Vol 14 Chapter 269 (1/2)

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With the battle with the count over, we retreated to the planned point, and began our preparations

Our main approximately ten-thousand men army need only wait for the forces of Bahnseim to come In a tent of our ca out

In the letter that came from Redant Fortress, it ritten a force of sate However, in the letter’s in…

‘Around thirty thousand preparing to depart’

‘The royal guard, and feudal lords close to Celes-sa part’

‘A few betrayals on this side Already disposed of’

‘Target is to defend Redant Fortress alongside unit’

… Various things ritten briefly The target was General Blois He was talented, and a valuable personnel uncharmed by Celes Born to imperial nobles, and with his talent, he received toohim as a trouble maker

By Rauno-san’s investigation, the individual hiot theiven to him, apparently

Within the tent, I returned the letter to Shannon

“Have you gotten able to properly read them?”

She averted her eyes

“These people have a peculiar style of handwriting and… a-around eighty percent”

I could sur at the characters she copied over, and it didn’t seem that was mistaken If Shannon could read and write a little better, she’d be able to read the letters written in Mana-imbued water on her own, I’m sure

Touching her light-violet hair, I spoke to the distracted lass

“I do want perfection, but for now, this is enough Good job”

Perhaps relieved, she pat her chest A little away, Baldoir peered at the letter, and offered his piece

“All I can see is the else”

He was touching his chin in thought Miranda offered him a kind explanation

“Shannon’s eyes are special With this, we can drag our mark onto the battlefield”

But Baldoir’s expression wasn’t the greatest

“Celes-sauard And the elites of Centralle, you say Just by rumor, I’ve heard they are throay soldiers resolved for death A ot ten thousand of the their foe… and the battle won’t end until one side is completely annihilated”

Charmed by Celes An army that didn’t fear death It had surpassed troublesome into the realm of scary No matter how many allies fell, it wouldn’t dent their morale

“I’ll have the alliance and Cartaffs dispatch manpower Even if we don’t reach fifty thousand, we’ll have more than the enemy We have a need to annihilate theotten the preparations together already”

I looked at the blue-arirls were also soldiers resolved for death

Eva looked at the map, and pointed out a marked point

“… We’ll properly do our job, but there are too many of them We won’t be able to thin them out too much”

I looked at her nervous air

“If it’s dangerous, fall back No, you only have to put theuard I only want to shi+p away their sta their numbers isn’t the objective What’s important is to irritate them”

Eva looked at

“You really are good at thinking up these sorts of means What a foul personality”

There, from the Jewel, the Fifth who proposed this plan…

『…!』

Reacted Right, the one who thought it up was the Fifth, and it consisted of a night raid to put theuard, and quite plainly drain away their stamina We had various other plans in place to incessantly chip away at their strength

Noticing the Fifth, Milleia-san spoke

『Don’t worry, father Coward is a compliment』

There, Eva looked at row accustomed to the air around us Or rather, he was ae majority of the female camp here were my wife candidates And it seems he was lost for how to interact with them

“Eva-sama? Lyle-sama’s tactics are effective ones This is for the sake of victory”

Eva looked at him a little troubled She likely never expected an earnest explanation She had intended for soht banter

Maksim-san nodded

“I get it I get you, Baldoir-dono At the start, I had my troubles with this peculiar air But it’s fine This is normal”

I spoke to Baldoir

“These light exchanges are an everyday thing You don’t need to be mindful of them”

There Baldoir seemed even more troubled

“That’s a bit… but if aproble my mouth… however my lord’s honor is at stake and…”

Looking at Baldoir, the Third in the Jeas laughing

『Ahaha, this kid sure is earnest He reseht in uess this is fate and such and such for you』

The Seventh see

『The Forxuz House, and the Circry House… it’s true some have been lost, but soained are…』

The Seventh sounded a little glad In order to get myself back on track, I clapped my hands

“Now then, let’s continue theI don’t think this time’s a battle we can enjoy, but it’s ones that’s definitely necessary It carries a large significance in largely thinning Celes’ personal force”

Right, the elites were soldiers froe chip in that war potential, it would make future battles easier And if I sent death-bound soldiers at Beim, there was a possibility Beim would be completely wiped off the map

“The war has only just begun But if we lose here, there won’t be a next Why don’t we strengthen our resolve”

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… At Redant Fortress, Blois approached the general serving as supreme commander

Entering the room he used, he made his enquiry

“I would like to ask Lyle Walt of South Bei thirty thousand troops centered on the royal guard of all things? Here, you should send fifty thousand No, sixty thousand, or ignore them entirely and set course for Beim!”

The supreme commander spoke disinterestedly

“It isn’t particularly a bad plan We are heading for Beim ahead of our initial schedule And we lost the are to our total forces exceed ten thousand Lords who had the tables turned in their plunder aren’t few in number On top of that, there are idiots who refuse to return after setting out to pillage In such a state, we don’t have the leisure to send sixty thousand So we’ll have thirty five thousand seal off South Beim’s movements I’ South Beim attack us from behind in the middle of our assault on Beim”

Blois took in the supreht there was no mistake in them In the end, he believed there wouldn’t be a probleuard lost

The royal guard and the elites… what squad would be selected to fill in the hole they left behind? The ar from Beim… with their victory still fresh in et even closer to Celes in Centralle upon his return Or so Blois surmised

“But in the case South Bei our expectations…”

“General Blois It does see about you”

Hearing his words, Blois made a vexed expression It didn’t seem the supreme commander actually believed the rumors, but he planned to use them to refuse this talk

“I’ve left the fortress’ defense to you With your soldiers and three thousand fro seven thousand, but please proceed with the utood job, those bad rumors will fade away just like that”

Blois left the supreme commander’s roouard…

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… Breid supplemented the soldiers he lost in the mountains with so off from Redant Fortress

His royal guard And the elites had gone down to nuht thousand Two thousand had died in the mountains, or were too injured to move

But taking in seven thousandforce, he headed for South Bei the more