Kuro no Senki (LN)

On the evening of the sixth day, the Imperial Army lost its generals due to battle and reached the narrow road ahead of the hills while scaling them down to just under 8,200.

The food that was about to run out of bottom is replenished thanks to the Ninth Kingsguard Knights.

Even though Rio, the captain of the regiment, had thrown out his job and participated in the night raid.

The Ninth Kingsguard Knights will not serve on people who will be unable to move in that much, is an old knight who serves as vice president... his hair is all-back, he has plenty of mustaches stored... valve.

On receiving the food, Krono exchanged words with the old knight.

It was just about a few dozen conversations, but I was so uncomfortable telling you how much the old knight cared about Rio.

If you betray Master Rio, you will die, and the old knight slapped Krono on the shoulder.

He had a soft grin, but the lights frozen enough to soothe dwelt in his eyes.

According to information purchased from such an old knight, the Holy Argo kingdom will have more highlands the closer it gets to the king's capital, and inevitably the streets will be shaped like sewing its clearance.

If the season is spring, you'll enjoy the landscape that makes you want to hike, but unfortunately it's winter now.

The grasshoppers grown on the slopes have withered away, and the trees have shed their leaves.

I feel intimidated that the earth is imminent even though that is all.

I guess I feel that way because I'm more alert to enemy ambushes than I need to be.

That's how easy it is to imagine enemy infantry and cavalry rushing down or the sight of giant rocks rolling in.

If I were the commander, I would lure him into the narrow road and slap him where the line had stretched, but Krono lowered his back to the rock.

Even while Chrono was thinking about that, the deputy had given instructions, set up a camp position, and his unavailable men were beginning to help the damsel.

Subhumans who have just been subordinated to boulders are poorly handled, but this is managed by ancient Ginseng soldiers lending a hand.

"When we get back alive, we need to apply to the military service and move them to Marquis Elakis territory"

Master Chrono has a tough face.

"Also, are you going to let me do that?

As Chrono is poking his cheek wand, Deneb and Aridead lean against the rock.

Maybe that's what you mean by sniping tactics.

"If you're there, you can cut your enemies' battles with less force, and you can lower your morale."

"... we don't mind."

"If you do that, you'll lose your morale."

Yeah? And Chrono tilted his neck.

"" It's like he was afraid that his men would chop up their enemies, chop up their bodies, "

"Deneb and Aridead seem okay though?

When Chrono asks, Deneb and Aridead grin bitterly at each other.

"Look, we're carrying a tragic past for what it's worth."

"Well, that's why you can move apart."

If you think about it carefully, even Chrono is resistant to hurting people, so his men would be the same.

Does this mean we also have to overcome psychological constraints in order to carry out sniping tactics and psychological attacks like this one?

"That's what I'm saying, but it doesn't make any difference what an effective tactic is."

"Then you'll have to choose who you can break off like us."

"If it goes down to morale over here, I don't have an ex or a kid."

Deneb and Aridead's suggestion seemed fascinating.

If you are going to continue with your sniping tactics, you should also select a suited subordinate to organize a sniper squad to maintain your overall morale.

"It's no different that Master Chrono is called a coward."

"I don't care."

Eh, and Deneb and Aridead swelled their cheeks dissatisfied.

"It was Master Chrono who was able to prevail in yesterday's battle."

"of the enemy... I don't know, but he was taking down a great guy"

"I owe that to Mr. Minot."

So much so that when it comes to what Chrono did, he accidentally hit Ignis and left him on fire.

I stabbed him with a dagger in the flank pretty deep, but it was myself who would have died there without the deputy.

At least that's what Chrono judges.

"Master Chrono, aren't you thinking about coming out?

"I don't know... I don't know if I can make it out any more."

Even if he could emerge, Chrono would choose to run a territory in the tunnel rather than risk the lives of himself and his men.

"... Marquis Elakis!

"Count Pisce"

Suddenly, he was called by name and tried to get up, but Count Pisce took control of Chrono by hand.

Count Pisce looked out of sight when he walked over to Chrono without even taking his deputy.

"Ah, Marquis Elakis?

"What is it?

"... Actually, Mr. Alford called me yesterday."

"Huh."

When Chrono responded raw, Count Pisce coughed at first sight.

"We talked about going down the territory the other day. It was a thankful offer, but with the thought of a severance... I was allowed to recommend the Marquis Elakis"

"" You mean more territory for Master Chrono?

