- Tanax Perspective

"Pegasus team, Wing Dragon team up to the sky immediately! The enemy is attacking from the sky!

You regained your reason with my support, or the soldier who was heading right and left rushes to the stables. The castle began to shine bright, not only on the earth, but also on the sky, with successive pine lights and magic.

"There he is! That's it!"

One of the knights looks up simultaneously in the direction he points out. Then there was the figure of a woman flying in the sky with a cane.

Not Miss Lapis!? Seeing her before and someone else meant that she had other users of flying magic.

"Fool! No!"

One of the soldiers standing right on his side is squeezing his bow and pointing it at the sky. I rushed into a stop when I saw the soldiers around me squeezing their bows to shoot at the sky and the bush as well. But he doesn't make it, and a number of arrows fly into the sky emitting sharp sounds. Naturally, it's not as big as Pegasus or Winged Dragon, nor does it blur for a small, quick woman. And once launched, the arrow lost momentum, and now it was to pour down looking to the ground.

"Wow!"

"Guh!?

Avoiding arrows coming down from the top is difficult even during the day. The soldiers, who had not paid attention or attention on the ground, were wounded by the arrows of their allies without exchanging. Tell me you were ambushed and confused. How unusual!

"Don't let go of arrows or anything where you have allies! You guys just focus on extinguishing the fire!

"Ha... ha!

"Bring the wounded into the castle! We need to rush the cure! Leave the empty enemy to the Pegasus and Winged Dragon Squads!

Attacks from the sky are still ongoing. But this one isn't left to be done either. A team of wizards who had rushed to the sky began to unleash one magic after another. Unlike arrows, magic either cuts off and extinguishes, or continues straight ahead unless it hits an obstacle. It was effective as a means of counter-attack.

The two shadows that have attacked me unilaterally, I guess that frightened me somewhat. Obviously, the frequency of the attack was falling. Pegasus and the Winged Dragon Squad rushed in as they put their big wings over there. Along with that, a magical attack from the ground, fearful of fighting each other, stops. Later it will be a battle in the sky, but honestly I thought it was tough. That Lapis lady would make it as easy as air combat. I thought if they were attacked with a sword by her faster than the Winged Dragon and smaller than Pegasus, they would be hit without the art of exchange. But...

"Look! We're getting away!

"Yay! I got rid of him!

"It's a boulder! Pegasus Squad!"

"And the Wing Dragon Squad!

The Lapis flew into the southern skies without engaging. Empty allies follow after trying to chase, but the difference in speed is historical. It quickly became invisible and all that was left of it was a flaming facility and the appearance of soldiers running around to extinguish it.

"Did you know how many were injured?!?

"There are no deaths due to fire! There are a few if to the extent of a slight burn, but there are more who have been injured by arrows!

Catching and questioning a subordinate who was nearby returned such an answer. Weird. If she magically attacks indiscriminately or something, it's not weird to say that's what makes a pile of corpses in triple digits.

"I mean... wasn't that a full-scale offense...?

If it is an attack in the sense of restraint, warning, I can also be convinced of this action. I can do it at any time to this extent. Prepare for worse damage next time - it was as if you were going to hear voices like that.

Should this be taken as a warning to His Highness Steed rather than a soldier? Oh... well, damn it. If it's against His Highness Steed, this isn't a warning, it's a provocation. You coward. It's a provocation that means I'll burn every safe house down. And if the damage from this attack gets in your ear, Your Highness will definitely be on the front line. In his own castle, he did all this in a royal castle that could be described as a symbol of power. You would never ask if you stopped.

I could easily imagine what would happen tomorrow, and I was sighing unexpectedly.

- Lapis point of view

"Looks like you totally shaken it off."

"Yeah, I can't see it anymore."

Me and Ciel, fleeing the enemy's air force, were flying south. They and we have completely different speeds, so even if we get chased, we can afford to escape. It disappeared out of sight less than five minutes ago now. Maybe they'll come after us for a while, but it won't be easy to fly long distances without supplies, so we just have to run away again.

"But are you sure it was that one?

