The Sended's

Chapter 50: Engines of War

"We hope you all return to the Ruby Forest soon, and we'll never bother you again,"

The man in the mustache with the white wig said so, hadeh, they will demand big things or they will buy time

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bill, but that condition is too burdensome for Ruby, we have sacrificed so much that we will get here, we will take the Ladenvield area that we have conquered" Kyouka said

"I'm sorry, Queen Lofi, but it can't be realized, Ladenvield himself is already overwhelmed with food shortages. With Ruby taking over our entire village then it would have far made things worse

If so, then Ladenvield will be destroyed slowly and equally with or without this agreement,"

"Trust me, we understand your situation....."

Ugh, I want to get a breath of fresh air, it feels so tiring just to hear the diplomats talk instead of walking from Ruby city here. So I walked away from that conversation that was going to last that long

Hwah..... Right, it's still morning and I haven't even eaten anything since yesterday, does anyone have any food nearby....?

I went to the place where they were preparing breakfast, even though no one had eaten but was lucky because they still had a few more servings

Only porridge of wheat and fruits can we serve at this time, it will be a variation when Edelfield and all their fertile lands we take over. I wish I could eat meat.....

I ate it greedily and thanked him for the food, after I put my plate in the laundry that was provided, then I went back to the front of the camp to see our situation

Percival was waiting there, as well as most of Ruby's army, they were ready to pound the city

"Ryuu? Shouldn't you accompany Kyouka?" There's a Maou

Maou was walking while holding a board to write, she was also busy huh?

"It feels so bad to listen to the diplomats talk, I want to get some fresh air" I replied

"Ehh.... Do you think Kyouka doesn't need help....?"

"Hmm... Then let's help her," I thought of something.

Diplomats will buy time if they can't get what they want, but on the other hand if they get enough pressure then they won't dare to do that anymore right?

Like I said, I'm going to put pressure on him but since I still think about it, now I remember.

Napoleon threw his glass against the wall for the Austrian diplomats to accept the conditions for their surrender, it seems that even that is quite a strong pressure let alone we know that in fact the diplomats were also afraid

"We can take the manjanik and the siege tower out, can't we?"

"Yes could have, I've put wheels on them" Maou replied

"Good, then there's no need to wait for their talks to finish, we'll start doing field tests."

Ugh, why did Ryuu leave me with them instead? He knows that if I can't be too stubborn, this job needs someone like that. He said he'd help me get away

"Listen to Mr. Bill, many of Ruby's lives have been lost in the military campaign this time. We need to take over some of Ladenvield's territory so that there is no unrest in Ruby because this campaign is considered futile" I explained

"I see, then what if Ruby took the nearest village from your forest? There will be no unrest in your kingdom, nor will our kingdom be destroyed,"

That's a slightly detrimental provision, I'm sure Ryuu also thought so-no.

"We need more, I'm sure your border village with Edelfield is difficult for you to take care of, see the distance from this city there with heavy terrain as well" I said again

"That's true, but the village is one of our largest food producers, because it's the only village that receives the same fertile soil as the land of Edelfield,"

Ughhh.....

Hm? There seemed to be a commotion outside, and the diplomat of Ladenvield seemed to realize it

"Anu, what's going on out there, sire?"

"I want to know too" I replied

We ended up out seeing what commotion it was, and how shocked he was when he saw the results of Maou's work being pulled towards the open field, is this what Ryuu said when he wanted to help me?

Does this really help?

"B-baginda, what is it?"

"That's a war machine built by our most brilliant inventor, Mr. Diablo. Then with the tactics of our General, Rune, then I'm sure your city can be conquered tonight, "just lie

It's kind of a hurler, isn't it?

Wait, why did they fill it with stones?

"Foot!"

Wh

"What?!"

One of the menjanik released pelurunha, hurling a stone weighing a hundred kilos more that up the air towards the wall of Ladenvield

"R-Queen, what does this mean?!"

