Vol 2 Chapter 20 (2/2)

「So this the result of taking the bait after saying we shouldn’t rush anything」

All the stratagems until nohere like childish tricks But they were all truly effective

A He is in awe of these carefully laid out plans A person whose name is known even within the Grantz Grant Ee in tieneration— Ranquil is forced to realize how ed

「And I thought I still had a role to play…」

He has no rowth

He doesn’t have the youth to coh this situation

「Hah…」

It ant He was once called the 「Wild Eagle of Change」, but otten to his head

Ranquil entered a tent and sank into a chair

The light froone

「Should we retreat?」

But if he returned to the capital, the nobles would likely betray and kill hi they could win, but all he did was get led around by the nose He was already shunned by the nobles to begin with, so it’s unlikely he would be forgiven

「Even if I weren’t killed…」

There will surely be nobles ould double cross him Even if he shut himself up in the capital, he would fall to an insurrection He felt like it wouldn’t matter no matter what he did, and it annoyed hi

「Excuse me」

Said a staff officer as he appeared at the entrance He quickly approached Ranquil, and placed three ss on the table Ranquil points his icy cold eyes at the staff officer

「What is this?」

「The spies were carrying these」

「Did they confess?」

At this point, it doesn’t s

「No, they say everything they reported was true」

「Is that so?」

After discovering the contents, Ranquil smiled bitterly

「Are they still trying to deceive us…? Such greed」

All the bags had Grantz gold coins in theave the false report had Schteizen silver coins As he tried to think of the possible intention for that…

「Your Excellency Ranquil!」

Another staff officer entered with a disturbed voice

「The night assault has failed! Less than 600 camel cavalrymen have returned!」

「…」

He predicted this

Considering they were outwitted so well, you could say this was the obvious outco

「It’s unfortunate」

「In other words… with just 3,000 men, we have to drive away the Fourth Imperial Army and the rebel army’s forces of over 13,000 men?」

An invisible blade is pierced deep into his body

Though it gave no sense of pain, it was shaving away at his life

— Retreat

It happened when this one word appeared in the back of his head

「Your Excellency! Your Excellency Ranquil! I bring good news!」

The one who stuer

Everyone’s gaze pierced into him But he focused only on Ranquil, as if he didn’t have time to pay the others any mind

Ranquil knit his brows suspiciously

「Settle down What happened? What is this good news?」

「W-We’ve discovered the enemy’s supply trains!」

「M-My word! Is this true?!」

The one who raised his voice was a staff officer

Ranquil lifts himself up from his chair

「Where?」

The le spot It was the fort which was felled by the Fourth Iinning

「We have discovered goods being carried in here」

「What about security? Do you kno many there are?」

「We don’t know for certain, but we believe it to be somewhere between 800 and a 1,000」

「A thousand, is it…」

Now that they’ve lost a large number of their camel cavalrymen, it would be difficult to spare over a 1,000 soldiers

「Hoas the situation at the fort?」

「The ate was also destroyed」

「Hmm, so the fort can’t be held down」

Ranquil places his hand on his chin and contemplates

「… We leave our camp as is and raid the fort with the entire army, burn their food provisions at daybreak, and attack the demoralized enemy’s flank Can we do it…?」

The enemy is probably also aware of the fact that they don’t have any leeway Which is why there’s no doubt an attack on the supply trains would be unexpected They’ll take control before daybreak, and if they burn everything around the ti on, they can shake them up

Ranquil placed both hands on the table, slowly gazed at the face of each staff officer, and spoke

「If anyone has any doubts, let’s hear it」

「Are you absolutely sure about leaving our camp as is?」

「That’s right Moving our encampment would take time Most importantly, if we cleared away our caless」

It seemed the staff officer was satisfied with this explanation as he nodded his head Then Ranquil spoke in a lowered voice

「However, I forbid this to be disclosed to anyone Ene about On the surface, we tell the soldiers we are retreating If any spies have snuck in, that will also work towards our plan」

In order to strike the enemy’s flank, they have to make the them catch wind of their plans If any spies have snuck in, they’ll let them report back that they’ve run away

Ranquil stiffened his express and spit out in a powerful voice

「The fact that we are going to attack the fort does not leave this place If there are no questions, move out!」

「Understood!」

His eyes which were iy mind had become clear

「It seems we’ll finally be able to drive nail into them」

— Dreain to paint reality

Who was it that said that— He doesn’t even have to try to recall The person comes to mind immediately

It was a o of her people

— The world is full of lies, and hu truth

She lamented her beloved human race thusly, but it is this race which is now the most prosperous

Humans, elves, dwarves, zorostas, and anthros, the five main races Furthermore, there is a barbarian race known as the three barbarian tribes, and they are currently spreading throughout Aletia

However, there are no sign of the wars dying out, which she so wished for

「Because of the many foolish rulers in this world, the heavens are yet to be settled」

Which is precisely why, although she is but a sht now— the day she becomes a brilliant one, they will raise 「Valdite」 to the heavens to becoht for all the people

As Hiro looked up, the ht sky, was concealed by thick clouds

「Until then, I’ll protect her so that no one discovers her」

But he lacks the power to do so This isn’t a battle he can win on his own

A thousand years ago, he had the 「Five Heavenly Black Generals」 and the 「Raven Army」

You could say he was surrounded by superbly skilled individuals No h them all

They were like a colossal jaith the force to consume all the heavens, which dominated this world

「I need to get ain」

Ti in all these aspects

Once he obtains thehter

Like the full ht sky cleared of darkness, with the stars by its side, she will stand atop the heavens with the people standing by her side

Hiro looked towards Liz’s tent

「It’s not too far off into the future But… there’s no need to be tied down by unnecessary obligations yet」

As he turns around, the heht air played a loud note