Chapter 361: Towards Independence ④ (1/2)
“This is… It is rare to see the prediction of Danna-sama deviate this heavily.”
Morris, who was looking at the state of the Aion army from the top of the outer wall early in the morning, muttered this.
A straight posture that could fascinate, donning a butler outfit that has no wrinkles from top to bottom.
He is talking as if nothing, but he was actually pretty agitated.
That’s because there was a result that would heavily throw off the predictions of his master, Rembrandt.
“Should I be happy that the schedule can be moved up, or has the so-called ‘luck’ begun to interfere… I should report this at once.” (Morris)
Morris quickly turned in order to hurry to the side of Rembrandt.
On the other hand, at his back, there’s the Aion army that has been attacked by demonic beasts and is in a pathetic state on the verge of collapse.
Information about the mamonos of the wasteland hasn’t been shared with the Aion army.
They did plan to advance till the side of the wasteland, but entering the wasteland and dealing with it wasn’t in their heads.
You could criticize them by saying they weren’t cautious enough.
But in reality, they didn’t even have the thought that Tsige would be breaking the barrier between the wasteland and the city in their desperation.
People who would think something as disgusting as throwing demonic beasts in a war between hyumans are the weird ones.
That’s the common sense of hyumans.
They would easily belittle their opponents for being underhanded if their opponents were to shut themselves in a terrain advantageous for themselves, despite them sometimes using demi-humans to fight their battles.
As long as they manage to get control of the opponent’s information line with their spies, they just have to get enough fighting force to overwhelm the opponent.
This kind of thinking was remarkably strong in Aion.
Today, this very way of thinking of theirs was leading them thoroughly to the bad direction.
If there were still brave people in Aion who could still maintain their wits and bring order, it might have been a different story.
But there wasn’t.
They have no Hero, and there’s no outstanding talent in Aion.
Even when they are counted as one of the four major powers.
Being a nation that flourishes in scandals and pulling each other’s legs is most likely affecting it somewhat.
There was a person from royalty that was somewhat popular between the people, but they are now in the revolutionary army.
There was also a womanizer general that was bold, cool-headed, and skilled in his violent means, but he is already gone from this world.
There was a naval officer who was young, talented, and from a good bloodline, but any news about them was cut off after the variant incident of Rotsgard.
Also, even when in the middle of a civil war that divides the nation, a famous city despite being in a remote region declared independence.
In terms of their core moving parts, you could say they are in tatters to an unbelievable extent.
That’s why the plan of Rembrandt to make the surroundings switch sides went amusingly smooth, and he was able to proclaim that Aion is a country that only has its size going for it, and is food for their growth.
“Even though they can’t do anything against even 1 of those monsters.”
“Demonic beasts that can kill blessed hyumans; I thought only dragons could do that.”
A total night raid and surprise attack.
Demonic beasts that have no plan and simply attack whatever living being they find shouldn’t be an opponent that blessed soldiers shouldn’t be able to deal with.
In the first place, soldiers in an army fight as teams, so their individual strength isn’t that high.
“Even though I am a rear guard.”
“Is the aria not done yet?”
“Mama, I am sorry.”
At a time when they don’t have the time to make proper formation and haven’t even managed to completely arm themselves, they were attacked by demonic beasts that are completely superior to them and must be fought with several teams.
It was as clear as day that it would begin with complete domination.
Even so, after paying a sacrifice of several hundreds, Aion should have regained their advantage with their numbers even if against the wasteland demonic beasts…however, even when night passed and the sun was rising, the battle of the Aion army against the demonic beasts was still unfolding, and casualties continued to show up.
There were a total of around 300 demonic beasts thrown from the Tsige side.
Centered mostly in nocturnal demonic beasts, they were of varied strengths, and were gathered while prioritizing numbers.
Even Rembrandt doesn’t know all demonic beasts, so there were 2 miscalculations here.
The first one was that there were a decent amount of demonic beasts thrown into the Aion side that were ‘corpse eaters’; demonic beasts that prefer eating the corpses of dead animals.
Because of this, around 100 demonic beasts had swarmed at the corpses that were already present in the battlefield.
