Surviving a Harsh Fantasy with Cheat Items - Chapter 64

Chapter 64

Before being completely annihilated, the enemy army surrendered .

Looking at the knights threw their weapons and laid on the ground after being crushed and killed by rock slides, Lyle-sensei’s anger finally subsided and accepted the enemy’s submission .

「Takeru-dono, you can trust the submission declaration of the knights . They value honor . You just have to make them promise to never participate in battles against us again . After paying ransom, you may release them to and let them return to their country . 」

Sensei said those things in front of the captured enemy forces .

The knights and their subordinates are good but the problem is the mercenaries .

Unlike this the cowardly army who are incompetent and unable to do anything against us, these guys are skillful so I have to carefully deal with them .

They are the ones who stand out from the collapsed enemy forces .

They are bold enough climb to the steep mountain while a rockslide was occurring . One of them looks like a former adventurer .

He’s the leader of a large-3000 member mercenary group from Germania Empire .

Mercenary leader Garan Dodol was brought to sensei wrapped in a rope .

TN: ガラン・ドドル – Garan Dodoru, dodol is a kind of sweet

「We wish to express our gratitude for accepting our surrender, Silesie’s Hero-dono…」

Garan is a big man with black beard and is wearing black full body chainmail .

Even though he is a mercenary leader, this one is comparable to an army leader in terms of politeness .

「Garan-dono, you are mercenaries so why don’t you side with us? If you do so, we will pay enough remuneration for your labor and double-crossing . 」

「A-are you an idiot? Even mercenaries have honor . Being a prisoner can’t be helped but we will never betray our employer . 」

That’s right . In mercenary business, ones they lose their credibility, they cannot continue anymore .

I’m a merchant so I can understand their pain .

「A mercenary who double-crosses his employer is a disappointing one . We rather die than be employed by the enemy . 」

「Is that so?」

The rope bounded Garan instinctively stood up .

「Oi Garan . Sensei is very angry so you’d better do as he says . 」

「But Silesie’s hero-dono! You alone killed a lot of enemies to the point they threw their weapons and surrendered . You don’t need to hire mercenaries . 」

That is true if it’s an ordinary war .

However, this time, it’s a war that will decide if the country will perish or not . I can’t choose the means so it can’t be helped .

「We don’t have time which is unfortunate so even though it is regrettable, we’ll execute anyone who won’t cooperate . 」

Lyle-sensei points the gun at Garan .

It became impossible for Garan to look away as he screamed .

「Wa-wait…don’t kill me . Hero-dono, we’ll obey…We’ll switch side . Please forgive me……」

The leader of the large mercenary group, Garan, hit the ground with his head as he asks for forgiveness .

Switching side complete .

Thus, leader Garan came to our side .

To our regret, some of his mercenary allies don’t want to change side so we executed them one after another .

By the way, seeing how we deal with the war aftermath, it disturbs the other party .

「Th-this is a disgrace . I can’t bear it… . this massacre!」

It is the young female knight with blonde hair, blue eyes, and fine armor with scarlet flame character .

Vice-general Eleonora Lanct Am-Main .

We tried binding her with a rope first but her armor flamed and burnt it .

We finally were able to capture her by binding her with chains while being surrounded by soldiers .

According to Lyle-sensei, the Am-Main family is a distinguished noble family . They are are ruling over the dukedom of Lanct which is a vassal state of the empire .

This female knight is the only child of the dukedom with the number one financial power in the empire .

Why is it such a princess willingly became a female knight?

TN: She’s a princess because she’s similar to Caroline . The dukedom her family ruling is a sovereign dukedom . Well, it’s not really a sovereign state since it is a vassal state of the empire .

「She is the “War Maiden of Lanct” . Her name is Eleanora . She is considerably famous . 」

「Ah, a war maiden like Jeanne d’Arc . 」

No, Jeanne is a farmer’s daughter .

I wonder why she became a princess knight even though she’s weak .

「Though she’s the only princess of Lanct, she’s a famous tomboy . Although she’s from the upper echelon, she wants to be a knight . Even the empire is having trouble handling her . 」

「I see . So that’s why she became the vice- general . 」

Looking at her, she doesn’t seem to have any commanding ability .

So that’s why the imperial army falls into confusion when General Nerdlinger fell . To be frank, with this your lady in the battlefield, the number of general did not become zero but negative .

She’s just a disturbance .

If I don’t have Lyle-sensei, I admit that I’m barely capable of being a general .

「You! To call me incompetent! I’ll murder you Silesie’s hero!」

「No, I didn’t say your incompetent…」

I didn’t say it, I only thought of it .

「The way you battle is cowardly! You’re unworthy to fight against knights! How can you call that victory!」

「Cowardly? I don’t want to hear that for the party who has four times as many as us . 」

What am I saying? I have no reason to defend against her .

Should I just kill this noisy princess?

Aside from her, all the other knights had surrendered and were freed from a while ago .

