Chapter 93 – 93. Everyone’s First Countermeasures Meeting (2)

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“As for the aristocratic faction… Regal must be the leader, right?”

“That’s right.”

Demosi’s questions were not really aimed at solving curiosity.

It was just a question that expressed the utter disbelief of this grim reality.

“Haa… How on earth are we so attractive that so many bugs are attracted to us?”

Estrus groans.

It was a rare reaction for her, who is always cheerful.

They were all holding their partner’s hand tightly.

I was anxious and afraid.

But you can’t turn away.

There is no problem in the world that can be solved by escaping from reality into delusion.

“So~? How many bugs does Regal send again?”

“That is…”

Margarita is the first to avoid an immediate answer.

Because she was an incredible number even for her.

“It’s a deal to send about 200,000. He even goes to his parents’ house.”

“What?!”

Estrus’ face pales.

The reactions of others were not very different.

“Isn’t that bastard a complete idiot?”

“I completely agree.”

“Are you sure about 200,000?”

“Yes.”

“Are they all soldiers?”

“Haa… It really bothered me because it wasn’t.”

Margarita, who was calmly answering everyone’s questions, touched her head.

Jose pats her on the shoulder.

Monohorn comforts Urmama, who is also anxious.

He hadn’t expressed any opinions or asked anything back since before.

I was just quietly thinking.

“If 200,000 are not all Regal privates, are you planning to bring in the Imperial Army as well?”

“Yes. I’m trying to attract 150,000 to 160,000 imperial troops. I’m thinking of filling the rest with enlisted soldiers.”

“That’s why the subversion of the imperial system was included in the agitation…”

Ada’s expression darkens as she hears Demosi speak to herself.

Benison comforts her.

“Yes. The Papacy pays off for a political partnership with the Regal.”

“It has become really difficult…”

Estrus tilted her head at Octopoda’s self-talk.

She did not hold back and asked questions.

“Anyway, the imperial army is coming~ Is the privates coming~ isn’t that what it is?”

“It’s not at all, Estrus.”

Octopoda answers her question.

“Why?”

“Private soldiers are literally soldiers raised privately by noble families.”

“I know that much~”

“But the Imperial Army is a force raised in the name of the Emperor.”

“Huh~ So~ If I had to kill the imperial army~ Would the emperor who had been holding back up until now step forward~?”

“That’s correct. If we don’t surrender and fight against the Imperial Army, there’s no way to clear up the misunderstanding that we’re not training rebels, and it proves that we’re really rebels.”

“Haa~ I don’t even know anymore~”

Estrus stretches out in desperation.

Jose and Monohorn quickly turn their gaze to her breasts.

“Fortunately, the Imperial Army is only large in number, and does not have special abilities like the Cathedral Knights or Heretic Inquisitors.”

“Still, the number itself is already violence. The number of 200,000 is shocking.”

“And it doesn’t look like a beggar~”

Demosh and Estrus grumble in embarrassment at the number.

Monohorn, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, carefully asked a question.

“Margarita sister. If the imperial army is no different from ordinary soldiers, shouldn’t we just avoid it? No?”

“If more than 200,000 people are sent to search, it’s only a matter of time before they are caught even if they run away to unexplored areas.”

“Then can’t we just run away to another area?”

“Impossible. Ah, um. You don’t know much about the organization of the Imperial Army or the political dynamics.”

Mono Horn nodded her head obediently.

“Once you know that, you can accept the fact that the only place to run is the unexplored lands. To begin with, the participation of the Imperial Army has left us with no place to set foot in any place where the Empire’s influence can reach. “

“How can you say that this is the case?”

Demosi’s eyes shine.

She did not miss the fact that Monohorn was dark on the waters of the Empire somewhere, and occasionally used strange words.

She was guessing that he might be from an ethnic minority or from a remote minority.

When her scholarly curiosity strikes, she does not hide it.

Whenever the opportunity arises, she wants to have a deep conversation with him.

“Policy and defense within the nobles’ territories are managed by enlisted soldiers trained by noble families.”

“Yes. I know that.”

