Next Life

There is a major shock in the western part of Fillato, Shardapur, at a distance of about a day by early horse from Fort Valdera.

It is inevitable that Fillato will be financially devastated if he can contain this place, but Holdia's army, which dropped Fort Valdera, did not show a bare gesture to advance.

The Fillat army, with Yardabels as general, camped in a place less prone to night raids from the fort halfway between Fort Valdera and Shardapur, and asked the soldiers of the fort who had fallen.

"I couldn't afford to observe, so I can't say for sure, but I don't think we can afford to move on to them right away."

When I heard the description of the soldiers, covered in blood and dust, no words came out immediately, neither Yardabels, nor Marius, nor the others.

The manoeuvres taken by the Holdian army were a gloom beyond Philato's imagination.

"... Lord Yardabels? Is that how you treat slave soldiers?

"Then, stupid. It's not sanity."

Yardabels' voice was trembling when he answered Marius.

Incorporates magic that will cause you to advance without replenishment and, if you die, will involve your enemies and magic that you can kill if you escape.

It's a series of acts that seem to mock Yardabels' ethics.

So the fact that the fort has been dropped is a challenge to common sense.

"Holdia is the best slave-holder on the continent, where millions can be mobilized by slave soldiers alone, if we do not consider the barracks. But that's why it's so universal... to incorporate magic to stop the escape of slaves..."

Is it true that about 150,000 slaves won't be hit as hard if they crush it?

Marius thought with disgust, if ethics did not disturb him.

"Is there an area around the fort where as many as 150,000 soldiers get a few days' worth of water and food?

"... it can be for a few meals. Drinking water will be magically secured…"

"Hmm? Then why didn't you burn it down first?

If you were a soldier who could not eat anything for three days, or the fort might not have been dropped.

I wonder why I left it.

"Yes, I also questioned it and let out my scouts, but I haven't heard from anyone yet."

"... the fort seemed to receive proper reports of scouts..."

"They must have been Holdia."

Yardabels affirmed with a bitter look.

Have all those who were placed around Holdia been slain?

"Contact with Lord Flegg also remains interrupted, and I can only assume that Holdia was preparing for this one with her in mind."

"Fleg......?

Marius gibbered at the familiar name.

Wasn't he definitely Emma's father and the chief of the former intelligence service?

It would have been on his face, Yardabels nodded heavily.

"Lord Emma looked like his father, so be it. When it came to intelligence, we could defeat two or three soldiers in line, and we had enough strength to get away from five or six."

This means that more enemies were opponents.

If it was just someone who attacked you, that's the story.

I weighed myself because Fleg was not the air I could tell if it was the wrong guy.

"But that's a weird story. I can't believe no one noticed that scouts and intermediaries are being killed in their own country..."

Marius didn't mean to be sarcastic, he simply uttered the questions he felt.

But I guess those around them couldn't take it that way, staring at Marius with a harsh gaze.

Yardabels, who knew the circumstances to some extent, scolded them with eye and face movements.

"It shouldn't have happened. However, it is a lesson not to engage for a month before or after the Demonic Performance Festival. Don't be cautious about imitating other countries, and let intelligence be modest at this time of year. Even if something goes wrong, you suddenly don't notice it."

I saw Yardabels without suppressing the thought that his open mouth would not be blocked.

Yardabels smiled bitterly.

That's exactly where they poked me, and even though I was dumb, there was about as much.

"Once Holdia tore it down, it became Holdia versus the whole continent."

Holdia, who ruled about a third of the continent, was defeated by Garius, Filato, Serraeno, Lanreo and the Rahne coalition, losing land other than the current national territory.

It was before Serraeno became regarded as the strongest on the continent.

"If you were reluctant to break the insanity, it was the perception that it was Holdia, wasn't it? That's why I was framed to atone for my foolishness."

Fillato was moving on in the unnoticed part.

This time it was obviously a psychological gap.

Measures that would never have worked have been the only chance to succeed.

Carno said the enemy had a ruthless schemer, and Yardabells shook his neck sideways, thinking it would be true but he didn't know who he was.

"My first candidate is Queen Asteria. They crush a few nobles who cling to their vested interests, and they appreciate it there about politics, and they see words and deeds that only seem crazy, except that it's too harsh to be seen as a puppet by someone."

The King's rating also affects the country's rating, so he says there is no such thing as a namesake or sage who keeps his country in an attitude of being insulted.

"If it is possible, you will bear the blame for this case and execute it. When we are offered the neck of the king of one nation, and we are also compensated, we have no choice but to conquer the spear of both our country and the other."

It was Bernhardt III's reading rather than Yardabels's that it would be flat about that, because it would be a cold-blooded raw man who would impose an outrageous maneuver on the slaves, and Marius had no objection either.

"The only thing that bothers me is that there is information that the Queen is competent but ruthless and that the nobles really want the Queen to lose her legs. There is a possibility of false information being leaked by the mastermind… there is also an example of Seraeno ravaged because of the demon Gaelic, and we cannot be alarmed"

"In the worst case scenario, do you think the demon is the mastermind?

