Fun Territory Defense Chapter 78 Part 1 (Patreon)

[Another Perspective] The Oppressed Ones 1

"...what? A fortified city? Nonsense. No matter how you look at it, it's not even built yet."

The scout nodded with a raised eyebrow.

"It doesn't look as good as Scudetto, but it is a fortified city...I was told there are two villages here...would you like to go to the other village?"

"Idiot! We came here to attack Scudetto! We can't change our target now!"

"Hah! I'm sorry, sir!"

I yell, and the officer knight who was contacted by the scout kneeled on the spot and apologizes.

He looked down at his head and clicked his tongue.

"Damn...I heard that the construction of the citadel had begun, but I didn't think it was already finished...?"

I, Unimog Jiernetta, the 8th Prince of the Kingdom of Jiernetta, had gone to the trouble of taking command, and what was our country's intelligence unit doing?

"Damn, all these people are making fun of me..."

He bit his right thumbnail and complained.

Even though it's already been thirty-two years, the orders they give us are not to attack an important base in the enemy's country, but only to take control of a remote village.

Even though it is a part of the operation, it is not satisfactory to me because all my brothers have been given better roles and positions than me.

His Majesty is old, and a change of kings is imminent.

And yet, I am not even provided the opportunity.

Gritting my teeth inside, I looked around at everyone and opened my mouth.

"...There is clearly not enough time to build a new fortress city. If so, they must have focused on building walls and made it look like a fortified city. We will march on as is and occupy the enemy territory."

"Oh, wait! It may only look like a fortified city, but it will be difficult to capture it if the walls have been built! We have only 300 men! We need more men to attack the stronghold..."

The knight who had been bowing his head in front of me raised his head and spoke out in opposition.

I silently pulled my chin and kicked the knight in the head.

The knight mercifully grunted, his nose bleeding.

"Rude man. Did you hear what I said? That wall is a sham. Rather, we must strike it before it completely functions as a fortified city. Don't you understand that?"

"I understand..."

I exhaled deeply and looked up while looking at the knight, who lowered his head while holding his nose.

"Any news from the sky?"

"There are no people in the village in the front, and they seem to have taken refuge in the fortified city in the back."

"So that walled town is the target village. But Scudetto is a long way from here. To evacuate..."

"Is that what you mean? I heard a report from the wyvern that there is a fortified town behind the village..."

Interrupting my words, one of the knights began to talk about his own theory.

I was irritated by his rudeness, but I clicked my tongue back and opened my mouth.

"Fool. Look at those walls. It will definitely take a year or two just to build that. Even if you shorten the construction period by mobilizing people like idiots, it would still take half a year. What's the point of building another town so close? Answer me."

"...No, sir."

The knight bowed deeply as he admonished the fool who could not think for himself.

Originally, reports from the sky were one-sided and only a rough idea was known.

The reason for this is the situation in the sky.

A puppet magician riding a wyvern is in danger of losing control and being swept off his feet if he is not careful.

Therefore, they have to keep a constant flow of magical power, and they cannot make a detailed report.

Furthermore, when controlling a creature, it is said that it takes a lot of magical power to issue instructions that go against the creature's instincts.

In other words, it is difficult to send a wyvern charging into the castle walls with great force.

It's useless because he is said to be a puppet magician of the highest rank in the kingdom.

The commander should not be confused by the fragmentary information of this useless puppet magician.