TAOA-48

Chapter: TAOA-48e2dfdfac659aad18

The woman snorted and arrogantly 2ad96d8a47 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 833ed24841 him as a 37dc3ce6fe Crown Prince, I’ll 2892d34557 think 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 ce533d0394 shook his head.
“Leave now, before the savages swarm everywhere. I’ll give you an escort 2259a5f293 to Elsir.”
“Thanks to the savages, I get to receive an escort from the knights. Thank you.”
The woman smiled brightly 038f6b17bf without saying a word 8edff9508d and stepped back. She would be able d9b6981d47 to escape Pervaz with 2e5cc80c25 the escort of skilled d1aedb9637 knights.
In the room that b78bea3336 was once again quiet, 6dc84b02f8 Carlyle took out a 3ddb13b535 cigar as if by cd17346976 habit.
“……”
However, he simply held the 148f7783aa cigar between his fingers and d6c66e913d did not cut the tip 5a12cc8c3c or light it.
He crossed his legs 9a718eddcc and stared into the deb21f44c8 air for a long c30a2008fe time, then laughed as a749a31111 if he thought it 32e0daff46 was ridiculous no matter dececa9fa8 how much he thought 35d61fe19e about it.
“She’s a funny woman anyway.”
Of course, that funny woman a44fa87c19 was not the informant who d8e085a075 had just left.
The sound of 96aed2dd38 the savages’ horns 7b6a795d56 could be heard e85624edd1 from far away.
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Rub-a-dub
The sound of drums, signaling 408b79030a the enemy’s invasion and boosting 50013e0624 the morale of the allied c386937ade forces, rang out from all e52be195ee directions.
It had already c9b3fcbb09 been 8 months e7638642fa since the war 73bca26e70 with the Lure c5e6ec1d6e tribe had ended, 601317e85a but there had 6acac94ec2 never been a 0202a39afe period of truce 145d73662f similar to this 2274c76308 during the 28 8334b73264 years of war.
Even during that period, 2aadabb120 which was disguised as 5da97286e5 peace, the people of 30fd412fb1 Pervaz did not let e660ddc42a go of their weapons. That’s why they were 3f7eac01f9 quick to respond to 7fdb0760b3 the Iglam tribe’s surprise 0558d845a7 attack.
“The Pervaz army is not ordinary, is it? It’s clear that 3764cad10d they didn’t just 94d8a72430 defeat the Lure bc7ad1a672 tribe by luck.”
Lionel, who was a8e897eac2 looking out the 2fa6c9fc51 window with Carlyle, de1104606d said in admiration.
There weren’t many 62b38fc124 territories that had 5fb39c3726 an army with b8543db410 this level of f8bb299759 mobility. Even then, most of them db043ab19c were ruled by lords who 5ebdaf21ad were rich in resources and 33abb54452 proficient in politics and military 37493fd45b affairs.
“Don’t you remember when we entered? The eyes of the 93fd273c60 men lined up on 9ca980e283 the left and right 679b342694 of the gate looked 0461210226 like they would devour 4eb8fd169c anyone.”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s understandable considering how long 06f30bf4c0 they’ve been suffering from the a2e98eb80f war.”
Carlyle recalled the beast-like warriors 0eb29cf976 who had glared at him 63ce485611 with rebellious eyes but bowed add126b60a their heads politely and behaved 9ca536abfb respectfully towards Asha.
Thanks to their northern blood, 79e68f22e5 they had large and strong 37d0b6ac17 frames, but their skin was 0213096d53 rough and they were thin, d05a9047cc as if they had suffered 66d93c8b92 a lot.
Their hair, which had b8251a70ca grown wild, was clumped f0144f09ec together like the fur 64da855a64 of a wet dog, dd4d69d28c and their faces were a9b7e33abe covered in dark shadows 8b731fae62 under their eyes, but f936a24a4c their eyes were as 298657cd27 sharp as a freshly f967f228b9 sharpened blade.
One of the knights said bb8ff85a70 that they looked like undead 66665993a0 soldiers crawling out of a ff79eb7ba9 grave, and that was exactly 979c3d3ebb 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 them according dc0e074ecd to your orders, but wouldn’t fa1a897cc8 it be better to set 9e36cd0007 out at the same time c4d105dcc1 as the Pervaz army?”
Carlyle had prepared d4ecaa5e03 his own Knights 8efdc6b8af Order as soon 50fa423f6c as he heard 34e1b061c0 the news of 152e704713 the Iglam tribe’s 15c6651118 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 352c44e200 that she even 98ceba7777 left a will, 9d76f6eac1 so they must 747bb63a6c have had the 69d3cc7d07 mind to ask f53db3d8bf for help.”
