Chapter 319 – Lieutenant Commander Camus

Chapter 319 Sub-commander Kamyu

Deputy Commander of the Field Command.
A military officer in charge of practical affairs under the commander-in-chief.

“Heh heh, thank you.
If there is a Sang-sang army, I will take care of it.
I want you to make the payment comfortably.”

“Thank you, Commander.
It’s an undeserved position for me, so I don’t know if I can handle it.”

“You are too modest.
Where will the majesty of the iron mask go?
Since I am a civil servant, a military officer should take charge of the actual work.”

Although propaganda officers or inspectors monitor field armies to ensure that they do not rebel or violate the court’s orders, these are usually only temporary measures.
Ultimately, it is not a good means of controlling the military.
Therefore, one of the commander-in-chief or deputy commander-in-chief usually sends a civil servant.
So that the demon king and the central court can command the army.
At any rate, to prevent the field army from launching a coup.

“Isn’t this Katz’s rebellion a thing that happened because the previous demon king passed away and couldn’t control the army?
There were no civil servants or military officers dispatched from the center in the Kaltz Army.
If the Sang Sang Army had not made contact with Corps Commander Adolf, the 1st Corps would have fully joined the Calz and the entire 1st Field Command would have joined the rebellion!
Had the wicked Catherine’s 200,000 troops joined forces with Calz’s rebels, or even if only the gateway had been opened without blocking the enemy’s advance north, the Devil’s Castle would have been breached right away.
In this situation, it is important to select the deputy commander who will be in charge of the work.
His Majesty said that we need someone capable and reliable enough to control the army.”

“Okay.
Haha, this is true.
It is heavy on your shoulders.”

Ezio, the military commander, may be a reliable figure in court, but he is not confident in practice.

“Your Majesty, as well as me, have high expectations, General Sang.
Please take good care of me.”

Above all, Ezio is trusted by the central nobility, but Rumika’s… Well.
So.

“I am appointing Jim’s consort, General Camus, as deputy commander of the 1st Field Command.
I give you my edict and the seal of my second-in-command, punish the aggressor and defend your country!!”

“Your castle is ruined!!”

“Hey, Sang Sang-nim, your wings are back these days.”

“Balak!”

“Chuck!
Hey Brother!!
How have you been?”

“Baby!! It’s been a while!”

Wow!!

Ballack over 3 meters tall.
I hug the guy’s leg.
I’m a child, and this guy looks like an adult.

“No.
I got married twice while I couldn’t see you, and I got married right away~”

“Actually, I went three times.
I haven’t eaten yet.”

“Did you fall in love with a belated marriage?
Now, only Van Dark among us has to go!!”

“Hey, why do you only have me?!
Embarrassingly!!
There is also Ran!”

“Ran is a paladin.
I didn’t want you to marry the black sun god.”

“Yes, ma’am.
Jessica was very worried.
Ok? Go quickly.”

“Oh no!
Please!
Did you even give me a blind date and tell me!”

“Hey, look at this guy?
Do you have any plans to do it if I ask you to?”

“Are you dating a girl too?
The rumors were true!”

“Under…
It’s been a long time since we haven’t met, but since Kamyu is going, what should I say…
Did you get impatient?”

“Hey, if you want, you can line up with a girl you want to meet.
What’s the appearance, I’m a two-top with Ran.
Seeing that, it’s funny.
The two most handsome guys don’t have girlfriends.
No, is it because you’re handsome that you don’t have a girlfriend?
Is a partner enough?
Aren’t you just looking for them on the street?”

“Am I Camus?
Go hunting outside.”

“I didn’t hunt!!
I was just asking for directions!!”

“You are funny.
How did you ask that?
I was asking for the address of the other person.”

“When did you say that?!
I’m talking about before I even dated you guys!!
Stop worrying!!”

“You caught me then, grabbed and talked to dozens of people a day, and was slapped three times on the cheek, and the history of having the royal guards dispatched to the Demon King’s Castle…”

“Mental suppression! Mentality aaaaa!!!
Rumika, don’t listen!!
That’s a lie!
It’s a lie as red as that bastard’s skin!!
… Your majesty!!
Please let go of her fist… !!
It was a childish act for a while!!!”

“Whoa…
Hearing about her husband’s past is something that should have been done before marriage…
Be careful.
There are not many pods left of Jim.”

“The castle is a dead end… !!”

Whoa, I almost fell behind as soon as I ran the deputy commander.
Anyway, you have to be careful.
I need to send my siblings to the battlefield as soon as possible.
How do you do it?
Because I’m the deputy commander!!
Those guys are legion commanders!
Under me!!

“The spearhead of the field army is a berserk warrior.
Ballack.
I will entrust the spearhead to the 2nd Corps.”

“Okay.”

