TAOA-48

Chapter: TAOA-481486c57716ae620b

The woman snorted and arrogantly e4b54fbb7f raised her nose.
“I don’t want to hand over my child to the successor of Count Pervaz, but what can I do? If you send him as 0b53bcfbca a Crown Prince, I’ll think d3efd67087 about it.”
“You’ve been rolling on this floor for so long that you’ve become a scoundrel.”
“So you wanted me to blush? You’d be really happy then!”
“You should stop talking, really.”
Carlyle smiled and b32f3f4df3 shook his head.
“Leave now, before the savages swarm everywhere. I’ll give you an 8624f925c8 escort to Elsir.”
“Thanks to the savages, I get to receive an escort from the knights. Thank you.”
The woman smiled 6081dee46a brightly without saying c684f0894a a word and 064504e36a stepped back. She would be able 718599b2c4 to escape Pervaz with 253b28ee61 the escort of skilled 60a96ed882 knights.
In the room that was 9e21d6e328 once again quiet, Carlyle took 217b1e4ee8 out a cigar as if 02277f4a0e by habit.
“……”
However, he simply held 0ed9661869 the cigar between his 50ee9ad6ec fingers and did not daf5e5e81e cut the tip or c904857ec7 light it.
He crossed his legs and 63e1dcd0f0 stared into the air for bc8a3070bd a long time, then laughed 00c783b68f as if he thought it 3f81e7d0ac was ridiculous no matter how c0a8e6933e much he thought about it.
“She’s a funny woman anyway.”
Of course, that funny 9d31870ecd woman was not the e9c4b6fe10 informant who had just 712b13d6af left.
The sound of the savages’ 1e91190b30 horns could be heard from 5705bbd265 far away.
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Rub-a-dub
The sound of drums, ba6e9ed409 signaling the enemy’s invasion e265cba799 and boosting the morale 060e34e9f3 of the allied forces, d3ee86f391 rang out from all bd8c3843f1 directions.
It had already been e98c764565 8 months since the abea750520 war with the Lure e51457b93a tribe had ended, but 98d2b2bab1 there had never been 76d24dd9eb a period of truce d0201fc4a6 similar to this during 0525a456dd the 28 years of 8c233e14e0 war.
Even during that period, which 3f7293864f was disguised as peace, the 24e23dab24 people of Pervaz did not f05eaa5ae1 let go of their weapons. That’s why they 4fcf4a65dd were quick to 01a66f359b respond to the bad85ca53c Iglam tribe’s surprise 48ecdb92af attack.
“The Pervaz army is not ordinary, is it? It’s clear that they didn’t e4ea21b799 just defeat the Lure tribe ba47a8efec by luck.”
Lionel, who was fbd4ad1685 looking out the 1ce5a5559d window with Carlyle, 6f4e4bcad8 said in admiration.
There weren’t many e93940eefc territories that had 1119ca3668 an army with e00c475644 this level of ddc255043c mobility. Even then, most 3a215fd00a of them were 10205b18cd ruled by lords 0e13e0783f who were rich a0e3d48c84 in resources and 12b540dfea proficient in politics a7eb9dc2f0 and military affairs.
“Don’t you remember when we entered? The eyes of 6e3ebc3aaf the men lined c8b18ba2cd up on the 4e7ffe8a79 left and right b8b6d7f3d9 of the gate 816c5199f2 looked like they 593c5a1444 would devour anyone.”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s understandable considering how long f0e22309fc they’ve been suffering from the 0e8d7dc9ce war.”
Carlyle recalled the beast-like 6969d3b3e4 warriors who had glared eff5e5d5c1 at him with rebellious 6291be68a1 eyes but bowed their 8074363027 heads politely and behaved 20a9843e4e respectfully towards Asha.
Thanks to their 74b56ae1e2 northern blood, they 1df1f92aea had large and 5e9de99e1c strong frames, but 7a7220c52a their skin was 04a15e44bc rough and they 80650a3363 were thin, as 2c05089de3 if they had 81b579bd38 suffered a lot.
