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Chapter 26 - Eve of the Decisive Battle - The Soldiers’ Unease “The battle is going to start tomorrow morning, then.” “Yeah...can we really defeat the Maxwell forces, though…?” On the east side of Fort Bryden, the soldiers of Lars Baal’s First Imperial Army were eating inside a tent. The menu was wheat boiled in water sprinkled with salt: very simple but certainly not very palatable. Their bodies, taxed by the long march, however, welcomed it eagerly, savoring the warmth it brought to…
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Chapter 25 - Eve of the Decisive Battle - The Fallen Wise General 【POV: Snowe Halphas】 “Here...at last.” I quietly whispered to myself as I looked up at Fort Bryden, a key stronghold of the Maxwell territory. Fort Bryden was a square-shaped fortress. The steep mountains on its west side made it impossible to house a large army, so it could only be assaulted from the other three cardinal directions. The imperial forces had already surrounded the fort. The First Imperial Army would attack from…
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Chapter 24 - Conditions of Victory Following the empire’s declaration of war, I led the Maxwell territory’s forces to Fort Bryden. It was my first time visiting the fort in 5 years: the preparation for the empire’s large-scale invasion filled it with a heavy atmosphere. During the war council, it was decided that I would lead 5,000 of the 7,000 troops that formed the eastern nobles’ allied forces. My old man was in charge of the remaining 2,000, posted in the Maxwell territory’s capital of…
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Chapter 23 - Knight and Former Knight 【POV: Shana Salazar】 My name is Shana Salazar. I am a warrior. … ……………… …..hm? What else should I say? Well then...I come from the Baal empire. I’m 20 years old. I used to be an adventurer, but due to certain circumstances currently I’m the bodyguard and lover of Dyngir Maxwell, a noble of the Lamperouge kingdom. My main weapon is the spear, but I can also hold my own with the sword and bow. That day, I was swinging my spear at the…
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Chapter 22 - Before the Armies Clash...a Tea Party with the Princess One month had passed since Rossellia began her stay in the Maxwell province. After the attempt on her life, we immediately sent a formal letter of protest to the empire, but it was met with nothing but accusations of “speaking nonsense” and unilateral requests of “returning Rossellia immediately”. The planned assassination was treated as if it never happened. According to our spies, Lars Baal had managed to form an allied army,…
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Chapter 21 - The Moron Drinks and Refuses to Dance 【POV: Cerros Baal】 On the easternmost regions of the Baal Empire was the town of Xinania, a fortress city on the border with the Huang Dynasty and my home base. Xinania was originally part of the Huang territories, until the late emperor took it by force. Because of this, oriental culture and customs were still very much alive, and most of its citizens had skin color closer to the typical Huang “yellow” instead of the classic Imperial…
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Chapter 20 - The Creep Dances Willingly 【 POV: Grett Baal】 “It takes guts to show your face before me, I’ll give you that.” “...I am aware of the trouble we have caused for Your Highness too, due to the recent events.” I glared at the man kneeling before me, as if showing deference. The man, named Snowe Halphas, was a knight and my brother Lars’ second in command. He surely knew in advance about the plan of sending Rossellia to the Maxwells. It might have even been his idea. I barely…
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CHAPTER 2 - Every Country has its Bastards 【POV: Grett Baal, second prince of the Baal empire】 “It’s amazing, really. I’m surrounded by imbeciles.” After the round table conference, I walked down the court’s corridor, recalling the discussions and my idiotic brothers. My elder brother, Lars Baal, is loved and respected by some for his honest personality, but can never become merciless when it’s truly necessary: as a result, he is collecting failure after failure. My younger…
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