“The Imperial Army is responsible for the security and defense of all other areas. Therefore, if the Imperial Army entered the war with the intention of arresting us, we cannot escape to the Imperial Territory or Free City, where the Imperial Army is in charge of security.”

“The nobles all belong to the noble faction, if not the imperial faction. If the Duke of Regal organizes a large army and begins to pursue us, all the noble nobles will cooperate in pursuing us. Therefore, we escape to the noble noble’s territory. I can’t.”

Democi joins in the explanation.

“Right now, the imperial faction will only send envoys to us, but the story will change if it is proven that we are rebels against the empire. The emperor must never tolerate rebels. , It was made in a pool of blood like that.”

“The moment we don’t surrender and clash with the imperial army, the emperor will all start chasing us. Then all the imperial nobles will pursue us.”

“Thus, from the moment we collide with the imperial army, we will not be able to enter the territory of the imperial family.”

Monohorn nodded.

“Haa~ To put it all together~ A bastard is coming from the imperial faction to turn all of us into slaves~ The church sent over 10,000 hounds to kill Ada sister~?”

“And if the Church achieves its goal, we, the witnesses, will surely kill and destroy. So, we should consider killing not just Ada, but virtually all of us, as their ultimate goal.”

“Huh~ What Demosi sister said is right~ And Regal will lead 200,000 imperial troops and privates~ and try to enslave us on behalf of the aristocrats~?”

“Yes. Considering his greedy nature, his goal should be capture, not kill.”

“It happened~ It happened~♬”

While everyone is sighing, Monohorn quietly proposes one thing.

“Then, wouldn’t it be most realistic to entrust oneself to the imperial faction, Sister Margarita?”

Sheaaaaa.
Cock.

Directly in front of Monohorn’s right hand on the table, the dagger thrown by Estrus flies in and pierces it.

No matter how sharp the blade of the dagger was, despite not being thrown very hard, the dagger pierced the surface of the dagger and only the handle remained.

“Hee, hee hee!”

“Sister Estrus!”

Monohorn freaked out, and Margarita freaked out.

Estrus smiled coolly, tearing the corners of his mouth long with his pupils constricted.

Her fangs glow with a particularly sharp glow.

“Hey, Monohorn~? If I tell those bastards one more time to go on their own, will they prick me next time~?”

“Yes, yes! I understand, sister!”

In Monohorn’s ear, Margarita quickly whispers about the bad relationship between Margarita and Viscount Uwevol.

Margarita did not tell Monohorn and Urmama the details of her past, as this was not a very comfortable story from Estrus’ point of view.

So Monohorn had no idea how much Estrus resented Uwebol.

Estrus’ sensitive reaction was a catastrophe caused by Monohorn’s ignorance.

Estrus also noticed the fact, so she left only her warning this time.

“Margarita unnie~ I’m not ashamed to talk about myself at all~ There’s no need to tell me secretly~♬”

“Hee, hi! Hee!”

This time, Margarita is surprised.

She made no expression, but Estrus was ghostly aware that Margarita was talking to Monohorn through the whispers of her breeze.

“Well~ It’s not really something to hide~? No~ Margarita sister~ I’ll talk to Monohorn later~ so why don’t you tell me separately~?”

“Yes yes?”

“It’s because if my sister tells her my story~ it will make me a very pitiful bitch~”

“Ah…”

Margarita put on a look that stabbed her to the core.

In reality, she was explaining to Monohorn that she was a woman who had lived a very unhappy life.

“After talking~ I’ll tell him on my own~”

“Yes…”

Estrus corrects the topic they were about to deviate from.

“Well~ Monohorn, you have a point~ Our lord wasn’t as much of a bastard as Regal~ It might be better to serve as a servant of the imperial faction than as a slave of Regal~ But that’s true~ They aren’t them anyway. ~? It seems obvious that he will roll around like a dog under the nobles~?”

Octopoda agrees with her prediction by nodding her head.

“If you accept the recruiting of the imperial faction, I think you will probably be hired as an enlisted soldier of nobles who claim to be extreme conservatism, or as an operative of the Imperial Central Intelligence Agency.”

“And you will definitely be checked by Regal. And then, the checks applied by Regal will not stop at the level of simple political pressure. Will there be endless assassination and kidnapping attempts?”

