Chapter 49 (1/2)
WAR COUNCIL OF THE COLOR OF SUNSET
Going up the ladders, Riku arrived at the lookout of the temple
With the sun setting, the sea, which was surrounding the island, was being dyed in orange Ordering the deainst the edge of the lookout The red hair of the sa with the breeze of the sea While holding down her hair, Riku glared at the sea, annoyed She didn´t have good in with, and she felt that the more she spent her time on this mission, the more she came to hate it
“I finally found you, ojou-chan”
Tofor her froone up to the lookout Despite how they were in their current situation, the weak smile didn´t vanish from his face Riku frowned
“What is it?”
“Stupid, it is obvious It is so that we can think of a plan to deal with those guys”
Vrusto looked with his eyeglass at the direction of the sea Even if he wasn´t to look at the direction he was looking now, it would be possible to see the figure of the irritating fellows there
In the present situation, the Sherr island was surrounded by all sides by ten warshi+ps
Today, at dahen they noticed the warshi+ps approaching
…Going back a few days, after they suppressed the surviving spiritualists, they immediately started to search for the De search crown-like objects in the vast treasury room that reached to the skies already took many efforts The treasury room was so replete of treasures that those spiritualists frorumble about how they abstained the three days and three nights, they couldn´t find all the crowns that were in there
At theat thattrouble for her mission… At this same time, the report that Fert had fallen and that the ot to her
“Really, what are we to do now…”
“For soo attack them? We also have the warshi+ps those spiritualists fellows left to us”
“That´s what it would be a bad plan”
Riku rejected Vrusto´s opinion And then, she gave a sidelong glance to the warshi+ps anchored at the shore of the island
“They came at the same time the information about the fall of Fert reached us In order words, they had iht after they had captured Fert”
“Then, shouldn´t we be ai for now that they are exhausted?”
“There is no e can escape from those people that had their measures for the naval battle already set, you know?”
Riku had ies It was possible for her if it was to the extent of e about naval battles However, she didn´t actually have experience of the to use her lack of experience as an excuse to avoid a naval battle Not doing so because of lack of experience was the sa ait was soht now, the proble else
“But as it? Why did they caht away?”
“That is… Because we had invaded thee for sure”
Being asked that by Riku, Vrusto crossed his arms troubled
“With all the preparations they would do after capturing Fert, it would have been too short for theo attack so on co Fert?”
“This is only a possibility, though”
If by any chance this guess was to be correct, then, the possibility of the report of the discovery of the location of the De a false inforh No matter how they were to look for it, they would only be able to find similar objects
“A strategy to lure the deht? I guess they intended to attack theainst the the temple… But could it be that, out of their calculations, the people of the te at those shi+ps we acquired, they still have the saht anyone after all”
“…Then, wouldn´t it be better to attack them as expected?”
“But the shi+ps ould be using are spiritualist shi+ps, you know?”
Riku and her subordinates didn´t know in detail about the shi+ps used by the spiritualists, but it wasn´t the case for the enee frohest places of the shi+p to its lowest With theo attack theerous How Riku had procured merchant shi+ps on purpose in order to avoid naval battles had actually backfired in the end Riku pondered
“…The proble?”
Even though a day had passed, there were no signs of the theht attack However, even so, they didn´t see any signs of the to attack All they did was to keep surrounding the there
“It doesn´t look like they are confused about how so for a siege?”
“I can´t find any advantage for thee war I have no idea what they are thinking about”
That´s why they were troubled, without being able to think of any plans Riku was hoping that by looking at their forh place just like that, it would perhaps be possible for her to think of soet any useful infor that All she was able to do was to confir anchored fro themselves
“But you know, if we are not going for a naval battle, what are we going to do? Or are you planning on letting them land here on purpose?
“At the worst case, it would be that We can´t go for a naval battle, so all we can do is that…Or if we go escape to Perikka somehow”
Of course, slipping through them in merchant shi+ps that didn´t have any weapons installed or anything of the sort was next to impossible If they had the resolve to use up about one or two of the shi+ps as baits, then inally, the people she would be sacrificing were soldiers of the Demon Lord army If she was to be known as someone that sacrificed her own soldiers to run away, it was possible that Leivein´s reputation would fall Therefore, there was no way she could use her soldiers life like that
If only she were to receive reinforcee Since the port of Perikka still wasn´t captured by the spiritualists, Riku still had some hopes that reinforceine Charlotte sending her reinforce like “If it is only thisabout it yourself!” in an brazen posture, Riku let out a big sigh
“…For now, let´s send a report to the main forces of the Demon Lord army”
Because they were in an isolated island at the middle of the sea, she couldn´t use Roppu That´s ithout any other options, she entrusted that with an special kind of de periods of time It was a demon that looked like a [walrus]; an anio her younger brother had boastfully talked about once While holding the package the letter was inside with his big hands that had fins, a deh the drainage channels
Sucking in the snot of his nose, he muttered in manner that looked completely irresponsible(I don´t kno this would be called in english… Also, having it described in details like that ross -)
“Either doing a suicide attack and having a honorable death or waiting for reinforcements”