Vol 5 Chapter 2 (2/2)
Butler: “That’s right It’s about time It’s probably been two hours”
Aide-de-Camp: “Echo my order! Sound the bells! Retreat!”
Scout: “Yes!”
Aide-de-Camp: “……”
Butler: “Alright We’ve got them by the nose”
Aide-de-Caht?”
Butler: “Yeah, out of the 40,000 logistics units involved in this battle, at least 10 of them are injured or killed Just to care for these soldiers, they will require at least an equal number of soldiers”
Rifleman: “We are prepared to move!”
Scout: “Ready to pull back”
Aide-de-Caet confronted by the Crown Prince Marshal, we’ll get DESTROYED IN ONE BLOW”
Rifleman: “Yes!”
Scout: “Let’s go! Bring the horses around!”
———– The Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Crown Prince Marshal’s Army
Crown Prince Marshal: “What?”
Strategist: “What the…… it seems to be the Southern Alliance”
Holy Iine the Southern Alliance could send soldiers down here……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “I wonder why?”
Holy Imperial General: “What’s up?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “That Scholar has imprinted her will into those eyes of her It’s difficult to iine she would be used by someone else”
Strategist: “……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “The head of an arine”
Strategist: “Indeed…… But the army ahead of us is completely different from the one we just encountered”
Holy Imperial General: “50,000 troops from the Southern Alliance”
Crown Prince Scout: “Yes! This army moved incredibly fast and struck at the rear of our Holy Crusader logistics units, iht LI thereafter, and……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Were they routed?”
Crown Prince Scout: “No, but they suffered grave dah there were many injuries as well……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Hmm”
Holy Imperial General: “As to be expected, the attack of the Southern Alliance was quite blunt At this rate, we’ll destroy them with ease”
Strategist: “Make contact with the coet more information”
Crown Prince Marshal: “The Southern Alliance has 50,000, right? How istics unit observe?”
Holy Imperial Scout: “30,000 to 35,000”
Crown Prince Marshal: “……”
Holy Imperial General: “Our army is almost entirely unharmed On top of that, we have a corps of elite Imperial Chevaliers, as well as the pre-eminent crack troops of the Holy Crusaders With our army of 50,000, the Southern Alliance’s 50,000 be entirely insufficient I firmly believe we can crush theistics unit nu just 35,000”
Holy Imperial Scout: “Very true”
Crown Prince Marshal: “……”
Strategist: “What’s wrong?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “A”
Holy Imperial General: “?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “If they wanted to settle this in a single fight, then why did they withdraw eight li? Eight li is almost the distance travelled in an entire day Of course, it’s a very safe distance to be at, but if they wanted to strike again, wouldn’t they try to be in reasonable proximity?”
Strategist: “That’s……”
Holy Imperial General: “They will strike with heavy ht?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “A cavalry unit capable of taking on 35,000 e would they have to be? Do you think that 50,000 strong troop can support such a unit?”
Holy Imperial General: “That’s……”
Strategist: “It would indeed be an incredible force To verify this, we’re going to have to come into contact with them directly”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We have other things to think about To get to the City of the Gate froh the forests In other words, we’ll have to turn our backs to the unsecured Lands of the Pale And to that Southern Alliance friendly force commanded by that Scholar”
Holy Imperial General: “!”
Crown Prince Marshal: “It is a small force 5,000 or maybe 10,000 However, if we perht be able to harass us A bigger problem is that this is the Subterranean World, we have no idea what sort of army we could encounter”
Holy Imperial General: “Can’t we just destroy these people with muskets?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We would definitely win Their tiny force cannot possibly hope to stand up to an army of 50,000 muskets However, the Southern Alliance also numbers 50,000 On top of that they’ve COME INTO CONTACT WITH MUSKETS BEFORE It’s not that I think ill lose, but I cannot guarantee we can take theainst 50,000, it’s entirely possible that we could lose thousands to ambushes and their reinforcements……”
Strategist: “Indeed”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We’re going to have to re-examine our moveistics et out of the forest as well”
Holy Imperial General: “Hmm”
Strategist: “This route of advance, huh”
Holy Imperial General: “There is a chance we could be a to have to keep early warning units to our right flank We would be stretching our scouts Especially e are harbouring, ill need toat this course, we istics unit and the Southern Alliance”
Strategist: “Three days”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We have eight li to cover, we have to s adequately as well, and that will take time”
Strategist: “Understood I will get to work”
Holy Inal our entire aret ready”
Crown Prince Marshal: “The scouts are going to have to work very hard”
Holy Imperial Scout: “Yes! Orders received!”
