Nihonkoku Shoukan

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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!

Changing Flying Dragons to Dragoon. I dislike typing too long.

As always,

DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that my translation is 100%correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.

Plus, if youwant to thank someone go to the guys at Ainushi Translation who give me the RAWfor this LN. They’re the real MVPs.

Author:

みのろう (Minorou)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan!

Editor:

So-Chintzy!

Chapter 1

Upheaval

Part 3

Central calendarYear 1639, Month 4, Day 11. Morning.

Near the Louria-Qua-ToyneBorder

The Campgroundsof the Vanguard Force of the Louria Kingdom’s Eastern Conquest Army

There were repet.i.tive magic communication messages fromthe Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality’s Foreign Ministry, to demand that the soldiers bewithdrawn from the border.

But they were completely ignored. It was as if they werecompletely determined to wage a war.

「Tomorrow, Gim will fall.」

Adem, who was appointed to lead the vanguard force, wastalking to a communication operator.

From the top of a hill, they were looking at the 30,000strong army that was spreading underneath their very eyes.

A 30,000 strong army was by no means a large one consideringthe total amount of soldiers that the Louria Kingdom had, but it was more than enoughfor waging a single battle. Even if it was just a vanguard force, Adem had beengiven a command, and so, he eerily smiled.

20,000 infantry,ust 5,000 heavy infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 1,500specialized soldiers (soldiers that were specialized for siege armaments like catapultsor battering rams), 1,000 raiders, 250 monster users, 100 magicians, and then150 dragoons. Going just by the numbers, the infantry was the largest group,but a squadron of 10 Dragoons could stop the track of 10,000 infantry soldiers.Furthermore, there were 150 dragoons in this force.

He could see how much his country was expecting fromthis vanguard force. Adem, who was aware of the weight of the mission upon him,rather than feeling nervous, his happiness outweighed it even more.

Wyverns were an expensive weapons. If every wyvernpossessed by the Louria Kingdom were gathered at one place, it would only number200 units.

However, 500 wyverns would partic.i.p.ate in the current waragainst the Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality.

There was a rumor that the Papardia Empire had given themmilitary support. n.o.body below General Pandor, who supervised the ground troops,knew if this was true. After all, there was no coat of arms in the wyverns’armor, so there was no way to identify them, other than through speculation.

In any case, 150 wyverns were a.s.signed to the vanguardforce. Adem was pleased with this clearly overpowered force.

「What we should do about the booty in Gim?」

Albeit frightened, the communication operator asked Adem,who was still sporting a savage smile.

Adem was a ruthless knight and his cruelty, that hehad showed in the occupied territory when the Louria kingdom started the aggressivewars, was also widely-known amongst the soldiers.

「I won’t reprimand any plundering at Gim, they can do what they like. Theycould have fun with the women, but after they have finished using them, theymust dispose of every single one. Don’t let a single one leave the town alive.Notify this to the entire army.」

The operator"s face stiffened.

「Yes, Sir……」

He turned his back as if to flee, but Adem stopped him.

「No, wait! As expected…… They could have fun with them, but leave 100 ofthem alive. They could spread the fear…… Then, if there are any families of theenemy Knights in the city, deal with them as cruelly as possible.」

Adem continued to laugh creepily.

「Now, let the feast of extermination begin!」

「Yes, Sir! I will notify this.」

A frightening order.

Adem didn’t have a human heart. While thinking so, theoperator faithfully conveyed Adem’s command.

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The same day, afternoon.Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality, Western Region, Gim.

The Base Headquartersof the Western Region Knights Order, the 1st and the 2nd Dragoon Squadron ofthe Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality.

Moizi, the Commander of the Western Knights Order, wassucc.u.mbing to the feeling of irritation.

The total forces of the Western Region Army was 2,500infantry, 200 archers, 500 heavy infantry, 200 cavalry, 100 light cavalry, 24 dragoons,and 30 magicians. Because of the semi-emergency system, it was a considerableforce considering Qua-Toyne’s resources, but the enemy force that was sticking alongsidethe border far exceeded them in the number.

All of the communication from Qua-Toyne’s side hadbeen completely ignored by the Louria Kingdom.

Some of the citizens had already started evacuatingfrom Gim and the Qua-Toyne government had also called for the citizens toevacuate.

