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Zenon Plain Restoration War (6)

Zenon Plain, Balkan Empire military garrison.

“W-what is that!!”

“Yesterday, the cavalry led by Sir Cordelia came back in a mess… but those guys were like that…”

“You mean they massacred everyone without taking any prisoners… Those damn Teseito bastards…”

The Imperial soldiers at the Garrison Headquarters, who had flocked to the noisy sound, gritted their teeth as they looked at the cart delivered in front of the Garrison.

The soldiers of the three thousand corps who did not follow Mayer’s orders and rushed out at will were also the training classmates of the soldiers watching the cart, so their anger was different from that of the soldiers of other legions.

The cart pulled by Teseito’s army holding a white flag was piled with well-mortified bodies, and the sign in front of it had words written in neat font.

‘We pay tribute to the brave warriors who remained loyal to their country until the end and honor their souls – Zohaim Harubal Mullah, Commander of the Tesseito Kingdom Cavalry – ‘

Although it was sent to the enemy, the expression was quite polite, and the bodies in the cart were taken care of in a manner that did not violate etiquette. However, the imperial soldiers who were looking directly into the eyes of their comrades who had endured arduous training together for a long time were filled with anger. I was grinding my teeth.

“Comrades!! Are you going to stay like this? Should we leave those evil Teseito guys alone, who slaughtered every single one of our comrades?”

In the end, an ordinary soldier who could not control his anger came forward and shouted in a loud voice, and the soldiers’ anger instantly began to reach the sky.

“Of course we have to kill them all!! How can I stay still?”

“I cannot forgive!!! Teseiton guys should be made in the same way!! I will make their families and comrades shed tears as they hold their bodies with their limbs mutilated!!”

Seeing the soldiers burning in anger, pulling out their swords and shouting for revenge, the Ten Seals who were among them rushed in with distraught faces and tried to stop them, but the anger of the 5,000 soldiers gathered there did not subside easily.

“Let’s go to war right now and annihilate the enemies!!”

” According to my friend in the cavalry led by Sir Cordelia, he killed almost 3,000 cavalry with just 3,000 cavalry troops.”

“What? Then it’s no big deal, right? If we fight as one, you think we can easily annihilate those guys? Let’s run right now and kill them all!!”

“Let’s go out!! let’s fight!! To avenge our comrades!!”

Due to their excessively high confidence, which may have been a side effect of the harsh training, the soldiers armed themselves and tried to run out of the garrison indiscriminately, without listening to the commander’s control.

However, their steps, which were full of anger, soon stopped.

This was because in front of the garrison, there was a person with corps commanders standing in front of them.

“I give this order as commander-in-chief!! Soldiers of the Balkan Empire, stop where you are right now!!”

It was just a voice close to an ordinary person, containing no mana at all, but the voice had such a huge presence that the soldiers had no choice but to stop in their tracks.

“Ma, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief Mayer?”

“How did we get here…”

Since Mayer rarely came out of the barracks, the soldiers looked at Mayer on the horse with a puzzled expression.

“Talbot’s Thousands, Scales’s Thousands, and Pastolf’s Thousands of the 7th and 8th Legions committed a grave crime of fighting without my orders!! Are you trying to commit the same serious crime? If not, go back to your barracks right now!!”

Mayer’s voice was full of majesty, but the soldiers who had become vengeful spirits did not back down easily.

“Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!! How can you say that fighting against an enemy country that invades your country is a serious crime? Although they fought at will, they sacrificed their lives for His Majesty the Emperor and for the Balkan Empire!!”

“And we also rose up like this to avenge our comrades!!”

“You can ask for the crime!! However, please just let us fight the enemies!! If you tell me to die, I will even pretend to die!! We want to fight!!”

The number of soldiers flocking to seek revenge was increasing, and Mayer’s expression as he looked at them was also rotting.

“What does the corps commander do? Aren’t you going to lead the soldiers right away?”

In the end, it led to a downward spiral.

The corps commander, whose face was red after being robbed by Mayer, began to struggle to put the soldiers back in their place by mobilizing military force and grinding against the thousand commanders, and the thousand commanders with the hundred commanders.

“You crazy bastards!! Why don’t you send the kids from your unit back to their seats right away?”

match! Wow!

“Your Excellency Mayer, the Commander-in-Chief, says our unit is a mess!! You fucking white leaders!! What have you been eating and doing so far? Aren’t the kids climbing up because you’re in trouble, not knowing they’re scared of their superiors?”

