I Am the Monarch – Chapter 64: War and more war (2)

“Is there a reason I have to gather information centered in the capital of Miller? No, in the eastern region of the kingdom?”

He asked a sharp question .
Chris honestly revealed his doubts .
Roan slowly nodded and replied .

“The region is not normal . ”
“Meaning that…… . . ?”

Chris slowly frowned .
Roan continued saying with a composed expression .

“The movement of the monsters became worse than last year . ”

But of course, that was a lie .

‘That time came . ’

If the same future happened as his past life, soon, many monsters would appear in the eastern region .

“Mmm . ”

Chris nodded .

“They were always noisy . To gather information at Miller’s side just to grasp the movement of the monsters is a bit…… . . ”

Monsters were always a problem .
It meant that the problem was that frequent .
Because of that, he felt that Roan’s countermeasures were a bit excessive .
Then, Roan’s voice was heard .

“What I’m worried about………”

His expression and eyes were still composed .

“Is that there may be some stir because of the monsters . ”
“Stir?”

Chris frowned .
Roan nodded .

“The stir of the monsters is starting with the eastern region as the center . When I analyzed their moving pattern and the regions they appeared in…… . ”

Gulp .

Chris unconsciously gulped .
Roan continued saying .

“It seems like they are crossing over from Istel kingdom . And as if they were being chased away on top of that . ”
“Ah…… . ”

Chris let out a low exclamation .
He realized what Roan was thinking in an instant .

‘The monsters are crossing the boundaries as if they are being chased away………If then . ’

His head spun .
Several and various kind of guesses were built and crumbled .
And then, he placed down the most possible guess .

“Isn’t Istel kingdom doing a massive monster subjugation?”

It was the most standard of guesses .
This year, a similar thing happened at the Pedian’s plain monster subjugation .

‘Because the Byron kingdom did a massive monster subjugation one step ahead, the number of monster at the Pedian’s plain increased explosively . ’

The stir of the monsters in the eastern region could be seen in the same context .
Roan nodded .

“That’s the biggest possibility . ”

He lightly sighed .

‘Although precisely speaking, they are preparing for war . ’

In his past life, it was a war he had never expected .
Because of that, the eastern region became a wasteland .

‘The monsters of Istel kingdom fled to our side because they were frightened by the many soldiers . ’

But in his past life, he didn’t think about the stir of the monsters too highly .
Then, Chris shook his head and said .

“But it’s a bit weird . At this time, Istel kingdom…… . . ”

The last words dimmed .
Roan smiled faintly and nodded .

“That’s right . Originally, they shouldn’t have power to spare to do a massive monster subjugation . ”
“Yes . Because they should be focused on harvesting at this time . ”

Chris said .
It was a time that the army and obviously the citizen should be focused on harvesting .
Because of that, nobody in Rinse kingdom could realize that Istel kingdom were preparing for war .

“But even so, they went out for a subjugation? Isn’t it a bit suspicious?”

Roan faintly smiled and asked .
Chris just nodded with a serious face .

“That’s why I want to know a bit more about it in detail . You will have to gather and analyze all the information in the eastern region of Rinse kingdom and of course the western region of Istel kingdom . And I would like it if you did that . ”

Roan finished speaking and looked at Chris’s eyes fixedly .
It wasn’t a meaningless formal act .

‘A different future than what I know may happen . ’

Because of that he had a need to gather and analyze information .

“Mmm . ”

Chris nodded along a low exclamation .

“To do that, Pavor castle would certainly be better than the capital of Miller . ”

He pondered for a moment and then looked at Roan while faintly smiling .

“I understand . As the situation is like this, I will immediately organize my agency and move to Pavor castle . ”
“Thank you . ”

A smile appeared on Roan’s face .
But he still had more things to do .

“And you will have to do one more thing . ”
“Yes . Tell me . ”

Chris opened up his ears while he was fixing his posture .
Roan slowly gathered the plans he had in his head .

“There’s a small fishing village called Perr in Poskein lake . There’s a sailor called Daiv in there . ”
“Village of Perr, Daiv . ”

Chris took note while mumbling .
Roan continued saying .

“You will have to make an organization of sailors with him as the center . ”
“An organization?”

Chris asked back with a bit of a surprised face .
Roan slowly nodded .
His expression seemed to be having fun .

“Yes . We can’t just leave that wide lake like that . ”

*****
Hoo . Hoo . Hoo .

The breath was rough .
But it wasn’t someone breathing .

Swush .

The warm wind shook the long grass .
Roan glared beyond the grass and made a sign .
The spearmen, swordsmen, and archers all lowered their bodies .

