Vol 4 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Volume 4 Chapter 9, “The Crown Prince Marshal The World’s Greatest Hero”
——– The Demon World, the South, the Old Lands of the Pale, the Crown Prince’s Army
Crown Prince Marshal: “An envoy?”
Scout: “Yes On a hill half aIt’s…… a Human”
Strategist: “Human……”
Holy Imperial General: “What does that mean?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “How many of them are there?”
Scout: “We saw approxie primeval Demon forest inside of which any nu an ambush”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Human……”
Holy Ihness?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Interesting, let’s meet”
Strategist: “Hmm”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Take ten o and pay compliments to them over at that hill Express that we have no desire for unnecessary conflict”
Strategist: “Do we really have to lower ourselves to that level?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Until we know our opponent’s true colours”
Scout: “No, ere going to go over, but it seems like they have come into our camp instead”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Hahaha What brave men”
Scout: “Well, there are females too……”
———- The De, the South, the Old Lands of the Pale, the Crown Prince’s Army
Elder Sister Maid: “Thank you for agreeing to meet with us”
nobleman Disciple: “What a powerful army”
Mercenary Survivor: “……”
Crown Prince Marshal: (Who…… is this woman?)
Strategist: “In that case, allow us to introduce ourselves first We are the Imperial Expeditionary Force frohness the Crown Prince Marshal of the Holy Eist It is a pleasure to meet you”
Holy Imperial General: “I am the Holy Imperial General”
Crown Prince Marshal: “I am the Crown Prince Marshal So let’s hear what your identities and objectives are”
Elder Sister Maid: “Yes I am known as the Elder Sister Maid My identity is…… a travelling scholar At present, I ae of this army”
Strategist: “Army……?”
nobleman Disciple: “I am the nobleman Disciple”
Elder Sister Maid: “This is the Mercenary Lord He is in co”
Mercenary Survivor: “Het it”
Crown Prince Marshal: “So, what are your aims?”
Elder Sister Maid: “I would like to confir with the objective of clai the City of the Pale?”
Holy I?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Then I hope you can take your men home”
Mercenary Survivor: “Doing as she pleases as usual”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Haha Young lady No, Ms Commander Just what sort of power do you have to make me do this?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Yes I currently command that place”
Strategist: “What!?”
Holy Imperial General: “What did you say!?”
Elder Sister Maid: “The region was entrusted by the De to the Tribe of Autootiations, the City has been turned over to us These are the documents which verify it”
Strategist: “…… Don’t tell me”
Elder Sister Maid: “As the governor of the region, I would like toto claiion of the Pale If you do not wish to be joined in battle, you should take your arion”
Holy Imperial General: “Do not wish to be joined in battle!? Who do you think we are, don’t joke around!”
Elder Sister Maid: “So you want to unjustly invade a Huion?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “……”
Strategist: “What……”
Elder Sister Maid: “My forces are coion of the Pale is administered completely by Humans”
Strategist: “What nonsense What do you er ar else but occupying just another country”
Elder Sister Maid: “I think you should consider taking those words back”
Strategist: (damn What should we do now? No h to conquer their way into the Demon World…… We can expect at least ten to twenty thousand of them It’s not a small number……)
Disciple nobledom of Ice”
Holy Idom of Ice!?”
Strategist: “The Southern Alliance has come this far!?”
Disciple nobleion of the Pale At present, this territory is under the control of our ar it to be reborn as a self-governing territory Of course, it will be part of the Southern Alliance”
Strategist: (What…… This guy If he’s being serious, then we can’t afford to be drawn into total ith the Southern Alliance Of course, we can definitely crush them, but e return, the defenceless capital would be left in ashes Does this e while we are down here!?)
Crown Prince Marshal: “Do you have any proof for your words?”
Disciple nobleman: “Of course, all you have to do is to inquire with the Kingdom of Ice But we don’t have any evidence to say we aren’t lying This area is completely under our control, and we have the intention to keep it that way, so all I can do is convey our deepest condolences frodom of Ice for your loss”
Mercenary Survivor: (Those two are surprisingly……)
Strategist: “…… Your Royal Highness”
Crown Prince Marshal: “One could say that we did not know about it, so that is our fault Our intelligence was slow and wrong I apologise”
Holy Imperial General: “……”
Elder Sister Maid nods
Crown Prince Marshal: “However, we have no intention to withdraw This expedition was authorised under holy order of His Holiness the Priht Even though the nations of the Central Continent have no quarrel with the Southern Alliance, the Church of Light has officially proclaimed the Southern Alliance to be heretical As you know, the Holy Crusaders are technically at ith the Southern Alliance Have you forgotten that?”
