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"Hey, why don't you come with me to Barca?"

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　It was the time when the harvested wheat was paid as a tax to the knight.

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　My friend said to me as he looked at the little wheat that was left.

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　What, he was thinking the same thing.

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　Lately, there is a topic of conversation in every village.

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　It's a lie, but there is a man who rose from a peasant to a knight of the realm in a single generation.

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　A very strong man, they say.

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　He wins battle after battle.

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　They say he destroyed the cavalry of Uruk single-handedly.

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　But that wasn't the most important thing to us.

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　They say that if we go to Barca we won't have to worry about food.

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　To be honest, I feel that my current life is limited by the fact that I don't know when I will starve to death.

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　Then why not go to Barca at all?

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　It is usually difficult for a peasant to become a knight, but I heard that many other peasants are being promoted to knighthood because the head of Barka himself is a peasant.

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　I want to be a knight.

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　I want to have food, marry the woman of my choice and have children.

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　Okay, let's go to Barca.

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　We'll find work there and get ourselves out of trouble.

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　And I'll bring him to Barca and marry him.

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　I'm the only one who'll take that nagging woman who's been my soul mate since I was a little girl.

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"All right, let's go. I'll go to Barca and I'll be a knight too!"

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　And so I left the village where I was born and headed for Barca.

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　I was so happy to see him.

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"Oh, you have to join the army to live in Barca?　Is that the rule?"

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"Yes. There are a lot of eaters coming to Vulcania these days. To live in Balka, you have to train in the army for at least a few years. Once they have completed their military service, they are officially allowed to reside in Balka."

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"...... I see. My question is, I heard that if you join the army and play an active role, you can become a knight.

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"Oh, you too. That's what everyone who comes here says. But it's not that easy to become a knight. But, well, there is certainly a chance that you can be knighted if you are active.

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"Okay. I'll join the Balkan army.

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"Well, can you write your name?　Sign here and get in line over there. Well, they give you food when you join the army. You won't starve while you're training. Good luck."

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"Yes!　Thank you!"

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　We walked from the village to Barca.

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　We took the road that Barka had made on the way.

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　It was difficult to walk around the village, but this road was very easy to walk.

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　Moreover, the closer we got to Barca, the more people were passing by.

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　And that's not all.

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　It is not uncommon to see a large messenger beast carrying a cart.

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　I wonder how many people are coming and going.

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　As we continued walking around, we came upon a castle.

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　At first I thought it was the castle of Barca, but it seems to be different.

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　It was the first battle castle built by the lord of Barca and is protected by the river, but it seems that the lord is not here.

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　There is an even more impressive castle in Vulcania, further from here.

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　But we got stuck here.

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　There were many people standing in line.

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　When I finally got my turn in line, a soldier of the castle told me

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　If you want to live in Barca, you have to join the army.

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　If you don't, you will not be allowed to live in Barca.

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　No, actually it is not if you are rich or smart.

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　If you have something that the knights of Barca will recognize... you will be allowed to live there.

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　But I'm just a humble peasant with no skills of my own.

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　I'm not even a farmer now that I've left the land of my birth.

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　I and my friends who came with me had no choice.

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　Thus, we joined the Barka army to take up residence in Barka.

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　The first time we went to Barka we were told that we had to leave the land.

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"Listen. The most important thing in the Balkan army is to observe military discipline. Those who fail to do so will end up just like you just saw. Okay?　No exceptions. Failure to uphold military discipline will result in severe punishment. Remember that."

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　I joined the Barka Army.

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　I think I've come to the wrong place.

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　I've never been in the military before.

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　But I had heard stories from my father and other people around me.

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　But this Balkan army was completely different from what I had heard.

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　They are terribly strict about military discipline.

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　You must obey the commander above you.

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　I understand that.

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　But, they will kill you just for being late. .......

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　My friend who came to Barca with me is dead.

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　After the signal was given, he just ran off to take a dump because he had a stomach ache.

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　It does not mean that he did not show up at the meeting place.