“Ugh!!
Does the corps commander dare to speak ill of the deputy commander?!
Can’t you see this seal given by His Majesty right now?!”

“Fuck, I just said that my classmate was promoted first…
When I first put on the corps commander, I should have tap danced in front of him and played with him… !!”

Haha!!!
This is power, this is status!!
If you feel unfair, get promoted!!”

“They say that when you become a real leader, your personality comes out…
Does His Majesty know that you do this?”

“Ugh, 3rd Corps Commander!!
This is an official military conference room!!
Refrain from talking!
It’s you!!
Do I have to show the severity of the command by punishing me?!”

“… Thank you for the inspiration.”

Haha!!!
I will move the 3rd corps according to the plan of operation!!
The 3rd Corps is an elite that has been active on the battlefield and has good defense, so I will deploy it here and here!”

“Yes… Inspiration.”

“Don’t be fooled.
Since he is a general trusted by His Majesty, didn’t you entrust him with military duties?
Your Majesty is very busy with involvement in not only the military, but also legislative, administrative, and judicial matters.
Command is a strict law.
I know they’re the same age and classmates, but there’s a need for hierarchy in the military.
Follow me
I won’t look at your words anymore.”

Unarmed Ezio’s involvement.
Very reassuring!

Ignoring Van Dark, who was swearing with only the way he spoke, he asked the commander, General Ezio, and his staff.

“By the way… What about the Air Force?
I remember that most of the Black Wyvern troops fled when Caltz was defeated.”

“… You saw it right
It’s still giving me headaches.
Air power costs more to train and maintain than to hire.
Capturing can be done by hunters and spirit mages, but it is difficult to train pilots, train them, and unify their arms.
Saddles, blindfolds, etc. Have to be handcrafted, and they eat more than horses.
Most of them are eaten with meat, so it’s not easy to wait for logistics.
But that skilled Black Wyvern and his pilots all escaped.
With the remaining Black Wyverns and their riders, they can barely even launch alternate reconnaissance.
I wonder if early warning is possible.”

Commander Ezio’s bitter expression.
The staff helps with this.

“So, our staff reviewed a way to bring in some of the storm birds and sea monster birds of the Naval Air Corps using the river flowing near the Devil’s Castle.
However, the Navy’s carrier squadron went to the eastern sea to join the Cheonghaejin Navy…
Since the black dragon, Karamit, returned to the Demon Realm after the death of the previous Demon Lord…
After all, our skies are nothing but empty.”

“Then the immediately available air force…”

“Only the allied Royal Griffon Riders.
Did you say light blinger?
The unit led by the dragon hunter female knight is almost exclusively in charge of the sky.
But the enemy is two dragons…
Without the performance of Prince Boulanger, it is safe to say that in fact the sky is half open.”

“I’m going crazy.
Reminds me of an old nightmare?”

When fighting Alex Valentine.
I was seized and beaten.
At least it was a royal griffon then, but now it’s a dragon.
Two of them too.

“As in the Battle of Belseburg, how about turning around and consuming the enemy air power at once?
There are a few areas in the middle where there will be fog like that time, and since it is the rainy season, it will block your view when it rains.”

“No, the situation is completely different from then.
At that time, I predicted fog considering the terrain around the lakeside, the ground was hard, and the enemy air force was griffon riders capable of wide-area mental suppression.
But this time, the enemy air force main force is the dragon.
I wonder if it will be subdued with mental magic.
After all, it is the rainy season now.”

“In the rainy season, wouldn’t it be possible to cover your eyes and attack first?”

“During the rainy season, the ground becomes soft and it becomes difficult for our army to demonstrate its mobility.
The bowstring is stretched, and the power of fire magic is reduced.
In particular, most demon mages are fire mages, so their magical firepower will drop sharply due to the rainy season.
Our anti-aircraft fire nets are vulnerable.
I can see why the enemy advances in multiple directions and the vanguard attacks quickly.”

Points here and there on the tactical map.

“Because of Calz’s treachery, the line the Calz army was protecting collapsed.
It made supply and movement advantageous in several ways.
It also prevents disease.
But it’s the rainy season… Originally, there is a risk that the enemy will be destroyed individually.
Geography is clearly understood by us.
Defensive structures remain.
But the enemy air force is a dragon, and we are griffons.
Although it is a royal, it is lacking in power compared to a dragon.
While the rain is coming down hard, scatter to take on the enemy and your allies will be beaten by dragons while stranded in the mud.
Lightblinger’s Royal Griffon Rider would be wasting his time chasing after dragons.
The enemy is going to split us like chopping wood, and eat us one by one.
Even in rainy weather, dragons can fly low.
If you feel like it, you can crawl.”

“How about actively running the Boulanger Ball?”

