The Sended's

Chapter 40: Winning and Ruling aren't the Same

"It's a condition of me, Ladenvield has stockpiled 2000 soldiers across the river, they can attack at any time" Maximilian said

"Sir Maxmilian, isn't that a secret?" Ask the knight nearby

The soldiers watching seemed to be in disbelief at what their general had said, some of them started to fear this number. Again a mind game by the General....

It seems like this information is kept secret to the public, but he unpacked it to make it difficult for me

"You have to defeat that army before they attack, otherwise you are not worthy to replace me" he continued

You see, this information can make the morale of Ruby's troops become bad, fear of the enemy is a disadvantage, sometimes confidence is a good thing especially in this situation

General Maximilian just dismantled it and it will make it difficult for me to lead the army, actually why he did all this.... Is it worth sacrificing Ruby's entire army for her ego?

But actually it's not a problem for me, 2000 is a smaller number than when I was in the army of the Great Eastern Empire, when the Revolutionary Nonna warriors and war machines stormed our trenches in the North, their numbers reached dozens of divisions

More than 200,000 humans hit us like waves in the ocean, even rocks can be broken because of it, but at that time we were in a very profitable position, he said, I don't know why a message came from the boss to back down

Even though Revolutionary Nonna invaded us with 200,000 soldiers, we also had over 100,000 by our side, it was more than enough when our tactic was to hold on until help arrived, our position is very strategic

Ah... I thought about that upsetting incident again, I should have forgotten it because I could have a headache

By the way I took Maximilian's terms for granted, without any complaints I just agreed

"Alright, then I consider myself to have become a General even though only temporarily,"

And this time I have not prepared anything to deal with the existing problems, I do not know how my subordinates are capable, how fast they move in ranks, how their resource chains work, how their resource chains work, and what is certain is the enemy's ability

But well sometimes the plan can be made by improvisation, as in a battle when nothing is static, usually the Generals do that to their tactics, he said, if in the end the strategy can be achieved then there is no harm in changing tactics

It's going to be a tiring job, but I seem to have been in a worse situation

"You hear that soldier?! I am the one who will replace General Maximilian for a while, my name is Rune without a surname like Queen Lofi, it is because we grew up together from a remote tribe,"

That's right, after studying Ruby even further I found there are other cultures that are quite interesting, it is the hierarchy between tribes in the Ruby forest

There are several tribes that have the highest status, they have family names similar to the royal family and they are respected like the royal family, middle-class tribes are very many and both have surnames but they are just like us who do not get respect from anyone

Then there was us, the Afiel tribe who were one of the three tribes that were considered the lowest. In fact the lowest-regarded tribes had the least number, even fewer than those with the highest honor

We don't have a surname, it's a symbol that nobody accepts us as their family. Well, I don't know yet why we became such a wasted tribe, I'll learn later.

"Queen Lofi's friend?"

"Isn't that Nepo-what's that?"

"Yes, but the Queen strongly rejected him,"

Nepotism.... if considered so then I look bad dong? Usually people who ride because of nepotism will do their job poorly, right?

"I am the brain behind the liberation of the Ruby people!"

This statement surprised everyone, because it was tantamount to degrading their queen Kyouka by saying that it was not she who actually freed Ruby from Laden's slavery

"Lepshooter!!"

"Liar!!"

"You humbled the Queen with your tongue!"

Hahaha..It is only natural that no one believes, because I only lead a few people at that time and the rest Kyouka takes care of. It could be said that I am a batter and one who tells where the wind should blow, Kyouka is a fire and wind blower itself

"You don't believe it...? Then try singing the freedom song Sir Robert wrote,"

Robert was one of the people who became a member of my group when I started the Ruby liberation plan, he became a musician famous for creating freedom songs

All the members of my group used to actually be the top brass in this kingdom, and luckily they did their job well. I heard that they often told people about myself, but still no one believed and even they considered degrading Kyouka like me

So Robert takes a different path, when something is too dangerous to say, sing it

Freedom songs have lyrics about how Kyouka led the Ruby against Ladenvield and became a free man, and a white unraveling girl who helped him in achieving that

"And so began the great plan

Ten years of suffering, ending in one night

We are free, we are free

All because of our spirit, our Queen, and the heroes

One man started, fifteen followed him, two thousand completed

Oh hey run and spread the word

Then Ruby will be free forever

Oh hey if you look at it, the iron row in front is walking slowly inside the forest

Oh hey run and spread the word

Then the Queen will lift her spear, and we will remain forever free,"

About so....

The white girl with the red bead mentioned there is considered as the embodiment of the ancestor by the creator of the song, but actually Robert never once did a clarification, let them consider it so

Until the white unraveling girl with her red bead came straight, it was me....

"The white girl..."

"With red beads like blood...."

"He's right!"

Hm? There was a person who exclaimed from behind the crowd

The soldiers stepped aside to show the man, it seemed that he was not one of the soldiers but rather the merchant that Kyouka was tasked with sending food supplies, but that was not all.... he's also a member of my old group like Robert

If his name was not Alfred, he was neither the bravest nor the most powerful in my group, in fact he used to be quite timid and he only joined because his brother Aele also joined

"Alfred! Almost three years have passed, huh?"

"Miss Rune, you've been troubling Queen Lofi for that long. I'm glad that you're finally back,"

Haha..it seems like Kyouka is really a hassle as long as I am not around

"Hey, Sir Robert and Lord Alfred were both heroes of liberation along with thirteen others right?"

"Yes, they have always shared that there are people behind our nation's freedom,"

"So what does that mean she's the girl in question?"

"Why isn't he leading us? Why did he leave us?"

"Then what does it mean that the Queen only follows her directions?"

I patted my hand once I was hardened using magic so that their conversation stopped and noticed me, because maybe later there was even a wave of rejection until the rebellion due to rumors

"First, let's repeat, my name is Rune, the former leader of the first liberation group that you now consider a hero. I planned Ruby's complete release and I planned for you to go back to the forest

But the rest of it was controlled by Kyo-I mean Lofi the Queen," damn the slip again

"The reason it's not me leading you is because winning wars and leading empires is not the same, so what I've been doing for the last three years, I made observations of Edelfield and the land across the sea there. Because we don't have anyone who can do that yet so I did it myself

Did this answer all your questions?" much

"Can you use magic like the Queen?"

"Sure,"

I showed the wind magic that made the mist in the forest resemble mythical animals like Griffin and Centaur which unfortunately was never said in any book I read in this world

It doesn't rule them out, but it means they're not around....

Seeing that they were amazed, yes those who came from this world alone to be amazed like that especially me and Kyouka when they first used magic

Uh! But there's a story about that, the reason why they're so amazed.

There are actually similarities between Edelfield, Ladenvield, and the tribes living in the Ruby forest, it is these three that forbid the use of magic. But for the Ruby magic can be done only by the village elders, it was limited to using weak magic only

Because if we are strong then it is impossible that we could have been enslaved by Ladenvield....

It is said that when the first people landed on this island, they still let magic users exist and coexist, but about a hundred years before my birth it was known that the number of witches began to drop drastically and just disappear

Some say that on this island there is a hunt for magic users because they are afraid it will bring destruction, that is also what I believe the hell because even on earth there is this kind of event

The witch hunt was considered heretical by certain beliefs, during which time paranoia and terror spread everywhere, well even though it has passed and we know that the lives of people who died because of hunting were in vain because well where was there magic on earth first?

But it's different here, the witch hunt actually backfired because now I can't do magic use experiments in battle. Oh, just heard interesting, right? Witch Corps....