Vol 4 Chapter 9 (2/2)
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Artillery Commander: “Yes! We will do our best”
Scout: “……”
Ash Green King: “dae of death, this is painful to watch We’ve fallen into the trap of laying siege to the City of the Gate”
Scout: “Your Majesty!”
Ash Green King: “What is it?”
Scout: “Actually, the Leader of the Hundred Paladins……”
Ash Green King: “That woman?”
Scout: “Night after night, she has been gathering the s that don’t sound like official teachings”
Ash Green King: “Gathering?”
Scout: “Yes, she says that the treasure of Light is in the City of the Gate That we have to take the City no matter what That this is the sacred duty of the followers of Light”
Ash Green King: “A poisonous flower indeed……”
Scout: “What should we do?”
Ash Green King: “This poisonous scent is still very sweet, but on’t fall prey to it…… Let it be I will settle it somehow”
———– The City of the Gate, the Chambers of Commerce
…… Boom!
Shrewd Accountant: “Milady, are you here?”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Shrewd Accountant…… Have the Chambers been evacuated?”
Shrewd Accountant: “Yes, to put it nicely, they were delivered to the Fla Mountains”
Middle Aged Merchant: “We on Lord”
Fire Dragon Lady: “My father will definitely protect them”
Shrewd Accountant: “Our records and treasury have also been successfully delivered, Milady……”
Fire Dragon Lady: “I will stay here”
Shrewd Accountant: “……”
…… Boom!
Fire Dragon Lady: “I ons, and a Councillor of the Self-Governing Council I will not run away in such times of crisis”
Middle Aged Merchant: “That’s what I want to say as well”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Your escape co Merchant I don’t suppose you have any objections?”
Shrewd Accountant: “……”
Middle Aged Merchant: “……”
Boom……
Fire Dragon Lady: “Well then, you should escape quickly”
Middle Aged Merchant: “…… Understood”
Shrewd Accountant: “Please be careful, Princess”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Don’t call me princess”
Middle Aged Merchant: “Hahahaha! If you don’t like it, then allow me one last tiotiate for favourable terms”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Understood……”
Shrewd Accountant: “Then, we’ll be going first”
Middle Aged Merchant: “We will try to get reinforcements”
Fire Dragon Lady: (Merchants…… The City of the Gate was eventually engulfed in the flames of war I want to protect this City But I don’t knohat I can do……)
——– The City of the Gate, the Encae to the City
…… Boom!
The Primarch: “Go ahead”
Chaplain: “Yes Two thousand five hundred pigs, eight wagons of wheat, seven jars of sugar beet, tagons of fruits and spices, four wagons of cloth and winterwear……”
Door opens
Soldier of Light: “Excuse me”
Chaplain: “What is it, you have a e?”
Soldier of Light: “Yes”
Attendant Bishop: “Speak”
Soldier of Light: “Yes One of our encampments at the Portal has come under surprise attack from an unknown enemy force”
Chaplain: “What!?”
Attendant Bishop: “What? Explain in detail”
Soldier of Light: “Yes, this is what I heard from the soldiers who escaped…… Crack Demon infantry launched a surprise attack and plundered the food and weapon stocks!”
Attendant Bishop: “That’s all?”
Soldier of Light: “Yes I’m not certain how many exactly, however the casualties incurred were relatively few Even though all the horses escaped, the Demons did not pursue the routed soldiers and allowed them to rejoin the main armies”
The Prih”
Soldier of Light: “Sorry?”
The Prih Continue the attack”
Attendant Bishop: “…… Alright, go”
Soldier of Light: “Yes! Yes! Understood!”
The Primarch: “How are the walls?”
Attendant Bishop: “Yes Beginning yesterday, the rate of repairs appears to have slowed It see out A portion of the war has already broken down, and it seems it will be another four or five days before we are able to make a breach”
The Prily resilient Order an attack”
Attendant Bishop: “But……”
The Primarch: “It is the will of the Spirit”
Attendant Bishop: “……”
The Pri terror to the people in that City”
——– The City of the Gate, the Encae to the City
…… Boom!
Believer of Light: “Did you hear?”
Musketeer of Light: “Yeah”
Spearht: “What?”
Believer of Light: “It see zones have fallen”
Spearht: “Really!?”
Porter: “Heyyyy! Give me some water!”
Believer of Light: “Yeah, look It seeht? It seems the food and weapons were plundered and they journeyed here through vast wastelands”
Musketeer of Light: “Is that so? It’s good that they h”
Artilleryman: “Is it really?”
Musketeer of Light: “What do you mean?”
Artillery our rear supply lines and raising food Now that the food has been plundered and they’ve been pushed towards the frontlines, we don’t have any more food, but we have many more mouths to feed instead”
Boom……!
Believer of Light: “……”
Musketeer of Light: “But they are our comrades!”
Spearht: “So it’s fine!”
Believer of Light: “In any case, once we capture the City, we’ll have all its food and water in our hands!”
Spearht: “……”
Musketeer of Light: “What is it?”
Spearht: “No, think about it Tomorroill have continuously boht? The noble about hoill have all the food and treasures of the City as soon as we capture it, but do you really think there are any? I ht? So won’t the City also just be filled with Demon food that we can’t eat?”
Believer of Light: “……”
Musketeer of Light: “That’s……”
Spearht: “In that case, ill be put out into this wilderness without any food again”
Cavalryht: “No, that’s not true The reason why the Crown Prince Marshal isn’t here has to do with that”
Musketeer of Light: “Eh?”
