The Sended's

Chapter 19: Resolute Resolution

Damnit damnit! if this continues, we will not survive until the day after tomorrow. Where is Ryuu now?

"Miss Funomiya, enemy reinforcements have arrived which are estimated to be up to five thousand units" one soldier reported

"Five grand?!"

"Damn, if they keep coming, even Hotaru's fortress....,"

They came at a bad time, we were already quite exhausted with the ones here. But actually I already knew that there would be enemy reinforcements, because in times like this information is very important, I sent dozens of spies to Yui territory

But... shouldn't the number of relief troops be up to ten thousand?

Wait a minute, if something like this means something's wrong with their army. What had happened until their forces were reduced by half?

However, it may also be because the civil war in the North was so large that it cost up to half the army

We've held out for five days since the arrival of Yui's main force, with the arrival of the second army certain tomorrow is our defeat

"Gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation so far, I am Funomiya Asagi happy to be able to fight with you. We will defend this fortress until the last soldier, because surrendering to the Yui clan is tantamount to dying, so it is better if we die on the battlefield, than to die with shackles around our necks!!" I said firmly to the clan leaders who were there

Our hopes began to fade as wave after wave of Yui troops continued to be waged day by day

The tightly closed gate of the fortress also began to be fragile due to the cannons and the Yui clan's battering ram

Even so, an unknown messenger delivers a letter containing a few words that might change the current situation.

'Look early in the morning, come out of your nest. With the sun, we rise and win

- Tadashii Ryuu'

Surviving in Hotaru fortress is not a tactic to win, it is a tactic to lose longer. With the message from Ryuu, this is the only hope to win the battle, I had to believe it and he had to come

Or we will all die honorably on the battlefield in front of Hotaru fortress

"Listen to my troops!! The day we were waiting for has arrived. If we can hold them today, then the victory will come later. Then rise up!! Don't let them win now, because we're the ones who will win tomorrow!!" yell again

But I've said the same sentence over and over again, from here I see the soldiers who are starting to lose hope, they can barely even stand up

Hopefully Ryuu can keep his promise, because he is the only hope

"Funomiya, what are you saying is true?" asked a little girl who was the leader of the Riku clan, a coalition clan that was on top of the mountain

"Will it be just words of encouragement like the one before?" asked a big man who was the leader of the Shizu clan, a clan that bordered directly with the Yui clan

The Shizu Clan was also the one who actually owned this Hotaru fortress

"So, I don't know yet" I replied to them all

Tomorrow is the proof. Ryuu, I trust you, don't disappoint us coalition forces

《Ryuu POV Start》

Having sent the messenger to Funomiya, now we only need to rest until morning. After that, the last step was made

A solution in this battle.

"Teacher, how are you?" ask me around the camp

"I'm good, miss," replied the soldier who was playing cards with the other soldiers

I went around inspecting all the soldiers I brought in this war, so that we could be more familiar and trusting

"Kyouka, are you in good health?" I entered the treatment tent again

"No, I'm bored" replied Kyouka

"Calm down, tomorrow will be the last day of this battle,"

It is true that tomorrow is the last day of this battle, but this war will continue until the Yui clan is subdued under the Oda flag

We went through the last night before tomorrow's victory, with 300 dead and 500 wounded, I can say I won big

seven hundred people for five thousand people huh? A profitable exchange, right? But there's no way I'm saying this in front of my troops, surely my impression will be bad later

I slowly closed my eyes, dissolved in a nightmare I had seen before

I was lying on a long iron floor, slowly the salt water soaked my cheeks and it didn't take long for my body to sink by the water along with the iron floor

I woke up and realized that it was just a dream, then immediately washed my face with water. I've seen this dream twice, what does it mean?

"Hoi Ryuu, isn't the solution any minute now?" kyouka said next to me

He saw me rushing towards the water source and washing my face, maybe he was curious and followed me and finally met me

"Yes, the army is being prepared by their leaders, that is what the leader of every army is for," I explained to him

True too....

"Later, the medical team will come to the field" I said

"What!?" kyouka asked in surprise

"This settlement battle was different from before, not a single troop had retreated to deliver the wounded. The medical team that has to go straight into battle" I explained again

"Well, I'll take part, too,"

I want Kyouka to see the reality of life in this world, where war continues on all lands. There is no comfortable life like before, we must kill to be able to live our own lives, at least until I rule the world

This world sounds so horrible, right....?

