Chapter 232: 235

Chapter 235 - The Old Knight's Decision

"Listen, all of you. I, as the head of the Amu Knight family, have a decision to make. I have heard that the Barcan army is heading this way. They are probably after our territory, us who have not sworn allegiance to the House of Xillia. Therefore, I am thinking of surrendering to their forces."

　Among Fontana's forces, Barca has begun to make a name for itself rapidly in recent years.

　It was only when the snow had finally begun to melt in the Amu Knight Territory that we heard about how the leader of Barca had once again begun his march to Uruk.

　Upon receiving this report, I was unable to immediately mobilize my troops due to the mountainous terrain of the area.

　Fortunately or unfortunately, I think this may have changed the fate of my family.

　The information that kept coming in one after another was often hard to believe.

　The Xillia family, which was said to have betrayed Uruk, developed into a state of battle as soon as the Barca army arrived, but was immediately subdued.

　After that, the Xillia family was forced to abandon their name given by Uruk because of Barca, and it is said that they were used as shields on the battlefield.

　It is not clear from the report alone, but it is said that Barca attacked from the rear of the Xillia forces fighting the Uruk forces.

　However, this was the decisive factor in the outcome of the battle.

　The Uruk army was defeated in the decisive battle at Milius Plain, without a single blow to Fontana's army.

　Barca.

　Although he was a recently emerged knight, his name is now well known in the Uruk lands.

　He started a peasant riot in our neighboring Fontana Territory and killed the renowned knight Raymond, who was called the protector of the House of Fontana.

　He was then taken up as a knight by Carlos de Fontana, who was beginning to make his presence felt as the new Head of the family.

　However, it can be said that at that time, Barca was still not well-known.

　It was not until Ars von Barca, who became a knight as the head of the Barca family, came to Uruk that his name became prominent.

　He destroyed the Keema cavalry, assisted by my old comrade, Miriam.

　But this had to have been impossible.

　I had known Miriam for a long time.

　I had fought alongside that person on the battlefield many times.

　However, the cavalry to which Miriam belonged had been defeated.

　And the only opponent was Ars, the head of the Barca family.

　It was hard to believe.

　How could Miriam be defeated by only one opponent?

　And all 1,000 cavalrymen were annihilated.

　I did not know what to believe.

　I thought I was losing my mind.

　But there was no mistaking Barca's ability.

　After that, the young knight continued to make rapid progress.

　In Uruk, he defeated Pesci, who had the strength to become the Head of the House, and in Arbalest, he defeated the Head himself.

　There was no one who doubted his ability.

　Then, I realized that I had to do something.

　We were at the turning point of a changing era.

　I saw it clearly with my own eyes.

　I saw the Barcan army approaching the Amu lands, and I knew for sure.

　Upon receiving the report, I mounted my steed and set out on a reconnaissance mission.

　I observed the enemy army.

　The way it moved was much more different than how an army should move.

　They were heading toward the Amu Knight Territory at a constant speed, forming a line.

　Normally, it is more difficult than anything else to control an army.

　Keeping peasants that you've gathered peaceful and moving is a challenging procedure. There are even times when tragedy might strike or the peasants might run away.

　It is not uncommon for the number of soldiers to be greatly reduced by the time they reach their destination if they are left to march in the hands of a poor commander.

　That is true.

　Wherever they are taken as soldiers, there may be a fight for their lives waiting for them.

　It is logical to know that many soldiers would run away at that thought.

　However, the Barcan army was different.

　The soldiers were neatly lined up and were marching forward without disrupting the formation.

　They were not being monitored by anyone and were simply advancing along a country road.

　I realized it when I saw them.

　Barca is not an army in which Ars von Barka is the only one that is strong.

　That army is too different.

　I understood that the defeat of House Uruk was not an accident, but an inevitability.

　With this in mind, I returned to my mansion and immediately sent word to my men.

　The Amu family would be under Barca's command.

　Naturally, there were those who objected.

　But the situation was urgent.

　I managed to persuade them, thinking that this was my last task, as my remaining life would be short.

　When the army managed to enter our territory, my family settled all objections, raised the white flag, and surrendered.

　To my surprise, they sent Payne, grandson of Miriam, as an envoy to negotiate with us.

　I immediately treated him with the utmost courtesy while discussing matters.

　Payne felt the same way as I did.