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　But he finally came to the meeting place a while after everyone had gathered.

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　For that reason alone, he was executed for violating military regulations.

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　What should I do?

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　I want to get out of here right now.

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　But I don't have the courage.

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　If I try to leave the army of Barca without permission, I will be considered a fugitive.

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　Running away from the army is a violation of military regulations.

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　They'll kill me too.

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　Oh, my God.

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　How did I end up here?

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　I can't regret it.

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　I spent the night crying.

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　I was so sad.

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　A few moon phases have passed since I joined the Balkan army.

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　I think I'm finally getting a little used to life now.

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　I'm a little bit of a man now.

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　I even take care of the new guys.

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　I've become reasonably well known among the trainees of the Balkan army.

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　Because the number of guys who joined the army at the same time as me has dwindled considerably.

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　This Balkan army has really strict military regulations.

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　Moreover, the military regulations are quite detailed.

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　Even the slightest infringement of these rules would result in severe punishment.

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　Even minor punishments are meted out if they are violated more than once.

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　At first I thought it was impossible.

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　I even thought that the master of Barca was forcing all the immigrants to join his army so that he could kill them all.

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　But now I see that it is a little different.

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　If we don't go this far, we will probably lose our cohesion.

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　People from other countries with different ideas will be gathered in one place.

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　If we don't enforce a strict military code, we will not be able to control them.

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　And the rules are detailed but not absurd.

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　Basically, it states the obvious: listen to your superiors and do not use force against others without permission.

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　Once you get used to it, it is not difficult to stay away from violating the military regulations.

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　It was just that the punishment for breaking it was severe.

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　Well, that had its advantages for me.

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　Because the military regulations also applied to superiors.

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　The person who had told me to observe the military regulations who had punished my friend who came with me was also punished for violating the military regulations.

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　Many superiors are scary people, but even so, if you break the military regulations, you will die.

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　Maybe that's why, surprisingly, life in this Balkan army was easy once you got used to living under the military rules.

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　As long as they follow the rules and train hard, they do not have to worry about food.

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　A few more years and they would have the right of residence.

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　Until then, you just have to live a good and honest life.

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　That's what I thought.

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　I thought that I would be able to live a good life until then.

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　The war has begun.

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　Apparently there was a dispute with a neighboring territory of the knights of Barca.

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　I don't know the details, but it seems that a knight of the Garnes family insulted the head of the Barka family, Master Ars.

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　Immediately Master Ars gave the order.

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"Barca, let's get out of here!"

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　Master Ars said one word.

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　Immediately, the Barka army prepared for battle and set out.

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　None of us trainees were late.

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　Master Ars started running on his Valkyrie, a beautifully furred messenger beast, and we followed him as fast as we could.

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　From there it was lightning speed.

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　Ars and Bite charged into the house of the Garnes knights and immediately broke through the defenses.

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　We, the Balkan army, followed suit and seized the house and the village of the Garnes knights.

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　We also defeated the army of knights that came toward us.

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　Then we, the men of Barca, realized that we were strong.

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　The knights' army over there was not much more than an army.

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　They were so disorganized that they could not even line up properly.

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　They were no match for the Balkan army, which moved in unison under the command of their superiors.

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　Moreover, the peasants fled and scattered as soon as the situation turned bad.

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　Seeing this, I thought it was impossible.

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　We, the Balukan army, would never run away.

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　If they knew we ran away, we would die anyway.

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　Then we'll fight until we die.

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　If we fight well we won't die in vain.

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　If you die in battle, you will receive a large sum of money for your family back home, which was written down when you joined the army.

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　I'm afraid to die, but I'll fight to the death.

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　Everyone else in the Balkan army thought the same way.

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　I am afraid to die, but I will fight until my last breath.

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"We have struck down the leader of the House of Arbalest!"

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　The sound of deafening thunder.

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　As you can imagine, I was terrified when I heard it.

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　But that fear soon dissipated.

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　For the head of the House of Arbalest, the cause of the thunder, has been vanquished.

