Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Volume 2 Chapter 3, “For the Sake of this Land”
—- The Kingdodoht
Horses sta
One-Eyed Commander: “Move! Move!”
Officer: “Come on! Giddy up!”
One-Eyed Commander: “Hahahaha, I’ll show you! I’ll show you what hell looks like!”
Officer: “Yes! Morale is high a the men!”
One-Eyed Commander: “Of course, the prize of our conquest is booze and women”
Officer: “Hahaha, indeed!”
One-Eyed Coth!”
Officer: “Yes! Light cavalry 1,500 Foot infantry 500! Mercenary horsemen 400, Mercenary infantry 600 The 500 infantry are one day behind us The 400 mercenary horsemen will meet up with us in an hour The 600 h the forest”
One-Eyed Co I asked you to do?”
Officer: “Yes! We are using the prisoners frodom of Metal They should reach the Palace by dawn to There, they will deliver our proclamation of war”
One-Eyed Commander: “Good All, halt!”
Light Cavalryman: “Halt! Halt!”
Light Cavalryman: “Halt!”
Officer: “Listen up! Orders from the Commander!”
One-Eyed Coht! At one, tododom of Metal is a constituent of the traitor Tripartite Union They are fools who dare to oppose the will of the Spirit of Light and have been officially exco the wrath of the Spirit upon their heads!”
“— Destroy the Heretics!”
One-Eyed Coh the forest where ill rest and catch some sleep Sleep will be conducted in shi+fts Tend to your horses, tomorroill have much work to do Your weapons will not be idle in your hands Sleep with your blades which thirst for the blood of the heretics! Children of White Night, the Blessings of the Spirit are with you!”
“— Yes, Sir!”
Officer: “Hehe, they’re all riled up”
One-Eyed Codom of Metal is so weak, it’s not even an enemy Ah! Ah!!!”
Officer: “What’s happening!”
One-Eyed Co ! They took it, those evil De to show you, Lone Winter King Don’t forget about me, that traitor Fortress Co down that treacherous De I will do whatever it takes, whatever it takes! My ill be born frodom of Metal Those who have huhest form of shame!”
—— The Kingdom of Metal, Border, Plains at the Foot of the Mountain, the Kingdom of Metal’s Border Defence Line
Scout: “Ah! They’re here! We’ve received word fronal pyres!”
Metal Lieutenant: “So they’ve really come…”
Disciple Soldier: “They are indeed fast They illing to tire theive us time to prepare”
Scout: “More details should be arriving by carrier pigeon from over the mountain…”
Disciple Soldier: “Hhly hly 2,000 This will consist of a ht and mercenaries The Scouts have confirmed their departure”
Scout: “Yes!”
Metal Lieutenant: “Two thousand?”
Disciple Soldier: “Maybe a bit , to even use such a force would no doubt cause back civil unrest The King of White Night is bound to keep so, but the fact that he’s willing to send this many is already proof of his seriousness”
Metal Lieutenant: “We’ve got 400 soldiers froside the 500 settlers we can arulars… We’re no match for them”
Disciple Soldier: “It’s a joke”
Metal Lieutenant: “…How ridiculous”
Disciple Soldier: “Everybody!”
Paces about
Disciple Soldier: “We have just received word frodoht are currently headed this way! That they can send two thousand horseht to attack us dom itself has ato gamble to destroy us!
Everybody! Let me state now, this is your land! This is your one and only land! In other words, if in this battle, the land in your hometown, your families, your fields, your homes are all protected!
It’s true that the ene you are sodom of Winter, and even sodoht this war for them!
Eat some potatoes and smile! The Female Paladin, the White Swordsh in a battlefield, you have already won’ The enemy outnuh! We have decided! There will only be one outcome! Victory!”
—— The Borders of the Kingdodoht
Clank! Clank! Clank!
One-Eyed Coround will be drenched in the blood of our enemies Hahahaha!”
Light Cavalry from the front!”
One-Eyed Cootten our Declaration of War already?!”
Light Cavalryman: “Numbers are uncertain, but they’ve blockaded the pass!”
One-Eyed Commander: “Shameless!”
Officer: “Yes!”
One-Eyed Commander: “It’s probably just the Border Guards There can’t beand equipht the Central Continent and some of them are probably experienced too”
Officer: “Yes!”
One-Eyed Commander: “All units advance! Those silhouettes up ahead are the ene! Let the infantry behind us deal with the stragglers Break through the line and scatter the enemy!”
Officer: “All units advance!”
Light Cavalryht!”
Horses charging
Light Cavalryman: “Do you see them?”
Light Cavalryone to hide in sodom of Metal is filled with fools!”
Light Cavalryo!”
Light Cavalrymen: “Onwards!”
Horses charging
Light Cavalryman: “?!” Falls off horse
Light Cavalryuess I’ after a—?!”
Light Cavalry with the horses?!”
Light Cavalry the horses! What’s this?”
Light Cavalryman: “These are nets… The kind they use to catch fish”
Light Cavalryman: “Cut them! They’re just nets! Dismount and cut!”
Hack
Light Cavalryh, these nets! They’re really well made!”
Arrohistle through the air
Light Cavalryman: “Arrows? Archers?! Where from?!”