“After all, if you become entangled with them, you will have to give up any hope of living a peaceful life. Every day will surely feel like hell.”

“… My thoughts were short.”

Mono Horn bows her head.

Octopoda smiles and shakes her head.

“This meeting is a place to discuss countermeasures. There is no reason to limit the expression of opinions or exchange criticism for stupid opinions, so if you have any thoughts, please feel free to speak up. If anything, it always does more harm than good.”

Monohorn looked at him and smiled.

He listened to the conversations of the people who had been separated quietly, and was devising various countermeasures.

It was even nice to see that Oktopoda spread the board like this, saying that he did not brag with his knowledge and ran wild to his heart’s content.

Seeing Monohorn’s expression, Jose’s eyes shone sharply.

“My love. It looks like your brother is going to have another accident.”

“Also…!”

The Cuelvos had already glimpsed the extraordinaryness of the Monohorn.

Even in meetings with representatives of media outlets and in the manifestation of his abilities.

Monohorn always astonished them with a free-spirited way of thinking that was completely different from the people of this world.

They were hoping for Monohorn to show that aspect in this meeting as well.

Even if those who knew the situation of the empire coordinated the details of the plan, he sincerely hoped that the topic he threw would achieve a change in thinking.

“Monohon. Do you have any good ideas?”

“If you have any good opinions, please let me know without hesitation, brother.”

Avoiding the worst and choosing the lesser evil was at least the most reasonable conclusion the Cuelvos came to.

When Margarita and José conversed on this subject, it was difficult to draw a better conclusion than that.

“Yes. Let’s start by sorting out the situation. Sister Estrus absolutely doesn’t want to join the imperial faction. It’s a situation she’s not very willing to join. The Church is not something you can compromise with. The same goes for Regal. If that’s the case, run away or There’s no other option but to crash, right?”

“Right.”

Monohorn scribbles a note in Korean with charcoal on the notebook.

Octopoda and Demosi watch it closely.

Their eyes shine

“I’m not going to look at flight and conflict separately, but I’ll mix the two and divide the plans according to the strength of the response. Unconditional escape, trap setting and then flight, trap setting and then guerilla warfare, trap setting and assassinating key players, trap setting and trapping Massacre by luring troops, I think we can divide it to this extent.”

“That… I guess.”

Demosi is perplexed.

Octopoda and Benison look at Monohorn in amazement.

Ada’s expression was no different from theirs.

Estrus looks at Monohorn like an interesting toy.

“Yes, go ahead.”

Margarita and Jose look at Monohorn with proud eyes.

The reactions of those who knew that Monohorn’s brain was not slow at all and those who did not were very contrasting.

Those who are still unfamiliar with the Monohorn, like most people who are new to the Monohorn, judged the Monohorn to be clumsy or a little stupid.

“Unconditional escape is ineffective because of the Church’s pursuers. Besides, if you are attacked or surrounded by a large army of over 200,000 while fleeing, it’s really the end. So dismissed. Do you have any objections?”

“No, that’s a reasonable idea.”

“What about the others?”

They all shake their heads.

“I can do anything to set up traps if Mamang and I work hard. We still have plenty of time to spare.”

“The traps are you guys growing plants and setting them up~?”

“Yes. You can either grow the plants in advance so that they can act as traps, or you can grow them on the fly in a way that causes sharp thorns to grow immediately. Whether you trigger them from high ground or from a distance by growing long stems ahead of time, any It doesn’t matter how you activate it.”

“Or you can activate it right in the air with Honey.”

“Oh, that’s a good method. It might be more efficient. I think having all three on hand would be fine.”

“Not bad.”

Margarita and José pat him on the shoulder and express their admiration.

Monohorn looks at them and is shy.

“If you take enough time to prepare in advance, Maman and I can prepare traps that can take a hit against a large army. You can throw it away. It’s scary when the army is united, and if it’s scattered, you can destroy it somehow with your ability.”

“I can do it with the hero too!”

Everyone’s faces light up little by little.

There is a clue that can solve a dark situation.

Urmama also smiles.

She was the happiest when Monohorn was recognized.

