Chapter 88: Milton vs Siegfried (4) (1/2)
Chapter 88: Milton vs Siegfried (4)
“Secretary, the eneh our camp, sir”
“The first rank has been defeated And there are reports that the second rank is also in trouble, sir”
Milton’s attack on the Republican’s base broke their battle lines and caused the Republican Arfried wasn’t worried at all
‘Did he think this was an opportunity? Logically, it’s a bold and rational judgefried had a cynical sht the Republican Arht the Republican Arth to stop theh the cafried still had more than 200 Ghost soldiers Not tofried hifried’s point of view, Milton Forrest was just a ht But the probleth here’
Jake and the Ghosts, as well as his own…
On the surface, the troops were directly under the command of Fuhrer Bahasten, but in reality, the troops were loyal to only Siegfried He was the only one who knethey were But because he hadn’t fully taken over the Republic, he couldn't reveal all his strengths just yet The only reason he had been able to exert his full strength when he had captured Duke Brans was because they were hidden frohts
‘But this tifried had a choice to th? Or should hide his strength but give in to his enefried carefully debated over his two choices
And then…
‘It can’t be helped I still have to keep fried chose the second option
He was reluctant to reveal all of his abilities when he hadn’t taken full control of the Republic yet If so he had prepared so far would become useless
‘It’s not like there’s no other way to get out of this without revealing everything’
With this in ave a command to his entire army
“Retreat! Fix the battle lines and ave the order, the Republican Aran to retreat in an orderly manner
“My Lord, the ene”
Milton smiled as Jerome reported to hi as their battle line collapsed Unfortunately, neither geography or the situation allowed hi to pursue the was the result
‘We won’
A strong enedom to the brink of ruin, annihilated the 50,000 expeditionary forces frodoainst that strong enefried
He raised his sword into the air and shouted as he looked around
“It is our victory!”
“Wahhhh!!”
“Hurray, Southern Army, hurray!”
“Hip hip hurray for Count Forrest!”
Their cheers drowned out all other noise It was a victory where not only Milton, but all of the Southern Arhts are quite powerful Not to ave us and the ordinary soldiers were hly trained than I had expected”
After the battle with Milton was over, Siegfried cal the taste of victory, but Siegfried didn’t really think he had lost Yes, he did withdraw from the battle, but that didn’t mean he suffered much casualties from it
In fact, he could have won if he had tried But he thought, ‘how’ he as more important, and had decided to retreat
However, his enefried had no intentions of letting hifried had learned Milton’s personality and characteristics in that first battle, he was confident that he would be victorious in the next one
“Let’s see… How should I deal with hian to think up a plan in his head Currently inside his brain was his enefried was visualizing how he could counterattack when he was attacked But, there was sofried could have anticipated
That was…
“Secretary Siegfried”
“What’s the probleer came frofried felt a chill going down his spine However, he couldn’t refuse to hear the er And that fried Immediately avoid any more battles and return to the Capital with the Republican Arfried’s brows furrowed
“Did the Fuhrer really say that?”
“Yes, he did”
For a er for his bold reply But, he ed to hold back his murderous intent and was able to politely respond
“Understood, I’ll return as quickly as possible, so please report it back to the Fuhrer”
However, the er crossed his arms and looked at him with mistrust in his eyes
“I’m sorry, but I can’t do that”
“You can’t?”
“That’s right I have been ordered by the Parliafried and e in any more battles So, until this army returns, I have to stay and keep an eye on you”
“Didn’t you say it was a direct order from the Fuhrer himself before? So why is it an order froht his er’s face crimsoned
“… That’s not for you to know, Secretary Siegfried”
‘This scu on Wary of Siegfried’s accoed the Fuhrer to withdraw the arh the Republic claimed to have a much more fair and superior state systefried’s point of view, both the Republic and the overnments were rotten with corruption