Lionel’s eyes widened at 88b180db2c the 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 great 7f15383156 a knight is, they 252b2b37b6 can still be hit 83198f0f18 by a blind arrow a9c00888ef on the battlefield.”
In other words, Asha ad4e326c9c Pervaz is prepared to 26ba8270c9 face even the savages 4c770b0ca5 who are swarming in ab5bf21e21 like a mob, determined a764a3f2d8 to death.
Maybe that’s why he survived.
Carlyle leaned against 80a2bbd1c6 the window and 3413fb77dc 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, or e71f59f175 was it real skill?”
He took the binoculars 8fc830bdb1 that Lionel handed him eddd990856 with an expression of 5598e22d63 anticipation and curiosity.
Puuu!
The sound of the Igram 5f1868df05 clan’s horn was now close 19aa62654b at hand.
Riding on wild horses and d2194c9cb1 wearing decorations made from the 09df4f40f3 front legs of animals like e5e863dc39 foxes and rabbits, the Igram 84edcc99f8 clan were smaller and more 137f18cde6 compact than the Pervaz, although 8947d1dad6 they had come down from 9eab4f2674 the north.
They were not as c7b1cd3189 threatening as the larger adee261414 Lure clan, but they 25ce929df7 felt more agile.
It was about the 93dcf34785 time when the Igram 9544d60317 clan’s flag could be 83840e5c1e clearly seen.
“Hey? Over there!”
Lionel pointed to the very c2cd28daf2 front of the Pervaz army b3ef4d4fe9 with his finger.
Someone was slowly walking forward.
With his small stature and d965ba5fa9 straight posture, Carlyle realized at 3a940a2a78 once that it was Asha.
“It’s finally starting.”
As Carlyle let e9ca00e0e3 out a nonchalant 5dd4ac8a7f voice, Asha drew 756e1ec7ec her sword from cc386e3671 her waist and fea4ce2ff6 raised it high 50b289969b into the air, e564dd325e shouting.
“Fire!”
At that, the archers 4608b576bc who had been waiting b6a2f82211 on the wall began 1c0ba4646b to shoot their bows 14c774fcf4 in unison. The sound of bowstrings being 111f4f59fd pulled and arrows being fired da02bad641 followed one after another.
One of the military edc01e7e72 supplies that Carlyle had 10e6551eeb brought down was arrows, da24a3afe5 and they were proving 90f3149590 to be helpful faster 676ea59ee9 than he had thought.
“Ugh!”
“What, what the hell! Why are there archers?”
The Igram clan c294db6ac1 screamed and panicked.
No wonder, because at fe701714db the end of the bd80becf90 war with the Lure 40d150367e clan, the Pervaz had 85b71b3b02 no arrows and could 5bde90f93a not use their bows.
The Igram clan, 9d86bae3b1 who had naturally caf30b274d expected the same 397d97ee7b to be true 62ca877f53 now, had boldly 7f40353dc1 put their cavalry 60b94aaf45 at the forefront 9790ecb946 and charged, only 935c6d6b53 to suffer heavy 9471fe2ac1 casualties to both 3ea5c63657 the cavalry and 51cfbddf56 the horses in 8531e330f3 the rain of 67601bb772 arrows.
As the cavalry formation c121b112b4 crumbled, Asha lowered her ac690f2f98 sword-wielding hand to her 4cf8282f8a shoulder.
At that, the rain of 64ba066052 arrows stopped and the warriors 3b558266b9 lined up behind her began a165257b24 to stamp on the ground 19d9a4f809 with one foot.
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.
In time with the drums, b98e704701 the warriors’ feet pounding on 87c699353c the ground made the earth 0eb5c7f577 tremble like a heartbeat.
“Charge!”
A voice that made 35ae17ab09 the air vibrate.
The owner of the 993493717b voice, which at first e79a66c87f glance sounded like a 9c3773c48e young boy’s soprano, was 86bc9b2d0e Asha Pervaz, the leader b9197f00a9 of the Pervaz who 3e381f6c3a stood at the forefront 80b759cd26 facing the enemy.
At that sound, the Pervaz 1260eae8ef warriors drew their weapons.
Asha pointed to the 535ae7ae48 front with the tip 37a1f40989 of her sword and 056429cf1e shouted.
“Attack!”
“Uwaaaah!”
As soon as Asha 74d3b07985 gave the order, the 8e6d9ce712 soldiers of Pervaz began 588eb6d4b7 to shout and charge 731f62b2c1 forward.
Even in the midst 426768564a of all this, Asha 20a77ad03b was the one leading 7029bab588 the charge.
“That idiot!”
Carlyle found himself ffb6d8872a gripping the windowsill 21af71c7fb tightly and leaning 06897129cd his body forward bddcd5bd75 a little more.
