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Translator: Makisima from wangmamaread
Proofreader: Edelane
“The hill has been occupied by our enemies.”–Almus
“Well, they planned to wait at ease till we are exhausted.”–Almus
I looked at Rozel’s army, which is deployed on the hill. Although it is a hill, there’s no distinct difference in altitude.
Still, in warfare, it is obviously more advantageous to take the higher position.
Gravity will bring enormous impact force with them, which is nearly unstoppable.
“Almus, we have finished investigating the military structure of our enemies.–Lulu
Lulu handed me the report.
“With the addition of the soldiers who were previously defeated by us, the overall force of Rozel will reach 32,000 men, 30,000 of which are infantry and 2,000 are cavalry. Nearly 7000 of the infantries are slaves. Besides those, they have 60 elephants.”–Lulu
As expected, Rozel has more soldiers. Moreover, compared to us, they, Gallians, are stronger and more valiant.
That means Rozel’s infantry is stronger than ours.
We have 13,000 infantry and 4,500 cavalry.
Stronger cavalry but weaker infantry.
For the final victory, we have to deal with their elephants first.
“My king, I will come back with a victory and erase the disgrace from last time!” –Bartolo
“I’m counting on you, Bartolo. Waiting for your good news.”–Almus
The war started with the emissary exchange.
Both sides tried to make the other side surrender..
Obviously, that’s impossible.
The standoff lasted for three days.
Both forces attempted to find the weaknesses of the other until rain fell.
There is little rain in the Adernia Peninsula.
Because of that, soldiers have no experience fighting in such bad weather.
Just like how we won’t play baseball on a rainy day, it is better to avoid fighting in the rain.
But General Curiu won’t think so.
“Prepare! The war is going to start! Coat your skin with oil. ”–Curiu
“It has started.”–scout
I read the report from the sorcerers.
Fortunately, we didn’t let our guard down even on a rainy day. However…
”Why did Curiu choose a rainy day to start the war? There must be some special reason.”–Almus
Fighting in such bad weather would be harmful to both forces. Normally, such a risky strategy would be avoided.
“My king, they started to move.”–Bartolo
“I know. Have you figured out why Curiu chose to move on a rainy day?”–Almus
Bartolo fell into silence.
There must be a special reason.
”What do you think,  king?.”–Bartolo
“I have no idea.”
I answered quickly. Bartolo smiled and pointed at the ground.
I turned my vision to the ground. The heavy rain turned the ground into mud. It’s difficult for us to pull our boots out of the mud.
En? Something is strange.
Oh! I’ve got it.
”Countermeasure for our cavalry?”–Almus
“Yes. In such bad weather, it is already hard for a human to walk on mud, even more so for those heavier horses. It’s a good chance for Rozel to decrease our cavalry’s mobility. Although it’s also bad for their elephants, they are using the elephants as a tool for defense and their main force is the infantry. Obviously, compared to the cavalry, there would be less influence to the infantry. And Rozel has stronger infantry.”–Bartolo
Ah! This is General Curiu.
What an excellent strategy!
”The other reason…”–Alexios
Alexios interrupted me with a smile.
Well, normally, it’s impolite to interrupt a king.
But I don’t care.
“Do you have another idea?”–Bartolo
“Well, besides that, there’s another reason.”–Alexios
Although a little impolte, Alexios is also an excellent commander.
At such an urgent time. We need more suggestions.
Bartolo and I turned to Alexios.
”The other reason?”–Almus
“The explosive spears. On such a rainy day, the gunpowder will be drenched and won’t ignite. In this way, we can’t use the explosive spears.”–Alexios
The detonators of the explosive spears were produced by Tetra’s magic. Gunpowder is sealed inside perfectly and can’t be drenched by the rain.
In the first place, I have created a weapon that won’t be influenced by the weather.
However, General Curiu has no idea about this.
It’s not surprising for him to think like Alexios.
”Of course, it’s just my guess. I don’t think General Curiu will do a risky move just because of these speculations.”–Alexios
“No, it’s a great guess. I see. We also have to start our preparation right away.”–Almus
We won’t fail this war just because a sudden rain.
Our Allied Forces is formed by arranging the infantry in the center in order to prevent General Curiu in attacking the middle.The Equus cavalry is divided equally on the left and right wings for surrounding our enemies.
A formation for surround and annihilate.
On the other hand, for maximizing the impact force, Rozel put their 40 elephants in the center. The whole formation was like an arrow.
The rest of the elephants were arranged on both wings for defense. Behind the elephants were light infantry and cavalry.
As usual, both forces started with spears, arrows, and stones.
Both the Allied Forces and Rozel sent thousands of soldiers. They are having a desperate fight under the heavy rain.
