Vol 14 Chapter 272 (1/2)

Merciless Blade

… Atop the wall enclosing Bei arrows

But before Bahnseim’s army that surrounded theuns, they couldn’t get in any decent attacks

When it ca The skilled ics one after the next And Bahnseiic counterattacks of their own

If things continued like this, would Bahnseiical bits? Beiht recovery

The leader of a large adventurer party taking coht boldly where Bahnseireatest

“Let’s show these dogs of Bahnseim! The monsters we take on every day are scarier than they!”

That wasn’t wrong But it was a state who they should fear more

As his party ic or arrow after the next, Bahnsei their utmost effort just to ward off the attacks… or so it seemed…

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… Headquarters of Bahnseim’s Beim Invasion Force

In it, the generals gathered, hearing the explosions and feeling the shockwaves as they held their

Not a single one of them stood fearful before Beim’s intense assault More than that, they even showed their leisure

The Supreme Commander opened his mouth

“Now then, this Beio at it the usual way Because if we just wait here, the enemy will exhaust themselves”

One of the generals spoke up

“The boats are prepared to attack fore with a coast, and it will take a little time before they are used to it”

The Commander nodded

“Let the and taking a tuer force need only put pressure on the ene nowill it take for Beim’s heart to fold in…”

A knight brigade chief reported the surrounding situation

“Beiees froh food, but can they hold out with so many mouths to feed… and they’ve never experienced a war of this scale before They ile”

Beim had used its mercenaries to intervene in war for its own prosperity, but the city itself had never fallen into a position where it had to experience war firsthand There weren’t any leaders a them who’d experienced battle on this scale, and Bahnseim’s side are Beim had yet to think up any effective means

No, they could feel it in their bones

“They should’ve sought out a retired general, and invested their s I can’t understand why Beim won’t take such a simple measure”

The one to answer the Supreeneral

“Were they ht of it all? Even if they intervened in wards around, a majority of theed villages, they’re putting too much trust into the abilities of the adventurers Do they think each one is a match for a thousand?”

Adventurers who took ontheir abilities Thebusinesses out of Beim were the same

One of the generals laughed

“Match for a thousand, eh? ‘That I wanted to be when I was a wee lad But reality ‘sn’t so sweet There’s not an incompetent here who’d force the whole burden to a man with such skill to his blade, Supreme Commander”

Battle reliant on a single exceptional, to say it the other way, as long as that one was lost, they would crumble too easily

If the adventurers were the strong of Beim, they need only wait for those adventurers’ hearts to cave in The Suprehtly

“That right Well then, will Beim’s heart fold first, or will the plans we prepared be pulled off first? Taking bets here, gentlemen”

The generals of Bahnseihter…

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Late night

Stepping back a bit, I lay down gripping the Jewel I had ate, wiped down my body, and when I entered the bed, I closed my eyes We had taken measures in advance May should be prepared as well I felt the sensation ofthe Jewel, and when I next opened my eyes, I was in the Jewel’s round table room

The one waiting fora serious expression

『So you’ve come Follow me I’ll teach you my Skill, and hand you the weapon necessary for this situation Take upan end to this detestable battle at once』

The Fifth’s Skill Map… it was a Skill to grasp the surrounding terrain I’d given a bit of thought into why he came out with such a Skill

The First’s enhancements The Second’s Skill to let others use your Skills The Third’s was for the psyche The Fourth’s for rasp his surroundings

I thought the reason he needed it lay in the situation at the ti into the Walt House’s territory and wreaking havoc at the time Rather than the Sixth’s Skill to search out ene to set up defenses and predict enemy invasion routes

As he hopped down from the table, and headed off for his room, the Third and Seventh saw hilances, they both nodded

But sitting in the Fifth’s chair, Milleia-san didn’t look fully satisfied No, I’rand sendoff wasn’t important in our current predicament She stood

The Fifth looked at her

『Milleia… don’t stop me anymore』

『I won’t stop you But won’t you be lonely alone?』

There, the Fifth shrugged his shoulders

『I’ fin my room』

Milleia-san shook her head, andyou’ As me and Milleia-san headed for the Fifth’s room, I could hear the Seventh’s voice

『… Aunty』

To his worried eyes, Milleia-san smiled and waved

『No need to worry, I won’t get in his way anyed either Makes me remember the past』

Re only Milleia-san and the Seventh would understand I rounded the doorway, and entered his memories

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Ashen clouds covered the sky, a battlefield where rain ht fall at any moment

No, the battle was already over There were corpses fallen around, and the bodies presu handled In contrast, for the ene to the possibility therearound stabbing in their spears

But there were h that it even made me curious as to how they were killed The Fifth looked at Fredricks, as sitting in the chair taking a glance at the bandits

The surviving ones were stripped of their equipht before Fredricks, where they cast their eyes down

“… Fifth, are these people bandits?”