As Deneb and Aridead embarked upon themselves, Count Piske looked uncomfortable.

"I only recommended it, but it would be good for you to think so. Anyway, this should have fulfilled one of my promises."

"Huh?"

"Hey, you say you're unhappy in the territory?

"No, thank you"

Blah, I thought Count Pisce was the type to not keep his word, so Chrono thanked him in surprise.

Chrono didn't have a good impression on Count Pisce for his sticky harassment of Faye or for trying to kill Deneb and Aridead to maintain his military code, but it doesn't seem like he's a bad guy.

"No, I'm not thankful. I want to maintain a good relationship in the future, at least during this battle."

"Yeah, you want to get along well"

"Absolutely."

Shaking hands, Count Pisce returned to his tent in some light footsteps.

"Master Chrono, when did we get along?

"He tried to kill not just us, but Master Chrono."

"There was a lot going on when I suggested a night raid."

Maybe Count Pisce found value for use in Chrono.

It is not a rush to use it if it also makes it convenient for me as a chrono.

'Cause there's only a few minutes till dinner.

"Finally, the time has come to call you to Lord Chrono's tent!

"Uh hey, would you be happy to be nice to me?

grinned heedlessly, and Deneb and Aridead rubbed against Chrono.

"We have until dinner, so have a meeting."

"I'm already ready to dedicate myself and my heart!

"I don't know how to make Master Chrono fall!

Deneb and Aridead trampled on the estate with regret.

Exhalation smelled bloody, Ignis said, keeping his back on the slope as he repeatedly breathed on his shoulders.

The user of divine authority...... Ignis believes that 'God who turns red and directs destruction' is the God who directs destruction, as his name indicates.

It boasts the highest power in the six-pillar god, but the power of healing is exceptionally inferior to that of the Mother God, who makes it loess and commands abundance, and the Goddess, who turns it pale and commands life.

Just block the life-threatening wounds first and foremost.

Most likely, he didn't die of all the wounds, so there was God's protection.

His men were just as sitting on the ground as they were when they circled their gaze distorting their faces in agony.

The number... the number of surviving subordinates would be less than two thousand.

Everyone is wounded and at the extreme of fatigue.

Why is that?

I know that.

Because I was attacked at night.

That night raid changed the flow.

More than five hundred soldiers were killed in just one night, and surviving soldiers were also thwarted by the despicable tactics of their enemies.

The next day in battle the battle broke down instantly, and the surviving soldier said with trembling fear that a killing that could not even be called a battle had taken place.

If Ignis hadn't been seriously injured, at least, if he hadn't lost his mind, this might not have been the feather of a disastrous defeat.

Can you get away with this? and Ignis stared at his full creative men.

It took three days from the city of Malcab to the hills.

With wounded soldiers, it would be good to assume that it will take longer than that now.

"General Ignis!

A cleric walks over to Ignis with a screaming voice.

In the midst of a night raid and a great defeat, the clergyman was perfectly intact with only a few dirty clothes.

The answer is obvious.

This man escaped faster than anyone when he was attacked at night, and he escaped first in the next day's battle as well.

"Hey, why, from the border fort, no, no reinforcements from the city of Malcab either!

"... I don't know"

Reinforcements do not come from the border fortifications because the streets are sealed off, and reinforcements will not come from the city of Malcab because someone is after the loss of the legs of the clergy, or because food and peasants are in a situation that cannot be collected from nearby villages.

"Once we get back to the city of Malcab, we have to get back on track."

"Perhaps the enemy will catch us by the time we reach the city of Malcab."

"Then tell me what to do!

The clergyman spurned hysterically and stared at the falling subordinates.

Ignis did not realize that there was a humble light in his eyes.

Early in the morning of the seventh day, the Imperial Army resumed its march towards the city of Malcab.

Since the food had just been replenished, the amount and freshness of the meal improved compared to before... I felt like it was only a little better.

Even if freshness is not desirable, the amount of meals is important, Krono thinks.

"You can't fight when you're hungry," naturally, but you're anxious to imagine the war from the amount of food you eat.

At least that's what Chrono thinks of things worse.

Krono touched the pouch, saying he also paid his new men for the firm bread.

I asked the general to do the same as the last time, but sometimes I was known to be in possession of a large quantity of gold coins, and she demanded quite a bit of a fee.

I tried to negotiate that I would pay with my body, but that would cost me a fortune if I discounted it! and was kicked over by the general.

