Episode 107
“Everyone, gather all your strength! It’s an all-out war!”
As soon as he left the conference hall, the expressions of all the nobles who followed him hardened at the words that came out of Prince Romain’s mouth.
I couldn’t help but feel nervous because what I was thinking might have actually happened.
And among them all, the one with the most determined expression was Roger Bipros.
‘Holy shit!’
It would be a lie if I said I never guessed this situation.
However, even if a struggle broke out, there was an expectation that it would end in a proxy war or a duel, but the conclusion was, as expected, an all-out war.
‘No, let’s not run away from reality. Whether it’s a duel or something else, as long as the princes are alive, I won’t give in anyway. Because I won’t do it either. ‘War was decided anyway.’
The problem is that it happened more suddenly than expected and there was no time to fix the situation in the territory.
‘McLine. These lucky bastards….’
But I couldn’t resist the second prince here.
To be exact, to Duke Waltermaim of Jordan, who was looking around the audience with sharp eyes behind him.
Roger Bipros suppressed his boiling anger and complicated feelings and waited for the second prince to finish his speech.
And only after the second prince returned to his palace and the nobles dispersed did he visit Duke Waltermaim of Jordan separately.
“What have you got to say?”
“I’m sorry to disturb your rest, Your Excellency, but there is something I really want to tell you.”
“Get to the point.”
The gray-haired giant’s tone was cold.
But he knew that it wasn’t because he was particularly sorry.
The nickname Yeolhwageom was just a nickname to prove his helpless characteristics, but in reality, he was an extremely cold person.
‘So the calculation is clear.’
Roger Bipros swallowed his saliva and spoke the words he had prepared.
“As you may know, our territory was already at war before this happened. A situation where a ruthless family got greedy and took over one of my castles…” “I know.
So?”
“…We will have to gather troops according to the wishes of His Highness the Prince, but if we do that, the opportunity to punish those ruthless bastards will be gone. Just give me a little time.”
“Time? Hmm. Please give me time to organize the internal affairs as an all-out war with the First Prince faction could break out at any moment.”
If you answer wrong here, everything is over.
Roger Bipros looked into his indifferent black eyes and answered quickly.
“It won’t take long. Just give it ten days…”
“It’s inefficient.”
“…yes?”
“The most efficient thing is to attract those ruthless bastards you mentioned, McLane, to our faction. That force can become the strength of the faction without you and them having to engage in a war of attrition.”
“Your Excellency…”
“I even sent Luther to do that, but someone worked hard to drug him. They even advertised everywhere that he couldn’t eat it.”
“That’s…!”
The black eyes of the expressionless face coldly scanned the frozen body of Roger Vipros.
“It’s good to take care of one’s share, but it is difficult to do so by causing damage to the faction. What should I do with you, Roger?”
Roger Bipros fell to his knees in contemplation.
“Please forgive me, Your Excellency! I was blinded by self-interest and did something I shouldn’t have done!”
“You are very perceptive. But sometimes greed obscures that perseverance.”
“….”
Jordan Waltermime continued, looking down at Roger Bipros with cold eyes.
“The king’s death was unexpected to everyone, but looking at the atmosphere afterward, you would have immediately realized why me and Juan were trying to appease those insignificant people. Did they bother you that much?”
“…no shame.”
“You are an important force for our faction. You are much more valuable than those insignificant things. However, insignificant things are just as useful as they are insignificant. Moreover, at times like now, when the tension between us and the ‘enemies’ feels tense.”
“….”
Roger Bipros closed his mouth and lowered his head.
If he made a mistake in managing his facial expression, it could not be undone, so he rather tried to hide his facial expression.
“Give up your greed for a moment. Luckily, they haven’t gone to the enemy, so you just have to leave them alone for a while. After we win this war, I will personally package them nicely and bring them to you. Do you understand?”
“I’m sorry.”
“Okay. That’s all you need to know. Oh, I’ll just leave a light warning. If they have any ideas, they won’t be able to provoke you anymore.”
“Thank you… Your Excellency.”
