Translator: AkazaTL
Pr/Ed: Sol IX
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Chapter 64 : Pretty Knife (2)
“The identity of the foreign enemies who attacked Abysin is the rcenaries of the Balak Beastkin Tribal Alliance. If the number of enemies is about one thousand five hundred, it’s not a number we can view lightly.”
Moving to the eting hall, Hein, who was reviewing the intelligence report prepared by Bohvelt, frowned slightly.
“If it’s the Balak Clan, I understand most of them are Beastkin specialized in combat. Is that correct?”
“That is correct. It is said that about 30 percent of the observed personnel are composed of Tiger Beastkin, and most of the remaining personnel are Wolf Beastkin.”
“Tigers and wolves, huh. Even among the already rough Beastkin rcenaries, they are the most ferocious types.”
“Yes, we should probably consider that the individual combat power of those guys exceeds that of a two-Star knight.”
‘Balak’ is the clan with the most warlike nature among the Beastkin spread across the entire continent.
Unlike other Beastkin clans who mostly live guarding their own territories, the reason they wander the continent making rcenary work their profession is also because they cannot control that warlike nature.
‘Guys for whom pillaging is life and raiding is a habit have gathered in a pack and visited Abysin? They won’t miss the chance to bite a sickly opponent, right?’
Since the mbers of the Balak Clan are guys who originally like to scatter all over the place, it was extrely rare for more than 2-300 people to gather in one place.
The fact that such guys ford a military force of this size and are heading toward Abysin in formation ans…….
“Their purpose would be pillaging through threats rather than occupation, right?”
“Shouldn’t we view it that way? Since they are guys for whom settling in one place and creating a system is impossible in the first place.”
“It seems Abysin looked quite ridiculous to them. ‘We know you guys have beco weak, if we threaten you this much, you will have no choice but to cough up what you have’, right? It seems they intend to play such a trick.”
Although the Balak Clan’s main source of inco was rcenary work, they had a side job as famous as their main job, which was none other than blackmail and extortion.
They often staged ard protests near weak nations or nations that lost their defense power due to certain reasons, and the reason was clear.
If you don’t want to see a ss happening in your land, cough up enough money to satisfy us!
And the capital of Zodiac, Abysin, which lost the majority of its possessed troops in the 1st Reichart Expedition, was caught on Balak’s greedy radar.
“If the nobles of Abysin gather all the troops scattered across the country, they could sohow make a number capable of repelling them. However…….”
“They won’t do that. Because if they did that, they could be stabbed in the back by us.”
I extended my arm to the operation board placed on the table and pushed the troops stationed within the Reichart territory slightly toward Abysin, saying.
“Even if not for us, the nobles of Abysin won’t make the choice to gather their scattered troops in one place and wage a showdown with the Balak Clan.”
“What is the reason you think so?”
“The reason? It’s simple. Because those guys are idiots. Probably due to the failure of the 1st expedition, those guys are shrunk back completely and trembling with their heads stuck in the corner of their rooms. Such idiots waging a showdown with ferocious Beastkin? It’s an impossible thing.”
“Then do you think the nobles of Abysin will accede to those guys’ demands?”
“If judged ‘rationally’, this would be the appropriate direction.”
Hearing my words, Bohvelt’s brow furrowed.
“Surely…… If they know what honor is, giving in to the threats of such a vulgar bunch is…….”
“Sir Bohvelt, to you, honor is a value more precious than anything, right?”
“…….”
“But in this world, there are quite a lot of people who believe honor is not worth even a feather and considering the tendency of those who don’t know the value of honor, a case like this is also possible.”
I turned the direction of the Balak Clan marked in yellow toward the north, not Abysin.
Seeing that sight, Bohvelt bit his lip.
I was pointing out the possibility that the nobles might hire the Balak Clan and use them as a sword to strike Reichart.
“……Young Master, wouldn’t it be better to order the Knight Orders out on expedition to return to the main unit?”
Bohvelt suggested with a grave expression to summon the territory army that went out to check the lords of the nearby regions.
“No. I don’t think there is a need for that yet.”
But I shook my head with a nonchalant expression.
“Even if Abysin hires Balak, we need to secure the strategic points anyway. And we also cannot completely trust the lords who declared neutrality. Although they declared neutrality pushed by our pressure, aren’t they figures who might do anything if the situation changes rapidly?”
“Young Master, as you know, Balak’s combat execution is different from other knight orders. The thod those guys use most frequently is defeating enemies individually using mobility. I consider that dispersing troops when dealing with them is not a wise thod.”
Bohvelt suggested again with an earnest voice to gather the troops in one place.
But.
“If we had to deal with only the Balak Clan, your words would be correct. But it is not yet decided whether the enemy we have to deal with will be the nobles of the capital or Balak.”
I shook my head.
At that appearance, Bohvelt asked with an expression saying he didn’t understand the reason.
“Young Master, didn’t you say just a mont ago that the nobles of Abysin would give up resistance and accede to those guys’ demands?”
“Yes. I did say so. If judging ‘rationally’, that is.”
With a aningful smile, I picked up the baton, pressed down on Abysin gently, and said.
“However, for so reason, my gut feeling says the situation likely won’t flow just rationally. Let’s watch the situation a little more.”
It is certain that most of the nobles in the capital are idiots.
But I knew well that there was at least one exceptional case.
“Young Master, did you say…… gut feeling just now?”
“Yes. Intuition.”
I didn’t bother explaining about the suspicious signs Sherazade and I detected.
