Hakai no Miko

The day after the Battle of Mirza.

As the previous day declared, the Ethereal Horse abandoned the castle hall at sunrise, and went to the city of Gatzen.

At this time, the allowances for many of the wounded were still unsatisfactory. That is not only because supplies such as wound pills and bandages were lacking in the castle hall. Now, it is not strange for the Romanian National Army to attack the castle at any time. At that time, you can't stay in a castle without a satisfactory barrier. I had to return to the city of Gatsen as soon as possible, even if the wounded were forced to do so.

One of the most worrying aspects of such a retreat was the pursuit of the Romanian National Army.

If we were raided where we had many wounded soldiers, this time we would have feared total annihilation.

For this reason, it is only natural that the Ethereal Horse alone came up with the idea of letting him go ahead to the city with a soldier of marginal strength. But where only a few escorts were there, it was also possible that this time they would raid to raise the neck of the Ethereal Horse.

After a rough discussion, mainly about Shemru, the Ethereal Horse also decided to head to the city of Gatsen with the surviving soldiers.

However, in the back of those worries, the main unit of the Romanian National Army still showed no sign of moving more than Mirza.

This is not only because the Romanian National Army floated to great victory and caught off guard. The terrain of Mirza to keep the lured Eldor Army from escaping was also a shackle for the Romanian Army. Even more unfamiliar were the great armies in the enemy land, and the Romanian National Army was taking more time to march than expected.

It was Piata who had persevered in pursuing the Ethereal Horses, who were deporting to the city of Gatzen, on behalf of those immobile Romanian National Army units. She led the Hundreds of Wolves and, as her name implies, persisted in tracking the Ethereal Horses like the Sending Wolves.

But such Piata and the Hundreds of Wolves were not sufficient again.

It is our chase battle that cannot restore the depletion caused by the battle of the previous day. The Silver Wolf and Ethereal Wolf soldiers of the heavily armed cavalry had to rest, and their pursuit was only by the Golden Wolf soldiers, the light cavalry.

In this case, Piata could only be harassed to such an extent that she attacked a soldier who had fallen behind from the main unit due to fatigue.

But still, the Ethereal Horse had to take measures against the Golden Wolf soldiers, and for that reason the legs of the march of the Erdoah National Army did not advance as late. It was not until two days after leaving the castle that such Ethereal Horses finally reached the city of Gatzen.

The Ethereal Horses walking through the gates of the city of Gatzen as Piata watched from afar were the Erdoah National Army, but its appearance was terrible.

It is a defeat in a situation where there is no satisfactory rest and no food or water to drink. Everyone and he are all worn out, with spears and swords as canes, and many manage to walk by it. That seemed to be the case with some refugees and displaced persons.

The Ethereal Horse that entered the city of Gatsen with such soldiers was in a dark mood.

It is a great defeat when it has been manipulated by enemy measures. Moreover, it is the result of the outpouring of residents to the point of extinguishing their desire to remain in the city.

Which side can be lowered and come forth before the people? No. Didn't you just swear last night that the soldiers would be victorious over the Romanian state next before them? Just because we bring the people before us here, we must not screw it up.

With that in mind, he wandered through the gate with his face nodded, and a loud voice greeted the pale horse who entered the city.

But that wasn't the kind of curse (if anything) that the Ethereal Horse expected.

It was a voice that rejoiced and welcomed the safety of the pale horse.

"The king has returned safely!

"Well done. Welcome back!

"Thank God for the King's survival!

There were countless residential figures on the prominent streets stretching straight out of the city gates. They hand the food and drinks they have in their hands to the soldiers who entered the city with the Ethereal Horse. Furthermore, the men had lent their shoulders to the weary soldiers, and the women and children had wiped the dirt off the soldiers' faces with a wet cloth.

In this day and age, the people obey the kings and lords and pay their taxes because the kings and lords shelter themselves.

He said that he had failed in that duty, which must be fulfilled most of all to prevent aggression from other countries, and that he had made the great mistake of losing many soldiers, but that he had never thought he would be consoled by the people in this way, instead of stoned and rebuffed with it.

The Ethereal Horse was often confused by this sight.

"Of course."

It was Setius who spoke to such a pale horse.

