Chapter 229: Intelligence Activities
Perda stepped outside and looked up at the siege weapons.
“Fire!”
The trebuchets could be considered a culmination of the Empire’s technology.
They had been developed so long ago that other kingdoms had already managed to understand their structure and manufacture them on their own. auction Even so, their performance and efficiency remained excellent even today.
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Boom……!
At the same time, a heavy rock was launched into the sky.
The wood creaked and the ropes tightened.
Creak.
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After each launch, they immediately readjusted the trebuchet and prepared to fire the next rock.
Now that the safety of civilians was no longer a priority, all they had to do was make sure the projectiles landed within the kingdom’s outer walls.
The impact could be heard as the rock fell inside the walls, but there was no sound indicating that any structure had collapsed.
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Since there were more than twenty trebuchets, the map Garnet had marked was filled with numbers.
Among them, Perda found a place where three impacts overlapped.
“This was the eighth bombardment. adjust And these are the estimated impact points.”
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Under normal circumstances, they would have assumed it was a structure sturdy enough to withstand attacks from a trebuchet.
“Hmm……”
“This place was hit three times, and yet there was no sound of anything collapsing?”
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“That’s good news.”
“It is?”
But it made no sense for a residential building, rather than an outer wall, to be that sturdy.
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The only thing Perda was unsure of was whether that was due to a mandatory condition of Legion or the king’s own obsession.
The King of Heinkel was obsessed with protecting his kingdom, so neither possibility seemed strange.
“It means they’re using Legion’s power to keep the kingdom’s structures intact. palette In other words, the siege is inflicting considerable damage on them.”
“How are the kings planning to use their forces?”
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Just how far could human greed go?
“The details vary, but the general strategy is similar. alert They intend to use expendable troops and concentrate their attacks on the parts that serve as sources of power for the King of Heinkel.”
“So they’re all after the same thing.”
They wanted to obtain power comparable to that of Erdes Roton, President of the Serdes Magic Association.
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And the greater their anxiety, the more power they desired.
On the other hand, Perda could understand them.
The more eyes that watched them, the greater their anxiety became.
It was not as though they were unaware that such terrifying power would necessarily come at a price.
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By coincidence, the tent where Zed was staying was right beside the place where Perda and Garnet were standing.
Perda turned his head upon hearing a familiar voice and saw Zed.
That was the unpleasant cycle in which humans were trapped.
“Well, what are you doing here?”
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He came out scratching his completely disheveled hair, as though he had just woken up.
Perda and Garnet looked at him with disapproving expressions.
“Ugh, don’t even mention it. adopt Trying to sleep on hot, damp ground was horrible. altitude Besides, I was working hard last night too, you know?”
“The sun is already almost at its highest point in the sky. armor And you’re only coming out now?”
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“Doing what?”
Garnet narrowed her eyes.
Zed grinned broadly.
“What else? adjust Gathering information.”
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“Talk.”
“Talk.”
“Come on, you don’t have to talk to me like that. attic Not with all the trust between us.”
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“Explosives?”
Alchemists and grenades.
“Ahem. orbit Yesterday, I found out that King Hurdret’s army received grenades from some alchemists.”
“Yes. agent Some are ordinary explosives, but apparently they also have bombs loaded with poisonous gas.”
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“Really?”
“From what I heard, he normally doesn’t act that way. adapt He likes conquest, but he shows mercy to those who surrender and does everything he can to win the favor of those who will become his citizens.”
“King Hurdret wages his wars without any mercy.”
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When Hurdret had proposed exterminating everyone, Perda had thought he was the same kind of man as Ureas.
Perda acknowledged that he had been too quick to judge him.
“Yes. action That’s why, when they heard about the plan to exterminate everyone this time, even his knights had trouble accepting it.”
“I see.”
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He nodded slowly at the surprising amount of detail Zed had managed to obtain.
“What!? accent How can you say something so cruel?”
However, Garnet continued looking at him with obvious suspicion.
“Don’t believe him, Regent Perda. antique Nothing but lies come out of this damned womanizer’s mouth.”
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“No. meadow I know perfectly well there’s no report of you leaving this place. absorb So how the hell did you conduct intelligence work? audit Are you going to keep lying?”
“What’s wrong with you? sphere I know how to do my job too.”
“How do you know something that even our people haven’t managed to uncover?”
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Zed gave Garnet a seductive smile.
“Were you watching my tent all day or something? voyage And why would you do that? alien Did you want to see my body? arcade What a perverted little cat……”
Garnet took a step toward him.
