If you were a human Auror user, your identity would naturally become known to both sides. Because even ordinary soldiers can recognize faces. Auror users with strong self-respect do not walk around the camp with their faces covered and their identities hidden, as if they have committed a crime.
However, in the case of different races, there is no way to recognize them even if they wander around the camp.
“Because we can’t have human spies injected into a group of dwarves or orcs… … .”
“We can’t train these beastly slaves to be spies and send them into service.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I understand that it is inevitable, Chief of Staff.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
The chief of staff became angry and bent his back. And he cheered up a little and spoke.
“Still, it is certain that there are no elf auror users or ivory tusks. And it has also been confirmed that there is a group of Orcs called Kalken.”
“Did you manage to figure that out?”
“Because they are relatively unusual in appearance… … .”
In fact, Orc Auror users such as Tashid, Hadathum, and Kinzir are not easy to distinguish from ordinary Orc warriors by appearance. They certainly look big and powerful, but do they all look the same?
However, even humans can recognize Warchief Kalken, a massive man with a height of 2.3 meters. Like Iniya, who has unusually large breasts for an elf, or Atilca, who is clearly distinguished by her huge molars.
Touching his chin, Gilius did the math in his head.
“As far as we know, there are two Auror users from Crovence and three Auror users from Antares.”
“Yes, but I’m sure there’s more.”
“If it was an Auror user on the Empire side, they would have figured it out as well, so I guess there are at least three or four more unknown Auror-using slaves.”
“First of all, the General Staff estimates that there are about five. “The Kingdom of Basil will have no choice but to prepare, so it is judged that the Principality of Antares will not be able to deploy any more force than that.”
“So are all the Auror users on Crovence’s side ten? “There are two more Auror users on our side?”
“Yes, as far as I know. However, they must have guessed that we had hidden forces, so they would have prepared that much.”
Currently, the fate of free Auror users belonging to the Empire is unknown. Crovence and Antares cannot help but keep that fact in mind.
“I can understand. “I’m sure they aren’t that stupid either.”
“In fact, the Prime Minister of Antares, a man named Karl, is known to be quite resourceful. “You can’t expect it to be stupid.”
When Carol’s story came out, Gilius’ eyes suddenly lit up.
“It’s amazing. Where did such a person suddenly appear? … No matter how much there is a proverb, talented people do not suddenly appear in this world… … .”
The entire continent was paying close attention to Carol, the Prime Minister of Antares.
The Principality of Antares is clearly an emerging power. Powerful Auror users like King Reppenhardt and Cyrus, as well as many powerful warriors of different races, appeared as if they fell from the sky and established a nation.
But I could still understand their existence if I looked into it.
Reppenhardt is the successor to the famous Mumun, Jim Unbreakable, and Cyrus was a member of the prestigious swordsman Tenes. It means that there is a source of that strength. If you consider that the warriors of this race are also monsters that lived in remote areas, you can understand their strength.
But I couldn’t figure out the source of Carol’s pride.
He is well versed in public administration, military science, and politics, as well as strategy and tactics, and is also excellent in governance. In fact, it was as if Reppenhardt was the king, but the Principality of Antares was actually ruled by Charles. The empire also understood this much through information provided so far.
“A person with such outstanding abilities is not born alone.”
Knowledge can be accumulated alone through books, but wisdom can be gained through the exploits of ancestors. Even if it has not seen the light of day, it should be possible to find out where he studied and how he studied by doing background research.
“Even those who were buried in the shadows should be able to find out this much about their fellow classmates, but strangely enough, they were unable to find out.”
At the words of the helpless Chief of Staff, Gilius opened his mouth as if he had come up with a plan.
“Hmm, isn’t there originally such a talented person in Crovence? What if he’s just hiding his identity and pretending to be someone else?”
“As far as is currently known, there is no match at all.”
The chief of staff answered immediately.
There is no way the experts could not have thought of the thoughts that Gilius, who was not an official member of the staff, came up with. I’ve already researched it first. Even with the empire’s outstanding intelligence power, they could not even guess that the current Carol and the young Karsas were the same person.
“But as we continue to gather information, I believe we will find out sooner or later.”
Gilius straightened his back and laid down deeply in the chair.
“Well, it’s done. It would be good to find out, but not knowing is enough. “Because the corpse will no longer be able to use its wisdom.”
Gilius changed the subject and asked, leaving a meaningful comment.
“What is the condition of our military?”
“This is a war with His Highness the Crown Prince. “Everyone’s morale is high and they can go to war right away.”
“What about Vasily’s Kingdom?”
“A magical messenger has arrived. “We have already advanced to the southern border of Antares and are just waiting for the right moment.”
“Good.”
Now everything is ready to attack from both sides.
Gilius cracked his neck and stood up.
And said.
“Inform the entire army. “When dawn breaks tomorrow morning, we will all cross the border together!”
“I will follow your orders, Your Majesty!”