How could you be so firm, and you owe a hundred gold coins? and the moment he stepped out, Chrono was about to fall.

They were stoned.

Admiral, are you all right? '(Bubba?

"Thanks to you"

Krono answered his deputy in a floating state in the universe.

If the lieutenant hadn't grabbed my belt, I would have fallen.

Of course, the deputy doesn't lend a hand as much as he's about to fall.

"Stone."

"Well, you're right" (Bubba)

Chrono stood on his feet, staring at the stones… not one or two, but the whole street…

Honestly, Chrono's eyesight doesn't know how far the stone is rolling.

"Someone must have done it to slow down the march."

Are you Ignis? '(Bubble)

Raising his gaze, part of the slope was burning and heavily decided.

"I hope not. I stabbed a dagger in the flank, chopped my whole body up, and it's insane to be alive."

"The fire will fall out." Well, can't you just be God's protector to the users of kamikaze? '(Bubba Bubba?

"This one's fighting alone, you coward."

When Chrono threw up, the deputy leaked his breath out of his nose as if he were frightened.

"... I don't know what they're thinking, but let's proceed with caution anyway"

"Easy to understand"

The deputy nodded and retrieved the magic item for communication.

Chrono stopped and circled his gaze.

The Imperial Army is taking two rows of columns down the narrow road, but that's making the whole situation harder to grasp.

"We just have to keep in touch with Mame...... Huh!

He was struck by the side head and his vision turned bright white only for a moment.

Unable to stand properly, Chrono poked one knee.

Bleeding and bloodshed.

The wound I received three days ago opened.

"Oh, that's a sight I saw somewhere, isn't it?

Looking up with the wound contained, Count Pisce's deputy...... looked down at Chrono with a mocking grin from Cecily.

I guess I kicked Chrono off my leg on purpose.

"... a shady mane"

"I was just normally moving my horse forward. In the first place, it's impossible for a nobleman to march on foot, so I don't have to. Oh, excuse me... you were the son of a humble mercenary."

Chrono ran over angry at Cecily's flowing reasoning and dislike.

"If I'm not a nobleman, it's no wonder I'm walking. So, what's your apology for kicking the son of a lowly mercenary?

"If you're not a nobleman, you don't have to apologize. Just slaughter and throw away my leg for the crime of fouling it."

Releasing his sledge and sword, Cecily deepened her grin.

What am I going to do? and Chrono stared at Cecily.

"... decided"

"You even decided you were ready to strike one?

"I just thought dying of a woman wasn't sleeping well"

Chrono grabbed Cecily's wrist and drew her to the task.

"Hey, what are you doing!

Moment after moment, an arrow plundered Cecily's neck and stood on the ground.

"Enemy attack!

Chrono dragged the stunned Cecily down from her horse and the two of them jumped into the nearby slope.

No, should I say I pushed Cecily down on a nearby slope?

"Kedamono!

"How dare you help me! You should have abandoned me!

Covered in a rambling Cecily, Chrono shouted at a magic item for communication.

"Enemy attack! Mr. Minot, Deneb, Aridead and Tyga stay down on the slopes with their men! Lyzad, the Horus squad stay away from the van and wait on the slopes too! Then whoever's nearby is willing to die a damsel and a doctor!

Shortly after Chrono screamed, the rain of arrows poured down the street.

A soldier pierced by a pouring arrow falls and an arrow-covered horse jumps up his hind leg.

A soldier who was unluckily close was kicked in the face and slapped on the slope.

"... sigh, oh"

"Hih!"

Cecily screamed as she was kicked to pieces of jaw bone and seemed to have decently seen the face of a soldier blowing out blood bubbles.

"Guys, are you all right!

I'm fine with you! '(Bubba!

"'We... and the general and the doctor are fine!

"Ola's safe, too."

"... Safe" (Shoo)

"It's OK" (ha!

All right, my men are fine, and Chrono relieved himself as he was covered in Cecily.

In the meantime, too, the rain of arrows poured intermittently, and some soldiers panicked and ran forward.

Someone stabbed him in the stone, or a soldier who ran away becomes a chess knock down.

Of course, the enemy won't miss it.

Soldiers under intensive attack sank into a sea of blood.

It just sinks, and it sucks you haven't been able to drown.

Admiral, what are you doing? '(Buba ~!)

"When the enemy shoots down the arrow, Deneb and Aridead let the dance go into the sky! All of you, gather to mark the dance! Anyway, get ready in circles!

