I am the Monarch
< Chapter 4 Battlefield Ghost >
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“At least 5,000, right? ”
After a brief report to the commander, Gail frowns at the scouts.
“Yes. I'm sure they'll have an ambush tonight. ”
Benson lays out the stories he hears as if he had imagined them.
He even clapped his fingers and shaped the hoof.
As Roan watched, he smiled bitterly.
‘There are those who want to take the ball wherever they go. ’
I've been beaten up by those guys my whole life.
But this time it's different.
‘I'll take my ball. ’
In the meantime, Benson bows his head.
“So we need to be prepared for an ambush. ”
“Hmm.”
Gail frowns and worries.
That's when Roan stepped out.
“Commander.”
“Hmm?"
“Better to attack now than prepare for an ambush. ”
“Right now?"
When Gail asked, he continued speaking without hesitation.
“They're very tired at the moment. We don't have to wait until nighttime for them to regain their strength. Moreover, the number of monsters will increase over time. They're still coming in from the north without rest. Above all…..”
He glanced at Benson once and then shaped his hoof with both hands.
“We're camped out on the Plain of Pedian. Thanks to that, the south side is also blown open. ”
The horseshoe shape keeps coming back.
“If you leave the monsters alone..."
The palms of the retracted palms touch each other.
The hoof is now round.
Roan gestures at Gail.
“We're surrounded by them. ”
“Hmm.”
Moaning comes from Gail's mouth.
‘Not right now, but until it happens again. ’
He nods and wakes up.
“Roan.”
“Yes.”
“What you've said so far, can you do it in front of the commander? ”
Opportunity.
Roan forcefully swallows a smile to escape.
“Of course.”
“Very well, then. Let's go to the captain. ”
As Gail walked one step ahead, Roan followed.
Benson's face is distorted as if he was chewing on shit.
‘If you want to steal something, you have to steal it perfectly. ’
As Gail and Roan leave the barracks, the deputies sigh.
“A new soldier has already confronted the commander. ”
“I know. I haven't seen him either. ”
“Isn't that guy getting a high-speed promotion? ”
I feel uneasy.
At that time, I saw Benson standing still, not like this or like that.
“Benson. Do you look like that Roan kid? ”
“Where are you clenching your teeth to prepare for a provocative hoof-shaped attack? ”
“What's wrong with the kids these days? ”
Benson bows his head to the bruising and annoyance of the spilling deputies.
‘Dammit. He'll just keep his mouth shut. ’
Regret is useless.
The consequences of your choice are all your own.
Benson's choice to covet someone else's ball ended in failure.
* * *
“Sounds reasonable.”
Baron Tate, commander and nobleman of the 7th Legion, nods with one hand.
‘You're good at this, kid. ’
The first time Gail brought in a new soldier, it made me nervous.
But I couldn't help but be surprised when I heard his story.
The youngster was reading a great flow of war and combat on the subject of a new soldier.
But you can't express your emotions to a nobleman without discipline.
He still looks grumpy.
“Clearly we should wipe them out this time. ”
Aaron summoned the commanders.
“Monsters have appeared to the west of the plain. ”
He reveals his plans to attack by telling Roan the stories he had heard.
“Send word to the other troops and get ready for battle as soon as possible. ”
“Yes! I understand! ”
The commanders answered with one voice.
Aaron's gaze is on Roan.
“And you. ”
“Yes!”
Roan replies with a vigorous tone.
Aaron nods, satisfied.
“I'll reward you for your hard work after this battle. ”
“Yes! Thank you! ”
Just as I hoped.
Roan soon followed Gail out of the commander's barracks.
“You'd better hurry up and get ready for battle. ”
“Yes, I understand. ”
With the answer, Roan heads for the squad barracks.
“Why are you so late today? ”
Thane approaches as soon as he enters the barracks.
Roan smiles bitterly and replies.
“You must all prepare for battle. ”
“Ready for battle? ”
Thane frowns and asks again.
The rest of the squad looks at Roan.
You hear a loud voice outside the barracks.
“Squad Leader Assembly! Squad Leader Assembly!”
Thane frowns at the sound.
“What else did you find? ”
Roan smiles awkwardly and replies briefly.
“Monsters.”
* * *
Huff. Huff.
The hot breath shakes the weeds.
Thousands of soldiers slowly make their way down.
Sarsa sazah.
Waving weeds.
Chuck.
Deputy Jake, who leads the Spearman, raises his fist.
Suddenly, the spearmen, who were moving forward, stop walking.
Shhh.
The westerly wind is rising.
A field spread down a hill.
You can see the monsters deep asleep among the swaying weeds.
Gulp.
Everyone swallowed the drought.
A moment of tension.
The heavy silence shrugs your shoulders.
Ugh.
Deputy Jones raises his right hand, leading the army.
Squeeze in.
A bow that bends with the sound of twisting trees.
Jones looks at the other units.
Then the hand falls towards the front.
Spot.
Jones' hands cut the space forcefully.
Fababababat!
20 squads, 100 squads firing at once.
Two thousand arrows cover the sky.
Idiot!
Sharp porosity that strikes the ear.
The arrow rain drenched the earth.
Furverbuck!
“Knng!”
“Kuang!”
“Glug!”
The sleeping monsters spit on their faces, not knowing anything.
Idiot!
The arrow rains once more.
Two or two.
At the same time, the sound of the ground shaking echoes.
Roan looks back, flat on the ground.
A cavalry charging through the wind.
A cloud of ash rises behind them.
Phew! Phew!
The horn sounds from all sides to announce the start of battle.
Two or two!
The cavalry takes the lead over the infantry.
A horse's fuselage covered in muscle tone breaks the wind.
Kwaguang!
Break through anything that gets in the way.
The cavalry sprints through the earth in hail of arrows.
Kwaguang!
“Kuang!”
“Yuck!”
Monsters that bounce from all sides with the readiness.
“Attack!”
Jake, who was staring at the battlefield, gets up from his seat screaming.
“Attack!”
“Attack!”
All the breathless spearmen stood up and vomited.
Among them was Roan.
“Attack!”
He squealed and hit the ground.
You see monsters wandering around in the icy clouds of dust raised by the cavalry.
Knng.
The Pokémon's grip on the spear makes it hard.
Roan and the spearmen march through the dust clouds.
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