Chapter 94 – War Start
After setting up camp, two days pa.s.sed in which I mainly talked to other adventurers. Maa, n.o.body bothered with explaining rules and regulations of war though.
We were a.s.signed to the left wing of the army, A rank adventurers will serve as commanders, and will lead units of around 100 people.
On the third day, scouts reported that there was movement on the camps on the other side of the border, our camp instantly became tense.
Not many of the people here should know war. Even the knights haven’t been in one in a long time.
I don’t know how things will go, but we need to keep our calm, we may have a numerical advantage, but we’ll lose if we move recklessly.
The battle will probably start tomorrow morning, so we shouldn’t waste any time and prepare. But first, I should finish eating.
On the fourth day, our troops hastily moved to the battlefield, before dawn.
A messenger arrived last night, carrying the orders to move out.
I left a big luggage in the tent with water and preserved meal, and brought only my sword to the meeting place.
More than half of the adventurers have already gathered in the meeting place, most were tense and anxious. Even I am feeling a bit uneasy myself. It’s the first time I’ll kill a person anyway, I think anyone that didn’t get anxious is plain mad.
There are still plenty of people running around under the dimly lit sky.
As soon as the sky lit up, the commander raised his voice.
「Start moving towards the border! Don’t delay the other troops!」
Each unit commander was relaying a similar message.
…… Oto, everyone already started moving, let’s follow them.
When I got to the border I could see where the battlefield would be, there were lots of people on Soutinsu’s side. They seem to be going all out from the very beginning.
Of course, Sobyuuru has gathered all of its strength as well.
According to our information, Soutinsu’s army has 60 thousand troops, while Sobyuuru army army has less than 70 thousand. The difference is less than 10,000, and when thinking of big armies, 10000 isn’t that much of a difference, the skill and morale of the soldiers matter a lot more, as well as the number of magicians.
Soutinsu has been focusing on magic since long ago, and they also have a good number of mercenaries.
Sobyuuru had no major war in several decades, so it is worse in warfare if compared to Soutinsu, which constantly tried to expand its territory through wars.
Because the Sobyuuru knows that, they probably recruited the adventurers, since they have plenty of combat experience.
I’m not sure which side will win this.
However, Sobyuuru has many friendly countries, so we’ll have the advantage over the isolated Soutinsu if the conflict takes long. Even if Sobyuuru loses this battle, plenty of knights and allies will arrive if given enough time. Reason why Soutinsu is trying their best to win this in one decisive blow.
The two armies were glaring at each other. The tension kept rising as the feeling that a battle could start at any moment spread.
With the rise of the sun, messengers quickly moved through the army.
Eventually, the movements ceased, and a countdown to the war’s start could be felt.
The signal to start a battle is made with magic. A thing like a signal flare is launched and all commanders move with it.
Paaaaan!
A sound like the burst of a balloon was heard, and red lights shone in the sky.
「Allied forces, advance!」
With the voice of the commander, soldiers and adventurers started running.
「「「「「Uoooooo!!」」」」」
And so, the battle begins.
Part 2 comes soon~
