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"All right, let's go. Are you ready, brother Bite, Vargas?"

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"Oh, I'm all set, Ars."

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"...... Hey, general. Didn't you say the other day that you were going to be on the defensive?　Why are we talking about a surprise attack on the Memento family?"

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"That's because it's not in our nature to just lock ourselves up. We have to make a mess of things now and then.

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"That's right, Vargas. Ars is right. War is all about aggression.

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"Hey, hey, it's one thing for a part-timer to say this, but you don't have to go along with it either, Ars. Why don't you just keep your eyes on Carlos and the others until they get the king back safely?

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"No, it's hard to keep up morale if you're always defending. Besides, Memento's army is still a threat to our position. I think it would be better to boost morale by achieving at least one more battle result since we are still outnumbered."

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"But, General. You may have taken out one of the leaders, but they still have four more leaders.　How can you launch a surprise attack on such a place?"

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"That's right. It is precisely because they have so many heads of families that there is no chance for us to win without a surprise attack. Conversely, I believe that a surprise attack by the night cavalry, which is Barka's specialty, will be very effective.

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"Huh, all right, general. Well, unlike the other day, I have a part-timer now. If the cavalry only attack by surprise, they can escape to the position even if the attack fails.

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"That's what I meant. Then I have no objection. Don't be late.

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　A short time after Carlos and his men escorted the king away.

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　Three positions in the southern part of Fort Einrad were still locked in a standoff with Memento's army.

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　Apparently, thanks to the efforts of the archbishop, the three noble alliances had held talks, which had been halted, and the Mementos had ordered their forces to Fontana to halt.

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　However, the army did not turn back.

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　They have set up a temporary camp further south of their position and are staying there.

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　According to the information we have obtained, it seems that this has something to do with the fact that I have killed one of the leaders of the army.

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　The army was sent to restrain Fontana, but the head of one of the armies was killed before they could see Fontana's territory.

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　This is a great shame for those in charge of the army, it seems.

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　It is said that there was a disagreement within Memento's army as to whether or not they should just back down.

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　As one would expect, the top-level leaders who had been entrusted with command of the army did not have the option of leaving without doing anything.

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　However, the headquarters of the Memento family is in the middle of a meeting with the other three noble alliances to discuss which of them would be the best suited to be a high noble through diplomacy.

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　If we can guess the political meaning of this, we cannot ignore the order from the Memento family headquarters to suspend the military operations.

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　Yet, it seems that there were those who were in direct opposition to it.

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　One head of the family is still pushing for the invasion of Fontana's position.

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　We cannot allow him to act against the will of the headquarters, but there is no need to force him to stop.

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　It seems that the other heads of the board have decided to do so.

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　The reason for such an ambiguous response is that the army that came to Fontana consisted of five armies, each led by a different commander.

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　Moreover, even the heads of the Memento family were not from the same family as the heads of the Memento family.

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　In short, the four remaining heads of the Memento family were all rivals in a struggle for their own advancement within the Memento family organization.

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　If one of the hardliners disobeyed an order and attacked Fontana, they would immediately follow suit and take credit for the success.

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　If the attack fails, they will claim responsibility for ignoring the order from the headquarters and claim that they did not do such a thing.

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　In other words, the Memento family was still acting separately and without coordination with each other even after one of the heads of the family had already been killed.

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　Under these circumstances, a surprise attack might work.

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　That's what I thought.

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　I targeted an army with a hard-line leader.

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　I would attack by surprise with the cavalry at night, when it would be dark.

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　If they can only act in pieces, it would be difficult for the other armies to deal with them immediately.

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　And above all, the magic of the Memento family is not suitable for defense.

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　The [Kamaitachi], which can release a blade of vacuum as a long-range attack, can be a double-edged sword that attacks allies as well.

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　And the same is true for the higher magic [Tornado].

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　If the leader of a castle is attacked by a surprise attacker, he will blow up his own castle and all his allies if he releases a "tornado" to attack the attacker.

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　The Memento family's magic is strong enough to attack the opponent, but it is not suitable for defense.

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　To be honest, I was more afraid of the four Memento heads ignoring the orders of the Memento family headquarters and using a "tornado" on our position, as the hardliners of the opponent claimed.

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　But the more time passes, the more likely they are to do so.

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　That is why we decided to conduct a surprise attack.

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　Thus, they decided to attack Memento's army of over 35,000 men with about 700 cavalrymen.

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