The Sended's

Chapter 61: Alea Iacta Est

Ah Kelfia, what a beautiful world that the emotionless Gods managed to create by imitating the world of the first Gods, well it would probably be so if wars were not going on everywhere

From the endless desert to the misty cold mountains, from the great forest where life began to the place dubbed as the gate of hell, there are now only a few battles going on over Kelfia

Lizzardmen against Orcs, Dark Elves against Demi-Humans, Elves against all races other than themselves, humans against their own race, exactly eleven battles are taking place over Kelfia.

The one Ryuu attended was only one of the smallest, but don't get me wrong, there has long been no great battle going all out. So let's look further at what he will do to overcome that

I stabbed one more Edelfield soldier to save my fallen soldier

"Rise up, you are still needed alive" I said, offering a hand to get up

I hate it so much when the winds of battle turn in this direction, when there is no unit that I can deliver to maneuver because everything is already caught up in their respective battles

If it's like this then next I can only wait for a mistake that the enemy might make, and make the best use of it

We still have a thousand other soldiers in the woods with Percival, but they don't know what to do because there's no message I'm sending. I didn't have time to send someone because I rushed here, remember?

Let's just hope that Percival realizes that something is wrong because no one came to him to give further orders, and he took the initiative to bring all his soldiers here

Ah shit, I would love to use magic to destroy the enemy forces and end this chaotic battle as soon as possible, but doesn't that mean I admit my defeat? Haha, I won't get caught up in my own thinking

"Hey! Don't go too far! Make sure there's someone to guard your back!" My orders to my soldiers

"Crossbow keeps shooting arrows at them, prioritize the ones in thick armor!" My other orders

"Drop them off their horses, then don't let them get up!" My orders again

Weary.... I was so exhausted, this damned stamina, just now I had the intention to develop it had instead been used before that

Ughhhh! It has been three hours that I have been pacing back and forth to maintain the cohesion of my troops, is there no way that this battle will be completed sooner?

I had to quickly regroup my forces and form a line as before, as all of this began to move in a more chaotic direction

But before I give the order, someone comes to me

And as he and his two bodyguards moved slowly with the horses in the middle of the battle, all the fighting came to a halt and looked towards him. How not? He wore clothes that were very reflective of the leader, he was the General of Edelfield.

I stuck my sword on the ground, which means that right now I have no intention of fighting. He realized that and got off his horse then approached me without pulling his sword from the scabbard

Look at our differences, maybe right now my appearance is quite messy and dirty because of the blood and soil on my face and clothes, while he is still clean and tidy

"I'm sure it's the first time we've met, so let's introduce ourselves. My name is Paul Annesley, I'm the General in charge of the entire Edelfield force" he said

So he's sort of a modern six-star General, well, but in this age almost all of those Generals are said to be six-star Generals because they all have full power over their country's army.

"My name is Rune, I'm in charge of Ruby's entire army, so do you want to start peace negotiations with your arrival here?" Much

"That would be good, but I think we could be more profitable if I put this proposal forward" Oh? I'll try to hear it further

"I offer for a duel, and whoever wins then the loser has to retreat and give up this location, then when it's done then we'll be in a truce status for a day, how?" Hmm. That's not a bad thing.

"One life to end a bloody battle...? Okay, I agree," I replied

"That's good, then I appoint Sir Armstrong, Edelfield's strongest knight to advance in the duel,"

What he meant was one of his bodyguards, he went straight down and saluted me

Behind me was Ruby's troops starting to talk to each other, I couldn't hear them clearly but there was a Percival name they mentioned. Usually at times like this he's the one I tell you to go forward anyway.

"Who is your chosen knight, Miss Rune?" Ugh. it seems like there is no other choice but for me to go forward.

"I'll be -"

"That's Sir Percival!" On-time.

From the direction of the forest, a thousand Ruby warriors marched towards here, and in front of them was none other than Percival who was leading

Not there, Kyouka and Maou also went down the hill with Ruby cavalry who were the guards of Kyouka, they now have about 500 with Maou artillery crews to increase the number

At first I was thinking of sending Percival but let's try that.

"I will advance in this duel myself,"

"Miss?!" My soldiers are shocked

Well not only were they shocked, but the enemy soldiers and their Generals were also shocked

"Hahaha! You're such an interesting girl, aren't you?" Ha's? Why has his style changed?

"If we meet in different circumstances, I will definitely match you with my son, even though he is actually still too small for that. Oops! Sorry for my language," U-uhuh...?

Oho! Does she think I'm so pretty that she wants to match me up with her son? Whoa! Although I would obviously refuse that, but I am happy because apparently there are people who think I am so.

"If you intend to go forward for a duel, then I must do the same, too,"

"General?" What was his name? Is it Sir Armstrong? He was surprised at the words his boss said

But the dice had been thrown, Paul's words could not be pulled back. He drew his sword and told the whole army to give us a dueling room

Both the Edelfield and Ruby soldiers obeyed and retreated, forming an empty area for both of us

"It's a duel to the death, so I hope you're ready for it, little lady,"

"I also expect you to fight as hard as you can against me, old man,"

A coin was thrown into the air as a sign for us to start when it fell to the ground.

He is a great man, I admit that he is the one with the most suitable criteria to be considered a general of all the people I have met before, it is a pity that we have to meet like this

And it's a pity that he had to die.

As the coin soared into the air, I thought about how I would kill it without suffering, if I stuck it in the heart, it would not look like the death of a General, if I cut it off, it would be much worse

So my decision was that there was no other way but to give him a deep slash, he had to endure the pain. Like Seppuku or tearing the stomach in Japanese tradition, one must die with such pain in order to be called honorable.

He advanced when the coin touched the ground surface not bouncing or beeping

I wanted to see his fighting ability but considering that I had been standing here for almost four hours, I also wanted to put an end to all of this

The moment he raised the sword to swing it at me, I directly slashed it horizontally. My goal was to tear half of his stomach, damage his stomach to his lungs so he had no chance of survival

My sword became full of blood, as well as the armor he was wearing, it was pierced by my swing and now from the wound down there was blood flowing.

Paul, he did not fall down immediately but walked three steps away behind me, after which he fell to his knees by being rested by the sword that he put out and held

"Did I lose the bet?"

So the word he took was bet? That's not bad because it's actually true.

When he offered me a duel to end the battle, it was actually very good for me and him, but I offered a much better duel to end the war

I'm sure Paul certainly understood that between the two of us there are dead, the war path can go very much easier than before. But for that he must bet with his life

And as per what he said, this time he lost in a bet that was probably the biggest bet of his life.

It only took a few seconds after the sentence came out of his mouth, Paul the General of Edelfield was honorably killed in a sacred duel in the midst of battle. He will be noted as one of the important characters in the unity of this island

"Sir Armstrong, may I know who will replace General Paul?" I'm getting close to Armstrong

"That's.... I was his successor until his son was old enough" he replied

"That's good, then I'll keep the agreement from the duel just now, we'll have a temporary truce and you'll have to leave this hill,"

He nodded to my statement and intended to honor the agreement I had made with Paul before, but apparently even Edelfield's forces were not all disciplined....