Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
37. Strategy meeting 2
“Sir Lionel, is that why you became a black knight?”
Count Kelvim asked with a gloomy expression.
“Yes. Even if I had to throw away my position and honor, I thought it would be fine if the result was nothing but a groundless fear. I wanted to confirm it with my own eyes. But when I actually came here…”
After saying that much, Lionel exhaled deeply.
“I’m sorry. I think I’d let you in on the disturbing news first, rather than get your hopes up. There’s only so much I can do on my own, but I intend to spare no effort.”
Although they had been prepared for it the moment they saw the painted-over shield, now that they knew the reason behind it, both Count Kelvim and his private army members could not hide the helplessness on their faces.
“Well, isn’t it a blessing that a former commander of the Knights, known for his greatness, is here? Besides, it was thanks to Sir Lionel that even his younger brother and the old man came, right?”
The mercenary man laughed, changing the mood of the room. That brought a slight smile to everyone’s faces.
“That’s right. For now, let’s think about what’s in front of us.”
When Count Kelvim looked up, everyone in the room looked up and nodded.
“What about the message to the capital?”
“We sent them out right after this morning’s attack. If the weather is good they should arrive in four or five days… The question is, will His Majesty dispatch troops to help us? Either way, even if he were to immediately dispatch troops, it would be ten days to half a month at the earliest before they could reach this place.”
There is a limit to how fast men and horses can move. Depending on the scale of the deployment, the transportation of military supplies would further slow down the progress of the army. The king’s plan may or may not be true, but there was no guarantee that they would move as fast as possible, so relying on the Royal Capital and to wait for reinforcements seemed like an unlikely option.
“How long would the containment wards last?”
Lionel asked the elderly cleric who was listening quietly in the corner of the room.
“The longest it will last is seven days. We’re warded, so there won’t be any more of them.”
“There should be no gaps.”
A young priest added, “We come from the great church in the west, and are particularly skilled in barrier magic.”
After confirming this, a private soldier raises his hand to add his report.
“This morning’s large undead beast was almost fully grown, but not quite. Thanks to you, we were able to take care of it quickly. It must have turned into an undead beast just recently, after the Knights retreated. So, my guess is it’s the only one in the vicinity.”
Lionel nodded with a solemn expression. Fortunately, if it is a large one, it can be detected earlier by the clergyman’s spotting. Above all, because the large one’s have a higher lethality, it could easily kill the surrounding monsters and beasts, making it harder for them to turn into undead beasts.
“The problem are those small mutant undead beasts ……”
“About that,…… I noticed something when we fought them during the day.”
The mercenary raised his hand.
“Though I knew it was pointless, I purified my club with holy water. Then, while I had the blessing, I was able to kill some of the smaller ones I had crushed.”
“Now that you mention it, I was certainly able to kill a few of them with my sword as well.”
The members of the private army all nodded in unison.
The large and medium sized undead beasts are cut with a sword purified with holy water, which stops the regeneration of the cut section. If the head and torso are separated using this method, the body will easily collapse and return to the earth. But this is exactly why blunt weapons and arrows have been ineffective against them up until now. And by the time one is defeated, the blessing of the holy water has usually already worn off.
“If that is the case, then there is a silver lining that we can push through with sheer numbers”
Lionel nodded, and this time smiles finally returned to the faces of everyone around him.
Gilbert, who had been listening quietly in the corner of the room, wondered whether he should mention what had happened in the village that day, and tried to stand up, but Dolph held him down by his shoulders.
“The incident during the daytime seems to have been caused by a secret weapon I made happening to work, but it’s still uncertain. I can’t get your hopes up with vague information.”
Gilbert blinked when he heard this. It bothered him that the private soldiers and mercenaries he had fought alongside in the village looked away from him, but he agreed for the time being.
–It’s this old man after all… He must have set up some strange mechanism.
While pondering this in his mind, Gilbert muttered something else that popped into his head.
“…… if we completely annihilate all the undead immortal beasts, then all the strange schemes of those higher up will be for nothing,…….”
The voice echoed strangely in the silence of the room. Then, with such force that it seemed like a sound, everyone in the room turned their attention to Gilbert.
The private army members and mercenary who had looked away earlier were half-smiling with blank eyes. They didn’t say it out loud, but he understood what they wanted to say.
–Sorry. I’ve said something that sounds like I am nothing but a muscle-head…
Gilbert was deeply sorry and apologized in his heart, but out of the corner of his eye, Lionel, who was in the middle of the room, was shaking his shoulders. He looked up, wondering if he’d made him angry, but to his surprise he was laughing.
“Well, I don’t want to be reckless. I think we should be prepared if it comes to that.”
Lionel said in a happy voice, and Count Kelvim, the members of the private army, and the mercenaries all nodded with broad smiles. even the elderly clergyman sitting right next to Gilbert burst out laughing, as if he couldn’t take it anymore.
“That’s good. Very good. Let’s prepare as much holy water as we can while the barrier lasts.”
Saying this, he clapped Gilbert’s shoulder happily for some reason. The surrounding clergymen also nodded.
“…Also, there is a group of people in this town who rarely come out into the open these days. “A guide wizard”. It’s such a fortuitous thing. It might actually work out better than we think.”
The elderly clergyman – a man who was a renowned priest of the Western Great Church – muttered this at the end. By this time, the room was filled with murmur, and the only ones who heard what he said were Gilbert and Dolph.
─ ─ “A guide wizard”? Is that Mrs. Barbara? Is she famous? …….
While he was admiring them, the people in the room stood up one by one.
“Well, let’s see how the barrier works and then for the next five days prepare for the annihilation of the undead beasts and be on alert in the surrounding area. The extermination will take place in six days.”
Lionel announced, and everyone agreed in unison.
As Gilbert and the others left the mansion, the city was lit up by the setting sun, and a delicious aroma was wafting through the air that stimulated their hunger. In the distance, they could see Flora waving happily.
- Regarding distance and information transmission speed in the story
Royal capital ⇔ Kelvim Territory: approximately 500 km (Tokyo⇔ Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture)
The general speed of information dissemination by horse and man in the Middle Ages was 50 km/day, which is about 10 days.
⇒Since the messenger left early, we have set it to 4 or 5 days.
(I will write about this in my activity report later, but if anyone has any references or other information, I would be grateful if you could let me know!)