The Allendia 9th and 10th Corps, and the Templar 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th Corps, led by Sabine Asil and the other five Templar Lords, left the battlefield in unison and headed North.
The southern part of Allendia was left for the taking.
The people of the Fairy Kingdom prepared a clean white cloth in fear. It was to raise the sincerest white flag when the Mado Kingdom invaded.
But they never used the white flag they had prepared.
The enemy forces, who were supposed to surrender, suddenly stopped attacking.
* * *
Tasmaral, the capital of the Mado Kingdom.
Several officials were meeting before the vacant throne of Genovia.
An old white-haired black wizard asked with an expression that he didnât understand.
âYour Majesty has ordered to pull back the army? Do we need to give up the war that weâve almost won?â
A middle-aged man with red skin and black hair shook his head.
âShe has made a fair judgment. Iâm getting a similar request from the Kaldris Kingdom.â
Located in the Middle East of Latna, half the kingdomâs population were black, red-skinned southerners and yellow easterners.
The white people were mostly outsiders, most of whom came to Sinkers to study.
The vassals gathered in the palace were in similar proportions.
A young yellow servant said, âConsidering the post-war process and the Kaldris-Rune relationship, it is beneficial to ensure that the main forces of Allendia have been eliminated.â
âWell, if we take Armorica as it is, the Fairy Royal Family will be evacuated, and if they continue to resist, it will be troublesome in the long run.â
âIt would better for us to gather all our strength and break their will of resistance at once.â
âThe odds are good, so thereâs no need to increase civilian damage.â
The queen and her vassals agreed, so nothing was stopping them.
The 30,000 Mado Kingdom troops turned their heads and began to move north along the border.
Thanks to that, the Fairy Royal Family got into a festive mood.
Sormel, the Fairy King, hit his knees and burst into admiration.
âSurprised? Didnât it work out as the Sword King said?â
The vassals were also pleased.
âHis resourcefulness has reached the heavens!â
âOur common minds couldnât understand at all.â
They wouldnât have been able to understand unless they knew what was going on in the war. They couldnât help but wonder what kind of mysterious strategy he used and admired him instead.
So the southern border of Allendia was empty. There was no more fighting, no more war.
All the soldiers of the Three Continental Powers headed to Fort Fieldrocks.
The public eye also turned north.
The one who won the battle in the North would be the winner of this war!
* * *
â⌠They may think so, but it doesnât matter if they win or lose this war.â
Leaning on a chair in the strategy room, Garhan looked indifferent.
âThatâs great. If we increase the size of the battle, theyâll do everything they can with their power.â
The problem was that they were still hiding their true face and had only shown strange tactics so far.
âThey extended their reach to the south by using the Wyvern. Theyâve got the Mado Kingdom army moving within striking distance.â
âThey keep hitting and running, and the Mado Kingdom army has no way to respond.â
âThatâs why the movement of the Mado kingdomâs troops is slowing down. At this rate, the Allendia Army will be ready first.â
âAs expected, the mysterious Wyvern is a problem.â
âIs it a true Wyvern? Thereâs no such Wyvern in this realm.â
âWeâre working hard at the Sinkers, so Iâm not sure, but weâll have an answer soonâŚâ
Before his eyes, the vassals of Kaldris Kingdom continued to argue.
Watching the meeting, Garhan clicked his tongue.
âYou still donât see the nature of the problem?â
The real problem wasnât just the Wyvernâs identity.
âThe problem is that the absolute power that can change the outcome of a battle with only three or four people is moving with a mobility beyond common sense.â
That trick itself wasnât new to him. It had been often used in the countryside.
It had been decades since the last war in the center of the continent erupted, but there were still occasional local wars among small countries in the countryside.
It was quite common for the disadvantaged to open their hands to the Three Continental Powers and borrow powerful knights.
A top knight in the middle of the continent was a strong individual in level 80s, at least.
With such a high-level knight, it was possible to single-handedly sweep away troops in their 20s and 30s.
The average level of the soldiers was low, and most people still used normal horses. Hence, the Golem Steeds showed superior mobility.
So the knights in the center didnât necessarily lead the army when they fought in the countryside. They led the war to victory or defeat by supporting the disadvantaged allies by moving as the elite minority.
Wasnât it the same as what the Sword King had done?
Nevertheless, that method wasnât taught as a regular tactic in the Three Continental Powers.
The average level of their knights ranged from the 60s to 70s. In addition, all of them moved on Golem Steeds.
Even level 106 Toniruth, the strongest knight of the Kaldris Kingdom, couldnât do such a thing against the regular forces of the Three Continental Powers.
It was only possible when the level gap was extreme.
Garhanâs expression was slightly stiff.
âIâll have to admit it. The Three Continental Powers havenât fought an aggressive war for too long.â
Rotation, fortification, and cavalry were all strategic elements when level 100 was the highest in mankind.
But at that moment?
The estimated level of Garhan and Genovia was 150, and the level of the dead Sword King Baotolt was 160.
