Chapter 16 (1/2)
The Girl Who Ate Death Chapter 16: If Food Were to Fall from the Sky, It Would Surely Be Delicious
Having expanded their war potential, the Royal Capital Liberation Arain total control of Belta Reshuffling fordo soldiers in this strategy nuua and Salvador Their support from the citizens was plenty, and now that harvest ti Altura became Supreme Commander and had carried out the encircleether with the soldiers, and this was also to show that her ideals were not lies
First, she recommended surrender to David, the coe for the lives of the castle garrison and civilians, immediately vacate Belta Castle, she said However, on the condition that only David, theAtrocity, be put to proper trial
David refused He sent a violent hail of arrows in response to the Liberation Arotiations, Altura stepped forward to give the siege order to the soldiers She unsheathed her treasured sword from atop horseback and turned its point towards Belta Castle
“WE ARE RIGHTEOUS! BELTA CASTLE WILL FALL, AND THE HAMMER OF JUSTICE WILL STRIKE THE MAN BEHIND THE MassACRES, DAVID! KINDRED SOULS OF THE ROYAL CAPITAL LIBERATION ARMY! FOR OUR DREAMS, PLEASE LEND US YOUR STRENGTH!”
“Victory For The Royal Capital Liberation Army!”
“Judgement Onto David!”
“Long Live, Princess Altura! Long Live The Liberation Army!”
The organized Liberation Army soldiers raised up their weapons and shouted in fervor Their voices were intense enough to shake the heavens and probably circulated as fear inside the castle
“ARMY, START THE ATTACK! VICTORY TO THE ROYAL CAPITAL LIBERATION ARMY!!”
“ALL UNITS ADVANCE-!! FORWARDDDDDDD-!!”
“CATAPULTS, BEGIN THE ADVANCE-!”
When Altura sent the signal to start the siege, the unit coave their orders to advance Infantry carrying shi+elds held sandbags and rushed to the e was raised, they first had to e toould then send in soldiers to the raates This was the preliet close First, they would fill in the moat Because Belta’s moat was both wide and deep ater, they needed a proportionate volume to fill it up
To halt that, archers on the walls systematically lined up and assiduously shot arrows at the Liberation Arround like ants
“DEFEND-! IT’S OVER IF THEY FILL UP THE MOAT! ABSOLUTELY STOP THEM!!”
“B, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE TOO DIFFERENT!”
“DON’T WORRY ABOUT AIMING! JUST SHOOT-! KILL THEM-!”
“damn IT-!”
The archers’ coroup , but the Liberation Army’s numbers were endless Moreover, the opponents did not keep letting the the volley from below
And then the true threat: the catapults being hauled frodom’s Army, but at the river battle, they were seized by the Liberation Are weapons that should have been pointed towards the ene at the giants rocks that were drawing nearer at a frightening speed, the archers’ co officer cursed his own misfortune
“PREPARE THE CATAPULTS! TARGET: ENEMY’S WEST RAMPART!!”
“CATAPULT PREPARATIONS COMPLETE! TARGETING, ENEMY’S WEST RAMPART!!”
“START THE CATAPULT! FIRE-!!”
Giant stones that were heavier than humans collided with the wall Stone and ere smashed, and many archers were bloay
“HIT CONFIRMED, LOAD THE NEXT SHOT HURRY-!”
Catapults were set up uniformly in front of every castle wall Their stone supply was maintained due to the efforts of 500 men, and attacks were sporadically fired at the wall and inside the castle These weapons had proble their accuracy rate and rate of fire, but those weren’t ie and could perform a unilateral attack with no fear of counterattack were their great advantages
It would be fatal if struck by these giant stones, and they flew everywhere, sur the castle walls It would also inflict considerable, psychological burden, and the organization inside the castle could also be expected to be disrupted
What was throere not just stones Oil, garbage, corpses, Sorcery Mines, anything was fine It would be great if they got a direct hit on the well, their source of water The corpses and garbage would also be a source of disease The besieged side would have no ates to destroy the catapults, that would be in accordance with the Liberation Army’s expectations
Fynn was quietly watching the catapult offensive be repeated As his unit was cavalry at its core, a siege battle was not a place for his activity He could only pursue fleeing eneuards for the catapults His adjutant, Milla, addressed him
“So we resorted to force in the end It would be better if they just obediently opened the gates There is nohere after all Is a coarrison?”
