The Sended's

Chapter 53: Painfully Slow

Every war is different, every war is the same.

Neither the conquest of Ladenvield nor the battle of the Great Eastern Empire against the Nonna Federation, both have various similarities, both have various differences. The first equation is my presence in both, then the difference..... This time the gods could not interfere

"From here we'll split up, I'll tell you if there's a change in strategy" I said on horseback

"Well ladies, we'll head straight for the border village" Percival said

I'm in the village where we first won the battle against Ladenvield, from here the road of my troops and I will branch out. You see, I'm going to head into the forest first, while they're going straight to the front line

There are almost all Ruby soldiers with Percival, they all move to the village of Ladenvield which borders Edelfield. The village was also the only agricultural producer that Ladenvield had

Oh, and then about all of Ruby's soldiers there, it's actually dangerous because Edelfield could have sent a big army into the forest to attack us. If that time comes then Ruby won't have enough defense, so let's hope they don't do that

That's why I'm going to do my job faster this time.

After being in the town of Ladenvield for two days, my brain thought that Ruby was a big, prosperous city. That is not wrong, but not so true as well, just look at the price of goods in this city.... Prove that they are hard to come by

The arena just to the left after the gate can be proof that we are prosperous, but I don't know every time I enter this city the arena is always closed.

Put that aside, this city will look big and prosperous when you see people who seem happy to live in here. And thanks to the successful conquest of Ladenvield, perhaps some prices will also drop, and there will be celebrations that make the arena open

Oho! Then since entering the city gate I have not seen any soldiers roaming around, they are now placed in strategic corners of the city to be ready for alert but also on the other hand do not interfere with civil activity just by their presence.

The road to Ruby's palace from the gate is quite far too, if you see the floor plan then you can see the palace located at the top end. After the arena there will be a main road fork, I have to take the road to the right

If it is not wrong after this park is a forbidden area for ordinary citizens without interest, it means they will be immediately arrested if they pass it without permission

"Miss Rune, I will take you," if not an ordinary citizen who has no interest then who comes to approach is also not a soldier, but a palace servant

"All right,"

I was ushered through the palace gate and into it, umm.to explain the interior of Kyouka palace there was actually no other word but magnificent, but none of this he bought himself.

She's a queen, but I mean almost everything here is a gift.

I think he's draining Ruby's wealth for other things, like building this empire, as we know that we used to live under a thatched-roofed house and now we have a quality of life even higher than that of Ladenvield, the land that once enslaved us

To achieve that can't be easy, right? It can't be cheap either. The reason Kyouka did not spend money to beautify her palace was probably one of the things that made her a highly respected Queen of her people, the Mother of Ruby

We arrived at the same throne room as before when me and Maou just got here, there was Kyouka and other important people

"Lady queen, I'm coming to you" I said, looking down

"Stop it. You can go out" he told the men.

"Good, sire,"

When the people came out and the door to the throne room was closed, I returned to my usual attitude, curious about the new things that adorned the room so I wandered around there like before

"You don't have to do that, do you....? Your reputation is also now like mine, "pinta Kyouka

"That's not the case, you are indeed the Queen of this land,"

Kyouka relaxed her body on the chair

"What's the reason you came here?" Ask him

"There's no particular reason actually, I want to have a little chat" I replied

"Aren't you supposed to be quick?" Well that's true anyway

"I also need to see Maou, about that do you know where the lab is?"

"Yes, Maou's lab is inside this palace, but she's rarely here. He was in the barracks across the main street, he said he would experiment frequently which would be dangerous if done indoors,"

"Eh.. is that so... hmmm,"

I'm moving here and there.

"What are you really doing?" Kyouka was upset by my behavior

"Eh? No, I'm just thinking about the time when I was emperor, my room was like this,"

"uh? If you want I can abdicate and-"

"No! You can't do that, I don't want to be emperor or queen or any other monarch again!"

