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"This is really bad. We need to reduce the number of enemies around us. Bite-brother, it's time to get out of the way!"

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"Hey. I know. But there's too many of them, Ars. We won't last that long.

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"Okay, I'll have Valkyrie build a wall. Let's just try not to get surrounded. Leon, get the infantry to join us here. Don't let them get separated from the cavalry and destroy them individually.

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"I know, Master Ars."

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　Pessi, the general of the Uruk army and the next head of the order.

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　Although they had defeated Pessi, the war was at its worst.

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　He had dived into the main body of the Uruk army himself, even though our numbers were only about 800.

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　All around them were enemy soldiers, and they far outnumbered us.

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　I have heard that the best tactic is to surround and destroy.

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　It is a simple tactic if only in words: surround the enemy completely and then attack.

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　However, once you are stuck in that situation, you can't get out of it by half measures.

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　In particular, the group on the surrounded side will be so crowded together that the person in the center of the group will be crushed to death not by the enemy but by the allies.

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　Therefore, we built a wall as a temporary measure.

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　For the time being, I let Valkyrie with horns build a wall in one direction only, so that there is a direction from which no attack can come.

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　But that was all I could do.

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　The only thing left to do was to keep on swinging our weapons against the knights and soldiers that were rushing in from all around us.

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Come on, come at me! Anyone who can beat me, step forward!"

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　I managed to endure such a hopeless situation thanks to my brother Bite and Rion, who were running amok a short distance away from me.

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　I am fighting a number of Uruk knights who are [foxed], and I am gaining the upper hand in the battle.

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　I think it was right to let those two give their names.

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　At the time, I was thinking of naming them myself in order to concentrate the magic power on me alone to defeat Pesci.

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　But no matter how strong I got, I wouldn't have been able to handle this situation on my own.

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But in this situation, it might be the same after all.

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"Hey, Ars. Can't you do something?"

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"Dad ......, it might last a while longer, but honestly, it's tough. Are you okay?"

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"I can still manage. But the longer you wait, the more stuck you'll be. Can't we just go back to the camp?"

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"That's no good. If you try to go back through that little passageway, you'll get wiped out."

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　My father, who was fighting near me, calls out to me.

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　He suggested that we run back to the camp, but that would be very impractical.

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　The tunnels I built are not big enough.

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　If we tried to escape to that place, all the followers would be crushed except for the first one who entered the tunnels.

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"Dad. Can you take command in front of the wall that Valkyrie has built?"

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"...... What do you want me to do, Ars?"

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"Have each unit rest in turn in front of the wall. The more we can rest, even for a moment, the more time we have to fight."

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"But that means fewer people can fight at once. Are you sure you can handle that?"

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I'll do my best. But make sure I get a little break too, okay?"

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"Yeah, okay. If the als and the part-time jobs get too tight, tell my dad right away. Okay, I'll see you later."

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"Please."

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　If it were true, I'd like to add more walls, but it looks like that's not going to happen.

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　The margin was completely lost in the face of the Uruk forces that were rushing toward them like a tsunami.

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　If we build more walls, they might try to use them against us.

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　The strength of the cavalry was also lost now that the siege was complete.

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　The only saving grace is that Pesci is already gone.

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　If they use [Black Flame] here, we will all be roasted.

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　However, the Uruk forces, led by the Uruk knights with their superior physical abilities and their use of the [Foxing] and [Oboro Fire], were steadily reducing our numbers.

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"d*mn ....... I've been fighting for so many udon noodles."

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　They have been fighting ever since they assaulted Pesci in the enemy's main camp in the early morning.

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　The sky, which was supposed to be dark at first, has not only become completely light, but it is already past noon and more time has passed.

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　Well, there is nothing to eat anyway. .......

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　However, the onslaught of the Uruk army is not slowing down at all.

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　We have already wounded all of them and reduced their numbers even more, but what are we going to do?

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　While we are fighting, we are always watching our surroundings.

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　He is fighting against the knights in front of him, looking for an escape route.

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　If there is a weak spot in the enemy's position, I will try to pry it open and break through the siege, even if I have to deploy all of my horned knights there, but I have not been able to do so yet.

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　It seems that even though the leader of the force, who boasts of his overwhelming strength, is gone, he is still managing his troops well.

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　I am surprised that the army has not collapsed even though Pesci, who was supposed to be at the top, is no longer with us.

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"Hmm?　What is it?　Is the Uruk army starting to get disorganized?"

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　However, I felt something strange about the movements of the Uruk forces.

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　What is going on?

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　I don't know what is happening.

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　But this may be our last chance to escape from this crisis.

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Valkyrie!　All troops, break through the siege! Brother Bight, Leon, follow me.

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Hey, hey, are you okay, Ars?

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"I don't know, but we have a chance. Dad, I need you to keep up.

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　The moment I sense something unnatural in the movements of the Uruk army, I make a decision.

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　I immediately decide to charge the encircling Uruk forces.

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　I had my horned Valkyrie [physical enhancement] and made it charge into the Uruk forces, followed by me on my horse, using my thunderbolt sword to suppress the movements of the surrounding forces.

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　However, this movement does not last forever.

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　The thick encirclement of the Uruk forces stops the Valkyries in their tracks, and they gradually lose their ability to break through.

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　Now the Valkyries are completely surrounded by the Uruk forces, which are stretched vertically.

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　If the strange feeling I felt in the Uruk army was just my imagination, it is the end.

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　I am afraid that the situation cannot be reversed from this point on.

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　But it was not to be.

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"Why are you here? I told you to stay in your positions.

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"Or ...... Mr. Carlos, what are you doing here?"

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"Of course. We're here to defeat the Pesci de Urques. Where is he?

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I've already beaten him. Me, Leon, and my brother Bite.

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"What?　...... apparently can't afford to lie. Fine. We'll talk later. Attention all Fontana. The Pessis de l'Ourcq has been taken by the young knights of Fontana. The rest of the remnants must be defeated.

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　Just when we thought it was all over, the enemy had stopped moving amidst their huge army.

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　But then hope appeared.

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　Carlos came pushing aside the Uruk army surrounding us.

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　Of course, Carlos did not come here alone.

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　It seems that he is leading the army that was at Fort Einrad.

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　With this fresh army and Carlos, who is the only one who has the ability as the head of the army, the Uruk army, which had surrounded and attacked Barka Graham's army, suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat.

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　Thus ended the seemingly hopeless reverse siege of Barca Graham's army.

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