"His Majesty gave priority above all to helping the inhabitants of this city when the city was ravaged (carved) by the Romanian state, and has since been committed to rebuilding the city. With people who don't know their national politics, that's about understandable. That gratitude doesn't just disappear in one defeat."

"Right..."

When the Ethereal Horse finally returned all that, he pulled his mouth together and looked up into the sky.

Shemr, who had taken the horse's beard, tears up such a pale horse.

"What is it, Soma? Are you crying?

"Shut up. Leave me alone."

Shemr narrows his eyes with pleasure to a pale horse who refuses while looking up at the sky.

"Say no. Let me exercise my right to mess with the king"

"I didn't give you that right."

Yes, the blurry Ethereal Horse, in the end, remained looking at the sky until the end.

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The Ethereal Horse, who entered the city of Gatzen at the welcome of the inhabitants, finally put him in a place where he could never be frightened (of his obsession) by the enemy raids, and slept like mud that day as the soldiers did.

And the day after that. The pale horse, who regained physical and mental vitality, just started acting.

Firstly, it was the confirmation of the damage caused by this battle.

Having thus confirmed the damage, the Ethereal Horse was once again dismayed by the magnitude of the damage.

The most devastating was the Dwarf heavy infantry. There are only three hundred surviving dwarves. This was less than a third of the number when he left King's Capital.

But when it comes to the number of war dead, it was Zoan's warriors who suffered the most. Less than three thousand Zoan warriors were returned to the city of Gatzen at this time. I don't think Zoan, with a good sense of direction, got lost. Most of the non-returned warriors will be sure to believe that they died in the war. There were at least a thousand people - perhaps nearly two thousand - who dared to make the impossible assault of breaking through enemy lines. Zoog and others, who were at the head of it, bore a number of deep hands, and now say they are ung by the fever of their wounds.

Also, not many of the least damaged soldiers of the human species were two hundred who appeared to have fled lost or lost their way.

Together, these men will have lost roughly three thousand soldiers in just one battle.

Looking back, the battle of Mirza itself is between one and two hours after sunrise. Even if you put it in until the Ethereal Horse escapes into the castle hall, it's only about half a day.

In that short time, we will have lost 30% to 40% of all our armies.

Exactly, it was a disaster.

But I can't just moan.

We had to take immediate action against the Romanian National Army.

The Ethereal Horse was most concerned about the Romanian National Army going south as it was and plundering the south. However, the Romanian National Army said it was flipping in Mirza and coming with all its troops to this city of Gatzen. This was evidence that the aim of the Romanian National Army was not, for example, to plunder the southern part of the Erdoğa country, but clearly to look at itself.

For this reason, Aoima had to again deplore his own failure to read the Romanian National Army's aim.

Reports that the Romanian National Army is on its way to the city of Gatzen indicate that from among Erdoğa's officers, a ploy to ambush the Romanian National Army, which is once again marching through narrow mountain streets, has been upbeat to the Ethereal Horse.

The Romanian National Army is caught off guard in a great victory. If we raid there, we should be able to achieve enough results, even if we are inferior to the force.

That's what officers have been saying about playing.

But the Ethereal Horse dismissed this.

The haste to recover the failures caused by the great defeat, the mention of the challenge to rematch without satisfactory preparation or countermeasures, and even greater great defeat, is a development that can be seen well in the history of war between East and West in ancient times and now.

The prerequisite measure, in particular, is that the Romanian National Army is alarmed. If the Romanian National Army had taken full vigilance against the ambush, that's what would make this one more painful to fight back.

Although there is a rush to reclaim the loss in Mirza, once we have accepted defeat here, it is the upper hand and the Ethereal Horse who have decided to re-divide everything.

Also, daring to put time aside had other advantages.

It is the arrival of reinforcements.

By now, in the Plains of Sorbiant, the two warriors of Grukaka and Banuka were gathering soldiers of Zoan, from Marben Copper Mountain, Norzuri the Dwarves, and in the former Holmea country, the man general Marcronis, and his deputy general Adomius the "Black Wall". They were supposed to come here once they had gathered the strength they had gathered in the king's capital.

Rather than being forced to strike out here, Ethereal Horse decided it was best to cage in the city of Gatzen to buy time and wait for the arrival of reinforcements before challenging the Romanian National Army to a duel.