The Fifth laughed a bit

『Self-proclaimed bandits In truth, they were one of the Walt House’s vassals, and the folks they let in frohbored They used the vassals as a bridge to lay waste to my territory And they only called the amok Well, lords are little different frooes You can see why In the battle, the guys of Bahnsei you can find anywhere It’s nothing rare』

When I hed It didn’t look like they were lad The Fifth nodded

『That’s how it should be That feeling is iotten it』

『Father』

The surrounding scene beganof the noble boy who oncepresented to Fredricks as a bandit, kicked around by the surrounding soldiers

『B-bastards! Don’t thing you’ll get off lightly for doing this to me We may have lost here, but once I return home…』

I tilted my head

“Home? He planned to return from that?”

While I couldn’t believe it, Milleia-san explained

『At the tione by the tis went, we’d have to take hi’s arbitration No, as evidence I should say』

“It was gone? The reason it didn’t continue was…”

The Fifth spoke in an emotionless voice

『Because I thoroughly destroyed that rule An outskirts-specific rule You’ll find it elsewhere, but to summarize, it was uys were treating it as soame』

I harbored so man that came out in the Fifth’s memory Milleia-san read my emotions, and nodded

『… By Walt House’s rule, all bandits were to be executed Decapitated The corpses hung up and made an example of』

A soldier carrying a large axe stepped out in front of the bandits The youngon

『S-stop! I won’t crumble under your threats! If you do that, a ill break out with the Walt House!』

The vassal nobles who pillaged with the young ed from brazen to hurried

『Please stop it! If you do it, there really won’t be any going back… ear never to do anything like this henceforth!』

What an unsightly scene I couldn’t even laugh at it But the Fifth was laughing a little

『Terrible right? That was the state at the ti the area’s rule was absolute, they had done it thinking there was no risk at all There were various causes and factors, but n threats at the time If there were, it was at skir that war-loving half-wit, it ushered in an extreuys were bored, pretty much They should’ve just quieted down and focused on developing their territories』

Fredricks stood from his seat, and pulled the sword at his waist There was a trigger-like thing on the hilt portion Lines ran across the blade, and that peculiar sword… the galient blade showed off its form

『I can’t hear a word you’re saying The ones here are bandits I can’t see anything else You’ll present your necks here And also I’ll be crushi+ng a vassaled house of mine If they have a co to Centralle That a father playing sham-bandit was slain by his lord!』

Fredricks used his sword With a swipe to the side, its bladeout the heads of the vassal’s knights and soldiers Heads fell one after the next… The swordthey turned red fro to the Fifth in its sword shape

The bound bodies of bandits around spurted blood as they fell Seeing that scene, the young man burst out

『S-stop iiit!! You won’t get your hands on any ransoold from…』

The young man screamed, and while he was bound, he frantically writhed to flee His own reht Fredricks held up his blood-reddened blade as he stepped on the alient blade touched his neck

『I don’t need so like that How e?』

『T0then I’ll rebuild this village! I’ll e It wasn’t anything special, but et so angry over a single sry about the past? Then I’ll apologize I’ll give a fory! So sheath your sword!』

A single se… its yearly tax yield wouldn’t even reach a hundred gold coins Even if you let it be, its population would increase, and it would begin cultivating so it could support itself To the young e was, it seeht than the one fostered in the Walt House

Fredricks spoke

『I see So you’ll e just as it was before』

『S-so you understand? Then…』

『Then how does this sound Without the slightest bit of difference, bring it all back Revert the buildings and tools you burned, and bring all the villagers back to life If you do, I don’t need a ransom I don’t have any interest in the past I’ll send you back to your beloved hoo at it!』

The young man opened his mouth in silence

『D-don’t screith me! There’s no way I can…』

His head flew through the air The face of the young Fredricks ore his revenge was terribly gri off the blood stuck to his blade And he spoke without any interest

『Kill them all Make an example of their bodies Skewer them and position them so his house will notice If that leads them to invade, we’ll retaliate』

He was indifferent That he continued checking the mechanisms of his weapons, that rather than the ones he had killed, he wassure it wasn’t broken anywhere was because he truly was more interested in the sword The soldiers with axes headed for the knights and soldiers calling themselves bandits, and I could hear screams

Milleia-san sounded a little tired

『Back then, father really was cruel』

The Fifth, quietly

『… I couldn’t think of any other means No, I didn’t want to think of them』

Within the scene, there was a group approaching Fredricks The villagers

『… Fredricks-sama』

In their hands, everyone held the weapons of the bandits Old men, women children… in their eyes filled with hatred, they pleaded to Fredricks

『Please let us kill them』

Hearing those words, Fredricks called out to the axe-wielding soldiers doing their duty

『You can stop around there Leave the rest for these ones And we’ll be hanging up all the bodies Please think of what’s to come when you kill them』

The villagers nodded, and eapons in hand, they approached the soldiers I could hear their voices ring out It was so made me want to clench my eyes shut

I couldn’t understand the reason the Fifth had shown me this scene The Fifth folded his arms

『… Truly, I shouldn’t have done soret it But the ht that was the absolute right』