Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi
Episode 227: The Vandrea War ⑤ Oh no power
A tremendous amount of smoke spraying up from Mount Dard dyes the sky gray.
The soldiers, irrespective of their enemy allies, opened their mouths and lined their shoulders like an abalone and just watched the sights that were unlikely to be anything in the world.
"... don't let soldiers fight you with this"
The man who seems to be the commander of the advancing Vandrea looks at my face at first sight.
"Right. Let's just give it a little truce until it fits in."
I respond thinking that's the face I saw somewhere.
It would be like military training for unmotivated peasants if we resumed the fighting now, for example.
The enemy commander has sharpened his gaze and looked at my face from the front.
"I didn't know we were going to face each other again and exchange words..."
"Um, right. Ever since."
I look at Celia next door as I say.
Who was this guy?
"I am the commander of the first invading army. Say Baychek or something... see, they took him prisoner."
"Ever since then, hey, that's emotional"
"... you're saying it's not enough for me."
You reminded me of it and you messed with it.
He's completely selfish.
Let's change the subject.
"Nevertheless, I have never seen such a sight. Things are good in Vandrea... but it doesn't seem like it."
"Naturally. I've never even heard of Dard spraying fire and smoke! God's wrath or the resurrection of the Demon King... I have no idea."
"The wrath of God, or the way you say it, but you want to believe it."
Smoke keeps increasing in increments.
The south side of Mount Dard is already completely invisible, blocked by gray smoke.
The smoke that rose heavenly was going to cover the entire sky and hide it.
"Anyway, it doesn't necessarily matter what happens if you stay disturbed with enemy allies. Let's split up."
"Right..."
Me and Beychek look up at the mountains and force the immobile soldiers to divide into the north and south, yelling at them.
At first I tried to get in line, but it didn't work very well.
Once the truce is over, we see how our allies are doing, but they are still confused.
Among them was the bow cavalry, and Luna, who commands them, who was particularly upset.
"Ya, the mountains are getting angry. When did we touch the reverse scale..."
Luna, who is usually not very emotional, was holding her own body and trembling.
I embrace you trying to reassure you, but the tremor never stops.
I had no choice but to put my finger in my groin, but it was clearly rejected as "stop now".
Makes me a little sad.
But let's think about the future.
"What do you guys think you should do?
……
I'm just thinking of Leoporto and Tristan for this anomaly.
And come to a completely different conclusion.
"We should march if the anomaly subsides or remains the status quo"
"You should back off once. We've already made it to the south of Mort."
It is Leoporto who insists on further march, and Tristan who retreats.
"The confusion of the soldiers is the same for the enemies, weird and the whole Vandrea is confused. It is easy to fall the capital if we proceed now. You shouldn't miss the opportunity."
"There's something unknown going on, but I'm not going to beat you. You should pull to the south line of Mort and watch the end of things. You don't have to worry about the enemy's pursuit."
In the midst of a sudden anomaly, tell me more about discussing and concluding whether you will achieve dramatic results through further pursuits, or whether you will persevere with the initial results.
"Shall I turn to Sir Hardlett's thoughts?"
These guys ended up throwing it at me.
Whose job do you think it is?
It's Lord Hardlett's job to make the final decision.
... I know.
"... Shall we retreat? I've already achieved my purpose."
It's not true.
That's not why we're here.
You look blatantly horny, Tristan, you don't just want to go home, do you?
On the other hand, Leoporto just said "I understand" with no change in his expression at all.
But I know.
You must be a little musty.
Call and retain Leopold as he tries to get ready to withdraw.
"Don't you like the fact that I chose Tristan's opinion?
"The decision is Sir Hardlett's job. If the direction is given, just follow it."
Hmm, suppose I tell you the real reason?
"I didn't choose Tristan's opinion. I wanted to back off from the start."
Leoporto pulls his gaze over here only.
"For what reason?
I say with a laugh and a collar in Leopold's uniform.
"I have a bad feeling. That's all."
What the mountains say after the fire erupts, I can't stop feeling like I'm freaking out from my spine.
I haven't stopped that chill for a while now.
"... that there is no special reason other than a hunch?