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　It was, of course, Lord Ars, the leader of our Barca forces, who took him down.

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　While we were holed up in the castle we had newly built between the rivers, there was much talk about Master Ars.

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　We had received information that he was dropping knight's houses in the Arbalest territory one after another.

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　However, we couldn't be happy about the information since the castle in the river was attacked by the main army of Arbalest.

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　They just endured with desperate resistance.

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　Finally, the battle came to an end.

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　Master Ars, who had been marching westward through the Arbalest territory, came back and destroyed the main camp, including the isolated leader, in a flash.

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　I honestly never thought that we would win against an army that included the heads of noble families.

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　Our fathers had told us so for a long time.

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　A knight is not a man.

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　And when you're the head of a noble family you're almost a god.

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　I would never dream of winning a real fight.

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　But Master Ars won.

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　And we contributed to that victory.

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　I never thought I'd be a part of such a winning battle.

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　I stood shoulder to shoulder with my fellow survivors and rejoiced.

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　I was so glad to be a part of such a victory.

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"All right, boys. You'll die for me. I will now abandon this position and attack to take Pessis de l'Ourcq, the next head of the House of Uruk. While my brother Bight and I fight, you will hold off the Uruk knights at all costs. Understood?"

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"""""""""" Oh! """"""""""

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　Oh, my God.

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　Just when we thought we had defeated the Arbalest army, we had to move east to fight the Uruk army without even a moment to catch our breath.

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　The first battle against the Uruk army was also a great victory for us.

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　We took them by surprise and trapped them.

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　By doing so, we defeated many knights and soldiers of the Uruk army.

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　But then came the hard part.

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　While we were building our position, the army of the next leader of the Uruk army arrived.

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　We holed up in our camp to defend ourselves, but more and more people were dying every day.

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　I thought that was it.

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　But then a miracle happened.

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　I became a knight.

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　I don't know what I'm talking about.

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　I don't know if I'm really a knight.

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　But I was named by Bite and given magic.

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　The naming ceremony was performed by Ars himself.

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　Yes, I've never been this close to Lord Ars before.

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　He's still younger than I am.

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　But he wasn't a boy.

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　He looked me in the eye and his eye got me.

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　I guess it's true what they say about that man, Byte.

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　He lives on a different level than I do.

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　That's what I thought.

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　And then Master Ars stood in front of us and said...

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　Die for me.

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　If you do so, I will defeat the Pessis de l'Ourcq.

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　My heart trembled.

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　Master Ars will do it.

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　Whoever it is, he will win.

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　I'm sure we can win if we listen to Master Ars.

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　I thought so.

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　I'm not afraid to die.

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　I'll do it.

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　I could be the knight I've always wanted to be.

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　I have no regrets about my life.

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　I'll tell my dead friends in the afterlife.

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　I've become a knight.

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　I've become a knight.

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　We won.

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　We won.

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　We defeated the Uruk out of sheer desperation.

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　Master Ars really did defeat the Pessis de l'Uruk.

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　He did what he said.

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　He faced them and beat them in a flash.

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　And that's not all.

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　Afterwards, surrounded by the vengeful Uruk army, he did not back down a step.

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　Master Ars, Bite, and Rion stood in front of him and defeated many Uruk knights.

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　It was amazing.

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　They had been fighting all morning and had not taken a single step back.

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　Until Carlos came to the rescue.

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"Good night, Elvis."

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　Master Ars called out to me.

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　He said, "Good work.

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　Master Ars, who should be the most tired of all the people, came to me.

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　Or rather, he remembered my name.

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　I was about to cry.

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　No, I cried.

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　Not just me.

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　Everyone was crying.

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　After the battle, all of Barca's army was crying and laughing.

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　Let's stay in this army.

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　I thought after the battle with the Uruk army.

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　I will fight for Master Bite and to save Master Ars.

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　Maybe I'm not the only one who thinks so.

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　Everyone in the room is thinking that way.

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　Thus, I had truly become a member of Barca.

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