“Don’t worry, hurry up and summon the elite troops. It’s time to look at a bigger future than those guys.”
“yes.”
Rather than achieving the goal for which he had worked so hard, he was unable to even save the main shrine and showed an ugly appearance.
But Roger Bipros could not help but sigh in relief.
If it weren’t for a time like this when a handful of power was precious, it wouldn’t have gone over so easily.
But why?
At this moment, what came to mind was the cocky guy who was smiling alone in the conference room.
Although he intellectually understood that he had to endure for the sake of the future, Roger Bipros had to work hard to suppress the anger that kept boiling over.
* * *
“Huh. What is that….”
“As expected, the Golem Tower is amazing.”
Padrick could only open his mouth in surprise and could not speak, while Logan smiled brightly and even whistled.
It had to be that way.
Even if you add up the two weeks of travel time to and from the capital and the ten days spent in the capital, the time spent away from Tomodo Castle was only less than a month.
However, upon arriving at Tomodo Castle, before the eyes of Logan and Patrick, a majestic castle wall was already 5 meters higher than the previous castle wall, surrounding it on all sides.
– It’s the lord and the archduke!
– Open the gate!
Hehehehe.
With the loud sound of chains turning, a heavy gate descended like a bridge over the moat, which had suddenly become deeper and stronger.
Cooung.
“It’s…perfect.”
“Yes. It definitely exceeded my expectations.”
A rich man enters the castle with a flushed complexion.
The troops, who had shed much of the haggard appearance they had when leaving, greeted them with confident smiles.
“We have definitely remodeled it so that it can stand strong even if the Bipros attack again. Do you like it?”
“Of course, Heinkel. Good job.”
“The wizards at the Golem Tower worked harder than me. Ah, but I heard you used a lot of magic stones…” “
Oh, of course we have to endure that much. Thank you all for your hard work.”
“Still, you might be a little surprised…”
Heinkel muttered as he looked at his favorite father and son, McLane.
After the father and son left, Clayton began to drive away his beloved disciples as if they had changed.
And in the process, an enormous amount of magic stones were consumed.
He couldn’t help but laugh because it was clear that the amount would easily be several times more than what Yeongju’s richest man expected.
And that prediction was exactly right.
The moment they heard about the spent budget, the faces of the two rich people twitched.
However, even that was immediately postponed to a later date due to a magical communication received from Tomodo Castle.
“Duke Waltermime?!”
“Why there?”
“I don’t know. Anyway, the vassal there told me to change the lord…” The
two father and son had no choice but to run to the communication room with their expressions hardened.
[I will respect your intention to remain neutral. However, if you do not keep that promise and continue your provocative actions, we will take precedence over everything else and severely punish you. This is what His Excellency the Duke means. Do you understand, Baron?]
“…Of course. I will take Your Excellency’s wishes to heart.”
[hmm. Please continue to maintain that attitude.]
Ji Ji-jik.
The magic communication ended just like that.
It was a one-sided ending without even a formal greeting.
“…Even a mere agent is so arrogant. Tsk.”
“It’s the Waltermime family. Anyway, now that the situation is like this, I’m less worried. I don’t have to rely on my teacher.”
“If the author says so, Biphrus will gather its forces and head to the capital rather than attack us. Thanks to this, we have been able to take a breather, but I am worried about the current situation.”
“What can we do when this has already happened? Right now, we just have to do what we can rather than worry about anything else.”
“Yes, I guess so.”
Padric just nodded without thinking.
I still didn’t realize that the scope of what my son could ‘do’ was beyond his imagination.
* * * Murder in Grand Noblesse The civil war sparked by the death of clerk Larry Klett led to direct armed conflict just a week later.
It started from the County of Tritan, a northern territory under the direct control of the King centered around the capital, Grand.
The County of Tritan, belonging to the 2nd Prince faction, borders the King’s Territory to the south and the County of Zahid, the 1st Prince faction, to the east. In response to the summons from the 2nd Prince, it sent an army down to the east of the King’s Territory for a similar purpose. I happened to run into Zahid, who was heading towards me.
