Junta & Wizarding World
#17 Tactics
After the servant saluted in a bowed manner, he left Junta and Kou in the room, this room looked quite spacious, right in front of the door, there was a table that was quite long and 6 chairs that surrounded him, each chair was laid out in a row of 3 facing each other, facing each other, in the center of the table were 3 candles placed on a candle holder made of iron, then to the right of the table, there was a fireplace that was still burning, not only that, but also, some bookshelves are also neatly arranged in several places in this living room, not to forget also in every corner of the room, there is a kind of plant placed in a brown pot.
“Hm, spacious also this room”
“Sister, can I ask why Brother helped the rabbit queen?”
“Kou Information, if we can help that queen, we might be able to learn a lot about this world from her”
“As I expected apparently, but Big Brother, if we are indeed going to fight against something that attacks us with such force earlier, then our enemy is really strong”
“About that, you know you broke the rules right Kou?”
“I know, but as I said earlier, if I don't use that power, then we're definitely dead now”
“Is the attack that strong? To the extent that you have to use-”
“Very strong, I didn't lie to you Brother, actually I'd rather not interfere too much with someone's affairs like this, even more so with something that has such power, but, uh, if the head of the Rayka family says yes, then I can only follow that command”
“I accepted this offer because I already have some plans for Kou, besides information, the rabbit queen promised that she would grant 4 of our requests, who knew that 4 requests we would need later in the future?”
“Alright well, I understand, I believe in you Brother, ah yes, I've got a glimpse of this world”
“Ah, I just remembered that you went to gather information before we were brought here, how?”
“Sorry I'm Big Brother, but my guess is right, we entered the world” wrong
“So yes...”
“I don't know how this happened, I'm really sure we'll go to the world I talked about when the gate was open...”.
“No need to blame yourself, now that we know that we are not in the world you want to go to, does this mean you can't take us home?”
“I don't know, what I learned was how to open the gate to the world I want, not to this world.”
“So…. I think I'm gonna leave that gate problem to you Kou, I trust you, and I believe that you're gonna take us home”
“I understand, leave that to me Brother, I'll find a way to take us home”
“By the way how do you think about this castle?”
“Yes.. Aside from the shape of his door.. I don't think there's anything strange”.
“Shape door yes..”
The junta looked towards the entrance of the living room.
“I don't think there's a problem with the shape of his door..”.
“I mean, have you ever seen a door shape that blends a rectangle with a semicircle?”
“H.. In our country there is no such shape, but the shape of this door I believe is abroad, actually the shape of this door is also not too strange in my opinion Kou, as well, this door is rectangular like a door in general, it's just that above this door there is a kind of additional shape semicircular”
“Yes well, if indeed it is not strange in your opinion then it is also not strange in my opinion, after all we are in another world, no wonder there are one or two different things with our world”
“To be exact, I just remembered that all the doors in this castle have the same shape as this living room door.”
Not long after Junta said that, the door of the parlor opened and the rabbit queen and Hako went inside carrying a long, neatly rolled up paper.
“Sorry to make you wait”
“Not what Your Majesty, once again I must praise the beauty that is in your kingdom”
“You praise me too much Junta, this room is indeed me who made the design, but all it will not work without the help of my trusted people”
After the rabbit queen finished her words, Hako placed the rolled up paper on the table, after it was laid, Junta and Kou sat on the chair surrounding the table, they sat next to each other, sitting next to each other, then Hako and the Rabbit Queen sat across from them.
“Before I start this, let me introduce myself, my name is Rana ko Vertick, I am the 121st leader in this kingdom, you can call me Queen Rana if you want”
“And I am the head of the military in this kingdom, Elizabeth Hako, I prefer if you call me Hako”
“Alright, thank you for your introduction, me and Kou will remember this”
“Alright, let's go directly to the discussion, Hako”
“Good Your Majesty”
Hako placed the index finger of her right hand on that particular point on the paper, the paper was apparently a map, and the map was large enough to fill the table.
“This is our position”
Hako's index finger leads to a very small region, at the bottom of the region, there is the sea, and on the left there is a horizontal drawn mountain range, which is, on the right is another region that has the same color as the region designated by Hako is red, as well as on top of that region, there are other regions that are given red.
“Hm, can I know what the color red inI means?”
“It was the territory of this kingdom, or rather it used to be the territory of our kingdom”
And on the map, the red-coloured territory is actually quite a lot, it is certain that this kingdom is a large and vast kingdom.