Furthermore, the Ethereal Horse was preparing for a showdown with the Romanian National Army, communicating an order to Norzuri and Adomius via Harpuan's Herald.

I don't think the harder it is for the two of us, but it still takes a lot of time to prepare for it. Then the arrival of reinforcements will be even slower.

There is no former or child to be attacked down the city before they arrive.

So when the Ethereal Horse summoned the deputies who had entrusted the city to rule in his place and representatives of the city's celebrities, powerful people and other inhabitants, he told them without covering up what he had lost greatly and what the Romanian National Army would be attacking the city, and that reinforcements would lag behind schedule. And on top of that, the Ethereal Horse asked them to help.

To this the deputies and representatives of the inhabitants promised their cooperation to the Ethereal Horse in a mundane reply. On the contrary, he even offered us something to help ourselves with.

To this the Ethereal Horse stroked down his chest ho.

Even from the enthusiastic welcome gestures of the residents when they entered the city, they were not too worried. But in fact, they also offered to cooperate because there is nothing more gratifying about the forthcoming cage in the city.

The Ethereal Horse expressed its deep appreciation for the cooperation and decided to put Setius on working with them.

Setius, who was engaged in the reconstruction of the war in the eastern part of the country of Eldor as deputy general Marcronis, has been and has frequently visited the city of Gatzen, with whom his heart will be known. Also, if Setius showed unexpected control at the time of his defeat, he wouldn't be anxious to work with and lead the city's residents.

The inhabitants of the city were greatly convinced by the extraction of this pale horse, and Setius accepted it only rarely.

Along with it, the Ethereal Horse also instructed Dwarf to lead Dvarin to work with Setius to consolidate the city's protection.

It is a Dwarf with a reputation for the techniques of base defense such as castles and cities. With that power, it would not be difficult to carry until the arrival of reinforcements if the city of Gatzen had once been prepared with the expectation of the role of a jetty to prevent the invasion of the Romanian National Army.

But still, I'm not alarmed.

In the pre-planned defense of the city of Gatzen, Zoan's warriors were sent out of the city to threaten the rear of the Romanian National Army and supply lines as guerrillas.

But Zoog, who was supposed to take care of it, was wounded.

When it comes to being entrusted with Zoan's guerrillas outside of Zug, the only thing left to do is Gallum. But Gallam is a great general. I wanted him to stay in the city of Gatzen and command the soldiers, if possible.

Also, enemy supply lines and rear raids have a strong harassment connotation. Then I'd be better at free-running zoogs than solid galams.

For this reason, the Ethereal Horse, together with Gallum, went to check the condition of Zoog's wound with his sympathy.

"Whoa, isn't that your majesty? Why don't you join us for a drink?

But Zoog, who was supposed to be suffering from the fever of the wound, was having a feast with the Dvarins.

Zoog lied to the Ethereal Horse, worried he would be okay drinking even though he was so wounded, no matter how sturdy.

It's called sterilization out of your body.

Indeed, in order to prevent sepsis, the Ethereal Horse recommended washing the wound with boiling water and strong alcohol once it was wounded, for example, through military schools. But drinking doesn't prevent sepsis. It is a convenience for people who simply want to drink alcohol.

But if you're all right, you're going to be entrusted with the guerrillas.

The Ethereal Horse, who thought so, asked Zoog.

Then Zoog says in a painful tone, dropping his eyes on the liquor cup in his hand, as he takes it seriously.

"Exactly, I can't right now..."

Even if you're worried about this one and play with it, the wound is still heavy.

Inevitably. When the Ethereal Horse, who so decides, asks Gallam if he can ask for a guerrilla, Gallam leaks a small sigh and says to Zoog.

"Zoog, you can take every barrel of that drink. I'll let you have another barrel under my authority, so get going."

Really, Zoog laughed nicely.

"Really? I'm sorry, I seem to have urged you. That's the Grand General."

That being said. When Zoog stood up, he pulled a thousand bandages wrapped around his body all the way out of the way. And he walked away with a boar with a barrel on his shoulder.

Garam says to a pale horse who drops off such a zoog.

"That twister can't make a weak noise"

If you ask me, so is that.

Even though the Ethereal Horse was frightened, he was relieved that he was able to strike all measures against the Romanian National Army.

