Isekai Taneuma

The next few days were so busy that I couldn't sleep long.

Guild leader Philip didn't expect himself to be a front-line commander, so he had to devise defensive measures while turning pale. However, how can we defend the city in this lawless zone where there is no gendarmerie? No matter how much money you have, no matter how many men you hire, Isaac has already done it. Fishing for more money is not impossible, but it will not interfere with the defense of the castle, nor will it have any children.

That's why we need to change our minds. He asked widely if he had any ideas... and Feng's plan was adopted.

Protecting the city does not mean defeating any enemies. Find a way to avoid looting if you lose. To do this, you need to convince the opponent that it is better to resolve it through discussion than by attacking. If we attack, we'll do a lot of damage, but if we show our willingness to bow down, let them think it's all right.

What should I do first? Anyway, since this is a city naturally occurring on the street, there is no defense at all. At the very least, I want you to be surrounded by an outer wall, but I don't think you can help it. It's too late to build a barricade that will prevent the enemy army from now on. So I decided to go around the moat instead.

Depth is not particularly necessary. I don't need that much width either. If you dare to dig up to the depth of a person's back, stack the soil you dig inside into a sac, and reinforce it with a door plate, the outer wall will be completed. This will be easy to get over if you want to, but it's important that your legs stop when you get over here. Moving enemies are difficult to attack, but if they stop, they're just aggressive. For all intents and purposes, the primary weapon in this world is a gun.

All we need to do is get people to do this big job, but that's where the Guild Chief showed his arm. The refugees outside the town now lack leadership. Only the Adventurer Guild's guards can be trusted. However, they are upset by the absence of the guard. Good or bad, only the Guild Leader can contain this upset now.

The complex problems with the people are wrong, but the simple choices of each are almost certain. Even if you are ignorant, you have an eye for the truth. So telling the truth is surprisingly easy to persuade.

The Guild Leader said.

"The refugees who are trying to escape from Hermes to Hercules now need escorts. But the number of escorts is limited, and we cannot save all the refugees. The only way to escape is to abandon the refugees... but the Adventurers Guild has decided to defend the city and the refugees. If we negotiate with our enemies and buy time, we will be able to free all the refugees. To do this, we need a lot of manpower. We need enough combat power to build the city's defense nets and make our enemies think they don't fit. So I want everyone to help me."

When the Guild Leader told him, those who had denied from the beginning that it was impossible began to change their opinions gradually. Especially those who canceled the escort request were the first to explode dissatisfaction, but after expressing their opinions, the complaint also stopped sharply. We all know we have to do it.

When the city's defense nets began to be built in this way, the direction of the wind changed. Neighboring coal miners who were quick to decide to fight, thanks to the growing awareness among refugees to fight rather than flee. If they lose this place, they'll lose one sales outlet. I want you to stay here rather than explore new heavens and earth.

Thanks to the addition of a full-time cave digger, the trenches surrounding the city were built faster than expected. The moat is wider, the walls are stronger, and the shielding plate reinforced with iron plates will start to fire as much as a cannon bullet. The aid money sent by the Alliance turned into weapons and ammunition, barbed wire, and more.

And when the city's defense nets were stronger than expected, an Imperial army came from across the horizon. It turned into a black wave and marched around Isaac's castle town.

You can hear the sound of a bugle everywhere. The blast of intimidating fire and the smoke smoked white over the sky. The castle, which seemed so large, now felt so small because of the voices of terror and the armies surrounding it.

Feng and the others approached the castle in the darkness. The moonlight prevented me from taking bold action, but there were fewer people along the northern river than I thought, and I was less worried that I would be blamed if I bent over.

It goes without saying that there are few people here, because the main battlefield is to the south. The Empire's armies were forming themselves to surround the castle towns in the south. They probably hated crossing the river and attacking from the north, as they had argued with the old man on the hill before.

The Imperial Army was a large army with a number of 300,000, but in fact it was probably just over 100,000. It was spectacular that the cavalry and the soldiers armed with spears and bayonets were lined up in an orderly fashion, but when I looked down from the hill, I felt something like this was missing.

If you think about it, the figure of 100,000 is only two Tokyo domes at best. From the modern people who are accustomed to crowds, it may be something like this. Maybe the Empire is concentrating south without dispersing its power, because it can't afford to.

But when I heard that it was all murder, I felt cold. Why do humans do such stupid things? I find it strange to think that the survival strategy of the most prosperous species on earth includes homicide.

I crossed the river with plenty of water up to my neck. If you choose a place with a narrow river width, it's like asking you to find it, so you have to swim a relatively long distance. Guillaume leads, followed by Feng and Jeanne. Instead of two unskilled men, Guillaume was in the lead.

Before the war began, Feng managed to break into the castle. If my people were in a situation where they wouldn't go at all, I wanted to save them, and I wondered about Mary, who was trapped in a mysterious space. However, it was impossible to infiltrate the castle with incompetent Phoenix or Jeanne the Brain Muscle, no matter how much he knew of the hidden passage. So I talked to Guillaume, and he promised me a quick and surprising cooperation.

Somehow we crossed the bank and reached the forest outside the garden, but when we reached the boulder, the guards would be on guard. Perhaps now, if the soldiers find us, they will attack us without asking questions. Then you can't break into the castle. That's why we should never find Guillaume, but Guillaume is almost unsuspecting, and he goes further and further.