“General David probably has soh if it were me I would have immediately surrendered Spare me the rain of rocks To be crushed and flattened to death is no joke”
He h the air that was shot alongside an encouraging yell Fynn had been promoted to Colonel, rewarded for hisa private, he was thethe Liberation Army
Though currently it was nothing ht of as a promissory note for future pronized to be the one ould probably carry on the essence of the rebirthed Kingdo, full of wisdoh popularity froht after Altura in fame Fynn conducted himself appropriately too, and he was hailed as a warrior soldier and Hero
“Colonel Fynn Will they launch themselves at us do you think?”
“Do I think indeed As their moat is filled, they are more and more likely to coe, a hell is waiting, where our troops stationed in ambush slip behind them and cut off their path of retreat ……I do honestly recommend that they surrender”
“Be that as it may be, because Belta is a solid fortress, our side will have many casualties as well it seems I believe it would not be unreasonable for starvation tactics here”
It would take tioods, Belta would fall without any fighting Though, due to the supply they had in stock, it would probably take half a year before they would starve and admit defeat
“Well, our Tactician, Sir Diener, did not think it as up to the task as a planless offensive It is uess that he hates conservative plans like starvation He intends to put on display that we have enough war potential to make a castle capitulate in a short timeframe ……Of course, I cannot assert that as unconditionally true It is hard to understand what that ”
The drafted strategies of the Liberation Arh Diener’s hands Altura would agree to it and give the order to i around Diener, and Fynn didn’t have trust in him Fynn didn’t think he would turn traitor, but there was no doubt that Diener would calmly throay the lives of soldiers
He was different fundamentally from Fynn, who had been drawn by Altura’s ideals, and the fordoovernment
“……Those rumors, are they really true? For example the Rebellion—-”
There was a plausible ru Rebellion being contrived
There was no proof But, everyone unanireed that Diener, if it was hie Atrocity were too quick That in half a month their sphere of influence had extended this far was all due to Diener’s ability The rumor had jealousy and envy mixed in, but there was no smoke without fire
Fynn cut Milla short, telling her to be careful with his gaze It would be troublesome if she was heard by someone
Diener’s proteges, his spies, were scattered everywhere in the Liberation Arainst traitors in their midst Everyone’s affiliations, birthplaces, and social positions were different There were also people who previously earlier were soldiers of the Kingdoilant ……That Diener’s vigilance was also near Fynn himself That man trusted no one except Altura What spurred Diener on to that extent? Fynn could not even iine
“—-Milla Rumors are rumors to the very end If one were to launch an accusation, one has to have a ht to be careful about uttering suspicions of a Liberation Ar we have to worry about We should just work solely for the realization of our ideals”
“S, sir Please excuse me I misspoke”
Milla unintentionally stiffened at Fynn’s forced s, and they were only focused at his aspirations Fynn had two sides to him, one as an innocent military man, and one ambitious for future promotion
His adjutant, Milla, was serving him on top of understand that, but even so, she was pressured by his emitted spirit
“……This is justtoThere is only one fate for those who have sold their soul to the devil He will surely not be able to escape fros Death will simply devour him to his very soul, and he will be perpetually toratory”
Fynn recalled the face of the Death God whilein a small voice–that female coe, her cavalry unit had killed a veteran ared as they pleased Most likely, she was still alive That would not die so si her scythe in Belta Castle even noaiting for an opportunity to prey upon them
Fynn prayed for her to hurry up and die, before that scythe would reach his own neck
—-Belta Castle, South-side Wall
Stones continued to be thrown, and while showered by an intense volley of arrows, Schera was co an archer unit Cavalry obviously had no role to play inside a castle, so everyone had dismounted and taken up bows
Katarina was unabashedly exhibiting her proficiency in archery that she had engraved onto her body through training Vander had also finally returned to his nor the soldiers
Back to speaking of Schera, because she had never used a bow before, she was lining up sht in advance from the town inside the castle There were 100 in total It would not be an exaggeration to say that she had bought all that there were As for the money, it was borrowed from Katarina since Schera had already used all of hers up
“……Major? What in the world are you planning to do with those sickles?”
Asked Vander with a quizzical expression, and Schera answered him with naked murderous intent
“Want to know? This-!”
She threith absurd force that there was recoil It stabbed between the eyebrows of a soldier who had gotten into thetheir comrade fall down, the soldiers panicked Schera threw in rapid succession Seeing the sickles as if ho onto theht in his throat