「Are there any replies from Louria?」

Moizi asked the communication magician.

「At the moment. there are no replies. Although we are certain that themessages had been received by the other side, but they are still being ignored.」

If there was a difference in the amount of militaryforces, then depending on the strategies, they could fight without losing thebattle. However, this time, that difference was too overwhelming.

「What is the answer for the reinforcement request from the Central Headquarters?」

「There aren’t any definite answer, only…… 『In the middle of an emergency a.s.sembly session』.」

「b.l.o.o.d.y rats!! Even though we have no moments to spare...... If we don’t receiveany reinforcement, with only our current military forces, we will have to giveup Gim! d.a.m.n it!!」

Their impatience didn’t change any of the situation, whichled to a more cruel reality than they had imagined──

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Central CalendarYear 1639, Month 4, Day 12. Early in the morning. Gim

Suddenly, red smoke rose from the border. At the sametime, there was a tense communication sounding from the Magic Communicator at theHeadquarters.

『A huge force of Louria’s wyverns is invading towards Gim! Simultaneously, infantry......tens of thousands of them crossed the border and began to invade! We repeat, ahuge force of Louria’s wy-…… Guaa! Run a──*bzzzt*──』

The magic communication ended.

The red smoke was a sign of Louria "s invasion. Moizi,the commander of the Western Knights Order, who witnessed it, bellowed hisorder.

Inside the town of Gim, the emergency bells tolled.People, who had still remained in the city, realized the fact that they hadbeen too late to escape from the flames of war and their faces were strickenwith fear.

「Sortie every Knight from the 1st Dragoon Squadron and the 2nd Dragoon Squadron,and engage the enemy wyverns!! Disturb them as much as possible! Arrange theHeavy Infantry to stand at the front row and regular infantry behind them, donot let the lines break! Archers will be at the rear and support from maximumrange! Light cavalry will at times a.s.sault from the right flank! The 200 cavalrywill perform a raid! Wait until you receive instruction! Magicians don’t haveto attack, but everyone needs to manipulate the wind so it will blow upwind atGim! 」

All 24 dragoons soared to the sky and increased their alt.i.tude.The squadrons divided into two; one squadron flew at a cruising alt.i.tude, whilethe other squadron flew at the ceiling alt.i.tude. To perform air-to-air bombing whileintercepting from the front, it was a textbook ambush formation.

After they had flew for 5 kilometers, they could see alarge amount of black points appearing in the western sky ahead. That numbersurprised the Qua-Toynese Dragoon Squadron. It was the First Dragoon Attack Wingof the Louria Kingdom’s Eastern Conquest Army’s Vanguard Force. Their number was75 units ──

The Qua-Toynese Dragoon Squadron didn’t falter and withdauntless courage, they thrust into that flock of black points.

All of the 75 Lourian Dragoons caught sight of the Qua-Toynesedragoons.

「Perform air-to-air flame ball attack.」

Aldebaran, the Commander of the Dragon Knights who ledthe units, calmly ordered. He intended to finish the battle with one hit. Thewhole 75 wyverns opened their mouths in lines like a wall from the top, thesides and diagonally.

Fireb.a.l.l.s were gradually forming in their mouths.

「5 seconds before shooting, 4, 3, 2, 1 ── Shoot!!」

The 75 wyverns shot their flameb.a.l.l.s at the same time.The rotating flameb.a.l.l.s generated airflow around them. The fireb.a.l.l.s located inthe inner gained thrust, and so their range were extended far beyond that of thefireball located on the exterior. By using this phenomena, they successfullyperformed a fusillade before the Qua-Toynese dragoons could even begin theirattack.

The 75 concentrated flame b.a.l.l.s released from the 75wyverns, aligned with each other and mutually ignited to fuse into a hugearrowhead shape and created a wall of flame. Without decelerating, that wall offlame flew towards the Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality’s dragoons.

The twelve Qua-Toynese dragoons took evasive maneuverswhen the wall of flame covered their entire field of view, but it was too lateby several moments. The entire unit was engulfed by the fire and crashed down.

「Did they divide their force into two? …… All units, watch the sky.」

Forty seconds after Aldaveran gave his order, 12 wyvernunits plunged in a single line from the sky with the sun behind their backs. Itseemed that they had decided that air-to-air bombing would be not effective andinstead they would perform a close-range aerial attack (dogfight).