Leoporto says as he fixes his own collar.
"Yeah, just intuition. Did I offend you?
I say it again with Leopold's collar up.
He immediately fixed his collar before being a little silent.
"No, Sir Hardlett does have only strong luck. You should honestly be more convinced than the conclusion after thinking poorly."
"I'm sorry.... Wait a minute"
Didn't this guy just say I was lucky now?
"Excuse me, you also had arm strength. Then I'll be ready."
That's all Leopold says and leaves the spot.
I laughed with no expression on my face.
When I gave the order a little while ago, there was a shock to my back.
Pippi jumped in.
"Dear Sheikh! The mountains... the mountains..."
Is Pipi as frightened of mountain anomalies as Luna?
Hug me gently......
"It's not! There's something wrong with the smoke in the mountains! It's getting shorter! They're sucking me into the mountains!
"Smoke?"
Smoke will be something to scatter away.
Is it true that the giant god is sucking even when he is sucked in?
If you stare at it, the mountain is surrounded by smoke and stares black and doesn't look good.
But I also feel that the smoke that was rising so high in the sky is getting somewhat lower.
"Don't worry, Pipi, we'll be back north soon."
I embrace her to reassure her, but the screaming continues.
"Dear Agil, the smoke is breaking my mountain skin!
Celia's voice.
If you look closely, the smoke that stood up did not scatter, but collapsed and flowed through Dard's mountain skin.
"Mount Dard is not a small mountain, is it!?
Even if you look at it on the map, it's not just a hill there.
It boasts a considerable size spanning Altair Vandrea.
It should also be thousands of meters tall.
"So, but the smoke is already coming to my stomach!
Zokun and chills got stronger.
Smoke running down at terrible speeds, barely visible now.
It's just a long way from here, and it's a plain, so I don't know how much, but...
The confusion was momentary.
"Leoporto! Stop all preparations and retreat north!
"Is... right now?
I'm not going to argue.
"I don't mind discarding all the tents and heavy objects, no queues required, and throwing away the gear. Retreat all...... no run!!
Leoporto also sees the mountain for a moment but repeats my orders without saying anything more.
Tristan, who usually complained all the time, likewise turned into just a preaching order and kept screaming.
"There's no queue to retreat...?" "Run free..." "What do you mean you lost?"
The soldiers are disturbed by each soldier without a line, and they begin to flee north in pieces.
When I train, they tell me never to. Disorderly retreat, find me. "Are you sure?," he said, loosening his legs.
"What are you doing! Run, run as hard as you can and run!!
When I yelled, I panicked and everyone started running away at first sight.
Looking back, the chunks of smoke that have already come from the mountains have come down to near the foot.
Awesome speed.
"Oh, hey, the enemy's getting away, huh?
"Why... I would be in a truce"
"Did we win?
Enemy soldiers a little south are also confused.
Baychek also said he didn't know what happened. Face.
I put my spear up big once before pointing it at the mountain.
The enemy soldiers who followed the spear tip with their gaze noticed the smoke running down the mountain, screaming and starting to flee just like us.
"Or did you win...... wow - I won! Ouch!!
"You idiot! Run away!!
A soldier coming from behind beat up a soldier who couldn't read the air and raised his wings and pulled his arm.
Soldiers on my side who didn't know what they were going to escape from at first, but noticed the smoke coming closer and closer, the escape legs getting faster and faster, and at the end of the day, everyone went full sickness.
"Dear Sheikh! I'm sure we'll get this far!
I am not smoke or anything.
A gray wall is looming on one side.
Already completely running down the mountain, the walls are coming in flat but without slowing down.
"Much faster than a horse...... awesome speed!
The walls keep getting bigger and bigger even though we keep running as hard as we can.
The infantry screamed that they could not escape, and the cavalry was putting them behind them to do it.
"Look at that!!
It's one rural area where Celia points her finger as she runs her horse.
By the side of the battlefield, the peasants were worried to see the end of the battle.
"Swallow..."
The village next door to the woods was instantly swallowed by gray walls.
A bright red firehand rises as soon as possible.
"Is that smoke hot enough to catch fire..."
