Chapter 32. Standing on a plain where ice and fire come together. (8)
Cain hurriedly followed Carlisle out of the barracks.
“Ugh.”
And as soon as I came out, I frowned. It was because the overwhelming smell was stinging his nostrils.
“What kind of smell is this… … .”
“What can I do?”
Carlisle responded in a tone of pain.
“Not just one or two.”
His finger pointed to one of the campsites.
“Uweek!”
“Weeeeeek!”
The soldiers fell to the floor and vomited. It wasn’t just there.
“Wow!”
“Whoop, whoop!”
There were sounds coming from all over the camp, so much so that it almost sounded like a choir.
As the soldiers ran, they couldn’t hold back and vomited, so yellow water remained here and there on the ground.
“Wow… … .”
“Oh really.”
The foul smell coming from there even turned the faces of other normal soldiers yellow.
Everyone held their noses and tried to avoid the scene or get as far away as possible.
the problem is,
“… … Whoop.”
“… … Ugh.”
Then, symptoms began to appear in the soldiers as well.
“Uweeeek!”
Eventually, everyone in Cain’s field of vision began to vomit. Among them were the knight commanders who kept their mouths shut.
“… … Damn it.”
Cain muttered an insult softly and then looked back at Carlisle.
“Let’s go to the cooking facility.”
When the two arrived there with other soldiers,
“Well, I don’t know!”
“sorry! sorry!”
The cooks were already surrounded by angry people.
“If you say you don’t know, that’s it!”
“How does it make sense to get food poisoning in the middle of winter!”
Those who had already vomited a lot were full of poison.
“How did you cook it? It took me four months!”
“What have you done that you can’t blow properly?!”
At that time, I was trying desperately to find the cause and hold people responsible.
“stop.”
Cain’s subdued voice cut through the bitter air. People suddenly stopped their actions.
“-Cain.”
“See you Cain.”
Everyone turned around and bowed to Cain.
“… … .”
The only ones who failed to do so were the cooks who had been questioned earlier. Everyone was frozen in place, sweating coldly.
Cain took a step closer to the cooks with Carlisle behind him.
Jerk.
The moment the sound of heavy footsteps passed the earth,
“Juju Juju, please kill me!”
“I have committed a mortal sin!”
The cooks rushed to put their heads on the ground.
“I just cooked it the same way as usual!”
“I swear to God, I never mixed anything suspicious with my food!”
They banged their foreheads on the ground and claimed their innocence.
“Why would we do such a thing!”
“It’s unfair! Please believe me!”
Cain gestured toward the soldiers standing nearby in silence. His soldiers, realizing his intentions, rushed to tie up the cooks.
“It’s unfair! “It’s really unfair!”
“Cain, please!”
The cooks shed tears as they were captured. Meanwhile, Carlisle examined pots and pans with other soldiers.
“… … .”
There was a suffocating silence in the kitchen.
Everyone was glaring at the cooks with pale yellow faces, or trying to hold back the feeling of nausea.
‘They are not criminals.’
Cain thought as he looked at the sobbing cooks.
The cooks in charge of today’s food were all from the Sud Knights. There is no way they would dare betray Cain.
And even if he was a member of another knightly order, there was no way he would have done something like this.
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‘That means, as Carlisle said, food… … .’
Cain’s thoughts stopped there.
“-!”
This is because a foul smell exploded in from right next to me. He hurriedly stepped aside and looked for the source of the smell.
“… … Ah, me. that is… … .”
Standing next to Cain was Count Barnes.
He had his whole body curled up, and the bottom of his pants were bulging and turning dark brown.
“… … .”
Cain was in an absurd mood.
How on earth is it possible for a grown man to poop his pants? An adult from a high-ranking noble family?
But that was actually happening. And that too right under Cain’s nose.
“Ugh.”
“Hmm, hmm.”
The other people standing nearby held their noses and slowly walked away from Count Barnes.
“Count Barnes.”
Cain had enough sense not to hold his nose in front of him. He spoke to Count Barnes in a polite tone.
“This is not a bathroom.”
“Well, it’s because I don’t know that… … .”
Count Barnes’ face became even more bizarre.
Rumbling-
The sound of thunder echoing from his ship reached Cain’s ears.
That wasn’t all.
“Hey, is this the bathroom?!”
“You bastard! “Pull down your pants and cum!”
Cain’s ears caught another commotion throughout the camp.
At the same time, a different kind of strong smell invaded Cain’s nose. It was a similar smell to the one coming from Count Barnes.
“… … no way.”
Cain looked back at Carlisle with a more serious expression than before.
I had a bad feeling.
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“Someone poisoned the food.”
Carlisle began his report with a pale face.
“The currently identified Baron Wheat Battery is suspected.”
“Huh, that’s ridiculous.”
“This is going crazy.”
Everyone gathered together let out a sigh. About half of the people’s faces were yellow.
Some seats were even empty. This is because he was in the same situation as Count Barnes and could not afford to attend this event.
“Were all the wheat sacks poisoned?”
“How serious is the damage? “I can’t breathe because the smell of vomit and feces is everywhere.”
“What kind of poison is this? “Do you have any countermeasures?”
People poured out questions with frowns on their faces.
“… … .”
Carlisle was silent for a moment.
From the moment I first became aware of the situation, I was running around like crazy and felt dizzy.
“Whoa.”
He took a short breath and answered the questions one by one.
“Poison was detected in the bags brought in from warehouses near the Malato Estate and the Guasto Estate.”
“Half of the soldiers who finished lunch today showed symptoms. “After vomiting or pouring out a lot, it calms down.”