The arrow stops tightly, and the silence that makes your ears ache dominates your surroundings.

The silence was broken by the voices of the enemies and by the blast of shouting unleashed by Deneb and Aridead.

The red flames swell explosively.

It's about a hundred meters from where Chrono is.

"Look, don't be shy. I'll run!

"Yes, son of a despicable mercenary. Please don't let the affair touch me!

"Run anyway!

Yelling, Chrono grabbed Cecily's hand and ran out.

When I looked over my shoulder, a group of enemies ran down the slope.

How many won't reach hundreds?

Soldiers who were nearby responded with arrows, but too few to hold all enemy soldiers.

As the enemy soldiers descend into the streets, they raise their voices and attack the Imperial Army.

"Admiral, be safe."

"I can handle it. The general looks fine."

Chrono joined his men with a good tail and exhaled when he saw the generals safe.

"You look fine. You're not! We have to go and help them!

"I don't think you need it."

Cecily tried to wave away, but Chrono wouldn't allow it.

"I'm in the mood and I'm rambling, but I'm going to run out of energy and strength soon"

"" Whoa, commander-like dialogue!

As Krono put it, the enemy soldier's struggle did not last long.

Enemy soldiers were wiped out so lightly that they clapped out.

"... what are you thinking"

"Wow, I just served as a commander!

When Ignis grabbed his chest, the clergyman turned his voice upside down and defended him.

"What do you mean by commanding a soldier in vain?

"Oh, yeah! It's the commander's job to cut down the small to keep the big one alive!

Yes, and there is a humble light in the eyes of the Divine Officer.

"They were more deeply wounded than any other soldier. Other soldiers are sacrificed even as they progress sheltering them. I sacrificed them with the thought of cutting myself off. They should have understood that."

As the clergyman muttered as he told himself, Ignis let go of his hand in fright.

His words are correct in a way.

We must do everything in our power to ensure that one or more of our men can survive beyond not being able to win without sacrificing one, and be prepared to sacrifice if necessary.

Ignis blew up the slopes and dulled the Imperial Army's speed of progress by covering the streets with stone fragments.

Even though the clergyman knew it, he made more soldiers lurk on the slopes than he needed.

The Divine Officer appears to have placed six hundred soldiers in five locations, but from Ignis's point of view, it can only be described as pointless.

It should have been brighter to geography, or it would have been more effective to select soldiers accustomed to mountain roads and repeat a blow away, and there should have been a good chance that soldiers would have survived.

But the clergyman doesn't understand Ignis' sincerity.

Perhaps you won't understand spending the rest of your life.

Ignis chose not to waste their death... to reach the city of Malcab and regain his position as soon as possible.

About two hours after the ambush, the Imperial Army changed its formation.

Ahead are twenty Lizardman heavy infantry led by Chrono, fifty Beastman infantry led by Tyga, and a mixed unit of hundreds of Elf archers.

The archer is led by a man named Nasr, an ancient senator of the elves.

Appearance age doesn't reach twenty, but the actual age seems to be about thirty-five.

My hair is hued like wheat during harvest, and I look like a prince, but I'm as silent and loving as a bigoted craftsman.

The hands are scratched as they tell the story of the war so far, and there are several ancient wounds running on the arms that seem to depend on the blade.

By the way, 'about' is a word that comes with the better when you ask a sub how old they are, to be sure.

They don't know exactly how old they are because they don't learn or because they don't have a family registry until they belong to the military.

If an age survey were conducted in the form of a question, it would be a very skewed graph in the on-parade of Kiri's good age.

"Damn, it's humiliating that I'm marching on foot."

"Deneb, Aridead, what about the enemy?

Ignoring Cecily, who would continue to speak of stupidity after the march resumed, Krono spoke to Deneb and Aridead.

"... I'm here."

"This way too."

"Do you think we can catch him alive?

Answer with a voice like Deneb and Aridead pushed to death.

Two...... a mixed unit of elves archers and beasts led precisely by Deneb and Aridead...... is on the slope.

"Tough, but if it's an order"

"Me too."

"If the number of enemies drops moderately without being forced, you can capture them alive."

Copy that.

Sounds from magic items… groans, sword triumphs, the sound of steel cleaving flesh and bones, screams… sounds.

Eventually, enemy soldiers run down the left and right slopes like beasts driven up by hounds.

The number of people combined is fifty or sixty.

