Vol 16 Chapter 317 (1/2)
Chapter 317 - Return
… As Lyle’s an its advance, Cartaffs had moved as well
They shared a border, and that land had always been one with plenty of skirmishes to speak of
When it came to invasion, Bahnseim showed a reaction at once
At a stronghold in Bahnseiht help his mouth open as he watched the scene from atop the fort
“… That can’t be Why are there flags besides Cartaffs’ raised!?”
The flags of Cartaffs’ neighboring countries
And before the are of the fort sent a er towards Centralle at once
“Request reinforce!”
While the lared at once another across a river
But even if the unprepared Bahnseiather hands, what they could amass was ten thousand at most
“While they’rea mess of the east, the queen of Cartaffs makes her move… but even if the east has fallen, there are still several hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the south and west Centralle still stands; we still have power to spare!”
The cohts and soldiers could hear was trying to put them at ease with his words
But anews that Faunbeux had rave of Resno had turned coat That in the south, the countries centered around Djanpear were …
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… From atop her horse, Ludmilla looked at the fort across the river
Many ti and protecting it herself Shached back and forth, it was so of a symbol between Cartaffs and Bahnseim
“Now then, I think it’s about tier arrived”
The Valkyrie to her side called over
“Was there anyyour advance? You don’t seem very motivated about all this”
Ludled to herself
“It goes without saying that it’s better to ithout fighting If I letreinforce to come, the information would have spread of the attack on Bahnseim from all fronts The enemy morale will plummet”
The Valkyrie faced forwards
“If you’re late tothat as your excuse?”
Lud fur over the leather army that covered her entire body Over her shoulder she leaned her long-sword, still in its sheath
“The north is the closest to Centralle I’d rather refrain fro my troops in a desire to be first And the time we meet up is important If we’re the first to crumble, it will affect the morale of our alliance”
Acting as she sought profit for herself, Lud envoy of Bahnseiotiations…
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… On the western front, having safely crossed through Margrave Resno’s territory, the arun their march
The area’s barons, viscounts and varied feudal nobles gathered their vassals, showing preparations for a struggle to the bitter end, but no one had expected the Margrave tasked with protecting the border to let Faunbeux through without a fight
Their preparations didn’t make it in time, and before they could meet up, many of them were crushed individually
Faunbeux enthusiastically used this chance to reclaim the land the Walt House once shaved away from theranted and confirmed the territory
He occupied thethe Resno arhold
The baron dragged out before him was bound with rope, lain down on his side
“Margrave!? Do you understand!? This is a clear act of betrayal, is it not!”
Varius looked at the man before his eyes
“The first to betray was the hter and e, did you think nothing of it!?”
The baron glared at him
“It’s the way of the noble! It’s not as if it never happened before! Yet led by feelings for your kin, you’ve turned coat on your country!”
Varius was unshaken
“Who in their right e devotion to a state without authority The current Bahnsei, is all there is to it You all have misread the flow of the times”
And one of his men ran over
“Varius-sama, the search of the ation has shown, he was already surrounded by lovers There were children, and there doesn’t seem to be a doubt their’ the children of that baron”
Varius looked down over the baron
“… Knowing your family wouldn’t come back alive, you prepared another heir for yourself You sold your family, did you?”
The baron made a bit of a maddened smile
“And what of it? Passing down our blood is our obligation I knew the people taken as hostages wouldn’t be safe But… what of it!? If it’s for the peace of the house, I’ll but them off even if family they be That’s the way of the nobles”
Varius recalled the cages of his son, and his daughter-in-law and grandchild
“Hmm But your baron house ends here I’ll say you died in battle with honor If your fa but pity for the family you discarded”
As the baron was carried off, Varius covered his face with his left hand
“Varius-sama”
One of his subordinates shoorry, so Varius spoke
“… Even when all he said was correct, here I a more than a faint hope, but if he is still alive… no, I’m scared to find out What state my son is in”
His subordinate knight looked down as well
Celes the terrible A woman who’d calmly lay hands on even those who adored her
Varius spoke so his men
“For noe’ll move on If we’re late to meet up, there’s a possibility that will be used as a reason to reduce our territory Let’s hurry to suppress our next target”
As the man left the room, his subordinates abided by his orders…
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… The South
After Djanpear provoked Bahnseim, it immediately fled into the mountains and tempted them to follow
They ht on their specialized battlefield The surrounding countries hadattacked fro close to impatience
They likely wanted to defeat Djanpear at once to offer relief to the other fronts
“We’re being ht of”
Djanpear’s king Jules had a white cloth draped over the shoulder of his armor, that continued to wrap around his waist It was adorned with gold, and stood out considerably
“Yourthe southern soldiers in like this?”
“That’s the plan They have the advantage on flat land Well, I do plan to attack if they show their backs, but… the enee”
The feudal nobles of the south, upon hearing of the continent’s movee
And in truth, even if they fought, Jules could see Bahnsei its motivation He touched a hand to his chin
“Now then, around how far has our favorite little leader gotten?”
As Jules said that, the Valkyrie nearby answered
“The area under the capital’s direct control is already before his eyes He is in thebloith the final feudal lord on his path”
Jules, upon hearing that
“The east already lost before, and he absorbed in their soldiers They can’t put up any resistancy resistance, huh In that case, we’ve got to properly nail down the southern soldiers”
He said
(If possible, I’d like to subdue the southern lords and race to his aid to sell a favor If I do, that one won’t have trouble findingbut trouble, so I have to soood hands Ludot to make a move myself)
Jules thought over how to force his probleht over his next plan…
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… An army of approximately a hundred and ninety thousand stood before the area under direct royal control, surrounding the city of the last feudal lord
It was Lyle’sany movement
From the pleasant advance they had experienced to that point, out of breath… they were not They took sootiations with the other parties
The ones charged with it were Baldoir and Maksim
An envoy fro with an indescribably expression as he explained the present situation