“It appears to be a colorless and odorless poison. “If it shows symptoms like this even after applying heat, I don’t think it’s usually extremely poisonous.”
After spitting out a series of words, Carlisle added another word with a somber expression.
“The current response plan is… … “There is nothing in particular.”
“No, what do you mean?”
“Is that what you want to say now as a supply officer?”
People were so excited as if they were going to grab Carlisle by the collar at any moment.
“It may sound irresponsible, but it’s true.”
Carlisle continued speaking with difficulty while receiving angry gazes.
“There is no particular medicine for digestive system symptoms. “The only answer is sufficient rest and a normal diet.”
People closed their mouths with shit-chewing faces.
There was nothing wrong with what Carlisle said, but it made me feel even more at a loss.
“Have you figured out how the poison penetrated?”
Bennett asked with a dead look on his face. He had lost his usual exuberance after his bout of pouring up and down.
“We are unable to contact some supply depots.”
Carlisle said with his eyes tightly closed.
“I guess… … “It looks like the location of the supply warehouse has been discovered.”
People looked at Carlisle’s mouth with shocked faces. Cain, who had already heard the news, looked at her table with his forehead in his hand.
“Wasn’t the location of the supply warehouse strictly confidential?”
“So the people who transported the food had no idea about it?”
The faces of those who asked questions one after another became serious.
The key to Cain’s army being able to lead this siege for a long time was its overwhelming supply. Its importance was indescribable.
Supply warehouses were spread out all over the place, and were disguised to look shabby on the outside. The personnel guarding it were also composed of only high-level skilled personnel.
But things have come to this point. That means… … .
“Isn’t it true that there is someone inside?”
Although only one person asked the question, most people in the room were thinking the same thing.
“dare.”
Cain, who had been silent the whole time, growled.
“Are you doubting our military?”
Everyone shrugged their shoulders at the anger in his voice.
“This is an insulting remark to all those who risked their lives to fight in the glorious war.”
Cain’s red eyes flashed and burned. The person who first asked her question was unable to shake her neck and held her back like a turtle.
“Supply Officer.”
Cain turned his gaze to look at Carlisle.
“Another food cart is supposed to arrive sometime today.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Because it was a public situation, Carlyle thoroughly used honorifics.
“We cannot continue to starve our soldiers. Morale will plummet.”
“… … .”
“The batteries that will arrive in the afternoon will be thoroughly inspected before use. We also plan to investigate through which route the enemy infiltrated.”
“good night.”
Cain looked at those sitting on his right.
“What is the status of the attack force that was scheduled for the afternoon?”
The knight commander, who had been waiting nervously, answered immediately.
“I noticed something was wrong with the food and stopped eating, but I had already consumed about half of it.”
Cain said, looking back at the others.
“The afternoon attack will be carried out as scheduled. “We will select healthy soldiers and form a new attack force.”
People’s faces suddenly darkened. That’s fine, because it was the same thing as saying they were sending out starving soldiers because they couldn’t eat.
But I couldn’t really refute Cain’s words.
If the attacks, which have continued steadily every day, stop, the capital will detect something abnormal.
“The enemy used this tactic in the hope that we would stop.”
Cain nailed it with a firm tone that left no room for silence.
“We can’t let the enemy do what they want. “We will normalize supply as quickly as possible and launch a large-scale attack as soon as reinforcements arrive.”
“All right.”
“Yes, I understand.”
There was no other way. The other leaders just bowed their heads in silence.
But no one there knew. The supply cart wouldn’t arrive until evening and all night.
“Is that true?”
Cain glared at Carlisle. Both of them had starved for a whole day and had bad complexions.
“Why would I lie?”
Carlisle cupped his gaunt face.
“The warehouses near the Meno and Pame territories were completely robbed. “They said there wasn’t a single grain of wheat left.”
“What about the soldiers guarding there?”
“It looks like they were massacred. maybe.”
“Holy shit… … .”
Cain held his throbbing forehead.
Since he was also human, he could not be completely free from physiological phenomena. It was difficult to hold back the hunger that was pounding in my stomach.
In the first place, Cain was a master from the high-ranking Ardante family. He had never been hungry since he was born.
“hungry… … .”
“Uh, uh… … .”
Cain’s camp was filled with the cries of soldiers complaining of hunger and the groans of those lying on the ground, spitting out everything from above to below.
In just one day, half of the soldiers lost their mobility. I managed to survive today, but tomorrow the situation will get even worse.
“Who do you attribute this to?”
Cain gritted his teeth and grunted lowly. Carlisle, understanding his question, lowered his eyes.
“… … “It is said that a body discolored black was found near the scene.”
It was an answer with many implications.
“… … “Black Knight?”
Cain looked back at Carlisle in surprise. With the question of why he appears here.
“He attacked our warehouse?”
“It seem to be like that. Besides, this time it wasn’t a solo act.”
Carlisle bit his lip.
“There’s no way he could have moved that many batteries by himself. “This is proof that he is running his own organization.”
“… … .”
“It means that the Black Knight stood on the other side of our army.”
“under… … .”
Cain touched his forehead feeling dizzy. In fact, it felt like the world was spinning.
‘The black knight.’
They robbed our military warehouse.
Of course, he has excellent military power and a high reputation. He would have been a good force if we could get him to join our side.
‘That guy decided to stand on Abel’s side… … .’
Suddenly, the title given to him was downgraded. There was no time for him to have regrets as he had already turned to the other side.
“I can’t do it.”
Cain quickly composed himself.
“We have to come up with measures. “Take out part of the military-.”
Quaaaang!
He couldn’t finish what he was trying to say. Because of the roar that came from the campsite.
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