Surviving a Harsh Fantasy with Cheat Items Chapter 90

Published at 26th of March 2022 12:45:11 PM

「Commander, Commander Rothbacherrrrr!」

Sarchan looked at the dragon knight she just shot dead on the head and the dragon knights who were struggling to get out of the net.

「What do we have here? I thought he was wearing some sort of pompous armor but it turns out he’s the commander of the dragon knights.」

Sarchan quickly reloaded her flintlock rifle and shot the young dragon knight, who was shouting “commander commander”, in the head.

She then shouted at the gunners, who were killing the struggling dragon knights under the net one after another with their guns, and at the soldiers and civilian soldiers, who were stabbing them with spears.

「Everyone! I, Sara Rod, captain of the volunteer army have killed the enemy commanderrrr!」

「You did it, Captain Sara!」

Miruko, the boy soldier that was casually protecting Sarchan, also laughed.

The Losgow Volunteer Corps proudly announced to their allies that their Captain Sara had defeated the enemy commander.

The report of the defeat of the enemy commander raised the morale of the soldiers and volunteers in the city even more and even the civilian soldiers performed brilliantly with their spears in their hands.

Gil Heron, chief officer of the soldiers in the royal capital, was watching with a sense of dismay as Sarchan and the rest of the Losgow Volunteer Corps fought their way through the battle.

He called out to Alan Mortar, a young volunteer army captain who was fighting nearby.

「Hey, Captain Alan, I don’t know if this is a good time to ask you this, but….why is your whole volunteer army being commanded by a little girl?」

「Ah, that’s Captain Sara so it can’t be helped.」

Alan Mortar, second captain of the Volunteer Army, chuckled.

Well, the soldiers in the castle, who did not know what was going on, were understandably puzzled.

Captain Sara and the Losgow Village Volunteer Corps, which Sara leads, are a group of children.

As soon as they arrived, they took command of 500 volunteer soldiers, 300 soldiers from the royal capital, and 3000 citizen soldiers who had responded to the emergency call.

「No, captain-san. If we are all under your command, I’ll understand it but no matter how much I think of it, that girl is a little too young.」

「Sarchan is also a captain.」

「However, you two are both captains. Wouldn’t it be better if you, the elder, took the command? Our soldiers are also puzzled when a little girl suddenly took command.」

「Captain Sara is very special. She’s a member of hero-sama’s personal guard or in other words, she is….this.」

Alan gave a rueful laugh and raised his pinky finger.

The serious old man, Chief Officer Gil, was surprised and became incredulous after seeing that.

「She’s a little girl, how can she be a mistress…..Ah, I see. I heard it from the rumor that hero-sama is a lolic…..」

「Hold it right there! This is a top-secret info of the volunteer army. If you value your life, don’t say one more word….」

Alan pressed his raised pinky finger directly to his lips as if saying, “keep it a secret”.

Chief Officer Gil nodded deeply with a sullen expression on his face.

If they win this war, the hero will become the husband of the new queen of the kingdom.

Half of the dragon knights fell as they raid the royal capital from the sky. The surviving dragon knights could no longer approach the city for fear of the nets.

The victor in the battle of the capital is the Kingdom of Silesie.

If war continues at this rate, there’s a possibility of the hero becoming the monarch of Silesie.

He would refrain from making any comments that could be construed as disrespectful to the royal family.

Besides, it is a common practice in this world for heroes in history to take random women as mistresses.

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—Scene Change—

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Meanwhile, at the imperial army headquarters, at the operational command center tent, the imperial general, Forcas Domos Dylan, was looking at the operations map with a sullen expression on his face.

Now that the Golden Lion Emperor Freed was receiving treatment from Archbishop Nicholas for a severe, life-threatening wound, General Forcas is the commander in chief of the 60000 troops.

Born into the prestigious Marquis Domos family of the empire, Forcas has been on the elite military path.

He is a noble, an outstanding strategist, and a mid-level mage. As an added bonus, he has flaxen hair, handsome features, and is perfect, earning him the nickname “Almighty” Forcas.

At the age of 25, he finally appeared on the stage of history.

If he wins the Battle of Silesie, his name will be inscribed in history books, not Prince Freed who’s sleeping in the tent behind him. It will be him, the “almighty” general.

As much as he felt that way, he was irritated by the disappointing left-wing mercenaries, who collapsed even after he gave them the siege weapons.

Of course, he’s not a shallow man who would lose his cool over it. He knew that the 6000 men on the left-wing of the kingdom were a formidable force.

There were 3000 soldiers in the kingdom’s center and only 500 royal knights on the right-wing.

After quickly defeating them, all they had to do was surround and annihilate the remaining left-wing of the kingdom’s army with their entire force.

「But even so, the right-wing is not moving well….」

「What are the 20000 troops doing against a mere 500 royal knights of Silesie!」

Beside Forcas, a big man, around 2m tall, was in rage.

He was Barbarossa von Berlant, the fiercest general in Germania.

Barbarossa, the fierce red beard general.

On the battlefield, he rides his horse and swings his big ax to send enemy soldiers into panic.

