Reincarnation into the Barrier Master
Episode 363: And we're finally moving.
There were a handful of bonfires on the banks of the Cacona River as the sun approached. The last few days have been a sight seen every day, and the generals of the Tana army had ceased to feel particularly rare. But the Agarta army saw something different this day.
"... smoke"
After receiving reports from scouts, Ville whines without telling anyone. The bureaucrats look at the situation with a strange look on their face.
"To what extent?"
"Ha. I think it's more than twice as much smoke as usual. Behind the Agarta army, it's like clouds and summers."
"Is the Agarta Army trying to put up a smokescreen..."
To that one word one of the tabernacles squirmed unexpectedly, Ville laughs out loud.
"Ha-ha-ha! I see. Did the variant see that? You don't have to hit it, it's not far... Uhhhhhhh!"
How much you liked the words earlier, he's laughing so hard with his belly. After the other day's battle, the Tabernacles give a bewildered look to the smile suddenly displayed by the master, who had only a harsh look to say one way or another.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid. Why are you obsessed with the smoke that rises from that Agarta formation?
To a word of taboo, one of the taboos, Ville makes his face stretch.
"Taboo, don't you understand?
"What?"
"The smoke that rises from Agarta's formation is probably preparing a meal."
"Dine...... is it?
"Besides, there are reports of smoke standing up in Yunxia. I guess that means we're making more food than usual...... Probably keeping a meal for a few days."
"That means..."
"Oh. Tonight, the Agarta army moves. Not to attack a swamp. We are withdrawing from the battlefield once. That smoke is for making that food. Food until you get back from moving to a place where magic can be used. … send all scouts to the Cacona River. Don't take your eyes off the entire Agarta army."
To the words of Ville, the Tabernacles bowed their heads silently as they blackened and white their eyes.
And when the sun fell and surrounded by darkness, one of the scouts rushed over to Ville early enough.
"I say! The Agarta army is starting to move! Apparently, they're moving backwards!
"Has it finally moved? So? How's it going with the bandits and the Ramarons and the Sundance Army?
"So far I haven't seen any move-like movements. However, the movement of the bandits seems noisy in Russia."
"Huhuhuhuhu...... Are you trying to fill Agarta's missing hole? That's not a bad idea."
Ville orders the soldier beside him aloud with a nibbling grin on his mouth.
"Call Honsh and Luminee!
Before long, two people appear before him and lie flat. He speaks in a slow tone with a satisfying view of the situation.
"I'm going to give those guys the chance to snow the humiliation they received the other day, but how about that?
"Thank you. I'm happy!
"For that service, be sure, to this luminee!
"Good. If they were, I would have said so. Earlier, the Agarta army began to withdraw."
"That means, Your Majesty..."
"Oh. We'll have a chase."
To Ville's words, Honsh and Luminee bow their heads silently. It was obvious to everyone that they were getting lively from their bodies.
"Let it be a late-night chase. Avoid just fighting each other when allies slay each other. And the command of this chase will remain."
"Wait, Your Majesty!
A taboo that I held back beside me leaned on one knee and refrained. But with such a glimpse of him, Ville quickly shifted his gaze to the Tabernacles.
"The armies of the Agarta army will probably be less than five thousand. Now, the rest is more than that... and we'll hunt them down with 20,000 troops. I don't want an infantry. All, shall be horseback riders. I'll be out in a minute. While the bandits are at work, we'll make a hole in Agarta! We must not allow the retreating Agarta army to travel to a point where magic can be used. Hurry!"
It was only a few dozen minutes after that that that the Tana army was ready.
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Then a few hours before going back, Linos was holding his last military conference.
"Well... then it's too dangerous"
It was General Carries of the Ramaron Army who was opening his mouth with a surprised look.
"No, there is no other way to annihilate the Tana army at this opportunity. So..."
"No, King Agarta, I agree with Lord Carries"
That said, it was Nike pointing a serious eye at Linos.
"Nothing, it is not necessary to carry out the operation that Agarta alone takes the risk and that some sacrifice is unavoidable. We should do what we decided the other day."
"Uh-huh. I've been thinking about that, haven't I? Maybe I wouldn't try to attack them all at once."
"Huh?"
The faces of the princesses Nike, Carries, Almond, Vieille, Sin, Knogen and Rufana, who were around Linos, will all be Kyotons.
"The Agarta army is retreating. The army of Ramaron and Vieille withdraw in the form of a pursuit of it. Mr. Nike, the Sundange army will remain on the spot as a hindsight. And when the Tana army pokes at us, Mr. Nike and the others poke at the side of the Tana army. If you attack Sundange, we'll poke you in the back... I think it's a well thought out, brilliant operation. However, I wondered what would happen if the enemy didn't move. I was wondering if I should also think about if that happened. If the enemy didn't move, the distance between us and the Sundance Army just spreads mischievously. If you do poorly, the Sundance Army will be left behind."
"That's not gonna happen!
Suddenly it was Singh, Nike's son, who opened his mouth. When he stood up softly, he proceeded in front of Linos, looking around.
"King Agarta knows if the in-depth reading is too much. Even if our army is isolated, let's say 100,000 Tannat troops, nothing to fear. My Sundance Army will kick your ass. We're used to fighting in the desert."
"Sin, refrain. War is not by mouth."
Nike's dossed voice echoes. You feared that voice, and Singh took her seat again with a regrettable look on her face.
"I'm afraid King Sundange"
Suddenly Vieille opens her mouth. Sin, who was leaning over, looks up at her with a puff.
"Don't even take in Sin's feelings"
"... what do you mean, Lord Vieille?
"Even though the Tana army is strong, no one can handle the sword and magic of our Agarta army... that's what they say. Come on. Isn't it? Master Singh?"
"Vieille, that's enough. You don't talk. Makes it easier to talk."
Linos doesn't just ask me to give him a break, he shakes his head slowly. And then he opens his mouth as he looks around again.
"Nothing. We're not going to get hurt in this operation. Instead, we want to annihilate the Tana army without a single dead man."
With that said, he turns his gaze to the next Knogen.
"Kunogen, do you think I can use that?
"Yeah. No problem. If it is while gripping the ausin, you can also refill it properly. It'll take a while, though. And you're doing very well. What's the structure of the contents?
"May, Siddie and the Dwarves gathered together a collection of technical pieces to make it. We can't possibly understand the structure of the contents."
That's what they say. They laugh at each other.
"Nevertheless, it is still dangerous for the Agarta army alone. We should take some more soldiers."
To Carrie's words, Linos pretends to think a little.
"... So can I borrow a few manoeuvrable horseback riders?
"Oh, then I'll lend you my Sundance horse riding squad. In a battle in the desert, you must treasure it."
"Now let me lead that horseback rider to King Agarta."
"Sin, shut up"
"I'm afraid..."
When the parent-child fight was about to start again, I heard voices inadvertently. When I shifted my gaze, there, Commander Almond of the Ramaron Army was in awe.
"Could you leave that to me? I'm a little confident in handling soldiers."
"Almonds......"
Linos softly controls Carries for trying to say something.
"No, he's fine. Right, was there you? If it's you, it's a golden stick to a ghost. What, Knogen?
Linos turned his gaze to the neighboring Knogen. He nodded contentedly, looking at the almonds.