If so, the villagers will unfortunately be wiped out.
We would have had the same fate by now if we had watched Bo end up on the battlefield.
"If you extinguish your mind, the fire will also..."
"Weird!"
Let Chloe run with a clasp whining about things that don't make sense.
Desperate to escape, we must have run pretty far north, but still the walls kept catching up.
Coming along burning everything down to the woods, fields and small settlements in the way.
"What is the feast of God? It's like a demon's exhale."
If you look, some of the Vandrea soldiers running behind us are stopping and trying to hide themselves in the rocks.
"Dumb... it's not just a breeze or anything. It's like a flaming wind."
As soon as smoke poured into the rock, a terrific interrupter rose.
It quickly disappears, too.
At last I hear a small scream when my back is so compelled to be concerned.
"Celia!
Celia's horse fell over when her legs were taken from her.
I'm not usually that kind of guy, but maybe the horse's foot was caught in the pressure looming from behind.
"Shit!"
Stop the horse in a hurry.
Myra, who was running side by side, also tries to stop her leg.
"Sir Hardlett! If it stops now, they will catch up!!
"Go ahead, I'll be fine"
"But..."
I stare at Myra trying to say something.
This may be the first time I've ever looked at a woman like this.
Myra nodded and ran away with a crying face.
I'm sorry, I know you're worried.
But I can't think about leaving Celia.
"Out of the way!
A group of allies have already fled north.
I screamed and ran over to Celia scratching Vandrea's soldiers to escape.
"Are you all right?
"Yes... but the horse..."
Celia doesn't seem to have any major injuries to herself, but the horse is breaking her leg.
"We don't have time. Get in."
I briefly then pulled Celia up and put her in front of me.
Look behind you with chirali.
I stopped my leg and the smoke filled my distance all at once.
"Schwartz, run as hard as you can. Whoever runs in front doesn't mind kicking it down."
Honestly, given the speed of smoke so far, it's unlikely you'll get away with it.
But there was no choice to abandon Celia.
We'll just have to do what we can.
Hin and little Schwartz run out into a black breeze.
Vandrea's infantry running forward, as well as his cavalry, chases him through as if he's stopped.
There won't be any horses against this guy.
It's going to go to the Federation in a day.
But still...
"You'll be caught up..."
Grey smoke is faster.
Too much effort to look back, but it should be getting to the end of your eyes and nose.
Already from behind, I had begun to hear the disconnect of the Vandrea soldiers.
An eye goes to a pond passing by for a moment, but denies it.
My instincts said no.
Now you have to believe Schwartz and just run away.
Then Schwartz turns this way without slowing down.
My eyes are complaining about something with a terrible face sprinkled with bubbly saliva from my mouth.
"Heavy" seemed like what you were saying.
Celia, lend me your knife.
When I pull the knife out of my hips without waiting for a reply or anything, I cut off every strand of horse armor leather and throw it away.
Plus, I rip off my own armor and throw it away.
Seeing that, Celia also threw away every piece of armor on her clothes, making her look like a pair of underwear.
Dozens of kilograms lose weight and speed increases again.
The soldiers around you are no longer equal to being stopped.
"Not yet!
Still, the impending smoke flood won't keep me away.
It comes faster and faster than the accelerated Schwartz, packing more and more distances.
The heat beside the fire engulfed us.
Schwartz turned this way again.
Is it still heavy?
"Please throw me away! You'll even die Master Agil because of me!
Think as you hold down Celia trying to jump and stroke her ass.
The dual crater is light so there is no problem.
"This guy..."
The spear I got from Dwarf, this one would weigh more than 30 kg.
I liked it a lot and it's a testament to my friendship with Dwarf......
"I can't help but blackburn while grabbing the spear"
Throw the spear behind you.
I'll leave it to Schwartz.
Slap the black head gently and then knock the body down low with Celia in your arms.
I still felt the speed increase by a step.
The terminal demon you hear from around you, the heat that makes you stronger and stronger, and the fine sand grains that hit your body.
Has he been caught up, he's been surrounded by smoke before and his vision is getting dark and black?
You don't want to die until you see Lucy.
