Price of Management

“The Chancellor himself? ”

King Eric is surprised and asks. I nodded.

“One is enough for me. I will rescue Duke Meutt and join you. ”

“But the late Jurden is the commander of the 120,000 troops who are attacking the Temple of Knight. I don't think he's been greatly preoccupied by your spirituality yet. ”

“I've also fully restored my spiritual affinity. If we use these features well, we'll be able to use them as animisty to thwart the enemy's pursuit, and if so, we'll escort the duc away with us. ”

“Mmmm... ”

King Erik is concerned again. He said he didn't want to put me in danger.

I said it again.

“I survived the trap that Emperor Kars set in motion. I'm afraid so. ”

In the end, King Erik has made his decision.

“Very well. Warden Caroc of the Chancellor's Ligand, save Duke Meutt.“ I will mobilize all the Royal Knights in addition to the Chancellor for this rescue. ”

“The whole Royal Knights? ”

“We must leave a guard for the king. ”

The officials were startled and said King Eric.

“I am also capable of protecting my one body. And there are those who protect me without the Royal Knights. ”

King Eric points his chin behind his back.

Behind King Erik's back stood 15 blonde boys, John Spain. You follow King Erik around like a shadow, deciding to carry out his duties until the war is over.

I nodded.

King Erik was also a good fighter at Expert for John's visit. There was no immediate danger.

As such, Duke Meutt is ordered to be rescued.

* * *

Duke Meutt's great victory gave him a huge boost to morale, but there were too many enemies.

The Marquis of Jurden is still beating Temple of Knight fiercely, unaffected by such a sudden attack.

“Even Duke Meutt is unable to act. Nothing to be afraid of! ”

“Tell Duke Meutt to come out! ”

The Horn Empire quickly recovers its morale and heats up its attack. Because of the large numbers, there is no need to be afraid because the situation is advantageous, and everyone did not doubt that the Marquis of Great Gen is dead, but he will wake up alive again.

The Black Cross Knights' fierce attack was also contributed to the loss of their leader.

With every day at stake, Duke Meutt's concerns about Operation Campbell's command have deepened.

“Big brother, you have to retreat before it becomes more dangerous. ”

“What are you talking about? Your behavior is uncomfortable, but if you retreat and are pursued, you will be more dangerous than you are now! ”

“But we don't know when we'll be captured, death! The walls of District 10 are about to be destroyed! ”

“That's right. Once captured, it's a rat in a poison. Chancellor Chancellor, most of you will be captured and killed before you even try to use the secret passageway that you have worked so hard to create. ”

“But we have to hold on much longer. If you recover a bit and become able to behave, it will be easier to retreat. ”

“I wonder when Master will recover that much. You won, but your master must have suffered as much as the Marquis of Great Ghost! ”

“Yes, but……. ”

Among his disciples, Duke Meutt's disciples, they disagreed. With all of those opinions, Prince Campbell conflicted.

The consensus was that we should retreat. The problem was timing.

It is still protected by the walls of the Temple of Knight. Falling back now can reduce the damage of allies.

On the other hand, retreating through a secret passageway while the walls were occupied, it was clear that enemies who entered the city would suffer heavy damage.

But the problem was Duke Meutt's behavior was uncomfortable. Retreating with Duke Meutt, who still needs help, is difficult to chase down the enemy, and his recovery is slow because he is on the run.

Marquis Campbell has made up his mind.

“Let's hold on a little longer. ”

“Big brother!”

The disciples who said to withdraw immediately expressed their complaints. However, Chamberlain raised his hand to restrain their remarks.

“Listen to the end. ”

“ ……. ”

“Keep the Temple of Knights safe, but let's evacuate the master first. ”

Everyone was surprised to hear that.

This is what Birkhoff Campbell argued: By continuing to be merciful at the Temple of Knights, we deceive our enemies and allow a minority elite to escape into the secret passageway while protecting Duke Meutt.

Without knowing the existence of the secret passageway, Duke Meutt would not have thought he had escaped.

“First, let's gather 1,000 elite troops and bring about 10 of us teachers. Now, who's going to escort you on your escape? ”

The question of the Chamberlain made all the disciples deaf and honey.

The Duke of Meutt has 10 men.

The rest of us should stay here and make war with the enemy.

Naturally, the latter was more dangerous, so no one thought to go out. As Duke Meutt's disciples, everyone tried to risk their lives for each other.

“Luke, you're in charge. ”

“I will fight. The death penalty is for you, isn't it? ”

“I should stay here. The important thing for you to do is to be more qualified than me. ”

“I too will fight here with the Grand Master! ”

Chamberlain sighs. I didn't know that we were stubborn enough to concede.

I decided to go ahead and clean up the traffic.

“It is very important to take care of the teacher first. Even if an enemy appears, you must be able to protect him. Therefore, I will select from those who have arrived at Expert. ”

At that point, half of the disciples who had not yet arrived at Expert were relieved.

Bird of Campbell said again.

“Derek, for now. ”

“Yes, execution. ”

Derek, a commoner, stands up with a nomination.

Derek became a student of Duke Meutt as a mercenary. Ordinary people were ranked second among a hundred disciples.

In Temple of Knight, where there was no question of civilian identity but only skill and effort.

Originally, Duke Meutt had never formally determined the order of his disciples. It was only in the order in which the death penalty was decided. I couldn't ignore the death penalty just because I was better.

But there was another rule in Temple of Knight.

Despite being taught by Duke Meutt for a long time, the disciple who has not achieved a certain amount is to leave the Temple of Knight on his own.

If the best teachings do not work, it was the principle that he would have to break the wall by leaving the wanderer and gain a lot of experience on his own.

Under this rate, the disciples themselves left the Temple of Knights and never returned, and occasionally came back with achievements after the vagrancy.

For a long time, the disciples of the high sequence that remained under the command of the Duke of Meutt were therefore capable of fitting that sequence.

After Campbell, Derek, who has long served as Duke Meutt's teacher, boasted of Excellency Expert's ability to make it to second place.

He was skilled enough to be a nobleman, but before he realized the sheer ambition of nothingness, Derek was an unruly man who vowed to remain a commoner. Of course, the other priests regarded him as a death sentence, not as a courtesy.

“You are the highest ranking disciple apart from me, so make yourself in charge of the teacher's service. ”

“I'll stay with the big brother. You can order a third or a fourth. ”

Despite Derek's refusal, Chamberlain said decisively.

“If you do that, there's no end to it, so I'm just going to force you. You're in charge. You pick the other nine, and you pick 1,000 elite troops. That's an order."

“Ugh... ”

Derek's face crumples.

After becoming chief, Derek picks nine of his other disciples.

The first thing to evacuate Duke Meutt was to put the enemy into action in the middle of the night while he slept.