The Sended's

Chapter 29: Even a Wonderland still has Shadow

"You! Come,"

I got closer to the soldier, and he freed me from the shackles that were still in my neck and hands when the chain had been decided before. He opened the two shackles with the same key

Once released, I can now explain where I am more freely

The ghetto, as I said before, is essentially an open prison for us. Here everything is limited and always supervised by two high towers on the North and South sides.

We were given wood and makeshift equipment to build a house, the rest we had to find our own way from clay to nails. Fortunately, some Afiel villagers who are here can use the existing materials

On the first day we were able to spend the night without fear of the cold, but we still could not digest the situation. Everything really went too fast just so you know.

"Everything quickly gathers!"

The second day, we were gathered in the open ground inside this Ghetto. Everything gathers as ordered, otherwise unwanted things can happen

Here too I can realize that this Ghetto is not only inhabited by Afiel residents, it is mostly from us but there are some faces that I do not know

So for what reason were we gathered this time? Uh! Do you want to be mass killed?

"You will be divided into two groups! Artisans and Gatherers, who have no talent whatsoever, get out of the ranks quickly!"

I guess I'm included so I stepped aside, Kyouka also felt that way

After most of the prisoners had stepped aside, the soldier said many things to the craftsmen. It doesn't seem to matter to me, it's just about forging weapons and combat gear for the Ladenvield troops

"When do we want to stay here until Ryuu?"

Right too, we need to get out of here. But maybe we can learn a few things while we're here? for example, learning situations.

Those of us who are not craftsmen have their own duties, Kyouka and I were told to collect medicinal plants from within the Ruby forest. Some were told to lead the way, some were cutting down trees, some were mining stones

From there we can also improve our Ghetto on the condition that no metal and weapons enter the Ghetto, anyone tries to do that and his sentence is executed on the spot

But most of us are just children who are too small or people who are too old, so actually we just want to move on

"Maybe until we grow up" I replied.

About seven years passed with the same daily life, it felt happy when I saw myself through the reflection of river water, because I still look like myself in the previous world, very beautiful

Kyouka too, she tied her hair to be similar to the Fujiwara Kyouka I knew

Over the years more Ruby people entered our Ghetto, it is true that we were called Ruby people by the residents of Ladenvield and Edelfield. We are considered a barbarian tribe of dense forest dwellers on the border between Ladenvield and Edelfield

But what exactly does this barbarian mean?

The Romans called those who were not Romans barbarians, just because they were different cultures, so are we? The thinking of people today is very narrow

As with the word Viet, Chinese people at that time named the South with the name of the Viet means far or outside, from which the name Vietnam comes from.

Ah by the way I also managed to get a map from this island,

Maybe it's just an island, but it's huge for us Ruby people living in the Ghetto. I look forward to our future glory days

"Have you gotten 20 Ryuu's calls?"

We're taking water from the river for the Ladenvield troops, as I said now as we grow older more tasks will be put in place

"Yes, but I'll be exhausted after that,"

"Hehe, cheer up" said the man whose mana capacity was almost inexhaustible

During our work we continued to practice magic because I think this will be a weapon for us in the future, although I am actually stronger if I use other weapons but a new weapon is also not bad.

As time went on, the Ladenvield troops that kept piling up here grew more and more. More and more ghettos could also be built to get Laden's free labor from Ruby's slavery

Though I thought their strategy would be similar to Germany in the second world war, darting through the Ardenes forest and conquering the city of Sedan at lightning speed. Seven years have passed and they have not found the right path

But on the other hand I also did not hear about the Edelfield movement, they were more prosperous countries than Ladenvield because of trade with the kingdom outside the island, can't they hire mercenaries if they don't want to use their own people?

Really these two kingdoms...do they not want to win?

Hm? Did an earthquake happen?

I don't think so, the ground is shaking because there are hundreds of people running, I think....

I looked back into the Ruby forest, with the Accuracy ability I could see hundreds of people running here, all of them Ruby warriors with the characteristic circular shield made of wood

The weapons they used were originally made by village craftsmen, but with the invasion of Ladenvield into the forest they needed better quality weapons to penetrate the armour of the Ladenvield troops. They took the spears and swords of the soldiers they killed

Even some of them took the equipment of the Ladenvield soldiers and decorated it to make a difference, although it is taboo to use the equipment of dead enemies especially on the battlefield

"I think we should run Kyouka,"

"Hmm? What do you mean" Kyouka followed in the direction I saw

Eventually the fighters were pushed out of the forest and now it was in the river where Kyouka and I had previously taken water

The four jugs we brought with us thoughtlessly dropped and broke, while we ran back to the camp and the Ghetto saved ourselves

"Groans!" The guard on the wooden tower

The trumpet sounded, we could only pull over as hundreds of Ladenvield soldiers marched out of their camp, forming a formation in front of the camp to stop the enemy from taking off

The spearmen were in rows one, two, and three, while rows four and five were filled by sword troops, archers shooting from behind this line. That way they can stop the momentum of the Ruby fighter

"Ryuu! Why not come in?"

"S-while,"

This is another valuable piece of information, which I might have missed

One by one Ruby's fighters fell in front of Laden's long spear, but I believe their individual abilities are stronger than Laden's. Everything can happen because of tactical ability

Even the strongest forces can be subdued by innovations united by tactics, but if these two things are separated then the great advantage is destroyed

Ladenvield saw that he could make good use of it, little things like setting up positions were the key to their victory against Ruby. But this can also backfire deadly, why?

Before the triumph, the Romans had a rival named Carthage. These two nations fought each other three times which the three were won by Rome so they became the strongest nation at that time

This war is referred to as the Punic War and is often considered an ancient world war

In the second Punisian war there was a Carthage General named Hannibal Barca, he was a military genius who dared to take big risks with very satisfactory results as well

Long story short Hannibal met Roman troops, at that time when the heat of the war occurred because Hannibal managed to destroy the front lines of Rome and plunder the important areas of Rome, making the Roman senator must make a decision

The decision was to create an army of 100,000 elite Roman soldiers, a number that had never been thought of before for an army. Hannibal himself carried 60,000 soldiers but less than half of them were from Carthage directly

The great Roman army finally met Carthage Hannibal's army at Cannae, where his name will continue to be remembered today

So this is the point, when the Roman legions were designed to go on because they thought it was the best. Eliminate the enemy along their path and make the enemy morale freefall

Hannibal took advantage of it, besieging the Roman army with a genius move, annihilating more soldiers in one day than all the American soldiers who died during the Vietnam war

If these innovations and tactics don't continue to be developed, we can outsmart them and they often happen in history, not just during Hannibal. Another example of the second world war was the Blitzkrieg strategy, in which the allies still had a very ancient trench doctrine, or Wolfpack that was originally a threat in the Atlantic long lost its reputation as the development of radar and other marine technology, then there is the Enigma machine which became the main problem in the field of decryption was finally resolved by Alan Turing's Bombe machine

If we want to establish a kingdom here, we must know the skills of the opponent early on. And I thank the Ruby warriors who fell there, your services are invaluable to the construction of a new kingdom