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Information came in from Lucille. It was intelligence that Carter in the West and Albrecht in the East raised armies ‘at the same time.’

It was not strange for Carter or Albrecht to raise an army, but the problem was that the timing was unusual. I couldn’t help but have reasonable doubt.

‘It looks like Princess Blasia has moved.’

Blasia probably sent a secret message through his subordinates. In fact, I would have written stories like Carter, you are the only one, Krusenstein is a scary woman, etc.

Carter and Albrecht may be pretending to overlook it, but they are probably acting for the benefit of their own family.

As I was lost in my thoughts, the driver cautiously called me from outside. It seemed like it was a call from the master. As soon as I left the barracks and entered the master’s barracks, the master spoke in a worried voice.

“Carter and Albrecht raised an army.”

“Yes. To me, it looks like the princess’s actions.”

“Yes. Wouldn’t it be too suspicious for two families to raise armies separately at the same time? This is most likely the princess’s intervention.”

I nodded. Princess Blasia is someone who will not be satisfied with being a scarecrow. And if things continue like this, she is destined to become a scarecrow. Therefore, it must have been Blasia’s intention to check Kruzenstein’s political power from being strengthened too much by distributing the task of upholding the imperial family to the three families.

“What should I do?”

“The biggest problem is the imperial palace.”

“Did Ambrosia destroy the imperial palace when she killed the crown prince?”

“Yes.”

When Gamo Frost disguised himself as a thief and murdered the crown prince, Gamo had the audacity to take a cannon and destroy the imperial palace. Even though everyone knew that Ambrosia was the only family in the central region that had that many cannons. That means they don’t even have any intention of hiding it.

Because of “, the imperial palace has completely collapsed. In order to crown a princess as emperor, the imperial palace must be in good condition, but it is physically impossible to remove the ambrosia and restore the imperial palace before Carter and Albrecht arrive.”

No matter how genius Leona is, that won’t work. If Carter or Albrecht drop the castle on the front line and get here, it takes about 50 to 60 days, so it’s like 2 months, and there are three quests that need to be done within 2 months.

1. Remove the ambrosia.

2. Restore the imperial palace.

3. Enthrone the princess.

Each one takes two months. In total, half a year. Doing all three in two months is close to impossible.

“Then what should we do from now on?”

“It’s simple. Put off becoming the master of the world for now and become the master of the world first.”

“Leader of the world?”

“The method is simple. First, let’s delay the battle of Ambrosia and wait until Carter from the west and Albrecht from the east arrive.”

“Uh, why do you have to do such a wasteful thing?”

I laughed a little. To Leona, it must have sounded like a message to share food that could be eaten alone with strangers.

“There are three reasons for doing this:”

“Let’s listen.”

“one. If you do this, you will hit Ambrosia with Carter’s 100,000, Albrecht’s 100,000 and our 120,000. Ambrosia’s troops will be less than 100,000, and since she will attack the enemy with three times as many troops, she will be able to finish with little damage.”

“But our soldiers want to fight. The soldiers would be very disappointed if the fight dragged on and they had to share the spoils with others. Are there any other reasons?”

“The second reason is diplomacy.”

“Diplomacy?”

“No matter what happens, in the end, we are the ones who have the princess. Without us, the princess’s enthronement would be impossible. So, after taking the throne, we will be treated as first-class contributors. We are the ones who protected the princess and defeated Ambrosia, who was hostile to the imperial family.”

“I guess so.”

“So, if you divide the work of making the emperor among other powers and satisfy them by giving them high positions as a favor, they will eventually be impressed by your magnanimity and recognize you as the son of an imperial family and a loser of the world. ”

“Indeed… ”

She placed her hand on her chin, lost in thought.

“And the last reason. This is the most important.”

“Tell me.”

“There is no other way.”

“There is no other way?”

“We have 2 months left. It is physically impossible to destroy Ambrosia, restore the imperial palace, and install the emperor within it. It will take at least half a year. So, in order to make the most of a given situation, the only way is to give them credit and appease them.”