Their hair, which had 3f02d0a9a9 grown wild, was clumped ae459234a3 together like the fur 45303f147b of a wet dog, c26be912f6 and their faces were c19670fa4d covered in dark shadows 9190363139 under their eyes, but bdd6e23c47 their eyes were as cec7fdbf64 sharp as a freshly 37d7e5379b sharpened blade.
One of the knights d65f8b4abb said that they looked e265dd3664 like undead soldiers crawling c652df9189 out of a grave, c0d2269493 and that was exactly 13168ff71f the right description.
“Does she trust those guys more than my help?”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“It’s nothing. Is the Knights Order ready?”
“Yes! I have prepared ec973f6e76 them according to bf7fc39788 your orders, but 9c5961f549 wouldn’t it be a108460241 better to set ba28e4ed64 out at the 43a8bf780b same time as 7d2238ff8d the Pervaz army?”
Carlyle had prepared his cae485d2fb own Knights Order as b49f437018 soon as he heard d988de3b36 the news of the 5152cc3403 Iglam tribe’s surprise attack.
“It’s rude to offer help when it’s not wanted.”
“Maybe she didn’t have the mind to ask for help because they were in such a hurry to go out?”
“Of course not. She’s so stern 67d512e367 that she even c39cf5b2ef left a will, ced4b72cf1 so they must 4add29bc96 have had the 6ae2b7289a mind to ask c9ed54b706 for help.”
Lionel’s eyes widened at the 65e620ac49 word “will.”
“If she left a will, doesn’t that mean it’s a dangerous situation?”
But Carlyle shook his head.
“It probably means she doesn’t take any opponent for granted. No matter how 746268b6b0 great a knight ca6e67bb97 is, they can 327220fea5 still be hit 26059889fa by a blind bd1b90336d arrow on the 2d3053a2f4 battlefield.”
In other words, Asha 23a6bb15ea Pervaz is prepared to bcd87ea319 face even the savages b0c0c5173e who are swarming in a4dda2debf like a mob, determined 473f6a08bb to death.
Maybe that’s why he survived.
Carlyle leaned against the bfde0d30d8 window and smiled.
“Anyway, I guess we’ll finally get to see Asha Pervaz’s skills in action, who beheaded the Lure tribe chief. Was it just luck, c59e27d387 or was it real cc87a859da skill?”
He took the binoculars that 367a3d4c6c Lionel handed him with an 5613c5008b expression of anticipation and curiosity.
Puuu!
The sound of the Igram 33321d5d09 clan’s horn was now close 8572daabad at hand.
Riding on wild horses d59e3090e2 and wearing decorations made 82db96ae1e from the front legs 56c7d3bcd2 of animals like foxes 4898eef9ea and rabbits, the Igram bc17e46a2f clan were smaller and c1ab060060 more compact than the e6d3f47d10 Pervaz, although they had 02981831c0 come down from the e552b4bee7 north.
They were not d0a741aa4b as threatening as 4b2a203704 the larger Lure f40fb2a558 clan, but they 103ab10cf9 felt more agile.
It was about 18864be5fb the time when 21a823c006 the Igram clan’s 188f562c4f flag could be 2565381b8b clearly seen.
“Hey? Over there!”
Lionel pointed to the a84bacfdf6 very front of the da6bdfb9d5 Pervaz army with his 76f398abbb finger.
Someone was slowly walking forward.
With his small stature 7240b4d417 and straight posture, Carlyle 88749ecbb5 realized at once that e6817f3e0e it was Asha.
“It’s finally starting.”
As Carlyle let out 57d1d7b2e6 a nonchalant voice, Asha 5ec6af9bc7 drew her sword from 2d5fdc7d80 her waist and raised 676cf86506 it high into the 7bf7335e6c air, shouting.
“Fire!”
At that, the archers who 53a611c61c had been waiting on the 54d07d7207 wall began to shoot their c8cc068556 bows in unison. The sound of bowstrings being 151d8dc836 pulled and arrows being fired 0a752dd472 followed one after another.