　Payne, however, seemed to be quicker than I was, since he became aware of the situation during the fierce battle that took place last year when Pessi's army and Barca's army clashed.

　The boy who was introduced to me by Payne.

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　He is a boy who will turn 12 this year.

　When I greeted him, he said, "Nice to meet you, Zitan-san."

　I had thought that I would be dealing with a much more sturdy man, but I was wrong.

　His older brother, Baito-sama, who was standing next to Ars-sama, and the young man on the other side of Baito-sama, Thanatos-dono, were much bigger and looked like they could easily push me around if they wanted.

　However, it was the master of the house, Ars, who was truly terrifying.

　The amount of mana.

　I have fought against knights on the battlefield many times over the years.

　But he had more mana than any of them.

　Still, if it were only the amount of mana, the Head of the nobility, the Head of a House, would have more.

　But I had never seen such dense mana before.

　The mana was so concentrated that it looked like some kind of black darkness.

　Among the street names of Barca, there was one that called him "White Devil," but I think it is the opposite.

　He looks like a jet-black demon.

　I wonder what this person is thinking right now.

　While talking with me and listening to my explanation about Fox Valley, his eyes would occasionally drift away from me.

　He is looking around at the knights who are accompanying me and the soldiers of the Amu family who are waiting in the distance.

　If there is even the slightest strange movement, these people will probably respond immediately.

　They will kill everyone present and attack the family.

　It was terrifying.

　I don't know what can put him in a bad mood so I spoke carefully.

　I told him everything I knew about Fox Valley when he asked me about it.

　But more than that, I told him that he must not go there.

　Fox Valley was a land that the House of Uruk had investigated with all their might in the past and yet had no choice but to give up.

　It was too dangerous.

　If we carelessly don't tell them about it, and Barca's soldiers die while there, it might incur the wrath of Ars-sama.

　Even so, he went.

　If he entered Fox Valley, not only the soldiers but also Ars-sama himself would not be safe.

　That is what I thought, until he returned with flame ores, which is called the phantom metal, in his hands.

　I can see the depth of the potential in the Barca family.

　I thought so with all my heart.

　That is why I agreed when I was asked to swear allegiance not to Barca but to the Balt family.

I truly believed that I should never go against him.

　And I was not mistaken.

　Ars-sama sent a letter to the surrounding knightly domains.

　Starting from the Amu Knight Territory, all the surrounding families that did not pledge allegiance to the House of Xillia were instructed to join Barca.

　And then he waited.

　Just long enough for the ones that received the letters to come and greet him here.

　Conversely, if he did not receive an immediate response, Ars-sama considered the letter to have been ignored.

　It all happened so fast.

　The knightly families who came to surrender immediately were forgiven.

　It was probably because they had seen the same Barcan march as I had.

　They knew just by looking at it that they should not oppose Barca senselessly.

　But there was something else, too.

　Maybe Barca would be willing to take their time and consider the situation?

　There was no such grace at all.

　Barca began to attack territories.

　They were conquering the surrounding regions at frightening speeds.

　In the end, the territories that either fell under the control of Barca or were attacked senseless probably amounted to about one-third of the former Uruk Territory.

　All of that area has been cut off, starting in the southeastern part of Uruk, where our territory is located, and then expanding northward.

　It is fair to say that the eastern part of the original Uruk Territory has been taken.

　However, Ars-sama himself did not participate in this rapid advance.

　It was almost all only Baito-sama leading the advance.

　Baito-sama, the elder brother of Ars-sama and my master, gained the lands through the power of only the Balt family.

　During that time, Ars-sama was building a town while collecting fire ore.

　A new city surrounded by high walls on all sides.

　And Ars-sama created it, using Barcan magic.

　He built the city in the southeast, where transportation was relatively convenient and Fox Valley was accessible. This place was the former Rumple Knight Territory.

　The city of Baltoria is surrounded by a wall 1 km long on each side.

　In the center of the city, a building that had never been seen before in the Uruk Territory was built, with the same standards as the others that had been built using white bricks.

　The walls are covered with brightly colored glass, which is said to be stained glass.

　When light shines on it, a fantastic sight appears, again, a building unlike anything seen before.

　The building was called a cathedral.

　In the cathedral, Baito-sama gave us our new name as we renounced the name of Uruk and swore allegiance to the Balt family.

　Thus, the Balt Knight Territory was born in the east of the old Uruk Territory, and Ars-sama became the lord of the land both in reputation and politically.　

 

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