"I knew it was too late for the army to march. Were you still here?"
"Probably because Master Ars carried out the night raid. If we proceed with vigilance, it will be slower than usual."
"Right. Well, then that night raid meant enough. I can prep for this. We're going for the best spot on a course we can predict."
Last time, me and my brother Byte conducted a night raid like a powerful reconnaissance to figure out the existence of a giant.
So I retreated once without being forced, then held a military conference at Fort Einrad, and I went out again, but there were Ulk troops still farther away than I thought.
Apparently, he's moving on with vigilance, and he's moving pretty slow.
I can afford this and be ready.
"So, what kind of operation are you going to do, Ars?"
"Oh, I've been thinking about the operation for a while, brother Byte. Fighting that giant properly could hurt us too. So I'm going to trap you."
"A trap? But isn't it hard to trap someone who's being attacked once? You're on guard over there, aren't you?
"I guess. That's why if you get stuck in a trap, you get the results. I'll tell you now. Let's get ready."
That's how we set the trap for the Urk Army's advance route.
"So, you say you set a trap and you end up raiding at night, Ars"
"I didn't say I wouldn't attack at night. I mean, you can't help it. They're bigger than us."
"Well. Exactly. I wouldn't tell that number of people to storm normally from the front."
Hmm, I feel like a part-time brother would be nice, but was that exactly how you distinguished it?
In the end, I decided to launch another night raid.
For a reason.
Because this time the aim was to snipe something that would use magic to become a giant named Atmos warrior in the Urk army.
But the Urk army is overwhelmingly larger than the Barca army.
Normally challenging a battle will add that giant to a large number of people and make them untouchable.
That's why I decided to fish out only the giants.
Night raids for that.
Place an attack where you have fallen asleep to slap the enemy.
And if possible, it was about pulling out only the giants and stopping them.
"I found it. There's an Atmos warrior over there."
"Don't get it, Ars. Even though I have binoculars, I haven't gianted them yet, even though they look just like normal people."
"It's easy, brother Byte. If you concentrate your magic on your eyes, you'll see magic. I actually saw the magic of Atmos' warriors during the night before, and I can't go wrong."
Snipe one of the Ulk troops with thousands.
To do so, at the very least, I needed to know where the target was in the enemy formation.
But I figured that out easier than I thought.
That was because, as I said to my Bite brother, if you concentrate your magic on your eyes, you have the characteristic that you can see the magic that is out of that person.
Apparently he works as a mercenary on the battlefield, as Gran says. Atmos warriors clearly have a different amount of magic.
Also, of course, there is a lot of magic, but the quality of magic is also high.
As you can see at first glance, there will be no mistake in seeing it.
"Be careful, brother Byte. The magic of that giant is nasty. I don't think I or my part-time brother can win a fight because of the two of us. It's like you don't just do what you're supposed to do."
"Is it that bad?
"Oh, the amount and quality of magic is overwhelming this way. If you think you're just gonna be big, you're gonna die."
"I get it. Be careful."
"All right, night raids delay time even further than last time to get out. You'd better be close enough in the early morning."
I'm already ready.
As the sun tilted, we stopped marching on this day and made preparations for the camp. After confirming the whereabouts of Atmos' warriors, my brother and I ended our reconnaissance and headed back to the Barca army.
When the sun went down and it was night, and the moon continued to move beyond our heads, we finally began to move.
The moon is a lot shorter this day and the clouds are out.
Much darker than the last time I did a night raid, but still Valkyrie moved me around fine.
The reconnaissance to the Urk army was carried out by me and my brother Bite alone, careful not to be found by enemy reconnaissance units.
I don't think they noticed this because they were magically checking the area along with visual confirmation.
But perhaps a foxed knight must be on the lookout in the Urk army, wary of night raids.
No matter how loud you turn it off and approach it, you are likely to find it by the time you enter the enemy formation.
So this time Valkyrie rushed away from a distance that would not have been perceived at once and decided to carry out a night raid.
"I see it. After all, the movement over there is slower than before. We're going in where the Atmos warriors are."
The first start of the Urk army has been delayed by the proximity at once from as far as we aim.
But he's just on guard over there, and he seemed to deploy more bedtime than he did last time.
The number of people who are slow to move out but are moving itself is high.
In contrast, this one is attacking just cavalry as last time to launch a night raid at once.
Not good when surrounded.
I think I need to bring out the Atmos warrior.
Thus began the battle in the darkness again.