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"My Lord, we have received word that Barca's forces have entered the floating fortress of Palamere."

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"Barca has arrived. The Fontana family is now in a very complicated situation. The Memento family, one of the three great noble families, is on the move. Naturally, this cannot be ignored. But how will they deal with us, the arbalests, who might be behind it? That's what we have to watch. ......"

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Yes, that is correct. Yes, that's right. To be honest, we did not know what choice Fontana would make. However, the result seems to be that we, the Barbarians, will be the ones to beat the Barbarians.

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"Well, I guess that's what most of us expected. After all, Barca has a magic that blocks the higher magic of our house of Arbalest. Then, it is understandable that we dare to deploy Barka, who has a countermeasure against us, instead of playing against the Memento family. Therefore, I ask you to consider this. How will we fight and win against the forces of Barca that have entered Palamere?

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　In last year's battle, the Arbalests suffered a defeat against Fontana's army.

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　They were defeated by an overwhelming majority and in a situation where they had the advantage of fighting together with the House of Uruk in the east.

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　And it was not just a defeat.

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　It was a defeat that should not have happened, as the previous head of the house was defeated by Ars von Barka.

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　We will not forget this, not even for a day, not even a year later.

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　We vowed that we would make up for it.

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　We received word that Ars von Barca had led Barca's army into Palamere, originally an impregnable fortress in the territory of Arbalest.

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　Today Palamere is ruled by a knight named Ghana von Ickx.

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　The House of Ix was originally a knightly domain bordering on the territory of Arbalest, but the previous year's battles had greatly expanded its territory.

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　The Ixes seem to be ruling well, and Palamere is completely in their hands.

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　Barca is important, but we must make sure that we pay our debt to this House of Ix as well.

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　The forces in Palamere now number about 4,000, both Barca and Ix together.

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　If we send out our entire force, we can move another 8,000.

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　No, it's Barca.

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　It would be enough to mobilize 10,000 men.

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　It was while I was thinking like that.

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　I was instructed to tell them the information I had gathered on Barca in order to deepen the discussion among the Lords and other members of the Arbalest family.

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　No, I think they would rather hear about Ars von Barka himself than about the Barka army itself.

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　So I begin to speak.

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　I began to talk about the information on Ars von Barka that I had collected so desperately after the battle last year.

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　I have been trying very hard to gather information about Ars von Barka since the battle of last year.

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　Ars von Barka.

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　He is a man of 12 years old this year, a child still growing.

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　Ars first made his public appearance a few years ago during the upheaval in the Fontana territory.

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　It was a peasant uprising, the so-called "Barca uprising".

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　The Fontana family is one of the historical noble families that have maintained their territory between the Uruks in the east and the Arbalests in the west for many years.

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　However, the Fontana line was nearly cut off by a previous war.

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　Carlos de Fontana survived the war.

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　Raymond von Barbaros, a famous knight who protected and raised Carlos when he was still a child.

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　Raymond, who was called the Guardian of the Ice, was suddenly killed one day.

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　The person responsible was a boy who was 8 years old at the time, now called Ars von Barca.

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　Most of us could not believe it when we heard the story.

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　How could the guardian of the ice be defeated by a mere peasant child?

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　But it was true.

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　Raymond was definitely defeated by the peasant boy.

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　However, the suddenness of this great event made the surrounding people's movements lackluster.

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　Normally, with the fall of Raymond, the mainstay of the Fontana family, the Fontana territory would have had no choice but to disappear.

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　But no.

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　A child, who was supposed to be just a boy, showed remarkable achievements.

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　That child was Carlos de Fontana.

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　Immediately after the disappearance of his protector Raymond, he united the household and took Ars von Barca, the man who had just killed Raymond, into his own pocket.

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　Carlos then began his rule of the Fontana.

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　Despite the absence of Raymond, who had been in charge of the entire Fontana family, he did not cause any major problems and stabilized the territory by taking a firm stand against the rebellious knights of his own domain.

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　And he did not stop there.

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　Carlos and Ars kept moving.

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　The results of the war are well known to many.

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　They have continued to win at a breakneck pace, winning battle after battle.

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　But that is not all that should be noted.

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　It is easy to focus on the victory itself, but that is not the only thing to pay attention to.

