Hakai no Miko

The Romanian National Army will descend south with all armies.

The reward was quickly delivered to the Ethereal Horse on his way east, leading roughly six thousand troops who had rapidly (cucumbers) formed to save the city of Gatzen.

At that time, the Ethereal Horse was in the middle of a military debate.

We were just gathering only the generals who were Lord in the simple tent, sharing new information and discussing future measures while we were giving rest to the soldiers who had allowed us to continue marching early in the morning to head to the city of Gatzen as soon as possible.

"I am concerned about the movement of the Romanian National Army that has crossed the river"

Said the Ethereal Horse, who cut it out and caught everyone's attention.

"I still don't move from the Masarca Gate Fort. What the hell are you thinking..."

"Isn't it just waiting for the whole army to do that?

It was Shemr who returned such a simple answer.

Just because you gathered how many ships, the Romanian National Army is a great army of nearly 20,000. There's no way I can get through all of that at once. I really get piston transport. Besides, if that ship is also a sail or hand rowing, it takes hours just to get back and forth. Taking that into account, it would take two or three days for all Romanian National Army troops to finish crossing the river.

To Shemr pointing that out, the Ethereal Horse smiles small and bitter.

"I've been ambushing you since you played the battle for succession to the throne. If you want to make the most of the advantages of a successful surprise attack, you can first march just ahead of the river."

"Yes, you are."

It was Gallum who so indicated his agreement.

"Soldiers eat just by being there. Better let him attack us before he's ready than let us play for nothing."

Gallum wrinkles between his eyebrows and gets smaller.

"It's an invasion of this magnitude. It is good to see the Romanian country as a name. Even more so, I think it's strange that I still don't move."

In a nod to that opinion, it was Zoog who was tamed and elbowed on Gallam's shoulder.

"Wow, the Great General has come to say something like that."

Zoog says the niyanya laughter unchanged, even if he is evilly elbowed by a stripped gallam.

"Maybe they noticed Gatzen's protection."

It is the city of Gatzen most painfully affected by the invasion of the Romanian country earlier. As a result, the city of Gatzen had been strengthened at the same time as the city was being rebuilt in preparation for another Romanian invasion.

That didn't just make the city walls high and thick. More wells were being built up throughout the city, military supplies such as food were being stockpiled, long-term cage castles were being prepared, such as recommendations for cultivation in the city, and the actions of enemies when attacked were being detailed and thoroughly prescribed to the residents.

The confidence that the Ethereal Horse, who has been rewarded with a sudden invasion of the Romanian country, can still be defended if he thoroughly goes to the cage castle, comes from here.

"But I'm not stupid with Romanians. I can't possibly miss the repairs I did so much."

It was Dvarin who disputed Zug's opinion.

He was the doverlin who supervised the wall repair work in the city of Gatzen, but at that time the Ethereal Horse had told him to work as conspicuously as possible.

Its aim is to restrain the Romanian State.

In the present situation, where the Masarca Gateway Fort has been lost and the border fortifications cannot be reinforced in such a way as not to stimulate the Romanian State, the city of Gatzen becomes the first barrier for the crossed Romanian National Army. That was where he dared to show that he was strengthening the defense of the city of Gatzen, with which he aimed to serve as a deterrent.

"It's hard to believe you've crossed the river and then realized it and butted in."

Swaying his proud mustache, Dvarin hunched his nose.

Zoog shrugs its wide shoulder width to this.

"Not that way. Protect the Romanians when they attack the city of Gatzen."

Garam says on behalf of Doverlin, who wrinkles between his eyebrows about what it is.

"At His Majesty's behest, we were planting things in conjunction with the fortification of the city's walls."

Gallum continues his gaze from Dvarin toward Zug.

"But then, you can have a move on that, right?

And Zoog admits, "That's true, too".

The debate continued afterwards, but in the end did not lead to the finalisation of the reasons why the Romanian National Army would not move from the Masarca Gate Fort. Where all opinions had been given, everyone gathered their gaze to nature and the pale horse.