âThe new Sword King Felard Beanâs level is estimated to be around level 140.â
Up to level 100, he was about a matchless warrior, but he became an asymmetric power if he was over level 140.
Therefore, the Three Continental Powers couldnât find a countermeasure within their existing strategies.
âDoes this mean I need to invite a strategist or something from the countryside?â
A vassal pinpointed it in time.
âThe Wyvern is one thing, but the Sword Kingâs party itself is the problem.â
Others spoke up, too.
âThe Sword King, the Spiritual Boxer, and his companions are so strong that a small number of inferiorities are overturned.â
âAnd there are rumors that the Sword King uses strange magic or spiritual artsâŚâ
âHuh, you believe in false rumors on the battlefield?â
âThere are too many people who have seen it to be false rumors. I also got some very unusual information.â
âUnusual information? What is it?â
The eyes of the conference room were on the person who brought up the plan.
After hesitating for a moment, he spoke carefully.
âMaybe⌠Sword King Felard isnât a real Valtara warrior.â
* * *
Han-binâs group had largely destroyed the intelligence network of the Kaldris Kingdom, but there was still some information coming in.
âThe Sword King had the Darkness Church make a dedicated magic scroll?â
âYeah, he also commissioned a dedicated spiritual scroll.â
The person who had brought up the issue raised his voice.
âThen he performed his strange magic and spiritual art on the battlefield. If he was using scrolls to learn magic or spiritual skills, isnât that nothing like a Valtara warrior?â
The Valtara Barbariansâ phobia of magic tools was so well-known.
âScrolls are a kind of magic tool!â
Other vassals, however, responded suspiciously.
âIt couldnât be confirmed that he is fake with only thatâŚâ
âArenât scrolls just a paper on the surface?â
âMaybe he just used it without knowing itâŚâ
âHe might have thought it was no different than reading a book and learning magic, right?â
In a sour response, the vassal who had brought it up cried out as if it was unfair.
âNo matter what, he is a Valtara warrior. He canât be that ignorant!â
That time, everyone answered with confidence.
âNo.â
âHe can be that ignorant.â
âReally.â
The vassal who cried out was speechless.
ââŚâ
âWhatâs more, isnât he already an Aura user? How can an Aura user deal with Mana or Prana?â
âAnd he used barbaric sorcery that we arenât aware ofâŚâ
The servantâs voice died down.
On his account, it was a conjecture.
âImagine heâs not a real Valtara warrior.â
An old vassal patted his beard and asked a question.
âIs that good for us?â
âWhat? If the Sword King is a fake, the morale of his enemiesâŚâ
âSo, letâs say heâs a fake Valtara warrior.â
As if frustrated, the old vassal asked again.
âSo? Does that make him a fake Sword King?â
He swung Baotoltâs sword and used Baotoltâs swordsmanship. He was as strong as him, too.
Whatever the identity, Felard Bean was strong enough to win the title of the Sword King.
But he wasnât just an ignorant Valtara warrior?
He was a decent Latnain who knew human benevolence?
â⌠Can you call that weakness?â
Rather, he was as strong as the Sword King, but he was a much more trustworthy warrior who knew the value of peopleâs lives without being cruel!
âI donât think thereâs any reason for him to pretend to be a Valtara barbarian.â
It made a lot more sense to say that he was a real descendant of Baotolt.
âBefore that, thereâs no way that an Aura user can use magic spells or spiritual arts. It must be a false rumor.â
* * *
Garhan, meanwhile, was lost in thought.
âThe identity of the Sword King FelardâŚâ
It wouldnât be so strange that Felard, an Aura user, used Mana or Prana, although his vassals didnât know that.
He mustâve gotten Hollienâs unique item, the Four-Power Conversion Belt.
Garhan also had little doubt that the Valtara warrior used the unique item.
They had the incarnation of darkness, the incarnation of Kybriel.
The Valtara Barbarian evaded mana tools. But if the Goddess allowed him to use them, wasnât there no longer any reason for him not to use them?
For the same logic, learning magic or spiritual skills using scrolls hadnât been considered strange.
However, listening to the story reminded Garhan of another question.
âBaotolt, was he a man who abandoned the belief he had followed all his life that the Goddesses had accepted?â
No.
Of course, there was no guarantee that the disciple would have the same personality as their teacher.
There had been rumors that the new Sword King was quite good in character, unlike the previous Sword King.
But what if he assumed he was fake?
âWhich means he needs to disguise himself as a Valtara warrior on purpose.â
There were many suspicious aspects about the current Sword King.
First of all, it was unclear if he was a real disciple of Baotolt. In many ways, the time wasnât right.
âIt doesnât make sense that he is so strong at that age.â
Even Baotolt, the genius among geniuses, had managed to get his hands on it when he was 50 years old.
âBut what if heâs older than he looks?â
In Latna, some gained eternal youth other than through the Goddessesâ Blessings.
âAliens⌠donât get old, too.â
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