I took a horse and rode it with a bayonet-equipped rifle, a pistol, and a knife

Then using the horse I moved towards the 7,000 Oda troops who had prepared, in front of them there were already five people who were their leaders

"What are you waiting for? Come on!" I said and moved away from them

"All the troops, move!!" command of one of the leaders

They hurried to pick up supplies and for the horsemen, they took their horses in the stables

The plan was simple, the rider troops advanced in front while the ones walking behind them. The medical team is placed at the back

My troops started firing them at their best firing range, resulting in heavy casualties

The enemy himself did not have time to prepare, let alone their second army which I believe must have immediately rested after arriving here, was now attacked again....

But the problem is in their numbers, that's why I sent the messenger into the fortress

《Funomiya POV Start》

"Miss, the enemy forces seem to be focusing the soldiers to their rear" one scout reported

"What's going on?" ask the Riku clan leader

"It seems that an army attacked them from behind" the scout replied again

I along with the other clan leaders immediately headed over the fortress to see the incident. Sure enough, the enemy troops that had previously surrounded this fortress were now focusing on the back of their camp

"The basic color is red and the logo is, they are a clan.", said the leader of the Shizu clan that I cut.

"Oda, they're the Oda clan who are far away in the South" I cut

What the hell is going on here? How did that little clan suddenly get here? But whatever it is, this is our chance to end this war

"We're out!! Attack the Yui clan!" attack the troops inside the fort

"Yes!!" answer them simultaneously

This gate that had been almost destroyed, finally opened from the inside. Thousands of our troops came out quickly and finished off the Yui soldiers who were focusing on their rear

We clan leaders also come down in this battle

Accompanied by thick fog, we finished off Yui's forces one by one and left their corpses behind us

I guess the flow of the battle has already turned around, and it was caused by a small clan from the South?

《Ryuu POV Start》

It's been a long time since I killed so many people, what else in a situation like this. A thick fog covered our view but it was not a problem for me

I charged forward leaving my troops behind and started slaughtering the Yui clan who dared to point their weapons at me

For the granting of 'Acceleration' by God, even a high-speed bullet I can avoid easily

I keep killing....

And kill....

Until at this point I realized that Yui's troops had begun to flee the battlefield rather than fight me at the same time

I rubbed this blood-filled face with my right hand, then I saw this hand, a sinful hand huh?

When I was still looking at my hand, screams started to reappear from the front. I thought that it was Yui's other army

"Yeah!"

But not until I see a familiar woman in my eyes is she Funomiya. He was also surprised to see me

He stood alone while holding a katana with no troops beside him

"Ryuu Tadashii?" ask Funomiya

I still sighed for using 'Acceleration' too often, then suddenly a soldier of mine ran from behind me preparing to stab at Funomiya target

When he was near me, I stopped him

"Stop!!" my teri

The sun began to rise slowly, the Oda army behind me and the coalition behind Funomiya finally became clear with the loss of fog this morning

Not only that one soldier, all the troops behind me also stopped because they heard my orders

"From here you won't find any more Yui troops, so it's better to turn around and look for them in the back" I said

"Okay, Miss!!" answer them

Funomiya still seems surprised by what he saw, of course because he did not know before that I am the leader of a clan

"I have kept my promise, you better pay it by granting my request" I told him

"Calm down, I've prepared myself" he replied

I turned away from Funomiya and walked back to regroup with my troops

"Together with the sun, we rise and win huh?" funomiya said from a distance

Even the sun had not yet fully risen, but the enemy was already defeated.

I was quite satisfied with this result, the casualties on our side were not up to a thousand, whereas the enemy lost his entire army

I washed my face as before with clean water and wiped it with a cloth. My face is full of blood and dust.

"Ryuu, are you okay?" asked Kyouka from behind me while I was rubbing my face

I turned around and looked at him still with a little blood on my face, then he stopped and his body trembled to see me

"Ah, sorry it's my fault, I shouldn't have shown my eyes especially after killing so many people" I said, closing my eyes and turning my eyes away

"No, it's okay.but what is it? Why do I goosebumps when I look into your eyes after a war?" ask Kyouka again

"Let's know, maybe the life I just took can be seen by you through my red eyes" I replied

I myself am aware that my red eyes are unsightly to the people of this region especially after I have taken many lives, but not with the Oda people.

Because these red eyes must be owned by the descendants of the clan leader, even though mine is an exception because it seems to light up quite brightly

Their blood eyes said, it's a nickname for us members of the Oda clan. But the nickname of my eyes is the eyes of blood under the moon

Ah right too, by the way I will collect Funomiya's debt. About where he is now, huh....?