Vol 4 Chapter 8 (2/2)
Disciple Bard: “How are you doing?”
Crusader: “Ahh, sorry”
Spearh water?”
Auxiliary of Light: “Ms Bard, Ms Bard I couldn’t find any wort, but there is some cattail”
Disciple Bard: “Put it over there”
Boom!
noble Squire: “Agh”
Disciple Bard: “Be strong If we stop the bleeding, we ht be able to save your arm”
noble Squire: “Those damn demons”
Disciple Bard: “……”
Spearh……”
Auxiliary of Light: “It’s painful”
Spear I can’t hear a thing anymore”
Auxiliary of Light: “Probably on account of the cannons”
Crusader: “Theysound”
Boom!
“Hahahaha! What formidable defences!”
“It took us just one day to put up these things!”
Spear their best as well”
Disciple Bard: “——– The Beasts are a tribe of warriors They are absolutely loyal to the Deed their lives to her cause”
Spearht: “Eh?”
Disciple Bard: “That’s why, I think they’re fighting very courageously They’re here to protect their homes and their lord”
Auxiliary of Light: “Why do you know…… so much?”
Ears stand up
Disciple Bard: “…… Ehehe”
Spearht: “Your ears!”
Auxiliary of Light: “Ms Bard, don’t tell me-“
Disciple Bard: “Well, keep this a secret”
Spearht: “Why……”
Auxiliary of Light: “Ms Bard, you’re a Demon……”
Disciple Bard: “Demons come in all shapes and sizes Some Demons even look like Humans”
Spearht: “That’s……”
Disciple Bard: “I apologise for startling you”
Spearht: “Ms Bard, you’ll be killed if you stay in a place like this”
Auxiliary of Light: “In any case, hide your ears”
Disciple Bard: “Well, yeah” Tucks ears under hat
Spearht: “……”
Auxiliary of Light: “……”
Disciple Bard: “……”
Spearht: “Why would you do that?”
Disciple Bard: “Because I don’t want this war to happen At the very least, it is not what I wish for”
Spearht: “But-“
Disciple Bard: “I decided In theWhatever I see, I will not run away I still do not knohat it is that I can do, but that is what I decided”
Spearht: “……”
Auxiliary of Light: “MS Bard”
Disciple Bard: “Sorry”
Spearht: “No, you’re our benefactor”
Auxiliary of Light: “You should do what you want to do”
Disciple Bard: “……”
Spear anys”
Auxiliary of Light: “That’s right”
Disciple Bard: “Yeah”
Spears have really had an effect on us So we’ll help you keep this secret”
——— The City of the Gate, the Holy Crusaders Surrounding the City
Green Ash King: “How is it?”
Scout: “… The third barrage has been confire”
Green Ash King: “What are you saying? How can that be?”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “What is happening?”
Green Ash King: “Hmph…… Somehow it seems that those Sloped Walls are not like norhtly, but it appears that they offer significant protection against cannon fire”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “I was inforest fortifications were reduced to rubble after three hours”
Green Ash King: “This is the Demon World It is reasonable that tests which apply in the Human World are not effective over here We will confir on, but we don’t have the time”
Artillery Commander: “Fire!”
Cannoneer: “Yes!”
Boom!
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “But—“
Green Ash King: “Despite that, we have otherstrength and nuade!”
Artillery Commander: “Yes!”
Green Ash King: “Forade into four batteries Take turns to pound the Don’t let this Demon City have any rest!”
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Explanation
Sloped Walls: When large calibre artillery were introduced onto the battlefield, defences had to be specialised to endure direct cannon fire Rather than height, thickness was prioritised; and in order to deflect the rounds, the walls were constructed as a slope
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———- The City of the Gate, Atop the Walls, the Defensive Unit
Boom!
Giant Craftsman: “……!”
Beast Soldier: “damnit! We can’t sleep at all like this”
Human Craftsman: “damn”
Disciple Engineer: “Let us sleep damnit”
Giant Craftsman: “…… Defend……”
Disciple Engineer: “We can’t keep this up! Half of you go back and sleep! We’ll form two shi+fts!”