Crown Prince Marshal: (The Southern Alliance…… That fe or the Lone Winter King have taken to the field? Who are we up against? The one ill rule this Subterranean World will be decided by the fire of muskets)
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Explanation
Li: A li is an ancient Chinese unit of measurement also used in japan, Korea and other Sinoxenic countries, roughly equivalent to 39kht li is about 315km
Come into contact with muskets before: Any decent coies to counter weapons he has encountered before Previous victories have depended on the shock factor of never before encountering the muskets
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—————— The City of the Gate, the Keep, the Study
Banshee Lady: “——– Your Majesty!”
Banshee Butler: “…… Your Majesty”
Banshee Lady: “Your Majesty!”
The De: “! Ah, sorry As you were”
Banshee Lady: “…… You’re at your limit, your Majesty You need some sleep and you need to eat”
Banshee Butler: “Your face is completely pale”
The De: “I’ve always been the indoor type, so my body is rather frail”
Banshee Lady: “This is not the time for jokes”
Banshee Butler: “Yeah At this rate, if your Majesty were to collapse, the City of the Gate would fall in an instant”
…… Boom!
The De: “…… I can’t sleep”
Banshee Lady: “Those cannons Really do make a terrible noise”
Servant: “Please do not push yourself”
The De: “No…… I can’t meet the person I want to meet That’s all”
Banshee Lady: “——“
The Deet that, please”
Banshee Lady: “That’s……”
…… Boom!
Fiend Servant: “Report fro this afternoon, but e to need to get more labourers”
The De: “Banshee Lady”
Banshee Lady: “Shall we some people from the volunteer forces stationed at Temples?”
The De: “Go ahead”
Banshee Lady: “Understood”
The De: “Hmm……”
Servant: “Have some tea”
The De: “It’s fine”
Servant: “…… Yes”
The De can we maintain this……)
——— Eleven Years Ago, in the Forest
The Hero: “Hey, old man”
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “I brought apples”
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “……”
Wise Sage: “Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “What are you looking at?”
Wise Sage: “…… the stars”
The Hero: “Stars?”
Wise Sage: “What about it?”
The Hero: “Stars?”
Wise Sage: “What are stars?”
The Hero: “… Uhhh”
Wise Sage: “Unbelievable”
The Hero: “Really?”
Wise Sage: “…… As the years pile on, the nus only increases”
The Hero: “Uhhh”
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “……”
The Hero: “You’ve been very quiet recently”
Wise Sage: “Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “Have an apple?”
Wise Sage: “Mmm”
The Hero: “I’ll eat them all”
Wise Sage: “Go ahead”
The Hero eats an apple
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero eats another apple
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “Hey, old man”
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “Have an apple?”
Wise Sage: “—— Hero”
The Hero: “Eh?”
Wise Sage: “I don’t need that anymore”
The Hero: “……”
Wise Sage: “……”
The Hero: “…… No”
Wise Sage: “What?”
The Hero: “I don’t like this…… So You’re mistaken”
Wise Sage: “It is natural”
The Hero: “That’s not true”
Wise Sage: “The time has come”
The Hero: “You’re lying”
Wise Sage: “Hero”
The Hero: “!”
Wise Sage: “If you open your ears wide, you will be able to hear the tiny whispers that echo from the corners of our world With the increased clarity within this darkness, you can listen to the tiny voices that come from far away…… This is a rich world Populated by the senerates a wave of ripples across this wide pond”
The Hero: “I don’t understand”
Wise Sage: “…… It’s not bad Like this”
The Hero: “I don’t understand……”
Wise Sage: “Hero”
The Hero: “……”
Wise Sage: “All I hope for is a fool like you”
The Hero: “Yeah”
Wise Sage: “But, if you give up on hope, then all is completely lost”
The Hero: “———“
Wise Sage: “Look forward to it”
The Hero: “Why, why now?”
Wise Sage: “Because you have the power you require”
The Hero: “I’ve never wanted to have the power of a Hero”
Wise Sage: “That is different from the power of the Hero”
The Hero: “I don’t understand!”
Wise Sage: “…… I haven’t taught you well then”
The Hero: “——“
Wise Sage: “Look forward to it…… Your story will begin someday And you will meet friends You may be stupid, but you are no coward That is why, you cannot leave things to chance When you have free time, protect thenorance is born cowardice”
The Hero: “Why are you saying things like this?”
Wise Sage: “What else should I say?”
The Hero: “Whatever is fine, have an apple I’ll catch soo to the city ever again I’ll repay the kindness you’ve shown me Look at me”
Wise Sage: “I see it……”
The Hero: “That’s not what I’ about”
Wise Sage: “I see it very well……”
The Hero: “That’s not it……”
Wise Sage: “…… Hey, Hero Young man”
The Hero: “…… Yeah”
Wise Sage: “I aret and disappointment, but to the end, I lived it my way It was fun, the tiood use of my time”
The Hero: “I told you not to talk about that!”
Wise Sage: “Haahaha…… You have to stop being so naïve This , but you need to work hard Hero, this will be my last lesson to you Look forward to it But, work hard, and take the victory Make friends Make people who are i I have taught you, and uide you in the darkness”