Chapter 565
The battle is smooth.
However, because the beings wearing the masks of allies are greedy, internally it is not smooth. It’s enough for other people to just swear at each other coolly and treat them like garbage, but Ragnis is in a position where he can’t be neatly beaten with that.
Because this large-scale operation was carried out in her name, not the hero or the princess.
“I really want to break the crystal ball.”
These were the first words Ragnis uttered while staring at the ceiling while leaning against the backrest like laundry on a chair in the command post where everyone except Renissa had left after the meeting.
“That’s a radical statement, ma’am.”
The allied forces of Ithiel and the Empire advance, followed by the reinforcements of the Kingdom Alliance, controlling and managing excessive rear bases and occupied areas. In addition, reports are received regularly through the crystal ball for communication.
It was the voices of the reinforcements who insisted on their achievements and rights at the regular reporting time that made the initially thoughtless plan instantly feel like garbage.
“You can’t break the heads of those damn bastards beyond that crystal ball.”
Although Ragnis was extremely nervous… To be honest, even Renissa had no choice but to agree.
The reinforcements, called the Kingdom Alliance, were walking a tightrope every day. Whether they are trying to attack a demon village that is not resisting on the pretext of being suspicious, or trying to demand requisition in a small town even though they do not need additional supplies, they are frantic to find a new way to inflate their pockets and accumulate achievements every day. .
It was common behavior in a filthy war, but of course it wasn’t like that here.
It’s not just about eating ground, it’s a great war with the fate of the tribe at stake.
In the framework of the war between the human race and the demon race, he managed to catch a clue and changed the board to a continental war with the demon worshipers, but there was no room for discord because of some humans who were blinded by self-interest.
The only consolation was that the worst hadn’t happened yet, thanks to the boldness of contacting Sujeong-gu before taking such action and showing the attitude of ‘So, let’s start from now.’ Everything else is worst.
In the end, fed up with this happening over and over again for three days without missing a single day, Ragnis turned the flying dragon knights and wizards stationed as Levien’s defense forces into a two-man patrol and sent them all out.
At first, some were concerned that it might be too much of an action. But it took less than a day to realize that it was a wise choice.
A crazy nobleman who felt that the first and second measures were impossible was stopped by the flying dragon knight while attempting to report the first and second measures.
Thanks to this, the entire command had to work hard to stop Ragnis from threatening to kill with his own hands with three hundred eyes open, and the entire unit has reached this point with dissatisfaction and distrust towards the advisors called reinforcements.
“I’ll be honest. I didn’t understand why Eldmia would pull out the sword first when there was justification, but now I think I understand.”
It is aegyo for aristocrats to show off their hands with their hands behind their backs to take care of their own interests. It was just a confrontation between educated and educated people who disagreed with each other. They were the bottom themselves, to the point where you might wonder if they were the same nobles, and their ideas and actions were beyond imagination in many ways.
Only horses are nobles, what is the difference between them and thieves?
“This is why Esmuer gave up command.”
They weren’t the ones who moved because they recognized the threat from the Demon King’s army from the beginning. They have only crawled out of the interior to pick up crumbs of pie, believing that the fighting will be over soon as the Empire launches a massive offensive.
There is a reason why they first demanded guarantees of their command authority when they came to help. It was the royal family, not the royal family, that brought that claim to an end.
[The command authority of those participating in the Eastern Front will be guaranteed. However, the command authority of those who assist the Marquis of Levien as an occupation force cannot be acknowledged. The empire there also yielded command to the Isthiel royal family and the Marquis of Levien.]
‘I also bowed my head, but you guys dare to raise your head?’ In front of a statement full of intentions, the Kingdom Union quietly shut its mouth as if it had never done that.
At that time, it was just a statement that I passed without much thought, but now it has become a letter of gratitude to the extent that I feel grateful every time I see it.
I hate to admit it.
“Does this pain continue until we reach Thor…?”
“Hmm, I don’t know. To be honest, I also thought I’d give up after a few repetitions, but because of that incident…” ”
Damn it, you bastard…”
Looking at Ragnis, who was grinding his teeth to the extent that he might be breaking, he habitually cautioned. It was Lenissa who was going to give it to her, but she sighed and decided to leave it alone for a while.