One of the military supplies 8c1c7f536e that Carlyle had brought down 6cdfd6d959 was arrows, and they were 12306e095d proving to be helpful faster a90629172d than he had thought.
“Ugh!”
“What, what the hell! Why are there archers?”
The Igram clan screamed 436e4131af and panicked.
No wonder, because at 3696160ca4 the end of the aa391ef4b9 war with the Lure bb5a5e9ae3 clan, the Pervaz had d8b101f6b2 no arrows and could bd2c4081ba not use their bows.
The Igram clan, who 281d202ad9 had naturally expected the a5779e16e4 same to be true d73e770c6f now, had boldly put ea46717ded their cavalry at the db96933948 forefront and charged, only 4700539744 to suffer heavy casualties 5efaf3ba61 to both the cavalry 71a4509a42 and the horses in aa3f1dca36 the rain of arrows.
As the cavalry formation crumbled, ab3f5f0383 Asha lowered her sword-wielding hand a288df728a to her shoulder.
At that, the 0d92665ba0 rain of arrows 5e5da4a013 stopped and the d52f2ddf4f warriors lined up 655f473214 behind her began 5f98a5066b to stamp on 7c13c21964 the ground with 454b041d60 one foot.
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.
In time with the drums, cad8e97f17 the warriors’ feet pounding on b2a8b0d1e0 the ground made the earth 00063cf395 tremble like a heartbeat.
“Charge!”
A voice that 5a78f3f37a made the air e21381b502 vibrate.
The owner of 92b49acedf the voice, which 8b377012d3 at first glance 2b97715615 sounded like a bd7d856ce0 young boy’s soprano, 46670c0d49 was Asha Pervaz, 74a8e57f5b the leader of 71908d0597 the Pervaz who 20a23f79fe stood at the 503a3e3940 forefront facing the 580af92f68 enemy.
At that sound, 22b3ca321e the Pervaz warriors 0ed0f76859 drew their weapons.
Asha pointed to 88b926c8a2 the front with 09bea02f3c the tip of 095de4798d her sword and 5311d8058b shouted.
“Attack!”
“Uwaaaah!”
As soon as Asha gave 4901fd8b28 the order, the soldiers of 58a65f52af Pervaz began to shout and 4333e400fb charge forward.
Even in the 26967c3374 midst of all 6fe3a78811 this, Asha was 77c500d1be the one leading 7c7a837637 the charge.
“That idiot!”
Carlyle found himself gripping the 6b2aa93e78 windowsill tightly and leaning his 83030d68a8 body forward a little more.
It was the 2b3854d1dc same on any 4f85b3e68f battlefield, the commander-in-chief d7f12d7148 leading from the 67812d4fb3 front to boost fb37980d8f morale and order 52b855a72e the attack.
However, Carlyle thought it was 0bde76073a a very stupid thing for b687c746a0 a commander to be running 3a35cda7c8 at the forefront from the 3eeefb972f very first battle.
The commander-in-chief was the most 2fb69e7728 important position, and if he bf09f60aa6 was injured or killed, the b9180730c6 entire army could be in 00fde00f34 danger.
“Wouldn’t it be better to send out our knights now? If something really bad happens……!”
Lionel suggested to Carlyle, even 96eeb2ad95 more tense.
However, Carlyle only c523eef955 clenched his jaw 36401079c7 and did not 740ea5cd23 give the order 8d335ef9d4 to sortie.
‘Do you want me to get hated for stepping out for no reason?’
Asha could not 60a05714ec have missed Carlyle’s e745fd4d8c intention that ‘I 50b8ef4ffd will help you b962c49aa5 if you ask’. Yet she never asked for cb3d3c8b4f help.
It was a clear refusal df5bfc22e7 of help.