"I don't know what the Romanian National Army is thinking, but we have no choice but to hurry to the city of Gatzen anyway. - Pipi, step up enemy surveillance."

That's what the Ethereal Horse almost said, along with the noise of fierce wings: "Urgent!" The cry came down from the sky through the cloth of the tent.

As tension runs between the Ethereal Horses, the cloth at the entrance to the tent is washed away, and the Harpuan scouts jump in.

"Your Majesty! The Romanian National Army has made a move!

Harpuan's report was flabbergasted.

"It's finally working! How big is it? How long before we reach the city of Gatzen?

Harpuran rushes to shake his neck to the side to ask a question early in the arrow succession.

"No, Your Majesty! The enemy is heading south with almost all armies!

A beat of silence flowed.

It is the surprising voice of the Ethereal Horse that has broken that silence.

"South?!"

This is something that I didn't expect.

I knew the Romanian National Army would come all the way up to King's Capital at once. It is an unthinkable development, such as invading the south with all the troops, rather than dividing the troops into such places.

"Get a map ready immediately!

With Eladia's life, Elf women widened the map from eastern to southern Eldor country on the table. Ethereal horses stare as they devour the map.

"Why? What's the purpose of heading south...?

It's an invasion to name a country. It can't just be harassment or restraint. Yet why turn your soldiers to the south, not the east, where the king capital is?

The Ethereal Horse had no choice but to be confused without being able to read the intentions of the Romanian National Army.

Equally wrinkled between the eyebrows, Gallum, who was thinking with his arms around him, asks the officer of the human species present with his eyes.

"We are still neglected by the land that was Holmeer. Is there something in the south of this country that the Romanian state is after?

Officers of that human species often think before answering.

"No, my lord general. As you know, agriculture and industry in the south of the country are inferior to the rest of the world, and there are no bases that you should dare control with a large army."

In that answer, Aoima thought of the southern sights he visited when he was on domestic patrol.

Originally from the time of the Holmeer Country, the south is a region left to develop. Other regions, such as L'Oma in the west, Loughban in the north and Gatzen in the east, for example, have large cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants. In contrast, in the south there were at best some cities about three thousand finally crossed, and later only dotted with villages large and small.

Nor are there mines like the North, nor are distribution and commerce thriving by major streets like the East or the West. Benes is facing the inland sea, but the coast was steep, and there were no ports where a very large ship or other port of call could be made, and there were no strong points of strategic value.

"Are you aiming to bypass the tightly guarded Gatzen and hit the King's Capital directly?

When Gallum asks with his eyes if he can do that, the officer of the human species instantly shakes his neck to the side.

"No, my lord general. Some streets bypass the city of Gatzen, but it's much more westerly."

To the officer's answer, Garam recalled that it was the street that pursued General Darios during the retreat west of the earlier Romanian state requisition. More officers of the human species continue.

"The majority of the southern streets are branched off the main streets. Even if you temporarily bypass cities and fortifications, you'll have to go back to the main streets if you want to go for the King's Capital. Whatever, it's not impossible if you use the intersection..."

"That's right," Zug shrugged his shoulder, creeping out the late intentions of the officer's cloudy words.

"I don't want to go down the road with 20,000 troops, either. Marben, I've been punished for the Copper Mountain thing."

What Zug is saying is a series of surprise raids that hit Marben Copper Mountain in the battle of Holmea before returning with Dwarf to the city of Bornis. At that time, it was a lot of hard work while carefully preparing food, etc., for placement in intermediate roads fortifications.

Gallum, who was experiencing the struggle as well, nods strongly.

"I agree. - But then I can read even more the aim of the Romanian state. What the hell did they point their troops at in the south?

Everyone thought about it with a difficult face.

After a while, Zoog tells him to stand aside and tear up the air on the spot.

