"Oh. I''m surprised you''ve put up with me this long. You can be as rough as you want in here."
I, for one, would have liked to have seen these guys in their element.
"Thank you very much. My men will be pleased.
"You guys, don''t do anything that might tarnish the dignity of the SS."
Rayon, the captain of the White Eagle Squadron, raised an eyebrow. His personality would be a hopelessly poor fit. He would probably have a better chance to talk with Olks of the Red Bear Squadron. Orcus is bold, but not brutal.
"I don''t serve you, I serve the Regent. Besides, there are times on the battlefield when it''s better to ignore dignity.
"You! You''re a unit that was formed later!"
Rayon also tries to fight gracefully, but he is rather passionate.
"Don''t do it, Rayon. We give different personalities to the SS. There are times when the White Eagles are at their best and there are times when they are not. That''s all."
"Okay. ....... I have overstepped my bounds. ......"
Rayon simply bowed his head.
"All right, then, Black Dog Squad, give hell to those who oppose us!"
Dorborg immediately changes his appearance to that of a wolf. The war wolves under his command also changed into wolves. Some of them have been fighting Dorborg for years.
"Uh ...... gah gah gah!"
Dorborg roars. This is not a wolfish sound, but a sign. It''s mostly just a bunch of crap.
The wolves circle the moat at random, then jump and scramble to what seems to be a low wall on the street side.
By the time the enemy tries to spear them, the wolves have already entered. Some of them crossed the moat and entered with a single jump.
Soon we heard many screams. They are strong men who have no hesitation in fighting.
"Looks like we''re killing them pretty bad. The side waiting outside waits in front of the bridge. No, I don''t think that''s necessary.
Once the Black Dog Squadron steps in, it will be rather disastrous if they can''t escape to the outside.
Soon, fire was coming from everywhere.
"They''re a rough bunch, aren''t they?"
Raviara, who was standing by my side, could not be too happy about her side''s superiority.
"That''s a signal that they''ve already taken it, or that there''s nothing worthwhile here. They burn them anyway. That''s why we called them the Black Dogs, because the place they attacked turned black."
"These are people you don''t want to make enemies with."
"It''s important to have them on your side. It''s important to have them on your side, because it''s war to do what the other side doesn''t want you to do."
On the way to the moat, some of the armed residents, realizing that there was nothing more they could do, tried to climb over the wall and jumped out toward the moat. It must have been a complete carnage inside.
But of course, we are not going to allow them to escape.
Raviara said, "Fire! ordered the allied troops.
The arrows flew almost straight and pierced the enemy one after another.
The fact that they had pulled up to the bridge and were waiting for us made it clear that they wanted to fight us tooth and nail. If we had passed through, they would have attacked us from behind.
Laviara! It''s customary to make an example of them in the first battle. There''s no need to feel guilty."
"You needn''t worry. Raviara is ready for it. Besides, I have already killed many people anyway, so nothing will change now if I have to pay for it.
Laviala answered stoutly and fired another arrow.
The battle was over after only an hour.
From the inside, the black dogs attacked thoroughly. However, Dolebaugh said that it was a small town, so there was not much they could take.
"If the battle had dragged on, it would have been troublesome. Thank God it was over quickly."
"I am a man of speed, and so was I. As soon as I took as much as I could, I would kill him. Or kill and then take. If you take your time, they will try to kill you.
"Truly, you come from a mercenary background, but you''re more of a bandit mercenary."
Almost no enemy survivors. The area around the moat was surrounded by my troops, so there was no escape.
The name of the town is said to be Messe. Today, that name has been erased from the map.
I ordered my trumpet to spread the word to the enemy cities.
You''ll have to decide whether to follow the cathedral or me.
Well, I don''t think either the small lords or the cities can give up on the cathedral right away. Still... two more burnings will make some of them surrender.
"All right, let''s keep moving! Anyway, we will attack them with force. Let them think they have no time to defend themselves. We''ll finish them off without falling behind Noen''s detachment!"
As soon as I had achieved a minimum of success, I marched my men into battle.
Most of the cities and castles along the way are planning to turn against me. I''ll drop them all and join up with Noen to complete the pacification of the region.
--The High King cannot understand why you are taking such a gamble! If we fail to level the land, the followers of the cathedral will come! We''ll be too late if we don''t level the whole place in two days.
We can make it in two days. They''re just a bunch of thugs. They''ll attack us back at the castle. I don''t want to make it look like I''m defending myself. That will give the enemy forces something to be encouraged by.
The castle of a small lord, at most 5,000 jaguars away from the first town we destroyed, we took it down in one fell swoop with a forceful attack. In this battle, we sent the White Eagles of Leion to the front. They killed the lords'' families and hurried on.
The next city was not armed and let us through.
The tide is coming in its own way. It''s nothing we can''t do.
The next city is a fort where the combined armies of two of the most powerful lords in the area are holed up.
Their number is about 1,500. The fort is a mixture of wood and stone, but it is reasonably large.
Whether or not we can take this fortress will determine our fate afterwards.
Of course, I''m planning to take it down easily.
I will show you the horror of my profession, Oda Nobunaga.