Price of Management

“Is that why you're so mean to me? Revenge then?"

“What is he talking about? What revenge? Rather, I fixed him. ”

“Honey, I wouldn't have succeeded anyway. ”

“I've been single my whole life. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“Who do you think made you the wife of such a handsome and successful man who almost sacrificed youth as an old nobleman's concubine? ”

“What a strange man. I don't know why you're so generous with your looks. ”

“Since I was a kid, all I could do was show up compared to my brothers. ”

As cute as Sis, I nod quietly and admit it. Julia looked at us with bored eyes.

In the midst of idle chatter, King Erik's royal army stands at the forefront of the procession, unseen.

I smiled bitterly and said.

“I think we should go now. ”

“It doesn't matter if we stay a little longer. ”

Julia's a grumpy girl.

“We must defend the king. The king has seen a lot of things from me. ”

“There's more to go. ”

Sis whispers to me, all of a sudden. I held Jis, my son, in the arms of Sis and Sis.

“Don't worry, I'll be back soon. ”

“Are you coming back? ”

“Of course. I don't like stories of heroes dying fighting. ”

The last time I said goodbye to my family, I summoned Sylph to the surface.

My feet fell off the ground and flew up. My two wives and young son look up at me.

I will win and come back.

The ending was always, ‘They lived happily ever after.’.

After leaving my family behind, I finally flew high.

* * *

I could also hear news of Emperor Kars' voyage. Emperor Kars said he marched with 120,000 troops as soon as he heard of our advance.

He also intends to end this war with one battle.

A short game battle.

He deliberately led a force that was less than half our size.

I couldn't help but accept the battle. Most of all, I can't stand by and watch the Horn Empire roam the entire country, trapped in the Duke of Hoodini.

The majority of the cavalry, Emperor Kars, had much faster maneuvers, and the right to choose the battlefield that would eventually become the stage of the final battle, was also given to Emperor Kars.

Emperor Kars' army has chosen the plains as the battlefield to save the cavalry.

It has been called the Ledon Plain since before the Orient Empire.

Once upon a time, Duke Bezalius was the site of a mythical giant slalom that defeated half a million Orion empires.

I knew it.

It was not hard to imagine that Emperor Karth would choose that place as the battlefield if he believed himself to be the rebirth of Crocente Bezalius. You're trying to recreate that legend yourself.

“Jim also tried to learn military science, but he doesn't know much about Duke Bezalius' tactics. ”

Jeron replies to King Erik.

“I will. Duke Bezalius' tactics have always been a counterintuitive move. Most of the gambling that Grand Duke Bezalius himself didn't want to use is now not a great military copy. ”

Duke Meutt agreed.

“After Duke Bezalius, the Horn Empire, fascinated by his public works, has done a lot of reckless things for a while and seen a lot of ruin. The military significance of Duke Bezalius' actions revealed numerous weaknesses in the existing military system. The process of compensating for those drawbacks has made strategic and tactical advancements inevitable. ”

“As a result, it is no longer possible to defeat many enemies with small amounts of power, such as Duke Bezalius. ”

After all, national power has become an absolute factor in winning and losing wars. Thanks to the fact that Duke Bezalius has overcome the tyranny of national power with his genius individual abilities. That's the irony.

Emperor Kars was in the process of refusing today's evolved military science.

Unlike the Orion Empire's former arrogance, we are neither careless nor exposed.

“Does anyone know how Duke Bezalius defeated half a million Orient empires back then? ”

King Erik asks.

Jeron said.

“I heard that the data detailing the combat progress of those days was kept in the Horn Empire. Externally, it was not well known. The ducks don't even know what they're doing. It's because I was reluctant to go into detail because I was a leader at the time. ”

Earl Randall Spay intervenes.

“But a rough guess, Your Grace. I would have used the dominant cavalry to disrupt it, and then I would have broken through and captured the Orient Emperor. ”

Duke Meutt gave his opinion.

“At that time, the emperor of the Orient Empire was jealous of Duke Bezalius, who had earned an absolute reputation called martyrdom. Duke Bezalius deliberately provoked the Orient Emperor to lead his own troops into battle and won a decisive victory by capturing the Emperor. ”

“If you follow the example of Emperor Kars in that battle, you'll be looking for Jim in that battle. ”

Duke Meutt nods at King Erik's words.

“That's right. So if the enemy doesn't break through by making sure the defenses are tight, it's okay to win." ”

But then, someone came from afar. It was Raell, commander of the Royal Army of Orien, who was following behind the military.

“May I interrupt what you're saying? ”

“Of course, Lord Raell. ”

King Erik welcomes Raell.

I told you.

“This might be a little uncomfortable for the Orient Kingdom. ”

Raell immediately understood me.

“Ah, you were talking about the great slalom of Ledon Plain. I understand. It was hundreds of years ago anyway, and the Orient Empire at that time was very lazy, so it's a natural outcome. ”

“Lord Raell, do you have a detailed record of the battle in the Orient Kingdom? ”

King Erik asks.

“Unfortunately, no. other than being cautious and getting caught by the Emperor, and putting up a great deal of damage. I didn't want to go down in history because I was embarrassed. ”

“Too bad. Perhaps the enemy will try tactics modeled after those battles. ”

“Well, there's no detailed history, but there's an impressive portrayal of the battle. ”

“Tell me.”

“A raindrop pierced half a million troops like a rock." There are many interpretations of this sentence, but it is dominated by criticism that it cannot be analyzed militarily. ”

“Like a raindrop piercing a rock...?" ”

“This is the closest I've come to an interpretation of a successful breakthrough after trying to break through, which doesn't make any sense at all. ”

At Jeron's word, Duke Meutt helped.

“It makes sense that if the breakthrough fails, you will be surrounded by the enemy and suffer heavy damage... …. The one who tries it, too, is the one who strikes and tries hard. It's not common sense to keep trying it over and over again, Your Grace. ”

Raell shrugs.

“We think so, too. If you guess from a common sense line, you'd use a fast nomadic cavalry to swing the display back and forth. After that, when the display collapses and the gap is revealed, he must have dug in with a sudden burst of concentration of power. I almost got that a while ago, too. ”

“Lord Raell is right. Instead of speculating about the past, which is impossible to ascertain, it would be wise to fight the way we've been preparing for. ”

King Erik concludes that, and everyone agrees.

But I kept hearing Sir Raell's words in my head.

Raindrops pierce rocks...

Emperor Kars may try to do what everyone thinks is irrational.

Because he was always the emperor Kars who bluffed.