The Sended's

Chapter 47: The Show of Strength

What Fritz said was true, Kelfia had more mysteries than everyone imagined. But really one of the great mysteries has been Ryuu and his friends revealed, namely about the creation of the world and the universe

Even so, they still have a lot to know.

Our trip to the city of Ladenvield wasn't as smooth as I thought, but I didn't think it would be that smooth either. The result was that we reached the southern tip of the island a month after our departure

Well... more a day.. If it is like this it will sound a little, but a day is a vital time.

About the obstacles we experienced, there were only a few small armies of enemies that confronted, which made the old was because their internal problems were worse than I expected

Hungry villages demanded that we arrive later than I expected, but in exchange for helping them, we gained more strength and full support when Laden was conquered.

Ladenvield had very little food supply, and when they continued to fight against us the starving people were clear

In the history of the earth I used to be....

Why do you think today's people can have such huge numbers, and why not have these numbers been around for a long time?

If your answer is advanced health, it is not a bad answer. But still less true

The reason behind all this is food.

The great cities of antiquity like Rome and Carthage had large agricultural sectors outside their walls, which sustained population growth to hundreds of thousands

Even in medieval times, take for example the city of Constatinople had a much larger population than Paris at that time. Because they master certain techniques to sustain their population

Of course, it all depends on the food problem

So when war breaks out and some supplies are given to the military then of course the people will starve, especially in this era which is similar to medieval on earth....

"Enemy squad in sight!"

We were moving in line, and our scout came and told him what he saw ahead

"Miss, the enemy is sending his army again, this time bigger than before" he said

"What forces do we defeat in front of the Ruby forest is also included in this previous word?" much

"T-No, I'm sorry miss I mean the small army they're constantly sending out,"

"Tell me how many they are,"

"900 soldiers, miss, they have a camp on the hill in front,"

Only 900 anyway? Maybe it was their last defence before the city of Ladenvield, a good try but unfortunately in terms of numbers now they have lost a lot to us

With the addition of the villagers and the defected soldiers of Ladenvield, the Ruby army I led now reached 1700. Almost doubled their number, so now we have at least an initial advantage

Hm..... As much as possible I want to suppress our casualty count for the siege later, so I will once again rely on the Crossbowmen

Now they have 400, twice as many as before. I put everything in the two front row, the tactic is still the same: shoot once and then retreat, but because there are two rows so there will be two waves of arrows

"Sir Percival!" call me

"Miss?"

"Gather the best soldiers and line them up behind the Crossbowman, arm them with long spears and light shields, then-"

"Miss Rune! Miss!"

What else this time? A Ruby soldier rode towards me

"Miss, Queen Lofi has arrived with Ruby's reinforcements, she brings more than 2000 soldiers, besides,"

Yosh! Everything goes according to the plan we discussed, this war will end here.

The enemy in front of Ryuu is not actually an official Laden force, they are the young men who decide to take up their weapons knowing that Ruby's forces are committing a heinous act as long as they move there

But Ryuu may not agree with that, because they did nothing.

The army Ryuu leads has become a professional army which is no longer interested in looting or similar acts, because it will punish anyone who dares to do so

And the punishment he gave to his own soldiers was even worse than that of prisoners of war, where it was mentioned could not bear

One of his punishments was to tie the soldier to a tree and leave him alone. Ryuu says if God does love him then he will be separated from the bond, if God feels pity then he will die by a wild animal

But if the God hated him which was because he had committed a heinous act, then he would continue to be bound there and die slowly from hunger, thirst, and death, or maybe it's hot and cold no one knows.

Therefore no one dared to even take the property of the citizens of Ladenvield village, let alone rape them

In exchange Ryuu only asked for a place for his troops to rest, and often even villagers welcomed them as liberators and gave them some food supplies

People's opinions became very kind to Ruby, and on the other hand even worse to Ladenvield.

Then how could the young men consider Ruby's army to be committing a heinous act? Well as Ryuu said as well, rumors can change everything. In this case, it is called propaganda

"So that's how it is?"

"Really! You're just a beast under the guise of a human!"

Hahh.

Long story short we won the battle just now, especially because the numbers are already very unbalanced....

