Running Away From The Hero!

“Duke Laisha is on the move! ”

“Heading east! Sir Ast says they're moving east! ”

Ast raises her voice at the screams of the soldiers.

“Leave only a few elites behind! It's a roughly offensive tactic! ”

“What do you do when there is an enemy's counterattack? ”

“Just shoot the threat from a distance that won't be retaliated against! The opponent is Duke Laisha! If you are killed by an enemy, you should treat it as natural death, not death! I would have died because I was so ashamed! ”

“I understand!”

“As I said before, the most important thing is that Duke Lysha is unharmed! You know that, right?”

“Yes!”

“He is a valuable asset to the Empire. I don't see light in the Kingdom of Mercia right now, but if we wrap him up with a sack of triumphs, the Kingdom of Mercia will recognize him! ”

“I understand!”

According to Ast, the officers guarding the east are quickly escaping.

“I should try not to tease you as much as possible.... ”

“There's a reason we're going to support another region, which means there's more than just an officer in the leak. ”

“We may have a chance to filter out the mole, but we're no better than Duke Laisha. ”

“That's right."

I always thought there was only one Ast who could do something I never imagined, but even in the Kingdom of Mercia, there was an unimaginable figure.

“I can't believe I'm moving east.... ”

“I thought I said east. ”

“It was a common sense thing to do. ”

Common sense says no one flees to the territory occupied by the enemy.

Unless all allies are under attack, I can't expect them to rush from one place purposefully deserted to the enemy.

“Do similar people work? ”

“Is that my story? ”

“Yes.”

One action at a time is unpredictable on a human basis.

Ast was such a man, and Duke Lysha was such a man.

But if there's a difference,

“I'm not like that! ”

“Yes. Unlike Duke Lysha, you've succeeded in everything. ”

There was a difference that Ast succeeded in planning and Duke Lysha failed.

“If you fail, your assessment will be the same. ”

“There is no word as meaningless as the word ‘if’. because if you just put" if, "everything is possible and impossible. ”

Yes, it is.

It was meaningless as long as it didn't change the past.

I regretted what had already happened, and I thought, what if this had happened?

It was a completely meaningless act.

“If it's like this, it's productive to think about the future when you want it to be. ”

“That's right."

“So it doesn't matter if it fails." Failed "is what counts. ”

You will not fail.

That's what Ast says.

“Yeah, come on. ”

“… isn't this the time to apply or say you'll help? ”

“You've done enough, right? ”

I believe in asts. He was a great talent and a great talent.

“You're the best person to piss people off. ”

A person who is not a talent, but can be called a talent. That was the astronaut.

“Stir your enemies all you want. ”

“Praise... right? ”

“Of course.”

It was the best talent for an ally.

Sometimes it is faulty to piss off the same side, but it is tolerable considering the hardships and adversities of the Kingdom of Mercia in the future.

“So show me your talent. ”

“I don't think that's a compliment at all.... Well, I'll have to work as much as I get paid. ”

Ast shrugs through the map of his allies and gives a very sinister smile, like the black film that often appears in novels.

“First... we must kill all but the east to elevate our Master Lysha's tactics." ”

We need to correct the horse.

He wasn't smiling wickedly like a shadow. He was the shadow itself.

# 70 Their Reason: A Soldier's Reason

“Enemy attack! ”

“Incorrect attack. Don't waste your magic! ”

“All you have to do is stop an attack falling near your friends! ”

Bows, dialysis, and magic all over the place.

The attack was less than expected, but our current situation is also poor.

The Duke of Lycia, who led the army, was less than 10,000 men.

I heard from Duke Raisha's soldiers that not all of them are dead and scattered, but it would be better to treat them as dead if they were scattered from enemy camps.

And if you're lucky enough to escape the siege, there won't be any idiots back in the army.

“Don't, stop! Stop them! You exist to protect me! So protect me! ”

There's no way a pathetic man like that would ever come back into the army.

“Enemy numbers are lower than expected! Let's move fast!”

Fortunately, Duke Lysha's side was not as incompetent as he was.

Not all of them, of course. Half, no, one-third of them were legitimate.

“Squad Leader, what do you say? ”

“I follow that knight through the siege. That knight is trustworthy. ”

It seems very natural to use your sword to intercept magic, as well as to command without being overwhelmed by enemy attacks.

He looks like he's in his 40s, but considering he's using his sword freely, he's probably older than that.

“He was probably the one who served Duke Laisha, the predecessor. ”

Several knights have pierced the path around him.

The soldiers following them were also different from the others.

Among the forces of the Duke of Laisha, who seem to have made the word "cuckoo" himself into an army.

The elite of the realm won't be able to show that kind of movement.

“Following them is the best option. It's just... ”

With a slight look on your face, other soldiers begin to gather around Duke Raisha and those who appear to be the nobles around him.

Soldiers who silently bring out cursing nobles even though they are saving themselves.

When I saw that I was perfectly prepared, I just sighed.

“There won't be any more allies, right? ”

Approximately three squadrons joined our first arrival.

The user decides that the opposing Pokémon is not enough because it is the Karan Empire.

“Our entire army is surrounded. ”

“Any further support will be difficult. ”

“Somewhere else, but to the east.... ”

“Of course.”

Reinforcements can only arrive if an ally flees to an advantageous location.

An ally who enters an area where the enemy is waiting while the whole army is already fighting.

