Vol 3 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Volume 3 Chapter 7, “You Are Not bandits”
———— The Kingdoht
Strategist: “Haha I congratulate you on this splendid victory”
General of the Pale: “This is all thanks to the excellence of your intelligence Please convey my thanks to the Crown Prince Marshal on behalf of the Tribe of the Demons of the Pale”
Strategist: “Understood… And the Sigiled King? I hear he has deposed the old one and achievedthe Tribe of the Pale?”
General of the Pale: “His Majesty is resting in order to recuperate his strength”
Strategist: “I see…”
General of the Pale: “His Majesty is also extrerateful for the assistance of the Holy E, should it not? We are the Race of Deht”
Strategist: “I suppose so, hahaha”
General of the Pale: “We are now fully in control and have no intention of relinquishi+ng this”
Strategist: “Thank you very much for that”
General of the Pale: “And now to business”
Strategist: “Yes”
General of the Pale: “Firstly, ould like to knoe can hope to receive in coht”
Strategist: “The Tribe of the Pale now has new lands in the Surface World… Is that not enough?”
General of the Pale: “Did we not win that by our sheer strength? The Holy E into that That is a very poor transaction”
Strategist: “I understand what you are saying… In that case, perhaps I reed on before”
General of the Pale: “Yes Just as you requested, we have brought along most of the product in our country In order to oods, my soldiers had to carry the in food and weaponry”
Strategist: “Then what do you think if I buy these goods froh price? Would you consider that a transaction?”
General of the Pale: “I would be very happy for that”
Strategist: “How much of the product do you have?”
General of the Pale: “Hmm”
Strategist: “Approxi with you?”
General of the Pale: “I have 900 caravans worth”
Strategist: “I see… In that case, I will buy that with three tih weaponry for 4,000 men What do you think?”
General of the Pale: “Saltpetre is a fairly valuable material I believe five times the amount of food and the sareement”
Strategist: “…I understand”
General of the Pale: “I will hand over half the saltpetre We will give you the rest at least before the neighbouring countries have fallen”
Strategist: “…Very good”
General of the Pale: “When can you send over the food?”
Strategist: “Lethalf the transaction first, I suppose it shouldn’t take long”
General of the Pale: “In that case, I will arrange for sooods over We are now about to reach our intelligence gathering units for the ith the neighbouring countries”
Strategist: “As to be expected from the ferocious Tribe of the Pale”
Intelligence Officer: “Report!”
General of the Pale: “Go ahead”
Intelligence Officer: “The Survey Corps have been equipped We are now ready to deploy!”
General of the Pale: “We must be in time for the end of His Majesty’s meditation”
Intelligence Officer: “Yes!”
Strategist: “The Kingdom of Metal, then?”
General of the Pale: “Just sorind our teeth on”
Strategist: “Out of the three Kingdoms of the South, they are the one with thesoh you are very reassured about that”
General of the Pale: “Indeed… Eh?”
Strategist: “What is it?”
General of the Pale: “No, nothing”
———- The Plains of Scilla, the Hinterland of the Kingdom of Metal
Wind blows through the grass…
The Female Paladin: “A very well-prepared formation”
Minister of Winter: “So it would seee number…”
The Female Paladin: “I suppose our army will increase?”
Minister of Winter: “Indeed I see we have a very astute commander”
Disciple Soldier: “Paladin!”
The Female Paladin: “Disciple Soldier!”
Disciple Soldier: “Hahahahahaha! It has been a long tiain, I kneould someday!”
Metal Lieutenant: “Don’t tell me, this is?!”
Disciple Soldier: “That is correct! Before you stands one of the three brave Companions of the Hero, the Grandmaster of the Holy Order of the Lake, and the Grand Commander of the Combined Armed Forces of the Tripartite Union! They have called her the Paladin of Destruction! The Queen of Power! The Unbreakable Wall! My teacher, my mentor, the Female Paladin!”
The Ferown a bit”
Minister of Winter: “Hahahahahaha”
Metal Lieutenant: “Hahahahaha”
The Fe But I’ up the position as the Commander for this battle Your unit, the Border Security Division, will come under my command”
Metal Lieutenant: “Understood! Please come into the pavilion!”