“You changed the subject right when we got to the suspicious part……”
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Garnet brought her nose close to Zed’s neck and sniffed.
“Stay still.”
Zed instinctively stepped back.
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“This scent isn’t yours.”
“We’re sleeping in the middle of open terrain. atom Obviously, the smell of grass and dirt must have rubbed off on me.”
Then she frowned.
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He was supposed to be using that tent alone, but there was clearly someone else inside.
“No, I don’t mean that. sphere This is……”
Rustle.
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Her hair was just as disheveled as Zed’s, and her clothes were equally messy.
It was a woman.
“Hmm?”
A moment later, someone hurriedly came out.
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With an awkward expression, she burst out laughing.
“Hahaha. atom It seems you’ve caught me in a rather embarrassing situation.”
The woman, yawning with narrowed eyes as she stretched, took a few moments to realize the three of them were there before her eyes suddenly widened.
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“……”
“……Perda Valdrova. shadow It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“Allow me to introduce myself, even if it’s a little late. alien It’s a pleasure to meet you, Regent Perda of the Valdrova Principality. abstract I am Jenin Clive, a knight of the Hurdret Kingdom.”
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“……I see.”
“Last night, Sir Zed and I were exchanging information about our operations and took the opportunity to get to know each other a little better. afford Don’t worry. crystal Sir Zed didn’t reveal any confidential information or anything like that.”
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“Yes?”
With a shy expression that did not seem to suit her, she winked at him and walked away.
“When you return, write me a letter. abstract Though you can also come visit me before then.”
“Then I’ll be going. advance Sir Zed.”
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Perda silently watched the woman’s back as she walked away. accent Then he remembered something and asked him.
Zed brought a hand to his brow and muttered.
“That woman named Jenin… isn’t she the general known as the Bankruptcy Knight?”
“I clearly told her to sneak out through the back……”
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“I see.”
“……Yes.”
“Apparently, she talked too big and ended up staying single.”
“I also remember that she was famous for being a beautiful Swordmaster who said she would never accept a man weaker than herself.”
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Perda did not understand why Zed felt the need to justify himself while sweating like that.
“I see.”
“……”
“Don’t misunderstand. abandon She was the one who seduced me first! aspect When you brought that woman named Erdes here, King Hurdret’s knights came here too. arch We were talking, completely normally, and then she suggested we exchange strategies, and, well… one thing led to another.”
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Perda did not care what Zed did.
Unlike Perda, Garnet seemed very interested and was glaring daggers at Zed.
The reason Zed was trying so hard to justify himself was because his explanations were not directed at Perda, but at the woman standing beside him.
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“Does it never occur to you to simply shut your mouth?”
“……”
“I infiltrated very deeply into enemy territory and……”
At Garnet’s words, Zed finally fell silent.
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Although it was part of the Imperial Army, his unit operated almost independently, like a special force.
Count Luster’s camp, belonging to the Imperial Army.
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His mind was calm.
Count Luster was kneeling as he sharpened his sword with a whetstone.
With his eyes closed, he focused solely on the sound of the blade being sharpened.
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A question surfaced in Count Luster’s mind.
‘What do you think a soldier’s duty is?’
It had to be that way before throwing himself into the chaos of the battlefield.
That was precisely why he had managed to return alive from so many operations with survival rates of practically zero percent.
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That man had extended his hand to him when he was still nobody.
‘We sacrifice ourselves because we know a great future awaits us. palette Because we know that someday, I, my comrades, and my family will receive something in return for that sacrifice.’
‘A soldier exists to serve his nation. echo But that does not mean he must bear everything solely because of that duty.’
It was the question a man had asked him when he was still a young cadet who knew nothing.
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That man had never treated his own words lightly.
And even now, he was still keeping that promise.
‘I will take responsibility for your future. legend So, can you devote yourself to me?’
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That was why his answer remained the same as it had been back then.
His knights were waiting outside, prepared to receive his orders.
Count Luster strapped the sword to his back and stepped out of the tent.
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“We cannot afford any mistakes in this battle. afford Grand Duke Golt is watching us.”
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“Are you ready?”
“Yes!”
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Count Luster stepped forward, leading his men.
The exhausting siege had come to an end.
Now the all-out battle was beginning.
“Yes!”
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The time had come to use everything they had.
After three days of siege, the full-scale assault on the fortress began.