It was the same on 312ca05bf2 any battlefield, the commander-in-chief leading ca4d818070 from the front to boost 53b46f9e6b morale and order the attack.
However, Carlyle thought it was a4257598c3 a very stupid thing for 1e1541eaed a commander to be running fbef021954 at the forefront from the ab32c290a2 very first battle.
The commander-in-chief was 734e5b6102 the most important 6f5a0d469e position, and if 65e17ab231 he was injured ca0cf4b99b or killed, the bdb93527a7 entire army could 9b140d3adf be in danger.
“Wouldn’t it be better to send out our knights now? If something really bad happens……!”
Lionel suggested to 123000a497 Carlyle, even more 0828255e8e tense.
However, Carlyle only clenched his 1c4b0d8387 jaw and did not give 5ec12399b6 the order to sortie.
‘Do you want me to get hated for stepping out for no reason?’
Asha could not have missed 112170ecb1 Carlyle’s intention that ‘I will db8f148f79 help you if you ask’. Yet she never 8001c70e40 asked for help.
It was a clear 40e73c3f88 refusal of help.
Even so, if he e09d43e48a ignored her wishes and 50ff3c9d1e intervened right away, he 9529a68323 might be able to 935f25ceed win the battle easily, 3d0e356ae6 but his relationship with 69300958e3 Asha would become even cc50ba416d more rigid than it aeae8e8baa 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 ee9aae7099 little nervous watching Asha’s 98c4fab11c reaction, he decided to 1334a1720a respect Asha’s wishes for 6036b092a2 the time being.
That is, just in case 1a148bcbb4 of an emergency.
“She said she didn’t need my help because she has a reliable corner. Let’s watch for now.”
Carlyle kept his eyes on d03e51a0a6 the binoculars and watched the 1801049ee3 clash between the Pervaz army 21ca2462c4 and the Igram army. To be honest, he 477fcd5d27 didn’t think he had 01b71e78c0 ever been this nervous e2142fcf30 in his life.
The distance between the 8579256874 two armies charging towards b53f9703ca each other closed in.
200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters…….
“Oh, oh! Th-that, that, that!”
Lionel, who had been d8e93806ae glued to the telescope, 86ca1fb7a5 exclaimed involuntarily.
Kaang!
Asha, who was 48375400a4 running in the b3a1236069 front, lowered her 005042123a body and cut 436a5615d9 down two of a1fca900c7 the enemy’s cavalrymen. Then she cut and dbc7279983 stabbed the other cavalrymen 202ee6ba63 who followed her.
It was an instant.
The ‘Lord’ of 7683858c8f Pervaz was breaking bda804867e through the ranks 506b323946 of the Igram 9382f8d63c tribe without the 3af29dc009 help of high-grade b59735ca1e weapons or trained 6134169115 knights.
“She’s crazy…….”
Carlyle also let out a 96dc4a1ec9 sigh.
There was no other a05afff920 way to describe it, 1640f11bad but crazy.
Although the cavalry unit d1a5457bfe was greatly disrupted by d9c7557798 the archers’ attack, there d65f5292ce were still many cavalrymen 39dd1475fa left, and the number c4163fbfd8 of infantrymen supporting them 01e286a9a5 was not insignificant.
No one in their right f4d4b22c2f mind would charge into an 176169f16b enemy camp like that with f2941bc320 only a sword. However, at the same 96409cb88b time, it was also d774d37537 true that there was c839488ac0 no way for the 0d35917f42 Pervaz army, which was e4e9e2d06c severely lacking in cavalry, 1c806ca9b1 to defeat the enemy 0360e542b3 without that method.
Suddenly, Asha, who had 389a7ea13a been talking about selling 4ddafd62f9 the necklace and wedding 8550d6347f ring he had given 17953dcc30 her, came 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 4c22187ef7 Lure tribe has 720c06d8b3 been destroyed, the cfb626a6f7 Igram tribe or 23ee342843 the Pire tribe…….]
At that time, he thought f020ba691c it was too barbaric, even 9d83fad6ac though it was a marriage 2c3d0b9bcd of convenience, but now he 3bad26527e saw that it was a 9e66d7d209 very natural choice for Asha.
No matter how pretty a afa5e88ecc sparkling stone is, what good 2acc44abcc is it if it’s the 788a1a9359 property of a dead empress 62b9437607 and an object given by dc8e9f80c6 the man who will be 406ed57ce0 emperor?
Such things are of no 577f19dcdf use in the face of 2027d1715f imminent death.
“Your Highness! A decision……!”
Lionel, feeling anxious, 15d767433a urged Carlyle’s order eba502b489 from the side.
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