CH 2

Episode 2 : The War

It goes back four days before Allen was deported.

It’s in the Kingdom of Sanchest, on the Gouda Plain.

There were more than 10,000 people fighting on the Gouda Plain with swords and other weapons.

It was a war between the army of the Kingdom of Sanchest and the Empire of Balbes.

A young soldier stands out among the army of the Kingdom of Sanchest and enters the tent.

“Messenger! Messenger! The empire’s left army is attacking! The right army under the command of Captain Heida must be defeated… They are approaching us to launch a pincer attack on the central army where this headquarters is located.”

The men who received the messenger from the young soldier all had grim expressions on their faces.

“Uh… I can see it.”

“Viscount Ardork-sama, we need to strengthen the defense of the soldiers on the right!”

“Viscount Ardork-sama… at this rate.”

“We should withdraw. Viscount Ardork-sama.”

The men called out to a middle-aged man who was wearing gorgeous green armor.

That middle-aged man is Viscount Lark Van Ardork. He was a nobleman who ruled over the land around the Gouda Plain.

“Withdrawal… if we don’t protect this place, the empire will reach the city of Helmut.”

Viscount Ardork held his head with a distressed expression.

Among his subordinate, an old soldier comes forward in front of him.

“Viscount Ardork-sama. Sorry but I won’t carry it anymore. Before the escape route is blocked… please escape by yourself.”

“Wh… are you telling me to run away… and that I’m the only one?”

Hearing the words of the old man who was his subordinate, Viscount Ardork widened his eyes.

The old man seemed to be trying to hide it, but he could see that his expression stiffened.

“Yes.”

When Viscount Ardork looked around, his subordinates, including the old man nodded with an expression ready for death.

Seeing that, Viscount Ardork gasped and then smiled a little.

“Haa… I have been blessed with good subordinates. But… I won’t back down. Even if it costs me my life, I’ll cut off the empire army’s feces… I’ll get you out! Bring me a horse and a spear!”

“But, Viscount Ardork-sama……”

“I already have an heir. However, if I have one regret, it’s that I can’t leave good subordinates like you!”

“Woo! I’ll go with you too!”

“Let’s go!”

Viscount Ardork and his subordinates raise their fists and voices as they decide to depart.

Just then suddenly.

Kaboom! ! ! ! ! !

The sound of the ground crashing violently resounded within the tent… No, the entire battlefield.

What happened?　

When they looked outside the tent, the left army’s front line, which was approaching Viscount Ardork’s central army, was blown away and the ground was split open.

Then, the rocks that were lying on the ground gathered and formed a human shape.

A group of rocks that formed a human shape with two-meter rock golems appeared one after another. There were more than a hundred of them.

The rock golem attacks the empire’s left army.

And then, a black smokescreen envelops the entire left army.

The Imperial Left was thrown into disarray by a sudden explosion, an onslaught of rock golems, and a black smoke screen that obscured their vision.

“What’s going on?”

“Ah… the empire’s left army is fleeing.”

“Hm, is that true?”

“Can you help me?”

Viscount Ardork and his subordinates were looking at the battlefield from the tent with bewildered expressions. Then, a black-haired woman in red armor appears before them.

“Excuse me.”

“Hey, who are you!”

They prepared to pull out the sword at the unfamiliar woman. However, the black-haired woman kneeled and opened her mouth.

“Sorry for the suddenness. I am Shizu Fan Bratt of the Fire Dragon Magic Corps.

“Wha! Reinforcements!?”

“And…”

“That…”

“That Fire Dragon Magic Corps!”

Hearing Shizu’s words, Viscount Ardork and the others raised their voices in shock.