King Wink Kingdom, King Killer.
Young and energetic, the king, who had appealed for reform, had been HR to fill the hole that General Inch and his proximity had fallen out of.
"Worst case scenario, I'll take direct command, maybe."
"Your Majesty, it..."
"I know, it's a joke"
It didn't sound like a joke nearby.
War military has something that drives men crazy.
That would be understandable for a boy, especially if he was born high.
"But... with regard to General Inch, are you sure?
"He was certainly brilliant and competent, I admired him as a kid, too. But I have no choice but to disagree. Besides, he's old enough too. If you think you've hidden, it won't be a big deal"
"No, not..."
General Inch left this country as if he had prepared in advance.
I am taking my side and its relatives to Arcana early.
That number is by no means small, but not enough for the state to sway.
Rather, it is possible to rule out the possibility that opinions may be divided in the country.
There is no law in this country that you should not give an opinion to the king.
At least, General Inch had the right to speak to the King, and it was more a matter of not speaking in the context of a meeting.
But it is unacceptable for someone else to block what the King has inquisitively decided.
"Well... I don't think what General Inch said is so inconsiderate."
Nevertheless, except that General Inch was tough if he did, what he was saying was extremely straightforward.
Anyway, the country that attacked him suddenly became a superpower.
It would be a relatively normal reaction for a small, weak country to send a contribution and get in a good mood.
"Like Oseo, who joined hands with Kedamono, you want me to bow my head and send a tribute from myself?
Nevertheless, if the country I was watching below me suddenly started to look big, the story would change.
I also know what King Killer is trying to say, nearby.
It's normal for a smaller country to send something to a bigger country, but it's not an extra interesting story.
It won't be even more interesting because that's what smaller countries send to smaller ones.
That's what I don't think national sentiment will acknowledge.
"But..."
"Oh, of course I know. We'll lose if we fight, I know that."
I am not so foolish as to tell a boulder how much I am at war.
In the first place, he took a little while and lost lightly as it was.
The advantages and disadvantages of power were historical.
That's why the monsters of the old world are stronger than humans, not even before the dragons come out.
"But we have wisdom. With human wisdom, it's easy to repaint this disadvantage."
That being said, the king put out a book from his nostalgia.
"This, like God's warrior, is a human written book from a different world than the old one."
"... is it a military law book"
"Exactly, that the man who wrote this book and brought it in, without knowing its importance, kept it locked up for life and kept being written a similar book"
As for you, you're talented enough to write such an amazing book! Let's get him out of here! Maybe I was hoping for a reaction.
In fact, though, it was a situation where a guy who could write such an amazing book would have trouble telling anywhere else, so let's imprison him and let him write all the time.
"This book is packed with wisdom. It's hard to flatter, it's hard to say the right way, spicy, despicable wisdom."
"So the book also has measures for this situation..."
"Regardless... this book contains thirty-six measures in total, and they are divided into six groups"
I said king, or general, of this country, that only extremely high-ranking men are allowed to read many books of military law, including the book.
That was all evidence that the wisdom of military law was in jeopardy.
"There's something in it that says what to do if your opponent is much stronger than you and you fight a war and you're sure to lose"
"Oh, is there such a way to stand around an unbeatable opponent?!
"I do... that's wisdom"
A defeat meter, a ploy to fight a country that is mighty compared to its own.
There were six beauty gauges, empty castle gauges, inverse gauges, bitter meat gauges, linkage gauges, and walking around, and with them it was easy to drop Oseo and Arcana.
"Normally, I don't think I can. I'm not even willing to try boulders, because if I fail, it's impossible."
At least, I wasn't willing to try any of the strategies written in this book on Arcana before we went to war with Oseo.
That's how powerful Arcana was when it merged Dominos, and we didn't see any gaps.
But not now. The land was wounded and the city vandalized.
The people are hurt and prone to rumors.
"It's even easier, like Oseo. Even we humans argue hard if our peoples are different. Not to mention that there's no way many monsters can live in a human country. There's no way you can hold it for long, even if you can hold hands together for a while."
It's even easier, like Oseo.
It is a country that is likely to self-destruct, even if left at all, perhaps countries will also pave, and it will be easy to collapse.
"Military law, separatometer. More than this, our country sends intelligence agents to both Arcana and Oseo. And we will rebuff the leaders who have made peace, we will confront each other, and we will wage war again."
"Ooh..."
The proximity was touching. It is true that it is in line with the status quo, there will be ample chance of success.
Whatever it is, it is between countries that are close to a rematch even if left alone. We are talking about the extent to which sparks are thrown into dead grass because it only accelerates it even further.
"Well, that's a good idea."
"Would it be?
The tricks written in the book, for example, are aerospace theories on the desk.