Heavy infantry soldiers who seem to be her subordinates are surrounding her saying 「Princess, please surrender . 」 . They tried to persuade the female knight Eleonora but she stubbornly refuses to submit .

She really should surrender now like the other knights .

After submitting, she will be released after her ransom was paid but I guess it’s a disgrace for a knight .

Since we captured the enemy’s vice-general with great pain, it will be wasteful to just execute her .

When I was thinking of using her as a hostage against the enemy, a slim old knight who introduces himself as a messenger from Lanct Dukedom visited me .

When he took off his gray cloak, I saw his silver hair and a neat mustache . The way he bows to me is also dashing .

I’m weak to such good adults so I welcomed him .

「I am Kato, butler knight of the Am-Main family . I am here to pay the ransom of our house’s princess . 」

「Hou, I see I see… . 」

The old gentleman Kato handed me two heavy cloth bag full of gold coins .

It’s too delicious that I almost fell down from that swift attack .

「Unbind the Am-Main princess immediately . Also, don’t be impolite to her subordinates!」

Being rescued by the old, silver-haired gentleman Kato, the troublesome princess knight Eleonora finally leaves .

「Silesie’s hero! I did not submit to you . Remember that next time, I will hack that neck of yours with my sword!」

「Yes yes, do your best . 」

There is no need for Eleonora to submit .

She’s just someone of high birth and position but incompetent .

Moreover, she’s like a bonus character that will give you bags of coins if you luckily catch .

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Our victory is but a moment . I received a report that the empire has begun organizing to dispatch a new army from their home country . Their current number is 10,000 so they’re likely be an enormous unit .

There are about 10,000 surviving imperial armies in Lauren then another great number of empire troops will come over . The City of Spire will encounter a pincer attack .

The amateur me will either choose a siege battle or a tactical withdrawal .

However, Lyle-sensei has already predicted it and choose the strategy of attacking Lauren City .

「The two thousand Garan mercenary who switch sides will invade Lauren City . The enemy general is a cautious one, Mainz”the Anaguma” Fullsten . The enemy will choose the besieging strategy . 」

TN: マインツ・フルステン – Maintsu Furusuten . His title is anaguma which is some sort of shogi strategy wherein the king is surrounded by other pieces of the same side . By the way, anaguma may also mean “badger” which is some sort of animal .

As sensei says, if we attack the Lauren City, the empire army will stay inside the rampart of the city with our 3,000 troops .

With the ongoing plague, their condition is bad and will surely choose siege battle .

「Things will be easy since the lord of Lauren, Count Brynie, is in the city . If by any chance he is killed, the empire will lose the just cause for their war intervention . 」

Indeed, if you use shougi terms, it can be called checkmate .

The Anaguma made the wrong choice .

Sensei also said 「The empire is probably panicking now and are in a hurry to make the army head here . 」

Sensei managed to save the city of Spike from pincer attack and also confuse the empire’s reinforcement .

It is unusual for sensei to say that it will end in a draw due to damage and exhaustion on both sides .

「Let’s go to the outskirt of the city and collude with the mercenaries . Though we managed to reduce the war potential of the enemy, it will still be difficult since they’re firmly shutting themselves . 」

While saying so, sensei seems to be having fun .

「The enemy general is Mainz Fulsten, a tough old man . Germania empire has few generals that I respect and he’s one of them . 」

「Since sensei respects him, he’s probably an amazing general!」

There has never been a time where sensei praises the enemy general .

When I asked if the enemy general is amazing, sensei smiled bashfully .

「It’s somewhat different from what you thought of being amazing . Mainz”the Anaguma” has fought a lot of war with forty years experience and was defeated 60 percent of the time . 」

「That, is not so amazing . 」

Sensei shakes his head .

「Though Germania Empire has a lot of brave and brutal generals, he’s the only one who can fight well in a losing battle . In terms of army command ability, he is the best in the empire . Because it is a rare quality and is hardly understood by his colleague, he is called the “defeatist” . Mainz the “defeatist” . That poor old man is harshly called as that . 」

「Indeed, that’s a plausible story . 」

Certainly, the knights and soldiers of Germania Empire demonstrate fearlessness as they charge and becomes fragile when retreating .

Even though they are not completely equipped, the guerilla tactics mercenaries are more tenacious .

「In this aspect, if you take off the pretense of number, the Germania Empire’s army in Lauren City is already inferior . Among 10,000 imperial troops in the city, Mainz is the only one who understands it properly . Takeru-dono, do you understand now his amazingness? 」

「No… 」

「Is that so? It is sad being misunderstood . The enemy general Mainz is excellent to the point that I studied his battle history . Let’s pay respect to this amazing precursor by winning heartily . 」

When saying so, sensei shook his iron wand indicating the attack on Lauren city .

We are currently on a hill overlooking Lauren city .

The five bronze cannons, aiming at the city, made a deafening roar as they started the bombardment .