Wow!!

“Hey you bastards!! Should I be punished by my superiors because of you guys? Did I fucking ask you guys for too much? You told me to just keep the kids under control, right? Ah, this is not going to work. You guys, let’s get hit for the first time in a while today”

Bye!! Quick!!

The violence that led to the downward movement became harsher as it went downward, and the sound also increased.

When they saw the Ten Seals being beaten like dogs in front of them, the anger disappeared from the soldiers’ eyes.

Clink~

The hundred leaders beat like dogs all the ten leaders of the Thousand People’s Army who tried to join the riot and gave orders like lightning in front of the soldiers.

“You kids, go back to your old training intensity. I’ve been saying bullshit about wanting to fight because I have so much strength left, but make sure to drain your strength, understand?”

“Yes!! All right!! I will make it completely battered!!”

Seeing the venom rising in the eyes of the Ten Seals, the soldiers swallowed their saliva due to tension, and after a while, they had to undergo the most hellish training they had ever experienced in a long time in return for their resistance.

Waiting for them when they returned to the garrison after being completely beaten up that evening were beautiful women wearing military uniforms.

Even though they were wearing military uniforms, they were so beautiful that their eyes rolled over, as they had hardly seen any women other than Cordelia for quite some time, but they were unable to take even a single step.

This was because numerous knights, who looked incredibly strong at first glance, were guarding them, radiating deadly force.

The beautiful women, who were heavily guarded, stood in front of the plentiful food and looked at them and shouted.

“Hello. Soldiers of the Northern Army. My name is Yuria von Windrage Vulcan. And the children next to me are my daughters Isabella and Marie”

Although the soldiers had little knowledge of the high-ranking people, they all had to raise their sword-like military salute as soon as they heard their names.

“Chu, loyalty!! Poetry, Shin Gobling, the centenarian of the Thousand People’s Army. Maksar!! Tuesday, we meet the Empress Dowager and her royal princesses!!”

Despite the funny appearance of Baek In-jang, who was shouting loudly, the soldiers could not move a single hair.

“Hohoho, come on! Stop saying hello… and please sit comfortably in your seats”

“….”

As soon as Yuria ordered to sit down, the soldiers rushed to take the seat in front of her and sat down one by one.

Appetizing food was laid out in front of them, and their physical strength was depleted due to the harsh basic training they had received for the first time in a long time, but the soldiers never reacted to the food.

‘Three, the Empress Dowager… What an honor to be able to see her so close…’

‘That is the mother of our great emperor… and his older sister and younger sisters…’

The sparkling eyes of the soldiers seemed burdensome, but Yuria continued speaking in a soft voice.

“I know that you all experienced something bad today. I heard that your comrade lost his life yesterday. It’s something I haven’t experienced yet, but I would be heartbroken if my friend lost his life, so I understand how you feel”

“Mother Empress….”

About 5,000 soldiers looked so moved that they almost shed tears as Yuria said that she seemed to understand them.

“But, you are soldiers. And you have an obligation to absolutely obey your superiors’ orders. You are probably familiar with the third article of the military service creed created by my son and emperor of this empire, right?”

“Yes!! three! We follow the laws and absolutely obey orders from our superiors!!”

“Yes. you’re right. However, even though you all know this well, you broke that oath, and Commander Mayer originally intended to sentence you to one-tenth of the punishment”

As soon as the words “one in ten” came out of Yuria’s mouth, the complexions of the 5,000 soldiers turned pitifully pale.

“But today, I am here as a representative of His Majesty the Emperor, and through the Emperor’s order, I have canceled the punishment. Because you are not a resource that should be wasted in a place like this. Do you understand what I mean?”

Yuria’s gentle but powerful words penetrated the hearts of the soldiers, and they shed tears, moved by Yuria’s grace and regretting their actions.

“If you know, please put it into practice. Please fight again as one, as a soldier who always strictly follows the orders of your superiors, and as a citizen and family member who protects your beloved country and your beloved family. Did you know?”

“Yes!! Okay!!”

Yuria showed a satisfied smile as the soldiers’ voices echoed through the sky, and when Isabella and Marie gave the order to eat, they said thank you and began eating combatively.

And looking at the soldiers like that, they had to secretly express admiration for the foresight of Mayer, whom they met as soon as they arrived at the front line.

*Illustration ver1 of Empress Yuria in military uniform

*Illustration ver2 of Empress Yuria in military uniform