Is that all right with you? and repeatedly cautioned, but he was just fine. In fact, once on the road, I was not in danger. I felt like someone was nearby on several occasions, but I never mixed it up with the guards. I was told that he was good at exploring and infiltrating, but apparently the number of places he stepped on was different. Feng and the others would not have even been able to reach their destination.

But the guillaume also came to the end, near the landmark tree of the destination, and suddenly suddenly, he put his finger on his lips, and then bent down to be vigilant. What's the matter with you? I think I'm seeing signs of someone at the destination.

When he created the pistol with his magic (qualia), he carefully stepped forward and peered from the corner... but at the next moment, when he disarmed and de-armed, he invited the phoenixes who were watching behind him.

I wonder what I found...? Turning around the corner, there was an old man standing behind a tree that led to the hidden passage of the example one day on the hill.

"Grandpa, why are you here...?

"Oh my God, you're such a naughty man. I told you to ask the guild to sneak in. I almost got left behind."

I see. So you were Taikoon, huh?

Anyway...

The old man nodded carefully and threw a bag at Guillaume, who was next to Feng. When Guillaume received the bag, he took out a piece of gold that had been neatly stored in it.

"Don't feel bad."

"Did you pass the information on?

Feng denounced him and told the great man to have a moment. [M]

"You made me ring the bell. Because if you act alone, if you fail, you will have no children."

"Well, actually, I couldn't have come this far without him, so I appreciate that... but what's your purpose, Grandpa? Why are you helping us?

"You met Mary Sue, didn't you?

Feng couldn't respond aggressively to the old man's own words. It's easy not to know, but now you won't have to come here. He admitted it with an attitude.

"Oh, how did you know that?

"Because the spirits were making a scene."

"... spirits??

At first glance, it looks like the old bokeh is vomiting a line like a mystery, but this was a fantasy world in the first place. Maybe that's what he means.

"This world is connected to the Spirit (Astral) world. Mankind gains power from it and manipulates the devil. She is blessed by the Five Spirits. That's for sure. Then, when you met her, the Spirit struck."

"Hah... I don't know, but you've got some strange power, right?

I have to believe that.

"I mean, did you know him?

Sort of. Not exactly with her father. "

"With my father...?

"Oh, he entrusted me with my daughter. But the lord of this castle was a suspicious man... and one day he suddenly kicked her out of the castle and never tried to get near her."

Her father would have been more than 300 years old, but would you say that the grandfather in front of you has been alive since then...?

For a moment, such a question arose, but soon he remembered that it was possible because his father was still alive if he was a priest, and asked the Dai-kun to go on ahead and think boring things.

"... what are you going to do with him?

And he looked straight into Feng's eyes.

"Well then... let's ask the other way around. What were you going to do when you met her?

"That's... nothing for me."

I couldn't say anything back when it was returned like that. Feng wanted to see her, but he didn't think about anything further. Because,

"Ugh, there's nothing I can do about him, is there anything I can do? I'm caught in some strange space."

And the old man just kept saying that he was waiting for the line.

What if he told me he could get her out of here?

"Eh...? Can you do that?

The old man nodded as he deserved.

"That's why the castle lord here couldn't get close to him. The Castle lord did not seal him up in the juncture so as not to endanger him, but the castle lord has the power to release him. And when she went out, she didn't know who was going to use her."

"Unleash...? Use...? Hey, who the hell is he? Why have you been locked up in such a place?"

"If you know that, you won't be able to turn back, but is your employer prepared for that?

"Eh? Even if I'm ready...."

"Why is there a war going on right now... do you know the real reason?

The old man had no choice but to swallow words. You don't think this war has anything to do with Mary? Honestly, I couldn't believe it, but I didn't really understand why.

There is no TV or newspaper in this world. All incoming information is convenient for propagated politicians. Rumor has it that Isaac is just hiding weapons of mass destruction to draw a bow to the Empire, or making night women comforters, and so on. That's why I thought he might have found out he summoned a brave man....

"That's one reason. But that's not all. The Empire is trying to capture Mary. He just wants to stop it."

"Maybe... did Grandpa know where we came from?

Sort of. However, no matter how you live in this world, you're not going to stop it. "

"I see....."

Feng thought for a moment. What did he want to do by sneaking into the castle... his purpose was to guide his old friends into escape. And I was supposed to meet Mary. I just wanted to ask her frankly why she looked like her childhood friend. That's why I didn't think about taking her out....

If that were possible, it seemed an attractive suggestion. Now, the castle is surrounded by armies, and probably it won't be long before it falls. Afterwards, I wondered what would happen to her, who was trapped in that mysterious space... and Feng was worried too.

If the old man wants to help her, it may not be bad. The question is whether he can be trusted… If Guillaume and the Guild Chiefs are his men, Feng thought it wasn't such a bad bet to believe.

"Okay. Let's go together, Grandpa."

"I didn't mean it anyway. Isn't this your first time in the world?

Oh, yeah.

"Goodbye, follow me. I'll show you the way. Instead, guide her to Mary. Perhaps you're the only one who can enter that space without anyone noticing...."

"Really?

"Don't you remember me?

If they say so, they may indeed be. It was no coincidence that you got lost in that mysterious space. Because I was guided by a strange light. Perhaps that will lead us to Feng again?

When Feng replied, the old man nodded satisfactorily before entering a hidden passage disguised as a dead well. And Jeanne and Feng followed him, and Guillaume reigned over him.