Fun Territory Defense Chapter 77 Part 1 (Patreon)

[Another Perspective] The King's Astonishment

He was a strange boy.

Not to compare him to my own children, but no matter how many times we exchanged words face to face, I never felt like I was talking to a child.

But he is not a bad person and has no ill will toward the kingdom.

Besides, he is the same age as Pista and is surprisingly competent.

If that is the case, it would be foolish to go out of our way to antagonize him.

Give him what he wants most and sell him a favor.

With the boy's personality, he would be able to keep him mentally bound to the kingdom just by doing so.

If that power that can build a fortress in the blink of an eye is handed over to a hostile country, it will surely be to the detriment of our country.

Well, as far as I have heard his straightforward spirit as a lord, he would not attack other countries by himself, but it is certainly better to have him as an ally.

"Indeed... the Marquis of Fertio has an extraordinary son."

Aperta said.

"But I heard that the Marquis had Baron Van removed from his house, as I recall. Because the Marquis is one of the most successful warriors among His Majesty's valued nobles. Perhaps one of the reasons is that he was not a four-element mage."

"...That sounds painful to my ears. Is it also influenced by the fact that the nobles have changed their mindset in order to build a strong country?"

We must take a fresh look at each of the magic arts.

People tend to think of the four elemental magic as the top magic, dividing each magic into intermediate and inferior magic.

However, a person with magical aptitude, who was recognized by everyone as an inferior magic user, has done such a great job.

When I return to Royal Capital, I will redo the research of each magical aptitude under my name.

"Now all that's left to do is to slay the dragon."

Aperta raises an eyebrow when I tell him this.

"It's a pity that we went in small numbers so that the king's absence would not be known. This group of people can probably defeat a medium-sized dragon, but..."

I laughed at Aperta, who said this in a troublesome manner, and looked at Van's back as he went ahead of me.

"Maybe we'll see something interesting again."

"Although I have a feeling that I've seen enough."

"Ha ha, indeed."

Laughing, I followed Van to the top of the ramparts.

"Um, Your Majesty! We can't go any further to the front...!"

"Don't worry. I can at least protect myself."

I lightly ignore the voice of my kinsman's concern for me and stand on top of the ramparts.

Looking around from the top of the ramparts, I could already see men in unusual armor standing by the baristas, waiting for instructions.

They must be the knights of Baron Van's organization of villagers.

Looking up, I saw the shadow of a small dragon.

It is flying very high.

"A wyvern, a two-legged flying dragon, flying alone...?"

There is only one dragon shadow, and it is flying in a large arc in the sky.

I feel a great sense of discomfort.

No, I am almost half convinced.

"Prime Minister, your opinion."

Aperta nodded deeply and held his staff in one hand.

It was custom-made with high-purity magic crystals on the top.

Aperta pointed to the sky with his staff.

"There is rarely a situation where a wyvern will fly alone to attack. If that's the case, I'm wondering if there is another threat nearby that is different from the wyvern."

"Agreed. Is it Jiernetta?"

"I'm afraid so, given the location. If they move a large force, they will be noticed, so they must be working in tandem with the knights of local lords in neighboring area or smaller villages."

Aperta expressed his observations.

Wyverns are relatively small dragons, and would usually move in a pack of five or more.

They form would form packs of up to a hundred, and would hunt in groups.

Because they cannot use breath breath attacks, the greatest threat of dragons, and because they are not agile on land, they are treated as sub-dragons, a lower class of dragon, but even one wyvern is a sufficient threat.

There is a magical aptitude to capture and enslave those wyverns.

Brainwashing and puppet magic.

Brainwashing the wyvern to make it an ally, and then manipulating it like a puppet.

This method of using wyverns is practiced by a few countries in the North, and the Kingdom of Jiernetta has adopted it.