Chapter 354 Chicken Game (2)
One week after meeting Sanchez.
Roman Dmitry was preparing for a war with Valhalla and pondering what would happen after the Northern Front had already been destroyed.
“After destroying the foremost defensive positions on the northern front. Enemies have two options. The first is to send troops to stop us, and the second is to deal with Duke Vieto’s rebels before us. Since the number of rebels is not small, there is a high probability that they will try to focus on one. If we choose the latter, they will obviously utilize elements like the Kronos Empire to prevent us from doing anything further. Then we will be aiming for these three places in Luenos Portbell Santino.”
“… It’s reckless. While we take care of those three, the Duke of Vieto’s rebellion will be put in order.”
“That is the correct opinion. But what if you could capture all three of them in a week?”
From the North to the capital of Valhalla.
The distance was far.
Horses are the shortest distance, but even if we consider the actual marching time, we had to set aside at least one month.
That is why the products of magical culture are praised.
After Santino, there is a warp point like Cortas of Cronus, and if it is occupied, Valhalla has no choice but to respond.
Open the gate using the coordinates of the warp point.
They could attack the capital of Valhalla immediately, or they could bring Dmitri’s reinforcements to Valhalla, or if they risked losing their cause, they could go to Hernard and help Duke Vieto’s rebels.
blast furnace.
It was an area they could not give up.
The moment Santino collapses, they will definitely try to stop it by sending troops to the warp gate.
And I set that time to a week.
It would take at least a week for the emperor’s army to move to Hernard and capture it, so taking Santino before Hernard fell could have taken away the mood.
The problem was that the time of the week was very tight.
Roman Dmitri said he would easily capture three territories in a row, but in reality he had to spend more than half of the time just moving the three territories.
At least one a day.
It had to be knocked down quickly.
Even so, because time was running out, Roman Dmitri told how to occupy the three territories.
“We will first move our troops to the vicinity of Luenos. If you form a camp there at a certain distance, the Valhalla Empire has no choice but to focus on the appearance of Dmitri’s army, which is secured in sight, so the defense of the other two territories is less. At this time, we plan to infiltrate the second territory, Portbell, and destroy it.”
“… It’s too risky. Since the operation on Rascal, both empires have been extremely wary of small-scale guerrilla operations. They must have been prepared for that.”
It was Chris this time.
That was a correct point.
Work at Rascal.
shocked people
The fact that he entered Rascal alone and slaughtered 10,000 troops, the two empires that were hostile to Dmitri studied a way to stop it by mobilizing their brilliant minds.
You can’t do the same thing over and over again.
There was a very high chance that they would be dangerous to the trap they had prepared in advance if they hadtily infiltrated them.
Roman Dmitry saw a man.
“Lucas. Are you ready to attack Portbell?”
at that point.
Lucas laughed.
“Yes, I am ready.”
from then.
Roman Dmitry’s plan was in full swing.
* * *
The day Valhalla attempted an assassination.
Roman Dmitry defined Valhalla as an enemy.
Anticipating the fact that a war with them would break out at any moment, he gave Lucas various orders.
one of them.
It was to plant a spy.
“Valhalla is in a mess right now. In the process of trying to assassinate me, there is a conflict with the people who speak of the origins of Valhalla, so use this confusion to inject as many people from the information guild as possible. The more diverse the role of informants, the better. General occupations that can incite people, combat occupations that can affect enemy operations in case of need, and so on. I will spare no support, so make sure to handle it.”
“All right.”
The operation proceeded smoothly.
When the Duke of Vieto declared a rebellion.
The people who gave strength to their argument were members of Hao Mun.
The people who noticed the emperor of Valhalla were encouraged to raise their voices.
and.
It was the same with Ares’ challenge.
He dragged people away so that the Valhalla Empire could not do nonsense, and after defeating Cesar, he chimed in with people who were expressing their anger.
You are right. The Emperor of Valhalla is wrong. You cannot do this. You must follow the Duke of Vieto.
At the behest of Roman Dmitry, the situation was deliberately created.
past life.
people said
Didn’t Baek Joong-hyeok, the heavenly demon, rise to that position with overwhelming power?
To some extent, that is correct.
Without strength, he would not have been able to achieve the achievement of conquering Murim, but if he had lost his political ability in the process of surviving from the bottom of his life, he would not have been able to endure until then in the first place.