“Duke Boulanger is always a commander.
You can’t entrust me with direct combat every time.
Besides, the enemy dragon is two ki.
If we split up and run away where the Duke of Boulanger appears and attack where he does not appear, we will be in trouble.”

“How about blocking the lightblinger and boulanger balls by bifurcating them?”

“It’s the usual way, but the reconnaissance should be done in time.
First, let’s seek cooperation from Duke Boulanger.”

“How about digging a trap, giving one a place and making sure to catch one dragon in reverse?
Gather up the air force of Boulanger and Lightblinger, our anti-aircraft nets and magicians, and catch even one dragon first.”

“Hmm, that sounds like a good idea.
Let’s develop some more.
For reference, Master’s Illusion Duplication has a fixed range of motion and duration.
Even considering the ability to amplify Valkyrie Armor’s unique abilities, it’s difficult to use magic again if you don’t catch the enemy dragon at once.
It’s a huge waste of magic attribute every time.
The enemy will know that, so they will either hit and run or go into a long-term battle.”

“In that case, what about this countermeasure?
… Same way…”

In brainstorming, it is important to give your opinion first.
If you cut it in the beginning, you won’t be motivated.
Excluding opinions that have too obvious weaknesses, we unconditionally review strategies that can be supplemented.
Write down all the opinions that come out of this and that, and review them one by one.

Time goes fast like an arrow, and problems are full of arrows.

“The enemy is attacking in a mobile battle with Alberic and the assault force at the forefront.
The invasion route also looks chaotic, but along terrain that makes it difficult for us to counterattack.
We are tightly stacking wooden fences and fortifications, and securing supply routes.
When the rainy season is over, it’s going to come straight up to the Devil’s Castle before fall.”

“In addition, the formation of the main enemy unit has been completed.
Now that we have completed the distribution of supplies from the Humpback Whale Fortress in Cheonghaejin, the middle and rear troops will follow the vanguard and follow the road up.”

“In addition, the donations collected at the cathedral are exceeding expectations.
It is a report that there is a possibility that additional enemy dragons will be summoned at this rate.”

“In order to prevent the nomadic cavalry from entering the eastern part, Catherine’s nobles are building a fortification in their territory.
A bill is issued to force merchants to sell war horses, and a cavalry unit is being organized.
It seems that they will go out to intercept the nomadic cavalry hired by Cheonghaejin.”

“In the south, the enemy is defending along the harbor, while encouraging the southern coastal city-states to participate in the crusade.
It is said that the followers of the sun god who visited Amitie on a pilgrimage to the holy land are gradually joining.”

Kid, fuck
It’s all bad news!

“No, but who the hell is the enemy commander?
Doesn’t it come out too hard to stop?
Alberic must have no command experience, let alone command a large army.
At least he commanded by a few hundred?
He wouldn’t have the capacity to command 200,000 people?”

“You’re right.
The current enemy commander is Marquis John.”

“Ah… That sharp-looking nobleman?
I’ve encountered
Even some time ago.
I’m surprised.
I thought Catherine’s husband, Alberic, had seized the military power.”

“Yes.
It looks like he tried to do that, but Alberic doesn’t have the ability to command an army of 200,000.
Isn’t Alberic someone close to a raid leader?
Even if you become a general, you cannot become a commander.
Marquis John is said to have excellent leadership skills and a wealth of experience, so with the support of the participants in the crusade and the recommendation of the cathedral, he took over as commander.
Recently, Count Mido, who was the new star of the main radio wave, died, and there were no competitors.
It is also a big reason that the main wave is united around Marquis John, the leader of the remaining main wave.
The main battlegrounds, which had been divided, became one with the death of Count Mido.
It’s like Marquis John, who has no competitors, has been entrusted with military authority to Alberic.”

“Count Mido?
That’s the guy I killed during the Princess Anne rescue operation…”

“Is that so?!”

“Yes.
I learned from running into them during the Princess Anne rescue operation.
The effect would look like this…
I guess I shouldn’t have cut it.
It’s the main radio wave, and I kept blocking the front and cutting it…”

“No, good job.
Although his personal skills are mediocre, his tactical ability and charisma are outstanding…
He said that young people also played a big role in joining the temple.
It’s a good thing you got rid of such a person in the first place.”

“Haha, that’s too much praise.
It’s surprising that he was good at tactics.”

The guy who asked for arm wrestling because he was jealous of her dancing with Angela.
In the end, the seed of the God of Destruction germinated and turned into a tentacle monster and killed it.

“By the way, do we have enough supplies?
Food, horse feed, helmets, armor, arrows, magic scrolls…
Nene-kun must have come too hastily to stop Kaltz-kun’s treachery.”

“You’re right.
That’s why there is a concern that time will be delayed when it is urgently airlifted from Devil’s Castle…”

“I took care of food and weapons to secure the route.
See the paperwork here for details.”

Commander Ezio presents a logistics plan.

