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In the future I know, Leona becomes a tremendous tyrant with a cruel disposition.

Of course, if you ask whether he is a tyrant now, he is still a tyrant. He has a cruel disposition and an attitude of not listening to any advice from his subjects. Deciding everything on his own was a behavior worthy of being called a tyrant.

However, if the current Leona is just a tyrant, the future Leona, who has darkened due to numerous betrayals, will be like a demon lord. So we are trying to stop it. Don’t let Leona become more cruel than this. So as not to burn yourself.

To do so, it was necessary to keep an eye on future traitors in advance.

—–

Several months later. February 16, 554. Leona led 50,000 soldiers to the central region.

When we crossed Torgenberg and entered the central region, what was on our way was the Duchy of Savoy of Blois de Savoy.

Blois opened the road as promised, and did not stop there, but added 20,000 of his own troops to help with supplies. In this way, the 70,000-strong army was completed.

The first opponent of the 70,000-strong army led by Leone was an archer named Christian Harper.

He was a person who filled arrows with mana and shot them, and in the game, he had quite a large fan base. This is because there were few military officers or families that mainly used arrows.

Christian Harper’s policy was to encourage and support archery shooting among civilians, and the Harper family, from the head of the family to the civilians, had excellent shooting skills.

Therefore, the Ambrosia family, the losers in the central region, did not attack the Harper family even though they were able to mobilize more than 100,000 troops. They were S-class in Mercury, and it was obvious that attacking them would cause great damage.

However, Leona was different from the Ambrosia family. It was decided to push out the 30,000 Harper family with 70,000 troops.

Before attacking the Harper family, Leona sent a messenger advising them to surrender. It was a good condition in that it would allow them to maintain their territory if they surrendered now.

However, Christian Harper gave the lion a slap and sent it back. The reason why Harper was able to come out so confidently was because Leona had too many troops.

Contrary to the perception that having a large number of soldiers meant being strong, having too many soldiers could actually be detrimental. The reason was because of supply. Leona was part of an expeditionary force, and the supply line was stretched as it went on an expedition from the eastern region to the central region.

The supply line is long and the number of troops is large. The current situation of the Kruzenstein army was a perfect situation for self-destruction. That’s why Christian Harper decided to come out strong. They decided to provoke Leona, lock themselves in the castle, and hold out for just three months based on their overwhelming water power.

“There are thousands of archers in our army, including me. Let me clearly show you why the Ambrosia family has not been able to touch the Harper family until now.”

The Harper family is where archery masters gather. Needless to say, the power that the bow exerts on Mercury. Moreover, the opponent is having difficulty supplying supplies. Christian Harper’s idea was to hold on for just three months, as the opponent would fall apart on its own in three months.

In this way, Leona arrived at Kou Dragan Castle, the castle of the Harper family, and Kou Dragan Castle began its defense with 30,000 troops.

When preparing for the siege, Leona spoke to her vassals.

“I think we will win.”

It was not a morale booster or a fancy speech. He was simply stating the truth calmly.

“The Duchy of Krusenstein and the Duchy of Torgenberg have been fighting for more than 20 years. At the same time, the armies of both sides became incredibly elite soldiers. Since there is a battle every year, it is natural for both armies to gain combat experience. The armies of those two regions were combined into the army of the Krusenstein family. There is no way our army can lose to the peace-ridden army of the central region.”

The officers nodded at Leona’s words. The Krusenstein family’s military officers had accumulated tremendous experience due to the long civil war and the war against foreign enemies, and were itching to use it.

“But don’t let your guard down.”

Leona shouted loudly.

“No matter how strong your allies are, you never know what will happen on the battlefield. Lions do their best even when hunting rabbits. So let’s do our best even if our allies are dealing with enemies that are weaker than our allies!”

As Leona shouted, the officers began to shout along, and the shouts spread to the soldiers.

The battle was coming.

—–

When the next morning dawned. Leona gathered the generals.

“Hakon, I will give you 10,000 bottles. Take charge of the east side of the castle.”

“Yes!”

