Survival in Another World With My Master

After a day of rest, we decided to leave Fort Beta with a defensive presence in Fort Beta. Gerda was the one who stayed in charge.

"I'll call you if anything happens, so please come and help me."

Hmm, I'll take care of this.

Be careful.

We leave 100 crossbowmen, 20 heavily armed infantry, and five from the Harpi Air Force at Fort Beta, and we head to Fort Alpha. Our strength in the main unit now stands at about 380. There were a few dead in the last battle, so it's a little less.

I don't have enough heads.

"This is all. I only hope that time will solve it."

We absolutely need strength to control and maintain our base. No matter how overwhelming the King's Army was defeated and driven away from strongholds, cities, etc., it would not make much sense if there were not enough people to effectively control the strongholds and gaze at the surrounding area.

"As it stands, it's enough to occupy the fort."

"It will be enough to keep the surrounding area safe...."

"I have caught quite a few horses in previous battles. That's why we're going to form a patrol to keep security."

You didn't call me a cavalry. Well, the cavalry takes time to train. In view of our current situation, if you simply want to use a horse as your foot, it is the limit of a patrol in the style of getting off the horse and fighting.

We can't afford to raise cavalry right now. Especially for temporal reasons. I'm sure it's essential for horse feed. You can grow as many crops and grass as you want.

We're heading to Fort Alpha after we've taken over the three forts on the realm border.

In the meantime, two policies were launched in large part.

One is the policy of keeping the surrounding strongholds under control and expanding our control as much as possible.

The advantages of this policy are that the restoration of the territory of the Kingdom of Merinard will increase the attractiveness of the people of the former King Merinard and give them access to already developed fields, streets and cities.

The disadvantage is that after being nationalized, he moves to the realm of the Kingdom of Merinard, and a strong rebellion is expected from the people of the new King Merinard born here.

"For my part, I don't want to take a policy of oppressing the people of the new King Merinard."

"That would be true, but then the people of the former King Merinard would not be convinced."

"I guess so. I think so, too."

Restore the Old Territories and liberate the former King Merinard Nation. And let those who have made wealth by treating them like slaves pay the price they deserve. I think it would be a necessary process.

"Twenty years. I think most of the new King Merinard's people will go bankrupt."

"There will be many people who will be confiscated and enslaved."

"Can we run the country soundly in this state? I don't think I can."

"Of course it is. We'll have to strike a good balance."

"The point is, you threw a round at us. I understand."

Merty smiles and Danang twitches his face. The former Knights of Kintetsu, who were trained in the Battle of the Hundreds, also found it difficult to keep a normal mind ahead of Merti's Darkness Smile.

"Another policy seems more realistic. It puts a strain on Koske."

"Well, if you want to do it, I'll do it."

Another policy is to maintain the three fortifications on the realm border and to gather the citizens of the former King Merinard to expand their forces while keeping the surrounding cities and mines under control. At the same time, it explores the Omit Great Wilderness to create new heavens and earth. This is a tough hand anyway.

"In fact, aren't we going to have enough power to spread our forces to the limit?

"That's right. There will still be people who want to regain power at this base and the front lines and join the Liberation Army, but it would be a good place to increase the number by 300. Given the strength of the Holy King's Army in addition to maintaining law and order, any further expansion would be challenging."

"It is important to determine the final landing point."

"The ultimate goal is to regain all of the kingdom of Merinard."

While saying that, Sylphie has a difficult face. In fact, it is not usually the case to regain territory that has been effectively controlled for 20 years. The Holy King's kingdom was brought down because his country had such a population.

We are winning well, but we are a weak force with fewer than 1,500 people.

"In the end, the problem is that we don't have enough heads."

"I can't help it, this is all."

Not only Sylphie, but Danang and Merti also smiled bitterly. This is our weakness.

"For a while, there's no other way to expand our forces based on the three fortifications on the realm border."

Everyone nods at Silfi's words. Well, we need to drop the third fort before that happens. Alpha, when I get to Beta, maybe next time I'll be gamma. What the hell is going on in the Battle of Fort Gamma?