Instead, toward Bohvelt who had an expression of not knowing how to respond, I smiled that sa smile and said.
“My intuition tends to have quite a high accuracy rate, you see.”
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“This is a stupid act. Even now, we must stop Madam Vispon.”
“Then Sir Belm should speak to Madam himself.”
“Th-that is…….”
The nobles heading to the battlefield following behind Rishu were busy gauging the atmosphere while facing each other with pale faces.
Of course, they wanted to say even right now that they should give up the all-out war with those barbaric beast bastards and accede to their demands.
If they chose that thod, it would put a trendous strain on the kingdom’s finances, but anyway, that wasn’t their concern.
Unlike wealth which could be gathered again sohow by squeezing the people, life was only one.
However,
“Sir Belm, and Sir Hyphen. It seems you two are sharing a very interesting conversation.”
“Madam Vispon, th- it’s not that…….”
“Could you perhaps tell what on earth you were talking about?”
“It-it is nothing.”
When Rishu, standing at the very front of the party, cast a gaze at the two people, they couldn’t say anything and bowed their heads.
In the heads of the two people, the terrible sight witnessed yesterday evening was still vivid.
Stab!
“Ugh!”
Blood spurted from the mouth of Count Bes, who couldn’t move an inch while having both arms held by the knights of Simmach, the Royal Guard.
Count Bes was a noble who had a quite solid position in the capital, and he was the figure who expressed the strongest opposition to Rishu who declared to wage resistance against Balak.
However, Count Bes, who was screaming his head off with veins bulging just a mont ago, ended up in a state of spitting blood foam with a wind hole drilled in his chubby belly.
Drip, drip.
Holding a dagger stained with hot blood in her hand, Rishu said.
“Now, is there anyone else who has a different opinion on the decision of the Royal Family and my family?”
Although a smile like an angel was ford on the face of Rishu throwing the question, none of the nobles in that place could open their mouths.
“Then, understanding that there are no different opinions, let’s decide to conclude this discussion here.”
At this mont, Abysin’s option was decided.
Clap clap clap clap!
“Wonderful, Madam! The spirit the Madam showed today will remain in all our hearts and beco a model for the future.”
Among the terrified nobles, only the sound of applause poured out enthusiastically by the excessively excited Crown Prince of Zodiac, Luplan, resonated.
‘This is a crazy act. How can we fight against over a thousand ferocious beasts with rely about a hundred Royal Guards?’
The heads of the nobles following behind Rishu with corpse-like expressions were all the sa.
But Rishu’s appearance shown earlier was too scary to protest now, and the difference in power between them and Vispon was too great.
Moreover.
‘Rishu, that fox-like girl has completely wrapped the Crown Prince around her finger.’
Since she had even secured the Royal Family’s support, they couldn’t refuse her will at all.
However, the crisis that ca to the nobles didn’t end here.
Before the eting held yesterday ended, Rishu gave the following order.
“The leadership of each noble family must participate in the battle that will take place tomorrow without fail. Because this is a fight to protect the honor of the Royal Family and our Nobles' Alliance.”
Because of this, the representatives of the noble families were following Rishu with faces looking like they were about to die.
‘Damn it, the mont I see those beasts’ teeth embedding in your bitch’s neck, if only that mont cos……!’
Of course, firmly solidifying the resolve to leave her alone and run away anyti if a threat arose to the person of Rishu standing at the front.
“Sir Bosman, is your body a little okay?”
“Yes? Eh…….”
One of the nobles following Rishu with a pale face touched Bosman’s shoulder and threw a question.
Bosman hurriedly nodded while throwing an answer like a seizure.
Seeing that appearance, the surrounding nobles clicked their tongues and shook their heads.
‘Tsk, it seems he completely lost his mind from the shock of losing his father in the war that happened a while ago.’
Although the complexions of all nobles in the procession weren’t good, Bosman had an especially bad complexion among them.
Unfocused eyes and a trembling voice.
The anxiety Bosman was fully harboring spread to the surroundings in no ti, and the nobles spurred their horses harboring extre anxiety.
“Bark bark!”
“Hiiik! It’s the Beastkin Alliance’s W-Wolf Riders!”
And when the howling of giant wild wolves carrying Beastkin on their backs spread from beyond the horizon, the anxiety reached its peak.
“Wheee!”
“Kill them all!”
“Cut off the limbs of the male bastards and make the won our slaves!”
The raiders of the Balak Clan, who entered combat stance the mont their demands were refused, welcod the nobles with shouts explicitly revealing their bestiality.
Tremble-
Soon, the sound of teeth chattering unable to overco fear spread throughout the entire Abysin procession.
And,
Clip-clop clip-clop!
Thud!
The mont the knights of the Royal Guard, who split the noble procession and ran forward, threw large sacks at the midpoint with Balak and returned…….
“Those sons of bitches dare!”
“To insult us! We will pluck out your eyes, cut off your tongues, and shove them up your asses!”
In an instant, the surroundings were occupied by terror.
The identity of the objects sticking their heads out from the sacks was none other than heavily rotten at.
Offering rotten at was truly worthy of being called the greatest insult to Beastkin warriors.
Because it contained the aning that they were beasts suited to picking up and eating trash like this.
“Let’s go! We will slice those guys up!”
“Bark bark!”
Starting with the shout of a Tiger Beastkin warrior standing at the very front, 1,500 Wolf Riders started charging toward the nobles.
Thud thud thud thud!
Along with the sound shaking the earth,
A wave of ferocious warriors started to surge with a force to sweep away Abysin right away.
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