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"Look here, Mr. Garod. Fontana's army is over there and Lubitsch's army is over there. After this, the two armies will clash on this plain in a battle.

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"...... Al, what do you mean?　I thought the Lubitschs were on our side.　Why did you have to fight Fontana's army again?"

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"Oh, don't worry, Master Garrod. This is a military exercise. The two armies will fight as if they were in a real battle, but it's just a training exercise. But watch carefully. It is important to see how the Fontana army will fight against the Lubitsch army, which will be operating in the old fashioned way.

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　A little time has passed since Brams, the head of the Lubitsch family, made a direct appeal.

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　I, who was aware of the Lubitsch family's passionate desire to demonstrate their power as nobles, decided to offer the Lubitsch family, led by Brams, a place in the meeting.

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　I decided to actually fight against the Fontana army.

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　But that does not mean that the Lubiches have already lost their lands.

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　Now it is the Lubiches and the knights who have followed them without betraying them who are crying out for a show of force.

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　Basically, many of the Lubitsch knights have admitted defeat in the Lubitsch campaign in the winter and have given up their names and sworn allegiance to Fontana.

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　So there were not so many of them.

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　Therefore, when the battle actually took place, the difference in strength between the two sides would be too obvious to make it a real fight.

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　In such a situation, even if the Lubitschs and the Fontanas fought and won, the feelings of the Lubitschs would be almost the same as they are now.

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　So I have decided to prepare a battle as even as possible.

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　I have decided to fight it as a mock battle, or a military exercise, so that the numbers of each side's army will be balanced.

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　This has several meanings.

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　First of all, the victory over the Lubitschs was intended to further the military reform.

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　The second was to educate Garrod.

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　Garoad is a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Fontana and the only one.

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　He should not be taken to the battlefield so easily and be in danger like Carlos.

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　However, it was also a problem for him not to go to the battlefield at all until he grew up and had several children and left an heir.

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　It is not good to have never been on the battlefield and not to know anything about warfare in this day and age.

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　Therefore, I decided to take this opportunity to observe from the outside how the army is moving and fighting.

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　From the side where the Fontana and Lubitsch armies were facing each other, looking down on them from the tower, we would be able to get a better idea of how the armies actually moved.

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"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Elance."

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"No, thanks, Barca. The current Lubitsch army is full of people who did not follow me as the new ruler of Lubitsch or who have some other reason. I wouldn't mind if some of them actually died.

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"That's not very peaceful. In case you're wondering, both armies use special weapons. They use wooden swords and arrows made of tree branches that emit red sap upon impact. So, there will not be so many deaths."

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"But Fontana's army has cavalrymen riding on Valkyries. You won't be safe from a Valkyrie charge, Ars.

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"Yes, but that's about the extent of it, brother Bite. I'll put up with a few injuries as part of my training as a medic.

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　On top of the tower, I talk with Garod, as well as Elans of the Burmese family, my brother Bite, and others.

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　The military exercises are being conducted by two battalions of the Fontana army, a force of about 6,000 men.

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　In contrast, the Lubiches, who have no lands, are led by former Lubiches knights who were supposed to be under the frontier count Elans but were often rebellious, or former Urk knights who were transferred to Hermes with Wagner but were not happy about it, or former knights of the Fontana kingdom who were not happy about their transfer to the Fontana kingdom. The others were those who had committed crimes and those who boasted of their strength, hoping to make themselves more visible in the eyes of the king, Garod, during this military exercise.

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　Although they were forced to have almost the same number of men as the Fontana army, and their skill level was different from the Fontana army, they could still be said to have equal strength in terms of numbers.

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　The reason why they went to the trouble of conducting military exercises is not only for the purpose of educating Garod and reforming the military system, but also for the purpose of training, which is the original purpose of military exercises.

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　In case of a battle between armies of equal numbers, the ability of the general or commander in command of the army has a great deal to do with how the battle will be decided.

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　When I am in command of an army, I receive reports and give instructions from the ground, so it is a rare opportunity for me to see the battle from the outside, from the top of a tower.

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　It will be easier to understand the movement of the army and to grasp the problems by seeing from the outside.

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　This will be useful for the future of the army.

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"Hey, Brams is in command of the Lubitsch army, right?　So who is in command of the Fontana Army?　Doesn't Al command the Fontana army?"

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"No, no, Master Garod. Kyle Reed will be in overall command of the two battalions of Fontana's army during this military exercise. The army is composed of cavalry, engineers, communications, and reconnaissance soldiers in addition to the regular infantry. How he will use these to maneuver his army against the Lubitschs, who use swordsmanship equivalent to that of a sword saint, is something I will be watching closely."

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"Kyle's in command. Is he going to be okay?"

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"I'm sure it will be fine. After all, Kyle is even better than I am at commanding an army.

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"Really?　You're good, aren't you, Kyle?

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Yes. Then let's get started. Ready, men! Let's go!

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　I was actually thinking of leaving myself, but Rion made me wait.

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　He said that if one of the purposes of this military exercise is to show the strength of Fontana's army, which has undergone a military reform, it would be better to leave the army in the hands of other people so as not to show my individual skills.

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　I think that's a good idea.

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　It is better that a person who can control the army properly should lead the reformed Fontana's army to victory.

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　It would be better if they fight in a way that does not depend on their individual strength as much as possible.

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　Therefore, Kyle was the best candidate for the job.

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　Kyle himself has no offensive magic for combat.

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　In any case, Kyle has only clerical magic, and he cannot even use an ice spear.

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　However, if Lubitsch's army, which can use the swordsmanship of a sword saint as magic, loses to Fontana's army commanded by Kyle, there would be no excuse for that.

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　Thus, Fontana's army commanded by Kyle and Lubitsch's army clashed on the plain.

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