“I see, it looks like you guys are really struggling in this war, I mean, look how much you guys lost your territory to the point that only one region is left
“We know that, we lost a lot of territory and resources, the situation is very bad”
After saying that, Hako moved her right forefinger to the left, arriving at a region that was given a light blue color.
“And this is our enemy, the Kingdom of Slyn”
“Slyn?”
“This kingdom is one of the big kingdom, certainly not bigger than our kingdom, but big enough to put in the ranks of 5 big kingdom”
Actually that was not what Junta wanted to know, he was more curious how to mention the unique royal name.
“So, when viewed from this map, this Slyn kingdom territory coexists with this kingdom, can I assume that our enemy is our own neighbor?”
“To be exact, we previously had a neutral relationship with this Slyn kingdom, but, for some reason since their new king ascended the throne, they became aggressive to this kingdom”
“So, and also I just realized, this map is indeed big, but I did not find many other colors on this map, where is the position of other kingdoms?”
“Oh, this map is just a map that depicts the region around this kingdom, as you can see at the top end of this map, there are other colors namely orange and white, white, this is another kingdom's territory”
“So... We are apparently neighbors with this orange region, and enemies are neighbors with the white territory, what about our neighbors? Did they help this kingdom?”
“Yes, we have good relationship with this orange region, this is Dengka” kingdom territory
“Can I know the name of this kingdom?”
“Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to say it, the name of this kingdom is Aruf”
“Hm, I understand, then this white territory?”
“It was the kingdom of Varka”
“Is this Varka kingdom good friends with our enemies?”
“Yes, they are good friends, but interestingly, the kingdom of Varka chose not to help the kingdom of Slyn in this war, probably because of the good relationship between this kingdom and their kingdom”
The Junta looked back at the map carefully, so far, the Junta knew that there were 4 kingdoms around it, in fact the Junta wanted more complete information, but the Junta does not want to be too aggressive in asking for information, so for the time being he will be silent and receive information as is.
“Alright, so far I understand what is going on, then what about this kingdom?”
“You mean our situation? We only have 1 region left, our resources are depleted, our food is depleted, the soldiers are losing the spirit to fight and the number of soldiers who can fight is also not much”
“How many numbers of our soldiers can fight?”
Hako sighed before saying.
“50.000 warrior”
“And the main enemy troops near this castle numbered 800,000 soldiers..”
“That's why I said that our situation is very bad”
“Alright, I get it, then what are your plans?”
Hako wants to say something, but is stopped by the rabbit queen.
“I plan to utilize the power of Kou to destroy the power of the enemy forces”
“My strength?”
“I see that your strength is a very great power, so I thought maybe the main enemy army can you destroy with your power it”
“I'm sorry Queen Rana, but I can't use that power”
“Eh?”
“I'll say it once again, I can't use that power, that's the rule, unless my Brother allows it or orders it”
“Do you guys have no other plans?”
“I don't know Junta, do you think there is another plan that could utilize 50,000 warriors to defeat the enemy's main army?”
“Kou?”
“Hm”
Kou put his right hand on his chin, he looks like someone who thinks hard.
“800,000 troops. Maybe I will be very helped if you can give me the geographical information that is around the territory of this kingdom”.
“Nothing interesting, mountain, river, forest, what do you want to know?”
“Is there a large forest around here?”
“Nothing if around here, but it's here”
Hako pointed to a point on the map, she pointed towards the territory of Varka kingdom.
“Here there is one of the forest is quite large, but it is located quite far from the position we”
After saying that, Hako dragged her index finger back towards the starting point, which is the only remaining territory of the Aruf kingdom.
“Too far to be fished yes... Big brother do you have any plans in your mind?”
Honestly the Junta also thought that this kingdom had no chance of victory, the Junta actually had plans to face the enemy directly in this city, but, the difference in the number of troops was too far, too, returning the morale of the soldiers would not be easy either, so if the Junta waited for the enemy to attack this city, then it would be tantamount to waiting for defeat.
The junta looked towards the rabbit queen and Hako, both making faces of confusion while looking at the map that was on the table.
“Your Majesty, do we have to destroy the main army of the enemy?”
“Of course Junta, if we can destroy them, then we have an awful lot of time to recover and prepare everything to fight back”
“How about our neighbor Dengka kingdom?”
“They? They help us, their help is food and a little weaponry”
“Hmm”
The junta re-folded both his hands in front of his chest, the situation is not very easy, the defeat for this kingdom is already in sight.
“Queen Rana, can I tell if you have some kind of special forces that have extraordinary abilities?”