The other one is that there was an outrageous one sealed within one of the crystals.
A common occurrence when buying in bulk all the sealed crystals that the summoners and tamers who returned from the wasteland possess.
The adventurers and merchants of Tsige…recognize the Mist Town as a part of the wasteland.
That’s right.
“No…no…!”
“Aaaaaaaaaah!!”
“Stay away, stay awaaaa—–!!”
“Even a dragon would have been better…”
Within the slaughter caused by the demonic beasts against the Aion army, there’s one being that doesn’t exist in this world mixed in.
A special kind of wild animal called a bear.
Due to how gigantic it is, Makoto named it as a Moon Grizzly. It is a pretty well known dangerous animal in Asora.
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It has been a day since the battle with Aion started.
Being called by Rembrandt-san, I came to the outer walls that are close to the frontlines.
It is because he told me to lend him a bit of wisdom.
In the end, Tsige had steamrolled the first day.
Due to this, everyone’s expression was bright, including the Aion soldiers who switched sides.
The use of illusion magic, tactics that use the full power of ritual magic; they all hit perfectly on the mark.
But to think that they would increase their population by taking people from the Aion army because the land of Tsige will be increasing…
That’s quite the way of thinking.
Arriving with a massive army from afar, taking away a decent number of those soldiers after receiving the Blessing, and then using their power on their own army.
It must be an excruciating embarrassment for them.
Tomoe said that she would return by the time the war starts again and would resume the broadcast.
Ema was making a summarized version with the help of the other female orcs.
Even after late in the night, Tomoe was still properly watching things as if she had a magnifier in hand though.
It seems like they threw demonic beasts to raid them at night.
‘I said I would be resting at night-ja!’, is what Tomoe said angrily.
“But it is a bit weird. There’s no way 200-300 demonic beasts could suppress the tens of thousands remaining of the Aion army even if they are from the wasteland.” (Makoto)
I checked the numbers quickly with Sakai, and they were still in the middle of battle.
There’s also still quite a good number of demonic beasts alive.
Even so, the Aion army…
The more than 20,000 merchants that were sticking to the army due to the demand that would be born from the march, most of them have already dispersed.
It started as an army of several hundreds of thousands, but right now, it is at most…
While I was holding those slight doubts and pity in my heart, I saw the people of the Rembrandt Company waving their hands.
Over there, huh.
“Heya there, good morning! Sorry for calling you so early in the morning.” (Rembrandt)
“Thank you very much, Rembrandt-san. It seems the first day was a sweeping victory, congratulations.” (Makoto)
“It was nothing. You introduced skilled mercenaries that could take care of squads easily, and there were a lot of adventurers who have polished their abilities in the wasteland cooperating here. Rather, I have had a few misreads here and there, and it is embarrassing. It really is impossible to have a war where not a single one of your comrades dies…” (Rembrandt)
“Your opponent is one of the four major powers. The name of Tsige and yours are most likely hot topics in many other countries already.” (Makoto)
“It would make me happy if that were the case. Seriously, war is complicated. Becoming a legend is one of my objectives after all.” (Rembrandt)
“?” (Makoto)
“Aah, it is not like I have a hero desire. It is just that, after the Rotsgard incident, I was thinking about how much of a beneficial thing it would be if people were to see me in that way, and you have shown precedent that, even if you are a merchant or a company, it is possible to be viewed as a hero depending on how you do it. I was simply thinking that it would make things easier for the future if I were to become that.” (Rembrandt)
“Aah, so that’s what you meant.” (Makoto)
“Also, the way of doing things from the demons at that time. Their method of jamming was incredibly outstanding. Once the setup and the activation is done, it is really difficult to remove, and you normally wouldn’t choose that method. The bigger the enemy, the higher the amount of troubles that will occur when the moment matters due to the loss of communication. There was no reason not to use this card. There’s types in thought transmissions, so I had to request a few things to tinker with it, but well, the effects were great.” (Rembrandt)
That thing of Rotsgard, huh.
I see.
He didn’t simple copy it, but tinkered with it and made it so it can deal with the several types of thought transmissions.