He is said to have led 5000 cavalrymen of the royal knights in battle nine times and he had beheaded a hundred enemy generals. He is a legend that truly lives up to his name as the fiercest general in Germania.

「Even though it’s only 500 knights, it’s a little tricky when you’re being attacked from the side.」

「Alright, I’ll take the royal knights and go smash the enemy’s right flank!」

After thinking a little, Forcas nodded.

「General Barbossa, please reinforce the right flank.」

「All right! I’ll take care of those 500 knights in no time!」

The 10000 immortal troops in the main camp is the strongest infantry corps in the empire. In addition, 14000 troops, 4000 are heavy infantry, are crushing the 3000 enemy corps.

Even if the royal knights leave to reinforce the left flank, there won’t be any problem.

 「General Barbossa, just in case, please don’t go too deep.」

「Haa! I’m going to smash everyone in my way with one slash.」

He reminded the red-bearded giant as much as he could as he exited the main camp in high spirits. However, he thought that he didn’t get it at all.

If there is a trap, he thought that since it is Barbossa, he would just blow that trap away with raw power so he’s not worried.

He thought, “I’m still too young to control a rampaging warrior.”.

He sighed, feeling his lack of strength as a strategist.

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He noticed that his second in command, Eleonora Lanct Am-main, was still in the tent.

She had been scolded by the crown prince and had her “sit there quietly” because she kept losing every time she played the general but it was too surprising that she was really just sitting there.

It is eerie that Princess Eleonora, the princess knight, who is a victim of misfortune for both friend and foe alike when she gets involved, and who is even called the “War Maiden of Lanct”, is really just sitting there quietly.

Normally, she would have said she was going to charge before Barbossa, the fierce general, and became enraged.

「You are awfully quiet, Princess Eleonora.」

Although he called her out, General Forcas did not address her as princess knight or vice general but “princess” which means she has no right to command.

Eleonora is the only daughter of Duke Lanct, the richest man in the empire and the leader of the imperial lords.

「You are underestimating Silesie’s hero, aren’t you?」

「What are you saying out of the blue….I’m not underestimating the enemy. I’m just judging the forces accurately and taking the usual measures.」

「That’s exactly underestimating him. I don’t know about you being almighty or something but, you can’t beat him with the “usual measures”.」

「I understand where you are coming from. You want me to overestimate the enemy that defeated you.」

General Forcas snickers at Princess Knight Eleonora’s concern.

He’s basically saying “The defeated general has no right to talk here”.

「That’s not what I’m saying. I just want to remind you that I know the enemy better than you after engaging with many battle….」

「So, what?」

Forcas gently touched Eleonora’s shoulder as she continued to argue.

Eleonora’s flaming armor is always on fire and even the chair she’s sitting on is always burning. To touch her shoulder, Forcas can be said to be a very bold man.

Forcas’ white armor(Anor Blanc) is also strengthened with magic so it can withstand the flame armor for a little while.

「Hey, don’t touch me!」

Forcas’ flaxen hair, which was hanging down toward Eleonora, who was sitting down, hits her gauntlet as she brushes him away and burns.

The distinctive smell of burning hair spreads but Forcas, the calm and cool-headed strategist, is not dismayed.

「I’m glad you are concerned about me, Princess Eleonora. However, I’ll show you that the 14000 central army could win.」

「You are being overconfident, Forcas.」

「It is not even confidence. I see victory as the result of an accurate assessment of the situation. Any man who looks at this layout and says the empire will lose is nothing but a fool.」

「So, you are telling me in a roundabout way that I’m a fool?」

「I said “man”. I’m sure there are better places for a beautiful lady like you than on a battlefield.」

「If you speak ill of me more, I will consider that as an insult and slay you here.」

「Oh, I’m in trouble. Fufufu. If the strategist is killed before the end of the war, we won’t be able to win the battle.」

「If you don’t want to die, stop your theatrical play. If you are testing the limit of my patience, I’ll tell you now, you’re about to cross it.」

Forcas backs off at the last second just before Eleonora snaps. It can be considered as a good judgment as a strategist.

He looked at the strategy map at the table again and declared loudly.

「Princess Eleonora, let’s make a bet. If I win this battle, stop being a knight for me.」

「You are the first person to ever make such a ludicrous challenge to me.」

Forcas, who said that like a theater actor, shows off his flaxen hair in a theatrical gesture too. Eleonora was more stunned seeing that play than angry.

If he had calculated all of that, it can be said to be quite a feat.

「Oh Princess Eleonora, as beautiful as a rose in full bloom, you shouldn’t be a knight anymore. Stay by my side as a woman.」

「Haa…you are a popular playboy in the imperial capital. Do you think I don’t know that?」

「Oh, are you jealous?」

「I’m just saying I don’t understand why tampons like you are popular with ladies!」

It was a completely carefree conversation at the operations command center.

At this stage, the commander in chief of the empire, Forcas, was convinced that he was going to win. He even had enough time to play with the Princess Knight Eleonora.

It was not until the report of the defeat of the flying dragon knights, who had attacked the royal capital of Silesie, had been destroyed and their commander, Rothbacher, had been killed in action, arrived at the operations command center that he became truly impatient as the empire’s commander in chief.

Chapter end