1009 - - the inside story of the Orient



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Here they come! All hands, prepare to intercept!"

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 From the top of the wall that was built by [Wall Construction], I gave the order as I watched the approaching Bulgarian army.

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 Hearing my voice, the Orientals immediately begin to move.

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 The approaching Bulgarian forces number about 4,000.

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 The number of the Orientals here is about 3,000.

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 The Orientals were originally a country of cities and surrounding villages, and their numbers were not that large.

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 The number of mobilized soldiers was not so large. Even if they tried their best, it would be 5,000 or so, including, of course, those who were craftsmen by profession.

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 If those people lost their lives on the battlefield, the skills they had cultivated would be lost.

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 Therefore, it seems that it was difficult to gather as many soldiers as the actual number that could be mobilized.

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 In addition, they are surrounded by other small countries.

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 This time, they would dare to induce the Gulagarians to attack and intercept them, but this does not mean that they can let down their guard against other countries.

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 Therefore, the number of soldiers defending this area should have been much smaller than it was.

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 However, there are about 3,000 soldiers here, and in spite of that, there are a good number of defenders in the other areas as well.

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 This was made possible by the existence of the Barka Mercenaries.

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 More specifically, it is thanks to the mercenaries in the Barka Mercenaries who are from Valiant.

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 Many people from Valiant, a remote region at the foot of a sacred mountain, a completely different region from the small states, have moved here and are standing on this battlefield.

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 Some of them came here with me, and some of them are from Valiant who were brought here last year after I was attacked by assassins.

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 I would say that more of the newcomers are here now.

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 Some of those who originally came with me married former high-class prostitutes in the new Barca district, and I entrusted them with the task of making magical tools.

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 We have created the Orient Magicians' Guild, but there are still some magical tools that are made only in New Barca Town, so not many of those people are here this time.

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 As in the Orient, where there are many craftsmen, it was decided that it would be more efficient to separate the technicians from the combatants in the new Balka Town.

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 For this reason, more than half of the Orientals defending the Orient against the invading Bulgarian army are from Valiant.

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 To tell the truth, I think it is fair to say that most of them are mercenaries.

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 I mean, some of the immigrants do not speak well the language of the small nations.

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 The Orientals may not immediately recognize the Orientals as their own army when they see it.

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 But that's one of the reasons why I became Secretary of Defense.

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 I was already able to mobilize two or three thousand men as a private mercenary company.

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 It would be an advantage for the Orientals if I could become Secretary of Defense and use people other than my own people to defend the country.

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 That is one of the reasons why I have given you such a strong mandate.

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 Besides, the people from the Variant were also becoming more and more appreciated.

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 Normally, people do not like to have a lot of people from other lands coming to their country.

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 It is simply not interesting and you never know what they will do.

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 We may never know the exact statistics, but most of the immigrants do not have money, and if they do, they may eventually turn to crime.

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 So, the more such people increase, the more people are worried about the security of the country.

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 However, it was significant that we have not heard of such a situation since the variant people actually moved to the area.

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 Long ago, those who committed crimes were banished to the sacred mountain, a place associated with death.

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 The survivors of that time live at the foot of the sacred mountain.

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 So, I was wondering how bad the people from such a place would be, but it turns out that they have not caused any problems.

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 In fact, they came to the Orient, but they built a new town in an abandoned village that had become uninhabitable due to salt damage, and started to live there.

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 They are completely separated from those who live in the city-state, and they do not cause any major problems in their new town.

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 This was partly due to the power of the new church.

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 Mysterious rituals are performed, where people take an oath to obey the law.

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 Those who have taken the oath, when they break the law, their hearts ache and their false statements are immediately recognized in the court of justice.

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 By this, little by little, even the variant-born were being accepted by the Orient.

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 However, there is still a kind of discrimination.

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 They cannot see those who were born and raised in a harsh environment, cut off from civilization, as equal to them.

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 However, they may change their mind if they fight together to defend their country.

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 The migrants seem to have a desire to do their best to be accepted by the Orient, the city they long to live in, as they are from the countryside.

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 It's a good feeling.

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 It's nice to see that the people who moved here last year have a high level of fighting spirit even though they have no real experience in battle.

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 It's a good thing that they are not getting weak in the face of the outnumbered Bulgarian army.

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 The Orientals are ready to intercept the approaching Bulgarian army.

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 Then, both sides launched their attacks simultaneously.

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