Chapter 97

Third Person/ Treia POV

Treia Western Region, City of Roleil

Count Fayeltin, who has made a portion of the towns and village, including Roleil, a part of his territory, shouts in a high-pitched voice .

What is the Eastern Defence Forces doing?! Of all things to surrender completely, even though everyone swore allegiance to fight to the death!

Indeed .

Theyre really disloyal and unforgivable .

This is something deserving a thousand deaths .

The enemy is probably close to Ergthe glory of Treias army has also fallen .

The source of his bad mood is not limited to this . He has been a prominent feudal lord of this region up until now, holding a large amount of power, and his family name is quite well-known as well . But with the deterioration of relations between Goldonia, the situation was turned on its head; Marquess Dunois, the prime minister, is stressing defense while the military officials within his territory are throwing their weight around .

The commander of the northern fortress was originally supposed to be me as well, so why is that senile old fool in charge!?

Indeed .

Theyre really unbelievable fools .

This is something laughable .

The Count purposely does not use its official name, the Majino fortress . He is the commander responsible for providing supplies to that fortress, and although his standing is the same, he is unavoidably seen and treated as the subordinate of the Majino fortresss commander .

If its that old fool, theres no telling when that fortress will be broken through . When that happens, my territory will instantly be invaded!

Indeed .

Its really a worrying chain of events .

This is something frightening .

The Count himself doesnt have any experience leading an army, and Count Majino is a specialist in defense, protecting the land from the repeated invasions of Arkland, so being a soldier is something he hasnt thought about .

Baron Bakka, Baron Doaho, Baronet Oroka . Im going to make inspections, follow me!1

How splendid .

Its really wonderfully dedication .

This deserves much respect .

What he can do now is only to appear frequently in front of the soldiers, perform various duties in supplying, speak out and make his existence known .

Despite it being their own territory, the four of them inspect the town with guards, and while they were getting praise from those they attracted, one soldier on the watchtower shouts loudly .

A single horse is coming this way!

The Count and his three followers look at each other .

The enemy? No, theres no way they would come by themselves . A messenger from the imperial guards deployed by the forest dont tell me they have been defeated as well . What do you guys think?

I dont know!

The one riding the horse arrives at the gate, but instead of the sound of the gate opening, he shouts in a loud voice .

Urgent report! The enemy has gotten through the Erg forest and is already nearby! Theres no time, so prepare your defenses immediately!!

The messenger screams as if his life depends on it, but the Count and his followers are more shocked than hurried .

They broke through the Erg forest? Theres no way they could do that

The soldiers dont believe something so sudden either .

If they detoured to the forest, they should have fought with the imperial guards . Even if they lost by some chance, it would take them some time, and the messenger should have come from the imperial guards .

They couldnt imagine the man outside to be one of the imperial guards .

Which means it might be a disturbance strategy by the enemy .

If its a single cavalry, they might have snuck past the imperial guards in the dead of night .

Well capture and interrogate-

The Count did not finish what he was going to say . Its because all the soldiers that climbed on the watchtowers are shouting like crazy .

Enemy attack!! An enormous amount of cavalry! Theyre heading straight for us!!

What are you saying-

The soft sound of rumbling gradually gets louder . For those in the army, its a sound theyve all heard before the sound of warhorses performing the march of death .

Move it!!

The Count climbs up the watchtower and pushes the soldiers out of his way . What he saw when he reached the top is a scene out of a nightmare; several thousand cavalry are charging towards him in several dozen columns . Not much can be seen behind them due to the massive dust cloud they are kicking up . The eyes that look on with fear are also estimating their numbers, but he definitely did not think it was such an unreasonable amount .

C-close the gates!! I dont care if you abandon the ones outside!!

It was clear that there would be nothing left they could do if he let even a tenth of the approaching cavalry into the city . The soldiers are also moving as fast as possible, closing the gate immediately and preventing them from jumping in from the front gates .

The walls of the city Roleil are somewhat built for war with a portion being reinforced, but the fortress to the north is known more as the main linchpin in the defense . Even so, the Count cannot do anything but as much as he can to hold on and wait for backup .

You guys should hurry and take command too! Lead your soldiers!

Awawawa

Hiiiieee

Oyoyoyo

The three followers legs gave out and they fell flat on their bottom . When the three of them proved useless, the Count was about to take direct control but then .

An explosive sound and then the sound of something crumbling and falling down . The Count suppressed his instinct to not want to look back but when he turned his eyes to the source of the sound, there were chips of wood splintered everywhere and a large hole was made in the outer walls .

Wh-what the-

The soldier stares blankly at the hole and he wasnt even able to finish what he was saying before another roar resounds and opens up a large hole in another place .

The soldiers distance themselves from the wall that basically could not serve its purpose anymore, and the herd of cavalry charge through the destroyed parts .

Something like thisisunbelievable

The voices of the Count who looked up at the sky dumbfoundedly, and his three followers were drowned out by the sound of the hooves .

Aegir POV

A large hole has been opened in the walls . The spear cavalry have successfully infiltrated the city .