"I butted Gatzen's protection forward, but I couldn't pull it in, so maybe he went to loot for all the money he had to go to."

Besides, of all the people laughing bitterly about "such an idiot," only one Ethereal Horse says, "Huh?" He raised his voice low.

What comes to mind is the sights of southern cities and villages when patrolling the country.

Twenty thousand Romanian National Army troops will attack there.

"Not good......!

A cold sweat flowed through the cheeks of the Ethereal Horse.

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"Hmm. That's the Romanian female wolf"

King Cesar of Barzibor cheerfully hoisted his mouth in the news of the Romanian National Army's southern march, which had popped gracefully into what he had been doing with vanilla tea.

It is on a small hill in the eastern part of the country of Eldor.

The young king of this Balgiborian country had come into the eastern part of the country of Eldor under the guise of a tourist, taking only a few offerings to watch the Romanian nation's march west.

But it is a dangerous zone where we do not even know when the armies of the Erdoğa and Romanian countries will collide and become battlefields. On the streets that run beneath the hills, you can occasionally see scouts that either army may have unleashed. It's no surprise they attack you as a suspicious bunch if they find you in it.

That being said, it was no longer a behavior that strayed from the regular track through rigidity, such as enjoying vanilla tea gracefully.

"It's Delilah. How do you see the actions of the Romanian National Army?

King Cesar asked Delilah, a "root" woman with vanilla tea on an empty tea bowl, to spare her time. Delilah, aware that this is nothing but King Cesar's spare time, returns the unwarranted answer.

"I think you're wasting a surprise attack because of it. I know it's a war precaution to attack the Eldor nation once and for all before they get their attitude in order?

King Cesar, sipping herbal tea, laughs with his nose at Delilah's uninteresting answer.

"I would have said before. He said the Son of Destruction is the character of the Guardian. He reads the actions of his opponents, traps them with terrain on his side, and is good at killing enemies."

When King Cesar placed his tea vessel, he pointed to the city of Gatzen painted on the map of the eastern part of the country of Eldor, which was spread out on the table.

"It is not easy to drop the city of Gatzen, reinforced in defense in preparation for the invasion of the Romanian state. And if you trick into Gatzen's city offense, you can disappear, for example, the advantage gained from the surprise raid. Furthermore, then the next fabric stone of the Son of Destruction will strip his fangs."

So King Cesar turns his attention to the squire he had refrained from nearby.

"The Son of Destruction and the generals of Zoan have secretly created many bases to hide food and weapons around the city of Gatzen, haven't they?

Delilah looked surprised when the samurai affirmed the words of King Cesar, "It is my pleasure".

Probably hid the noise of Gatzen's city repair, but then it's not that big of a deal. I didn't know what I was going to do with a bunch of those little bases.

"Perhaps when Gatzen was attacked, we would deploy a number of Zoan's troops outside the city, working together with units that would be 'nets' to attack the sides, backs, and even supply lines of the Romanian National Army. It's a base for Zoan's troops to replenish and rest."

King Cesar leaks couscous and laughter.

"We just stopped the enemy's momentum with the city walls, cutting it off a little bit from the perimeter. What a child of destruction, an unpleasant hand."

Delilah was convinced that it would be.

A close network of contacts exists in the Eldor country by decree of Zoan's drums and harpurans. With it, it would also be possible to move the troops acting apart and poke behind the enemy.

"So is the Romanian National Army's southward march also meant to avoid it?

To Delilah's question, King Cesar replied, "There is, too".

"But Piata's aim is to destroy the son of that man"

Both ends of King Cesar's lips hang crisp.

"And that's right. The greatest weakness of the Eldorian nation is none other than the Son of Destruction"

King Cesar's lips, suspended at both ends, shaped a grin.

But that's not a human laugh.

It was a reptile creep that reminded me of a snake with its prey in front of it somewhere.

"The Romanian female wolf is going to drag her son of destruction out to her hunting ground."