Tower of Karma

Time goes far back.

"Arkas underground passage?

"Most of them are crushed though. Illegal routes used mainly by assassins and others fallen into darkness. It's like a joke, I used to say Dark Kingdom and there was an underground city the same size as Arkas. Now the shadows and shapes are gone."

"... did we get together to listen to Yotai?

When Alfred had just returned to Arkas, he had had a little meeting with the four of us: Black Star, Cres, Valdovino and Alfred. That's when Black Star was proposing. You should secure an escape route.

"I'm not talking about Yotai. Once upon a time, there was magic and magic in the world, and even now, not everything has been lost. There are even remnants in Estado. The land of the Seven Kingdoms must be very small. However, many have lost the power to retain their form and have disappeared unknowingly. The kingdom of darkness has also vanished with the queen."

Conversations with Ark and his knowledge in Schwartzberg had given Alfred the right perception. Even if it is the last incense of the world, it is still in this world.

"But you disappeared, didn't you? Then it doesn't make sense."

Kress asks as she bites off the absences in a boring way.

"The Kingdom of Darkness. But it didn't completely disappear down the road there. No, you're lying. Most of them have been crushed, but there's still some left."

"Who crushed it?

The Bardovino question.

"… who is pushing for the redevelopment of the city in this country"

Alfred answers instead of Black Star. Bardovino opened his eyes wide for a moment, then smashed "I see" and lowered his eyes.

"That's one end of the king's strength, Rikai."

Looks like Cress was good at it again.

The inexplicable power William has. The back face that would have exerted its power during the rush of various things. If the presence of a shadow accompanies his miracle...

"That guy doesn't even want to be on the table that there's such a route. You're not supposed to incorporate it into tactics on a tabular stage. So let us use it."

"As I can tell, the route that leads to each gate is west and east, so why north? The south was crushed before this, and there's hardly any left. There are quite a few west and east, and we can travel as many adults as we can. You know the North best. It's a pestle I used to take. I used to go back and forth with the North."

"I don't want to use it if I can, but I can't replace my belly on my back."

"Well, the entrance is buried, so I'll dig it out."

"... I guess you're really okay with that"

"I think that confirmation will dig in. Honestly, there are no more people left in the Dark Kingdom. The guy they swallowed up with, the guy who disappeared at some point, you know, the guy who got erased, something like that. - I didn't use any of them, and I don't know them all anymore. Not even the king."

"That's a horrible story. I have to clean it up after everything."

"Just a little more. Mostly because he's clean."

It's as if I dared to leave it for the Alfreds.

Maybe even using "There" was just like his script.

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"Master Shrubia! The gate!"

"... why?

How to say East Gate, it should have been guarded by a defensive team with some combat power. It's not an easy gate to get through, let alone now, at night, it can't be normal. But it's impossible. That's impossible, she knows.

"Heavy duty... cavalry! Not good, lady!

"Don't say it, young lady. How old do you think it is? Damn, retreat, rebuild your attitude."

"Ouch!

In her eyes, who decided to withdraw, was the figure of a general who would join men with the beast that lay ahead. The man who crossed with Garias only in the wild and sensibilities and made his name known. He was then defeated by the White Knight, but there was no place to show off his power that got reason ahead of him.

The degree of danger is therefore unknown.

Even though there was something I could do, the arms that dropped the gate so lightly were brilliant.

"The battle has just begun. Wait for that man's instructions."

Sülvia also made another light decision to withdraw. In that judgment, Athena's gesture, which was almost devastated, is not on account. I had already seen eye to eye in her and recognized that she was the one not enough to take.

"Come on, show it to me, son. If you're going to kill that man, I want you to do about a miracle sale. Otherwise, it doesn't fit."

Sülvia laughed bitterly and took charge of Hulberto and withdrew with dignity. It was not possible for Athena to stop it. That was so regrettable and unusual - I roared with all my thoughts after Shrubia and the others left.

And get up.

Because today is just the beginning.

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Cress was thinking a little after rendezvous with Athena and the rest of the inner group. We were supposed to head to the South Gate liberation as soon as we joined.

"... I understand the situation. I don't mean to be rude, but if it was a time of war, this would be the case. But if so, shouldn't we rush further?

Athena finished listening to the situation from Palomides.

The person who was answering the question clouds his face.

"Yeah, I think I'm worried about something. Just thought on the roof."

"... I heard you were excellent"

"Excellent without a multiplier. But from time to time, people do things they don't understand."

Except - Palomides didn't dare say anything ahead. Strange behavior that I also showed several times in mock warfare. Winning or losing with Baldovino was close to five minutes, but when strange behavior was seen, it was almost certain to take victory.

That, too, in a way that no one would have expected.

"Okay, I've made up my mind. Rosetta, you join Athena to the south gate. The rest will storm the enemy formation with me. Any objections?"

