After a few days of air raids, the Duke of Townsend abandoned the castle and went through a complete retreat. It was the only choice I made to preserve my troops, seeing that I could not resist the sudden emergence of the non-combatants and only took damage unilaterally.

However, we were not aware of this situation and couldn't help but be baffled by the appearance of empty Townsend Castle. The Duke of Townsend could not understand that he had retreated from his homeland and his stronghold.

Erisa looks down at the empty Townsend Walls and says a few words.

“It can't be a siege system, can it? ”

Enemy forces have entered and if the walls are empty, Erisa is not confident enough to suspect a siege system. It was because he was also seeing the ruined castle.

“Well, I don't know. ”

“Anyway, I think we should camp on this hill today. I'll see you in a few days, just in case. ”

“There's nothing wrong with being careful. ”

At that time, a group of horsemen rush towards you from within Townsend Castle. It seemed like an envoy to surrender because he was carrying a white flag.

Soon after they came to our camp, they shouted at us.

“Is Grand Duke Jan here? ”

I approached them with a horse.

“I am Jan. What the hell are they looking for me for? ”

“I demand a surrender negotiation. ”

I watched the envoy surrender with the sight of absurdity from all the chiefs except me. They haven't drawn a sword yet, but they don't seem to understand since they won the battle.

“But where did the Duke of Townsend go and you negotiated your surrender? ”

“The duc has retreated with his troops under his command. ”

Duke Townsend made a very reasonable choice. The Lord should be blamed for deserting his territory, but the attack stopped, making it an option to save many.

“Really? Got it. But what about surrender? ”

“We demand a ban on slaughter and plunder. ”

The ban on carnage, but the ban on plunder, was too much to ask. The raid that took place after the castle was a natural order.

There are sometimes commanders instructing them not to pillage, but they are rarely kept in line. Even when the day comes, the soldiers take care of everything on their own.

However, it is a little different if you are bloodless like this one. Soldiers have never suffered any casualties, so the ban on looting works well.

“I will not plunder the houses of the common people. But the property of the Duke's mansion is confiscated by our army. ”

The envoys briefly discussed and concluded.

“I'll take that.”

“Got it. Then we're in. ”

After a short negotiation, I sent one commander and 500 soldiers into the castle first. It was a procedure to prepare the siege system.

It seemed like a meaningless sequence to me, but I decided to follow it because it was a strategic practice that must be observed when I was bloodless. If we just trust the enemy's word of surrender and lead the entire army into a trap, we can do a lot of damage.

Later, when the flag of our troops appeared at the ducal palace and all the palaces, I led the troops into the castle.

‘Hmm. More than I thought. ’

There were only traces of ruins and death in the castle. Wherever the corpses piled up on the cloth were piled up, the ruined and burnt buildings stood in a seedy atmosphere.

I stood on the side of the road and stumbled upon the old man's gaze. The old man was staring at me not with anger and grudge, but with a gaze of self-reliance. I turned my head immediately. That look makes me feel bad. I saw it every day in the Age of Doom.

In the age of destruction, the horror of the great hordes of magic made Humans look like that, but now it was being created by man himself.

I remembered what Grolmog said as he left. We and magic are the same chaos and emptiness. It certainly didn't seem wrong. Same creature, same result.

Erisa came to me, seeing a mother who had a feeble child in her arms.

“Jan. What can we do to help her? ”

I gave Erisa a sharp shot.

“How? I'm sorry, I'm incapable of saving a dead child. ”

“No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying, let's console them and bury their dead child. ”

I didn't even snore. I have to look at the mood, but he can't even tell the difference between peeing and peeing.

“Up top? You're fucking shaking. Hey, when someone beats you up like crazy and you're not in a lot of pain, if you're comforting them, that's a joke. We're the ones who killed that kid. If we can comfort her, it's only crocodile tears. ”

“But we didn't do it, did we? ”

“Yes. It was your uncle's house. But she's indistinguishable. In her eyes, we and your uncle are all enemies that have killed their children. So walk like a conqueror. If you're sorry, walk boldly. That's less hurtful. Do you understand?”