"You wanted to avoid death as much as possible. Black knights don't ask questions, but I don't want to sacrifice the average soldier as much as possible"

When they defeat Steed and become Prince Magna and Rubias take the throne, they are on their side. You should avoid killing them for nothing. Of course, if this provocation succeeds, we will fight the great army led by Steed. All you have to do then is break it off from the necessary sacrifices and defeat it.

"Lapis, are you going back like this?

"Right...... I would have liked to raid again or so if I could, but I would be wary of boulders, and if they took up too much time, I wouldn't be ready for interception in time. Shall we go back now?"

Copy that.

Satisfied with a certain achievement, we flew to the city of Sioux Four as fast as we did when we arrived.

§ § §

"This agent has already left. We must march separately to each of the four teams in support of the intelligence manipulations they perform. The actual command is left to the captains of each squad, and we must only be the bait to attract the enemy"

I was already ready to go when I got back to the city of Suphore. This total force had eventually swelled up to six thousand, but we can't treat all of them as combat personnel. An army is a gathering of people, who naturally need the food and water they consume if they gather, as well as carriages and horses to carry them. Four thousand soldiers in each of the four squads. Later, a thousand soldiers were to be used for rear support. And the rest of the thousand will be used as the protection of the city of Suphore, the home base, and as liaison and vigilance personnel everywhere. It is a fast-oriented organization because it is an unreliable number given the size of the enemy, but a military operation premised on ambushes and disturbances.

And the four of us, the bait that attracts Steed, will accompany each team. Intelligence agents were supposed to work hard in the Wang capital to get that information out to the enemy, which they would not have known.

"He will be in charge of the command of the Master's squad."

"Nice to meet you, Lord Lapis. My name is Ride. No rumors."

"Nice to meet you"

I bow my head to one knight introduced to Rubias. Around thirty when you were a year old? I'm overwhelmed with hegemony from my body, either because of my age, which I can say is at its peak as a man. He says he's a baron ruling a territory close to the city of Suphore. His background was the reason he was promoted to Commander even though he was not so high in status. What a former adventurer he was, apparently, the owner of a rare background in which his contributions were recognized by the country and he became a nobleman. The final rank is gold. He was famous when he was active, although it was the Dragon Slayer title he didn't have.

So the arms of the sword are excellent without complaint and strong enough not to be opponents in our half-breed knights. As far as I could tell from my physical appearance, I seemed to be able to fight my black knight opponent enough.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's easy and good to be waving my sword on the front line, but there's no one else appropriate, so I'm going to be the commander"

"Does Mr. Ryde have any experience with military command?

"If you're a soldier in your own territory, you routinely command, but you've never had a thousand units on a boulder. So I have more assistants on my team than any other team."

"Really..."

What the hell, but our troops are gathering. I'm in danger of crushing lightly just because the war situation has become a bit unfavourable. Maybe that's why people like him were chosen as commanders. Humans are simple things, because they have a habit of keeping up with humans who inspire allies on the front lines rather than directing them to look great in the rear. If you think about it, there will be this candidate.

"Well, I'll be the first one to go in, Mr. Ryde, so follow me."

"Please. Lord Lapis is the main force behind this squad."

Mr. Ryde was smiling at my words, which other nobles would face. You're evaluating my prowess without a glimpse, and you seem to trust me entirely. Looks like this will make it easier to move.

"Then, Master, we will march out of our ranks."

"Okay. Don't push it, Rubias."

"You too. Good luck."

When it comes to marching, not as many as four thousand soldiers go out at a time, but one team at a time. The faces of the soldiers going out are uniformly nervous. If you do poorly, you won't be able to come back again, so you won't have to either.

"Lord Lapis. It's time we got ready."

"Yeah. Okay."

Wearing the prepared partial armor, I spanned the horses. As soon as I'm around, I can hear voices similar to sighs saying... I could see the soldiers around me looking inexorably, but I dare not say anything but look forward. What can I say for myself, but right now I would look terribly like a war maiden told in my inheritance. Beautiful appearance and battle ability that doesn't bring others together. That's why I found the morale of the soldiers naturally rising.

I didn't realize this appearance could be useful in battle until this time. Well, if it motivates everyone, fine. I was thinking back to the details of the operation as I pushed the details out of my head.