‘They came . ’

A fierce light shined in his eyes .
Roan lowered his body and went towards the archer squad .

“Harrison . ”
“Yes . ”

At Roan’s call, Harrison replied in a low voice and approached .
Adjutant Jones, who was leading the archer squad, raised his ear because he was curious to see what happened .
Roan pointed beyond the grass with his finger .

“Do you see that goblin leader?”
“Yes, I do . ”

Harrison nodded while gulping down dry saliva .

What Roan and Harrison, no, the spearmen and swordsmen squad of rose troop, and the archer troop were looking at beyond the grass while hiding, was a troop of goblins and kobolds that amounted to more than a thousand .
And among them, the biggest and strongest goblin was present .
He was the leader leading the troop .
Roan pointed at the goblin leader and asked in a low voice .

“Can you hit him?”
“Yes?! That’s impossible . ”

The answer came from a weird place .
The owner of the voice was Jones, who was listening to them .
The experienced archer frowned and shook his hands .

“The distance between us is far and there are also a lot of obstacles in between . On top of that, he’s continuously moving . ”

Those were the right words .
Currently, the goblin and kobold troops were moving inside Oat forest .
Roan and the soldiers were hiding in ambush at a place with high grass and trees .
Because of that, between them and the goblin leader, there were a lot of trees .
If only there weren’t any trees, the archer troop would already have poured a rain of arrows down on them
But even so Roan, had a really confident expression .
He looked at Harrison and waited for his answer .

“Whew . ”

Harrison, who was glaring at the goblin leader and the obstacles, and judging the direction of the wind, put on a faint smile .

“I think I can . ”
“Impossible . ”

This time also, Jones’ reaction was a step faster .
He shook his head with an expression full of disbelief .

‘He took someone I hadn’t even heard of……’

Jones didn’t like Harrison in the first place, who got transferred from nowhere .
And he especially disliked that he received a bit interest from Roan .

‘He can hit the goblin leader from over here? Impossible . ’

It was a situation where he had to persuade him from not doing it .
The moment he fired the arrow, their location would be discovered .
As rose troop was at a disadvantage in numbers, if a battle occurred, their lives would be in danger .

“Hitting the leader from here is im…… . . ”

When Jones was about to step up .
Roan patted Harrison’s shoulders and nodded .

“I believe in you . ”
“Thank you . ”

Harrison bowed and then prepared an arrow .

“Huh?!”

Jones was stunned with a surprised expression .
Meanwhile, Harrison knocked the arrow and got up .

“Whew . ”

He closed his eyes and felt the wind .
Roan looked at him and killed his breath .

‘If the leader dies, they will fall in confusion . ’

If they could only take care of the goblin leader, they would be able to easily win .

Swish .

The hot wind blew once again .

‘The wind is a bit strong . ’

Harrison slowly opened his eyes and pointed his bow towards the goblin leader .
The trees filled his sight .
They ran against each other and were lined up continuously .

‘I can see a path . ’

Harrison held his breath .
The goblin leader, who didn’t know of this, was just moving around leisurely .
When he made two more steps .

Tung .

Harrison let go of the arrow .

Sweeeeeeee!

A sharp sound .
One arrow flew between the many trees .
Roan and Jones, and of course all the soldiers followed the arrow .

Sweee!

The arrow couldn’t completely dodge the last tree .

Spat!

It slightly scratched it and the direction changed .
Jones growled in a low voice as if he was waiting for it .

“See? I certainly said that you……”

But he couldn’t finish his words .

“Im, impossible!”

The words were the same but the feelings they gave off were completely different .
Because the arrow that had its direction slightly changed flew towards the head of the goblin leader like a lie .

“Chwee?”

The goblin leader turned his head along the sound that hit his ear and froze like that .
The head of the arrow was as big as a rock .
The moment he thought he had to dodge it .

Puuk!

The arrow pierced his forehead and was stuck in his head .

Boom!

The goblin leader fell down like that and couldn’t move anymore .

“Chwee?”
“Kak?”

The goblins and kobolds gathered near the goblin leader at the sudden change in situation .
At that sight Roan hit Harrison’s back with some gusto .

“You did well!”
“Thank you . ”

Harrison faintly smiled and bowed .
Roan nodded and raised his spear highly .

“Attack!”

In a loud voice .
The order to attack was sent out .

“Waaaaaa!”
“Kill! Kill them!”

The soldiers of the troop charged the ground as if they were waiting for it and ran towards the goblins and kobolds .
And Roan also did the same .
He was the one who was running in front of all of them .
He was holding his spear in his armpit and running .
A fierce intent flowed .