Compassion can be thought of as a virtue, but not from the point of view of acceptance. Sympathy starts from the arrogant gaze of the opponent.

So we have to look at the situation of compassion. It is because if you show sympathy as much as you want without seeing the situation, you can hurt the target even more.

When I saw the infatuation, the jackal stepped up and held off.

“Grand Duke, you were sorry for your loss, too, so you understand. ”

“I just told you to wake up. We are at war. There's an unspeakable reality waiting for you to show some compassion. ”

“But didn't we win? ”

“Well, should I say I won? I feel bad because I feel like I'm overturning someone else's insult. ”

The bird looks around the ruined city and rests its head.

“Well, that's true. ”

I make swift progress towards the ducal palace of Townsend.

Duke Rufet seemed to be too worried about me. I had expected to come here, but I didn't think I'd be able to blame you for this mess.

But it didn't matter. You just have to pay me back. Today, the tragedy of Townsend Castle was also the future of Duc Rupert.

After that, I ordered the soldiers to recover Townsend Castle and recover the explosive metal chunks as well. The more samples, the better. Now that Lutz's noncombatants dropped an explosive chunk of metal to the ruins of Townsend Castle, there should be more if you look for it.

* * *

With the Duke of Townsend's lost territory, the Empire has ordered a full-scale subjugation of Duc Rupert. However, the Imperial Army was consistent in defense and did not consider moving at all.

Considering the face of the Empire, he started the war, but he could never ignore the power of the flying force that appeared when he was occupied in Duke Townsend's territory.

In the meantime, some very encouraging news has been sent to the Empire. Katrine's group heard about what happened on Townsend territory has declared active involvement in this civil war. It seemed to bother me that Duke Ruthet had given me an excuse to be refreshed by his feigner, but I was not particularly pleased.

Nemiso and his crew are the ones who caused the civil war.

Katrine is a Valkyrie that follows Nemisona anyway, because I wondered if she could be free from that relationship.

Anyway, what's the point of taking her forward and backward? It was a crime in their faction, and I don't know what I'd do if I wanted to stop it.

But all I had to do was my job. Secretly sending new weapons from the last battle to Kara to study them.

Despite the fact that state-of-the-art weapons dominate the war, the opponent has the same weapon, which leads to a decisive victory or loss over the enemy. If the Empire is equipped with non-engineering equipment, the empire will eventually win in numbers.

The problem is that Duke Rufet's weapons may not be all of the non-engineering equipment and explosive metal chunks, but we need to take action then.

‘Hmm. Duc Rufett is moving too fast · · · · · ·. ’

Ambitious night. Sitting in the commander's office, I was deeply troubled by strategic guidance. Currently, the Royal Lupette Air Force was in a hurry to prepare for a synchronization to reclaim their lost lands. There were already 30,000 troops stationed along the Lumenox River, and to me, there were 8,000 of them.

Orders have been issued, not orders to retake the coast.

Duke Rupert seems to be thinking of starting an all-out war with the Emperor after declaring war on the Empire.

“Well played. Let's see how it goes. ”

At that time, I felt a strange energy in the air outside the window. Smurfintine comes through the closed window, but it's a familiar energy. I usually exude this kind of energy.

Soon after the window opened, a woman with red hair came in. Katrine. She casts a sound protection spell across the entire office and approaches me.

“It's been a long time, kid. ”

I wiped my face in Katrina's sudden appearance. I don't know where this woman came from. This was an enemy camp for her on the Emperor's side.

“Yes. It's been a long time. It's been four years, hasn't it? ”

“This year. You saw it once this spring. ”

I shivered slightly. Those women still suspected that I, the Grand Duke, was the same person.

“What do you mean? ”

“I mean, I know you're a backpack. ”

I shrug my shoulders, smirking.

“You're mistaken. What makes you think I'm white? He's the Mind Master, isn't he? I'm the General Master. Are your eyes so wide open that you can't tell the difference? ”

Katrina looked straight at me.

