Chapter 88 Hector’s Star (2)
One year ago.
Jackson, the captain of the ranger unit, remembered the day he had a conversation with Edwin Hector.
“Jackson. The kingdom of Hector has no strength to hold out any longer. In a situation where interest pressure from the Golden Bank is increasing day by day, if bad harvests are repeated next year, the national treasury will be exposed to the floor. So I’d like to suggest one thing to you. How about occupying the southern front of the Cairo Kingdom with me?”
It was a bold proposal.
Hector’s Star.
As rumor has it, he knew that Edwin Hector was an unusual person, but he mentioned the attack on Cairo as if it were nothing.
his tone and actions.
If he nodded, it seemed as if the kingdom of Cairo would fall into his hands.
Even then, of course, I declined.
Even if Cairo was a weak country like Hector, it was impossible to defeat a warring nation without bloodshed.
2 hours.
It took Jackson a while to accept the offer.
Hearing Edwin Hector’s preconceived plan, he knew that it was not without reason.
I didn’t know if it was really possible.
Hector was rumored to be cursed by the gods for his continued poor harvests, and he needed an extremely sure way to resolve the current situation.
In that sense, Edwin Hector’s existence was like the sweet rain of a drought.
Hector, who is called the greatest genius in history, was clearly a hero born in a troubled world like fate.
1 year like that.
The plan was meticulously carried out.
A spy was planted and a tunnel was dug in the rear camp, and Jackson’s Ranger unit succeeded in infiltrating secretly.
Edwin Hector said.
“We have no choice but to win this war. 48 scouts in one year. The Kingdom of Cairo never noticed that we were watching the southern front. they are like that I don’t think we can break through the intention of our smoke screen operation and protect the warp gate. What we need is a vigilant attitude. slowly as planned. If we cut off the communication device at the southern training center and enter the rear camp through the tunnel, the warp gate on the southern front will fall into our hands.”
It was like magic.
As planned.
Jackson placed the warp gate in front of him.
hooked!
“Gagging!”
The soldier guarding the warp gate was assassinated in an instant.
Screams were heard from everywhere at the simultaneous assassination, and Jackson ran straight to the warp gate without removing the body.
From now on, it was a race against time.
If you are discovered by the enemy before you succeed in connecting, you will all be annihilated, but if you succeed, you will win the war.
“Hurry.”
Technicians quickly got to work.
It was a mouth-watering time.
If only the kingdom of Cairo had its boundaries straight.
It’s normal to have already been discovered, but they couldn’t come to their senses properly at the news that the front line had been attacked.
at last.
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
“… succeded!”
The warp gate shone brightly.
yet.
Edwin Hector appeared through the white light that rose violently.
* * *
One step forward.
stepped on the land of Cairo.
Seeing Edwin Hector’s red hair fluttering in the wind, the soldiers of the Ranger unit knelt down in unison.
“Meet Prince Edwin Hector.”
“Meet Prince Edwin Hector.”
The voice boiled with passion.
this operation.
The soldiers of the Ranger unit set out with one single thought: to sacrifice their lives for the Kingdom of Hector.
I prepared to sharpen my bones that much, and in the end, I made the result that everyone wanted.
It seemed that the war had already been won.
Some soldiers shed tears of emotion, while others straightened their shoulders proudly.
however.
Edwin Hector did not laugh at all.
Walked forward and said to Jackson.
“What is the situation?”
“Most of the troops in the rear camp have been mobilized as the front line of defense. As expected, reinforcements have yet to arrive due to Cairo’s complex chain of command. Now is your chance. If you give us an order, we will completely occupy the rear positions.”
Cairo kingdom.
Their quadranted power system caused problems even in emergency situations.
Thanks to the Southern Front not sending reinforcements for more than two hours after the attack, Hector Kingdom was able to safely occupy the Warp Gate.
From now on, time was on Hector’s side.
Since there would be no way to send reinforcements to Cairo, it was necessary to do things slowly but surely.
“Kellan.”
“yes.”
The knight who was following stepped forward.
“I will entrust you with the 1st battalion. Deal with the remnants of the rear camp and build a strong defensive base in case the Cairo Kingdom sends troops to the ground. We cannot predict how long we will spend on the southern front. It could be a week, a month, or a year at the longest. So you have to be prepared for the worst case scenario.”
“I take orders.”
Kellan backed out.
Some of the soldiers sneaking through the warp gate followed Kellan in the other direction.
“Jackson.”
“Tell me.”
“I lost contact with Baron McCleary, who was in charge of the 5th line of defense. Do you know anything?”
“I haven’t figured out the exact facts yet, but I don’t think I can afford to be contacted because I’m in the middle of a battle. You don’t need to worry too much. It’s the 5th line of defense, nowhere else. The Cairo commander is famous for having the most problems on the southern front, so he seems to have judged that he could break the 5th line with only a small number of troops.”
tall.
I stopped walking.
Edwin Hector’s expression twisted.
“I would have told you not to attack unreasonably under any circumstances. is not it?”
“… you’re right.”
“As soon as this operation is over. Regardless of the outcome, Baron McCleary will be punished separately. Do you agree?”
“Yes, I agree.”
He nodded.