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Three days after the Ethereal Horse returned to the city of Gatsen.

In preparation for the arrival of the Romanian National Army, which should also come that day, the Ethereal Horse, who had exchanged the generals who were the Lord and the leading men of the city to prepare for the cage castle, realized that the drums of Zoan would be beaten.

The Ethereal Horse still can't hear exactly what Zoan's drum clap means. But that fierce beating sounded familiar.

Look to Shemr standing beside him to see if it's wrong. Shemr then nodded as powerfully as if to affirm the idea of the Ethereal Horse.

"Soma, the Romanian National Army is finally here."

The Ethereal Horse hurried Shemr and the others over the city wall.

Then, on the city walls, all the guard soldiers or even the wild horses had already gathered to hear about the Romanian National Army raid.

If I saw those wild horses pointing their fingers as they said something to their mouths, there was a Romanian National Army marching slowly toward this city.

"Finally here...!

The Ethereal Horse clenched his fist firmly.

It was the Romanian National Army that finally showed up, but inadvertently didn't come close to the city. Even as the Eldor National Army suddenly struck out, it began to prepare the camp with as much distance as it could afford.

From the Romanian National Army, which began setting up with it, a horse with a knight wearing a flashy armor helmet that stood out even in the distance, came to the city of Gatzen with a few infantry soldiers who looked like soldiers.

The general and the dude, who are identical to see, raise their voices as they reach near the city wall where the Ethereal Horses stand, swooping back and forth on the horse greatly.

"I tell the people of the city!

The voice of the general of the Romanian nation clings to the quiet city sky.

"We are the armies of His Highness Partis, the great Romanian nation, revealed as its rightful heir to the throne!

As is already well known, once again tension runs over the fact that the Prince of the Romanian State is an army led by himself.

"You will already know that the Son of Destruction, who nicknames your King, has lost before the authority of His Highness Partis! He no longer has the power to protect you! Resistance and other meaningless! Surrender quickly!

In response to this surrender recommendation, the city of Gatzen responded with silence.

Plus the general goes on to say.

"His Highness Partis is a merciful man! Open the gates and surrender now, and give us the Son of Destruction, and we will guarantee the lives of the inhabitants! Otherwise, it will push the army forward and make the city the same as it once was without a day! Still, is that good?! Reply or how?!"

Now, what shall I give back to this?

Faster than the Ethereal Horse who thought so, there was movement from among the inhabitants of the city who were out on the city walls.

Something was thrown at the general, who had come near the city wall.

Exactly. Suddenly the attack will be bad before the war starts.

The Ethereal Horse is in a hurry as he follows with his eyes what falls as he draws a parabola towards the general of the Romanian country.

Back to back with the rush of the Ethereal Horse, what was thrown from above the city wall hit the face of the General beautifully.

But it doesn't sound like a bruise like I expected.

Instead, it was the damp sound of beckoning.

"This is cow shit!! Peeps!

You've got it in your mouth, and the general spits over and over as he wipes his face desperately. That funny look gives rise to a laugh from the residents who were on the city walls.

"Fuck you, you Romanian motherfuckers!

"Don't forget the grudge we had four years ago!

"I'll clear your grudges then, so call me!

With such anger, things are thrown apart.

To this, the Romanian general turns a bright red face and says, "Remember!" and ran back to the main unit, leaving behind a discarded dialogue with no art.

The Ethereal Horse, laughing and dropping it off with the inhabitants and soldiers, summons Setius.

"I can laugh at this one, but from now on, make sure the residents follow the instructions."

"I understand," Cetius replied on his usual rare face when the Ethereal Horse commanded him as he wiped his fingertips of tears floating in his eyeballs.

Then the Ethereal Horse looks back over the city wall.

Then, just above the city walls, or even beneath them, many inhabitants were pushing. They are uniformly turning a hot gaze at themselves.

It's not just the soldiers. Even the people of the city are wary.

The Ethereal Horse wields his fist-made right arm wide.

"Come on! Let's get rid of the Romanian country and protect the city!

In response to the voice of the Ethereal Horse, it rises from all over the city "Ooh!" The voice burst into the sky.

It marks the beginning of the "Gatzen offensive", the second phase of the Romanian campaign.