Cavalryhness the Crown Prince Marshal along with the great Hero are assaulting Demon territories to establish fir soon So it’s all okay”
Spearht: “So that’s it! The Hero too!”
Artilleryhness at the frontlines?”
Cavalryhness returns, we’ll destroy those walls in one volley, and there’s no on’t attain our victory”
——– The City of the Gate, the Encae to the City
Pedigree nobleman: “What!?”
Adult nobleh?”
Quartermaster: “Of course, most of our supplies are already depleted But stocks of oil and barley are completely empty……”
Warrior nobleh……”
Quarterh, we could be staring at the face of a full-blown insurrection and mutiny by our peasant soldiers”
Proud Paladin: “They’re serfs, we’ll just put the to lose sleep over If we just kill ten of them like lambs, the rest will learn their lessons”
Warrior nobleered peasants with muskets!? But if we don’t distribute the ht cause us to lose favourable positions, and we e on the battlefield”
Pedigree noblery, crazy serfs at our back And they’re carrying muskets too……”
Proud Paladin: “damn”
Pedigree nobleman: “What can we do……”
Quarterrounds of extreme famine, and were coerced by the prohness the Crown Prince Marshal There are ruhness will soon return with supplies”
Adult noblehness……”
Warrior nobleood on the battlefield But what the Holy Crusade really requires is a brilliant military commander”
Adult nobleood impression of him”
Pedigree nobleman: “That impression comes fro the Holy Crusaders, so he purposely chose His Ihness to create divisions within the pacifist factions”
Proud Paladin: “I apologise for saying this But His Ihness’ voice is powerful and I believe he will be able to turn the situation around”
Pedigree nobleman: “But the supplies……”
Adult nobleman: “Hmm”
Warrior nobleman: “?”
Adult nobleman: “Hahaha In that case, in the naht, let us request His Most Ihness to deliver supplies to us”
Pedigree nobleman: “That’s—“
Proud Paladin: “Ah, that’s true!”
Adult noblehness an official request for supplies!”
———- The City of the Gate, the Defence Council
Boom……
The De?”
Fiend Merchant: “Your Majesty!? I do believe it would best if you didn’t come to places like this and focussed on your recuperation!”
The De Is this the way to the top of the fortifications?”
Fiend Merchant: “Yes it is”
Boom……!
Disciple Engineer: “Miss the mud and quicklime! Let it flon from the top”
Giant Craftsman: “Understood……”
Craftsman of the Pale: “Get some quicklime up here too!”
Huh!”
The De?”
Disciple Engineer: “Umm…… Yes”
The Derown man”
Disciple Engineer: “That ! What should I do now?”
The De: “What’s the situation?”
Disciple Engineer: “To be honest, we are at our limit There are lots of areas of the hich could fall at any tiued, every day we are overstretched Even though it appears to be spread out, the enemy fire is concentrated at certain areas The East side is facing the brunt of it Our maintenance is concentrated there, but it would be no surprise if it becomes the first area to fall”
The East Fortress Base Commander: “The East side……”
The Fire Dragon Lady: (The Hu…… Ahh, but we can’t lose this war I at least know that)
Boom……!
The De up just fine?”
Disciple Engineer: “The area close to the Southwest templeThat area hasn’t suffered any attacks yet, and fro the walls there were the thickest If that area were to be attacked, we could probably hold out for a week…… I think”
The De: “A week……”
Human Elder: “Your Majesty, at this rate the City will……”
The De: “Don’t look so dejected, Elder That has not yet been decided The real battle begins now”
Human Elder: “But even if we last a week, even if we last a month, we can’t possibly last forever……”
The Fire Dragon Lady: (At present, this war has become a battle of attrition We still have a out of materials to repair the walls with…… On the other hand, we have no idea how long the Human Army can continue, or whether they have liht The war is not just soht on the battlefield)
The Deon Lady!”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “Yes”
The De: “I’on Lord?”
Human Elder: “That’s……?”
The Fire Dragon Lady: (A white paper……!?)
The De: “A request for reinforceh soldiers to save this City soh time for them to arrive”
The Fire Dragon Lady: (It’s not impossible that such a force exists somewhere, but even if there is…… In the face of those rave in half a day, which chief would be willing to send theirhad to write an official white paper……)
The East Fortress Base Coet everybody horateful for the hard work of the Volunteer Corps”
Human Volunteer: “Well, it’s fine We’re happy to be of so we’re people who can’t use swords or ride horses”
Middle Aged Dragon Lady: “That’s right! Ahahaha Relax!”
Dragon Volunteer: “At nightfall, ill dig out the cannonballs in the walls again They’ll load those onto our catapults and send theret it!”
The De: “Mmm Just a bit more!”
Human Elder: “Yes, Your Majesty Be at ease!”
Fiend Merchant: “Alright I’ll go and tidy up the store and see if I can’t get souys”
Human Craftsman: “Don’t worry about the food Our stockpiles are quite sufficient We probably have enough for two or three more months”
Boom……!
The Fire Dragon Lady: “……”
The East Fortress Base Coht?”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “…… Eh?”
The East Fortress Base Coht? Her Majesty has entrusted me to deliver you safely The nuuard”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “Yes……”
The De: “Now! Look up! This is the Free City of the Gate! We will protect it! For the future!”
The Fire Dragon Lady: (Her Majesty’s aim is for the future…… Even if the City falls, if Father sends enough soldiers we can still stop the Huh the Demon World I understand that is what the white paper represents But……)
Boom……
The Fire Dragon Lady: (But a lady like myself, who has seen so little of the world should do soave his life to the Deave their lives to the defence of this City What can I do……)