“Hmm…
You are meticulous too.
As long as the commander prepared it himself, I believe there will be no setbacks.
By the way, the military uniform will not be enough?”

“That’s right.
Conscripts will soon be gathering from all over the country.
But the idle land to the north and east is too wide, so it will take a while to get there.
You should prepare in order.”

“Wouldn’t that be enough in the short term?”

“That’s right.
It’s weak that the outfits aren’t unified in front of the enemy, but…
As the recent war has been prolonged, producing military uniforms is also a labor-intensive task, so we are mass-producing them by putting them on top of the armor.”

“This is a good situation for espionage.
Is it easy for the enemy to airlift or imitate our military uniform?
Besides, there must be many infiltrators and converts due to the rebellion of Caltz.
I had to redo the arrangement…
We will strictly maintain our military discipline and tell each soldier to make a necklace and carry his ID card.”

“Okay.
In accordance with the Delegation of Delegation Rules, I’ll have it dealt with by the Deputy Commander.
You can handle general matters.
Leave me alone for important matters, but if possible, I’ll close my eyes and sign.
So don’t worry and upload it.

“Thank you!
Thanks to you, things will be fast.”

“What. Isn’t it a national book?
It’s His Majesty’s consort, so I’ll believe it.
The enemy is just around the corner, so we must hurry.”

There was a pile of things to discuss, reports and data to grasp the situation.
So many things must have happened while I was down.

“Contact the supply unit on the way back to Demon Castle, and tell them to plant turnip seeds along the way.”

“Yes? I wonder why?”

“Later, when I run out of food for the horse, I’ll feed it on the way back if I’m in a hurry.”

“Shouldn’t it be planted in the fall?”

“There will be turnip seeds from the Northeast Highlands in the supply warehouse.
The area near Mawangseong is less affected by the rainy season, and turnips from the Northeast Highlands can be sown even in summer.
It can be harvested in late fall or early winter, so it will be useful then.”

I’m busy without a bird to open my eyes.
Take a peek at even the smallest details.
Because I woke up this morning, I don’t even understand the current situation.
What are you going to do when you take a quick look and the current unit situation comes into your head?

“What kind of tree did the wooden fence plant there?”

“It’s a gold leaf tree that grows wild near me.”

“The gold leaf tree is a material that absorbs water well, so when it rains, it takes in water and swells, and when the sun rises, it dries and twists restlessly.
This will weaken the barrier or cause the structure to twist.
Put mud on the wooden fence, or tell the unit to choose another tree.”

“Yes.”

After a while, I was busy working, when a half-blood giant showed up.

“Howdy.”

“Uh, Balak.”

“Would you like to talk for a while to cool off?”

“Whoa, is that so?
I’m going out for a while.”

“Please go.”

Talk to the staff and leave for a while.
The commander, General Ezio, was also absent for a while, so the staff naturally rested.
You couldn’t even rest for half a day because you were paying attention to me
Okay, I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.
There is no time, and the enemy is approaching.

“Pooh~~ I’m going to live for a while now.”

“I want to tell you to take it easy.
It’s not like that, so I can’t even say the words that came out of my mouth.”

“Arthur.
To the berserker, ‘take it easy’ means to rest after dying.
Why are you saying something you’re not familiar with?”

“That’s right.
Oh by the way, I heard there are guys betting among the soldiers about who will have your baby first?”

“Oh shit, crazy bastards… !!
I still haven’t come to my senses!!
Should I just eat all the money I won from the last bet?”

“I’m fine then.
It’s also worth the price.
Wahahahahaha!!”

Bubbly.
Thud. Thud.

Chatting, I came out of the camp with Balak.
It’s already afternoon and it’s almost dinner time.
Oh, what’s on the dinner menu?
Anything delicious?

“Hey, Camu.”

“I want to eat croquettes… Uh? Why?”

“Are we friends?”

“No, brother.
Why is that all of a sudden?”

“Oh, the chicken meat is sprouting.”

“I’m going to change it for some reason, you fucking bastard.”
“Because I refused to execute you and I almost got executed too?!
Didn’t I almost die with 1+1?”

“Ah, did you?
My neck was almost running like a market discount event.
Don’t worry.
It wouldn’t have been possible to cut your throat with a tolerable knife.”

“I mean just…”

Bubbly.
Thud. Thud.

“Hey, Camus.
Don’t be offended, listen to me.
I say it because I am a friend.”

“What?
Tell me quickly
Why is your tongue so long unlike yours?”

The giant berserker pauses before he says anything?
I’m not good at this
Why is this kid suddenly like this?

The money I secretly collected as a bet, I didn’t blow it all up, did I?
I was thinking of giving it all back.

The car I was thinking of.
The words of the mixed-race giant stuck in my ears.

“You become the demon king.”