—— The Kingdom of Metal, the Borders, Plains at the Foot of the Mountain, the Kingdom of Metal’s Border Defence Line
Disciple Soldier: “Right, it’s time for my lecture”
Metal Lieutenant: “Right now? The eneht before us!”
Disciple Soldier: “My Master placed a lot of e was subordinate to learning That was hoas taught”
Metal Lieutenant: “Y-yes!”
Disciple Soldier: “There are three reasons why one would use cavalry The first is speed: the ability to move quickly from battlefield to battlefield It is an important consideration for an Expeditionary Force, but that’s not really related this time
The second is deployability This may appear to be similar to the first reason, but this refers to movement about the battlefield itself, the ability to attack the enemy’s weak points before the enemy has time to respond to them Hence deployability and speed are completely different considerations Deployability is the art of a Co powerful force to bear against it The ience to the eneanic and adaptable reactionary forces”
Metal Lieutenant: “Y-yes…”
Scout: “The ene! Estimated time of arrival: One minute!”
Disciple Soldier: “The third point, and h Ability To begin with, the attack power of cavalry is not very high Since they’re mounted, they can’t use powerful weapons which require two hands to control Nevertheless, that cavalry can already be so powerful is due to the strength of the warhorse and the incredible a and technique required to properly ride into battle
Also, a charge froround has fantastic destruction ability With the increased h ability infantry can only dream of”
Metal Lieutenant: “What are you going on about!? That breakthrough ability is heading here as we speak!”
Disciple Soldier: “Don’t panic”
Scout: “Thirty seconds!”
Disciple Soldier: “Everybody! Load arrows!”
Soldiers load arrows
Disciple Soldier: “First target! Ai soldiers and soldiers who have dismounted! Their focus is speed, so their armour is likely to be weak! If it’s too difficult, aie area!”
Scout: “Contact! Ah! It’s e! They’re getting closer!”
Disciple Soldier: “Wait! Wait for it… Fire!”
Arrohistling through the air
Metal Lieutenant: “Multiple hits! They’re going down!”
Disciple Soldier: “Excellent! It’s time to do our duty! Support soldiers! Take the bows after they’ve been fired! Pass them the next bow and reload the current one! Soldiers of the Kingdom of Metal fire! You! Raise your heads! Keep your stance low! Trust the Trenches, if we stay together, we may just win!”
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Explanation
Trenches: Trenches were first used in the 19th century, during the American Civil War It allowed one to take cover from enemy fire and yet return fire at the sahly up to the head, with steps allowing the arms to be extended from the trench Since one could fire out of the trench, there was still a chance of being hit while in it They could also be used to conceal one’s position, as in this case
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“Ah! So the horses! What’s this?”
“These are nets… The kind they use to catch fish”
“Cut them! They’re just nets! Dismount and cut!”
Disciple Soldier: “Second target! Aim for the horses and cause chaos! Pull up the nets! They’re co in!”
Soldiers frodom of Metal yank hard
Disciple Soldier: “Fire!”
Arrohistling through the air
Metal Soldier: “We did it! They’re going down!”
Support Soldier: “Reloaded! Let’s go again!” Exchanges bows
Metal Soldier: “That’s quick!”
—— The Borders of the Kingdodoht
One-Eyed Co?! Why have they stopped!”
Officer: “The enemy opposition…”
One-Eyed Coh! Advance!”
Officer: “All units advance! The enemy numbers are few! Press on!”
One-Eyed Co!”
Screa
Light Cavalryman: “Commander! There are nets ahead!”
One-Eyed Commander: “Nets?!”
Light Cavalry nets along the way, the horses are getting trapped in the on us as well!”
One-Eyed Commander: “Enemy numbers?”
Light Cavalryman: “Unknown”
One-Eyed Co attacked?”
Light Cavalryround, we have no line of sight with them”
One-Eyed Coet the rear reserve troops to circle around the left and right flanks!”
—— The Kingdom of Metal, the Borders, Plains at the Foot of the Mountain, the Kingdom of Metal’s Border Defence Line
Arrohistling through the air
Disciple Soldier: “What we’re currently hiding in is called a trench”
Metal Lieutenant: “Yes!”
Disciple Soldier: “Man-made emplacements like these are known as field defences I first heard them from my teacher, and I haven’t heard them from other people, so as far as I know these could be her inventions”
Scouts: “Horses are tripping all over the place! The frontline is in chaos!”
Disciple Soldier: “Re off the eneh ability — Continuous fire! Support infantry on loading duty split into two units, Guards and Loaders! Guards units clear the cavalry who ed to clear the zone of operations and the cavalrymen who have fallen off their horses, make sure they stay out of the way! Archers and Loaders, ht flank! Fire at will! Don’t panic and aiht, are brave soldiers and co bows and powerful spears! Even if you take the time to aim properly, ill still fire quicker than usual Trust your comrades!”
—— The Borders of the Kingdodoht
One-Eyed Coh yet!”
Officer: “Yes”
One-Eyed Commander: “Kill theh the frontline will get ten gold pieces! Destroy those weak soldiers of the Kingdom of Metal as if they’re just a wall of matchsticks!”
Light Cavalryman: “We’ve broken the stalemate!”
One-Eyed Co?”