"Heavy-duty infantry so you can move at any time, the infantry is ready... Nasr"

Nasr nodded small and stepped out in front of Chrono with his men.

Nasr lined up in two rows of sidelines so that the front and rear rows did not overlap,

"... ahhh!

An arrow was unleashed with the decree of Nasr.

Bumps fall and enemy soldiers roll down the slopes.

But there are about ten people who could be powerless.

The enemy ran desperately to take the vengeance of his fallen companion.

Or if Nasr was a mediocre commander, he might have suffered less damage.

"Back row...... ahhh!

The archers in the rear row release arrows simultaneously, and the front row again releases arrows.

Probably made Nasr change the timing of releasing arrows in the front and rear rows to reduce the time lag until releasing the next arrow.

As Nasr aims, the enemy soldiers fall without distance, packing or escape by arrows that are released uninterruptedly.

When all enemy soldiers fell, Nasr took his own bow and shot through the hands and feet of the fallen enemy soldiers.

Five of them moved...... all seem to be minor injuries, but they lost their fighting power when they were pierced by Nasr.

"... capture."

"Tyga captures enemy soldiers, disarms them... tie them with rope anyway! Don't be alarmed! Even a cat will kill a stranded rat!

Tiga and the others, the beast man sets up a stick of wood and moves closer to the enemy soldiers.

Of course, enemy soldiers resisted, but not something they could resist.

Several beasts beat him with wooden sticks and tied him up where he could no longer move.

"... Deneb, Aridead, what's the damage?

"Injured, No Dead"

"I have ten minor injuries, but no deaths as well"

"... you two wait there because you have to decide how to treat the enemy you've caught. Tiga followed me."

"It's Your Will" (Guru)

When I caught him, I caught him. It takes time, Chrono said, glancing at the enemy soldiers.

"You, what's your name?

"... Kyle"

It was low to call a boy, and a high and hard voice to call a youth.

It is difficult to tell because it is thinly dirty, but it may be younger than Chrono.

"How old are you?

"… fifteen"

The anticipation was in the middle, and Chrono groaned.

"Regular soldiers?

"No. They brought me from the village to fight you guys. My friends were with me. But also the last survival... now killed"

Krono looked up to heaven, not to talk to enemy soldiers.

"Why did you attack me?"

moisturizing her eyes, Kyle said as she clogged her voice.

"What are you talking about! You've attacked me again and again, so I had no choice but to attack you back!

"I didn't, we didn't do anything!

Cecily put her hand on the sword, but thought it was a disgrace to slay her tied opponent, or put her arms together to fix it.

"Take the prisoners now! It's unpleasant!

When Cecily summoned hysterically, the Tigers drooled their ears and tails not only saying they were not going to turn against him, but handed over five prisoners, including Kyle, to the Twelfth Kingsguard Knights.

"... what is that, that!

"Don't ask the son of a lowly mercenary."

"I didn't ask you! I... am talking to myself with this swirling anger in my chest! Hi-to, ri-to!

Cecily cried bright red in her face when thinking about excuses made her stink.

"... what will happen to that child?

"You fought bravely, so you should be treated honorably."

"I don't torture you or anything."

"What do you think the Imperial nobility is?

Unexpectedly, Cecily turned her willow brow upside down in a grumpy manner.

"Well, if you don't, fine."

"You can't possibly do that!

Shoulder to shoulder, Krono returned to the beginning.

Preventing a third ambush, the day's march was over.

The next morning, the five prisoners were dead.

Sounds like the wound has gotten worse to say by the soldier who was keeping an eye on the prisoner, but the wound will get worse and his nails won't peel off, his teeth will fall off, and his fingers won't break.

Besides, if that one-armed battalion leader were to volunteer to take the lead, I can imagine what happened to any idiot.

As the withdrawal of the camp position proceeded, Cecily watched as the body was buried with a blue face.

"I thought you weren't gonna torture me.

"... Hih!

When Chrono spoke, Cecily screamed small.

"This is, hey, some mistake!

"Did you torture him for some mistake? Did you blame him and kill him for a little mistake? Can you explain this to this lowly mercenary son so he can tell? Or should I explain it to you from my mouth?

Cecily stays on her knees.

"Someone from the battalion captain... must have tortured the guard soldier by letting him hold the gold coin. Why? It's settled. In order to find out where the ambush is and gain battle power like I did yesterday. If that's how flexible you are, I would have liked you to agree to a night raid."

"Oh, stop!