"Hmm? You seem to be very afraid of this position huh? I don't think it's so bad, actually," he said

"If you like it then just keep going, I really don't want it at all,"

"Excuse me," Maou entered this room

"Maou?! Didn't you say there was an important experiment today?" ask Kyouka

Hehe, I already notified Maou first before coming in

"Ryuu, isn't there a problem in Ladenvield?" Ask Maou

"Hey! You guys also just left town a day ago, do you think I caused trouble there in just a day?"

"Well...." Why is Kyouka nostalgic?

Wait, seriously, have I ever been?!

"Bright.... Kyouka, do we have a town by the sea?" Ask after breathing

"You remind me, we do have a new city built on the seafront after the costly logging of the forest there. The plan was to create a port that could rival the port of Edelfield in terms of trade, "It was a good plan, but we didn't really need it

"Looks like I'm gonna have to change your plan, we're gonna make that city a fishing industry city and a military shipyard,"

"Ehh... and then the trade?" Ask Kyouka again

"Calm down, we'll trade in the port of Edelfield if we start building up our naval power in that new city,"

I mean, we're not going to eventually conquer Edelfield, what's the point of having two trading ports? Well that would be great anyway. if we really wanted to rely heavily on trading.

But I'm sure Ruby's income does not come from there alone, the proof so far we have never been in trouble even though we have never traded with other countries, or maybe not? We only stood for about two years

"Let me guess, the reason you called me was because you wanted to design the ship?" Maou

"That's right, you really understand my thoughts, Maou. Guess what I'm thinking now?"

"This is not how it works....."

"But in order not to make a mistake, what kind of design do you want?" Ask Maou

He took blueprint paper and all the equipment to draw his design, placed on a small table on the edge of the room

Kyouka and I approached to see the work of the Maou, also I will explain how the design I want

"Middle ages, one screen," I replied

"All right...."

The Maou quickly drew that and the result was my expedition, it was a medieval ship that was only used as transportation

While Kyouka and I were still admiring the detailed and nice picture of Maou despite being drawn in such a short time, she picked up another blueprint paper she had drawn

Maou showed us that and well as always he surprised me and amazed me

This time it is a picture of an early modern era ship, where the concept of raising a lot of cannons on board is new and effective. What he drew was a mast-class ship, ship of the line, perhaps the first modern-day class warship in history

With three masts and over a hundred cannons, this ship was made for combat.

But still....

"We will use this design later, but for now.." I remain steadfast not to use gunpowder first.

"ah! What if this cannon was replaced with a war catapult?" My advice

"That's not impossible but it will probably only fit two to three catapults on each side" Maou replied.

"Let's make it with just two catapults and reduce the size of the ship, speed up the making" I suggested again

"Well, I'll make a design for it, though it might look weird later..."

He has a point, it might be strange to see a three-pole ship but the weaponry is a catapult, we'll see. After all, my principle is not what is strange that is important effective

"So it looks like you already have a plan, Ryuu. Don't mind telling us?" Ask Kyouka

"Actually I want to explain it to everyone involved, but I don't think it's okay to tell you first. Here's my plan,"

Edelfield was a city with higher walls and stronger siege walls than Laden, but on the other hand it was also a major trading city in the Western continent

The entrance to their pier was very open, in contrast to their main gate. Merchant ships would go in and out at any time regardless of whether it was day or night

There was indeed an attempt to keep the gap, they built two towers that would resemble towers at the city gate. These two twin towers were huge and tall, able to fit dozens of soldiers at a time

Even so they both only have one role: to track the dangerous alien ship, after which it will be reported to the superiors of the past their soldiers will be better prepared to face the invasion of the sea

That alone was actually quite intelligent, landing on a beach full of enemies with defensive formations was no easy feat. The probability of failure is very high if you do it in the Old World game, unless there is a difference in the level of troops, elite soldiers against a group of ordinary citizens for example

But even so, large casualties cannot be avoided.

We need a plan so that first, the enemy is not aware of our arrival. Or second, let them realize they can't flood the shore with their troops

While the first choice is unlikely to work unless we neutralize the twin towers, so let's use the second option