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　War is not about killing each other without rules.

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　Even in a world in turmoil, there are certain things that must be protected.

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　Even if you wonder what they mean.

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　Of course, there are written rules, and violating them does not result in a red card and immediate ejection from the game, but it is recognized as an unspoken agreement.

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　However, even if you violate the rules and win the battle, you may not be recognized by the people around you.

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　For example, it is quite important to have a good cause before starting a war.

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　Even if the victor defeats the opponent's army and takes his territory, the people of the land will not recognize the victor as the new ruler if he does not have a good cause.

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　And the cause must be presented before fighting.

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　You fight after you claim that you are fighting because the other side is bad for this reason.

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　In other words, you have to confront the other side with your cause.

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　In other words, there is a tacit understanding that we should make a firm declaration of war.

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　I was planning to launch a complete surprise attack to round up all the nobles and knights who had gathered to greet the New Year.

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　But that was delayed.

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　Celebrating the new year is an event that must be done and should never be canceled.

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　Besides, it was not a good idea to attack when the other party was celebrating the New Year.

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　I thought that if we are going to attack them anyway, we don't have to worry about them, but if there are many voices of opposition in our camp, it would be a bit of a consideration.

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　Therefore, I decided to give my New Year's greetings properly.

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　However, we are also going to attack other noble families' territories at the same time.

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　Come to think of it, since we usually gather at a nobleman's castle before the snow falls, and until the snow melts, nobles and knights have parties and exchange information, so it doesn't matter if we attack a little later.

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　Therefore, we decided to declare war before the end of the year, greet the New Year in the town of Fontana, and then take a break to attack.

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　Well, in the case of Fontana, since the head of the family can travel by transfer stone, only the head of the family can move and lead the army after holding events in the city of Fontana, if the army is prepared in the Khamas area.

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　It may be a little difficult for those who are mobilized for the army, but that's about it.

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　So, about 10 days after the New Year celebration, the Fontana army left the defensive wall of Carmas and started to invade the south.

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　The Fontana army left the defensive wall of Carmas and began its invasion of the south.

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"It's not enough. Ars, they are not responding well.

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"It can't be helped, brother Bite. There were no knights who were supposed to fight with the nobles. It's just that Payne and the others worked too hard.

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"d*mn it. The Lubitsch family's [swordsmanship] was interesting magic, but I guess swordsmanship alone won't be enough in this cold weather. There weren't many of them."

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　We began our invasion of the south, first capturing the first noble territory.

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　The method was similar to the previous assault on the labyrinthine city.

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　I prepared a valkyrie for transportation, and I summoned ice spirits to protect the soldiers on the valkyrie from the cold.

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　Then, with about 5,000 cavalrymen, we attacked the castle of the Lubitsch family, a noble family located to the west of the Khamas territory.

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　The difference may be that this time the cavalry was mounted without horns, since they were in a relatively close proximity to the castle.

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　But it was still enough.

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　The Lubicz family is said to have once had a man who was called a sword saint.

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　He sublimated his swordsmanship into magic and left it to the future generations.

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　It may be similar to his brother Baito's magic of "riding technique".

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　The knights named after the Lubitsch family become fearsome and fierce, cutting down their opponents with fluid movements like the sword saints of the past.

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　Moreover, they can fight even against long-range magic by putting magic power on their swords to extend the range of their attacks.

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　They should have been a formidable opponent.

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　In reality, however, as my brother Byte said, it might be said that the response was a little too weak.

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　That is because there were much fewer knights than expected in the capital of the Lubitsch nobles' domain.

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　It seems that the knights who were supposed to be loyal to the Lubitsch family did not come to the Lubitsch castle to greet the New Year for some reason.

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　But it should be obvious that this is a false reason.

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　The reason is quite simple: they knew that if they gathered to greet the new year, they would be stranded by snow and attacked by Fontana's army when they were trapped in the town where the castle is located.

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　In other words, many of the Lubitsch knights abandoned their master's house and holed up in their own lands, never coming out.

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　The prior efforts of Payne and his men to sack the city must have had a great effect.

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　This means that my previous efforts of recruiting people, and not only Payne's, are finally having an effect.

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　Since I offered Payne, a native of Uruk, a high reward to become a knight, I have been attracting people who want to rise to the top.

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　And some of them were eloquent and could be used for espionage.

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　After they had declared war on the Lubitschs, I went around persuading the knights under my command.

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　Rather than continue to manipulate the Lubiches and let them perish, they should not challenge Fontana, but bow down to Fontana as soon as the Lubiches were defeated and leave their house behind.

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　Of course, this was not a good idea.

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　But we all know very well that Fontana's army is capable of marching in the snow.

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　Because everyone knows that the Percival family suffered a great blow and declined because of it.

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　Therefore, it is clear that this is not a delusion to mislead the knights.

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　They must have been troubled.

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　Could they abandon the Lord whom they had served for so many years?

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　Should they not fight in unison?

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　But even if they did, there was a big problem.

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　The Carmas family, which was supposed to be next door, was quickly destroyed and a long wall was built on the border of the former Carmas territory.

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　With the magic of swordsmanship, they might be able to take a shot at Fontana's army.

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　But that only meant that they could resist.

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　After such a defense line had been built, it would be difficult to even mount a proper counter invasion against Fontana in the future.

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　Then, what should we do?

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　After much deliberation, many knights came to a ruthless conclusion.

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　Thus, at the beginning of the new year, the Lubiches were deprived of their castle and lands, and the Lubiches became the property of the Kingdom of Fontana.

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