‘Left, right, right again . ’

Roan could charge through the trees with the shortest distance because of Kalian’s tear .

“He, he’s really fast!”
“Don’t fall back!”
“Stick to him!”

The soldiers followed his back with a surprised expression .

“Chwee?”
“Kak?”

Only then did the kobolds and goblins get a hold of themselves .
They looked at Roan who was already in front of them and raised their rough weapons .

“Hmph . ”

Roan snorted and pulled up some mana .
But he was in a situation where he still had to hide the fact that he was learning mana .
He operated his mana road quickly without being able to bring it up to the blade of the spear .
But even with just that, it was amazing .

“Chwee!”
“Kak!”

Their cries hit his ear .

“Die!”

Roan let out a shout and then lowered his body and twisted his wrist .

Pat!

The spear split the air .
A sharp and smooth line of light was drawn over the heads of the goblins and kobolds .

Sugk .

A horrible sound rang out .

“Chwee?”
“Kak?”

The goblins and kobolds who were facing him stood stupidly and rolled their big eyes to the sides .
At that moment .

Sssss .

A fine crack appeared in their heads and then blood started to flow .

Boom!

The **** fell accompanied by a heavy sound .
It showed just how powerful and quick that attack was . .

Sugk! Spat! Slash!

Roan swept up the front of the battlefield and swung his spear .
In the first place, the goblins and kobolds weren’t Roan’s opponents .

“Grr . ”
“Keek . ”

Every time the spear cut the air, their heads fell to the ground .
Continued by him, the spearmen, archers, and swordsmen attacked .
They were in a formation that seemed sloppy but was solid at the same time .
They moved just like one unit and massacred the goblins and kobolds .
The important thing was that compared to before, the three squads moved according to the situation of each other and helped themselves at the same time .
The goblins and kobolds fell down helplessly .
Between them, Roan was sweeping up the battlefield and showed an outstanding might .

Slash!

The spear passed through the neck of a goblin .
As the battle happened in a forest and they were confused, the battlefield was limited .
The spear, which was a long weapon, was at a disadvantage the more the space became limited .
But Roan still acted leisurely .

‘The combination of spearmanship and battling techniques . ’

He utilized Reid’s battle techniques at situations where it was difficult to use the spear .
No, precisely speaking,they were movements imitating Reid’s battling techniques .
Although it wasn’t that he had created a new art by combining the two, but it was still powerful enough .

‘I fill up the weak points the spear has with the battling techniques . ’

This was the best he could do with Roan’s ability .

‘If my understanding of each art increases, I will be able to create a real spearmanship . ’

As he knew his current abilities and the level he was at, he didn’t think about doing that which was impossible right now .
He was planning to do what he could step by step .
Roan punched the goblin that got near him .

Puk! Pubuk!

It was a heavy sound .

“Krr!”

The goblins got their heads and ribs crushed to pieces and were flung to the side .

‘Strong . ’

Certainly, the power of Reid’s battle techniques were amazing .

‘For movements that are only imitations to be this much……… . ’

He couldn’t even imagine how it would be when he properly executed it along with the Flamdor mana technique .

Puk! Pubuk! Puk!

The goblins became sludge at the consecutive punches .

“Chwee!”
“Chwee!”

In the end, the goblins that charged up to him became scared and fell back .

‘That’s just what I was waiting for!’

Roan swung his spear as if he was waiting for it .

Stab .

The spear stabbed the chests of the goblins .
If they got close, use Reid’s battle technique . If they were far, use spearmanship techniques .
Roan had two powerful weapons with him .

‘The combination of the spear and battle techniques is better than I thought . ’

A smile appeared on his face .
He swung his spear without stop and punched out .

“Grr . ”

The last words continued without stop .
There were countless corpses of goblins and kobolds near him .
The battle was now coming to an end .

“Whew . ”

Roan looked at the battlefield and took in a breath .
The 12 and 13th squads were pushing back the ones that were fiercely fighting back .

‘The movements of the 12th squad is certainly the best . ’

Anyways, you couldn’t do anything about it as they spent more time with Roan than the other squads .
Roan’s sight moved towards the archer squad .

Tung! Tung!

He saw a youth who was firing arrows without stopping .
Harrison .
Differently than the other archers, he ran across the forest and was sending precise arrows towards the goblins and kobolds .

Puk!

“Grr . ”

One for one arrow .
On top of that, there were even times when an arrow killed two kobolds at the same time .

‘Certainly, Harrison’s talent with the bow is the best . ’

Roan looked at Harrison’s face and smiled .
It was a happy smile .

