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"So, I'll leave it to Ars to deal with this leakage of information. We need to think more about the war against the Reinzatz. What are you going to do, Ars?"

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"...... According to the information Ai gathered from the magic airship, the Reinsatz have gathered a force of about 100,000 men. It's a hell of a thing that a single noble family can gather that much."

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"Yes, much more than I expected. And our strength is about 10,000 against 100,000. If we clash with them normally, we'll be crushed without a chance to win, won't we?

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"I'm sure you're right. But it's hard to fight sporadically in different parts of the country so as not to cause any damage. At any rate, the Reeds have opponents in the King's Landing as well. We have to avoid the Reinsatz forces that we are unable to deal with heading for the Reeds' territory or for King's Landing.

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"So we have to draw them in, take on all 100,000 of them, and win. What's the plan?"

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"...... You've got a lot of time to spare, brother Byte. Normally I would have expected to lose this battle.

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"Speak idiot. You've never lost a fight with that kind of talk before. Don't you have a plan in your head to win this time, too?"

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"Wow. That's a lot of trust."

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　The information gathered by the Eye was not limited to aerial photographs of the terrain.

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　Among the information gathered was, of course, the size of the Reinzatz family's army.

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　It seems that the Reinisatz army is already advancing toward the Reed territory.

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　It is surprising that they are coming with an army as large as 100,000.

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　I mean, how could they possibly prepare such a large number?

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　All of the fiefdoms must be chronically exhausted, but I thought that they were just what they were called "great nobles".

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　I am especially impressed by the fact that they are able to produce such a large number of people and that they are able to prepare enough food to fill the bellies of such a large number of people.

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　I guess the warmer climate of the Fontana Kingdom may have had something to do with this, but I still thought that the ruler was excellent.

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　And it is not only the size of their army that makes the Reinsatz family troublesome.

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　The magic they use is a little different from that of other nobles.

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　Should we consider that magic as well?

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"The magic of the Reinsatz family manipulates time, doesn't it, Ars?"

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"Yes, it seems so, brother Bite. The knights of the Reinzatz family use [super-acceleration]. He can temporarily change the flow of time around him.

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"If it's just fast, can you manage it?"

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"I don't know. It's not like they're just fast amateurs. They must be trained as knights in the service of a noble family with a long history. Naturally, they must have some knowledge of martial arts. If you were to face a knight of Barca one-on-one, you'd probably never win.

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"That's tricky. But it's still not as bad as the master's class. As I recall, the master class attacks by stopping time, doesn't it?

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"Yes. I heard it's called 'momentary magic' or something like that. It's said that while time is stopped, it attacks and decapitates the victim so they don't even know they're dead. That's scary."

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"Well,...... even I might not be able to win with that magic. I don't know how far I can go with the summoning of the ice spirit, but the fact that they don't notice when you use magic is a problem."

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　I'm really getting sick of this.

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　I think it's a cheat.

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　The Reinzatz family has a very powerful magic, as they claim to be a high nobility.

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　It seems that their ancestors were wizards who manipulated time, and the head of the family moves around in a world where time has stopped and attacks.

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　What a dangerous people they are!

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"But we can't afford not to fight them. It is bad enough that Reinzatz's army is heading toward Reed's army led by Kyle. Reed's army is strong as a single group following the brain of Kyle, but it would not be a good match before such a special ability.

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"But that doesn't mean that Barka's army is strong in time manipulation magic, does it?"

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Yes, but it depends on how you fight. For now, our strategic goal is a victory over the Reinisatz. We don't want a draw, but a complete victory over them.

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"Well, that would be the best, but why not?　Normally, you would say that you don't care about anything as long as you win."

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"It's easy, brother Bite. The goal of this battle is not only to defeat the Reinsatz. It's about the Reeds gaining more territory. And assuming that we can cut off the Reinsatz lands, whether or not they will submit to the Reeds' rule depends on how we win. It is not enough to have a half-finished result, as if the Reinsatz army might win if they fight again. It is better to win by destroying the trust that the people have in the Reinsatz family, which is a historically famous family and a presently dominant aristocrat. Therefore, this time we will choose a battle instead of a surprise attack. We will win by meeting them head-on in a fair and square manner. That is all."

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"Interesting, as always. Well, let's hear it. How do you plan to defeat the overwhelming majority of Reinisatz's army in battle?"

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　We're going to do it thoroughly.

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　Especially this time, victory is not everything.

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　We need to fight with an eye to what happens afterwards.

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　To do so, you should leave no room for excuses for your opponent.

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　Then, it would be better to fight in the form of a battle.

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　Instead of a surprise attack, which is my winning pattern, we should send an official messenger, decide on a date, time, and place, and then have both armies form up and clash with each other.

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　Then it will be clear which side is the winner.

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　Thus, I decided on a plan with my brother Byte and declared war on the army of Reinsatz.

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