Chapter 37 (1/2)

The sluggish at had yet to dissipate in the city of Barasse In this tin of the everyday life that the ones living here were used to, and an air of tension hung around the gate of the city This teuard on watch

“Move enemy troops!”

The s fires had disappeared, and for a while they had been observing soe catapults, but now it seeun in earnest, as two tanks appeared from the directions of the plains, followed closely by a formation of foot soldiers; an estimated 500 of them

“Here they comeKou, are your preparations ready?”

“Vuouuaa” Yep, I’m ready~

The pro the Defense Reinforceht El extensive use of their long-range catapults had co down the tanks so they couldn’t get into the city, no matter if they ere destroyed or not

When the foot soldiers reached the wall of the city, the catapults would have to naturally stop firing, so they could leave slowing down the tanks to Kou, and the foot soldiers would be dealt with by the city guard while being supported by the Bowmen unit

This tih this could be also attributed to the fact that he couldn’t coovernor, the command chain had been split, and the couard had no say in the movements of the Adventurer's lead by Elmerl

“Ene!”

“Projectile fro and crouched to protect himself I in, and an explosion resounded outside the wall The flame barrel attacks by the catapults had started The consecutive attacks by the four catapults resulted in near constant explosions

The long-range catapults had been installed such a distance away that fire arrows from this side could not reach them, and indeed, flame barrels fired from that side could only reach the wall if they had tailwind However, in such conditions where the catapults were barely in range, there was a need to be extra careful, as some flame barrels could clear the walls and land inside the city purely by chance

Even as they were hiding in the shadow of the ith bated breaths, everyone was anxiously waiting for the explosions to end while discussing things like “If we can hold out here in Barasse, I think next we’ll be advancing on Eptita” As that was going on, a h the main street and announced:

“Tanks sighted approaching the western gate!”

TLN: Re on near the eastern gate

Last night, when the Na’Hatome army had received reinforcements from Pulse that had made camp, a different unit had ate They had lit fires in the ca off all the catapults they had prepared to focus attention on theone around the city towards the west gate

They had known that reinforcements from Curacall were expected from the west sometime today, so if they were not careful, the Na’Hatome could be the ones who ended up in a pincer As such, it seemed like they had not sent any foot soldiers to attack the west gate According to theon the west gate, and apart frohted

“They did such a riskyThe ene on this one battle”

“They knew that ould be focusing our forces on the eastern gate Kuh, they’re going to keep us on our toes”

The eastern gate was being assaulted by the long-range catapults, and two tanks and an infantry unit was also advancing on it, so it would be difficult to take forces from here Elmerl hesitated on what to do At that ave his uard into units, and adding a few soldiers to Gashe’s Defense tea unit

“I’ll head to the Western gate I’ll leave this to you”

“Commander…?”

With an air that was really different from just a day before, the old couard with El unit Elo with a complex expression on her face

“Kou?”

“Vuaau?” What?

“We’ll o help out the commander”

“Vuvuaouu” Got it

Kou took out his Magic Wheel and slid after the carriage carrying the commander All the Adventurers and soldiers in the area were curious about this new method of locomotion, but they were soon distracted as a part of the wall began to crumble after a flame barrel hit it

“Hold out today, and it is our win! Let’s drive them back!”

“Yeah!”

The Adventurers and soldiers responded to Element

In the years past when the first ith Na’Hatoht, there was one soldier who threw himself into the war, and lead soldiers in both ser scales He was hts of the Grandahl arht, Basclay

At the ti shi+shi+ou Leozeos had just succeeded the King, and due to his policyintroduced to the battlefield Seeing this changing battlefield, the old knight was re to raise his own successor, he made one of his men his personal assistant

That young ht well of by his peers, but Basclay saw his potential as his coe The young man absorbed all of this like dry earth absorbs water

