Chapter 73: 74

Chapter 74 - Post-war Processing

 

"I'm not going to let this happen. This can't be happening. My army is ......."

"Checkmate."

　A group of Valkyries swooped in from the Fontana Army's flank.

　Raymond was utterly devastated when he saw them piercing the side of the Fontana army with a ferocious force while using magic and running through the inside of the army, causing havoc.

　But I'm not going to miss such a crucial moment.

　I swung my Hard-fang Sword down with all my might.

　The metal armor covering Raymond's entire body shattered with a sound.

　Fresh blood spattered from under the shattered metal.

　Raymond's body sinks to the ground with a dismayed look on his face.

"I have defeated Raymond, the head of the family presiding over the Fontana army! Raise your voice!"

　Raymond collapsed to the ground.

　The Ice Spirit Sword that symbolizes his strength and power drops from Raymond's hand.

　I picked it up and shouted as I raised it to the sky.

　The fact that I immediately concentrated my mana on my vocal cords must have helped in gathering the attention.

　My voice echoed throughout the battlefield.

　The sounds of battle in various parts of the area quieted down for a moment after hearing my words.

　But it was only for a moment.

　The people around me lowered their gazes as they looked at the Ice Spirit Sword I had raised.

　When they saw the brilliance of Raymond's top-quality magic sword and its original owner slumped to the ground, they understood the end of the battle.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!"

　The silent battlefield was enveloped in a swelling cry that seemed to grow louder and louder like an avalanche.

　The people of Barca had all heard my voice, understood the situation, and unintentionally shouted out at the top of their lungs.

　Hearing my voice, the opposing army, which was still outnumbered, completely lost its will to fight.

　It was at this point that Barca's victory was decided.

 

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"You did well, ojiisan. You had the best timing."

"It was scary ....... You know what scared me the most, kid?　Riding your Valkyrie was the scariest thing I've ever done."

　Once we had defeated Fontana's army, we turned back to our position north of the river.

　When the victory became decisive, the peasant soldiers who had been conscripted into the Fontana Army ran away ahead of us.

　Before I could say anything else, the people of Barca and the neighboring villages gave chase.

　Apparently, their goal was to get the spoils of war from the defeated.

　The villagers were chasing after them with money, weapons, and even clothes, but the peasant soldiers fled, giving them away as if they were bait.

　It's not that these villagers want to kill the other side.

　They just came back to me with a satisfied look on their faces after getting a reasonable income.

　Probably, the other side's peasant soldiers didn't suffer too much damage.

　In a way, both sides are experienced in fighting.

　In addition to these spoils of war, we also acquired something else.

　They were "knights".

　A knight is a person who is recognized by the nobility enough for their deeds to be allowed to use magic.

　Naturally, they are valuable human resources for noble families, and they can also be used as spoils of war after a side has won.

　To be honest, I can defeat those knights if I wanted, but I'm afraid to keep someone in my possession who can kill me instantly if I were an ordinary person.

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　However, the knights I captured were all in critical condition.

　In addition to the ones I defeated, after subtracting the ones that were killed by Baito-nii, it made a total of six.

　For now, after giving them a brief check-up, I tied their hands and feet tightly and laid them down in one of the inn-like buildings.

　After the battle was over, I had to deal with the aftermath.

　No matter how much I had given the villagers magic and asked them to fight with me, they were still volunteer soldiers.

　If I were to confiscate the spoils of war that they had risked their lives for, there would be no one left to help me.

　So I had no choice but to go back to the camp and only keep what I had acquired.

　In the midst of all this, I was talking to the peddler ojiisan.

　The old man had played a major role in this battle.

　For one thing, he had accurately researched and reported the size of Fontana's army, its route, and the timing of its progress before they approached us.

　The other was that he had led my personal horned Valkyrie and attacked the army's flank.

　Why did the old man ride a Valkyrie to attack?

　The reason was that there was no one else in the village who could ride a Valkyrie except for me and my niisan.

　The only other person who could ride a Valkyrie was the peddler who sometimes rode one of the Valkyrie's he bought from me when he was still selling them.

　But the old man did little more than show them the way.

　The one who was leading the flock of Valkyries was, after all, the first Valkyrie, my beloved beast.

　The Valkyrie I rode when I fought Fontana's army was not the usual Valkyrie, but one of the hornless ones with the horns cut off.

　This is because the horns are inconvenient for a rider who is wielding a weapon, after all.

　And there was another reason why I left the first Valkyrie to the old man.

　It was because of the characteristics of the Familiars.

　A Familiar is a beast that understands who helped hatched its egg and follows what that person says and acts accordingly to their wishes.

　To tell the truth, I was hoping that the Valkyries I sold to the Fontana family would do my bidding.

　But that was impossible.

　The Valkyrie I had raised with my own hands was only kept for breeding purposes and was not sold to anyone else.

　So what happens when a Valkyrie, a Familiar, raises and hatches Familiar eggs itself, is that the hatched Familiar seems to understand and listen to its parents. (TLN: Basically, Ars is saying that because many of the other Valkyries were hatched by the First Valkyrie, the second generation listens to that Valkyrie rather than Ars. The ones hatched by Ars personally will listen to him, but ones hatched by others or his own Valkyries won't. Hope that makes sense.)

　So, I entrusted the leadership of the flock to the first Valkyrie, who was currently the highest-ranking of all the Valkyries.

　This way, the old man could function as a separate unit without us having to disperse our precious human resources.

     However, it seems that it was quite scary for the peddler ojiisan to ride on Valkyrie's back while she used [Body Strengthening] while running.

"And what are you going to do now, kid? You won this time, but that's not all of the Fontana family's strength."

"Well, yes. Even though we won, we didn't suffer zero damage either."

"Do you have any idea what you're doing?"

"Yeah, we're building a castle here.

　We've shown our strength.

　But there is still a huge gap in terms of strength, I suppose.

　If that's the case, we need to show more of our strength.

　We need enough power to make our opponents hesitate to fight and start thinking about negotiating for peace.

　However, fighting is not the only way to show our power.

　As long as the other side acknowledges our power, that's all that matters.

　So what should we do?

　The fortress that we built in the north of the river.

　I decided to turn it into a castle, a proper defense base.

 

 

CadmarLegend Ars has started to build his castle... the title is starting to come together... if you have could, I would be very happy if you go here. Arigato gozaimasu.

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