The chief of staff knelt down and bowed his head deeply. Gilius smiled coldly while standing in his seat with an arrogant attitude.
We call it a temple or a sacred army, but the essence of the clash of groups with spears and swords is always the same.
The strong exploit the weak and enrich themselves with their blood.
“Now, it’s war!”
2
In a forest on the western border of Crovence.
The Imperial Army’s 3rd Regiment was encamped in the forest and was just preparing dinner.
Their mission is to scout Tahan, a fortress of the Kingdom of Crovence, about 14 kilometers away from here. Their goal was to understand the fortress’s defensive situation and strength.
We have already sent out several small scouts once to check out various areas of the fortress. While they were preparing to withdraw, a thick fog suddenly appeared in the forest and they had to build a camp. A fog this thick would be enough to hide the troops.
The soldiers who returned from their mission sat down in the tent and eagerly filled their stomachs. Because it was late fall, there was fog, and we were under the shadow of a bush, the air was quite cold.
One of the young soldiers grumbled.
“Hmm, I want to drink some hot soup.”
The old soldier beat the young man.
“Shut up and eat. “If you smoke, you won’t even have a mouth left to drink soup, right?”
Due to the nature of the reconnaissance unit’s mission, fires cannot be made, so everyone has no choice but to fill their stomachs with cold bread and hard dried meat.
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“I know that, but if it’s this much fog, I don’t think you’ll even notice the smoke.”
“Is that something you can risk your neck for?”
“It’s not like that, but…” … .”
The young imperial soldier grumbled and put the remaining bread in his mouth. Then, he straightened his waist and stood up.
“I haven’t eaten anything, but I keep having to pee.”
“It’s because I’m nervous. “This is your first time competing, right?”
“joy! Who said you were nervous? “It’s just because I drink a lot of water!”
“Uh, yeah, yeah.”
The old soldier sneers.
“be careful! There was so much fog that I couldn’t see an inch in front of me! “In weather like this, it’s hard to notice even if an enemy appears!”
“Nonsense! “How did the Crovence know that there was fog right now and show up here at the right time?”
The young imperial soldier grumbled and headed under the shade of a nearby tree.
When I hid behind a tree and pulled down my pants, a stream of urine hit the tree trunk.
“Oh, cool… … huh?”
At that moment, the young soldier’s pupils dilated.
Beyond the dark bush, there were two eerie, shining lights floating there. As a soldier who lived in the mountains, I knew right away what it was.
These are the eyes of a wild beast, that of a wolf.
“however… … “Why do you have eyes the size of a tiger?”
The soldier muttered absentmindedly.
Those eyes were at a similar level to that of a soldier. Unless a wolf is a bipedal animal, there is no way it would normally be in that position.
What was even more problematic was that, higher than those eyes, there were other eyes shining brightly and looking at him.
“That… … .”
At that moment, the wind blew.
The wind blew through the forest, shaking the branches and removing the shadows that had been cast for a moment.
Crumbling… … .
The sound of a roaring beast.
The soldier’s face turned pale.
The ugly face on the beast’s back was smiling down at the soldier.
“Your first prey.”
A completely different being from the slaves the soldier knew.
They have a fearsome reputation across the continent for their strength and ferocity.
They were the orcs of Antares.
“Wolf Lie… … .”
The soldier was about to shout. In an instant, his neck flew into the air, spewing blood.
The orc riding the direwolf looked around, shaking off the blood from his sword.
“The fog is really coming in at the right time.”
The entire forest shook and numerous shadows appeared. Even though a unit of this size came to the vicinity, the imperial army camp was extremely peaceful. This thick fog hid everything.
Wolf Rider, a strong-looking orc whose entire body was covered in scars, raised his sword and shouted.
“let’s go! Great brothers! “Let’s offer a blood sacrifice to our ancestors!”
“Hahaha!”
“A blood sacrifice to our ancestors!”
“Fight until your heart explodes!”
“Follow Captain Talcata!”
With a roar, the Wolf Riders surged forward and attacked the Imperial Army camp. The soldiers, who were in the middle of eating, became distraught and stood up holding spear knives.
“W-what is it?”
“Ahh! “It’s an enemy attack!”
“They are Antares orcs!”
The unit commander was scared and jumped out without any armor on.
“Where did they come from?”
I couldn’t understand the situation. This fog did not last for several days. It’s just a temporary fog that started to form early this morning.
But how did they get all the way here?
“like… … “Don’t you think they brought in the fog?”
Orc warriors riding direwolves cruelly roamed throughout the camp. The soldiers and knights fought back with their weapons, but it was no use. Not only had they already been taken by surprise, but the skills of these Wolf Riders were far superior to theirs.
“Go, Skandal!”
Talcata, the leader of the Wolf Riders, threw his great sword and shouted his name with all his soul. The other Wolf Rider also repeated the same movement.
“Go, Tarmac!”