Edwin Hector did not like to see his plans go awry.
But even that.
I didn’t think of the variable that Baron McCleary would have been defeated.
It had to be.
The 5th line of defense was the weakest on the southern front and no variable occurred there even in numerous calculations.
Edwin Hector said.
“From now on, all but the 1st Battalion will deal with the remnants of Cairo who are isolated on the southern front. The war is not over. Stay on your guard until we plant Hector’s banner on the southern front.”
“I take orders!”
Even then.
Hector Kingdom did not notice the existence of a variable.
That there were two variables, not one.
* * *
The first line of defense.
Fortunately, the crisis passed.
The Cairo kingdom’s fierce counterattack made the enemies retreat, giving them time to catch their breath.
“Repair the walls quickly before the enemies attack again! Our lives are at stake! Hurry up!”
cried Count Donald, running around.
The walls were in the process of being repaired.
Some of the walls were in a state of collapse as the enemies were prowling here and there, and especially the gates were on the verge of being breached.
It was fortunate that the kingdom of Hector was not greedy.
If they had taken damage and continued to attack, one of them would have had to fight at the risk of annihilation.
Let’s sort things out a bit.
Count Donald sighed.
It was then.
A soldier came and said.
“Commander. I got a call from the Southern Training Center.”
“Connect.”
took a step
When I arrived at the command room, I was ready to be contacted in advance.
[Count Donald. I’m Roman Dmitry from the 5th Line of Defense reserve unit.]
Beyond the screen.
Roman was there.
At the name Roman, Earl Donald pretended to know.
“Why did the youngest ranker in Cairo contact you?”
[I’ll start with the main point. It seems that the Hector kingdom has occupied the warp gate of the rear camp using a smoke screen operation. We are isolated on the southern front. Back and forth, you must abandon the castle and flee to the mountains before being completely isolated by the soldiers of Hector Kingdom.]
“… what?!”
Jump up.
Count Donald jumped out of his seat and stood up.
The warp gate fell into the hands of the enemy after barely stopping Hector’s attack.
I felt dizzy.
It was a reality that he could not readily accept, and that is why Count Donald denied the truth in front of him.
“There is no way that the rear camp has already been captured. And if what you say is true Isn’t it the right decision to do Mercury without abandoning the castle even more? There is no way to keep your life in the mountains completely exposed to enemy attacks. Therefore, I will further strengthen the defense in the first line of defense.”
[I’m sure you can’t withstand Hector’s attack any longer. The kingdom of Hector did not intentionally capture the front line of defense. It’s not that they’re powerless, they just need a decoy to attract attention while attacking the rear emplacement. Count Donald. Think realistically. Do you really think they did their best?]
moment.
I was speechless.
In fact, there were many strange things.
The kingdom of Hector showed an incomprehensible judgment of suddenly retreating troops even though it was clearly in an advantageous situation.
but.
Reinforcements from the rear positions were informed that reinforcements would soon arrive.
Roman said.
[Evacuation to the mountain does not mean running away. If you stay in the castle, you will be isolated and you will have no choice but to be unilaterally affected by the difference in power with the enemy. We have to conduct guerrilla operations in the mountains. lest the enemy ever fully take over the southern front. It should be something like a thorn in the eye.]
Roman’s persuasion was meaningless.
Count Donald has already concluded.
I still couldn’t believe that the rear camp had been occupied, but I firmly believed that the castle was safer.
and.
Could Roman Dmitri be Hector’s spy?
“We will figure it out on our own. Stop contacting me.”
pop.
unilateral notice.
Magic communication ended like that.
Commanders of other defense lines were no different.
Their reaction was consistent.
There are people who accept the fact that the rear positions have been occupied, and there are people who don’t, but they all say that it is impossible to abandon the castle.
In their common sense, sex was a safe area.
It was the best option they thought of to hold a sit-in until the end in a place protected by the wall.
just one person.
Only Stephen, now guarding the 5th line of defense, obeyed Roman’s orders.
[I will join you right away.]
Commanders refused.
It was an absurd situation.
Even though they told the truth, they couldn’t understand it at all, but Roman expected their reaction.
‘In the first place, if it were people who were knowledgeable about the war and could understand the language, they wouldn’t have let the southern front rot like this. The troops of the front lines of defense are discarded. Taking them by force is tantamount to suicide.’
experienced many wars.
Roman realized one fact.
What is scarier than a powerful enemy is an ignorant yet powerful ally.
The reason for contacting him was clear.
It was because he belonged to the Cairo Kingdom and if he listened to them, he could use them strategically.
I did the bare minimum.
That was it.
Instead of forcing their consent, Roman brushed off their presence neatly.
Roman summoned the soldiers.
“Pack up your luggage. We will go to the mountains from now on.”
“yes.”
Soldiers on the move.
From now on, I had to fight a hard and difficult battle.
There was no fear.
In my previous life, there were many worse situations than this, and because I won each time, I was able to rise to the top in the end.
An hour after Roman leaves.
straight up.
A group of troops appeared.
Soldiers waving the flag of Hector Kingdom.
They stepped forward, trampling on the bodies strewn across the floor.
direction they are headed.
The first goal of Hector Kingdom was the first line of defense.