Celia is too much of a scorcher to say she's finally an adult beauty.
My vision suddenly cleared up when I graciously hugged Celia clinging to me crying.
Looking back, the smoke flood had stopped moving and eventually scattered away so that it slowly collapsed.
"Apparently, I can still see Lucy."
I'll tell Celia I helped her cry.
"Heh... heh heh! I can't believe I put Master Agil in danger... I can't believe I fell... I'm sorry!!
I knew Celia would hold me up crying.
Myra and Irigina also rushed over with tears in their eyes.
Apparently, there's no one behind me who helped.
"Just in case we go a little further north, we'll check for damage."
I say it like Leopold was nothing.
You could be a little worried about me at all.
"The Admiral should have run first. Be careful next time."
Don't say that, though Celia will cry more and more.
You survived, okay?
That's all I say and turn my back Leopold, Tristan goes on too.
"You just took a big breath, didn't you? I knew you were worried, right?
"If the general is killed, the army will break. Of course I'm worried."
"You tried to go back for a second, didn't you? I don't even think you're cool."
……
We're talking.
Oh, Leopold put his foot on it and Tristan fell.
Please don't break up with me.
From what I've seen, the number of my troops hasn't decreased.
Looks like he managed to escape.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... hiccup"
You just do something about Celia who keeps crying after that.
I sighed softly in the south, looking at the land where everything had turned gray.
Me and Vandrea's army decided to keep going north for a while before checking the situation together.
Baychek agreed that we were too dumb to beat each other with sticks and stones.
"How'd it go?
"There are few side sacrifices. Around dozens of people who fell seem to have stayed swallowed. The Horsemen are almost intact."
That's lucky.
It was too much, but it might have been a good idea to have been ready to withdraw.
Listen to Leopold's report as he pulls Schwartz's scorched tail.
"Vandrea's army, on the other hand, is indistinguishable from death in action... but a third of them are missing"
"Well... but I was further south than us. I should say I survived 10,000 a lot."
Ah! My tail pulled through.
... What a surprise you just cut a thousand burnt hairs.
Schwartz, don't bite your head. It'll hurt.
"We sent out a scout and confirmed it far away."
It would not be a very pleasant report.
"Smoke...... you might want to say that's a chunk of heated ash. Looks like it flowed all the way around the mountain. The damage is enormous, no. You can call it devastation."
I nod listening to reports of scouts gathered from Leopold.
Reminds me of a burnt village.
"The towns and villages within range are buried in burning ashes without exception. And Mount Dard is still spraying ashes. Near the summit, you can see giant, bright red flames."
Leopold and I can still listen calmly, but Vandrea, face to face upset is intense.
I can't help it, it's a report for them that their town is no longer rooted.
"The place close to the mountain has thick ash and heat, and we can't go to investigate it yet, but we won't have to look into it"
If it's in the outer ring, it's no use going further inside, there can't be any survivors.
"... what a thing to say. I never thought this would happen again..."
Baychek also drops his shoulder and is grumpy.
His soldiers have thrown away their weapons and armor to escape.
Ashes creeping up on one side of his face and sitting up was more like a ghost than a wreck.
"Ashes are spread in circles around the mountains. I haven't checked, but I was wondering if it probably flowed not only to Vandrea, but also to Altair."
That would be an unprecedented catastrophe.
"Yes, there will be great fluctuations, including the existence of southern countries"
All the strategies I've been thinking about may have turned out to be meaningless.
"Go home."
That's all I'm saying for a short time.
Neither the ceasefire negotiations with Vandrea nor the continuation of the war are likely to be possible.
The soldiers will want to return north as soon as possible.
There may be a fugitive if we say march across the ash heap from now on.
"What are you guys gonna do?
Speak to Baychek as well.
"Vandra is far enough from the mountain... she shouldn't have been swallowed, so we have to go back to the report. But..."
Again, this expedition didn't seem like a normal outing.
"It may be an extra favor"
Leopold stepped out in front of Baychek.
"Vandrea says to Goldonia that your army is a bunch of deserters and that our country will not be involved."
Beicek didn't seem so shocked to hear that.