Cecily's flat handed cut the sky.

It's easy to avoid if you're so shocked.

No, I might not even have had to avoid it.

"Marquis Elakis, can you get there?

"Good morning, Count Pisce"

When Count Pisce glanced, Cecily drooped her head like it had been beaten and walked away from the spot.

"After all, is it torture?

"Don't tell me what I understand. Lord Leonhardt asked me the same thing, and I promised him that I would investigate, and he finally asked me to leave."

There's no reason to disturb the man in the Duke of Palatium's house, or delay the march... is this the sadness of the middle management?

"Does it feel like you figured out the fact that you killed a prisoner after the war and it would be offset by a war effort?

"You knew that and you blamed my deputy?

"I've been mocked so many times with my humble mercenary son that I tried to jerk him off"

Count Pisce shook his head as if he was finished.

"And you do what you say is noble pride."

"Noble pride is just a convenience. Those who cry it out loud either know no shame or the world."

Count Pisce shrugged in a sigh.

In terms of results, the one-armed battalion leader completed his assignment without incident, and neither of the two following completed his assignment without causing significant damage.

On the evening of the tenth day after leaving the front-line base under the direct authority of the Nouzi Empire, the Imperial Army reached the city of Malcab.

Rightly on a hill just down the narrow road, you should be able to see the city of Malcab from there by noon.

……

Chrono couldn't help but be anxious to watch his men set up a camp position.

Because the plans of the military bureau and the Kingsguard Knights took more than twice as long to get to the city of Malcab in four days.

"Admiral, what's wrong with a difficult face? '(Bubba?

"I'm anxious. Because it doesn't go as planned, but if you just look at the progress, it looks like it's working."

That is what war is all about, until it is said so.

Chrono scratched his hair,

"Sorry! Change the camp position near the narrow road!

"Eh! I thought you could sleep on the grass!

"It's already hard to sleep because the stones are rolling over there!

Deneb and Aridead pointed their lips dissatisfied, but soon began to fold the tent.

Other men seem to be somewhat dissatisfied, but they followed Chrono's instructions.

I'll see what's going on in the city.

"I understand. This one is easy for me to supervise."

Chrono relied on the moonlight to go for the top of the hill.

"... wait!

A familiar voice sounded from behind, but Chrono ignored it.

After a while, the sound approached Gasha Gasha.

Sound...... Cecily flipped through Chrono with an elegant trick.

"Why, do you ignore it?

"'Cause I don't want to be scolded by the son of a despicable mercenary."

"Wow, I stopped you, so stop!

I felt somehow unreasonable, but I don't even know how Cecily feels.

There were people who claimed the pride of nobility just like themselves. They committed a serious barbarism.

"Well, you make me nervous."

"What are you talking about?

Have you not noticed, or pretend not to notice?

If noble pride makes no sense, noble glory makes no sense either.

In short, I guess I realized I was a woman and I had to protect myself.

At the top of the hill stood three...... Leonhardt, Count Pisce and Alfort.

Standing at the top of the hill, I wasn't sure how Malcab was doing.

"Oh, you're going down there tomorrow."

"Ha, let's take down Malcab as soon as possible and show him the power of the Empire"

When Alfort asked in a voice that seemed excited, Count Pisce replied all the time saying that he was intentional.

The anomaly occurred when Alfort returned his gaze from Count Pisce to the city of Malcab.

A small, tiny fire lit the outer edge of the picturesque city of Malcab.

The fire spread as the flowers broke, filling the perimeter of the city.

That was an absurd lot of bonfires to count.

Anxiety struck me, and Chrono struck me in the tongue.

The holy kingdom of Argo bought time by alerting the ambush and rebuilt its attitude.

No, it might be premature to think so.

If you have rebuilt your attitude, why do you mane to make the Imperial Army wary?

There is a buzzing noise, an ammonia odor and stool odor that pokes at my nose.

"Ah!

"Wait, Master Alford!

As Alfort fled to roll down the slope, Count Pisce followed him down the slope.

"... Lord Chrono, what do you think?

"I guess the number of bonfires is haphazard"

Asked by Leonhardt, Chrono communicated his honest thoughts.

"Why would you say that?

"This is all we have soldiers! Because I think it's a bad idea to let them know."

At least Chrono will attack with all his might, pretending he doesn't have the strength to resist.

"That doesn't mean you're gonna get it done in a hurry."

"Well, sure."

"I'll go first."

