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Adria Battle (6)

Juno carried the body of Count Speyer and headed to the Knights of the Guard. And then he glanced at the knights of the Royal Guard who were looking at him.

‘Most of the faces I remember… but it looks like there are some new people that I haven’t seen before.’

A smile appeared on Yuno’s face when he saw the apprentices he had trained with as a child becoming fully-fledged knights and the senior horsemen who had ridiculed them.

“Sir Jude!! Is it there?”

“Yes, Your Highness! I am Colonel Jude, commander of the 8th Guards Knight Squadron!!”

In particular, Juno remembered Jude, who had been particularly harassing his apprentices, and called him, handing over Speyer’s body to him.

“Go back to my base and bow politely. Because I have to hold a formal funeral in the future as the commander of the Knights of the Guard who died in action”

“Yes, Your Highness. I will follow your orders!!”

Jude, who received Juno’s orders, left behind with Speyer’s body and headed to Juno’s camp, while the remaining Knights of the Guard began to escort Juno.

Juno, escorted by the knights of the Royal Guard, headed towards Henry’s camp with great vigor.

“We won the duel! Heinrich, as promised, come to the gate, kneel down, surrender, and disarm the soldiers!! Don’t sacrifice precious citizens for your power!!”

At Yuno’s shout, hope began to appear on the faces of the citizen soldiers.

‘what? ‘Can we not fight?’

‘Thank God… How can ordinary people like us fight against such a strong-looking regular army?’

‘I used to be a legionnaire, too. It’s been 20 years since I laid down my sword, but I’m so glad I was drafted like this.’

However, a sound like a thunderbolt was heard in the ears of the citizen soldiers who were sighing in relief.

“Soldiers, advance!! Subdue those rebels who rebelled against His Majesty the Emperor!!”

‘What… what is it? ‘I heard we lost the duel?’

‘Why are you suddenly telling us to advance? ‘Aren’t you crazy?’

‘Do you want me to sacrifice my life for the incompetent emperor who caused this food crisis by giving away the Plain of Zenon for free? Moreover, the emperor who is rumored to have assassinated his predecessor?’

The noisy citizens began to refuse orders and sit down in their seats.

This was because they saw that it was obvious that they would die in an instant if they fought, and that it was decided in advance that the winner of the battle would be determined by a duel due to the difference in combat power.

“Dietrich you bastard!! Keep the agreement!! Didn’t he send a letter with the commander-in-chief’s seal saying that he would surrender if he lost the duel? ”

Juno became angry at Dietrich, who stood at the gate and gave orders.

However, Dietrich, well aware that if he surrendered here, his and his family’s heads would be taken away, he tore up the agreement in front of Juno.

“What agreement? That thing doesn’t exist anymore? The Empire does not negotiate with the Rebels!!”

“That… that crazy guy!!”

“We don’t want to die for you!!”

“We will surrender to His Highness the Third Prince!!!”

When the citizen soldiers also expressed their anger at Dietrich for his shameless appearance, he instead smiled and clapped his hands.

Clap clap

“Command what you have prepared!”

At his signal, several pale-faced soldiers appeared.

Each child was held in their hands, and several citizen soldiers who saw it screamed.

“Baby!!”

“Andy!! Give me my child back! You bad guys!!!”

Despite hearing their screams, Dietrich grabbed one child and threw him down the castle wall.

“Aaaa!!”

Although the wall of Adria was low, it was high enough to crush the child’s body, and the child’s parents screamed and fainted.

The complexions of the other citizen soldiers also turned pale at the sight. Most of the soldiers here had children, and they had been conscripted here because their children were being held hostage, but they never dreamed that they would actually kill the children.

“I command you again!! Raise the window!! You wouldn’t want to see your children die, right?”

Only then did the citizen soldiers slowly move forward, holding their spears high.

Their faces were all angry, but they slowly began to advance, shedding tears as if they had no choice for the sake of their child.

“Such crazy people… driving their own people to death!! How could the prime minister and emperor of a country do something like that?! Don’t you guys have any sense of shame!!”

“Hmph! I have nothing to say to traitors! If I could protect the imperial family with the lives of such idiots, it would be a bargain”

“Dietrich you bastard!!!”

Yuno burst into anger, but he could not do anything about the 50,000-strong army that was immediately approaching him.

Of course, they were citizen soldiers who could easily be subdued if they ordered their own troops to march and fight, but I did not want to fight with them who were forced to fight with children held hostage.

“Retreat!! All troops withdraw from the Adriatic Plain!!”

In the end, Juno ordered the army to retreat, and Juno and Prinz swallowed their boiling anger and retreated to a place about 10km away from Adria.

That night. A meeting was held at the military camp in Prinz County.

“Aaaaa!! Heinrich really… I think he’s gone as far as he can!! I am embarrassed to have known such a person as my older brother for 18 years!! Besides, what on earth is that Titrich guy thinking?! Giving territory to Tesseito and Leon!!”