“Of course I have his Kou, but, the number is not much because most of them have already been killed on the battlefield, the only remaining members are.”
The rabbit queen looked towards Hako after saying that.
“I understand, Hako is the only one left of them”
Hako clenched her hand and then hit the table firmly, so the sound of the thump from the punch echoed throughout the room.
“Sial! Damnit damnit! If only I could find out that all we attacked was bait.!”
“Hako, what happened has happened, their death is not your fault
Hako only fell silent with a look of annoyance and sadness after hearing the words of Queen Rana.
“Kou?”
“I'll follow your orders Brother”
Junta sighed, then said.
“Your Majesty, do you know who is leading the enemy main force?”
“Of course, the one who led them was the supreme general of the Slyn kingdom, a confidant of the king who had a standing as well as ability equal to Hako, General Barmun”
“General Barmun.. Hm.”.
“Sister, you already have a plan, right?”
“More or less...Alright, here's my plan, we'll go to the enemy troops, invite their leader to duel, and of course we make a bet in that duel”
“I'm sorry Junta, but General Barmun is a general that cannot be underestimated at all, are you sure?”
“And also, I think this plan will not run smoothly, the power of general Barmun can not be underestimated, if I duel with him then the best result is seri”
“Who said that the one who will be beduel is you Hako?”
Junta looked towards Kou after saying that.
“Kou, can you handle this?”
“Duel yes, I think I can”
“In this duel I will make a very crazy bet, if Kou loses, then this kingdom will fall into their hands without a fight, and if Kou wins, then this kingdom will fall into their hands, then they had to withdraw their troops and give 1 territory around this capital to the queen of Rana”
“What?! What kind of a bet is that?!”
Hako hits the table hard signaling that she disagrees, on the other hand, queen Rana looks like considering the Junta's plans.
“Are you aware of Hako? You will lose, you can't fight, rather than us wasting 50,000 of our soldiers' lives, we would rather risk this territory to gain another territory in a small fight, and that is a duel, whether Kou loses this duel or you advance to attack that army, all must flow to one goal that is defeat”
“Although so-”
“Hako”
Hako stopped talking after Queen Rana asked her to stop.
“Good, Your Highness”
“Junta, this idea of yours I admit is very interesting, to get something big of course we have to sacrifice something worth, well, I agree with your idea this”
“Yang Mulia-”
“Hako, I already said it in the throne room earlier, defeat is a sure thing for us, what Junta said is true, both Kou lost in this duel, and so on, or we try to attack the main enemy forces, or maybe we try to defeat them in this city, all ends the same, we will definitely lose”
“But His Majesty-”
“Hako, will you be with me until the last seconds of this kingdom?”
Hako immediately clenched her right hand and placed it right on her left chest, right in the part of the body close to the heart.
“I will always be with Your Majesty until the end of my life! Even if this kingdom falls, I will remain with you, Rana”
“Thank you Hako, you are indeed my best friend”
The powerless Hako saw the sad smile of queen Rana finally hugging the rabbit queen tightly, Junta did not want to disturb them, so she slightly walked away with Kou.
“The condition is really bad, no matter how I see it, 50thousand troops are not equivalent to 800thousand troops”
“Kou, can you win this fight?”
“I think I can.. Before that, I want to make sure your original purpose Big Brother”.
“As I said earlier, we will bet in this duel to get one of our territories back, and also, a duel like this I think is quite effective, he said, if we manage to defeat that general, we can demoralize their soldiers and intimidate them, if we win, he said, then we will get one territory and the enemy will definitely think 2 times before they want to strike back”
“Because they know that there is someone very strong in this kingdom, is it Brother?”
“To be precise, and if we lose, then we will only accelerate the defeat of this kingdom”
“I see, this duel does look effective, we can make an impact to the enemy without having to sacrifice many people and without causing great damage”
“This duel is in your hands Kou, the fate of this kingdom is in your hands”
“This is a heavy responsibility.. Because I will duel, can I know what the rules are?”
“The rules are like the rules of a fight in general, it's just..”.
Junta seemed to think for a moment, then said.
“For this fight, I let you use your heirloom weapon”
“Heirloom weapon... Are you sure of the decision? Our heirloom weapon is a unique weapon that each one of the Rayka family members has one, this is not a weapon that can be used at will”
“I know that, but, we do not know the strength of the enemy, it is better to be on guard than we are stuck in danger”
Kou seemed to think for a moment, then said.
“Alright, since the head of the Rayka family has allowed me, then I will do it”
