Price of Management

After much deliberation, Vale makes her decision.

“We will begin Operation Two. Disrupts and damages the Horn Empire troops attacking the Heights as much as possible. Sir Richard, Sir Hardin and the two of you will join the guard commanded by Sir Dean and Sir Lex. Four men divide the garrison and attack the Horn Empire individually. ”

“I see.”

“I understand.”

“And I'll give you a detailed tactic. It's a predominantly ambush tactic, but it's only an ambush when you've left the lead and stop when you find an enemy and only have two to go. ”

“Attack and withdraw from the rear two halves? ”

Richard asked.

“That's right. Two by two they accumulate damage so the enemy can take it, and when they go deeper, they plunge into the abyss." I call this a two-to-one tactic, and I'm sure the guards who used to live with me in the bandits know that. ”

“A tactic that slowly kills enemies like wet garments in a mangrove. It's dense.”

Richard was amazed.

As such, Richard Buck and Haden depart under the direction of the Vale.

That's how the real battle began.

Forty thousand of the Grand Duke of Romfel's forces are waiting at the foot of the mountain, and 30,000 troops have begun to attack the mountain peaks.

After Duke Romfel himself dragged the 10,000 troops up without hesitation. There were so many and there was Duke Romfel that even the Ligand army couldn't touch him.

However, it was hard to see that the troops operating individually in the unit of the Thousand and White Forces were so smooth.

“Now, attack! ”

A guard led by Richard Buck pours from the woods to the left, attacking the Horn Empire's Celestial Belt.

It was only 200 guards, but it was not able to respond properly because the majority of the troops were attacked on an impossible mountain pass.

Moreover, Richard carried out his polished sword as Lord Basque.

It was very rough and aggressive because of the influence taught by Basque.

Kwajik ―

“Grrrgh!”

“Huff!”

The two soldiers turn back, spraying blood from their chests like fountains. Richard turns the Long Sword 360 degrees as he dances. The soldiers around you fall into a heap of slaughter on Long Sword's orders.

“Knng!”

“Ahhhh!”

The impact of the Horn Empire has been imminent.

Vale's second tactic came into effect. It can ambush passing enemies to maximize the ambush effect. When climbing a narrow, rugged mountain path, you inevitably have to take a line that is vulnerable to flanking and backing attacks, and the key to the second tactic was to surprise and maximize its effectiveness in one fell swoop.

“Counter! Don't panic and fight! ”

The first of the Horn Empire's commanders, the commanders of the Thousand Cavalry, suddenly turn back and strike back.

Just about to respond, Richard chose to retreat at a good time.

“Evacuate!”

The guards immediately retreated into the left and right woods. Richard has remained until the end to show off his fancy sword, blocking his pursuit and retreating.

Such raids continued to repeat as they climbed the peak. Richard persistently ambushed and ambushed his enemies, and by the time he stepped on top of our mountain peak, there were only 400 men left in the Horn Empire's thousands.

Not only Richard, Harden, Dean, and Rex were obsessed with the same tactics that were used to damage the Horn Empire.

Meanwhile,

“You're fighting.”

“Lord Vale must have ordered the attack. We had to. Suddenly, they made a move on a large force. The battle is unfolding faster than we anticipated. ”

“Is that so? Okay. Anyway, shouldn't we be getting warmed up now? You've done nothing but squeeze out a Scout's Whiplash. ”

“I hope so.”

Basque and rich Rick have not been instructed by Vale because of their free movements.

The two were observing the birth of the Horn Empire army at the high mountain peak.

Just then, I saw a white band of the Horn Empire soldiers coming up toward the mountain peak where the two people were. Rick gleams.

“A little prey just came to my feet to get it. ”

“There's no need for error. Let's lighten up and get moving. ”

“Sure."

He was two people who were always nagging, but he was a strange rich man whose breath was tightened just before seeing the blood.

Two tactics were unnecessary. They ambush the White Horn Empire troops in front of their heads.

“Hostiles!”

“Oh… just two? ”

It was a silent Horn Empire, but after a while it became clear that they were an absolute disadvantage.

~ ~ 12644!

Rick moves quickly through the enemy's basket, stabbing in succession. Each time, the line falls down, with the soldiers pierced through the neck.

Step forward, stab, pull out, then step back, stab, pull back, then go back and stab.

Kuaak!

“Huff!”

“Get lost...! ”

Even though no error was used, Rick shoots his enemies with a concise, artistic gesture. Without one unnecessary gesture, it was as accurate as taking food with a skewer.

Basque was the same.

It was a Basque with a somewhat aggressive sword style, but it never used excessive stamina.

Kwajic!

You snap the neck of the soldier who stabbed him in the face. He shrugs at the other soldier, swinging a long sword and slashes the other soldier.

Swing left and right in succession, killing one by one! I knocked down the White March display at once and cut down the soldiers who couldn't respond properly in the crowd like grain harvesters.

“There's only two of them! Don't be afraid. Fight! ”

Unfortunately, the White Hatter could not make a decision about the situation. He did not use error, so he did not know who they were.

White Legion soldiers also had two enemies, so they considered themselves to be advantageous.

As a result, when only a dozen people were left alive, the soldiers fled trembling. The only thing left was a white man standing stunned with a shocked look on his face.

I thought it was no big deal, but after losing all his men, he was in shock as a commander.

“Unbelievable face? ”

Rick grins.

You raise the Long Sword high in the sky. Mythril Long Sword, handed down from Duke Meutt, was giving a gorgeous sheen even though it was soaked in blood.

Paaaaaaaah!

Coming out of Mythril Long Sword.

The errors that were flowing out like a branch coalesced and solidified into a sword.

The white man, who was watching this foolishly, sat down.

“Err Master…… Earl Basque Kunt and Earl Rick Fernando…… I'm such an idiot……. ”

“There's no doubt in my mind that the question is solved. ”

Gaaaah!

The body that lost its head falls to the ground.

Rick wipes the blood off the blade of the nearby soldier and puts the Long Sword in the sword.

“Let's go. We've got a lot of short lives to kill. ”

“I've heard that a lot. ”

“It's a phrase my father used to use. ”

“Me?”

“Before I met my stepmother, I was a widow who turned frustration into violence. ”

“ ……. ”

“Haha, come to think of it, this is bad. If I get ten wives, I'll be too nice. ”

Basque was forced to sublimate Rick's desire to defeat him with hostility to the Horn Empire.