Whether you can operate it correctly or not involves the talent of the reader of the book.
In that sense, King Killer could be said to have understood the contents of the book correctly.
Which measures will be chosen and how will they be used within the 36 strategies?
That's what he knew exactly.
"Indeed, the Wink Kingdom is a weak small country. But there is also dignity in weakness. It's never just a country that gets stuck in a strong country."
King Killer was burning ambition in his eyes.
Be sure to show it through this predicament.
"Here, Your Majesty!
Before him like that, a soldier with an emergency report was appearing.
"Also, sorry! Actually, the...!
"Oh, my God, what's wrong? would be disrespectful."
"No, good. So, what can I do for you?
The soldier who has changed his blood phase reports to the young king.
"Oseo... has declared war on our country!
For a moment, my brain was refusing to understand.
King Killer felt all his schemes collapse.
"Oh no, silly?!
"Yes, isn't that a mistake of some kind?!
Yeah, that can't be happening.
Because the assumption that Oseo would not attack Wink was the perception of everyone but General Inch.
"Why bother declaring war on my country! I did attack once, but that's not just our country!
"... fearlessly, they declared war on that, the surrounding countries, everything!
"You mean all the countries, adjacent to Oseo?
"No! To every country that separated Arcana and Domino, it's a declaration of war!
Literally, he had declared war on practically everything in the neighborhood.
Even if too far away a country like Majan is different, that is insane, such as declaring war on all nearby areas.
It's insane, but it's insane. No, it's a chance.
"And... already! Already! The people are evacuating to the center from the cities along the border with Oseo!
"What do you mean?!
The proximity screams.
Because I couldn't accept such a reality.
There's a flaw somewhere, there's something unnatural about it, it's supposed to be.
"It's a dragon! I don't know if there are a few of them, or if one of them is going around more than one location, but it's either plunging cities along the border from one end or ashing them! It is likely that we are carrying out similar attacks on neighbouring countries as well as on our own!
One.
The kingdoms of Arcana and Oseo fought a war.
One.
The two countries still have the power to fight.
One.
Both countries have suspended powers.
Knowing, understanding and grasping them, King Killer was working out a way to crush the two together.
But that's what they know best.
"Oh, that's silly..."
Yes, the two countries are depleted, but they can't even combine everything in the vicinity if they're limited to combat power.
The most powerful creature, the dragon, even if five hundred have crushed it.
Just one head (...) alive, turning the world against the enemy, and there's more.
I'm just making an exception for God's warriors with divine treasures, who are no different from humans and other insects for adult dragons.
If you care about that, if you don't even interfere with the divine treasure, if you just need to burn it down and destroy it, you fall in a single dragon and a small country or something in a day.
"No, that's stupid. Ahhh!
Impossible, that can't happen.
Surely that way, Oseo will not perish. Even the monsters of the old world would not have clashes.
But even so, that's why I don't know.
"Why, now, you do that...!
King Killer, who did not pollute his own hands, did not know his power, and underestimated his opponent, does not know.
I wasn't afraid to shed blood, I don't understand the preparedness and strategy of the strong.
Even if it had been advanced beforehand by loyalists.
Time goes back a little.
Poker kingdom bordering the Arcana kingdom.
In that country, young civilians were protesting to their superiors.
"Why don't you give assistance to Arcana, who is asking for help!
More than ten civilians, both men and women, were screaming.
My boss, who in flattery did not calmly grasp this situation, was only thinking of deceiving them like that.
It's only important to keep your troublesome people quiet, and I don't even think about reporting it further up.
"That's what I'm saying... once you do, that means you're going to continue to provide assistance, right? That won't be easy to decide..."
"I know that, Arcana too!
"Why don't you know! This is a prototype stone, right?!
"Whether or not we aid our Arcana here will determine the future of this poker kingdom!
It's a casual thing to say.
The boss cared abominably, neglecting his younger, wiser subordinates.
The budget is finite, by contrast the work required is infinitely equal.
Under such circumstances, it is insane to impose further burdens.
Something must be shown us why we convince the heavy ministers and the people.
"What are you going to do with selling Arcana so much, it's a country that's exhausted from the war with Oseo? If you let it go, if it splits, don't decline..."
The young men were even angrier when they heard the words.
Anyway, I explained the reason for all of this.
"You are! Tell us our story! Were you really listening?!
"Oseo, the monster of the old world! Above all, the dragon! We don't have time to declare war on the surrounding countries and start the invasion!?
Yes, I would definitely do that first.
Because there's no reason not to, and if you don't, Oseo will finally perish.
Oseo is in a situation where he has no choice but to.
"Think carefully! You can easily destroy countries other than Arcana and Domino if you have one dragon?!
