The Sended's
Chapter 80: Ich Hab Die Nacht
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"It's good that you've returned Ryuu, I have important news for you," Kyouka was no longer surprised...
On the other hand Yuuna looked shocked because she had not felt my presence here before, I don't know if she was reporting to Kyouka or something
"I'm there too, it looks like Ming won't move against us for some time, they want to end the rebellion in Joseon first,"
"That makes you go to the other front, doesn't it?" Huh uh?
"W-What does Kyouka mean?" Ask Yuuna
That's what I'm asking too
"Two months ago when we reached this continent, King Hohenzollern died. We only know it now because we have no people in that country... The first policy their new King took was an invasion of Ruby Island,"
"Well, it seems I'm starting to see where the pattern is going" I sat in a chair that was prepared to receive guests
"Yes, you have to go back to Ruby to protect the island and all the assets of the kingdom" he said...
The people of Ruby are the most important assets of this kingdom, they are the heart, bones, muscles, blood, and everything that keeps the body alive, while the government is just a brain that is no less important as well... there's a reason why the guy who was shot in the head died right?
"That's not what I mean, I was thinking that the direction the Hohenzollern King was going to take his country to the brink of collapse,"
Return to Tsar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia. The reason he fought against the Japanese was most likely for a public diversion which was then in turmoil
Little did he know that Japan at that time, inversely proportional to Russia they were in the period to its glory. Japan militarized heavily so that they could face Russia which at that time had the largest number of personnel in the world
Most of them, but Russia has no method to move its troops quickly
As we know that the Japanese defeated the Russians in this war and for the first time since the Ottoman Turks, the Asians won the war against Europe
"Alright, then I'll head back to Ruby's island, hmm.... How about you come along, Yuuna?"
"Eh? Why should I come?"
"What kind of minister has never been to the capital, you will increase the spirit of the people there just by your presence,"
"Eh..."
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"The fear of patriotism has spread across the country, my lord, in the next few days you will have the most troops on the entire continent,"
"Hahaha, long time no see, Hans von Habsburg,"
"Your highness..."
We shook hands and hugged like friends, because we were friends from childhood.
The Habsburgs were the first family to serve the Kingdom of Brandenburg before it became the Hohenzollerns, so I knew Hans well. He was now the head of the Habsburg family who made him General of the Hohenzollern army
"I'm just asking, why did we choose to attack Ruby? With this army we can expand to the North easily" he asked
Well... all this time he was tasked to lead the troops guarding the border in the North so maybe he wanted to advance his post or something?
"No, neither Russky nor Franca's internal state are both still fairly fine compared to the island's kingdoms."
We know that Edelfield, the country that imported many weapons, was destroyed, which means the island was healing itself from the effects of war, an easy prey
"Well, if that's what you're saying, war is war, I'd still love to do it wherever it is,"
200 Ships, 150 soldiers each and 50 crew to run, I brought a total of 40,000 men to the island. A fleet of the largest humans had ever formed, and a force of the greatest in the Western Continent at the moment
All these things just to conquer an island without any resources? No, it's wrong
This I did to raise up the name of Hohenzollern which has been forgotten ever since my father became ill, we will reach a place in the sun!
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The storm came upon us and the destruction was inevitable
"Hold the rope strong! The bows could break if the sails continued to be blown by the strong wind! Someone get on and be a hero by closing that screen!" My orders
Yes, we are still inexperienced in the field of marine, the fact that there is no human kingdom that controls the war at sea
"Don't let go even if you're floating!"
"Pull!"
I saw the great waves that were crashing into our fleet, sinking for some reason the Hohenzollern with its entire crew
We saved those who could take our hand, because even ourselves I doubted we could save
"King! The biannah was no longer strong enough to withstand the wind!"
"Get on to something!"
The mast collapsed and got my ship carried away by the waves, crashing into another ship and smashing together with it
We are all now tossed by the waves of the sea that are not getting quieter and even growing and becoming more wild again
I don't know but losing the King once more will surely make everything I've built all this time in vain, the neighboring country will certainly attack us soon, the Hohenzollern will collapse if I die here
"Get my hand!"