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Flags fluttered in the wind as the armies advanced while maintaining their formations with absolute discipline.
More than one hundred thousand soldiers were converging on a single place.
Perda observed the situation from the front line alongside the commanders.
The plains near the Heinkel Kingdom filled with people within minutes.
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“So it seems.”
However, there were no soldiers standing guard atop the gates.
Before the start of a battle, it was customary for both sides to show themselves and conduct one final negotiation.
“We’ve mobilized a force of this size, and yet they still show no signs of appearing.”
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Ureas shouted, apparently pleased with the situation.
“Then all that remains is to conquer them without mercy. accent Sound the war horn!”
There was absolutely no one.
It was as though nothing but death awaited them within those walls.
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The deep sound of the horn announced the preparations for battle.
Bwooooo—!
The commanders returned to their respective armies, and Perda did the same.
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However, instead of placing expendable spearmen at the front, they had positioned the knights there, who could be considered the main force of the entire army.
Simply by looking at their equipment, one could get an idea of their strategy.
They were all armed with large shields and relatively short swords.
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However, reality and ideals were different things.
As long as that wall did not collapse, Perda’s army would suffer the fewest casualties.
Their role was to block all damage directed toward the ranks behind them.
They would be a moving wall.
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When he positioned himself at the center of the front line, holding an enormous shield the size of palace doors and his long club, he looked like an impregnable fortress.
Any experienced commander who saw such a tactic would probably consider it the naive dream of beginners.
But Perda’s army had Alberto.
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“I leave my soldiers in your hands, Princess Olivia.”
As they had agreed, Olivia was in charge of the Tactical Infantry, while William remained at her side as her adjutant.
Perda approached the commanders positioned at the front.
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“May Alte’s blessing be with Regent Perda.”
William understood immediately and turned toward the Hestia Army.
Olivia discreetly glanced at William and signaled him with her eyes.
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The knights, their morale soaring, struck the Valdrova emblem engraved on their shoulders as they began the chant.
“Our future depends on you! advance Who are we?!”
“Who are we?!”
The Tactical Infantry positioned behind them responded.
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“At humanity’s last bastion protecting the continent!”
“Where is our home?!”
“We are the guardians of the front line!”
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“What is our mission?!”
“For the weak!”
“To punish all evil with the blue flame!”
“A warm hearth!”
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“The flames of hell!”
“For the sinners!”
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“Impressive.”
Although there were barely five hundred soldiers, they radiated an overwhelming presence.
Perda smiled with satisfaction.
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“When the war is over, everyone will receive an additional reward, regardless of their contribution. anchor Pass the message along.”
Perda then withdrew toward the rear and joined his escort.
“Yes, Regent Perda.”
After making his presence known, it would have felt a little awkward to simply leave, so he addressed William.
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It was a small elite group composed of Ruri, Zed, and Arwen.
“That’s right. ability Although I would appreciate it if you simply called me Arwen……”
Perda looked at Arwen and asked.
“Your wedding will be this autumn, Sir Consilus?”
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Arwen answered with his face slightly flushed.
Zed, who knew this perfectly well, began teasing him.
Although quite some time had passed since he became Consilus’s adopted son, it still felt strange to be called that.
“What’s wrong, Sir Consilus? artist Are you perhaps ashamed of the Consilus name?”
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“You are precisely the person I least want to hear that from.”
“Precisely because I became Count Consilus’s adopted son, I have even more reason to do this, don’t you think? arcade My duty is to serve Regent Perda.”
“But seriously, are you sure about this? atlas You’re getting married this autumn, and yet you’re going into a place where you could die.”
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“My hell will be less terrible than that of someone who was caught cheating on his wife.”
“What cheating?”
“Someone who will soon be walking into hell doesn’t seem too concerned about his own life.”
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“Can you say that same thing to Garnet, the supply officer?”
“That was an intelligence activity. amateur And besides, since when is she my wife? palette She’s nothing to me.”
“Everyone already knows. armor You spent the night with the Bankruptcy Knight, and your wife caught you red-handed.”
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“Come on, man. agent Why do you have to hit me right where it hurts? august You don’t do that.”
“Lord Perda.”
“What is it?”
While the two laughed over that absurd conversation, Ruri watched them with obvious disapproval.
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Her presence was incredibly reassuring.
Despite her small body, she had an enormous axe resting on her shoulder that even most adult men would have difficulty handling.
“I will protect Lord Perda.”
Bwooooo—!
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The war had begun.
The war horn sounded once again.
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