One day, a large battle was planned to happen in the area where Basclay and his troops were deployed, and King Leozeos hiiven about the use of the new special weapons that used ical ars that had not yet been adopted by the Grandahl aries for winning were discussed, and opinions were both given and taken

Basclay caies and planned them out, and shared them with his subordinate, and asked for his opinion and such Basclay knew that if the subordinate could getbattle, he would be promoted to a position where he could replace Basclay as a coht, after which he would give up his position

The nextwith his subordinate, Basclay overslept As he hurriedlyplace, he was told that the King’s unit had already moved on He couldn’t see his subordinate anywhere, and when he asked those in the vicinity he found out that the young ’s unit

The young subordinate had proposed the plans Basclay had co with his unit After a fierce battle with hly prised the one who had come up with the plans that had contributed to the victory

After this battle, the Na’Hatome army, which had suffered heavy losses stopped it’s invasion on all fronts, and the war entered a stalemate Grandahl was now virtually victorious

Some time passed, and aone ot some time off in the capital He was invited by soarden, which he accepted without hesitation, with the intention of finding his old subordinate and asking him about what had happened that day But…

“You’ve thrown yourself into battle for too long I’m sure you’re a little tired”

Hearing his for reply, Barksure was astonished All of the nobles there wanted to be together with the “young hero”

The young ’s unit, and using the fact that he had contributed in the final battle and had earned King Leozeos approval had busied hi connections, and already had a lot of supporters The only sy a lifetime on the battlefield were the old eous palace

Realizing that he had been betrayed by his subordinate, who he had trusted and who he had wanted to succeed hi due to the shock This caused a slight disturbance in the area, and eventually King Leozeos also heard about it

Soon after that, Basclay retired fronized, and he arded a position as an ar for his efforts; a calm life for the rest of his time However, since the time he had collapsed in that courtyard, Basclay’s life had lost all color, his consciousness was always covered in a haze, his heart lost in a mist

That o As he had tried to olem had appeared out of nowhere and stopped the tank As he looked up at Kou’s arht, various memories and scenes rose up in his mind

The Captain of the knights that had taught hi and tactics back when he was just a brat Back then, there were a lot of knights that carried theuishable frohts which held pride and honesty near and dear were a minority, and only existed near the capital

Even while surrounding environ and falsehood, that Knight Captain never allowed hi onto his beliefs and skills

“Hey Clay, no matter who someone else is, don’t you think that you can only be yourself?”

“What the hell? That makes no sense”

“Hahahaha! I o, no matter how far that is, I will remain me, and no matter what happens, you will still remain you”

“Like I said, what does that mean? Isn’t that obvious?”

The boy Basclay had looked up to one such knight After resting for some time while immersed in these e that he had been carrying around all this tireater heights So what? That’s all that had happened In fact, it meant that the plans he had come up with had been that much effective

The coate, and asked the guards stationed there for a status report The gate had already been struckraether by wood that that had been hastily tacked on It wouldn’t hold out for long

“The enemy is just tanks?”

“Yes, we can’t see any enemy soldiers”

“We can already see cracks in the two pillars that support the gate I believe it is only a matter of time before it breaks down completely…”

“I seeWell then, let’s think of a counterat is already destroyed”

Saying that co to coainst the tanks Just then, the powerful golem that had been apparently sent by the Gawiik party arrived on the scene, sliding across the ground It’s body gloith light, and words of light appeared

“I came to assist~”

“That’s it” Seeing Kou arrive, Basclay hit upon an idea

The Mechanized Tank of the Na’Hatoate of Barasse multiple tiate, and presuate by building sonalled to tank No5 to accelerate

Tank No 5, which didn’t have a battering ram attached to it’s front pushed Tank No 4 fro into the gate with the cracked support pillars The creho had braced froate had finally broken completely because of the vastly different sensation compared to the previous hits

“Yes! We’ve broken through! After engaging the anti-personnel ht to the Eastern Gate!”

“Two carriages sighted in front!”

“Multiple sighted on the sides too!”