Chapter 27 | War Strategy

The Dragon Pawn Knight Order's troop camp.

"Cornella is planning an extension of the war?" (In a)

"Yes, their troops are building camps on the borders of the Peace Alliance, they are trying to instill fear into the residents of the Peace Alliance" (Asahi)

"That's nothing new in the middle of the war is it?" (Ina)

"Yes, but the problem is that the merchants choose to leave. This causes trouble for the Peace Alliance which relies on middlemen." (Asahi)

"So Cornella wants to kill them slowly?"(Ina)

"That's not all, the Peace Alliance's public sentiment towards war has faltered, it has greatly affected the morale of the Knights"(Asahi)

"Fear is contagious, they can achieve 2 things in one fell swoop...what's Fiora Valencia called? She's smarter than I thought"(Ina)

"No, their current commanding officer is Marquis Morris Jiorne, he's an S-rank Knight"(Asahi)

"An S-tier Knight huh? Even though they have 3 masters, why isn't there an S-tier officer commander? Let alone a Strategic..."(Ina)

"Yeah, based on what I've heard, he's good at schemers and I think his ability to think and judge situations deserves the job."(Asahi)

A shrewd strategist…this would be troublesome.

"Looks like everyone's gathered" (Ina)

Encounter Camp

"Hello everyone I'm the captain of the Dragon Pawn Knight Order of the Lunaria Kingdom, you can call me Ina"(Asahi as Ina)

"!! Master of Lunaria! You look so young! You are the same age as my daughter, what a surprise! I thought the upcoming Shadow Phantom Order!" (Marquis Fandaise Dorin)

Marques Fandaise Dorin of the kingdom of Eciliot was one of the kingdoms that joined the Peace Alliance.

"Then will you lead the Alliance?" (Count Midor)

Count Midor of the kingdom of Slausa kingdom who joined the Peace Alliance.

"If you have any other ideas, please talk" (Asahi as Ina)

"We have no other candidate, the right to lead the forces of the Inarcia Alliance belongs to the captain of the Inarcia Knight Order" (Count Darel Englaus)

Count Darel Englaus of the Kraden Kingdom, a kingdom that joined the Peace Alliance.

"I agree" (Count Bryan)

Count Bryan of the Kingdom of Uranus, the kingdom that leads the Peace Alliance.

"Then let's start negotiating our strategy, including 10 from the allied forces, 6 from my army, and the Inarcia Alliance, we have 36 S-rank Knights and 321 A&B rank Troops of course some magicians.

Cornella has amassed 1200 Troops Rank A and above, in Batisla" (Asahi as Ina)

Baron Derja was surprised after Asahi said that, why was he surprised? Suspicious, I'll invest in it later.

Batisla is The fortress city opposite the Arlen Kingdom.

"1200 troops?! From what I heard shouldn't there be 300? That's 4x the report I received!" (Marquis Fandaise Dorin)

"They set up a parallel camp at Batisla, so we can confirm it if we count it, let's ask for help from our ally Baron Derja, you can do it right?" (Asahi as Ina)

"Yes, of course!...." (Baron Derja)

"Of course, there's no need to worry, because we are already prepared to be outnumbered, their troops are indeed many and have grade A and above, but in terms of mages they are below us, of course, our knights are more experienced in war" ( Asahi as Ina)

"Isn't 80% of the troops gathered in Batisla also not from Cornella? Rather from their alliance allies. We are superior in terms of mages and knight quality" (Count Bryan)

"As Count Bryan said, we need your 6th war troop to protect this place from attacks coming from the right, if you fail you may retreat to the Plague kingdom and join the 7th war army"

The place in question is the border between the Plague kingdom and Cornella, the Plague Kingdom is between the Gamir and Harlen Kingdoms.

"I swear on the honor of the Peace Alliance that I will protect it!" (Count Bryan)

"Marquis Dorin please be in charge of the rest of the Knight order of the 4 Nations, put yourself on the right, as before, if the situation worsens you may retreat to Eciliot or Ar'andale" (Ina alias Asahi)

Eciliot is to the east of Harlen and Ar'andale is to the south of Harlen and Cornella. Maybe if the situation got worse it would be better to go back to Eciliot and rebuild the plan, that option was safer.

"Miss, I don't understand it, there is a possibility that the Dragon Pawn Knight Order will be surrounded by enemies when Count Bryan and I retreat… so the strategy…" (Marquis Fandaise Dorin)

"Didn't I tell you not to worry? I just want you to hang in there for a while, our troop order will destroy the center army, also take care of the remaining 2" (Asahi as Ina)

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Baron Derja Camp

"Cornella has amassed 1200 Troops Tier A and above, in Batisla, that what she said" (Baron Derja)

Baron Derja was talking to someone, but there was no sign of anyone other than himself from inside the tent, which meant he had a magic tool that could communicate with someone.

By the way, I can hear it, my hearing has become very sharp ever since I had the Dragon's heart.

"They know where the 1200 Troops are there?" (Woman)

"Yeah, it seems they know from counting the Camps lining Batisla" (Baron Derja)

"Only we have a reconnaissance team there, how do they count the troops for the enemy? They are more powerful than I thought" (Woman)

"Fortunately the allied countries didn't surrender due to being outnumbered, Lunaria said they would take the lead role in this war"(Baron Derja)

"To suppress the allied forces, the commander must take the lead, she is very wise, what is her name? Ina?" (Woman)

"Yes, she is very young, like a girl who has just reached adulthood, I didn't even know a Master could be that young, by the way, she asked for help from the allied forces what is it?"(Baron Derja)

"Just say we'll help her because she's a great fighter, we'll help her with 5 S tier Knights and 2 Circle 6 Magicians from Amphelon's 4th war troop from Gamir or Nivalin's 5th battle troop from Harlen"(Woman)

The woman's voice was no longer heard by me, but Baron Derja still said something.

"Phew...with an additional 700 troops, the war will be balanced" (Baron Derja)

I stopped eavesdropping after he said that.

"It is very narrow-minded for people to trust their allies, are their scouts that great?"

"*Gasp!"

Asahi who was sleeping next to me woke up.

"Did you have a bad dream Asahi?"

"Ahh... no I'm fine"

That's what she said and went back to sleep. Maybe I'll do something to calm her down.

"Hikkk!! Ina?!"

"Don't you like it?"

"It's not like that, I was just surprised when you touched me"

"Okay, I'll take a—"

"no, stay like that... please"

"Okay"

Asahi slowly started to close his eyes in my arms, the atmosphere was really warm that night.