In the capital of the Lunan Kingdom, the king was on a rampage.
âIncompetent bastards if youâre going to be defeated like this why didnât you just offer me your heads from the beginning?â
After the fall of Linon Castle news came in he was so anxious that he yelled the entire night.
âWe canât go on like this, itâs too dangerous here. We must abandon Kingâs Landing and go to the southern territories.â
The kingâs words were met with opposition from Earl Borde.
âYour Majesty. The safest place in the Lunan Kingdom is here between the walls of the Royal Capital. Besides, we have troops in the southern territories that havenât joined the war yet.â
âShut up! Only if I live can this country survive!â
But the king only cared about his own life. He didnât care if his territory was taken, as long as he could save himself.
âPrepare to evacuate immediately!â
The king hurriedly came down from his throne and started prancing around. In the midst of all this, the captain of the royal guard came running in with great vigor.
âYour Majesty!â
âWhat is it now? Donât tell me that Kingâs Landing is in danger!â
The captain of the royal guard came in, that meant that there was a report from the front line.
âYour Majesty, I have good news! We have reports that Linon Castle has been retaken!â
âWhat?â
The kingâs face, which had been trembling, changed strangely. The other nobles who had gathered in the main hall were all in the same situation.
âIt just fell and weâve taken it back? Does that mean the fall of Castle Linon was a false alarm?â
While the king was speechless, Count Borde turned to the royal guard captain and asked.
âIt is not so, my lord. In the reports that come in itâs said that Earl Aintorian recaptured Linon Castle!â
The royal guard captain presented the report and the King took it and began to read it. The King immediately relaxed his expression and began to laugh.
âHa-hahaha! Check this out!â
The king continued to laugh as he shouted at the nobles.
âEarl Aintorian, whom I summoned, has retaken Linon Castle! Those of you who were against it because of his reputation, do you still disagree?â
Erhinâs summoning was indeed the kingâs own decision. The king had been about to abandon the capital and flee, but now he started to run around in a frenzy.
âThere is no time to waste, send word to the frontline that Earl Aintorian is the new chief of staff of the Royal Armyâ
The king himself was undoubtedly the main culprit in bringing the country to this state, but he had ordered it as if the victory was his credit.
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I became the new chief of staff of the Royal Army thanks to my merits in the recapture of Linon Castle, Hayna was dismissed.
I strove until the end to appeal to Ronen to punish me for my crime of not respecting orders. When I knelt down and admitted my guilt, Ronen decided not to charge me, saying it was the kingâs order.
At last, I could move the entire army to fight against the Narja Kingdom with no one in my way!
My objective is to defeat the Narja Army as soon as possible, if I do that, I will have some time to spare. No matter what country it is, after a war is over, it takes time to start another war. This was because of the supplies and the need to recruit and train new troops.
In the history of the game, it took a year for the Narja Kingdom to launch another war after the Lunan Kingdom conquest.
The game began 1 year after the fall of Lunan Kingdom. In that time the Narja Kingdom had time to train a massive army of several hundred thousand strong. Thatâs why, after this war, Iâll have time to nurture my territory.
When I checked after the recapture of Linon Castle I discovered that the Ten Warlords of Narja didnât participate in the war.
âPerhaps the Narja king is testing us. Itâs a shame to have fallen to such an invading force, but Iâm sure His Majesty will take this opportunity to prepare for war. The allies that have noticed Narja Kingâs ambition can be persuaded as long as we manage to overcome this crisis!â
When I asked Ronen the reason for this, he gave me this answer. Although it had been less than a year since his accession to the throne, the rumor that he was an ambitious king had already spread throughout the continent.
He attacked us without the Ten Warlords to test the power of the army he had been raising for a year. Of course, there didnât seem to be any detailed intelligence on this. If they had that kind of intelligence, they would not have been defeated like this.
Even in the game, the Ten Warlords did not participate in Lunan Kingdom invasion. I have no way of knowing the reason for this now. Of course, the reason is not important. The only thing that matters is winning the war against the invading enemy army.
Without the ten warlords, the only one to watch out for is the enemy strategist! The enemy has lost 20,000 troops at Linon Castle, and there are only 50,000 troops left.
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[Earned Experience List]
[Strategy Grade B x 2]
The strategy grade was B. It was a highly uncertain operation, if Duke Ronen hadnât sent his troops; I wouldnât have been able to retake the castle.
If I had retaken Linon Castle by myself without Duke Ronenâs help, I might have gotten a better grade, but that was a meaningless assumption because it was impossible to retake the castle without the participation of the Royal Army.
[You are now level 13.]
I leveled up twice.
[You have earned level-up points.]
[Points owned: 500.]
400 points were added to my remaining 100, now I can improve my martial force again.
[Do you want to enhance martial force? Cost: 300 points.]
[Martial force is now 62].
Itâs important to go up one step at a time, even if itâs only a small step. The day when I reach 70 will come; I decided to keep my remaining 200 points.