"Escaped soldiers...? I still thought that was the case. You couldn't have come home alive."
Both Baychek and the soldiers around him look down with their dropped faces.
I can't help it, I haven't had a place to go back to them since we left.
"Come to my realm. I don't know if I like it, but I can treat you better than going back to your country."
Some soldiers raise their faces.
But Beychek stays down.
"Disgrace betraying my country... Ha, ha, okay"
He sees land buried in ashes.
"Me too... it was at the foot of the dard. I was tempted not to embarrass the clan, but I'm done with that."
Baychek looks back in circles.
"Return to whoever wants to return to the country. Even so, you won't be able to go home... but it will take a big east detour..."
I'll let you have it for a few days.
I add.
"Whoever goes to Goldonia with me should stay here. I don't think Sir Hardlett can do anything wrong."
The deliberate Vandrea soldiers, 10% will leave east with food, and 90% will remain on the spot.
It's not a big deal for mountains to spray fire after killing each other and run away with them. It is said that there was a strange connection.
"I think about the treatment when I get back. Screw off your neck if you do evil, but don't worry if you're being adulterous."
There was something on my shoulder.
"Snow... it's autumn"
White objects pouring down… the central plains, and even though it deepened in the south, there can be no snow in the autumn.
When I gripped it and looked at it, it emitted a strange odor without melting.
"Ashes... not hot though"
"You keep piling it up."
As Myra grunts, the snowy ashes descend into the earth into the river and into the fields.
We continue north into the ashes where there is no stopping.
The groves and rivers became gray all the time.
From time to time we walk north, paying off the ashes piled on our heads in a world of no color.
Halfway through, but the war is over.
And the southern regions have changed forever.
Then Celia, get dressed.
"A fool like me is naked enough......"
Celia is clinging to me in her underwear.
You seem to care a lot about me dying.
"I'm glad you saved me. Look, Christopher's gonna see us."
Offset underwear as I say.
You're gonna see a white, beautiful ass.
"A fool like me is just enough to be seen naked by Christoph to be masturbating occassions."
Celia just clings to me with her peeled off.
I'll kick Christophe in the eye I tried to peek at, and then I'll blanket Celia.
I'm totally humbled.
I wonder what we'll do over here.
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The protagonist, Agil-Hardlet, 23, autumn.
Status Friend of Dwarf, King of Mount Big Lords and Eastern Borders of the Kingdom of Goldonia Friend of King Ares
163000 inhabitants Important cities Rafen 24000 Lintbloom 4500
Family
Nonna (Beautiful Nonna) Carla (Side Room) Mel (Side Room) Mitty (Side Room) Maria (Side Room)
Katrine (Side Room Cravings + +) Kuw (Concubine) Luw (Concubine) Mirei (Concubine) Rare (Concubine)
Casey (Suspect K) Rita (Maid Chief) Yoguri (Playwright) Pipi (Concubine) Alice (Magic Girl)
Marceline (concubine) daughter Stephanie (concubine) Bridget (insatiable + + +) Felicie (concubine)
Sebastian (Deacon) Dorothea (Concubine/Wangdu) Melissa (Concubine Wangdu Departure) Alma (Wangdu Departure)
Child Suumiw Ekacherina Amata Anastasia (daughter) Antonio Claude Gilbard Liner Bartolomei (son) Rose (stepdaughter)
Outsiders
Lamy (love snake) Mirmi (mermaid)???? (mysterious grass)
Subordinates
Celia (fallen) Gido (convoy) Chloe (nothingness) Irigina (commander) Luna (commander) Ruby
Myra (Magistrate) Porte (Training Supervisor) Gretel (Home Affairs Training)
Leopold (Staff) Adolf (Home Affairs Officer) Tristan (Staff B)
Claire & Laurie (merchant for you) Schwartz (horse/coke) Liliane (actress)
Fourteen hundred troops.
Infantry 7150 Cavalry 800 Archer 950 Bow Cavalry 3900 (Horse Army 1400)
Ten cannons. Ten cannons. Cannons on the front line abandoned.
Vandrea Army? 9,000.
470 property gold coins
233 Experienced 48 + 555 children given birth