Right now, Lenisa herself was calling that human an asshole in a private setting with the other knights. Anyway, Ragnis’ anger could not last very long.
– Pip!
A distant whistle signaled the arrival of her new assignment.
“Looks like the scouts have returned.”
“…It’s earlier than expected.”
There is only one reason why the flying dragon knight’s return was faster than expected.
“There was only about a week left until Thor, right?”
“It was like that until just now.”
Feeling tired, Ragnis got up from his seat while washing his face and left the command post.
Ragnis sighed deeply as he looked around at the dragon knights approaching across the clear sky, the opposite of his gloomy state of mind, and the soldiers busily moving around the camp. Ragnis tried to move to the place where the dragon knights returned from reconnaissance would land.
A completely unexpected sight was caught in her field of vision.
“…Leica?”
The sight of a dog walking across the camp alone, holding a two-handed ax that seemed to be a burden many times larger than itself, casually holding in its mouth and receiving the eyes of countless soldiers, made me feel an indescribably difficult feeling.
Everyone knows that Laika is no ordinary dog.
Rather, no one treats Laika as a simple dog because she has been seen walking around the battlefield with Asillie so often. So, even if he wanders alone sometimes, he doesn’t even care, thinking that he will return to his owner on his own.
However, that was only the case when I was accompanied by Asillie. It is inevitable to draw attention to moving a huge ax of unknown origin like a light bone like now.
And it was Ragnis who knew where the ax came from, so he was no exception. He has something to do with it, so he bites that thing and heads for the clearing where the dragons are gathered?
“What, why is he going to the station?”
It wasn’t something that came out of my mouth without my knowledge.
Hearing the long, resounding whistle, Siegfried, like Ragnis, foreseeing what was to come, came out yawning and found Laika and said,
Ragnis shook his head, feeling that the strange sense of distance, which seemed to be awkward as in the academy, but treated the superiors properly, was similar to that of Eldmia.
“I was about to go because I didn’t know.”
Had Asilie run an errand?
If it was an ordinary dog, it would be a hypothetical hypothesis, but since it was Laika, it became a question that was not strange.
Suddenly, Ragnis, who had been walking with Siegfried, arrived at the clearing, stabbing the soldiers who occasionally glanced at him and Siegfried alternately, stabbing them to death with only their eyes.
And as soon as he arrived at the clearing, he approached the flying dragon of Eldmia and burst into laughter when he saw the ax leaning against his body.
Asili was nowhere to be seen, but Laika didn’t care and moved around, succeeding in catching another dragon manager.
At first, the janitor was confused, but he quickly realized Laika’s intentions.
He was able to tie Eldmia’s two-handed ax to the dragon’s saddle after struggling with the other custodians, and an empty smile spread across the faces of the others as they watched Laika shake his hips.
Everyone thought it was a heartwarming sight that made them forget even the tension of the battlefield for a moment.
“Wow, is that even possible? I guess I should try getting a pet too.”
At Siegfried’s words, Ragnis also had a similar sentiment and smiled as if he was full of energy, but he had to tilt his head at the action of the flying dragon.
When the caretaker stepped back and Laika reached my feet, he moved one foot as if it were natural and carefully grabbed the Leica…
“Huh?”
It started flapping its wings.
“Uh uh!?”
The manager, who was smiling happily after completing his work, reacted first, but that was it.
“Don’t stop it! Stop it so it can’t fly!”
Unlike other dragons, the dragon, which was able to float with only a couple of flutters, spurred off the ground and flew up in an instant, before everyone even rushed at it.
It flew so fast that even when it was caught by its feet, Laika’s face, which was panting with her tongue out as if she didn’t know anything about the world, shimmered like an afterimage.
Everyone who had been stunned with a warm smile and unable to stop the sudden action of the flying dragons stopped as if frozen, and then very slowly moved their gaze towards the supreme commander who was sitting there.
“…haha.”
For some reason, Ragnis was smiling even though he had personally witnessed the unprecedented catastrophe.