Elder Sister Maid flinches
Strategist: (Your Royal Highness! You could, you could start a war like that If we threaten the Southern Alliance, we ht really be at ith them! We can’t handle that much!)
Crown Prince Marshal: “However, it is also a fact that beginning with us at the Holy Empire, the countries of the Central Continent all find this turn of events to be very regrettable No matter hoe put it, we’re all humans after all One could say that we are coainst the threat of the Deht for a commander like myself to point these tens of thousands of muskets at fellow humans Even if the Holy Crusaders are in a state of ith the Southern Alliance, as a commander of the Central Continent, I also do not wish for war”
Disciple noble such rhetoric The war is the will of the Church, so the Holy E to do with it As to be expected fro in talent”
Elder Sister Maid: “Indeed Since we are all fellow hu”
Mercenary Survivor: (How exciting, I can feel the sweat running down my palms)
Crown Prince Marshal: “We have received orders from the Primarch to conquer this territory in order to establish supply lines As Children of Light, we cannot defy this order”
Elder Sister Maid: “We are also Children of Light as part of the Holy Order of the Lake The Holy Order of the Lake accepts anyone, even you, the Crown Prince Marshal or the Holy Empire”
Disciple nobleman: (She said it! As expected from a fellow disciple of our teacher)
Crown Prince Marshal: “Hahahaha I thank you for your invitation, however Ibrother, the Holy Empire has a duty to uphold the due process in the Central Continent”
Elder Sister Maid: “Due process?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Security Why do you think that people can live in security? That is because today will be like yesterday, and toht? That is because they are assured that they will open their eyes in theIf there is a chance that they can die in their sleep, nobody would be able to sleep from the fear However, based on our experience, we knoill be able to open our eyes That is repetitive action, and the due process
Of course, there are examples of misfortune You could die from disease, or be the subject of so These have the effect of breaking the due process If the due process is disrupted, that results in chaos As guardians of security, the Central Continent strives for the peace of the people We protected it yesterday, we are protecting it today, and ill protect it tomorrow”
Elder Sister Maid: “The followings of the Church of Light, the serf caste systehts of the nobility and ing?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “To be it simply, yes And the people are happy from it”
Disciple nobleman: (He may be the enemy, but his actions are perfectly calculated This is a very i man)
Elder Sister Maid: “So, what’s your final decision?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We must have this supply route However, we do not hope for war The Priht here right now, that ould meet in a place like this is a completely unpredictable situation And this is the Demon World Since we are both Hu down our arestion Please provide us with 4000 wagons of food as well as 1000 wagons of saltpetre We will of course pay for it The price will amount to 30 New Imperial Gold coins?”
Mercenary Survivor: (Ridiculous That wouldn’t even be able to pay for a single weapon!)
Disciple nobleman: “And if we decline?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Then ill have to fight a painful battle, and establish our supply lines by force”
Disciple nobleman: “You mean to invade the Southern Alliance?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “That is the will of the Church of Light Of course, this hurts us all in the Central Continent”
Mercenary Survivor: “Keh So you are threatening us then”
Strategist: “Are you trying to be disrespectful!?”
The Hero: “No, I want to listen too Who’s threatening who some Human army?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Hero! What are you doing here?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Hero —– Do you know this person!?”
Mercenary Survivor: “Hey, aren’t you that guy from that time……”
Strategist: (This is bad I ondering what he would think, but if we force the Hero to bare his fangs against us —— the morale of the soldiers will surely drop sharply At this tiainst us!?)
——— The Southern Demon World, the Reunion of the Elder Sister Maid and the Hero
The Hero: “Elder Sister Maid!”
Elder Sister Maid: “Hero”
The Hero: “What are you doing in a place like this? And you’re the leader too? What’s all this?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Hehehehehe I’m quite surprised by the turn of events as well”
The Hero: “…… But you’re here?”
