Chapter 46 (1/2)

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Chapter 46

【”Sir Mathers… Or rather, allow me to call you sir Aland kingdom?”】

Since he had already been told who Kurats really was, Siegfried decided to ignore Frigga and to ask about reinforcereatest concern

Kurats' help was certainly better than the help of an army of 10000 h to get the surrounding shboring Macbarn and Elsreid kingdoms were very important allies, and they would surely send their troops if they determined that Lapland could win, even if that was paradoxical

That being said, Siegfried still wished Jorand would officially send some reinforcements, even if only a few, just so that other countries would think that Lapland had its chances

【”I doubt they will send any A lot of people are still on the fence in our country The arree”】

【”…In the end, ill have to hold on by ourselves”】

Siegfried sounded very bitter

The country's losses at the frontier orse than expected After reorganizing the troops, there were no fried coa's, the arard had suffered considerable losses as well, but their nu for Lapland to face them

【”Brother, if we stick to defense, our situation will only become worse and worse We need to show a clear victory to the other countries as quickly as we can”】

What was needed the ht noas a symbolic victory

If Lapland were to, for example, defeat count Cabernard on the battlefield, then their allies would feel relieved enough to send reinforcements

The problem hether Lapland could pull of such a victory

【”―― Forgiveyour conversation An envoy cae He's one of the soldiers stationed at Guryud”】

After knocking on the door, an old butler with thick eyebrows entered the room

【”Send him here immediately He has my permission to come inform me personally!”】

Guided by the castle's cha soldier entered the room and immediately kneeled down He was co his last reserves of energy to yell out the inforlund has betrayed the country! Asgard'stowards his territory!”】

Berglund's territory was at the west side of Lapland It was positioned at an iard to attack the capital fro detour to do so

After failing to capture Crowdagen, Cabernared had found hien once again, or he could take that detour and go directly to the capital

For hi faced Kurats' absurd brutality, he wanted to avoid fighting from the front asthe nobles he had taken as prisoners in his last victory, there was the eldest son of the count of Berglund

Cabernard ain

He used the count's son as a hostage for negotiations, and he then spread the information that Lapland had lost more than half of its forces

Given that the inforlund iard's side

In the first place, since Lapland could almost be considered a federation, there were notthelund did not have a strong enough sense of duty to stay loyal to the royal family when his household could be on the brink of destruction

Rather, he was thinking actively cooperating with Asgard in order to preserve his territory's status

His first target to further that goal had been the Guryud fortress, which was located near Berglund's frontline

Since the Guryud garrison had no idea about the count's betrayal, one surprise attack froht

That night, all Guryud's supplies and provisions were taken away, and the fortress was set on fire

Hopelessly outnu theed to send out one man

His naarrison only a year ago

After he was sent out, Vander had ridden his horse without rest towards the capital, as the fortress vanished in flarelieved by Siegfried's words, Vander fell down and fainted on the spot

【”Take him to a doctor He's a meritorious retainer, so treat him with care”】

【”As you will, your majesty”】

The chamberlain carried Vandel by the shoulder and left the roofried sat down heavily on his chair and let out a deep sigh

【”It's one problelund”】

Asgard's aret there, which would put a considerable burden on their supplies

Despite that, they were still willing to go through with it This showed how serious they were

The most powerful on the continent was apparently dead set on destroying Lapland

Siegfried had been opti Berglund Now he could not help but feel ashamed of how naive he had been

【”―― Your Majesty, I ondering…”】

Unlike Seigfried, Kurats had a callund were to disappear, would that be a problem?”】

The whole room became silent

No one was able to infer what Kurats meant by his words

【”Disappear? What do you mean by that?”】

【”I mean, literally disappear, as in, if I destroy it to the point where there is no trace of it left”】

”What the hell are you on about?” Siegfried barely a had told him beforehand about how Kurats had thrown enorhed several town

If he could make such massive weapons fall from the sky one by one, perhaps he really could erase a whole city by hilund is an enemy and should certainly be defeated, but his territory's people are not to bla in our power to avoid any indiscrifried had no other choice than to say so