Leonhardt went down the hill in the same footsteps as usual.

I wanted to go, too, and Chrono stared at Cecily with a groan.

"Look, don't be shy. I'll hurry to the tactical meeting."

"There's no shame in that!

When Chrono spoke, Cecily just started going down the hill by herself.

"Mr. Minot, it looks like the wind has changed, so prepare for an enemy attack"

"... understandable" (Bubba)

Provide instructions with magic items for communication.

Entering the tent for the tactical meeting, the captain and his deputy stood around the table, just like last time.

The difference from the last time was that Alfort was in.

He is so pale that he is likely to faint now, shaking his body back and forth anxiously as he sits on his chair.

The meeting was progressing in the direction of intercepting the Holy Argo Royal Army until the middle.

There must be some desire there to appeal to Alfort for bravery, but one reason would be that he prevailed in the hills.

I thought Chrono would be able to win this, so much morale that he was willing to fight.

But Alfort's word changed the direction of the meeting.

"So, retreat! Run! People don't see the number of bonfires surrounding the city of Malcab, so they say they can win!

"Lord Alfort, if the enemy has the power to overwhelm us, we don't need to burn a bonfire. That would be like buying time. Even if we withdraw, we should do damage to the enemy before we withdraw."

Leonhardt flaunted Alfort with a bitter face.

There's no way to get the bonfire done with a hatchet, but it was also a problem to really take it like Alford did.

The worst part was that Alfort, an amateur, was commander-in-chief of the Legion.

Whatever plan we have, we can't move without Alfort's approval.

At the very least, if Alford wasn't here, I'd have had a hand in deceiving him with my mouth.

"Ugh, shut up! Don't defy the rest! Even the Palatium boys are the rest of us now! I'm not saying you forgot the end of those who defied you!

"Please wait! I can't protect you without Lord Leonhardt!

Count Pisce rode himself out to shelter Leonhardt.

Now the execution of Joseph also works negatively.

Alfort only understood the magnitude of power in that case.

"... doesn't that malcub have to be monitored? Whether we fight or run, we need to keep an eye on our enemies."

"Oh, yeah! Surveillance! We may have enemies looming while we're at it!

When Chrono pointed it out, Alfort yelled all the time saying it was a name idea.

"Let my men watch over you."

It was the captain who hung his arm who raised his name.

"... ok. Retreat to avoid wasting soldiers' lives."

"Well, you just have to know."

You understood the foolishness of persuading, and Leonhardt broke lightly.

Chrono went outside after Alfort went outside the tent.

My mouth breaks unexpectedly.

"... it's disgusting."

"I'm biting my joy."

Cecily exhaled as she pushed Chrono away and went outside.

"Oh, are you scared?

"I'm scared."

When Chrono answered honestly, Cecily peeled her eyes as surprised.

"I'm not afraid."

"I'm not afraid of dying or my men."

Chrono shook his head.

"Well, go to bed early this evening."

"... you don't have to tell me"

I tried to skip one of the nasty jokes, but Chrono reconsidered.

"Admiral, how did it go? '(Bubba?

"The wind is as bad as ever, but thanks to you, we're going to be able to return to Marquis territory. Well, we can't stay alert until the end."

Yes. Krono told himself not to let his mind down until he returned to the base under Emperor Nouzi's direct authority, no, until he returned to the Marquis territory of Elakis.

The next day, Chrono woke up with the sound of a horseshoe and a lot of screaming.

The cavalry of the Holy Argo Royal Army was about to rush down the hill as he hurried out of the tent with a dagger and a long sword in his hand.

It is not an ambush.

Since last night, the enemy had set fire to the bonfire to inform them of their existence, and the Imperial Army was on guard.

The number of enemy cavalry... exceeds five hundred.

Admiral, it's an enemy attack! '(Buba ~!)

"I know! Lyzad, Horus, block the narrow path with your shield in your hand! Tiga team spears in case you get pulled out! Deneb, Aridead, Nasr Squad, aim for enemy cavalry!

It was fortunate for Chrono that he turned the camp position into a narrow path.

"But why? I should have been keeping an eye on the city of Malcab last night...... Deneb, Aridead! It's the elves that are falling on the hill!

"'Cause we're full of hands!

"Human, human, Master Chrono!

"Ah, already a big idiot!

Expanding to the left and right slopes, Deneb and Aridead shouted as they sniped at the cavalry.

The captain of the battalion, who hung his arm, did not use an elf on the watchman.