“The energy seems to be moderate from the lower level to the master. But you did learn assassin skills, didn't you? ”

It was Katrina who knew everything. Very few people know that I have mastered assassin skills.

“Don't kill the living, just go. I have nothing to say to you. ”

“I have plenty. ”

“What?"

“Why are you standing on this side? I don't get it, but Ignes has no idea why. Why?”

I laughed bloody.

“I don't know why I should answer that. Why are you on the side of the Empire? ”

“What I've done, I'm just trying to fix. ”

“Oh, you did? Then it doesn't matter. Even if it wasn't your fault, it was a civil war. ”

“What do you mean? ”

I took a lump of metal from my desk drawer and pushed it out in front of Katrina.

“What the hell is this stuff? ”

Katrina, looking at the metal mass with a curious glance, suddenly opened her eyes.

“Wait, it can't be the chaos bomb? ”

“Chaos bomb? ”

Chaos Bomb is a bomb that causes a big explosion by the energy from the process of giving chaos pieces back to the energy of chaos. The smallest one is said to be able to smash and destroy small buildings. If you increase the size and blow up the Refined Giant Essence, the city will be able to fly.

Although it is a tremendous weapon, it is said that humanity will never be able to develop it. It is because it is a bomb made from heavenly technology that is completely different from man-made odo engineering.

“Where the hell did this chaos bomb come from? This bomb can never be made with human magic technology. ”

“Ask Duke Rupert about that. This was used by the Grand Duke when he attacked Townsend territory. ”

Katrina stares at me with suspicious eyes.

“Did Armida teach you that? ”

“I have no idea who Armida is. As far as I'm concerned, it's you. Was I mistaken? ”

“Don't kill the living! Why would we do that? ”

Katrina yells at you to see if she was unfair. I pointed to the sky with my thumb.

“Not on your side, on your top. ”

“So who? ”

“Valkyrie Italy of Electric Shock. She's the Valkyrie of your substance class, right? ”

Katrina shakes her head in disbelief.

“You're lying? Why would he teach Duke Rufett how to make chaos bombs? ”

“Well, there must be some other reason. A mission that must be completed even if you chew through Kronos' rules. ”

“There's no such thing! ”

I had a bitter face.

“Well, is there? At least I know something like that. ”

“What?"

“Pissed off. You guys do that a lot, don't you? I sent Uruvos down, destroyed a few kingdoms. And 1500 years ago, we destroyed the Unified Imperial Hiltri Temperature. Then why did you destroy the Hiltion Empire? At that time, the entire continent was one people, and because of that, everyone is a different nation now, they conquer each other.

We're fighting an independence war, right? It's not funny. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Katrina doesn't speak like a mute who ate honey. With the destruction of the Unified Empire Hiltrion, the continent of Prosia was divided into countless countries, and the incident was also the work of the Valkyries.

If the Hiltrion Empire hadn't been destroyed back then, the Prosians would have survived without war in the name of the Koreans.

“Well, don't be sorry. Honestly, where is the One and Only Empire? Sometimes you have to divide and fight. Kids grow up fighting. Anyway, if you have something to say, don't do it to me, do it at the top of your house. It's not fair to judge me when I don't know anything. ”

Katrina stares at me.

“I knew it was the backbone. That's the way he talks. ”

I sat on a chair in the Oval Office, ignoring that.

“Go quickly, without killing anyone alive. I'll call the guards if you stay here until you count to ten. Of course you're not afraid of soldiers. ”

Katrina leaps forward and stands by the window.

“See you later, kid. ”

“Suit yourself.”

“And if you're lying to me about what you told me today, you better be prepared. ”

“Suit yourself.”

Soon Katrina disappeared from my senses. Then I looked at the map of the strategy on the desk and blurted out some nonsense.

“Maybe we can conquer the world later? There's no such thing as a war if there's a unified country like the Hiltrion Empire. For now. ”

< Enter Townsend Castle. > End