Elder Sister Maid: “I’m here”
The Hero: “Alone?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Of course not I’ve got everyone to back me up”
The Hero: “Have you found your reason to be?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Uht, I have to decide it on my own”
The Hero: “Is that so?”
Elder Sister Maid: “I’m sorry, Hero”
The Hero: “Why?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Hero, you’ve been covering fortime”
The Hero: “Hahaha Don’t worry about that”
Elder Sister Maid: “I do I just want to clear this debt that I have to you”
The Hero: “You don’t have to”
Elder Sister Maid: “…… Is that so?”
The Hero: “You don’t owe ”
Elder Sister Maid: “……”
The Hero: “You have the face of a fighting person”
Elder Sister Maid: “Am I that scary?”
The Hero: “That’s not what I ut…… No, well, it just seems like you have reached some revelation”
Elder Sister Maid: “I don’t know about that……”
The Hero: “Yes”
Elder Sister Maid: “Hero……”
The Hero: “What is it?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Have…… you lost a lot of blood?”
The Hero: “Huh? Well, I only kno to fight”
Elder Sister Maid: “That’s not true”
The Hero: “As are all still here This is the body of a Hero”
Elder Sister Maid is worried
The Hero: “Uive that expression”
Elder Sister Maid: “…… No I apologise as always”
The Hero: “Eh?”
Elder Sister Maid: “I’ve always been this way, and I apologise for it”
The Hero: “What is going on, Elder Sister Maid?”
Elder Sister Maid: “It’s fine I a to what you and the Mistress have been planning”
The Hero: “…… Elder Sister Maid?”
Elder Sister Maid: “No Hero, why are you in the army of the Crown Prince Marshal?”
The Hero: “Well, those are the instructions of the Mage I am currently undercover”
Elder Sister Maid: “I see…… What kind of person is the Crown Prince Marshal?”
The Hero: “He is not a si the people in the Holy Crusaders, he is the most incredible His methods won’t lose to anyone……”
Elder Sister Maid: “Is that so……”
The Hero: “What plans do you have to drive him away?”
Elder Sister Maid: “That’s a secret”
The Hero: “Come on”
Elder Sister Maid: “It’s still a secret”
——– The City of the Gate, the Encae to the City
———– Boom!
Ash Green King: “A week —- They’re tougher than expected”
Scout: “Daes are within our calculations, however, their repair works are proceeding faster than we foresaw If we focus our fire on the gate……”
Ash Green King: “But if we don’t do anything about the fortifications on the left and right of the gate, our cannons won’t be able to get close enough to ain is very…… well-conceived”
Scout: “Yes……”
Ash Green King: “What have you found out?”
Scout: “Their earthworks are constructed with the specific purpose of withstanding our bombardments The earth absorbs the impact and reduces the shock on the fortifications”
Ash Green King: “And the slope……”
——- Boom!
Pedigree noble no effect?”
Adult nobleman: “Didn’t they explain to us that the new cannons have twenty times the firepower of the old ones?”
Warrior noble They say he’s brave and brilliant, but he seems to be slow and useless”
Pedigree noble amount of ammunition……”
Adult nobleh food supplies”
Warrior noble out of spare parts to maintain our muskets too”
Artillery Commander: “Your Majesty”
Ash Green King: “Yes”
Artillery Commander: “What instructions do you have for today’s bombardment……”
Ash Green King: “Focus your fire on the right hand side fortifications However, continue to direct a quarter of our fire to the left side so that the enemy does not have any security or rest”
Artillery Commander: “Yes, umm……”
Ash Green King: “What is it?”
Artillery Counpowder for the cannons……”
Scout: “……”
Ash Green King: “How much do we have left?”
Artillery Commander: “At this rate of fire, another three or four days……”
——— Boom!
Ash Green King: “Do not reduce our fire If the enein to have hope For gunpowder, transfer some of theat this rate If we can destroy the right side fortifications, we have a chance at breaking down the ate”
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————-————————-
Explanation
Earthworks: In order to reinforce defenses against enee amounts of soil In most cases, this is carried out in conjunction with defensive ditches The soil fro ditches is piled up to create the ditches As a result, the height of the earthworks is doubled and it becomes even more difficult for enemies to cross