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　I surrounded the mountain where Brand's castle is with a tight cordon.

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　--Oh... It's unusual for you to take the time to attack a castle. I've rarely done such a thing myself.

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　Oda Nobunaga was good at taking down castles in one fell swoop. I was no different in that respect. I have rarely fought a battle where I had to wait.

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　But this time, I'm going to change things up a bit.

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　Strictly speaking, it would be more correct to say that we have no choice but to change.

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　This brand's castle is a tough one anyway.

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　We already knew the layout of the castle from some of the surrenderers. Brando was originally an ally of ours, and we had some information at that time.

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　But even looking at it, this castle is really solid. No matter how many people surrender, it will not crumble.

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　On the surface, there seems to be no holes anywhere.

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　So, the first step is to surround the castle.

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　This way we can see how fragile the castle is.

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　If you do not know where the hole is in the container, dip it in water and it will reveal the location of the hole.

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　We will launch sporadic attacks from various directions and gather information.

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　We had a few guesses, but we could not tell exactly from the flat surface of the territory map. The only way to know more is to go deeper.

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　After five days of persistence, we came to a conclusion.

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　It is neither the front nor the rear of the castle. It's the side.

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　We found a place where we could climb. We can get in there with a few hundred men.

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　If I take command and charge in here, we can settle this.

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　But when I mentioned this to the military council, they naturally objected, saying it was too small a force.

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"Master Arsrod, no matter how confident you are, the enemy still has 3,000 men holed up in the castle!

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　Laviala's position seems to be that she will not let them go.

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　The other generals, of course, will not agree to my going forward. Many of them insist that we have no other choice but to lay siege to the city even more tightly.

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　It is true that this is not the same as the trivial enemies we have defeated so far, and there is little need to go that far. It is also understandable that if we continue to surround them, the morale of the enemy will start to drop at some point.

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　Noen Laud and Maichel Uige argued that the castle was not originally intended to be defended by thousands of men, and that it should endure until it would eventually suffer from starvation due to lack of food. It is a reasonable opinion.

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　But I didn't want to go that way.

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"I don't want to put Altia out of her misery. And Brando, too."

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　It would be too cruel to execute them when they finally surrendered after a six-month siege--and I didn't want to take that long in the first place.

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　My dream is not to kill Brando or to restore order by defeating the rebels in my domain. What I am doing now is to remove the pus for the sake of unification. In other words, it's like preparing the ground.

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　My mentioning my sister's name made it difficult for my men to argue with me.

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　This is not a good thing. It's hard to express your opinion if you mention your relatives' names.

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However, I understand what you all mean. So, let me propose a revision."

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　Originally, we had a number of moves in mind.

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"We will launch an all-out attack from all sides. If we do so, the enemy will not be able to cut any corners. Then my unit will hit the weak points. In short, we are going to make a bloodbath for everyone."

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　I went into further detail, but Laviala immediately followed,

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"I'll take your word for it!"

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　The decisive factor was the completely superior language used. He immediately apologized and said, "I'm sorry, it slipped out. ......", which drew laughter. She was talking as if she were my sister, now.

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"Okay, here we go. Let's all shout the battle cry of victory and return to Maust Castle!"

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　"Oh!" I replied.

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　And then we all attacked at once.

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　Soon the enemy seemed to have noticed our general attack, and I could see that they were getting fired up again.

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　However, I still don't expect the castle to fall soon. Common sense tells us that a castle of this size will not fall so soon. However, there is a fine line between letting one's guard down and letting one's common sense get the better of one.

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　Even if they call it a general attack, most of the troops do not intend to storm into the castle. Many of them are there to camouflage themselves.

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　Meanwhile, the elite troops flank the castle.

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"Come on, go!　The castle is already in sight!　The first one to enter will be rewarded!"

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　I shout. But even without the offer of a reward, the men who have made it this far are not afraid to run into the enemy.

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　There are stone fortifications on the flanks as well, but they are clearly lower than those on the front and lengthened flanks. We can get over this much and go onward and onward.

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　The first one or two fall with a whizzing arrow. The front line is deadly.

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　But soon, one of my soldiers stands on top of a stone fortress and goes inside.

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　That's when the tide turns. I can feel the enemy is shaken.

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　The castle, which I thought would never fall, is crumbling.

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　This is probably because we have not fully prepared for a full-scale invasion.

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　I should take my time and follow my allies. By the time I enter the castle, my men have sufficiently distracted Brand's men.

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"Come on, let's keep moving!　Open the gates and bring in your allies!　Today is the end of this castle!"

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　They say so, but this castle is big. We should attack it steadily.

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　But Brando was no ordinary general.

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　The air changes again.

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　Something deadly is in the air.

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　Brando came toward me single-handedly with his sword.

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"Arsrod, get ready!"

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　I jump out of the way before he does.

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"Save me the trouble, Brando!"

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