“Garcia. Likewise, I will give you 10,000 bottles. Take charge of the west side of the castle.”

“Yes.”

“Clemens. I will give you 10,000 bottles. Take charge of the North.”

“Yes!”

At this point, I felt puzzled.

‘what? Then what about me?’

What do you mean by folding screen? There is no way Leona would discriminate against the captain. Why aren’t they giving me a role?

That’s what I thought, but I couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Franz. I will give you 15,000 bottles, so take charge of the main gate of the castle.”

“You mean the front door? Me?”

“Can’t you?”

“No. You can do it.”

I looked at Clemens. Clemens closed his eyes and remained motionless. The other officers also looked at each other. No one looked particularly strange.

‘what?’

In this battle, I am the protagonist. This is because the main gate of the castle was the best place to establish a major.

“Are you okay?”

“What do you mean it’s not okay?”

“… ”

Not long ago, we were aiming spears at each other, so how can I say that it would be okay if I were given this opportunity to advance in life? I was just grateful that no one was inconvenienced.

The role of the protagonist of this battle.

—–

“All army, charge!”

“The enemy is coming! Archers ready!”

Christian Harper personally held a bow and shot from the castle wall.

Shield soldiers gathered around me. It was the knights’ will to protect the head of the Mayer family.

But it wasn’t me that Christian Harper was targeting.

-Whoosh!

The arrow flew through the sky with a menacing sound as it pierced the air. And what the arrow tip tore apart was not a person.

Fabric with a picture of an owl sitting in a tree on a black background. It was the Mayer family flag.

-Boo!

The Mayer family’s flag was torn to pieces by an arrow of immense power. The expressions of the family knights who saw this were mercilessly crumpled.

“That bastard… !”

Each of the knights swore in anger. A flag is a symbol that represents a family. It was not battlefield manners to intentionally aim for such a flag.

However, even though Christian Harper knew this, he intentionally shot the flag to provoke. When I saw Christian’s talent, which was recognized worldwide, it could not have been a mistake.

‘Well, I like the flag, but… ‘

I just had to make the flag again. But the problem was that the knights were angry. Anger can be a driving force in battle, but it can also make you lose your composure. I told the drivers.

“Don’t worry too much about the flag. When this battle is over, I will also tear their flag into pieces.”

The knights responded energetically to my tone that it was natural to win.

“Yes!”

Soon a full-scale battle began, and the allies were surprised.

Because the enemy was so strong

Also, it was unexpectedly very weak.

At the beginning of the battle, our knights were embarrassed.

This was because the arrows fired by the enemy were targeting the knights one after another.

In actual combat, arrows are actually fired to create bullets. It was a perfect score even if it only fit around the surrounding area.

However, the Harper family’s archers were able to accurately hit the knights even from a long distance.

“What hit rate… !”

I couldn’t help but be embarrassed when I saw that, too. This is because the arrow is clearly flying in a parabolic curve, and it lands precisely.

“Don’t be pushed around… ! Our troops are the elite of the elite! If you stick with it, you will definitely win!”

A knight shouted. However, even as the knight shouted that, he himself was in doubt. Would it be possible to win against archers with such great skills?

However, when I took the damage and climbed the ladder…

“Hey, the enemy is coming!”

“Stop it! Stop it! Don’t go back, go forward!”

The enemy was scattered in confusion.

Accordingly, the friendly forces gathered together in a dense formation and charged, and following the natural principle that a dense formation defeats an open formation in close combat, the friendly forces were able to easily occupy the castle wall.

A question mark appeared above the ally’s head.

‘I’m good at shooting a bow… ‘Melee combat is poor?’

This happened because the surrounding families, who knew that the Harper family had superior archers, never invaded the Harper family.

The Harper family was amazingly good at shooting bows due to long practice, but when it came to close combat, they were not very good at fighting.

The knights who realized this fact shouted from all directions.

“The enemy cannot engage in close combat! Repeat! The enemy cannot engage in close combat! Stick with it no matter what!”

Our troops broke through the outer fortress easier than expected.