Yardabels nodded loudly.

There is nothing strange about a demon breaking his promises to each other as a nation.

Do you loosen your guard even though you know the demon is leaping, because Marius is not the person born and raised in this world?

If you doubt it, it is the beginning of a relationship of trust in this world of slaughter.

(If so. Is that it? Me, isn't that hopeless?

My eyes seemed kind of sumptuous, so I hurried back to the conversation.

"Reclaim Fort Valdera and then think about it. I have a lot of ways to find out."

Marius intended to put his hopes to rest, but Yardabels, who was told, rather tightened his expression.

"That's the thing, but things have changed. Lord Marius must choose whether to kill all his enemies or not."

"Huh...?

Marius got the look of being defenselessly hit in the head with a blunt instrument.

Yardabels revealed the situation in the guise of calm.

"This time the enemy is the owner of a great deal of cold. We've taken him prisoner, and it seems extremely likely that he'll blow up every one of us."

It is unlikely that a slave soldier would magically force himself to harm himself even if he were taken prisoner.

Because even regular soldiers can be abused in retaliation.

However, it is likely that this time the enemy will not work at all with that "normally impossible".

She was forced to make a decision, and Marius thought about it.

According to those released to the fort that returned for some reason, the enemy's remaining strength is about 50,000.

It's a number that could be wiped out, except for Marius, if activated simultaneously, and I don't think the Philato army can easily be recaptured without Marius because it's 50,000.

Filato said that 300,000 soldiers could be mobilized without including reserve roles, but the whole army could not move because of its combination with other countries.

Other countries will protest Holdia in this case. And in some cases, the war won't quit, since Fillato has been hit hard enough.

That's the state.

(What's the best thing to do...)

Marius was troubled and wondered.

"I'd like to make sure one thing, but activating magic needs to pour magic in from the outside, right?

"Yes, of course."

Yardabels nodded loudly at the inquiry.

There was expectation that something would come to mind, but the others looked like they were saying, "How stupid is this guy asking?"

Marius' belly was determined when he heard Yardabels' answer.

"I'll strike alone first."

Yardabels nodded, but "waited" from the others.

"Attacking the fort by yourself... about Melinda Guilford, what made you do that?"

Marius nodded at the man who said he thought he could do the same thing.

The man proclaims as irritated.

"Melinda Guilford is the biggest hero with many legends. Isn't it possible to do the same thing, even though it's getting slower?

"Get there, Yarn"

Yardabels broke in where the air was about to become dangerous.

Yarn is a faction of Ashton, even hostile to Marius.

When Grandfeld was a grand general, what he was able to contain was becoming irrepressible, a man of proof.

"First, ask Lord Marius to work alone. If that doesn't work, we'll figure out our next hand."

"It's urgent to take back Valdera, but can it be that long?"

Yarn sarcastically shrugged his shoulders and showed them, but left the field saying nothing more.

Yardabels turned back to Marius as he spilled his sigh.

"Oh, in order to silence the accord, Lord Marius' power should be clearly shown. However, what should be done against foreign countries..."

I can't read that far in Yardabels, where the roots are samurai.

How acceptable is it, though I was warned that showing too much power could turn all nations against enemies?

That was as much as I wanted Marius to explore with reading mind magic.

"By the way, Lord Marius, how about a specific proposal? In my position, I'd like to ask you in advance."

To put it naturally, Marius used the magic of "silence", which, when he nodded, made the noise inaudible to the outside, further "sleeping" those other than Yardabels.

"This won't leak to any of us in the military.... unless Lord Yardabels is an inside man."

"Right."

Yardabels was flat, and neither was Marius. He does not suspect.

I put "silent" and "sleep" on it. Then I looked it up and found out it was white.

As Marius explained, Yardabels roared.

"A Legendary Challenge..."

"Legend? Is it Melinda Guilford's that a man named Yarn used to say?

"Yes, one of the many legends is that you attacked the fort alone."

There are a number of other anecdotes, the most famous of which is the establishment of the current magic system and the creation of magic items for the first time.

Even if it is improved in a fine part like the "Rovisa Style Spell," what has become a grand dollar remains unchanged thousands of years later.

"More than Lord Marius is a wizard, he will eventually be subject to comparison."

That's all being recognized in some of the extreme parts of Fillato as powerful people.

As Marius, she is compared to being like herself and feels strongly sorry for Melinda.

Because it is not the power gained at the end of the effort.

But when I say that, I now switch my head between prying things.

Use Radar, the finest detection magic.

Enemy allies, about 50,000 each, and others around the fort.

"There is someone who seems to be watching..."

Yardabels thought without surprise now, but not for a long time.

"Can you disable it? I'd like to tie him up if I can."

"Yeah. Then I'll disable it before I drop the fort, so please tie me up"

"Okay."

Marius' power is not yet known.

So I committed the lapse of lurking around the fort, etc.

That's what Yardabels decided.

Thus the night before the battle passed.