Well, now, my enemies are David and Kepka. Yeah, you're in luck.
　Are you sure?
　Well, that's good. There's no Ceal Barca to deal with.

　Following Alexios' lead was Ron.
　He is leading a total of 40,000 troops, 20,000 each.

　Following Bartolo's lead are Gram and Rosward.
　They, too, lead an army of 20,000 each, for a total of 60,000 troops.

　They will slowly march through the island of Trisichellia, from left and right (east and west) to conquer the entire coastline.
　That was the outline of the strategy erected by Alexios and Bartolo.
　They would cut off the enemy's communication and supply routes.

　'But I like the gathering of troops!　After all, Pofenia is bad at governing.

　Alexios and his men were advancing very well.
　This was because one by one, cities of Cilician descent fell to the Romalian military gates.

　Some of them even tried to join the Romalian army as a volunteer army.
　However, they politely refused on the grounds that it would be disruptive to military discipline.

　Instead, we decided to have them defend our city.
　This is a huge advantage.

　This is because, while the Pofenian army has to place troops in each city, Alexios and his men hardly have to devote any of their forces to its defense.

　As a result, the cities of Trisiceria were smoothly coming under the control of the Kingdom of Romalia.

　''So, what do we do about the enemy in front of us?
　I have a plan. ....Actually, I've collected cattle from each city instead of weapons.

　Alexios grinned as he said that.





　Currently, the Romarian army had met up with the forces led by Kepka Barca and David Barca and were engaged in a standoff.
　The troops led by Kepka Barca had 20,000 and the troops led by David Barca had 20,000.
　The total number of troops was 40,000.

　The remaining 60,000 are going separately to intercept Bartolo.

　"Mr. Ron Aemilius. There is a city-state built by the natives of Trisichellia inland, east of here. Since it's inland, they don't have much of an army, and they're not happy with Pofenia's rule. It would be easy to drop them. Ten thousand, I'll divide the force between us. A total of thirty thousand will go to that side.
　What do you mean by that?
　The city is not large in size, but it is connected to the Cilician cities on the coast by a narrow path. It's just behind the Pofenian army that is now facing us. That means we'll be able to pinpoint them.

　So Alexios' plan is....
　The idea was to take the long way around and pinpoint the enemy.

　Let's call it "Operation Hurry up and catch up".

　
　It's not okay. That's why I'm losing.

　Then Alexios laughed...
　When Ron realized Alexios' intentions, he also smiled bitterly.





　The next day, Ron headed east with 30,000 men as Alexios had ordered.
　Realizing Alexios' intentions, Kepka left David to take his place and stood in pursuit of Ron.

　In the east, Ron and Kepka began to play tag with Ron and Kepka.




　

　David glared at the griffon flag of the Romalian army.
　David didn't like Alexios.

　First, the seedy, sinister odd-eye.
　And he didn't like the fact that he was younger than he was, and that he had superior military skills in the habit of his brother.

　Most of all, it was unforgivable...
　It was a matter of having that much talent and yet turning to the enemy.

　David is fully aware that the feelings he has for Alexios are jealousy, the feelings of a loser.
　That's why he wanted to win.

　That's what I thought.

　''Alexios........prepare yourself!

　David ordered a general attack on Alexios' army.
　The difference in strength was twice as great.
　It seemed to be enough to win.

　'Charge!　Kill the Romalian army!
　'Do not fall behind the mercenaries!　Show your loyalty to His Majesty the King!

　The Romalian and Pofenian armies clash violently.

　Indeed, the difference in numbers was twice as great.
　But in terms of skill, tactics, and commander's ability, the Romarian army was superior.

　'Brother David, I'm sorry, but I'm a better fighter than you.
　"You........you're outnumbered by twice as many men and this is what you get........d*mn it, shove it!　The enemy is half of us!

　But David is not to be outdone.
　Even David is an excellent general in Pophenia.

　Gradually, Alexios is being pushed in.
　And.........

　It's about time. Retreat!

　Alexios gives the order to retreat.　
　The difference in numbers could not be reversed.

　The Romalian army fled unceremoniously and holed up in a nearby hilltop city.

　David immediately encircled it.
　Thus began the siege.








　'Ha ha!　I feel good!　We beat Alexios!

　That night David was drinking and humming merrily.
　It was no surprise that he was able to win over Alexios, whom he had held a grudge against for years.

　Already Alexios is a rat in a sack.
　We'll just slowly beat him to death.

　'Though we'll have to keep an eye out for General Ron Aemilius,'

　If Ron can shake off Kepka's pursuit and circle behind David....
　The tide will be turned.

　That's the only thing we have to be careful about.



　'General David!
　What?
　Yeah, well, I have some information that I find disturbing.

　One of the soldiers, who was in charge of reconnaissance, gave David some 'worrisome information'.

　'Well it seems that for several weeks now General Alexios has been commandeering cattle in various places.
　Cow?　There's nothing wrong with that. It's an ox that's supposed to be pulling the cart.　What's bothering you?

　To put food on a cart and move it around, a spoiled animal is needed.　
　Horses and oxen are used for this purpose.

　The oxen were slower, but stronger and could carry more goods than the horses.

　The Pofenian army under David also had oxen to pull the carts.

　'And yet ... there seem to be too many of them.
　...hmm.

　David read the material he received from the soldiers and tilted his head.
　The number of cattle Alexios had collected was far too many.

　It was an unusual number.

　'Well, let's not worry about it. Thanks for the report.'
　Haha!

　The soldier left the scene.
　Then David went to the floor.

　To prepare for the next day's battle.

　But.........
　At this point, David should have thought about it some more.

　Alexios' intentions.







　The next morning, early in the morning.
　Still dim.

　"Well, gentlemen," said David, "let me give you a nice wake-up call. Let me give you a wake-up call to the Pofenia Army!　Just Moe, right?

　Alexios' joke made the Romarian soldiers laugh.

　In front of the soldiers of the Romalian army, there was a lot of cattle.
　Long spears on the horns of the cattle, and torches with oil-soaked torches attached to their tails.

　And.........
　A barrel full of oil and black powder was packed on his back.

　''Well then, Lord So Yeon, please take good care of me?
　Yes, I understand!

　On Alexios' orders, So-young and the other sorcerers put a spell on the cow.
　They make the cow lose her mind and make her attack people.

　And.........

　Now open the gates to the city.

　Slowly the gates of the castle open and the cattle are lined up in front of them.
　The torches in the tails of the cows are lit....

　So, Mr. Cow I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm going to charge you!

　Seo-yeon unleashes the gold-binding spell that he had set on the cow.
　The cows sense the heat from their tails and flee down the hill.

　The cows spread out in a circle as they were imprinted with the witchcraft.

　Massive amounts of marijuana, the cows lost their sanity with the witchcraft.......
　They attacked the Pofenian army straight away.