Prinz tried to calm down Yuno, who was still unable to cool down her anger.

“I am angry too, and I understand that you are angry. But now we have to think about how to overcome this difficulty”

“That’s right. His Majesty the Third Prince. Getting angry doesn’t solve the situation”

“Yes, Yuno. Let’s calm down a bit first. The territorial issue should be considered after removing Henry from the throne”

As Yuria came forward and persuaded Yuno, Yuno took a deep breath and calmed down.

“Phew~ I understand. Anyway, what should we do with those citizen soldiers? I will never surrender as long as my children are held hostage”

“What if Your Majesty and the knights rush into the castle gate after surrounding it with our legionnaires and preventing them from moving?”

When a staff member offered an opinion, Mayer shook his head.

“The number of enemy citizen soldiers is over 50,000. No matter how different the combat power is, it is almost impossible to surround with 40,000 allies without using terrain features, and even if the enemy tries to break through by one point, it will be broken in no time”

“In that case, how about just enticing them? They pretend to start an all-out war, but then they deliberately break down and retreat. If you do that, the enemy will chase you and you will be able to break through the castle gate”

This time, it was Viscount Leverkin’s suggestion, but Yuno and Mayer shook their heads at the same time.

“If the enemy does not pursue you, you will only be making a useless sacrifice”

“Also, no matter how pretend a battle is, there will be casualties. Casualties should not occur among citizen soldiers who were forcibly brought out as scapegoats”

Viscount Leverkin patted his chest as if he was frustrated with Juno talking about the truth.

“We are on the battlefield! In order to win, a minimum number of casualties are inevitable!!”

“Victims must come forward to the soldiers. Citizens are not soldiers.”

Prinz joined Yuno’s words and took his side.

“Viscount Leverkin. This much, what Yuno said is correct. Don’t forget for what reason we raised the military. We did not raise an army for power or to occupy the throne. Don’t forget this”

“Sorry. majesty. I think I got a little excited”

Prinz and Juno generously accepted Viscount Leverkin’s apology.

“But I don’t see any other way. To put it bluntly, it’s not like you can climb over the castle wall in a short period of time and rescue the children held hostage”

Juno’s eyes sparkled at Viscount Leverkin’s words.

“Hmm? Viscount Leverkin. Let’s talk about it again”

“Yes? What are you talking about?”

“Isn’t that what I just said? Saving children held hostage”

“Ah… well, that’s something I just blurted out… I’m sorry, Your Highness”

“No. Maybe that could be the way…. Hehehehehe I guess I’ll have to show Heinrich and Dietrich the power of the people. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk”

Seeing Yuno smiling sinisterly, Prinz, Viscount Leverkin, Yuria, and Mayer all looked at him with anxious eyes, but their anxiety became real.

“The four of us, Master Catherine, Ajin, Jennifer, and I, will cross the Adriatic Wall tonight”

“What? Can not be done! I can’t allow it! Do you know how many guards are in the castle? No matter how much you are, it’s dangerous!”

“Isn’t it okay if you don’t get caught? So I’m only going to the net”

“Don’t you know how many security devices there are on that wall?”

“Jennifer will be able to solve the problem. Right?”

In response to Yuno’s question, Jennifer, who was fiddling with a dog collar in the corner, smiled and nodded.

“That… And why are you taking Ajin with you? How do you hide your huge body?”

“Hehehe That’s because you don’t know how secretly and quickly Ajin moves in the forest at night. And inside Adriatic Castle, the buildings form a forest”

“Still, I would rather have Princess Eliza…”

“Ah~ Eliza is talking to Princess Fiona right now. Princess Fiona is unable to return because the Adriatic Gate is closed. I can’t interrupt you while I’m talking about how I haven’t seen my sisters in a long time”

Juno’s words, explaining step by step why they had to go, were already convincing the staff, including Prinz, Mayer, and Leverkin.

“And if the four of us rush in like this, we can get out safely even if we get caught. With only three masters, didn’t you see Jennifer’s skills well?”

“Ah, I understand. Instead, be careful! You have to be careful again!!”

“Don’t worry. older brother. Because I’m thinking of my mother, I’ll definitely come back alive, right?”

Next to Yuno, Yuria glared at Yuno as if she was disgusted, but reached down under the table and squeezed Yuno’s hand, and Yuno also comforted her by stroking her soft hand.

“Chiit… You can take me instead of Master Jennifer… Yuno, I’m out!!”

“Hohoho, Your Highness Isabella. It’s still going to take a while for you to catch up with me. The owner knows that well, so he’s taking this bitch with him. Hehe”

“Heungheung!! We’ll catch up soon, so just wait. Master”

Isabella and Marie also felt resentful toward Yuno for not taking them, but they still acknowledged the gap in skill between them and Jennifer, so they obediently let her go.

So the four-person commando team consisting of Juno, Catherine, Ajin, and Jennifer set out for the Adriatic Wall.