The unexpected battle between the two counts that started there shook all the strategies of the leaders who had originally planned the war in the center.
Since it is a civil war aimed at the succession to the throne of the country, the main purpose of this war cannot but be the capture of a prince or two dukes, not the occupation of territory.
Therefore, those who were planning a war and tactics to attack those key figures could not help but be taken aback by the war taking place in the wrong place.
As the people who clashed were margraves, a force that could never be ignored by both factions, they had no choice but to send reinforcements.
In the end, the expectations of those who were thinking of a short-term clash on the central front or a battle to assassinate a key figure were completely wrong, and a long front line dividing east and west emerged from the northern front to the territory directly under the king’s control.
In addition, troops began to clash sporadically here and there, centering around nobles who were not gathered in the center.
It was a sign that the war was starting to prolong.
The worst civil war had begun that made intelligent people who cared about the country sigh.
As the situation progressed like that, the leaders of each faction began to squeeze every last bit of energy from their respective territories.
Accordingly, Bipros also had no choice but to lead most of his troops and move up to the central front, leaving behind only the minimum number of troops.
“Your Excellency. Still, I wonder if we took too many troops from the main castle.”
“It’s enough that I left Rentor behind. Since he’s a senior knight, he should be able to do enough to maintain public order.”
“That’s not it, just in case the McLane guys…”
“…There’s no way they would ignore the Duke of Jordan’s warning unless they go crazy.”
“Still, to prepare for an emergency, Lord Rentor uses tactics compared to force…” “
It’s okay. Jordan, most of the kingdom knows why that cold person was given the nickname ‘Fire Blade.’ They are trying to commit suicide. Otherwise, there is no way I could disobey his words. “Unless I go crazy…”
Roger Bipros muttered the words ‘Unless I go crazy’ over and over again without even realizing it.
He was also afraid of that temperament, so he overexerted himself and mobilized most of his troops.
A normal human being should have done that.
But While he was doing this, an inexplicable sense of cool ominousness lingered in Roger Bipros’s heart.
Has anything happened as expected due to his recent involvement with that damn McLine?
The end of his words could not help but be clouded by that unknown anxiety.
And then, as if trying to reassure himself, he spoke again. I repeated the same thing,
‘No way… unless I really go crazy.’
* * *
“We must take this opportunity to occupy Bipros!”
Logan declared war again as he gathered his vassals.
Naturally, the vassals were upset.
“Didn’t you say you received a warning from the Waltermime duchy! Are you saying that you will ignore the Duke’s superhuman warning now, Prince?”
“Yes.”
Dwayne was unable to continue speaking due to the answer being so short and decisive, and froze in a daze.
“Anyway, Biphros can’t respond. In this situation, we won’t be able to immediately take out Bipros’ level of power from the central front.”
“A warning is a warning, but it may be perceived as a challenge to the second prince. Then we can take some damage to warn other neutral forces…!” ”
No. We already started the war before this civil war. It’s just a grudge between families, but the challenge to the second prince is being interpreted too broadly. “Whether it’s the Second Prince or the Duke of Jordan, they won’t be stupid enough to forcefully interpret it and take the loss.”
“I guess they didn’t anticipate that and send Tomodo…. It’s not like I know the future. her. haha. How could this be…”
Logan smiled as he looked at Heinkel, who had made an accurate inference without even realizing it, but the atmosphere around him was serious. When the vassals
looked at Padric to ask him to stop them, he looked as if he had been in a daze even before the vassal meeting. Padric, who was lost in other thoughts, finally opened his mouth with a sigh.
“Okay. Even if everything you say is correct, Duke Waltermaim of Jordan is someone who will definitely be held accountable at a later date. Have you thought about that possibility?”
“No. I haven’t thought about it.”
“What? Have you already forgotten your last mistake? Now, please take everything into consideration…!” ”
Because Duke Waltermaim of Jordan will not hold us responsible.”
Everyone in the room was speechless due to such a firm conviction
. Before long, McLane’s army was busy again.
