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I didn't know it could be used that way.

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　There is an army approaching the country of Gulagaria.

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　Hearing this, I decided to send a shadowy figure to scout the area and check on the situation.

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　And when I heard the report of the one who went on a scouting mission upon his return, I couldn't help but voice my admiration in that way.

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　The reinforcement force that came this time is a small country called Eris.

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　They are in a position to come to the Gulagarias by land, and they do not use the Gulu River as a means of transportation.

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　Therefore, the usual route would be for them to come on foot with their army.

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　However, perhaps because they were informed of the shortage of rice in the area around the present-day Gulugaria, they were moving in an unusual way.

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　The reason is that they are using a spell called [Lay a railroad track].

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　In the small countries where magic is spreading, [laying of roads] was used in many places to create easy-to-move roads made of hardened bricks.

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　Until now, all roads have been natural roads that people have stepped on, but these roads have made it much easier to move around.

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　However, I guess that the Iris nation decided to use railroads instead of roads not only for the movement of people but also for the transportation of food.

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　When the army moves around, they use [laying tracks] to set up hardened brick tracks.

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　The food would then be transported by horse-drawn wagons with wheels to match the width of the tracks.

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　This is said to make it easier than usual to transport the goods.

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"But it's still a lot of work, isn't it? If they had prepared the tracks in advance, it would be a lot of work to build new ones.

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"The tracks are convenient, but you have to make them straight. They are more difficult to connect than you think, so you don't usually do that. ....... From the looks of it, the Eiris nation may be thinking that it will be an endurance war."

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"Maybe. Maybe they're willing to go to the trouble of building a rail line so that they can continue to supply food to Glugaria."

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　As I mentioned in my talk with Oliva, although railroad tracks can be easily made with a spell, in reality, it is sometimes difficult to lay them properly with magic.

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　This is because, although a straight line can be made with a single spell, it becomes meaningless if it is placed in the wrong place even a little.

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　In any case, the tracks created by a single spell are only a few meters away.

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　Even the slightest mistake in the joints of a straight track can make the wheels fail to run properly.

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　Moreover, it requires surveying skills as well, since the tracks have to be calculated and built to the destination from the very beginning.

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　In fact, the construction of the railway line in the country of Erris, which was reported to us, did not seem to be very successful from what we had heard.

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　In particular, it seems that it was impossible to construct a straight line from the country of Erris to the country of Glugaria, and the line has been cut off several times along the way.

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　Well, that may have been calculated as well.

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　Maybe they cut off the track at a distance that is easy to build, and then move on to the next track as a resting place for the carriages.

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　Still, the reason why they dare to do such a work may be that they are wary of a long-term battle.

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"Whatever it is, it's not a very good way. If you build a railroad track, it means that the cargo will go through a specific place and stop at a specific place."

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"That's right. So, shall we go for it?

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"Of course. Let's show the Elysian army how dangerous it is to be building railroad tracks on what could be a battlefield. We're going out now."

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"...... What?　Now, sir?　It's almost dark, isn't it?"

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"No problem. I'll send out a nyan-nyan troop. Follow me.

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　It was not until the afternoon that we received the report from the shadowy figure.

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　That is why Oliva did not expect them to move now.

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　Of course he didn't.

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　An army with so many people can't move just because I say so.

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　By the time they are ready and ready to go, it will be only a few hours before nightfall.

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　Therefore, Oliva might have thought that he could finish his preparations today and leave early tomorrow morning.

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　However, he dared to leave at this time.

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　It was an idea he got from Ai's "The House of the Sleepless.

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　At the "Sleepless House," people continued to work even when they were normally sleeping, which influenced the people around them and led to the creation of new jobs.

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　It is because they did something that no one had ever done before that they were able to be so effective.

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　Then, let's try to do the same thing in the military.

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　Basically, the military does not operate at night.

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　There may be something called night raids, but they are usually conducted just before the sun rises.

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　No army moves at midnight.

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　But the Orientals can do so.

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　The reason why I think they can carry out a complete night raid is because of the magic called [nyannyan].

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　It's the same kind of animalistic magic as bunny ears, and it improves our physical abilities.

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　Especially, it is different from rabbit's magic in that it improves the sense of balance.

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　They can run on any kind of foothold without losing their balance.

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　But besides that, Nyannyan also has other important characteristics.

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　That is, it will be able to see at night.

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　Normally, it would be difficult to see one's feet at night when there is no light, but by activating [NyanNyan], one can move even in the middle of the night without any light.

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　There is no way to avoid using it.

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　Besides, we have Valkyrie.

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　Valkyries are not afraid of night.

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　The cat's ear unit on such a Valkyrie approached the reinforcements who were making tracks toward us at midnight, without lights.

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