Beast Soldier: “Got it”
Giant Crafts way!”
Human Craftsman: “Get a maintenance squad to cover it up!”
Disciple Engineer: “Use rubble And don’t forget to bring water up in buckets!”
Giant Craftsman: “Rocks, tiles……”
Disciple Engineer: “If ork like this we’re going to have more injuries Wait till dawn”
Giant Craftsman: “Got it……”
Disciple Engineer: (Ahhhhh Teacher, teacher Was it a joke that you were the De!? Thanks to you I’ve become the head of a defensive h, daer!)
Banshee Craftsman: “Not yet damn, dawn is still…… far away”
Disciple Engineer: (…… Disciple Bard Are you alright? …… Are you doing well? Have you found the song you’ve been seeking? Until you return, I will not allow this City to fall”
——— The Imperial Army, the Tent of the Hero
The Mage: “…… Hero”
The Hero: “…… Mmm”
The Mage: “Hero”
The Hero: “Whoa!? Is it the Mage!?”
The Mage: “Yeah”
The Hero: “…… Where are you?”
The Mage: “…… This is a long distance call I’m in a secret place”
The Hero: “That’s no explanation at all”
The Mage: “It’s a secret”
The Hero: “Ahh, fine”
The Mage: “……”
The Hero: “Hey”
The Mage: “?”
The Hero: “Not yet?”
The Mage: “Not yet”
The Hero: “At this rate, it’s going to end before I can even do anything”
The Mage: “Right”
The Hero: “…… Why?”
The Mage: “Like I explained, if youeven more chaotic So I just need you to wait a while more”
The Hero: “What for?”
The Mage: “…… An ancient ical ritual”
The Hero: “I don’t get it”
The Mage: “……”
The Hero: “……”
The Mage: “Hero”
The Hero: “Mmm?”
The Mage: “I’m not you”
The Hero: “— Sorry”
The Mage: “No, I don’t hate you because of that”
The Hero: “But I’m just a person who robs others”
The Mage: “I was a fake Hero from the start A counterfeit”
The Hero: “You’re you You’re the Mage You’re the real thing”
The Mage: “—— That’s because I’m not the Hero”
The Hero: “……”
The Mage: “A person like oes back and forth, can’t understand the real Hero”
The Hero: “…… Why are you saying so like that now?”
The Mage: “……?”
The Hero: “That has nothing to do with this, doesn’t it?”
The Mage: “…… I ao, it doesn’t matter”
The Hero: “Then get rid of those previous thoughts”
The Mage: “So I can meet the Hero”
The Hero: “……”
The Mage: “So just trust me……”
The Hero: “I wasn’t doubting you to begin with”
The Mage: “—– Sorry”
The Hero: “It’s alright”
The Mage: “—- I apologise from the bottom of my heart”
The Hero: “You didn’t do anything bad! Why are you apologising!?”
The Mage: “?”
The Hero: “You’re starting to make me doubt you!”
The Mage: “Hehe”
The Hero: “What a bitter smile”
The Mage: “……”
The Hero: “…… Good grief”
The Mage: “…… Just a while more Just ten days more”
The Hero: “Wait”
The Mage: “……”
The Hero: “I’ I will act as you instruct I know it’s important”
The Mage: “…… Yes”
The Hero: “I don’t understand your explanation, but I understand at least, that it’s important”
The Mage: “Yeah —- Hero”
The Hero: “Yes?”
The Mage: “…… …… Nothing”
The Hero: “Really?”
The Mage: “—- I’ to eat some cream pie and take a nap”
The Hero: “Don’t sleep yet!”
The Mage: “I’ up”
The Hero: “Hey!”
