that we are aiming for the territory of the Marquis of Apius"

Besides, everyone looked at each other.

There seems to be no doubt that the Northern Hordes are about to make a move. But it's moving too late nonetheless.

Looking at the way the Romanian National Army has done so far, I don't think the northern marquis has been allowed to descend. But if the Northern Marquis were going to fight the Romanian state, he would have been at the Kalileya Plains meeting for a long time.

After this step, the Ethereal Horse made a certain hypothesis as we did not understand the thoughts of the Northern Gorges, which had now moved, and everyone revealed confusion.

"Maybe they're trying to be heroes of the Redemption"

Isn't the silence of the northern lords to date based on the prospect that King Walius will be defeated in the battle of the Carrileyan plains and that the King's capital will be besieged by the Romanian National Army?

Since that became a crisis in the survival of the Holmeer nation, either slap directly on the back of the Romanian National Army, which would besiege the King's capital, or cut the stretched supply line. If you defeat the Romanian National Army in that way, no, but also above, the Northern Gorges' voice within Holmea must increase and gain firm power.

If that were to happen, the kingdom of Holmea, where King Walius was killed in battle, Alexius was also missing, and the only heir to the throne became the woman Princess Walina alone and the kingdom was fragile (a figment), would belong to the Northern Gorges.

Everyone has gone for such a pale horse hypothesis.

But this hypothesis of a pale horse is a big mistake.

In fact, it was due to the ploy of César, king of Barzibor, that the northern lords did not participate in the Battle of Carrileya. At last, by now, the northern marquis had learned of the outcome of the Kalileyan battle, only to have now been in touch with him to bluish his face and rush to take good aftermath measures.

But it was a story that could hardly be known to the Ethereal Horse, who was nothing more than an Almighty God, such as the circumstances of the Northern Gods.

The same is true of the others who were present here. For them like that, the Ethereal Horse hypothesis was sufficiently convincing.

On behalf of everyone, Gallum nods and says as he arms himself in front of his chest.

"I see. It would be troublesome if we tried to poke behind the Romanian National Army, or if we were in a bowl with people like the Northern Marquis who came after the same thing."

There is no way we can overlook the Zoans in the country who have not surrendered to the Ethereal Horses. If we get attacked by them, we can't get this one done in silence either. If we crush each other like that, it's the Romanian National Army that has nothing to gain.

"Yes. I think it would be worse if we all caged and fought in Wang Du. If you kick the back of the Romanian National Army, which the northern marquis will besiege, I'm sure you'll say this."

So the Ethereal Horse faces, and says in a great tone.

"'We're the ones who saved Holmea. You didn't have to surrender when you were a slave!'"

Among the king's capital, and among those who are averse to his surrender to the Ethereal Horse, there will be many who are in tune with the claims of his northern lords. In that case, the Ethereal Horse will be attacked from within and outside the King's Capital.

To the anticipation of that pale horse, Shemr puts his neck up.

"Once you've accepted your surrender, is that something that breaks it so easily?

For Shemr, it is an act of shame. Eladia spits poison in her twitchy face questioning whether to do such a thing.

"With all due respect, Master Shemr. If things change, I'll keep my word. If humans were such noble people, I would have to cut off this hair and become a witch in the Temple of the Wind God and spend the rest of my life reflecting and apologizing"

I mean, that's never going to happen.

As Ethereal Horse, a person so bitterly criticized, was smiling, Eladia chuckled and added, "Of course, only Master Soma is special".

I'm afraid of that discrepancy, just keep it inside, and the Ethereal Horse keeps talking.

"That's why I think it would be desirable to settle the battle in Wangdu in the short term."

And Zug punches his hand and convinces him.

"Is that what you mean? If you put a piece of it all on before they get here, I don't care what you do later, 'You didn't do anything. Don't let it get out of the way."

The pale horse, whose words were abusive but affirmed Zoog's statement as "yes," goes on even further.

"So in order to put a piece together, I will beat everyone in Zoan, the greatest force I can move right now, to the Romanian National Army in a field that uses its mobility, not cage castle warfare."

Along with the words, the Ethereal Horse knocks his fist off near Holmenia, the king's capital, depicted on the map. To its sound and impact, the pawn placed in place of the Romanian National Army rose for a moment.