Having spent three days at Fort Alpha, we took another day off and started moving towards Fort Gamma. The composition of the army consists of 20 heavily armed infantry men led by Danang, 59 light infantry men, 100 crossbowmen, 98 guerrillas including Schmel, 5 gunmen including Jagila, 5 Happy Air Corps, 5 magicians including Isla, 3 civilians including Merti, and me, Sylvie, and Ms. Zamir.

The decrease in the number of light infantry and guerrilla soldiers is due to the vacancies caused by the deaths in the last battle. I want to fight to avoid as many casualties as possible.

"I'm a little worried that Harpy's support will be diminished."

"I think it's okay."

We have deployed five Happy Air Corps to Fort Alpha and Fort Beta, so we only have five Pirna to cover up. Harpy and the others can fly three days on foot in about two hours, so even if Fort Alpha and Fort Beta are attacked, they can fly five reinforcements if they endure for two hours.

With the bombing support of the 10 Happy Air Corps, we will be able to defeat them unless they have 10,000 troops. Aircraft bombs have been deployed to fortifications on both sides, Alpha and Beta. It's tough if you lose and get caught, but with that weight, it seems that Wesen soldiers can normally be used as large grenades.

In case of trouble, I'm supposed to throw it from above the fort's barrier and use it, so it'll be fine. Not only are there crossbows, but there are regular grenades, and I'm sure I won't lose.

And walking for three days. This time, I arrived at Fort Gamma smoothly without encountering anyone on my way. Well, it's the Omit Wilderness ahead, and according to the prisoner's story, there's no one who can get close after the Gizma raid. Naturally?

"What kind of operation are you going on this time?

"In the meantime, shoot as usual. I tap unilaterally to reduce the number."

"You don't have to take any risks."

"Nh, that's right."

Having arrived at Fort Gamma in high daylight, we will quickly build up our positions and enter the shooting battle. Sylphie used Spirit Magic this time, so it was a one-sided development.

"Koske, this time we will fight the boulders."

Jagila with a four-fold scope bolt action rifle appears in front of me with four men. Fort Alpha and Fort Beta survived the battle. Do you feel dissatisfied if you don't let the boulders fight here?

"Well, let's do it. I'm targeting people who look like commanders, and people who look like corporals who give orders to people around me."

"I know."

One of our tiger boys and two of our samurai squads are scattered around the fort. From there, a thunderbolt of gunfire began to sound. At the same time, enemies begin to bloom on the barrier.

"Doesn't the samurai operate intensively?"

"There's no point in densifying it because we're not building a barrage."

Rather, it is better to take radiation from a variety of positions in a distributed fashion than in a dense fashion. It's too far away to attack than a bow.

Unlike crossbow shooting, which can be seen at first glance to be in the bow's extension line, it is difficult to understand what it is when you actually see where it is being fired. I don't think they've ever seen gunfire and casualties associated with it. I'm sure the soldiers of the Holy King's Army, who were shot with guns, couldn't understand what was going on and would be in great chaos.

"How many enemy soldiers did he say?

"They say it's less than 300 people."

Hmm, will you surrender?

It is impossible to defeat all 300 people in a shootout. There's nothing we can do if we're locked up in a fortress. That's why we'll eventually have to get into the fort and take care of him in a white battle...

"I'm already in."

"I can't help it. At first glance, I can't help but think that we don't have the weapons to attack the castle, and if we can't win the shooting battle, it's a very common sense idea to cage the castle."

And if that's the case, my hands are set. One pattern, but it's the beginning of an aerial bombardment by Harpy and the others. There are only five of them this time, so they will have to redeploy again and again.

"We're going to bomb!

This is it. No, you guys. I'm mincing a few to dozen people with one bomb, but it's fun... no, it's fine. Much better than feeling negative like me.

"I'm clearing up years of resentment. Leave him alone."

"Nh. The people of the Holy King's kingdom oppress as harshly as they seem to be apart from the people. It's especially tough on Harpy, Lamia, and Lizardman. Monocular tribes, like me, suffered quite badly."

