Chapter 119 (1/2)

While Rivelia fought her desire to unveil the truth behind Isaac’s lies, Count Wolfgang and Isaac had agreed upon the terms with satisfaction

“I’ve already finished speaking with the Departnature from you and your realned by Mazelan sunbaeni a scam To seal the deal, I had Mazelan sunbaenim wait for us to call hin this You can get through a lot with connections in the Departht even offer soood care of me, you know”

Rivelia retched in response as Isaac’s flaunting had ballooned beyond reason

“Bweh!”

With plenty of supplies and funds provided by Isaac, Count Wolfgang eagerly made his moves The recruitment of additional soldiers andof the Black Bandits’ activities, allowed Wolfgang to focus on the war

When all preparations were finished, Count Wolfgang ordered the advance Breaking through the haphazard forces of the Marquis, Wolfgang quickly recovered his lost territories and advanced into Marquis’ lands

Wolfgang’s goal to finish the war in the shortest time possible was close to fruition, as he conquered most of the Marquis’ lands But that hen the Marquis struck back

Somehow, the Marquis’ forces were suddenly aware of all of his forces’ positions, crushi+ng them and his overstretched supply lines

Plus, there was an astrono to the annihilation and mass surrenders of leaderless troops Whenever a battle occured, every leader was killed, froeneral to its lowest officers

It wasfor officers was co had neither the excuse nor time to file a complaint Thanks to soht enough tiroup, but even his rendezvous locations see’s forces that htly more than half of what he started with

A crushi+ng defeat Wolfgang even considered the possibility that the Marquis had been sending incapable officers to lull him into a false sense of security before this one decisivecouldn’t wrap their heads on how to analyse the Marquis’ forces How did half their forces survive despite losing in tery?

“Wow I really have nothing to say to these retards How a despite having map hacks and cheats on”

Isaac was at a loss for words to describe forces of Marquis, which were the epitoiven them all the information and killed all the top officers to streaainst remnants of the Count’s aro if Central hadn’t intervened And as if pouring oil to fuel Isaac’s flaenerals actually believed they won because they outsed recklessly despite countless warnings of an aht in the forewarned ambush and lose decisively Isaac could feel his blood boil just watching theed to e of course in the war attracted significant attention, and the gaang’s army, which boasted of its elite troops, were helpless when their positions were leaked and left without a leader They were cornered

Pushed back by the relentless advances of the Marquis, Count Wolfgang lost all his territories except his initial barondo’s forces prepared for their last stand in the Count’s castle

Two preparations had to be e could take place First, only volunteers could participate in a siege battle on the defending Second, all civilians unrelated to the war had to be evacuated

These two preparations needed to be finished before even starting the battle even if the castle was surrounded, but some of the Marquis’ forces couldn’t wait patiently and bickered ast one another about their shares of loot when the as over So the dishonour of infighting during a war to the Marquis

Of course, the Marquis was furious, and he ordered the two noble families to fall back to the reserves But the two faht up in their emotions that they requested the start of provincial warfare to the Depart a battle in the midst of occupied territory They were the first in history to fight a provincial war against allies in the er

Meanwhile, not one soldier froht unto death Even the evacuated civilians re’s victory in their hearts

“Wow! These dumbasses I’m really done with them”

But the wishes and efforts of the soldiers and refugees were pointless, as the result was already predetere announced the start of battle and Marquis’ forces charged, the castle gate was opened

Isaac shook his head when he watched the Marquis’ ar caution to the wind

Not everyone in Marquis’ army were fools There were plenty of officers who prepared proper tactics and made preparations for a decisive victory But it was always the fools who had the power to decide, so the result was the same no matter how many advisors tried

Even now, Isaac clicked his tongue, watching the high nobles screa alive despite their advisors’ warnings against traps and a other nobles to the prize that was Wolfgang’s capture

It was understandable why they were so obsessed with capturing Wolfgang, since such a feat would be listed first in the list of all war efforts And it was Isaac who ate to finish the battle quickly

“Are the Count’s forces that stubborn? Or are the Marquis’ forces that useless?”

“It’s both”

“You have a point”

Rivelia answered uneasily and Isaac agreed

The siege that started at noon was still going on as the sun was setting, boring Isaac

“I can see that they aren’t going easy because it’s not his anymore Yeah, break it all I see that the reconstruction business is quite profitable too”

The Marquis’ forces struggled to advance into the castle partly because this was their first siege battle, but also because their plan of advancing quickly through the main roads was thwarted by the relentless resistance fros and in the streets, disregarding civilian daes

The winner had to assues; in this case, it was the Marquis The Marquis argued with the war judge furiously as he watched the battle unfold, but the judge did not accept the Marquis’ arguhts for the territory had already been passed on to Isaac, so all civilian da’s forces that resisted until death didn’t have to care about it It was also Wolfgang’s revenge on Isaac

“It was you right? That told Wolfgang”