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Wagner, are you there?

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Yes, I'm here.

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"Wagner will be accompanied by a battalion commanded by his brother Bite. You will attack the capital of the House of Rajka in coordination with him.

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"Yes. Thank you for your repeated reinforcements. I will surely conquer the Rajkas.

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"Good. Next, Mister Brams, are you there?

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Here I am, General.

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"Lord Bramus will take care of the remnants that remain here. I want you to use scouts to make sure that there are no knights or heads of families hiding in the surrounding area to attack us.

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"Yes, sir."

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"And the communications officer. Contact Kyle. Have him send a detachment to Burma to go south and attack the other noble houses. Tell Lord Elans that he is free to cut his way out.

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Yes, sir.

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And, Payne, are you there?

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Yes, I'm here.

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"Payne, you'll take care of the looting. Tell them of the victory in the battle here on the Gorzon Plains, and use it as an inside information against the knights who belong to the Northern Nobility Federation.

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"Against the knights?　Not the noble families?"

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"Yes. Without the knights under their command, the noble houses lose power. Therefore, it's the knights we'll be targeting. If you give up your family name and join us, you can say that you will be relieved of your lands. But of course, you must abide by the Fontana Charter.

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"Yes, sir. I'll send out men to each place to make a raid."

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"Good. You all did a great job in this battle. But in order to make this victory even more meaningful, your work from now on will be crucial. I wish you all the best."

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　The battle against the Union of Northern Nobles is over.

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　The result was a great victory.

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　Although we suffered few casualties, we inflicted heavy damage on our opponents.

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　Especially the mass attack from the sky was very effective.

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　Almost everyone in the opponent's main camp was crushed by that blow.

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　I think it's a bit too severe an attack, even though I did it myself.

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　This was the first attack method I thought of when I got hold of the magical weapons used by the Briaria Magus in the East.

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　I even wondered why Charlotte was using such a thing on the ground.

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　It is an attack method that can even be used against the head of the class from an airship.

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　This is because it has the potential to radically change the way we fight in the future.

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　In this case, he used this rockfall against the opponent's main camp.

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　However, it is not the only target of the attack.

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　In fact, the first thing I thought of was to use it against the opponent's stronghold.

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　A stronghold, in other words, a castle.

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　I don't know how it is in the East, but I heard that most of the cities of noble families are fortified cities here.

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　In rare cases, there are some magic such as Memento family's "Tornado" that can cause damage regardless of the castle walls if used by several people, but basically, there is no such large-scale magic even for the head of the family.

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　The only magic that can capture an entire fortress is the great magic of the lost royal house of Dorren.

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　Nowadays, it is a common perception among many nobles that a castle or a town surrounded by fortifications is a safe base.

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　However, the walls surrounding such cities and castles are meaningless in the face of this rock-drop attack.

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　No matter how great the walls are, they are meaningless if you get caught in the sky by an airship and have a rock giant dropped on you from there.

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　And that could happen even when you are sleeping.

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　Not many people would be able to survive a huge rock falling on them at night when they are sleeping in the castle with their families.

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　In other words, the existence of magical weapons, when used in combination with airships, can change the very nature of warfare.

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　Incidentally, Barka Castle has been remodeled with atomospheres such as reinforced with hardened bricks and underground spaces so that it can survive even if it is attacked by this rockfall, just in case.

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　However, it would be better to prevent others from this attack in order to prevent yourself from being attacked.

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　We must make sure that the magical weapons that we currently have will not fall into the hands of others.

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"By the way, Leon. It is good that we won this time, but how far should we go for the territory?　Or, rather, who is the best person to discuss with, the Northern Noble Federation, the losers?"

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"......This is a difficult point. The Northern Noble Federation is basically only an alliance for defense. I think that the nobles who were attacked by the coalition forces led by Memento's army formed it to cooperate and defend their lands, not to have a complete unity of decision making."

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"So we have to deal with each noble family individually. That sounds like a lot of work."

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"However, the victory of the Northern Noble Federation must have been unexpected for the Northern Noble Federation. This is a large number for one noble family. They must not have expected to be defeated so easily.

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"Come to think of it, when I became a knight, the number of soldiers that could be mobilized in the Fontana territory was about 5,000. Uruk and Arbalest had more than 10,000.

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"Yes, that's right. The average noble family has a few thousand men, or a little more than 10,000. Perhaps the Northern Noble Federation was planning to use the force that they had put up at great expense to fight a battle with Fontana's army before entering into negotiations.

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"I see. It was supposed to be a preliminary battle before the talks, but it turned out to be a crushing defeat.

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"That's right. Well, what I'm trying to say is that the northern nobles are outnumbered and outgunned in their respective territories.

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"I see. Well then, let's take what we can get. Leon, I'm sorry, but you'll have to take the transporter stone back to Fontana and get the reservists moving. Cooperate with Ghana of the House of Ix, the Count of the Western Frontier, and attack!

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"Yes, sir. It is important to take every opportunity to move. I'll be there as soon as I can.

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Take good care of him. Take care.

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Yes. Expect good results."

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　While considering the dangers of magical weapons, we also deal with practical issues.

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　The question is how to land the outcome of this battle.

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　But the problem is that the opponents are too disparate to negotiate.

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　If this is the case, we have decided to take a rather ad hoc policy of cutting off as much territory as we can reach, and then consider it later, rather than aiming for negotiations for the time being.

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　It will soon be autumn.

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　At the same time as the change of seasons, the land area of the Kingdom of Fontana has also changed drastically.

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