Click
The Hero: “daet it…… But h…… I hope nothing happens in that ti, Paladin……”
——– The Kingdom of the Lake, the Capital, the Headquarters of the Merchant’s Union
Female Union Employee: “Buy Buy it all up”
Union Employee: “It’s fine, so just buy I don’t really care how much the commission is Just make sure they feel the presence of the Merchant’s Union in this”
Feht Buy up the money orders”
Courier: “Three quick horses have arrived!”
Union E Cities Have them do circular despatches between the Merchant’s Union branches”
Female Union Employee: “We have dootiations!”
Young Merchant: “How is it going?”
Branch Chief: “It seeress”
Young Merchant: “All of these bargains are necessary tinder for our fire”
Branch Chief: “Will this strategy of ours work?”
Union Employee: “’People believe lies to accomplish realities, or to defeat realities When two realities are rolled into one lie, even a duck will s it as it does a ball of feed’”
Branch Chief: “Hmm That’s one of the maxims of the Merchant’s Union”
Young Merchant: “…… Firstly, with the Holy Order of the Lake having coraun to be established all across the Free Cities Further, refugees fleeing sun to flow into the Southern Alliance That is a fact”
Branch Chief: “Yes”
Young Merchant: “Secondly, whether or not next year’s wheat harvest is prosperous or a failure, in order to supply the battlefield, it will need to be purchased at a high price Having obtained these purchasing rights, the tax collectors of the Church have no way of avoiding this inflation Furtherhout the land have started to levyweaponry, to the extent that church bells are even being melted down This too is a fact”
Branch Chief: “Yes”
Young Merchant: “…… And so, the fact is that the coffers of the Church are under severe pressure, and with the money orders, bankruptcy is just ahead of them”
Branch Chief: “…… That is a lie”
Young Merchant: “That may be a lie, but it’s not ‘just a lie’, is it?”
Female Union Employee: “Eh? What’s the difference?”
Young Merchant: “The money orders are basically money that the merchants have deposited with the Church For this security, the pay a commission of 10 of the deposit For exaold piece deposit with the you to collect ninety gold pieces from any church Your money decreases, but this certificate can effectively be converted into cash at any church In this way, risks are decreased However, it is impossible for the certificates to be converted i a certificate for ninety gold pieces is effectively the saold pieces, however, it isdistances with the certificate As such, as acash or money order, isn’t it obvious that you would pick the money order?”
Female Union Employee: “Yes, that’s a reality in the market”
Young Merchant: “In other words, some money orders exist that cannot be easily liquidated If you look at it from a different perspective, a money order is basically a loan from the merchants to the Church If all the o, then the Church has the obligation to pay them So if you were a ht have some cash flow problems, ould you do?”
Branch Chief: “Ah!”
Young Merchant: “That’s right I would try to convert all my money orders into cash as quickly as possible If the Church’s wallet is overstretched, then they ht be unable to reimburse the money orders If that were to happen, all those certificates would become worthless trash”
Female Union Employee: “Will that really take down the Church?”
Young Merchant: “Of course not! No matter how stretched the finances of the Church are, they aren’t that weak If you were to aggregate the donations from the people and other countries, taxes and levies, industries and the sale of absolutions, the wealth of the Church is ier than the Union They truly hold an astronomical amount in their treasury Such a sh to destroy them”
Female Union Employee: “Then”
Young Merchant: “However, if ere really able to get the merchants to make a mass withdrawal, the Church’s inexhaustible supply of money would be of no help to them”
Branch Chief: “Indeed”
Female Union Employee: “Really…… Why?”
Union Ele church to have an inexhaustible supply, a money across vast distances is risky and takes a lot of time as well”
Feht!!”
Union Eht Even if the Cathedral in the Holy Iot the money, it’s impossible to send that money to the other churches in time”
Young Merchant: “There will be a limit to the extent our rumours can spread, but I believe the speed of spread is faster than the speed that the Church can convoy their in with, various processes have to be fulfilled according to internal Church policies and organisation, so it fore, sudden reversals of situation will be much harder to deal with These intricate processes will co money about, and they can’t possibly appease all the panicked , our victory is assured”