"All right, everybody, let''s defend ourselves!　The enemy is on the move!　We have a chance to win!"


    My voice is answered by a booming voice.


    We are definitely united now. We can''t leave them behind, and we won''t be defeated by an enemy who is only attacking us for the time being.


    "Let Raviara take care of this!"


    Laviala hid herself behind a small fortification wall in the jutting part of the fort, looked up a little, and fired bow and arrow one after another.


    Enemy soldiers who were hit by arrows fell down.


    Laviala''s skill with the bow and arrow is considerable. Many elves are good with bows.


    On the other hand, the enemy''s arrows bounce off the walls and do not reach Lhaviara.


    The wall is made to be a sheer cliff on your side even though you have reached the front. We cannot climb up the cliff, and if we stop, we will be hit by our arrows.


    Even if the enemy shoots arrows or magic fireballs, they do not have enough power to destroy the base wall.


    Our fortresses are all made of soil. We can''t even set them on fire. We can''t destroy the buildings. Not even a gate to pry open. The simplicity of the game makes it difficult for the enemy to attack. But there was never time to build anything.


    Eventually, the enemy finds out that there is a way to climb up from the side, and they attack.


    But that is to be expected.


    The path is intentionally made in a zigzag pattern, so that spears and bows and arrows can be used to shoot from high places.


    The first ten enemy soldiers who came up to the slope soon all lost their lives. They could see us coming from our position. Moreover, the road is too narrow to allow us to rush in with our numbers.


    "I wasn''t sure if such an earthen fort would work, but I was surprised to see how useful it was.


    Even old General Civique''s tongue was wagging.


    "Intuitively, it occurred to me that we could do something with an earthen fort."


    When I was making the plan, for some reason I thought of a world that was at war with a lot of mud fortresses.


    This may be the knowledge and experience of a hero named Oda Nobunaga.


    In that world, just by making a difference in the height of the soil, it was more than enough to defend against the enemy. It was not so difficult to defend against a thousand enemies with a hundred men.


    Indeed, since the enemy soldiers do not fly in the sky, it is possible to make a fortress as troublesome as you want, just by constructing it, even if it is made of soil.


    Castles were originally only a place to gain an advantage over the enemy in terms of geographical advantage. If you have time, you can build a castle of stone, but you don''t need to spend that much time to build a defensive base.


    After a forced suicide attack, a part of the enemy finally made it through the sloping road and was about to enter the main body of the fort.


    He is a very strong man. I''ll buy it when they attack us through the dead line.


    But the enemy soon turned pale.


    The path he had taken did not lead to the fort.


    There is a deep gulf between them that he will never be able to jump over.


    As he stumbled, Raviara shot the soldier dead.


    This soldier was moved from another place by hanging a wooden plank. What the enemy considers to be the main road is cut off from the beginning.


    "This earth fortress looks simple, but it is very technical. Raviara, I''m surprised."


    "I''m as surprised as you are. I''m amazed at how a little ingenuity on the road can give you such an advantage.


    "At least we''ll never lose as long as we''re being attacked by force. Because all the soldiers over here are still in good health."


    Laviala looks behind her.


    It was true that almost no one was injured.


    We are fighting from an overwhelming advantage. The fear of death and the real danger are drastically reduced.


    On the other hand, I think the enemy casualties have already exceeded a hundred. First of all, those who came to our front have been shot one after another, and those who tried to attack from the slope have been destroyed individually.


    None of the Minerians had any idea that our fortress had been established in such a place. Forcing our way against an unthinking enemy would only increase the number of corpses. There would be no plan to successfully take down our strongholds.


    In the end, the enemy retreated with little or no result.


    We celebrated our victory with a battle cry.


    "This strategy was definitely my idea. But without your courage, nothing would have been possible. I thank you!"


    My words made the soldiers even more excited.


    I said, "You''re not going to get away with this.


    Since we on the side of Nayvel had the upper hand, my brother Geisel also sent reinforcements to help us.


    Now we can defend both the original Naglad fort and the opposite shore fort. My brother praised us in his letter for building a fort in the enemy''s land, saying that it was "an achievement beyond words.


    My brother may not enjoy my success, but I am sure he will be happy to know that the threat to the enemy is greatly reduced.


    The Minerians seem to have given up the idea of destroying us all at once, and the tense state of the war has calmed down for once. To put it bluntly, the enemy has taken too many deaths. They must have had to fundamentally rethink their strategy.


    My brother Geisel has ordered me to return home. I was only an emergency helper, so it was only natural. I will return to my estate with Laviala.


    "Salute the Lord Arsrod!"


    Finally, the old general Sivik made all the soldiers bow to me.


    "You are a hero of the highest order!　Navre is protected because of you!"


    "If I am a hero, then each and every one of you is a hero!　Fight for this Nevre with your chest out!"


    I said something cool at the end.


    On the way back home, Raviara told me.


    "Laviala thought she knew everything there was to know about you, Arsrod-sama, but you have achieved results that are about three steps beyond your imagination.


    "Yes, it is. I was three steps ahead of you, too.


    At first I was prepared to die in battle, but we were able to push back the enemy.


    But Laviala was a little frustrated and puffed up her cheeks prettily. That''s how she acts when she''s sulking.


    "Is there a problem?"


    "If you have such extraordinary power, I wish you would have told Raviara!　It''s terrible that you would keep something from Raviara!"


    "So, I couldn''t have imagined it either, you know. I think it''s all thanks to my profession."


    "Is this the Oda Nobunaga you know?"


    "Something like that."


    I nodded on my horse.


    "I''m no magic swordsman. This must be the most powerful job there is."