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　The most terrifying part is that they are "always fighting.

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　They have been fighting ever since Ars von Barca appeared on the scene and Carlos came to prominence.

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　This is essentially the most frightening thing of all.

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　Normally, running an army is a very costly affair.

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　But not in Fontana.

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　They never starve, even though they are constantly fighting.

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　Why is that?

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　That is what I was most interested in when I was reexamining Fontana.

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　And it also involved Ars von Barca.

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　Him.

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　His magic was the secret.

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　Ars von Barka's magic could prevent the Arbalest family's higher magic [distant thunder] or build a stronghold in a very short period of time.

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　But more than that, it was able to increase the crops explosively.

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　That was the root of Fontana's extraordinary move.

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　Realizing this, I started to investigate the magic of Ars von Barca.

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　But along the way I learned a terrible secret.

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　Apparently, he did not inherit and use magic like a normal nobleman.

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　Ars von Barca was not only a magician who could invoke magic without using spells, but also a wizard who could make his own magic available only by uttering spells.

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　Ars von Barca could create magic.

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　And the number of them was extraordinary.

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　In addition to magic that can be used in battle, such as [Shotgun] and [Body Enhancement], there is also [Land Clearing] and [Soil Improvement] to increase the harvest, and [Wall Construction] that can quickly perform construction.

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　There are as many as 15 types of magic known to us.

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　In addition to these, the Fontana family's offensive magic is also available.

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　Of course, the Fontana's higher level magic, 【Summoning Ice Spirit】would also be able to be used.

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　Though it is reported that it is much inferior to Carlos, the head of the Fontana family.

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　Extraordinary.

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　That's the only word for it.

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　Moreover, he can also name the beast he created and make it use magic.

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　I don't know why, but Ars Von Valka seems to be closely connected with the church.

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　Under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that the church would approve of the granting of magic to a beast of burden.

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　But he was recently made a holy knight.

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　The church must approve of this.

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　But even he is not without opportunities to take advantage of us.

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　After all this research, I have found out a way to take advantage of him.

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　The way for the House of Arbalest to defeat the army of Barca commanded by Ars von Barca.

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"Oh. What exactly is that method?"

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Yes, my lord. It is in the magic he uses. Ars von Valka excels above all because of its wide variety of magic and the beasts that use it. Therefore, it is not a problem if we do not allow them to be used on the battlefield.

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"...... That may indeed be true. But what exactly is the way to do it?"

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"Yes. We believe that the most effective way to defeat the Balkan army led by Ars von Balka is to fight on the water.

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"Water battle?　You mean fighting on the water."

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Yes. On land, his magic [wall-building] and so on will be very effective. Moreover, according to my research, the same is true for "Wall of Atmos" that prevented "Far Thunder", the top magic of Arbalest. All of them are triggered by touching the ground.

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"What? That lightning blocking magic can only be used on the ground?"

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Yes, it is. Ars von Barka's Wall of Atmos requires a hand on the ground to activate. This is not the case with the [Scattershot] or Fontana's [Ice Spear], but the advantage of being able to prevent attacks by [distant thunder] is infinitely greater. If it is on the water, it can be blocked."

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"...... I see. And by water battle, I mean a battle with boats floating on the water. So his beast of burden can't be used?

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Yes. Moreover, the Balkan army has never experienced any water battles. The experience of the soldiers of Arbalest, who have plenty of water, is completely different from that of the soldiers of Barca. If we can draw them into a water battle, we will surely win.

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"...... Okay, okay. I'll take my army down to the Midway River. It will serve as a defensive line to protect the city, and it is also suitable for a naval battle using ships. We will surely drown Ars von Barka and his hated army at the bottom of the river. All you who have heard, prepare yourselves at once!

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　My words have been received and the master has made his decision.

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　The most dangerous opponent for Arbalest.

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　We will crush him once and for all.

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　To do so, we must lure them into a battle on the water.

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　That will be my job, too.

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　I will make them limit the route of their attack on Arbalest and make them cross the big river called Midway instead of land.

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　To do so, we should consider destroying even the Midway Bridge over the river.

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　Thus, we, the Arbalest forces, lured the Barca forces out of the water fortress Palamere and launched a battle on the water.

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