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"Amazing. I knew that the Titan was amazing, but I didn't know mercenaries with a long history of warfare could be that good."

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　The Barka mercenaries came to this town.

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　Among them, there was one who stood out.

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　He was a giant called the Warrior of Atmos.

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　He wears red metal armor all over his body and wields a huge sword, wreaking all kinds of tyranny.

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　It was a terrifying sight to see him slaughter the thugs who attacked this land with the ease of tearing leaves from the trees.

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　They might attack us next.

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　Just the thought of such a thing is enough to make us believe that we should never disobey it.

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　However, the Barka mercenaries were just as strong and defeated the other mobs.

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　Riding on white beasts and clad in the same red armor, they dared to charge and attack.

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　The strength of these cavalrymen can only be appreciated by peering over the wall.

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　A hundred or so cavalrymen move as if they were a single living creature.

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　I wonder how such a group can communicate and move.

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　Having organized this town for many years, I am well aware of the difficulty of organizing people.

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　Even in a small mountain town, if there are several people, they all think and act differently.

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　No matter how you look at it, there are those who cannot move in a coordinated manner, and even if they do not, it is difficult for them to act in unison at a moment's notice.

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　However, the red and white cavalrymen are attacking by rushing toward their opponents and avoiding their opponents' attempts to protect them with "wall building" and the like.

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　There was no waste in their movements, and the fluidity of their movements gave me a sense of a kind of beauty.

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　Like water flowing in a river, they avoided walls, merged with them, and pushed them away.

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　The attack, which repeats dispersal and aggregation without any pause, is like running water.

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　No matter what action the opponent took, it continued to move without opposing the opponent's movement, and it was like an art form.

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　If I had to give it a name, I would call it the art of flowing water cavalry.

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　And so, in no time at all, the thugs were exterminated.

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　It was exciting just to watch the group of thugs being crushed by the cavalry and shrinking, as if a river had overflowed.

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　If I were twenty years younger, I might have wanted to fight with them as a cavalryman.

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　Or perhaps some of the young men in this town might think so.

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　Likewise, the townspeople who were defending together from the top of the wall are excited to see the overwhelming strength of the Barka mercenaries.

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But was it really for the best?　The fact that you asked them for help..."

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"What is it, Lambda? You would have agreed with me?"

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"That's true, but ......, things change before and after the fact. Who knows how the Barka mercenaries, who have nothing to do with the residents of this town, will affect this town in the future. If they were so inclined, we would be wiped out overnight.

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"...... sure. People forget. They say you forget how hot it is when you're thirsty. You may forget that you were saved today. The future of the town will be at a crossroads depending on how the Barka mercenaries feel about it.

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"What was written in the arrowhead letter I just read?"

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"Hmm. You want to read it?"

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　Lambda stared at the ground next to him.

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　He is a quick-witted young man, a rarity in the countryside.

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　He is worried.

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　He does not think that he will get nothing for his help.

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　He is probably thinking about what he will be asked to do.

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　He hands the arrowhead to Lambda.

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　It was attached to an arrow that he fired over the wall just after the Barka mercenaries arrived to help him.

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　It was a contract, so to speak.

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　It had been prepared in advance, or perhaps it had been written in a proper document.

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　Normally, the request would have been accepted if the contents of the written agreement were agreed upon, but this time, they lent me a hand without a formal agreement because I had sent a messenger to them.

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　It seems to me that this is a very formal thing to do.

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"Is this what the mercenaries are asking for?"

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"It would seem so. The conversion of the townspeople to the Balkan religion and the construction of the Balkan church. And all the townspeople are supposed to bear the cost of the rescue. That's quite an unusual thing to do.

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"Yes, that's right. But are you going to charge everyone in the town money? ....... But what if some of them don't pay?　I mean, in a town like this, there are a lot of people who don't have money."

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"Well, you know. A merchant once told me that the church of Barca has a mysterious bracelet with which people buy and sell their goods, so maybe they use it. Old people don't understand such things. Lambda, will you go and make sure about that?"

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"Yes, sir. I will be responsible for confirming the rewards, penalties, and bracelets. It seems that the game is already won. I think we should open the gate to the wall and welcome them. I'll have warm water ready for them.

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Please."

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　And so the danger to the town was over.

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　None of those who had attacked the town could escape the cavalry and fell.

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　Seeing this, we open the gates.

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　Seeing the cavalrymen enter the town one by one, each with a much stronger presence than the one seen from the top of the wall, many in the town felt relieved, while others, including Lambda, grew tense as they welcomed the mercenaries.

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