"I see....."

Revenge. I don't think revenge is vain or futile. I'm sure there won't be anything left, but at least my mind will be clear and refreshed. I think it's important to be refreshed, yeah.

But I don't think it's a good idea to have fun killing people. It is dangerous to find pleasure in killing an unspecified number of vengeful opponents, the human beings of the Holy Kingdom. Revenge has to end somewhere. I don't suppose that would happen if we knew who to avenge... but it's hard.

I've never seen anyone who wants to kill me, and my thoughts may just be beautiful.

"You have a difficult face."

"... sometimes I think a lot about it."

"Nh, but don't think too deep now. It's dangerous."

I see.

I'm in the middle of a fight.

The commander of Fort Gamma, who suffered a Harpy bombing, offered to surrender before our White Army troops entered. It is an unprecedented development.

"I guess he didn't die in the bombing."

"Ah, the commander was killed in the bombing."

Probably.

If a man who can make the decision to surrender is stuck in a bombardment, we'll have to fight without surrender. This time, there were only five Happy Air Corps, so they probably didn't have enough firepower.

The surrendered King's Army soldiers are currently being disarmed. The Wizards have also entered and are treating the badly wounded. There are no dead on this side. Several people were injured when the arrows arrived through the strong wind of spiritual magic, but all of them were minor injuries.

"You're lucky you didn't take command of the Wall, enemy commander."

If he had left, he would have been killed by the Musketeers.

The results of the samurai were spectacular. It appears that they defeated less than fifty soldiers of the Holy King's Army in a very short time before the enemy drew them to the fort. Who are they?

"Clip, it's over before I can shoot the second one... not enough shots at all"

I was dissatisfied with it. No, the damage caused by firing less than 10 shots in five is weak, so what's the hit rate? Almost certainly.

If we put this in an appropriate defensive position, we could seal up more than 100 opponents with five.

"Looks like we're done disarming. Which face shall I worship with the enemy commander?"

"I don't really want to see you."

It seems like people who are acting together with Sylphie and the others are the only ones to be told. From my point of view, it feels like you guys are doing some kind of subhuman oppression with human supremacy.

When I entered the fort, it was a better situation than the two previous forts. At least there are no scattered limbs or pieces of meat that have blown up in the visible area. There's blood everywhere.

Your Highness, the commander of this fort is here.

I see. Then..... "

"You shouldn't see Koske."

Isla stopped us when we tried to get into the Commander's building.

"Koske is heterogeneous in our group. It could be thought to be the key to our use of unprecedented weapons and tactics."

"... I see. That's true too."

"Hmm. From a security point of view, it would be better if the Holy King's Army didn't know about the presence of Koske."

As Isla put it, I decided to plunder the warehouse supplies without seeing the enemy commander…………………. Once the supplies in the warehouse are in the inventory, the inventory will be completed.

In addition to being able to make an inventory by counting the numbers appropriately, if the supplies are relocated in the warehouse, the contents of the inventory will also be checked along with the warehouse arrangement. Three birds a stone.

"It's really convenient, that ability. I don't think I envy you."

"It's because of this ability that Merty can look at me and sometimes push me to do something amazing."

Merti is present at the conversation with the commander, so it is the two civilians who have accompanied him to the fort to organize and inventory the warehouse.

Fort Alpha and Fort Beta also have a few civilians each, and they manage their daily supplies.

"This fortress has a lot of supplies. It might be shortly after we get the supplies."

"There's Arihiburg nearby, so I think we'll get supplies from there."

Is there a city called Arihiburg?

"Yes, it's a traffic hub around here. The streets with neighboring villages and cities are concentrated."

Hmm, so Arrihiburg is going to be our immediate goal.

"That's right. If we use the streets to move the army, we have to go through Arihiburg."

I finally moved on to organize the warehouse while listening to stories about geography and specialty products in the area.

It was a little interesting that Merti, who came back after the meeting, was looking at the two daughters of the civilian crowd who were getting along with me sooner or later.