Soldiers raised their shields and defended against most of the stones.
But the heavy shield can’t be used to defend against arrows and spears. Those soldiers who lost their shields have to move back slowly.
After that, the main force began to move.
Allied Forces’ cavalry first clashed against Rozel’s elephants, cavalry and light infantry.
Our heavy infantry stopped Rozel’s drug-using slave army. The two sides exchanged fires fiercely and our heavy infantry gradually gained the upper hand.
By this time…
Translator: Makisima from wangmamaread
Proofreader: Edelane
“Sha! Sha! Sha!! ”–slaves
“Wuhaaaaaa!!!”–slaves
The slaves fell into complete madness and started charging towards our heavy infantry.
They had lost their sensitivity to pain and there’s no fear of death in their eyes.
Facing those living dead, our soldiers got scared.
”What the hell is wrong these soldiers?”–Allied Force
Disgusting!”–Allied Force
It seems that our heavy infantry is going to be engulfed by Rozel’s.
Although we defeated nearly 1/3 of the slaves, these soldiers similar to the living dead were still charging nonstop.
It was at this time when the slaves suddenly fell into panic.
”Shit! Little bitch…”–Mari
Mari sweared. She and her sorcerer army remotely controlled the mental situation of the slaves.
But the connection was broken It was obviously interfered with.
(Actually, I heard the Allied Forces has a good sorcerer called Julia.)
“Pay more attention. It’s impossible for my pupils to be defeated by a nameless sorcerer! Class B, C, and D, continue to maintain the connection. Class A and me will start to attack the enemies.” –Mari
”Well, it’s harder than I thought.”–Julia
It’s difficult to cut down the connection between the enemies and the slaves, but Julia set her connection to the slaves quickly.
Julia felt a little upset at her lack of experience.
”That’s enough, Julia. It’s already good that we were able to interfere with the enemy. Almus will do the rest.”–Tetra
Tetra encouraged Julia. Tetra also participated in the attack as a sorcerer.
Although, her magic is more suitable for weapon production rather than fighting in the frontline.
”We fight as a team! Come on everyone!”–Allied Forces’ Sorcerers
Our sorcerers cheered themselves in a loud voice.
Sorcerers are not less important than soldiers in the frontline.
”Julia-sama! The enemy’s counterattack is coming!”–Lulu
“All right, Lulu, prepare!” –Julia
“Got it! Go to hell!”–Lulu
Lulu held her head high and said.
However, due to the fierce attack of the enemies, our sorcerers, including Lulu, were gradually cursed and fell down.
”Unn…I’m dizzy. Julia-sama, we cannot hold on for more than 5 minutes.”–Lulu
“It’s getting ready soon! Come on girls, let’s fight with our husbands!”–Julia
Julia also fought back with the headache and smiled to the sorcerers.
Including herself, most sorcerers here have already married.
For their husbands who were fighting in the frontline, they won’t fall easily.
The didn’t know how much time has passed. When Julia and her teammates nearly fell down, Soyon arrived and shouted. She worked in reconnaissance.
”They moved! The elephants in the center have moved.”–Soyon
Finally, the headache disappeared. Which means that the enemy’s sorcerers have lost control of the slaves.
“Ahh…am I dying?”–Allied Force Sorcerers
All of them fell into the mud.
”Calm down! No matter what they are, separate their head from the body and they will die!”–Almus
I shouted and encouraged my soldiers.
Divine Blessing of Royalty stabilised and improved my soldiers’ mental situation.
Fear comes from uncertainty of the unknown. It happens to all of us.
For them, those fearless soldiers who were like the living dead were unknown.
”Haaaaaa!”
I beheaded an enemy. He still smiled even though he had died.
How disgusting!
”My king, are you charging to the front too much?”
A soldier was surprised, as well as worried.
I smiled and answered.
”No, you guys are too slow! Everyone, follow me! I am the son of the warlord! We are unstoppable!”–Almus
Hearing that, and with my Divine Blessing, our Allied Forces have never been more excited.
”This feeling!! Don’t forget!!”
“Follow our king!!!”
“God is with us!!”
Our soldiers raised their weapons again and the formation that was pushed back is now reformed.
”Well done, my king!”
“Well, contribution belongs to everyone.”–Almus
I saw that even the enemies were getting sluggish.
For the fear of death, they began to get rid of the drug’s effect.
More like a human rather than a monster.
It’s the evidence that Julia broke off their control from the enemies’ sorcerers.
Out of all the difficulties, a messenger came to me.
”What happened?”–Almus
“Rozel’s elephants have moved! It seems that they’re going to charge toward our middle.”–the herald
Curiu finally took action.