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"Ba, idiotic ....... This can't be happening. My army is ......

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Checkmate.

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　A swarm of Valkyries swooped in from the flank.

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　Raymond is immensely impressed as he watches them, using their magic, break through the flanks of Fontana's army at a furious pace, and then run into the interior of the army.

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　But I'm not going to let such a critical moment pass me by.

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　I swung down with all the force I could muster with my hard sword.

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　The metal armor covering Raymond's entire body shatters noisily.

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　Fresh blood splattered from beneath the shattered metal.

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　Raymond's body sinks to the ground with a stunned expression on his face.

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"I have struck down Raymond, the chancellor of Fontana's army!　Raise the curtain on victory!

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　Raymond fell to the ground.

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　The Ice Spirit Sword, a symbol of his strength and power, spills from Raymond's hand.

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　I picked it up and shouted as I raised it to the sky.

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　The fact that I concentrated my magic power on my vocal cords must have helped, too.

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　My voice echoed throughout the battlefield.

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　The sounds of battle in various places fell silent for a moment after they heard what I said.

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　But it was only for a moment.

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　The people around me lowered their gazes at the ice sword I held up.

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　Those who saw the brilliance of Raymond's top-of-the-line magic sword and its original owner lying on the ground understood the outcome of the battle.

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　The silent battlefield was enveloped in an undulating cry that seemed to grow louder and louder, like an avalanche.

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　All the people of Barca heard my voice, understood the situation, and shouted out loud.

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　Hearing my voice, Fontana's army, which still outnumbered us, completely lost its will to fight.

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　At this moment, the victory of Barca was decided.

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　The battle was won.

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"You did good, old man. You did it at the right time."

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"I was scared. ....... You know what scared me the most, kid?　I was the scariest when I was on your Valkyrie."

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　Once we had won the victory over Fontana's army, we turned back to our position north of the river.

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　When the victory was decisive, the peasants who had been drafted into the Fontana army were the first to flee.

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　Before I could say anything, the people of the village of Barca and the neighboring villages were on the run.

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　It seems that their goal was to get spoils of war from the defeated.

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　The peasants are chasing after the villagers, aiming at their gold, weapons, and even clothes, while the peasants are giving them up as if they were bait to be scattered.

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　It is not that these villagers want the lives of their opponents.

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　They came back to me with a satisfied look on their faces when they got a reasonable income.

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　Maybe the other peasants didn't suffer so much damage.

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　Both sides are experienced fighters in a sense.

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　In addition to these spoils of war, I got something else.

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　It was a "knight.

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　A knight is a person who is recognized by the nobility to use magic.

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　Naturally, they are valuable human resources even to the noble families, and this could also be the spoils of war.

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　Frankly speaking, I would be able to fight against the knights, but I am afraid to keep in my possession a person who is capable of killing ordinary people in an instant.

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　But all the knights we captured were very sick and dying.

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　The one I killed and the one who was killed by my brother Bite, that's six in total.

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　For the time being, after treating them easily, I tied their hands and feet tightly and put them in one of the buildings.

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　Well, after the battle was over, the cleanup was waiting for us.

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　No matter how much magic I had given the villagers to fight with me, they were still volunteers.

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　If I confiscated the spoils they had earned on the battlefield at the risk of their lives, there would be no one left to cooperate with me.

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　So we had no choice but to go back to our camp and keep what we had.

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　In the midst of all this, I was talking with an old peddler.

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　The old man had played a major role in the battle.

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　One was that he had accurately researched the size of Fontana's army, the route of the invasion, and the timing of the invasion, and reported them to me in advance.

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　The other was that he took my horned Valkyrie and attacked the flank of Fontana's army.

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　Why did the old man attack with the Valkyrie?

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　It was because there was no one in the village of Barca who could ride a Valka Valka Valkyrie except me and my brother Bite.

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　The only one who could ride on one of the Valkyries he bought from me during his daily peddling was the old man, so I left him in charge of the detachment.

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　He only guided me along the way.

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　The leader of the Valkyrie troop was my beloved first Valkyrie.

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　When I fought against Fontana's army, I was not riding a Valkyrie, but one of the hornless ones with the horns cut off.

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　I guess it was because the horns were inconvenient for wielding weapons.

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　There was also another reason why I entrusted the first Valkyrie to the old man.

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　It was because of the characteristics of the beast.

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　A Valkyrie is a beast that understands the words of the egg it hatched and acts accordingly.

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　To tell the truth, I was hoping that the Valkyrie I sold to the Fontana family would do as I asked.

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　But that was not to be.

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　The Valkyries I raised with my own hands I kept only for breeding purposes and never sold them to anyone else.

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　So, what happens when a Valkyrie, a messenger beast, raises and hatches a messenger beast egg, it seems to understand and listen to its parent.

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　So, I entrusted the leadership of the flock to the first generation, which is currently the highest rank for all Valkyries.

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　This way, the old man would only have to guide the Valkyries by himself, and they would be a separate unit.

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　This is how they functioned as a detachment without dispersing our precious human resources.

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　However, it was quite terrifying to ride on the back of the first Valkyries running while they were undergoing [physical reinforcement].

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"So, what are you going to do now, boy?　We won this time, but that's not all of the Fontana family's strength."

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"Well, yeah. We may have won, but we didn't do zero damage either.

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What do you have in mind?

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"Yes, I'll build a castle here."

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　We've shown what we can do.

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　But there may still be a significant gap in terms of strength.

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　Then we must show our power more.

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　We need to be strong enough to make the other party hesitate to fight and think of discussing with us.

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　However, fighting is not the only way to show our power.

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　It is enough if the other party recognizes our power.

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　Then what should we do?

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　This makeshift fortress we've built north of the river.

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　I thought of turning it into a castle, a proper defense base.

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