"B-Baginda?"
"Grab my hand and grab your other partner's hand, then tell him to do the same with you! That way we can fight these waves together!"
Even so let's think about our current situation first, I should be able to save myself and save my soldiers who are still able to be saved
"Baginda!" A miracle appeared
We climbed up the rope ladder they lowered, we could live for another day...
But not everything was as lucky as myself and my crew, in this storm I lost a hundred ships and 17,000 soldiers just like that. Damn, half my men died not on the battlefield, it's a shame
I didn't think we would lose so much in just one accident
Damnit....
L'm.... Damnit.... L'm....
"Don't daydream on Fred, your soup is cold,"
Ah...
I was sitting on the floor in Hans' cabin, with a thick blanket to warm my cold, soaked body before. I was also holding an iron cup filled with this diluted soup
Hans was sitting next to me after waking me up earlier, he was also eating a hot soup that was not good at all
"Enak or not, it gives you a little energy and the important thing is to warm you, especially because of the storm," he said
He was right, that storm had already passed for a while now, yet it did not make me stop blaming myself for not preparing everything properly beforehand
Let's just say our ship is more qualified, maybe this kind of disaster can reduce its victims
"Do you still blame yourself for the storm? Come on guys, natural disasters can't control," comfort him
"But at least I can anticipate that and build a better ship,"
"Well, if a dozen-meter-high wave strikes then no ship can hold it either" comforted him again
He was right...
"Hey, even a King can't resist the power of a God, didn't your own father say that?"
Again he was right.
My father was the one who united the lands dubbed "Borders" by Franca and Russky, he was a great man for being able to do that, but he was also not as arrogant as the other Kings
He always said that there are things that we humans cannot achieve even with all our abilities, even a King cannot go against the will of a God
It is because of this nature that he was loved by the people of Hohenzollern that he left a stable country for me even though his prosperity began to decline.
"By the way of God's will, the night before I had a nightmare" Hans said
"What kind of dream? I thought you didn't believe the prophecy?"
"I didn't, but because I heard it too often so I remembered what the dream meant" Hans replied
"I dreamed about a rosemary tree growing in my yard" he continued
The rosemary plant usually grows in the cemetery.
"If the will of God is my death then I wish I had died worthily" he said
"When you die, at least take thousands of Hohenzollern enemies with you to hell,"
"Haha! Who wants to go to hell,"
I ate this tasteless soup to fill my stomach and warm my body, our journey continued, heading to the damn island.
Besides being an easy target, this victory I obtained to show the kingdoms of the Western Continent, Hohenzollern was not a country of a generation. We will continue to succeed for thousands of years with my descendants as leaders.
Two days after the storm, when I was on the side of the ship, an exclamation caught the attention of us all
"It's an island!"
Immediately everyone on the entire Hohenzollern ship sailed forward to see it, seeing the wait of the week we had been through with great difficulty and full of loss
I saw him closer than anyone, it was because I used this tool called binoculars
"That's Edelfield" I told Hans beside me
"How do you know?" Ask him
"Twin tower at the entrance of the port, according to what the traders described, right?" I gave him the binoculars
He used to follow me before
"Two towers are true...but this tool, isn't it an innovation?" He's even interested in that...
Base him on this....
"All go up to deck! The battle awaits in plain sight!" My exclaim
Our entire ship suddenly became busy, the soldiers used their armor and took weapons, the ship's sail was opened to full speed, all to begin the Hohenzollern invasion of the island
But in the midst of the busyness, I saw Hans constantly looking at Edelfield with the binoculars I had lent him
"Hans?"
"We're really going to land in their harbor?" He asked a reasonable thing to ask
That's probably because this plan sounds stupid...
We had been at sea for a week, we should have landed on an empty shore and set up camp there to rest, attacking with tired troops was not a good plan
But I did this to get the shock element, because the enemy troops are not much different from us, they are still exhausted from the gradual war on the island before
"Prepare yourself, Hans," I replied to him
