"So, when are you going to go to your next opponent, Ars?
"Don't rush, part-time brother. Even though they're fighting the cold, the soldiers who make up the army are tired, so we need to think about getting some rest here."
"What is that? You started this fight by telling me that nobles and knights in the other aristocracy will wipe out all the places where everyone's gathered in New Year's greetings? Well, then, we better get going. I know you're always talking about how awkward it is."
"Well, no matter how much snow there is, it's not impossible to move. It is possible that the opponent's knights are ready when they are dicking. I can't deny that."
"Well, let's get out of here before we take a break."
"So don't rush, part-time brother. I'm actually already pointing the pane at the next target."
"Ah? Paine led the army?
"That's not true. As a messenger. Paine went to the Bootica house to recommend another surrender."
"Surrender recommendation. It feels even better now, but if I hear that two adjacent aristocracy have fallen, will my opinion change? But maybe you're gonna stick it out, right?
"Of course. If that happens, we have to fight. The Bootica family is the one I want to keep."
He attacked the Hermes family, which had ruled the territory by hiding in the mountains.
And when the battle was over, my part-time brother told me that he was punishing the territory.
The contents were predictable, and we were going to go and fight the Bootica family.
Listening to my part-time brother, I compare the two maps.
I'm putting together a map from the Rubić family and a map from the Hermes family.
Both maps are rough, but the features of the terrain are well grasped.
According to the map, the Boutika family is depicted as a noble domain in the south-east of the Hermes family.
According to the map, there is Carmus territory to the south of the former Fontana territory and Rubitch territory to the east of that Carmus territory.
From the Rubitch realm into the mountains in the northeast direction, there is the Hermes realm where we are now.
If we go further north through this Hermes territory mountain, we will have the old Ulk territory and we will reach Baltonia, the territory of our part-time brother.
And the next place to attack was from the Rubic and Hermes territories, a noble territory called the Boutika territory in the south-east direction.
This Bootica Territory, like the Old Urk Territory, has a large snowy mountain on its eastern side.
Obviously, the snow mountains are steep mountains with no people coming and going.
And on the northwest side of Boutique, there is only Hermes, who lives hidden in the mountains.
Finally, in this winter snowy march, I decided to take down three aristocratic territories on the south side of the small mountain range that extended from the old Uluk territory to protrude sideways from the Great Snow Mountain.
To be honest, these three territories do not have much taste to attack in a geopolitical sense.
After all, it's not the way to the Wang Metropolitan Area, which was the center of the economy, and the distribution of goods is not so thriving.
If we were to gain economic influence in the future, there might have been other places to aim.
But still, why did you think about attacking these three noble territories?
The biggest target was the next Bootica family.
The Bootica family is a very common aristocracy whose territory is bordered by snowy mountains and is not so vast.
Therefore, it can be said that the territory itself has no special value.
But the Bootica family was worth it.
In other words, the magic of House Bootica was the purpose of this expedition.
The Bootica family is not particularly large in the territory itself, that is, it is not very powerful.
However, the territory was still maintained by magic, which was more or less a production system.
This is a slightly heterogeneous flow of nobility during the war.
Because most nobles have attacking magic and have given that magic to knights to maintain their territory as a combat force.
Then why did the Bootica family survive this upheaval while still focusing on the magic of the production system?
It was because what was produced could be used as powerful equipment.
The magic of House Bootica specializes in blacksmithing.
It had a unique magic that handled all kinds of weapon defenses, and the magic of Performance Enhancement aimed at that equipment was strong.
Wear their crafted armor, plus [Performance Enhancement] to make it difficult for them to break through with a viable attack.
That's why the Boutiques were able to maintain their territory while still possessing the magic of the production system.
Actually, I've seen the Bootica family make metal armor and stuff before.
I once fought on the battlefield.
Metal armor worn by a man named Pessie, who was Uruk's current and next winner.
It was an armor made by the Boutika family.
I still remember that time very well.
Pessie was properly struck by the thunderbolt that Leon fired with his thunderbolt sword in his metal armor.
Normally, metal would have done more damage through electric shock.
However, there was little damage to the body of the pesh or to the metal armor.
And Pessie said:
I thought you didn't have the right equipment for the noble lord.
Metal armor that doesn't make me feel that way even if I was attacked by magic was impossible even for my supermarket's grand.
Gran can make fine full-body armor.
However, it was only steel armor and had no effect to prevent magical attacks.
Well, maybe Gran can't help it.
Because it was done by another magic of the Bootica family called [Attribute Addition].
I want it.
Apart from House Hermes, I want Fontana to be able to use the magic of this blacksmith.
So far, we have had to avoid all damage from magical attacks except physical wall protection.
However, given the possibility that the size of the army will grow even bigger and that the top magical [tornado] of the Menmen family will become fierce on the battlefield, it is not a good situation that none of the equipment is magically resistant.
I don't need the worst territory, but I just want to get a blacksmith who can use the Bootica family's magic.
"Mr. Ars, I'm back."
"Oh, you're early, Paine. Have you been to Bootica and talked to him yet?
"Yes, the Bootica family will not fight the kingdom of Fontana."
"Well done, Paine. Does that mean the Bootica family will be under Fontana's umbrella without a fight?
"No, that's what the Bootica family is offering... If Ars doesn't approve of the terms, he says he can't go under Fontana. I have persuaded him many times, but I can't help it any more. Anyway, I just want to talk to Mr. Ars."
"You're not willing to fight, but you've made it a condition. Okay, anyway, tell me more about it, Paine."
Paine was kept waiting without taking part in the fight against the Hermes family.
Immediately after Fontana defeated the Hermes family, he had the information and sent the Boutika family to make recommendations for surrender.
We didn't want to bother losing the Bootica family with blacksmithing skills in battle, so it's not too hard to negotiate.
I wonder what conditions have been put in place.
I wondered, but I decided to hear more about it from Pane.