Disciple Soldier: “Heh… And I thought I would be the commander”
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Explanation
Survey Corps: These are soldiers who are trained to survey the land and its for the terrain and the ways it can be advantageous It is extreet into a battle on a battlefield you know nothing about For this reason, if battles are to be fought on unknown territory, survey corps are sent to survey the terrain In reverse, by annihilating the survey corps, the eneht in unfa them vulnerable to threats The Army of the Pale places much emphasis on the manoeuvrability and speed of its survey corps and hence the entire unit is mounted
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———— The Plains of Scilla, the Barracks of the Kingdom of Metal
The Feht here before?”
Disciple Soldier: “I have Bring the map”
Metal Lieutenant: “Yes”
Lays out map
The Female Paladin: “Hmm”
Disciple Soldier: “This is close to the source of the River of Purple Tears which flows through the Kingdo water froh countless rivers, strea in the inundation of the Plains of Scilla, which is practically a swampland”
Minister of Winter: “Hmm”
Disciple Soldier: “It is full of water so it could potentially be a very rich land with easy access to irrigation but at present it’s a terrible place for crops, swae area which we can use for our ar point for any arht to the Kingdoh various h terrain but they could be here in two days, hence I have put stronger forms of surveillance in place”
The Female Paladin: “And how are the sentries done?”
Disciple Soldier: “Each sentry unit is activated for half-a-day rotations, sentry is done as per normal”
The Female Paladin: “Hmm, I’ll pass you first”
Disciple Soldier gulps
Metal Lieutenant: “Sir, you’re looking pale”
Disciple Soldier: “The days I spent with the Female Paladin were fruitful but stressful, I can’t stop the cold sweat”
The Fe”
Disciple Soldier nods
The Female Paladin: “We have 2,000 men at present 500 cavalrymen and 1,500 infantry and decent battlefield experience”
Disciple Soldier: “This forive us 3,500 soldiers All of them are proper soldiers who are fairly well-trained and have been under my command for some time now”
Metal Lieutenant: “So in total, we have 5,500 men We will have to recalculate how much provisions and salaries ill require”
The Fe We do not know their strength, their equipment, nor their tactics but we are certain that they have both cavalry and archers The cavalry are equipped with spears and the rest are generally comprised of infantry men with shi+elds and shortswords”
Disciple Soldier: “And the archers are longbowmen?”
The Female Paladin: “We do not have information about that But they are fairly effective”
Disciple Soldier: “Hainst”
The Female Paladin: “Indeed”
Disciple Soldier: “Based on our reports, the cavalry are equipped with gold-plated armour”
The Female Paladin: “Heavy cavalry…”
Disciple Soldier: “The first thing we can say is that—”
The Female Paladin: “Let’s hear it”
Disciple Soldier: “The enemy commander is no fool, and he is not a hesitant but a patient leader It is clear that this Tribe of the Pale is very well-equipped, well-disciplined, and splendidly trained soldiers”
The Female Paladin: “I feel the same way”
Disciple Soldier: “Added to the fact that they have four tie them in a conventional war, our fate would almost surely be complete defeat”
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Explanation
Peat Bog: This refers to soil rich in peat This tends to form in marshes and wetlands and since peat succuood terrain for et stuck in it
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The Female Paladin: “Indeed”
Disciple Soldier: “And so we have to use so we need to do is to figure out what our final objective is Without knowing our objective, ill not be able to construct a reliable strategy”
The Feood observation”
Disciple Soldier: “I put allthe arts of war”
The Feht? What do you think our objective should be?”
Disciple Soldier: “To protect the people”
The Female Paladin: “Which people?”
Disciple Soldier: “Of course, this includes the Kingdoht”
The Female Paladin: “Then we only have one objective We will destroy the Tribe of the Pale and liberate the Kingdoht”
Minister of Winter: “Wait just a moment At present, we don’t even knoill be able to survive, if the Kingdo the Kingdoht?!”
Metal Lieutenant: “That’s right! Why should we care about those traitors in the Kingdoht anyway!”
The Female Paladin: “What do you have to say to that?”
Disciple Soldier: “No e, we should always set our final objectives for the entirety of the caht? If we try for the ultioals as well”
Metal Lieutenant: “…”
The Feet to the question at hand”
Disciple Soldier: “Indeed First, let us hide the difference in our numbers”
The Fe that?”