Reincarnation into the Barrier Master
Episode 364: The Battle of the Moonlight
There was a group proceeding through the moonlighted desert. Needless to say, it's the Agarta army led by Linos. They continue to march silently through the desert spreading across one side.
"... Will the enemy move?
Kunogen talks to me without even trying to hide his softy expression.
"I think it works. The enemy general saw him as quite a doer. I trust you'll find us moving tonight."
As we had that conversation, Sadakichi appeared in front of me and stopped over my shoulder.
"The enemy has begun to move"
"Well, more details"
'Some of our troops are leaving the city, heading for the river'
'Which direction?
"It's South."
"... South?
I think in my head, thinking of the map.
"Sadakichi, don't take your eyes off the Tana army"
"Understood."
Sadakichi disappeared after saying so. I turn my gaze to Princess Knogen and Rufana, who are lining their heads.
"They say the enemy has moved."
"Has it moved!
"Knogen looks happy."
"Yep. We can finally osaraba from a situation where we're about wasted of rice. You know how that feels."
I laugh bitterly at his words.
"It's just nice to have left the swamp, but they're heading south,"
"South? Aren't you coming poking behind us? For that, I made a big hole in the formation...... Did they notice it was a trap?
"No, you wouldn't"
Princess Rufana talks to me in a voice that often passes. She slips a horse between me and Knogen for being rude.
"Perhaps the enemy is going to come bypassing the formation of Lord Vieille. And they're trying to poke our flanks."
"I see. Have you thought about that?"
I put my hand under my chin and let things get a little weird.
"King Agarta"
When I turned my gaze in the direction of my voice, I saw a man walking, taking Illimo's jaws. He is a man named Neo sent by King Sandanji, who is familiar with the desert of this country. He talks to me with a smile on his face.
"Ahead, there's a sandworm nest. If that's what it is, I want you to pull your enemies in there and get them all covered."
"No, why don't you? It would seem better to assume that the enemy knows about the area as well. If we do poorly, we could be driven down to where the nest is. Pick a safe place to show me, as initially requested."
Neo laughed nicely, awed, and said, and walked out toward the north.
And when I walked for about two hours, there were reports of Tana troops approaching from Sadakichi. Apparently, the enemy is forming an army around the horseback riding squad, using its mobility to track us down.
"You're finally here."
That's what Neo laughs at Nicoli. I will stop the march and order the whole army to rest. And below Knogen, gather those who were the Lord to open a military council.
"This is where the showdown takes place. The operation is as I told it before. Knogen, please."
He greets my words with respect.
"And as that support, Commander Almond. I ask you to take command."
Almond was staring at me without breaking his bumpy look, but eventually he lowered his head slowly.
"First, let the soldiers have a tummy. As you can see, the desert at night is freezing cold. Strictly tell everyone to put pitan on it. All you have to do is make some warm soup and warm yourself up. That's it."
I take out the pitan I sneak in my nose as I give orders to everyone. At first glance, it's a little bag with no philosophy, but there's a little stone in it, and that's what's causing the fever. Just because he's got a knack, it's pretty cold.
"Nevertheless, Siddies, Dwarf's technical skills are awesome. In just a few moments, you're gonna make something like this."
I whine about that while watching the moon appear in the sky. Shortly after I decided to fight in the desert, I consulted Sidi to see if there was anything I could do to keep warm at night, considering the warm desert environment. As far as I'm concerned, it would have been your word if you'd made something like Cairo, but she was posing, as usual, to put her index finger under her chin and think of something, but eventually, she started explaining it in some jargon lined language. I didn't know what it was about, but apparently I could do it right away. And the next night, with Dwarf, she had transferred with tons of stones. Surprise me. She told every soldier to hold it because if I watered this stone, it would fever. I put the stone on my palm and watered it there.
... It was as hot as being moxibusted. So much so that I accidentally shouted Gaa and threw that stone out. Will this armor not defend these kinds of heat? I assumed it would cut the heat exactly where appropriate, but apparently it doesn't have that feature. Besides, my kingdom isn't helping either. What the hell is this?
I tear-eyed and apologized Sidi, while I controlled it to be okay, twirled that stone into the cloth and put it in my nostrils, so my whole body warmed up. I also wondered if it was even out in far infrared, but I'm not sure about the details.
I graciously thanked Sidi, and when I received the stone, I immediately ordered the soldiers to share it. The stone itself is also small and a few pieces per person can be easily held, so not only does it take warmth, but as soon as you collect some stones, it becomes a litter. In fact, the soldiers are collecting stones, boiling water and making soup. The water boils in just a few dozen seconds, so it's like a tiger.
There were reports of warming up while doing that, resting the body for an hour, and the Tana army approaching from Sadakichi to just around the corner. I give orders to the whole army.
"All right, break's over. All units, get ready immediately!
That said, I wore a helmet and crossed over to Illimo.
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As time went by, information had been reported from the scouts that they had captured the Agarta army in the vicinity of Ville. He immediately calls Honsch and Lumineh aside and gives the order.
"If we cross that hill, we can capture the appearance of the Lord of the Agarta Army. If you find an enemy, start the assault immediately. I command you, Lumine, to do so."
To the words of Ville, Luminee gives a condolence. Nodding satisfactorily at the condition, he gives orders to Honsch, who is refraining next to Lumine.
"Needless to say, I will not allow you to withdraw without an order from the main unit. I'll never forgive you for what you did the other day."
"I'm in awe. We thoroughly tell the soldiers that we will not give orders to leave even if we make mistakes. Rest assured."
Ville nods contentedly at the words.
"All right! Get Luminee ahead of the line and start the assault on the Agarta army! Get the neck of King Agarta Linos!
When the order was given, the Tannat army formed a formation and began raiding the Agarta army.
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"I see..."
Luminee, entrusted with the front line, squeaked unintentionally in thick armor. In the moonlight, a group of people went up the hill. Exactly. That's a retreating Agarta army. He sends a signal of assault towards the soldiers around him as he inflates his nostrils.
I will never commit that kind of lapse again. I don't know what I did, but I suddenly had a headache then, and I couldn't fight. Perhaps that was caused by an unpleasant sound in your ear. With that in mind, he was stuffing the inside of his helmet with something soft cotton, with fine work that the armor wouldn't resonate with. This will make it harder to hear the surrounding noise, but it will not fall into non-combat. The command of the battle can be anything but signals. Rather, this is more convenient with more concentration...... A shock ran all over his body as he ran his horse thinking about it and tried to flesh out on the Agarta army.
"Gu Hu!"
He fell off his horse with a scream and struck his whole body on the sand. What the hell happened? Feeling pain all over his body, he gets up slowly. And when I stood up to check the situation, the shock ran all over my body again.
"Gaa!"
With the screams, again he falls in a big letter on the sand. I can't move my body... my breath is painful... what the hell is going on... In his confused mind, he works desperately to figure out what's going on. But contrary to that will, his consciousness moved away a little bit.
"Beautiful... Moon..."
Just before he lost consciousness, it was the full moon shining in the sky that came into his eyes. The moon seen from the gap in the helmet was beautiful, and cold......