Chapter 365: An Alternative Plan, With Risks The great Shakyamuni said: “Abandon extremes and realize the Middle Way.” Not to indulge blindly in pleasure, nor to run headlong into asceticism that needlessly harms the body—rather, moderate and balanced, even ambiguous choices are the right path. Rest didn’t exactly follow a saint’s teaching, but the course […]
Chapter 364: The Meeting Dances Afterwards, as decided in the conference room, messengers were sent to the royal capital. They were instructed to recall the reinforcements that had been meant for the northern fortress, and to watch the eastern border carefully—keep an eye on the movements of the Geisel Empire. If the Geisel Empire was
Chapter 363: Despair in the Conference Room Rest reported the information he had gathered from the boy to Valeya Catreya, the person in charge of defense. What Rest had learned was completely unexpected for Valeya and the others. Everyone gathered in the fortress conference room sat in grim silence, their expressions tense. “Hmm… So, in
Chapter 362: The Prisoner’s Circumstances After that, Rest dug more than half of the fortress’s outer moat by himself. He used earth magic to raise spikes from the bottom so that it would be difficult to cross, then filled it with water. He also worked on repairing the damaged parts of the fortress—filling the cracks
Chapter 361: Strengthening the Defenses After the strategy meeting ended, the fortress’s defense plan was completely revised. A renewed request for reinforcements was sent to the royal capital, and repair work on the fortress began in earnest. In addition, construction was started to further strengthen its defensive capabilities. “【Digging Hole】.” When Rest cast his spell,
Chapter 360: Scars of the Assault Although the Iwood Kingdom’s army had allowed enemy forces to breach the fortress, the battle was settled after about two hours. In the end—it was a victory for the Iwood Kingdom. Every one of the invading foreign warriors who had entered the fortress was exterminated. After the castle gate
Chapter 359: Fierce Battle at the Fortress With a flood of barbarian warriors breaching the walls, chaos engulfed the inside of the fortress. Yet even amidst the confusion, there were those who stood their ground. “Don’t panic, soldiers!” Valeya Catreya, commander of the fortress’s defense unit, barked orders across the din of battle. “The gate
Chapter 358: The Battle at the Fortress Walls Shouts and screams erupted from inside the fortress. They were the voices of their own soldiers — troops of the Kingdom of Iwood. “Enemies!” “The barbarians have breached the fortress!” “Close the gates! If we don’t— AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!” “OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!” Barbarians had infiltrated the fortress.A hundred… two hundred… their
Chapter 357: The Barbarian Surprise Attack Over a thousand enemy warriors were crossing the border river.From what Rest could see, most were Ogres and Lizardmen, though there were also many who looked indistinguishable from humans. “Barbarians using magic…? That’s not what I was told.” Rest frowned in confusion as the enemy emerged from thin air
Chapter 356: Surprise Attack And so, Rest had passed the first trial since arriving at the fortress.That “trial,” however, hadn’t come from enemy tribes, but rather from allies — specifically, Yuri’s three brothers. “Count Clover, there’s a war council. I’d like you to attend. You wouldn’t refuse, would you?” “Lord Clover, might I have a