The commanders would all sit on the ground, wrapped around their heads.

“Aren't there fewer enemies? ”

“Yes, General Raisha's operation may succeed." ”

“I hope so…. ”

The opponent is the Karan Empire.

I heard that the Kingdom of Mercia is not defeated by the military, but what has happened since the war? Has there been a proper victory?

No, I didn't.

The first and last victory of the war was the killing of General Felstein, commander of the 13th Karean Empire Army and most notably the Empire.

That was barely achieved after losing so many men.

Since then, we have not only lost the vanguard who killed General Felstein, but also the center of the army.

Damage varies in size.

General Felstein, one of the commanders of many armies, and General Aricetias, who is responsible for the military forces of the Kingdom of Mercia, are of different dimensions.

General Aricetias' life could not be calculated, but he was worth more than five enemy commanders.

should be evaluated calmly.

As a result, your allies have only been defeated by your enemies.

That meant the enemy was more military than their allies.

Enemies outperform allies.

When you acknowledge that and look at the situation, you'd better think you're pretending to be outmanned to attract your allies rather than thinking they've abandoned the east to attack somewhere else.

“Look, look! Enemy attack is weakening! Enemies must be terrified of their numbers! ”

“Yes. They must have sent the soldiers somewhere else, so there aren't many of them." ”

“As expected, General Hye 'an is the best in the Kingdom of Mercia, not the continent. ”

Of course, Duke Laisha would never think of that.

I'm still acting like I'm some kind of hero to the nobles around me.

That was wrong.

It would be better to die quickly for the sake of the Kingdom of Mercia.

“What's he saying? ”

“Shh! Lots of ears. ”

But it was foolish to say it like that.

I really don't understand it, but Duke Laisha's soldiers pledged allegiance to the Lysha family.

So we have to be careful and careful.

It's because I don't know what happens to soldiers who are so loyal.

It's better to think of them as soldiers than soldiers.

“I've sworn an oath.”

“No. Their loyalty is stronger than I expected. ”

That's what Duke Laisha was good at. I don't understand the incompetence of the current Duke of Lydia.

“But... it's going exactly as General Raisha said, so let's wait. ”

I have never met an army of the Karean Empire.

There is no unstoppable magic in the empire.

There's still a chance it's a trap, but that's just the worst case I can think of.

(Green Dragon, extinction.)

At that moment, a short message appeared from the contact magic tool.

“What?"

If it's a green dragon, it's Satan waiting to the west.

What do you mean, the safest Satan ever attacked was wiped out?

What's that supposed to mean?)

(This is Red Dragon. Green Dragon, come in!)

(Green snake here. Last but not least, Green Dragon, I... Bang!

Suddenly, you lose contact with something huge.

(Green dragon? Green Dragon? It doesn't matter which side of Green. I hope it appears!)

I began searching for the green dragon urgently elsewhere, but no contact was made from the green dragon as well as other green passwords.

The sudden extinction of green dragons.

Suddenly, my back was creeped out.

“Yi, what's going on? ”

“The demons of the west have fallen. ”

It was a trap.

If we had evacuated west, we would have been wiped out without knowing rats or birds.

And that is…….

“Well, is that so! Didn't I tell you? We have to go east. If we had gone west, our lives would have been lost! ”

I'm saying Duke Lydia's prediction was correct.

“If the west has been breached, it is clear that the eastern forces have been cut off. It's safe here!”

It was bullshit until a little while ago, but I'm starting to get persuasive.

It is hard to get rid of an empire so quickly that even one Satan cannot be contacted.

He would, too, because there was a wizard in the squad, one by one, with a contact magic device.

There were at least 4 contact magic tools in the common platoon.

In a situation where there were hundreds of magical communication tools, if you were in a private sector, you would not be able to contact them. A sudden bombing killed a large number of people at once, or the Imperial Army blocked contact magic in close proximity.

The former and the latter are large workloads.

Operations that cannot be used unless you have prepared them beforehand. Even if there are many Imperial troops, you will need to mobilize a large number of troops to eliminate an entire division.

To do that... there's a good chance we've already taken the men east of here who have won.

“You just have to do what I say. I'll lead you. Follow me!”

Duke Laisha, who was trembling earlier, begins to move forward with confidence.

“Squad Leader……. ”

I was so anxious about it.

I never wanted to believe it.

I was overwhelmed by anxiety as well as other soldiers, but I couldn't help it.

“There is no way. I have no choice but to trust Duke Laisha... ”

All we could do was pray that the great gods have mercy on us.

And did God pity us?

Without any combat, we were able to breach the east and survive.

“Here we go! All our allies are gone, but I am different! ”

Only one of our allies.

“My instructions are perfect! ”

The Duke of Lysha seems to have forgotten that he was sent here to save his own life, but only Duke Lysha's troops survived.

“All the foolish allies are dead. There are many enemies, and fewer of us. Now the enemy will repair and attack us. That's what they're after. We attack our enemies before they are repaired! ”

... Everyone will be dead soon.

“Come, follow me! Follow me to show the power of the great kingdom of Mercia to the Empire! ”

None of this bullshit ever happened.

Duke Laisha, who speaks desperately of deserting, quickly began to lead the army and raid the Empire army before I even escaped.

And the Imperial Army was naturally attacked....

“Look, we won! ”

I panicked and started running away.

… Huh?