"On top of that, even other monsters are more resilient than humans! Whatever you do, there's nothing you can do about it!
"It's the stage of choosing Arcana or Oseo!
It's odd how a dragon attacks a country where dragon killers are rallying.
Dragons are absolutely invincible except for God's warriors who possess divine treasures, and can still be wiped out enough.
"... I wouldn't say that."
I know that for an older boss.
But it was because 'it didn't happen' that he was in denial.
Rather than that, that's what the neighbouring countries thought.
"Then why didn't you do that from the beginning? What do you think about that?"
Yes, at least the monsters of the old world could have done that from the beginning.
I don't know what I did with Oseo.
I don't know, I guess I just treated it pretty well as a port from the old world to this world.
No matter how strong they are, attacking and destroying the harbor will help them in the future.
"That too! I've said it many times!
"After a pre-emptive attack, the dragons wanted to push the damage to Arcana and make peace on it!
"Because as long as you have an unwarring treaty with Arcana, you will not be threatened in any way!
For the monsters of the old world, the only threat is Arcana.
Beat that arcana first, destroy it if possible, and hold the divine treasure in your hand.
Even if we fail to do so, we will enter into an agreement on non-war. If you can do that, all you have to do is ravage the world without worry.
"But... then shouldn't we have negotiated with Arcana from the beginning?
For the monsters of the old world, dragons are supposed to be absolute leaders.
Even humans can see that by looking at the strength of the group out.
Until you crush that dragon, there can be no compromise with a draw.
Normally, wouldn't you fight until you win?
I'm not so wrong about my boss either.
"The monsters of the old world don't know if we can solve this with a discussion."
"I don't know what the Arcana leaders think... but if we replace them, they'll put pressure on us from around us, and we could be raided"
Eight kinds of divine treasures created to fight dragons, arcana that boasted of monopolizing them.
Fight the dragon against them. That is a legitimate demand.
In fact, neighbouring countries still intended to do so. They were trying to rival Arcana and Oseo and bring them down together.
"By pre-emptive strikes, we do damage to our opponents, no matter how much we suffer"
"It essentially took away the power to fight from Arcana."
"No matter how the countries around us move, no matter what happens to our national sentiments, let us never have a war with Oseo!
So I pushed him to the point where he was about to collapse.
Because if you keep one dragon warm, no matter how much power you drain, it's not a threat.
"... I've said this before, hey, even if Oseo thinks about it, there's no guarantee Arcana will accept the draw, right? Maybe we'll continue the war knowing we've fallen together."
Humans aren't that smart.
You might even think of it as death.
That's what bosses who know about human stupidity talk about.
"That's why we let non-dragon monsters break in!
"Even if you burn it all down with a dragon, there's nothing Arcana won't have to lose if you make a draw"
"If you burn a city somewhat in a dragon and then occupy it, it becomes a bargaining material!
"If it's not an occupation for negotiation, why did the monsters of the old world attack!
"If you want to occupy, just dragons!
There is an unlikely difference between dragons and other organisms.
If so, there is no point in any other than dragons joining the war.
Still, I joined the war to leave room for negotiation.
"Yeah, but hey..."
"I've said it many times! If you're going to win, you won't burn your country from the start!
"Dragons won't eat ashes! All you have to do is defeat a warrior with a divine treasure, so there's no point in purposefully dispersing your power until you burn your country!
"Because you just have to win and secure the Divine Treasure and then attack it down one by one!
"Baking is to take away the power to fight, occupying is to negotiate, and attacking first is to prevent being preemptively attacked later!
"Why don't you know, that all of the current situation is what Oseo thinks it is!
"... but"
Unboiled boss.
I know what you're saying, but I didn't want to know.
I didn't want to think that 'paranoia' was real.
"So can you explain anything other than what you just said to the monsters of the Old World and the actions of Oseo?!
"... I don't know what the monsters of the old world are thinking."
That's why you give up your thoughts.
It's convenient for me, for my country.
"You go back to work, and your speculations and delusions will keep the country moving."
"Then we move"
Giving up everything, the young civilians tried to leave from before their bosses.
"Hey, wait a minute!?
"I won't wait."
Thirty-six military laws.
It is an ancient Chinese book of military law, describing a plan consisting of six sets of thirty-six.
At the end of the day, the thirty-sixth strategy is' walking up '.
It describes what to do if an opponent comes at you with more power differences than you'll ever win.
Yes, even if we don't know which of the other thirty-five, only that thirty-sixth is what everyone knows.
Don't fight an unbeatable opponent, there is only a full withdrawal of all troops.
"We'll get out of this country before the dragons attack us"
That is - -.
Thirty-six, we have to run.