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"Are you all right, Commander?"

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"Yeah, no problem, Walter. The flames of love seem to be restoring me."

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　As I ride on the Valkyrie, Walter calls out to me in a concerned tone.

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　I tell him I'm fine, but I'm actually quite tired.

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　It's the effect of the meteor.

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　This powerful blow with a bow and arrow, called [Ryusei], is a very powerful attack, and one of my favorite attacks.

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　However, it has a big drawback.

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　It consumes a lot of energy.

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　Apart from the magical and physical power required to draw the bow of the Juuma-magi, a single blow will greatly deplete one's physical strength and one will go limp.

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　It was the same this time.

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　No, perhaps it was because of the increased power of the attack, but he seemed to be more exhausted than usual.

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　He is exhausted on the Valkyrie.

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　However, I still used this [meteor] in the first blow of the attack on Purge Street, because I had the [Flame of Lovingkindness].

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　The "Flame of Loving Kindness" that I had Hannah cast on me at the church before I left the new Barca town.

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　The effect is still continuing.

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　The magic that strengthened my body when I released the meteor is now helping me recover my strength.

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　The effect of the increased natural recovery also heals my depleted strength, which is why I was able to attack with all my might at the beginning.

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　Still, fatigue leaves me defenseless for a little while, so with Walter by my side, I prepare myself for any eventuality and follow Ian to the city where the walls have collapsed.

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"How's the war going?"

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"The Purge Street side is in chaos due to the onslaught of Ian. The platoon that came in after him is now engaging in a battle around Ian. We are pushing.

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"Okay. Continue to enter the city and head for the center. We're going to charge through there and hold the center and declare victory.

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"Yes, sir."

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　Tired as we are, we cannot rest here.

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　I will only continue to give instructions from the top of the Valkyrie.

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　Among them, I made it clear once again that the final objective was the only one that mattered.

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　I think we have the upper hand with the blow of the meteor and Ian's attack.

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　However, we cannot let our guard down.

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　After all, this is a city.

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　Even if the main force that has been packed up to attack the Orient is only about 1,000, that is not necessarily the only number of people who can fight.

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　Of course, there is a possibility that the civilians will resist to protect the city because of the attack on this city.

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　If so, thousands or even more may attack with weapons in their hands.

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　In that case, even if Ian is present, the Barka Mercenaries with only two hundred men would be at a disadvantage.

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　Therefore, the battle had to be settled in a short period of time.

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　They had to quickly determine their victory and force their opponents to surrender.

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　The quickest way to achieve this would be to seize the center of the city.

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　This may be a different action from a normal mercenary group.

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　Normally, mercenaries would turn from men to beasts the moment they enter a city.

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　The purpose of the battle changes from victory to profit.

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　In other words, looting often begins.

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　Most of the mercenaries are fighting for money.

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　They risk their lives to fight for money, nothing more.

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　Therefore, it was natural for them to go out to the battlefields for money and to loot the battlefields.

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　The goods they get from the looting are included in their objectives from the very beginning.

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　However, the Barka mercenaries had been thoroughly trained many times during their training not to do so.

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　If each one of them entered houses and ransacked them for money and other things for their own profit immediately after entering a town, it would be impossible to have a proper battle.

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　Therefore, looting is strictly prohibited.

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　But still, the more experience you have as a mercenary, the more your body may be unconsciously attracted to the money.

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　In order to prevent this, only the objective is clearly presented.

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　We should aim at the center of the city.

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　That way, at least they will not be scattered here and there on their own.

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　This seems to be working well, as the Barka mercenaries are moving toward the center of the city without being scattered.

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　The city is surrounded by walls, but there seems to be no inner walls other than the outer walls.

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　Within the collapsed walls, there were many small houses, but the closer we got to the center, the more magnificent the houses became.

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　While passing between such buildings, the largest building in the center came into view.

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"Oh, there are some pretty strong-looking people here.

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"It seems so. They seem to be members of the Purge family that rules the city.

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　In front of such a central building, many soldiers were waiting.

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　There had been many soldiers on the way up to this point, but Ian and the other mercenaries had kicked them out.

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　But the ones who appeared in front of us were much stronger than those soldiers.

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　Apparently, this Purge town is ruled by the Purge family.

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　They must be some kind of nobles or knights.

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　In the Orient, there was an assembly and council members were elected, but in this city, it seems to be different.

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　The members of the Purge family were different from the others even in appearance.

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　As a family that has been around for a long time, they may have increased their magical power through a series of intermarriages.

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　Seeing this, I will step forward.

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　I had recovered a lot of my strength from the ride on the Valkyrie with Walter escorting me so far.

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　I think it's not a good idea to leave the fighting in the city to Ian, and I'm going to do some more work too.

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　Thus, in the center of the Purge district, I was confronted by the Purge family.

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