Everything was meshing in a bad direction.

Soldiers fleeing the narrow road were taken over one after the other on the way down the hill, and the resistant soldiers were blown away without any skill to exchange to the cavalry coming down the slope.

"Do we have to strike out?"

If we don't push the enemy cavalry into retreat, it's imperative that it be wiped out, but if it's that easy to get rid of the cavalry, there's no taking care of it.

Overwhelmingly it was Leonhardt who overshadowed the unfavourable situation… still to be said.

Leonhardt, dressed in silver armor, challenged and defeated the cavalry with a long sword.

A ten horsemen enemy cavalry strikes, but Leonhardt stretches his blade like a fay one day and slashes and throws it away at one sword.

You feared Leonhardt, who instantly turned the eleven enemy cavalry into a corpse, or the enemy cavalry moves dull.

"Now! Take aim!"

"" Wow, you stink of cowardice!

……

Deneb and Aridead complain, while Nasr releases a pale arrow.

The other elves seem to have inferior arms than the three of them, but they don't hema like shooting through their allies.

When nearly 70% of the Imperial Army evacuated to the narrow road, enemy cavalry circled the horse's head.

I guess I chose to rendezvous with the main unit over go deep and get hurt.

Most of the bodies rolling on the slopes are Imperial Army soldiers.

"That's why I told you to retreat."

"I don't have time to be saying that. Have an extraordinary tactical meeting! Each battalion leader and deputy officer is here!

Sitting Alfort in his sleeping clothes on a nearby rock, Count Pisce said aloud, echoing across the narrow road.

"He's alive."

"Yes, you can't live!

They didn't have time to wear sheet metal armor (plate mails), and Cecily is wearing a white military uniform that is a testament to the Kingsguard knight.

He must have escaped with quite a thin outfit to see from the fact that he was misbuttoned.

The tactical meeting ended without taking long enough.

The surviving captain and deputy have no choice but to retreat if Leonhardt, Count Piske, Cecily and one other group, and if the surviving soldier is less than five thousand, including the wounded.

"... I'm not convinced"

"Marquis Elakis, if someone doesn't serve as your lord, everyone dies."

When Chrono said, Count Pisce replied as he would tell.

It was like a reproduction of last year.

The conclusion drawn by the tactical conference was a thousand and five hundred surviving sub-men... including Crono's men there... because it meant stopping the enemy.

"I understand that. But why are you subhuman?

"It's settled."

Count Pisce went back to where his tent was so as to escape from Chrono's gaze.

"General!"

"Yes, yes, I'm here. I was going to make a little cash, but it's been a hell of a deal."

"I'll give you as much money as I can, so bake some hard bread right now! Hurry up!"

"Well, I don't mind."

Leaving the general with her eyes round, Krono turned to his men.

"... Admiral, is this Lord Arashira? '(Buyabu)

"There are a thousand other sub-people. Guys, the tent doesn't have to fold! Pick up your weapons and gear now!

"Oh, what are you thinking! Are you sure you don't have your pride as a nobleman, no, as a human being, in taking away the possessions of the dead?

Chrono ignored Cecily and picked up weapons and protective equipment with his men.

Would it have been an hour, a little more?

When Krono returned to the narrow path with his men, the surviving soldier had finished preparing for his retreat.

Count Pisce, Leonhardt, Cecily, a large group of soldiers stared at Chrono.

I don't want to die.

I still have a lot to do.

Agricultural reform is halfway there, and the paper workshop has just come into operation.

I haven't even seen the new barracks.

From now on, even though it's coming.

It's not enough to fuck Leila, Elena, the general, or Rio.

Oh, I should have kept my hands on Faye without looking good.

Chrono swallowed up so many of those crying words.

"Admiral, why don't you go back to the Marquis Elakis until you lose your hips?

"Then you're not saying anything stupid! If you do that, I'll die!

Ahaha and Krono walked away from the general with a laugh.

"Are you staying?

"Yeah. So the general delivers the letter to the Marquis of Elakis"

Pointing to a letter sandwiched in the valley of the general's chest, Krono turned to his men.

"Then I'll set aside the price for the sturdy bread. So you're definitely coming back alive!

"Of course!"

It's a dead end we're headed to.

There is no guarantee that I can go home.

My legs tremble.

Still, I ate and tied my teeth and stepped out.

"Guys, let's go home alive"

Staring at his men, Chrono stripped out his teeth and laughed.