Then Leona smiled. It was a sinister smile.

“Franz Mayer.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“I was always grateful to you.”

“Yes? yes… ”

“But I think you were wrong this time.”

“Yes?”

“There may be another path that you haven’t thought of. From now on, I will show you the way.”

Leona said that and smiled confidently. If Leona could say this, there must have been a path that only she could see. That’s because she was actually a more capable person than me. Total ability score: 369. Ranked 1st among all characters in the world. Since he was such a person, it was not at all strange that he saw a path that was invisible to me.

However, what is unsettling is…

‘In the original work, the path she walked was always stained with blood.’

In the original, she was a huge tyrant, and she is still a tyrant now, just to a lesser extent.

—–

From that day on, hell began. We continued to march day and night, and our troops marched 40 kilometers a day.

Considering the fact that they had previously marched 20 kilometers, it was doubled, so there was no need to say how much of a forced march it was.

The Ambrosia family abandoned the castle and fled. The allies were happy because they said the enemy was scared, but Leona and I felt uncomfortable and couldn’t help it.

That’s because I threw away too much sex. The castle in front was completely abandoned.

‘What on earth did you do to throw away so much sex?’

It wasn’t strange to think that way.

And the Ambrosia family’s intentions were soon revealed.

The Ambrosia family gathered all their troops at the castle of Asos, their home base.

Asos Castle was recently expanded and renovated by the Ambrosia family and was a huge castle said to be able to accommodate more than 300,000 people.

Although it was not a natural fortress as it was built on a hill, it was said to be the strongest among artificial defenses.

A castle wall boasting incredible thickness and height, and a moat of enormous width. And a double/triple layer of defense line.

Crucially, the family with the largest number of cannons in the world was the Ambrosia family.

‘There will definitely be cannons placed on top of the castle walls. It cannot be easily accessed by siege engines.’

Siege towers/battering rams can only be effective when close to the castle walls. However, the problem is that if a single shot is hit by a cannon, the siege tower or battering ram will collapse.

If you prepare a few cannons on the walls, siege towers or battering rams will not even be able to approach.

‘It is possible to prepare catapults in large quantities… ‘

The problem was that Leona would not agree.

Leona is currently in a hurry. Enough to run 40 kilometers a day.

Why is it like that? In my opinion, the reason is very simple.

The goal is to finish everything before Albrecht and Carter arrive.

Leona said. ‘I will show you that there is a path that you did not think of.’

The ‘path you never thought of’ that Leona spoke of would be a crazy quick attack that would complete the destruction of Ambrosia, the rebuilding of the imperial palace, and the crowning of the princess within two months. That is why there is no time to prepare a catapult.

If you ask whether it is possible or impossible, it is probably possible. Having the highest total ability scores means that you are better than me in most fields and that you are looking at a place that is incomparable to me.

The only problem was that many people would die in the process. I can’t even imagine how many people would be sacrificed to subdue an impregnable castle protected by numerous cannons purely by force.

‘Soldiers will die by the tens of thousands.’

Even though Leona clearly knows that fact, she still wants to do it. To prevent the Albrecht family in the east or the Carter family in the west from being involved in the big event of the emperor’s coronation.

I know that Leona is a good person. Although Leona is cruel and self-indulgent, her ultimate goal is to correct the world, eliminate war, establish correct policies, and make the world a better place for ordinary people to live.

However, the problem was that no matter how many people died in the process, they thought it didn’t matter because there would be more people saved than those who would die!

This is why I have called Leona a tyrant ever since the day we first met. Because the ideals are high but the means are extreme.

‘I guess I have no choice but to use that method.’

There was one ruse I never wanted to use. ‘That person’ was like a tarantula, and he thought it would be better for the future to kill him here if possible.

However, if we were to weigh the lives of tens of thousands of elite soldiers against the life of one person, we also wanted to save the elite soldiers.

So there is nothing we can do.

Make ‘Gamo Frost’ betray and attract him to your allies, thereby reducing damage in this battle.