When the Qua-Toynese 2nd Dragoon Squadron fired their flameb.a.l.l.s when they pa.s.sed the Lourians, three units of the Lourian dragoon receiveda direct hit and fell down.

The wyverns gliding from the high sky were aided by gravityand they were further accelerated by an angled oblique approach and slippedthrough the Lourians. Several Lourian units were pursuing them.

The Qua-Toynese dragoons saw that the battle turned tomelee and they would be crushed, and so they scattered. However, the Lourians werepursuing them. Excluding the 15 Units under Aldebaran, the other 48 units wererushing towards the 12 Qua-Toynese dragoons with a 4 to 1 ratio. In just a dozenminutes, both the 1st and the 2nd Dragoon Squadrons of Qua-Toyne had beenobliterated.

「Let’s support the ground force. All units, perform supportive attacks.」

The wyverns then began to attack the Qua-Toynese groundforce.

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「Da-…… d.a.m.n it! Not only the enemy"s dragoons were high in numbers, theirskills are also good!」

Moizi finished watching the battle in the western skyfrom the command room and slammed his fist on the wall.

「To think that it will end this early…… For the Dragon Knights Squadron tobe annihilated, then that means……!」

The enemy dragoons narrowed down their attack target,the ground force, and rained down flame b.a.l.l.s from the sky. The flame ball fallingfrom the sky expanded the moment they hit the ground and spread out flameseverywhere. It was a viscous flame that didn’t disappear once it was ignited, sothe damage to the ground force was increasing.

There was only one counterattack method available fromthe ground. To launch an arrow from a ballista enchanted with wind magic.

However, the magic arts needed to retain the magicpower were difficult to use, and they couldn’t be prepared in such large numbers.At most, ten arrows was the limit, and furthermore they weren’t guided (didn’thave any homing capabilities). It was better than doing nothing, but the arrowsdrawn on the string of the anti-air ballista would only hit the empty air.

Anti-air attacks of this world rarely hit. There were slightlymore effective weapons in the Three Great Civilized Lands, but even so, theyhad more significance as a diversion.

Due to the ground support from the huge Wyvernsquadrons, the Qua-Toynese ground force suffered extensive damages.

The large amount of flame b.a.l.l.s, which continuously raineddown from the sky, were sufficient enough to disturb the formation of the groundforce.

They already lost one fifth of their strength and theirformation had become scattered in order to avoid the flame b.a.l.l.s, which the groundsoldiers could only flee from. That was where the 25,000 infantry and heavyinfantry of the Lourian Eastern Conquest Army rushed in.

The Qua-Toyne Western Region Knight Order, without beingable to exercise their power, was annihilated in less than 30 minutes. There wasno longer any person that could move.

The border city of Gim fell into the hands of the LouriaKingdom.

Moizi was tied up with a rope on his wrists and becamea prisoner.

Gim was already besieged by the Louria Vanguard Force.

「Even that fierce Moizi had lost his fangs like this. Weak…… We hadn’t even putthe monsters on the field yet.」

Moizi stared daggers at Adem.

「Humph, whether to boil me or to grill me, do as you like.」

Moizi snorted.

The Lourian Advance Force General Second-in-command Ademwas elated and showed an unpleasant smile.

「That reminds me ── aren’t your wife and daughter stillremaining in Gim?」

「W-Wait…… what are you going to do to them!?」

「Hey! Capture Mozi’s wife and daughter and bring them here. Let them becompletely ravished with and then let them be eaten alive by the monsters infront of him.」

「Stop it …… Stop it! We are prisoners of wars, you sc.u.m, son of a───」

Moizi tried to rushed towards Adem, but he was quicklyrestrained.

「Don’t worry. After you have watched everything, you will also become themeal for the monsters…… Hihihi.」

「Curse you, curse youuuuu──────」

The frightening order of Adem was executed on thatday. Plunder, rape, murder, all kinds of acts of violence were carried outeverywhere inside the city, and the entire Moizi family also followed amiserable path of destiny.

The surviving one hundred people were released andconveyed that devastating event to every city.

However, this action was also received by j.a.pan, andit gave them the justification of 「Saving the people of Qua-Toynefrom the unilateral genocide」.

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CASUS BELLI OBTAINED!

Next chapter. Qua-Toyne preparation for the incoming war…

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