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"No, it's great. It's scary to have an army that's unshackled."

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"Yes, it is. I mean, the country of Gulougaria may be finished, you know. Too much damage has been done to our lands. This may not be able to be rebuilt even after ten years.

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　The Orientals' base on the Gulu River.

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　Inside the base, Oliva and I were listening to reports from the shadows.

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　It seems that just a few days ago, the information that the nation of Erris had switched sides to the Orient reached the small nations' armies outside.

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　And the supply from the army of Eeris led by Arondal, which had been delivering food until then, has completely ceased.

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　This caused the armies of the nations that had gathered here to fight against the Orientals to begin to move apart.

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　They went in search of food and went to procure it on their own.

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　The armies went to the towns and villages in the interior of the city of Gurgaria and tried to find food there.

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　But there was already not enough rice in those places to fill the army's stomachs.

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　The rice had already been sold to the Orientals, given to Alondar and his men, or burned.

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　So there was nothing to eat.

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　It seems that when that happens, people go berserk.

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　Some of them took what little food they had left, others ransacked hidden warehouses and took it out, and others slashed the inhabitants with their weapons in a fit of rage.

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　Thanks to this, it is said that the situation in Grougalia was as if night burglars had taken everything and anything they could get their hands on.

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　And it was not just food.

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　It is said that they took anything they could get their hands on, including money, weapons, armor, women, children, and anything else they could find.

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　Thanks to this, the city of Bulgaria was completely devastated.

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　And it was not only a problem for the city of Bulgaria.

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　Other countries were also being attacked by banditized small armies.

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　They moved to other countries in the vicinity of Gulgaria, and continued to pillage and plunder them to the utmost.

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　Thanks to this, the armies of the neighboring countries that had surrounded the Orientals were forced to return to their own lands to defend themselves.

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　This has caused the countries that were previously united against the Orient to become united against each other.

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　In order to prevent such a situation from occurring, the countries must be somehow united by the Bulgarian state, which has called for reinforcements.

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　However, there was no longer any room for that, and from this point on, it was unlikely that the various armies would ever act in unison.

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　So we have decided not to attack the encircling forces for a while.

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　If the Orientals make any move now, it may be an excuse for the nations to unite again.

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　I am sorry for the people living in the vicinity of the city of Glugaria, but they will have to endure the damage of a rampaging army for the time being.

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　But Oliva is right, if the damage is this great, the country may not be able to regain its strength even after ten years.

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　At least not in the country of Glugaria.

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　Aside from food production, the soil for training people specialized in archery will surely be lost.

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"Well, we'll take what we can get instead."

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A lumberyard?

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Yes. It's the only place of any value in today's devastated Grougalia. The lumberyard is probably dying of hunger by now. We're going in.

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　For the past few months or so, the Orientals have only been on the defensive.

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　They have been defending their strongholds and holding out.

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　But during that time, there was more than just defense.

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　It was on the river.

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　Only on the Gulu River, the Orientals had the advantage of having magic iron ships, which were much more maneuverable and defensive than the ships of other countries.

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　Therefore, not only did they fight with their ships to prevent their strongholds from being attacked from the water, but they also captured and sunk all ships of other nations as soon as they found them, so that they could not use the river to supply food to the Bulgarian nation.

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　And it was the same in the Middle Province, which is also a part of the country.

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　The lumberyard of Jumaoki, located in the middle of the Gulu River.

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　This is not a place that is self-sufficient in food, of course, but it has to be brought in from elsewhere.

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　The ships heading to the lumberyard had all been attacked since the Orientals had begun defending their stronghold.

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　Therefore, there were almost no Grougalia ships that could reach Nakasu now, which meant that the food supply in Nakasu had been depleted.

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　Now, they would be able to occupy Chuzhou without any resistance.

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　And Gulugaria would have nothing to stop them.

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　Their own lands were being ravaged by the reinforcements they had brought in, so they could not do anything about it.

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　If some small army were to pour into the city while the troops leave the capital and head for the provinces, they would be in big trouble.

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　Therefore, they cannot even defend their most important base, the lumberyard.

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"So, it's a bad thing that we have a hodgepodge of armies.

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"Yes, it is. Fighting a common enemy is one of the strengths of a small group of states, but if the leader of the group doesn't function properly, it will be a big problem. But don't be afraid. We are not without losses, and the endurance war is costing us a lot of money. Let's make sure we collect where we can.

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"Yes, sir. Then let's move the army to occupy the lumberyard.

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　While the country of Gulgaria was in ruins, we, the Orientals, landed in the middle of the island in a leisurely boat ride.

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　We had been here several times before with our forces, but this was the landing that met with the least resistance.

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　This is because there is a base facility here, protected by the Wall of Atmos, but we could hardly fight because we could not get a decent meal.

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　Thus, we succeeded in acquiring Jumaki, a place with unparalleled resources.

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