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　This overwhelming of Hannibal on the central front led to changes on other fronts.

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　First, the northern front, which sent the slime Thrush as reinforcements. Here the tide turned.

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　The Northern Front, with double the number of soldiers, pushed the enemy back and pushed the ants back underground.

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　The Western Front, which now has more room to maneuver, also gains the upper hand.

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　Furthermore, the Western Front, which had been superior to the Northern Front, began to favor us.

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　Sensing this, I gave an order to the ninja unit led by Kazama Kotaro. I will not tell anyone about it because it is top-secret, but the daring strategy astonished Eve who was standing beside me.

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　As you can see, we began to overwhelm the enemy on all fronts, but the enemy was no slouch, and the Southern Front and the Central Front began to stalemate once again.

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　On the southern front, there was an old man with a fox's face who could be said to be the main force of the enemy.

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　They had been crossing swords for a whole day. They cut down any soldier who approached them, friend or foe. There seemed to be no end in sight.

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　As for the central front, where I was, it too was locked in a stalemate.

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　We had given them confusion by means of explosives and magic, but they were originally a small army and we were an elite force. The surprise attack was not enough to overwhelm them.

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　General Hannibal, though burned, tried his best to take command and destroy the core.

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　However, his perseverance lasted only until that day.

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　The next day, as the battle continued to consolidate outside of the south and north, the victorious troops began to pour into the other fronts.

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　Robin in the west moved to the south.

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When Jeanne in the east and Bradenboro in the north came to the center, Hannibal ordered a retreat.

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　It was a brilliant retreat. Solemn and without the slightest disturbance. I am overwhelmed by his dexterity, which could not be found in any tactical textbook, but I gather my men together and begin the invasion. I gather my men and begin the invasion.

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　I send my men into the basement where Hannibal is holed up, but there is one who opposes me.

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　Eve.

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　She opposed it for this reason.

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"This battle is already decided. The master will watch from the castle.

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"The castle is mostly burnt down..."

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　I said carefree because I did not want to stand by and watch.

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　I wanted to confront Hannibal and fight him directly.

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"You only get to fight a great general like him once in your life. I don't want to miss that opportunity."

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　Toshizo agrees with my unforgivable nature.

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"It's the same for me. I want to make love to that old man as soon as possible.

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　Eve must have been unable to resist the two men's insistence. Finally, she agreed.

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"Well, we've already decided to go in, but there's still work to be done. I will divide my army into two. I'm going to split my army into two, and I want Robin to lead one of them.

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"Me?"

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　Robin is puzzled, but it seems he is not worried about leading the army.

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"At this point, where do you want to attack with two separate armies?

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　Robin asks, explaining.

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"Arioch, the ant queen, is in Count Ismaria. We are outnumbered now. Hannibal, our main force, is gone.

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So that's why you sent Kotaro Fuuma to the battlefield just now?

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Yes, to assassinate Ariosh if possible.

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But shouldn't we destroy them all at once?

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"If we defeat the ant queen, all the ants will die out. This is a secret plan to minimize our damage.

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I see. I understand. Then I will take an army and get Arioch's head.

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　Robin is convinced and sends Jeanne and Braudenborough with him.

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"You are sending the majority of your heroes to Ismailia?"

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"Yes, the head of Ariosh is worth it."

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"That's just a pretense. He doesn't want to give up the fight against Hannibal to someone else," Toshizo says jokingly.

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　Toshizo said this jokingly, but in a way, it was a direct response to what I was really thinking.

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　Toshizo, too, was not willing to give up his battle with the fox-faced old man to anyone else.

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　We were divided into separate armies to face the enemy, but Hannibal's army, which was supposed to be cornered, was quite formidable.

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　After a few days of being pushed back from the underground, they came out on the ground.

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　Hannibal's army continued to move northward without attacking me.

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"I am impressed that General Hannibal has seen through my clever plan.

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　He seems to have figured out that I am after Ariosh in Ismailia and is on his way to help me.

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"Not out of loyalty, but out of necessity."

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　If Ariosh dies, his daughter Alicia dies as well. In short, his options are limited.

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　All I had to do was to narrow those options even further and let the situation play out to our advantage.

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The third act of the battle between Ashtaroth and Hannibal took place on the plain.

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　It was fortuitous that the battle could be fought in such a large area, whereas the previous battles had been fought in the city.

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　Hannibal's army consisted mainly of hive workers called ants, who were as strong as human mercenaries.

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　The men under Hannibal's command were well trained and reminded one of the knights of the Order of the Knights.

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　The quality of the men may be said to be almost equal.

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　However, Hannibal Barca, the strongest man who led them, would have been at an overwhelming disadvantage if they had fought in a similar formation and with similar numbers of men.

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"Hannibal Barca, a general, defeated the Romans at the Battle of Cannae against overwhelming odds. He skillfully maneuvered his small army and surrounded and annihilated the doubled Roman army.

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"Usually, it takes more men to surround and destroy an enemy than to surround and destroy him."

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　Eve adds.

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"But when Hannibal put his brilliant brother in command of the cavalry, he made up for his numerical disadvantage by moving his army quickly.

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He moved faster on the battlefield than his opponents, made decisions faster than they did, and defeated the enemy faster than they did."

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"The same was true in the battle just described. General Hannibal saw the situation on the battlefield and deployed his troops with a divine command.

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He is truly the reincarnation of the god Baal. He was a genius at seeing the subtleties of battle.

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But the master who fought with Hannibal is also the most powerful.

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We are fighting here now because Hannibal has no better brother and no better cavalryman. If Hannibal had a good cavalry we would be surrounded and defeated."

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"That's also hypothetical."

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　I nodded at Eve's words.

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"Yes, everything is hypothetical. In the first and second acts, it looked as if Hannibal was in control, but in fact I was. Hannibal has no discretion. He is plagued by the same incompetent companions of his backside as in his previous life."

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You must be Ariosh, the Mad King.

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"Yes, Hannibal is only one of her generals. The Queen's army of ants is now foolishly sending invading troops in many directions.

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"So she's dispersing her forces?"

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"Yes, and meanwhile, if my best men attack and bring me the head, the ant legion will collapse.

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"I'm sure Master Robin and his men will bring the head.

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"I believe so, but the problem is that General Hannibal knows it. He will risk his life for my head. He knows that he can no longer save Ariosh, or even his daughter Alicia, without killing me. Now let's see if he can withstand a serious onslaught by the general who is said to be the strongest in history."

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　He said this in a self-deprecating tone because he was not confident.

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　In fact, the enemy was pushing us in the field in the third act.

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　Although they were not surrounded and annihilated, they were forced to retreat several hundred meters. That's how fierce it was.

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　But if there was one thing I had in my favor, it was time.

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　I had almost unlimited time, and the longer I waited, the more likely it was that the detachment would bring me good news.

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　Hannibal, on the other hand, had no time.

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　This is a big difference.

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　I am the Demon King who is called the God of Plot. I'm a warrior who has defeated many demon kings.

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　Even the great Hannibal could not easily take advantage of me.

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　I took pity on Hannibal's desperate soldiers and ordered them to form a deep vertical formation. My men executed it without a stitch of disruption.

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