The Sended's

Chapter 39: Deafening Silence

So this is where Ruby's entire military force is, in a fortified camp with wooden barricades and tapered tree trunks. Well if this is only a one-night camp, it is natural.

A place where all things military are removed, and this place is protected only by some wooden planks and such fragile towers?

Ahhhh...... How much money did Kyouka spend on his military? Even though in a crucial time like this there should be a lot of funds that he gave here

Let's not think of anything strange and meet the leader of Ruby's entire army, General Maximilian

"Stop!"

Two guards were in front of the gate, on the right and left side of the inner gate were also wooden towers with two soldiers each with their crossbows

"What do you need to come to headquarters?" Ask one of the guards

He was also the one who approached me while the one remained behind near the gate

"My name is Rune, I'm sure the Queen sent the General a letter first,"

The soldier made sure of it by going through the gate, I waited for him here....

Well... I waited for him for more than half an hour, is that natural? It can't be.... That's one of the dirty tricks that people in power usually play

To show that their position is higher so that it is awaited by others, it also makes the waiting a little upset and tired so that it can be easier to get into other tricks

"The general let you in,"

The gate was opened and well, I don't know why I was surprised by the situation inside.

The tent with a shabby cloth, the ground that was still wet even though the last rain had passed long ago, the unpleasant smell on the nose, then the soldiers who did nothing

This kind of scene can happen because of bad management, even though I am not an expert but even an ordinary person like me can say so, well what's wrong with criticizing?

To criticize something he should be able to do the same? That's wrong, that's right it's he has to know what kind of thing is better

The basis of criticism is knowledge, but in the sense of knowing what is right, not the science of doing the right thing itself. We can have different opinions, but even so there is a common sense

Like the quality of this campground, is a place as bad as this worthy of being the main headquarters?

I walked past the soldiers who were just sitting around near their tents, it was because of Ladenvield who had not been in this forest for some time

Hearing that alone was already suspicious, making me think that they were preparing for a bigger attack than usual, but they could start to lack soldiers because Maximilian does his job well in addition to the bad things that happen here

I arrived at a tent that was larger than the other tents and guarded by six soldiers, this should be the tent where Maximilian and the other army officers were

So I just walked in, the guard also let me so it looks like this is the tent

Not out of thought after I passed the gate earlier no one led me here, I looked for my own way isn't that outrageous?

A beautiful and cute 19-year-old girl walks by herself past men who have not seen women for a while because of the war.

If not, then they are dead now.

"You're the girl Queen Lofi said in the letter?"

Woah, it feels like I've experienced this. Uh! True, it's like when I first enlisted in the Germanica navy, I started missing that beautiful captain, unfortunately he died too soon

If it is not wrong then I consider my colleagues are not only limited to tools, Otto and Victoria....

Wait, now is not the time to look at the past

This room has enough lighting, because there are many candles that are lit. Inside was a large table and five seats and five men were seated, one of whom I believe was General Maximilian

The remaining four may be knights or other higher-ups, in the middle of the table there are some documents and of course a map of the surrounding area

"The general is asking you, girl," said one of the men

"Rune, my name is Rune,"

"He said, you will replace me as General Ruby, but you want to do it with my permission and my blessing,"

Maximilian, he's just an old man with completely white hair, where does Kyouka actually get this guy and how can he put him in that position?

"That's right, so I want to know how I convinced you,"

"It's easy, you just need to fight me, the best knight in Ruby's army," one of the men stood up and faced me directly in front of me

"Well, if that's the case, it's true" I said to him

"Hmm? About what?" Ask him back

"It's easy" I replied

He gritted his teeth, hahaha... Seems like he was angry huh? But that doesn't mean I'm bragging, I don't intend to do that, because it's going to be easy.

The six of us came out of this tent, attracting the attention of all the soldiers who were around here

"Envacate this area! Sir Percival is about to have a duel with Miss Rune, my future successor!" general Maximilian loudly exclaimed

The soldiers quickly got out of the way, creating a circle-shaped empty area with a diameter of five meters, but they did not leave but instead saw us from all sides

"Please choose your weapons,"

There was a wooden box that contained various kinds of weapons carried by one of the other knights, well.that alone was wrong, storing weapons into one like this would complicate distribution.

Especially if only stacked like that, the weapons are made of iron.

"I will choose the sword, the knight's weapon!"

Knights huh? Well it is true that in order to use the sword a high ability is required, therefore those who are proficient are usually recruited into the knights of a country

There is nothing more effective than a spear. The fact is that a samurai used their katana only when they had no choice, but even so the art of sword is still highly respected

"I will also use the sword," I took the sword originally

"Alright, since two parties have already taken their respective weapons, it's time for the duel to begin,"

We both approached each other in front of the General, he would give a signal to start the duel

"Start!"

But wait, this duel how did it end? Until the opponent gives up or to the death?

Percival thoughtlessly went straight ahead and tried to slash at me from the right side, I held it well. His attack was quite heavy as he was a trained knight, and he seemed to be starting to blindly

From there he continued to slash from all directions, trying to find the weak spot of my defense. On the other hand, I actually would rather avoid than fend off, this time I did so as not to be called a coward

Well, Percival won't find my weak spot because I'm much faster than him, but it's different if I want him to find it....

I weakened my hand a little when he attacked from above, it was quickly realized and utilized, as expected of a best knight

"If you keep holding on, then don't blame me for doing this!"

Once again he attacked from above, I parried him while stepping forward then changed the direction of his sword attack to the left side, when his sword was already on my left shoulder then I let it alone, then I let it go, while my sword immediately I swung and I put it right in front of his neck

I saw him widen his eyes in shock and disbelief, just like the people watching this duel were both ordinary soldiers and other Generals and knights

"Solve!!" she screamed

Of course I did not follow his will, after all just by this duel Maximilian was willing to give up his position? Otherwise Percival would have died in vain, since I had not heard of Maximilian's terms

Yes, I noticed that, I started to understand how to play them and that was to listen well, but show them you who don't listen, it will let them off guard and use simpler words

That's the second lesson, use words that are rarely used, unless the interlocutor asks what the word means, otherwise don't just explain it, because asking the meaning of a word in this world is like showing how low education that person is

Ahem! I guess that's where the lesson came from, now I'm faced with Percival who insists I want to kill him

"If you don't do that, it's my honor." well he spoke at length while Maximilian stayed on the sidelines.

The other three knights began to talk about something between them, and Percival still continued to explain the honor of a knight

"So kill me"

"You misunderstood something Sir Percival, I'm not here to be Ruby's strongest knight in your place, let it be you who have that title. I'm here to replace General Maximilian as General Ruby,"

"Killing you is unlikely to get his permission and blessing, so shall I hear what you really want, General Maximilian?"

After a silence that could care for this, he finally told me his terms