The Sended's

Chapter 62: Fish Looking for the Ocean

An arrow could change the pace of a battle or even the war that was going on itself

It is said that Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England before being succeeded by the Normans, died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066

Harold Rex Interfectus Est, King Harold has been killed, with an arrow said to be directly pierced into one of his eyeballs. At least that's what people in the future know

But in the literature written by Guy, the priest of Amiens, entitled Carmen de Hastingae Proelio or a song about the battle of Hastings, it is explained that Harold died by four knights, one of whom was Duke William himself

If it is true that history is written by the victor, then this version of the Guy priest should be our history because he is a subordinate of Duke William the victor.

An arrow is an object that is drifting towards me. But unlike Harold Godwinson, I brushed him off using my sword and it fell down after twisting a few times quickly

Although it will meet a different end, but this will at once ruin the agreement I made with Paul before

"Let's avenge General Paul to the barbarians!" The man who shot his arrow

The Edelfield warriors begin a fight back with the Ruby warriors near them, though not all of them. There are some who are confused because of this, even those who fight there are just following

"Wait on! We have a deal to cherish!" Armstrong said he was trying to stop this madness

But without fruit....

"It looks like the previous agreement just crumbled right away huh, Sir Armstong?" I said

"Please wait a moment Miss Rune, I'll fix this,"

"As far as you are concerned, but we will definitely kill those who remain here because one of the deals is that this hill is ours, I hope that you will soon retreat with the obedient soldiers of Edelfield,"

Armstrong fell into a difficult dilemma in place of Paul while, in the end, he ordered the entire Edelfield army to retreat back to the frontier village they had conquered

But only half of Edelfield's men would follow his orders, the rest he left here to meet their demise.

I myself headed back to near Kyouka and Maou who were no longer on the second hill, I give orders to this army and the Percival army to circle the enemy who is locked in battle against our troops at the front

That's how the battle here ended, after the Edelfield soldiers who had been so eager to avenge Paul who had not expected it at all, now they fell into despair after being surrounded and slaughtered by us

"Now we just have to wait a day before chasing them,"

The Edelfield warriors who now had far fewer horses than before were unlikely to move at the same speed, they would be very easily overtaken by us

"But with Paul gone, do you think they'll spare the border village?" Ask Kyouka

Now when I think about it, I think I might be wrong again. It is possible that the Edelfield soldiers who retreated with anger that their leader was killed would vent their anger on the villagers

But it's not like I can do anything... Since they had been part of Edelfield since Edelfield's forces occupied the village, I could not interfere in at least a day's truce

"Let's hope they get there after a day, only then can we help the frontier village by destroying Edelfield's army before it gets there,"

As I said before, the enemy is unlikely to move as fast as before, so we can still catch up with them

But the other possibility is also not zero, let's take the example of Harold Godwinson again. Before the battle of Hastings, Harold and the rest of the British army fought against their other enemy, Norway

Ughhh.... I think it would be hard to understand if I started directly from there.

There was a very rich man in the land of England long ago, he was the leader of the region of Wessex named Godwin, he had several children, one of which was married to the King of England, Edward, Edward, his son was Harold Godwinson himself

When Godwin died, Harold became King Edward's new right-hand man and gained so much influence that he was referred to as the Deputy King. Therefore, when King Edward died without having a successor, he took over.

Now let's talk about Godwin's enemy who is also after the English throne, the Duke of Normandy, William. Before becoming King, Edward and his family fled to Normandy because there was an invasion by the Vikings, and William was one of his good acquaintances there

William claimed that if Edward ever promised that when he died later, William could take over the throne of England.

Then there is a third party, Harald Hardrada, said to be the last Viking, he is the figure of the Adventurer King from Norway who was once a mercenary who was willing to fight wherever the money was

When he returned to Norway, he managed to become King there.

We now have three candidates for the throne of England, all three seem fit to be King on their own grounds, but only one can get the position.

When William intended to invade England, the wind headed south which made it impossible for his fleet to move. On the other hand, the wind brought Harald down from Norway to England

It was at this time that Harold's abilities were tested

So as Harold had prepared for William's invasion, which never came as the wind continued southward, he grew tired and sent all his troops home and headed to London

But as the Vikings suddenly land in the North and quickly take over York City, Harold must quickly gather his army back which will be difficult as he has just disbanded it

He also needs to head North with his new army, but what's interesting is that he did all that in just four days

Because of this when he arrived, the Vikings and Harald were not ready to face them, but a Viking stood boldly on the Stamford bridge, intercepting every English soldier who dared to cross the narrow bridge

The act gave Harald and his Viking troops time to form a formation even though most of them did not have time to wear their armor completely

The Battle of Stamford Bridge is one of the most famous battles in history, ending the story of Harald the last Viking and the Viking era in England itself.

If that is amazing, then listen to what happens next

When the battle of Stamford was over, the wind finally moved northward, bringing Duke William and his Normandy troops successfully landed on the South coast of England

Again Harold had to turn back his forces and meet the Normans in the south, which history tells us he did in just one day

Even at such an astonishing speed, Harold's army still had a very high morale against William's forces, too high a might....

When some Normans retreat, they feed on the bait by chasing the enemy out of line, and William makes good use of it, killing Harold and winning the English lands for him.

What I'm trying to say is actually about how Harold was able to move so fast even though the British troops were supposed to have low morale because it had only been a while since the death of their King

Edelfield's army on the other hand had Armstrong who was quite competent like Percival, if he could also become like Harold Godwinson then getting to the frontier village in just a day was not impossible

"Ryuu, actually when I visited the border village earlier, I convinced them to fly the Ruby flag as soon as the Edelfield troops left them," eh?

"I also left dozens of Ruby's elite soldiers disguised as residents there just in case Edelfield left some people to stay," eh?!!

Wait for.... The Kyouka I knew back then couldn't possibly take the initiative so, really two years was a long time huh....

"Kyouka.... You've been through a lot..." I said while patting her shoulder

"Huh?" He looked at me confused

"Let's discuss the plan,"

All day we walked, finally our goal was in sight, but so was our nightmare

Why would.... Why was the girl there and Ruby's entire army behind her?

Not until there, from behind us appeared another army led by Queen Ruby, he brought the cavalry ready to hit us all in the midst of them

As a knight I know not the word surrender, but as a leader.... If General Paul were in my position at this time, what would he do? I'm just a soldier, I'm there to be ruled, not to give orders

I guess I shouldn't lower myself any further than this, I'm a soldier then I have to fight

"Whoever will fight follow me, who will give up even I cannot do anything to you."

For those who ask, this is the end of the Edelfield army, it is not the end of the kingdom of Edelfield itself but without an army then what is the meaning of a country?

This is also the end of Ryuu and his two colleagues' journey on the island which, if seen on this scale, is indeed quite extensive, but when viewed from the scale of the Kelfia world, the island is nothing more than a remote island

Next they will set their feet to a foreign land, along with all the Ruby troops who have just left their island, their home

I expect the best from the figure of the attractive girl, what will she do next huh...?