That’s not a cowardly act.
Making the board to your advantage was a must-have skill as a commander.
blast furnace.
prepared from scratch
Since Santino was the last gateway, it was heavily guarded and could not be penetrated by soldiers, but the situation was different in the case of Portbell.
The time when the sun has set and it is dark.
As some of the soldiers went to bed, the informants who had infiltrated Valhalla long ago on Dmitri’s orders began moving covertly.
“Already shift… Kuck.”
hooked
It was an instant.
Since the faces were familiar with the same soldier’s behavior, the guards showed a welcome face and were suddenly beaten.
The operation was swift.
A dozen or so informants moved quickly to subdue the guards around the gate and immediately manipulated the gate.
The sound of the squeaky chains moving was silenced by the Silence Scroll.
By the time the other soldiers noticed, it was too late.
When the gates moved, they hurriedly sounded an alarm, but at that time the gates had already sat down over the moat.
thud.
Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
beyond the gates.
I saw soldiers rushing in hastily.
An alarm sound lit up the night in Portbell, and they urgently tried to solve the problem at the gate.
But already.
widely.
“Kill them all.”
Led by Roman Dmitri, Dmitri’s elite entered the castle.
* * *
Weeeeeeeeeng-
“The enemy!”
“An enemy has appeared!”
There was an uproar.
The soldiers who had fallen into a sound sleep came out in a hurry and grasped the surrounding situation with alert faces.
Hwareuk.
Rurrr rrr r r r r r r.
The surroundings were engulfed in flames.
In the scorching heat, Roman Dmitri appeared out of nowhere and was slaughtering Portbell’s soldiers.
Pooh.
“Cheak!”
“Buy and save me!”
It was the hell of father-in-law.
In a situation where just avoiding the scorching heat was daunting, the soldiers were helpless by Roman Dmitri’s overwhelming force.
Even for the Knights of Portbell, the situation was not different.
They raised an aura and rushed at Roman Dmitri, but without fail, the dismembered corpse was scattered on the floor.
Commander of Portbell.
Baron Portbell shouted with a pale face.
“Activate the magic system! Don’t panic! There are only a few enemies!”
[Rain shower]
[Rain shower]
[Rain shower]
Magic circles were activated in all directions.
rain shower.
It was a magic that excelled in fire fighting ability.
In the case of Rascal, it was discovered that the flame used by Roman Dmitri did not go out well, and the Valhalla Empire planted powerful magic power in the fortress.
It definitely worked.
No matter how much the flames of the fire were not omnipotent, the magic specialized in firefighting showed the effect of subsiding the flames.
same way.
did not suffer the same
Those who had Dmitri as their enemy studied the variables created by Roman Dmitri and prepared countermeasures.
Passssss-
The lights went out.
if it goes like this.
Dmitri was in a very unfavorable situation.
Even if there was Roman Dmitri, the number was small, and there were 30,000 troops stationed in Portbell.
It was different from the slaughter of 10,000 troops in Rascal.
In the process of dealing with the infested troops one by one, even Dmitri’s elite were bound to suffer damage.
but.
“… such crazy.”
“How are you going to stop that monster?!”
A monster that exists before your eyes.
He did not have the confidence to stop Roman Dmitri with hundreds of thousands of casualties.
The soldiers of Port Bell brandished their weapons with fear-stricken faces at the overwhelming force of slaughter.
It was then.
Roman Dmitry, unusually, stepped back.
That moment.
Quaang!
Qurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
far away
There was a huge explosion at the castle wall.
While Roman Dmitri ignited the fire and caught the attention of the enemies, Dmitri’s elite disposed of the guards and then planted magic bombs on the walls.
Usually, the fortress walls differed in strength inside and outside.
The outer castle wall, through which enemies penetrate, is protected by strong magic defense, but the inside has not been thoroughly equipped with magic defense, assuming the situation after it has already been breached.
for that reason.
Kwalung.
Qurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The castle wall collapsed.
Roman Dmitry raised his voice at the walls of Portbell collapsing on all sides.
“Soldiers of Valhalla, listen up! If you remain in Portbell even after the walls fall.”
Slashed an enemy that followed.
The blood splattered everywhere caught people’s attention.
“Next time you will meet me once more here, unprotected by the city walls.”
defense of enemies.
expected
Roman Dmitri, who noticed the true nature of the rain shower, set the purpose of the small-scale guerrilla operation differently than before.