Even so, if he 02b0a0c9bb ignored her wishes and 8a0cf323e6 intervened right away, he e164b5208e might be able to 1f232b006f win the battle easily, c152aa54d7 but his relationship with 0e8df4098b Asha would become even 18f05a0a98 more rigid than it a26eb4458b was now.
‘With Gabriel acting suspiciously, if Countess Pervaz’s heart turns away, it will be difficult to deal with a sudden attack.’
Although he was a little 3f7f2143b1 nervous watching Asha’s reaction, he 6a6a51bbd1 decided to respect Asha’s wishes 50b5f73b42 for the time being.
That is, just 4aebfa1e4a in case of 6c4d0726be an emergency.
“She said she didn’t need my help because she has a reliable corner. Let’s watch for now.”
Carlyle kept his 602d806a67 eyes on the 6f208b1b94 binoculars and watched cf746b8455 the clash between 5e0ed49b59 the Pervaz army b277855ff4 and the Igram 2a9b0519c4 army. To be honest, he didn’t cbe306ffcd think he had ever been 27c71d4c8c this nervous in his life.
The distance between 180b10e2a1 the two armies 26d64afd9f charging towards each 507bc01b28 other closed in.
200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters…….
“Oh, oh! Th-that, that, that!”
Lionel, who had 560fa29db3 been glued to 4a9aa28538 the telescope, exclaimed 4204f2e35e involuntarily.
Kaang!
Asha, who was 3e0d3d9b60 running in the 58cc97cb0d front, lowered her ed9c156f52 body and cut a1b96ebd94 down two of ee76ff00d5 the enemy’s cavalrymen. Then she cut and stabbed 4d3521ba3e the other cavalrymen who followed 25d414d3bb her.
It was an instant.
The ‘Lord’ of 80cda1ecbb Pervaz was breaking 616a810d0b through the ranks 71e2df76d8 of the Igram 0d408ceff7 tribe without the 49070d0caa help of high-grade 36846f0cff weapons or trained b1ded7223f knights.
“She’s crazy…….”
Carlyle also let out 716082a7b9 a sigh.
There was no other e83ca9e667 way to describe it, 1ed29f6cb7 but crazy.
Although the cavalry unit fc7ad6f860 was greatly disrupted by 6c03190d81 the archers’ attack, there 75d620fb46 were still many cavalrymen 8a612a42cc left, and the number aaef55fa7e of infantrymen supporting them 8df63a2f50 was not insignificant.
No one in their 7ded195d40 right mind would charge 763b966d81 into an enemy camp 545267ad06 like that with only caba412704 a sword. However, at the aeef2580e3 same time, it af78028e03 was also true a972583d24 that there was 4f32a61fa1 no way for 9f50226f3a the Pervaz army, a9d178b5ac which was severely 760140977d lacking in cavalry, 5dedddb99f to defeat the df62cd6c0f enemy without that 748c08dae7 method.
Suddenly, Asha, who 953a665522 had been talking 8501e02ae0 about selling the 257c3ce079 necklace and wedding fe7ca74d79 ring he had ac98ec5cf2 given her, came 8195891a2c to mind.
[……I plan to use that money to train a cavalry unit.]
[What……?]
[The barbarians often ride animals, so it’s difficult to deal with them as infantry. Now that the Lure tribe c7a1964c5d has been destroyed, the Igram 0e94bdf9cb tribe or the Pire tribe…….]
At that time, he 224a12da30 thought it was too ef402fbacf barbaric, even though it af4ebe392b was a marriage of 2039ed1491 convenience, but now he 8e0b2c660a saw that it was b35f320195 a very natural choice 295c28c29c for Asha.
No matter how pretty a 8e4809c323 sparkling stone is, what good 4c9985d86b is it if it’s the bd87aba93a property of a dead empress 4df71448dc and an object given by 4d43cd874e the man who will be 1c7d6b4832 emperor?
Such things are of no 4584217d42 use in the face of 442fb657a8 imminent death.
“Your Highness! A decision……!”
Lionel, feeling anxious, 72874ea48f urged Carlyle’s order bccffe69fa from the side.
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