"Oh sorry, it was just a trial" said Ryuu who finally returned here

Whoa! I can't believe that just once try to hit it directly, lest Maou add some components to make this panjanik more accurate, it is very helpful but well so too effective....

The development of technology that is too rapid is also bad among the community, they can be confused

Hm? Ah, I'd better help Kyouka now to deal with those diplomats.

"Try trying?! But you damaged our property, why not test it somewhere else" the diplomat said

"Well... A real target will make the exercise more efficient right?"

It didn't take long for the second, third, fourth, and fifth stones to be thrown after that, making the old man even more frantic and sweaty

"B-Baginda Queen?" ask him to Kyouka

While Kyouka herself even sighed while holding her forehead

"Haha, see? Not everything's gonna be,"

"You! Why you-"

"Don't yell so, Mr. diplomat, as long as the treaty has not been agreed then we are technically still at war. Unless there's been a ceasefire agreement by the time this meeting goes on,"

Hehe, during that time I was free to throw rocks at the city wall

"W-WHAT....?"

"We reject all your terms, Mr. Bill. We want a complete conquest of Ladenvield" Kyouka said

"But he. more than this maybe Ruby's army will-"

"There is no need to worry about your Ruby army, if you look carefully then only the spirit in their eyes to conquer your city. And with all this, I'm not even sure if your city will survive tonight,"

From the very beginning we never wanted to diplomacy with Ladenvield, and in this case it seems that all the Ruby people agreed with me even those who underestimated me before. Because our grudge is still very great against them, now when we finally get here at the center of their government and instead return, what will happen?

Of course I didn't think about it, because I didn't want to go back either....

The diplomat tried very hard to convince Kyouka, he spoke very quickly and loudly as if desperate and mentally exposed

But yeah.... Kyouka did not heed his words in the least, hehe because he would trust me more his friend

"Sir, I'll give you five minutes to get back into the town of Ladenvield, as long as we stop this hurling. But if you choose to stay here and see your city destroyed then no problem,"

"H-huh?"

"What are you waiting for? Time is up, oh! If you come back maybe you can tell them our plan, our plan is to attack the city from all sides,"

No matter telling them our tactics, we will progress slowly and they will realize it later. But I told him to get this old man back in town and not hang around here

"Four minutes left, sir....."

Hearing that, he immediately rushed towards his guard troupe and returned to the city quickly. As I said, we didn't fire a single bullet during that time, but after five minutes had passed there was no need to ask

the rocks started flying every minute, because we got a lot of it in their mining village, well it's not a village anymore but the property of the Ladenvield government

If you look at the condition of the villagers there, nothing more than seeing ourselves in their ghetto was sad.

Looks like it's enough, we'll go forward using the siege tower

"Everything ready! Go forward simultaneously!" Percival

The footsteps of the five thousand people moving in synchrony gave a strong impression to the morale of the enemy, not to mention the resulting vibration, the siege tower that they had never seen before, and some rocks that flew towards them

It might feel pretty scary.....

"It's made of wood! We can burn it!" Their leader cried over the wall

Well no problem, they could try to burn this tower siege

The enemy shot the arrow which they had planted with an oil-stained cloth and set it on fire, and it certainly hit the siege tower, but it did not burn it

But the conditions inside must still be hot, which is why cold water is periodically splashed on the Ruby soldiers inside, so we have managed to fight the blaze and heat of fire

"Percival, I'm sure you should lead the first wave up that wall,"

Percival is a great fighter, everyone knows that. With him there and kill some of Laden's soldiers in the first few seconds, then the morale of Ruby's army will rise, on the other hand the Ladenvield army will experience the opposite

"Good, miss,"

Soon he rode towards the siege tower which was almost to the wall.

"Kyouka, it's time to perform,"

"Well, you're coming too, right?" Ask Kyouka

"Sure, I'll be right behind you,"

"Me too, I wonder if the siege tower is as effective as this panjanik" Maou said