The role of a fortress comes from the walls.
However, if the castle wall collapses, even if Portbell’s troops are in good health, they will not be able to keep their place.
For them, they have no choice but to retreat to Santino in the rear, which can easily take out one of the three targets while isolating Luenos.
It was a surprise attack.
Viscount Luenos.
He didn’t even know that, and sent a complacent report that Dmitri seemed to have given up on the war to catch the commanders in the rear off guard.
and the next day.
“Dmitri marches!”
“Stop it!”
third day.
Dmitry’s troops drew their weapons against Luenos.
* * *
Three days ago.
Just as Dmitri had broken the northern front, the Duke of Vieto was informed of the situation.
“… To make all the crazy things into reality.”
I was astonished.
this rebellion.
I trusted Roman Dmitri and proceeded.
But it wasn’t blind trust.
Think about it.
Roman Dmitri’s plan was to dispose of Alvarez and Cesar through Ares and move the troops directly to break the northern front.
The people of Valhalla had no choice but to doubt the first plan.
Ares is a celebrity, so his skills are well known, and it is clear that he is a genius in swordsmanship, but even defeating Alvarez, let alone Cesar, was followed by a question mark.
Not to mention the northern front.
While destroying the foremost defensive positions, he thought that the rebels who occupied Hernard would be in danger.
As a result.
Roman Dmitry kept his word.
Along with Ares’ victory, it was reported that Roman Dmitry had just captured the North.
Sanchez said.
“Didn’t I tell you? Even when the Valhalla royal family openly revealed their assassination intentions, Roman Dmitri was confident that he could return without any help. When he said it was possible, he had that much confidence, and I said to believe in it and proceed with the rebellion.”
He was a link of trust.
The rebels would not have made the decision to attack Hernard first if Sanchez had not insisted.
first.
The dangerous hurdle has been passed.
The role of the rebels was very important now that the Valhalla imperial family was in chaos.
said the Duke of Vieto.
“There is only one way for us to destroy the Valhalla royal family. We must hold out as long as we can in Hernard and spread the reason for our rebellion to the people. The more we hold out, the more we raise our voices, the people of Valhalla will think that now is their golden opportunity to set Valhalla right. Because of Roman Dmitri, the Valhalla royal family will not be able to do their best to subdue the rebels. If we hold out here in Hernard for just 15 days, then even the people who were terrified will rise up and help us.”
they believed
The will of the people of Valhalla.
Now, he dared not move in the horrors of his reputation as the Emperor of Valhalla, but if the rebels showed clear results, the flames of rebellion would spread across the land.
That was what the rebels were after.
Therefore, if the rebel army collapsed in a few days, then a miracle like an uprising could not be expected.
somehow
I had to hold on.
Roman Dmitri made the board this far, but he could not collapse even after occupying an advantageous highland.
“Be sure to hold on. fortnight. That is the starting point.”
* * *
Third day.
The day was bright.
At the time when Roman Dmitri attacked Luenos, the Emperor’s army appeared beyond the walls of Hernard.
“this.”
“… How are you going to stop that?”
sight in front of your eyes.
Some swallow dry saliva.
Some let out a sigh.
It was spectacular.
At first glance, the emperor’s tightly packed troops seemed to far exceed hundreds of thousands of troops.
Sanchez said in a desperate voice.
“It seems that the information was true. The Emperor of Valhalla really gave up on the North and sent an entire million-strong army to capture Hernard here. And judging from the images of the Royal Knights, the direct troops of the emperor, it is clear that those classified as special forces were also mobilized.”
of many flags.
There was also a golden flag symbolizing the Royal Knight.
Chicken game.
The Emperor of Valhalla made a really extreme choice.
He concentrated on capturing Hernard without sending any reinforcements to the north.
Duke Vieto looked over the castle wall.
“… Emperor of Valhalla. Does that mean that the rebels can be subdued before Dmitri can create a variable?”
opponent’s intent.
It was clear.
I was angry and my pride was hurt.
but.
‘It is impossible to stop them for a long time with 200,000 troops.’
Quantitatively too.
qualitatively too.
pushed overwhelmingly.
really maybe
It was the Duke of Vieto who thought he might not be able to last less than a week, let alone the 15 days he had thought.
like that.
The battle for the fate of the rebels has begun.
