Chapter 202: A Trick (2)

Whats the damage?

Milton immediately summoned his officers to check on the damage of his army.

There are 1,500 casualties and 2,000 injuries, sir. Of those injured, there are about 500 that are severely injured.

The total damage is 2,000?

Milton frowned at the unexpectedly high damage.

Theres more damage than yesterday.

It cant be helped, sir. The battle itself was harder than yesterday because the enemies were sticking close to each other.

Is that so?

Yes, sir. They fought so desperately that even five Southern Knights died.

The knights? Regular soldierskilledthem?

Yes, sir. From what I heard, dozens of soldiers grabbed onto a knight and dragged him down with them as they fell off the wall.

Crazy bastards

Milton bit his lower lip.

As a Master, no matter how stubbornly soldiers attacked him, Milton just had to cut them down to stop them. However, the Southern Knights who had commanded and fought with the Lester Kingdoms soldiers on the wall clearly experienced the evil depths of the Republican soldiers. Seeing the Republican soldiers disregarding their lives and bodily throwing themselves into the jaws of death was enough to be disgusting.

Seeing Miltons expression getting worse, one of his officers spoke up.

But sir, the Republicans also suffered. The battle was the same as yesterday, their damages must have increased as well, sir.

Thats right, sir. If the war continues like this, well definitely win.

Milton nodded at his officers words.

I think so too.

It was cruel, but war was a game of numbers. Which side had more deaths? That was what determined who won or lost. Even if a lot of their own men had died, as long as more enemies were killed, they would be successful. A situation in which a strategy led to their own troops hardly dying and only the enemy being destroyed was rare and it was debatable whether it would even happen once out of a hundred times. Usually, a war involved many casualties on both sides.

In that sense, the Lester Kingdom was clearly winning the war right now. They were winning, but

Theres no way it would continue like this. Siegfried will definitely play a trick.

The reason Milton wasnt looking too happy was because of his opponent. If Milton considered Siegfried in terms of military geniuses on Earth, then Siegfried was comparable to Napoleon or Hannibal. Would someone like that really use up his troops so carelessly and meaninglessly? Milton didnt think so.

What the hell are you doing, Siegfried?

***

Siegfried summoned Eliza to his barracks and barred everyone else from entering. A Commander-in-Chief calling over a beautiful woman to his barracks to be alone with her, it was the perfect situation to be misunderstood. But, since the Ghosts were closely guarding the surrounding area, Siegfried avoided being misunderstood.

He got directly to the point

How is it going?

Not bad. I think itll be alright to increase the ratio a bit more.

It cant be too obvious.

A slight bit of change cant be helped. And

Eliza paused for a bit before continuing.

If we completely destroyed all the enemies were dealing with, then we wont have to worry about rumors, would we?

Elizas words were a bit drastic, but she wasnt wrong.

Fine. Ill leave that part to you. If you can show me definite results, Ill increase my support even more.

Eliza gave him a bright smile.

Ill do my best.

As soon as she left, Siegfried summoned Jake.

Jake, Ill explain tomorrows operation to you.

Yes, sir.

Tomorrow, you and the rest of the Ghosts will

Siegfried explained the complicated plan to Jake. It hadnt been empty words when he told his officers that they would capture Meichi Castle within three days.

Tomorrow, Meichi Castle will fall. And I will definitely get Milton Forrests head.

Siegfried decided to finish it tomorrow

***

The third day.

Depending on the battle, a siege could, and was expected to, last several months. So for a siege to last three days wasnt long at all. But oddly enough, the soldiers were extremely exhausted.

Damn. Are they starting again?

Unpleasant little f*ckers

Did they come back to life because they couldnt fight in a war in their last life? Damn Republican dogs.

Even though they were winning, the Lester Kingdoms soldiers were beginning to become hostile to the idea of fighting. Thats how exhausted they were.

The Lester Kingdom soldiers were the ones being besieged, not the ones attacking, and yet, for them to be this tired showed exactly how intense the siege was. It was only the third day, but it seemed as if they had been fighting with all their strength for several months. If the ones being besieged were this tired, then the ones attacked had to be much more tired. That would be normal. But

Waaaaahh!!

Charge! Charge!

Brothers! Let us meet in paradise!

The Republican soldiers charged forwards as if they didnt know what exhaustion was.

Those crazy

The Southern Knights sighed as they looked at the Republican soldiers.

In the past, a Strabus Kingdoms nobleman had said something while he fought against the Republicans: [The Republics greatest weapon is the peoples blind faith in their ideology.]

When the Republic had been founded, the leaders had thoroughly instilled Republicanism into all the people. As a result, when on the battlefield, every single Republican soldier often fought desperately without fearing death. They believed that regardless of the outcome of the battle, as long as they killed one more enemy, then even if they themselves died, it would still lead to paradise in the future. It was to the point that it wasnt just an ideology of a country, but became blind faith that reached the level of a religion.

From the standpoint of the Republicans opponents, it was a real headache.

Guess it cant be helped, theyve always been like that. Theres nothing else to do but to respond to them carefully and calmly.

The Lester Kingdoms knights encouraged the soldiers and steadfastly lead them to fight against theRepublicanssiege.

Fire!

When the enemies entered their range, the composite bow archers began to attack.

Even as they rushed forward fearlessly, the Republican soldiers continued to maintain their closely interlocked shields. Shielded from the downpour of arrows, the Republican soldiers managed to reach the foot of the castle walls and leaned the siege ladder against the walls.

Bang!

Charge!

Waaaaaahh!!

Long live the Republic!

The Southern Knights gritted their teeth as they watched the Republican soldiers fiercely rushing in and climbing the ladders.

Its starting again.

Archers, retreat to the back. Spearmen, keep the enemies coming up in check huh?

The knight, who had been steadily giving out orders, was shocked. The siege ladders had just been placed against the walls, but the Republicans had already climbed up onto the walls.

F*ck!

He gritted his teeth and ran towards the walls, cutting down the Republican soldiers in his path.

Slash!

With a single strike, the Republicans chest was sliced.

The knight shouted out loud, Spearmen, quickly! Dont let the enemy come up huh?

He could no longer speak. The Republican soldier that he had previously cut down with his sword was running towards him covered in blood.

What the

Startled, the knight took a step back. At that moment, the enemy soldier roared and continued to run towards him.

Guuuuuuuuuuuuu!

It was a noise closer to the cry of a beast rather than a human. When such a person rushed towards him, the knight kicked him.

Smack!

Kicked in the chest, the soldier staggered back and the knight immediately swung his sword.

Go die!

His sword cleanly cut through the soldier, but

G Guuuuuuu

Even with his intestines pouring out of his body, the soldier continued trying to attack the knight. The Republican soldier didnt look normal. His eyes were out of focus andhe continued to make strange noises.[a]No. Forget discussing abnormalities, he didnt even seem like a human.

A Ahhhhhhh!

In the end, the knight couldnt overcome his horror at this strange sight and could only swing his sword screaming. How could he not be scared? The enemy was running crazily towards him with his chest cut open and his intestines dragging behind him. This wasnt something that was possible.

Die! Die! Go die, you freak!

The knight swung his sword, again and again, to brutally hack at his enemy. It wasnt the neat swordsmanship of a carefully trained knight, it was more like the swordsmanship of a terrified man. In the end, his wild attacks stopped the enemy.

Huff huff huff

It wasnt that his stamina was lacking, but the knight had been crushed by fear. But there was something he didnt know.

Guuuuuuuuuu!![b]

Kyaaaaaaaah!!

The horror had just be