I can hear Leopolts emotionless voice sound a little worked up too . And more importantly, that iron barrel didnt break .

We forced it into the wagon after all . I was somewhat worried .

The infantry that accompanied the siege weapons are trailing behind us . If we attack with the infantry, Roleil should fall easily, but itll turn the city into a sea of flames . Marias house and mother is in the city too, so I would like to capture the city quickly and load some of that powerful stuff2 if possible .

Have them continue firing . Its better if the mouth of the entrance is larger . Dont hit our allies .

I will be careful .

Leopolt swings his arm down and the sound of the third shot roars . It must have hit the watchtower as the Treian soldiers are jumping off while the tower crumbles, and makes snapping sounds .

Im going too .

Haa, again? Lord Hardlett, I want you just to sit back though .

Dont say that . Theres nothing more boring than to watch a festival as it happens from the back .

Aegir-sama is heading out . Escort unit, follow him!

Celia shouts and 30 heavy cavalry come along with me . Because shes worried about me charging in by myself, she chose 30 people, from the cavalry of the private army of all people, to be my guards . I thought Leopolt wouldnt allow for 30 of the important heavy cavalry to be designated exclusively to me, but he acknowledges that it would be better than having the commander die on him .

The soldiers and horses which make up the escort squad have good builds and they excel at fighting, and although only a few of them are equipped with spears and bowguns, they are some of the most powerful in the unit . By the way, Celias small stature really stands out when shes amongst them .

Accurately speaking, the escort unit has 32 people, including Celia and one other person Christoph . He was thrown out of his former unit since he didnt prove useful, but after begging me in tears, he joined my squad, though he is the weakest . Celia told me that if theres an opportunity, she would let him die in battle .

Lets go!

As we head towards the city, several soldiers appear from out from one of the large holes opened in the walls and stand in front of us . They have some courage to oppose us in this situation . I send one soldiers spear flying, pierce him in the stomach and fling him away . Another one is thinking about taking some distance from me, but gets knocked back by Celias horse from the side .

Dont kill the residents! I wont tolerate setting fire to the city either, kill only the soldiers!

An armored soldier charges at me, but I lop his head off, knocking his torso to where the other soldiers are .

Hiih!

In one blow

The small fry soldiers lose morale and abandon their spears to run away . Thats right, if you dont resist me, this city wont be destroyed .

Seeeiyyaa!!

With a fierce grunt, a knight fully equipped in armor rushes at me with his spear pointed at me . That reminds me, theres a competition where this sort of thing happens . His spear looks thick and made just for thrusting and doesnt look like theres a sharp edge to it .

After the sound of clashing metal rings out, only the enemy knights horse runs off . The knights spear thrusts in my chestto be precise, thrusts just before my chest, as it is being held by my hand . The enemy is holding the handle of his spear while struggling in midair with a face of disbelief .

I just grabbed the charging enemys spear and picked him up though3 . He didnt let go of the handle so he didnt fall .

I lower the spear to the ground to let him down, then the knight throws away his sword and kneels . I thought he was going to draw it and kill me; what a close call .

He caught a charging spear with his hands?

Monster

Hes not an opponent we can win against!

The knight pointing his spear behind me and his soldiers all abandon their weapons and run away . It looks like there is no one else to oppose us here .

The citys outer perimeter is pretty much controlled, so the fighting shifts to the city area, the noble area and the feudal lords mansion . Its not like Roleil has many troops to begin with and they arent heavily armed either, but theyre fighting stubbornly . Not burning the city when we attacked is a big factor contributing to that, but theyre still fighting well for a small group of soldiers .

Release your arrows! 10 volleys!

That final resistance, the unit protecting the feudal lords mansion, doesnt have long before the 500 bow cavalrys arrows 10 shots each, totalling 5000 arrows rain on them and annihilate their forces, virtually ending the battle in an instant .

Its over?

Seems like it .

Celia stands beside me covered in blood . Due to her pleasure of being able to fight alongside me, she turned five people into a bloodbath . The escort unit was expectedly powerful and was able to flawlessly finish off over 100 enemies . No, only Christoph got scratched by a spear, fell off his horse and bumped his head and is now resting . Hes really such a useless guy . Although thats interesting in its own right .

The escort unit dismounts from their horses and enters the feudal lords mansion with me, and we walk all the way to the reception hall in front of the soldiers, who have stopped resisting . When we reach the room, we come face to face with a fully armored noble .

He looks to be middle-aged and he isnt wearing a helmet, but his entire body is covered with a thick armor . A beard decorates his face and his hair is neat, but he doesnt appear to be that strong to me .

Barodd Fayeltin, Count of the Treian Kingdom! State your name!!

Aegir Hardlett, Viscount of the Goldonian Kingdom . Are you the feudal lord?

I thought I heard him say Aegir? but it didnt come from the noble in front of me .

Very well! In honor of the house of Fayeltin, I request a one-on-one fight .

With a clank, the Count points his sword at me . However, the tip of the sword is wavering and he doesnt look comfortable moving in his armor . Clearly, he doesnt know how to handle a sword and he isnt used to wearing armor .