“If we say we’re going to set traps, then that’s the next question. Whether to run away, engage in guerrilla warfare, whether everyone scatters and assassinate only key figures, or whether to lure the enemies into one place and slaughter them all, this is the decision. I have to.”

Admiration flashes in the eyes of Octopoda and Demosi.

“As Monohon said, I think you only need to be careful when setting traps in advance.”

“Uh, you can prepare for that too. If you move the other trees around the burning tree to the side, you can make the fire less likely to spread. It’s not dry trees, so it will be extinguished quickly.”

“It’s really great. Did Mono Horn have a lot of experience in the war? Was her original occupation a soldier or a mercenary?”

A bitter smile lingers on Monohorn’s lips.

It was because there was no way to explain that I was able to come up with this kind of strategy right away because I had once been obsessed with games such as defense, RTS, and AOS in Hell Joseon.

“Just a while ago, while working as a mercenary, she learned it while fighting with the hounds of the Regal.”

“Oh my god…! Did you fight against the Regal operatives and combat agents?”

“Yes. Even a traitor infiltrated to catch the two of us, and 10 of them rushed at us. Everyone was very well trained, but among them, the leader was like a real monster.”

“Perhaps… Regal seems to have put in first-class combatants and first-class combatants. To be able to win against them is truly amazing.”

“They weren’t so lucky, but it’s mostly because they were too careless. I was really scared and thought I was going to die.”

Urmama’s shoulders are full of strength.

She chuckled as she pushed her own large breasts in front of her.

But no one was dissatisfied or objected.

This is because they are well aware of how difficult the operatives of Regal are to deal with.

“Monohon. Is it possible to turn the wasteland and rocky desert to the north of this forest into a forest?”

“As long as you have enough seeds or seedlings, anything is possible.”

“How long will it take to expand the forest?”

“I was able to make about 20 square kilometers of forest in one day. With the help of Brother Jose or Brother Benison, we could do it much faster. Wouldn’t that be much faster than if I were moving on tree trunks?”

“Me, me! Me! I’ll help you!”

When Mono Horn called him “Big brother,” Benison was excited to shoot a laser from his eyes.

It’s because the title ‘brother’ seemed to exude more masculinity than the title ‘hyung’.

He really liked things that allowed his masculinity to stand out.

“I will help my sister as well. I will be your eyes so that you can effectively set traps in the air with Margarita.”

“Thank you, brothers. If you help us, it will be about twice as fast.”

“You can create more than 40 km2 of forest in one day, are you saying?”

“Yes, in theory, yes. It’s winter now, so it’s a little tough. You have to have enough stockpiles of seeds or seedlings, but you can do that.”

Octopoda’s eyes shine.

“Well then. How about doing this?”

Octopoda tells everyone what she thinks.

“Brother, I think…”

Demosi intermittently supports or refutes his opinions.

“I think I will. What do you think of Jose?”

The plan becomes more and more concrete.

“…I think it will be good~ I really like it~♬”

Estrus and Benison give their opinions.

“I agree with Nunna!”

There is a hunting ground for them.

“Shouldn’t there be… A healing spell…”

There is also a safe haven.

“…I think it would be better to move in a run way.”

A specific route emerges.

“…I’ll tell you later. What do you think…”

Response guidelines for each situation are established.

The plan is complete.

“Haa~ The sun has already gone down~♬”

“Still, it was a very meaningful time.”

“Yes. I never imagined that such an efficient and cool countermeasure would come out.”

“Bee, so does Bennison! At first it was completely bleak!”

“I hope everyone doesn’t get hurt.”

Everyone’s faces are lively.

José and Margarita didn’t say much, but nodded their heads, expressing their satisfaction.

“Ko…”

And Urmama fell asleep.

Mono Horn smiled bitterly at her and was giving her a shoulder.

“Now then, eat well and rest well today. We’ll be busy tomorrow, so let’s all have a hearty meal together tonight! I’ll prepare dinner soon, everyone, take a little rest!”

“Big eyes, I’ll help!”

“Yes, I will not decline. Thanks as always, Bennison.”

Their war preparations began with eating well and getting enough rest.