Vol 9 Chapter 155 (1/2)
Holy Knight Lyle
Fro Zayin’s capital
The nuate looked to be around twenty thousand
There weren’t anyMore than that, there were few siege weapons to be found The troop ly low
“They don’t want to point a bow at their homeland, I see”
Before the army that had arrived before Zayin’s capital on the fourth day, I looked at the hesitant troops, and muttered
Our side was the same The recapture was successful, but our converted allies were hesitant to point bows at those that were their comrades not but several days before
I touched the Jewel as I reflected on how I hadn’t anticipated that
(I’lad we avoided wat If we properly went at each other, the fissure between Zayin’s capital and provinces would widen And after entering the capital, there wereplenty of soldiers who didn’t feel it right on an emotional level)
After taking control of the temple, the soldiers sided with us
The Holy Maiden was no longer there, so weighing the odds, it would be coht, the Holy Maiden held an i to this country
The ns of ht
“The ave up on theun to assee weapons…”
A voice came from the Jewel
It was the Fourth
『They won’t attack their hohable when you think of what they planned to do to another country of humans What’s more, the funds are now in our hands Mercenaries are cold ones to employers who can’t pay』
The Seventh
『Toowith it The capital has already fallen The enerasp of our side, and our Holy Maiden has already officially declared them traitors』
Aura-san was nahts as the official standing arhts were proclaimed as a rebel army
That was actually surprisingly effective, and the enemy was flustered
(Ornament or not, the Holy Maiden is the Holy Maiden)
The Fifth spoke
『I doubt they ever thought you guys would be able to take it with six hundred Perhaps they think you have three thousand orfactions within the country, after all』
And suspicion turns shadows to ogres They thought there may be traitors within the country
(Not that they’re wrong)
When I watched the un enemy, Clara beside me spoke
“Lyle-san, are you just going to glare at one another like that? It looks like they could crush us just like that”
I shook my head
“I have an idea for before it comes to that”
I turned, and behind me were the some of the soldiers’ families Clara stared at me quite harshly
“Lyle-san, you’re really doing it?”
I nodded
“Of course Wouldn’t that be best? I want to keep the casualties as low as possible”
The one who suggested this dirty tactic was the Third But all I needed to do wasWe had around five hundred soldiers with proper equipment…
Making preparations to attack
“Now, shall we begin?”
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… The sun rose, and Zayin’s gate became clearly visible
The one looking at the gate, that appeared even more sturdy than usual, was Arures around, and snapped
“Don’t be deceived by the likes of a false Holy Maiden!”
The declining troop morale was to an extent where it was clearly visible to the naked eye Regardless of his orders, they didn’t even try to put together the siege weapons
Even if they did, theirrebel arhts followed the examples of the soldiers around them
Most of the soldiers gathered fro called rebels by former Holy Maiden Thelma She was one who specialized in internal affairs, who turned an eye not only to the capital, but to all territories equally
And the result that Remis had been defeated
That was a painful one
There wasn’t a Holy Maiden left to recognize them Armand seemed quite irritated as he listened to the voices of his soldiers
“I can’t point my bow there My family’s in those walls Don’t knohat I’ll hit”
“Me poor ol’ et out”
“What’s this Even after you called it an easy win, the knights aren’t of any use at all”
Aran to panic It wasn’t just the provincial soldiers, the loweredthe capital soldiers as well
(Don’t panic We have twenty thousand Take out the rear supports, and that still leaves fifteen thousand The other side has three or four thousand at most… otherwise, they would never have been able to reach the castle while evading our advance We even have siege weapons If I force them ork, and push them back…)
After he thought that far, a voice ca to a soldier
When Armand hurriedly looked up the wall, he saw the residents of the town
“Marco, come home! You can still make it!”
“Dear, do you really plan on attacking us!? Get over here at once, and apologize!”
“Daddy! Pwease come home”
Atop the ramparts stood the families of the soldiers And a man in full plate armor came out, and made a bold declaration
“I ahts! Gentleht, we’ll stop you not But can you bring yourselves to attack the city with the ones you should be protecting!? If it’s noe shall not charge the sin of aiding a rebel force! Thron your weapons, and surrender at once! The saht without dissolution, then we shall take you on!”
Armand muttered
“T-these guys, aren’t they e up unarmed civilians on the battlefield!? Oy, start the preparations to attack at…”
Arle soldier stepped forward, and dropped his weapons
“I’ away, captain! As if I’ll heed your words to point a weapon at ht for yourself!”
He was a man with short blond hair, and he threw his weapons and walked off in quite a conspicuous way Seeing hiht…
(I don’t know that man… could he be a setup from Thelma…!)
And then another One by one, the soldiers cast aside their weapons, and parted from the base camp
“H-halt! Do not flee! Deserting under enemy fire is a capital crime! ”
They ran away in droves, the knights unable to stop it gathered in front of Armand
“Captain! It’s i them anymore!”
Watching the soldiers begin to flee, Armand felt blood flon his clenched fist
“So… for me to lose In these twenty years… just what sentiment did I feel to endure it…”
Not long after Arade, the Holy Maiden changed to Thel other countries as they had altogether
Putting her efforts to internal affairs, she wouldn’t prepare a battlefield for the ht
“Cowards and traitors! Are the weapons in your hands mere decorations!!?”
He yelled at the gates, and slowly, they began to open Behind theht…
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The gate opened
Mounted, I reht hand
Before us were panicking soldiers And noticing us, the knights hurriedly took their weapons in hand, and got on their horses
After I took a deep breath behind my faceplate, I heard a voice from the side Aria to my left wore red armor as she called out to me
She held up her spear on horseback, and her forht in itself
“What are you getting nervous about now?”
On reen armor and called over to me The reason we all wore conspicuous colors was to concentrate attention on us
“You sure get nervous at soerous”
The others were Creit-san, and adventurers that had once been knights…
And behind them were fully armed soldiers We were able to coordinate them a bit over the few days we had, but attack and rotate was all we could e
Complex formations were impossible; furthermore, it didn’t hold much purpose on this specific battlefield
I brought ht hand up to shoulder level, and held it up front When I clenched it, it let off a blue light, and a silver halberd manifested
It reseeous point of not consuave the orders to everyone