Chapter 236: The Fall of the Empire (2) (2/2)

“Yes, sir This is the evidence”

David handed Siegfried a single docufried s nothing while he had been laying low He had been sharpening a sword to insert into the heart of the Empire once there was a chance for him to strike back

Noas the time to draw that sword

“Jake”

“Yes, Your Excellency!”

“Startto the E for the Emperor’s head!”

“Yes, sir!”

The wounded tiger who had been curled up was finally fried’s advance

It heralded a spectacular counterattack by the Republic

“I will pay off the great hero of the Republic, General Barron’s grudge Rise with me, brothers of the Republic!”

With that proclafried moved the entire Republican Ar for the Republic as a whole, but personally, it had a lot of advantages for Siegfried

With Barron’s death, Siegfried beca efried had taken control of the Republic’s islature, but General Barron had been the exception His presence was like a grain in a precise fried loathed him

If Barron had been hostile, it would have been easy for Siegfried to soet him out of the way, but because Barron put a distance between the, ‘leavefirst

But General Barron had died with Duke Schweiker of the Empire Actually, there were rumors that the two heroes had been blessed by heaven and been enthroned by the deities, but Siegfried didn’t believe that He was an atheist

‘If there really was a God in reality, then he would be incompetent compared to me The fact that the world is in such a mess with their omnipotent powers is evidence of that’

That hat Siegfried usually thought; that hy he didn’t believe that a God had placed them on a divine throne, but he could believe that General Barron and Duke Schweiker had destroyed each other

For Siegfried, this was the best result possible

Barron hadn’t died alone, but had taken the Republic’s head, Duke Schweiker of the Efried’s eye, how could he not be happy that it had been removed for him?

But what pleased him the most was that General Barron was now dead

Politicians usually prefer dead heroes over heroes ere still alive Dead heroes were much easier to utilize and they were never hostile That hat a dead hero was

With the justification of taking revenge for General Barron, Siegfried reat hero” - with that, he united all the people

‘I’lad you died, General Barron’

Only after General Barron had died was Siegfried sincerely thanking hifried led a fearsome army southward

Of course, the Iht back

“Show the Republican fanatics the strength of the Eht fiercely against the Republic; he didn’t spare hi lost both his beloved disciple and a close friend he had respected, Duke Sebastian was the personification of revenge And of course, Marquis Gothaainst the Republic as well

Thanks to that, the Eainst the Republic’s full-scale offensive But as tian to show Without Antras, the Iy

The dadoainst the Republican Army led by General Barron; the supply lines stretched thin to counter the scorched earth tactics With such unfavorable conditions, it wasn’t a good situation for the Efried had so accurately stabbed the Iic weakness that it seemed cruel

“Duke Sebastian Count Leon is said to have been killed, sir”

“What?”

“It’s said that he was killed by the Republican Ar were also wiped out, sir”

“Keugh…”

“Duke Sebastian, Siegfried led a detachment and attacked our supply unit, sir”

“Where is he? When and where did he show up?”

“It’s reported that he appeared on a minor road just past Catrol Castle, sir”

“Isn’t that the location where we defeated the Republic before?”

“Yes, sir It seee failed Instead, they went to the rear and attacked our supply line”

“daritted his teeth as he looked down at the strategic h it seemed like the Republic was on the full offensive, they were actually attacking the frontline bit by bit, but exhaustively By doing that, either Siegfried or Jake led an elite force and was going around stabbing vital Imperial points

‘Isn’t this what our E of the war?’

Were they planning to repay everything they had suffered? The tables had turned and now, the E subjected to the same pattern by the Empire

‘What should we do? What do we have to do to reverse the situation?’

One of the operational staff spoke carefully as he looked at Duke Sebastian staring hard at the strategic map

“Your Grace, I wonder whether we should be pulling the frontline back”

“Pull back the frontline?”

“Yes, sir We’re not in a position to deal with both the Republic and the Lester Kingdom at the same time, Your Grace Recently, not only the Republic, but the Lester Kingdoun to attack our ive up the frontline — that was an option

But to give up the frontline was no different than letting go of the Republic that they had finally pressed down

‘That would less’

Duke Sebastian wanted to avoid such a situation

‘First, let’s try to hang on a bit longer’

Duke Sebastian gave orders to the then their defense and keep an eye out for both Siegfried and Jake’sfor assistance We cannot fight a ithout supplies”

“Yes, sir!”

Rather than using an excellent hand, Duke Sebastian decided to deal with the problem

In actuality, this was the limit of his ability

‘First, we endure The Empire wouldn’t be that weak’

Even if the war consumed some of the Empire’s national power, Duke Sebastian chose tothe Empire’s output and the population, it wouldn’t be ifried actual intention was to shake the foundation of the Empire itself