"Yumu!" It's Kyouka

He called me Ryuu again

"Kyouka, nothing happened during this month right?"

"Nobody is good enough, but the military still criticizes you, especially because of the punishment you give,"

"Ryuu, what you asked me to do," Maou said as she handed me a paper scroll

Oho! It's very detailed, will be very useful in the future

"Thank you, Maou,"

"In addition to working on your project, Maou also helped create many other objects! He's really very helpful,"

"I-I didn't.." wow, there came again a shy Maou who was praised by Kyouka

So Maou made a lot of things in the capital? But even so he could still design this monster, it turned out that he was indeed a genius

Uh! Right, I forgot the prisoner of war

"It looks like you've been lied to, so I'll prove the truth,"

Proving it is quite easy, just call the villagers he means, lucky there are some people who enter my army is not it?

And then there was a brief distrust of what they saw, after which they realized that everything their government said was a lie, and again the opinion of Ladenvield was declining....

"We will continue our journey to the city of Ladenvield, now what will you do?" much

"Eh? You mean we'll just be left alone?"

"Yes, you are not an official force so we cannot hold you back" I replied

After thinking for a long time, he as the leader of the youth army replied

"Allow us to join you,"

Kekeke.... I've been waiting for that sentence to come out of his mouth, so what's my answer?

"Of course, the enemy of your enemy is a friend,"

How could I refuse additional labor, right? Those who say that fewer numbers will be more effective than modern soldiers, I respect their opinions. But I myself am not so interested in modern warfare

Hehehe, I prefer large-scale battles involving tens of thousands or maybe hundreds of thousands of soldiers in it, because it will be more challenging and difficult for me.

Their ties were removed and they were guided to the equipment area, the rest I don't know anymore.I have more than 4,000 soldiers under my command.

Ahhe.... 4,000 yes...? That's a very good amount, but still less. I want more!

"Kyouka, how many people are Ruby now?" much

"Eh.... If from the entire region maybe 150,000? If only the capital is around 45,000, why?"

"Ck!"

If only that then even 10% military service only makes me have 15,000 soldiers. And which country obliges ten percent of its citizens to join the war?

Here I have to attach more importance to public opinion than to my war desires.

Hahh....

"Hoi, you're not thinking about getting civilians into the military, are you?!" I'm not caught, Kyouka's instinct is getting sharper

Or maybe it's because he's known me for a long time?

"Eh? You mean conscription? Is that really what you're thinking, Ryuu?" Maou summarized Kyouka's question

Uhh.... Now what should I do?

"W-Well but I'm going to say my intention,"

"Are you crazy, Ryuu?! No, I know you're crazy but getting civilians into the military is the last thing you should do" Kyouka said

"Kyouka is right, it will have a big impact on the country's economy" Maou continued

"It's not just the economy, if you know that our country is already experiencing a food production deficit with the current number of troops, then not to mention they will start protesting, if they finally rebel do you want to. t-wait why are you even smiling-"

Hehe, I smiled hearing all the words that came out of Kyouka's mouth. He finally realized why I was smiling? That's because he now understands how difficult it is to lead a country

And maybe because he realized that there was also a rebellion in my Empire, which I quickly eradicated with military force....

"More...."

"Kyouka?" Maou was worried about him because he suddenly kept silent

"Yes-yes I know, so I gave up my intentions. Actually with a soldier like this is enough,"

I walked up that hill and saw a town on the South end of the island, Ladenvield

"It's enough to take them and Edelfield, but as soon as we take Edelfield, we have to double our army" I said

Kyouka and Maou caught up with me, the three of us saw the walled city from afar

The sun began to set on the right side, the mountains on the left were already as dark as night. But the wind was blowing from the direction of the city, the direction of the South, as if trying to drive us away

"Miss Rune, Mr Diablo, and Queen Lofi, the wind blowing from the south seems to have a bad effect on the soldiers, it's like-" Percival reported

"Deliver us? I agree, it's also not good for our arrows" Maou cut

"You want to delay until the wind changes?" Ask Kyouka

Hmmm.....

"Alright, we're delaying the siege but I want a show of strength first,"