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It's pretty bumpy.

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"Yes, it is. Unlike ponds and lakes, the current of the river makes the boat sway. Those who are not used to it seem to throw up.

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"Is Elvis okay with the rocking of the boat?"

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"Yes. I was on a ship in the battle of Midway River before. At that time, Ars-sama was as strong as a demon god.

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"Was the Midway River a big river in the Arbalest area?　I think it was the one that challenged the Arbalest family to a battle by water."

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That's right. This river is a big river, but the Midway River was also a very big river. On that river, he set the entire fleet of his opponent's ships ablaze and won the battle, Mr. Ars. It was truly an unthinkable victory."

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　We get on the boat and move on.

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　A short distance from the Orient was a large river.

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　The river is quite wide and far from the shore.

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　I have not had much experience swimming in water, so if I were to drown here, I am not sure if I would be able to make it to the land on my own.

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　We took a boat down such a big river.

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　The boatman maneuvers the boat along the current of the river to fine-tune the direction of travel, but the boat inevitably bobs up and down, left and right, on the water.

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　Some of the mercenaries seem to get sick from the rocking.

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　Some of them vomit into the river water from the top of the boat.

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　Elvis and I, who were relatively healthy, were talking.

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　Elvis had some experience of traveling by boat on such a big river.

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　Elvis had been in the battlefield with his brother Ars and had participated in the battle against the Arbalest family.

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　He tells me about the water battle there.

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　Basically, he emphasized how strong Ars was, but I had heard this story several times before.

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　Elvis tells me the same story as if it were his first time telling it, to which I reply yes, yes, and stare at the surface of the water.

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　The Gulu River.

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　It is one of the rivers flowing through the Kuzuryu Plain.

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　It is said to have an abundant amount of water, and the flow of the river is relatively stable.

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　It seems to be rather resistant to flooding among the rivers of the small states that are prone to flooding, and there was water transportation using the river's flow.

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　There seems to be a lot of human traffic using the Gulu River, and the Orient used to trade with other countries by this water transportation.

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　This was an advantage when the world was stable, but when the world became rough, the easy movement of people became a disadvantage.

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　The reason is that the technology and magic of the Orientals are now being attacked from all over the world.

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　This time, however, we will use the Gulu River to invade the Orient in the opposite direction.

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　The target is a lumberyard located down the Gulu River.

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　The Gulu River is a big river, and only in the middle of the Gulu River is there a softwood tree.

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　It seems that the country that cuts down and keeps the softwoods is called Gulugaria.

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　The country of Gulugaria has historically had exclusive control over the softwood trees that are harvested in the middle of the Gulu River.

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　It is said that it is basically used for weapons.

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　It seems that the tree was used to make bows.

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　Bows made from the branches of the tree are very hard.

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　If you try to shoot a bow by force alone, it seems to be very difficult to pull it off.

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　But if you can channel the magic power into it, it will bend greatly, and as a result, it will fly well.

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　People in the country of Gulgaria are said to have been trained with this bow made of soft magic wood since they were very young.

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　They start practicing with children's bows, and when they can play adult bows, they are recognized as full-fledged players.

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　For this reason, they train with the bow of the soft magic wood from a young age, grow up, and by the time they reach adulthood, they have become masters of the bow.

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　In other words, the country of Gulugaria is said to have many bow masters.

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　The archers of the city-state of Gulugaria, located near the Gulu River, guard the lumberyard.

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　The elite are deployed to protect the precious soft magic wood.

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"I see them! That's the middle of the river. Indeed, there are trees growing only there. It's more like an island than a sandbar.

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"Yes, it is. And there you see the lumberyard of Grougalia. ......As I said, it is surrounded by a big wall. Even from here, it seems to surround the lumberyard.

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"Yes, it is. So many good archers are attacking from the other side protected by that wall. That's definitely a nuisance.

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　After taking some time to walk down the river, a sandbar came into view.

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　Perhaps because the river is wide to begin with, it is hard to tell whether it is a sandbar or land.

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　In fact, it could almost be called an island.

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　There were many lush trees growing there.

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　And next to such a forest of soft magic trees, there stands a wall as big as the height of the trees.

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　A high whitish wall.

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　That must be the Wall of Atmos.

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　A lumberyard protected by a 50-meter-high wall is an amazing thing.

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"...... impossible, isn't it?　I don't know how you think you're going to break through a wall that high and capture it."

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　I looked at the wall of the lumberyard and thought to myself.

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　The magic created by Brother Ars to fight against the might and size of the Warriors of Atmos.

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　That is the Wall of Atmos.

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　Two thousand men will attack the lumberyard surrounded and protected by the wall.

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　I didn't think I could do it.

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　The 2,000 people included some of the poor people I saw by the walls of the Orient.

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　Or maybe some boatmen, not all of whom were ready for battle.

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　The army of the Orient, made up of such a weak force, had no hope of breaking through the defenses of Grougalia, where the elite were gathered.

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"Even if you say it is impossible, we have already come this far, Master Alphonse. You can't turn back now."

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"I didn't say we were turning back, Oliva. I'm just saying we can't take the lumberyard. Maybe even if we did, we wouldn't succeed."

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"Then what do you propose to do?"

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I have an idea. Change the fleet's course. I'll change the destination from the lumberyard."

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　Oliva gets impatient when she hears my words.

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　Of course he is.

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　The original plan of campaign by the Orientals was to attack the lumberyard.

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　And the key to that operation is Ian's Barka mercenaries.

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　If the Barka mercenaries do not head for the lumberyard, the whole operation itself will fall apart.

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　However, I was no longer willing to go to the lumberyard where the archers of Grougalia were waiting for us as I had been told.

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　Thus, we made a hasty change of course and moved away from the lumberyard little by little.

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