‘He never put on that kind of expression in my previous life . ’

Roan felt proud .
It was a feeling like he had made another person’s dream come true and not only his .
Then, the sound of the horn was heard that signified the end of the battle .

Puuuuuu!

A sound that made you flustered any time .

“Waaaaaaa! Victory!”
“Complete victory! Complete victory! “
“Rose troop! Hurray! Hurray!”

The soldiers yelled .
It had already been two months since monsters started to appear in the eastern region .
And now, it was rose troop’s 21st battle and they were all complete victories .
Roan waited for a moment so the soldiers could savour the victory .

“Waaaaaaaaa!”

When the yells calmed down a bit .
He yelled towards the soldiers while he still had his spear at his side .

“After we clean up the corpses, we repair the road, and we carve hollows and ditches for defensive purposes!”
“Yes! Understood!”

The soldiers replied with excited voices .
They quickly moved and started to gather the corpses of the kobolds and goblins in one place .
At the same time, they carved ditches and hollows at the sides of the road .
Roan looked at that for a moment and then moved outside the forest .
He could see the cavalrymen running from far away when he left the entrance .
They were the cavalrymen squad of Rose troop that included Gale and Keniss .

‘It seems like the subjugation of the plain also turned out well . ’

The expression of Gale, who was running at the front, was bright .
Nonetheless, Gale laughed with a big voice and yelled as soon as he arrived .

“Hahaha . This battle was also a complete victory . ”
“It’s all because of troop commander’s amazing commanding skills . ”

At Roan’s words, Gale shook his head .

“No . No . Although I said it immediately, the reason we achieved complete victory is all because of you . ”

A proud smile was on his face .

“It’s amazing to notice the stir of the monsters beforehand, but it was even more amazing that you precisely guessed the estimated region and time that the monsters would appear . ”

At those words Keniss added .

“You really are worthy of being called the ghost of the battlefield . ”

The ghost of the battlefield .
Roan thought once again that it was fortunate that he didn’t become a battlefield fortuneteller .

“I just guessed from the rumors and the stories of the citizens . ”

He spoke in a humble attitude and voice .

“Anyways, what’s amazing is amazing . ”

Gale was astounded .
Then, Keniss asked with a careful voice .

“But is Istel kingdom really behind the stir of the monsters?”
“There’s a high possibility . ”

Roan nodded .

‘According to the analyzed information, Istel kingdom already finished their preparations for war . ’

Until now, the situation and the time was similar to his past life .

‘Should I say that this is fortunate…… . ’

A bitter smile appeared on his face .
Gale let out a sigh with an uneasy look .

“Whew . We are setting up defensive lines in the eastern region for now with the monster subjugation as the excuse……”

Roan knew the reason he was being uneasy .

‘Benjamin Doyle . That stupid **** saw the report of corps commander Aaron and ignored it . ’

When he first reported the stir of the monsters and the movement of Istel kingdom to Gale, Gale reported it to Aaron .
As he already knew about Roan’s abilities very well, he didn’t have any doubts or hesitation .
And Aaron also sent the report to Benjamin, who was the commander of the eastern region, right after he inspected the contents .
But .

<Don’t make a fuss over some monsters running around a bit . >

What returned back to them were blame and reproaches .
Although Aaron sent the report, it was perfectly ignored .
In the end, he also sent the report to some corps commander he was friends with and were pouring all of their strength into making a defensive line .

‘That Benjamin **** is making things difficult again . ’

It was Benjamin that did nothing right even since his past life .
But even so, it was fortunate that some corps moved thanks to Aaron’s efforts .

‘Even if those Istel **** come charging, we won’t crumble in an instant . ’

In his past life they lost half of the eastern region because of the sudden attack .
At least, they wouldn’t get pushed back that helplessly in this life .

‘We have to endure until the corps of other regions and that stupid **** prepares for battle . ’

That was something he could do plentily .
At least, if it went according to Roan’s plans .
But when did life flow as you wished?
One soldier approached and saluted .

“Sir . Vice troop commander Roan . Someone called Pens is looking for you?”
“Mmm?”

If it was Pens, it was one of the staff members Chris had .
Roan slightly bowed towards Gale and Keniss and then followed the soldier .
Pens was roaming a bit far away from the entrance of Oat forest .
He bowed towards Roan and then took out a small piece of paper from his chest .

“Boss Chris sent me . ”
“Thank you . ”

A hint of nervousness showed on Roan’s face . .
He didn’t know why it didn’t feel good .
He carefully spread the paper and checked the contents .
And then his expression stiffened .
The letter started with a sentence that would not please anyone . .

<I have a bad premonition . >

< War and more war (2) > End