"You think you can split even a few troops in half?

Rosetta's face was full of suspicion.

"Not half of it. The only men who will join Athena's troops are you and the men who brought them from Eskendereia. I'll have everything else come with me."

All the others as well as Rosetta harden their expressions that the decision would be a bad one.

"It is Master Alfred who is now standing in distress more than he was able to free the gate from the inside. We cannot tolerate the decision to abandon our national guard."

I used tolerance and soft expression, but there was hostility in Rosetta's eyes. Depending on your response, you're going to turn down your neck, take command, but you're going to save the guards.

eloquently the eye speaks.

"Uh, probably, it's okay over there. The bad smell largely disappeared. So, the worst thing right now is the enemy general. It was all read, and there are pretty close measures stretched out just looking lightly from above. Even now, when I saw our movements, the military appearance moved without precipitation. Baldovino will do it on stage, and I've decided it's bad to move like that and give them time."

"What makes you think the National Guard is okay?

"No, no, no."

"... I'm not talking about it!

I haven't taken Rosetta's hostility from the front. And Kress doesn't waver.

"So you guys just have to follow the steps. I won't. That's all you got, right?

"But Lord Cress. She also has a point. The military is only disciplined. Shouldn't we move on the steps first, rendezvous with the main unit and set up measures?

Palomides tries to get in between the two sides and take the place. Even as a palomides, I thought Cres' judgment was going too far. Stand play is past. This doesn't make sense. That's what I was thinking. Somewhere in my mind I thought that was right.

"So if you lose, who's to blame, kid?"

But...

"If you have something to do there and you lose without doing it because you have a step, you're saying it's everyone's fault Gunter's!?

Cress was only furious at the statement.

"You don't need a general if you're just going to move as you go. The site is fluvial. Sometimes the arrangement is meaningless. The virgin woman is still good. Alfred's life and death are more important to them than winning or losing in a way. But you're not, are you? You have an arrangement you made earlier, and you're just trying to follow it without thinking about it, right? There's no intention there."

Cress grabbed Palomides' chest barn and stared.

"Think. You can come to a different conclusion from me. The opposite is true. But stop thinking about Golden Wheel. If it's not a general, it's not even a person. Just a puppet. If he goes down the wrong path, he won't even notice if he doesn't think about it. You got it, you big idiot."

Throw away the flashing palomides and Kress looks at Rosetta.

"I'm the one in charge here. If you can't obey my judgment, we'll have to fight... Do you want to?

Heavy mounted cavalry surrounding Rosetta and others. There is no hostility in their eyes. But I'll do it if Cress tells me to. They lost their country, abandoned their homeland, wandered off, and even on different paths, it should be noted that, at the end of the day, they chose the path to serve Cress as the knight of Ostberg.

to him with the shadow of the late King Ernst and the atmosphere of the Grand General Strakles.

"It would be good. I'm pulling back here. But if anything happens to the National Guard, I still won't be able to forgive you. Be prepared then."

"I don't mind. That's when it happened."

A temporary truce. Rosetta decided she should head to the gate even slightly more quickly than drain here in vain.

Besides, I'm also concerned that the smell of this guy has obviously changed since earlier. I only thought he was a fairly balanced general at normal times, but now...

"Sorry"

After Rosetta and the others leave, look at the fold. Palomides apologizes to Cres.

"Fine. You, you don't quite understand yet, why did you get mad?"

"... it's not my idea..."

"Fine. I'm sorry I got angry. That's half the word for me. Being a general without much thought deeply, losing, without thought, telling my brother, I couldn't realize the size of the wound, and when I thought about it, I couldn't help but think about it, so I couldn't think of anything, and I couldn't do anything. Nothing."

If you are an Ostberg person, you can understand even if you were blurring in the abstract. Ernst and Eving. Two royalties and their ends. One came to fruition with the enemies of the world as Geheim. One of them is missing, abandoned his name, and he's here now.

He had regrets. Always, still dragging.

"Just practice thinking. Discipline is also important. Finding someone you can trust is also important. But don't keep it all. Make your own decisions at the end. That's what I'm gonna call you."

Pong and Kress put their hands on Palomides' head.

"The two generals I respect were the exact opposite. One is a disciplined, annoying fool. It's your kin. The other one... As far as I can tell, it worked as fast as I could. There's no right answer to this world. Still, it's the general who chooses. Sometimes I bet my neck."

Keep shaking and scratching Palomides' head around Cress. The eye looked far away somewhere. Once upon a time, the same thing was twitched by aging stinking mumps. The same thing was done to a puffy angry hysterical man when he broke discipline and got angry.

A little, I remember. I'm sure that's...

"Come on, let's go. Time for war."

Because they are generals of profound cause.