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Chapter 366
Chapter 366
Chapter 366
(366) Surrounded by Enemies
Translator: Tseirp
Mallegory, the capital of the Kingdom of Tsuaobal, was in a state of high alert from the unprecedented prospect of war .
The same Tsuaobal army soldiers were surrounding the city .
It was said that the number of soldiers exceeded 10,000 .
“However, isn’t this too exaggerated? If they wanted to prevent people from leaving town, they could just seal the gate . ”
The rookie guards said with cold sweat from the top of the outer wall .
He leaned out slightly, saw a siege catapult, and quickly drew back .
He exhaled once to stabilize his breathing .
“Concentrate on your task . ”
“I know . Anyway, senpai . Where did all those soldiers come from?”
“It’s the Kingdom’s army . Obviously, they were in the royal capital . See that tent over there?”
The senior guard looked at the luxurious tent set up centered in the rear facing the gate directly .
He made sure to not point at it .
“It seems that His Majesty is inside . ”
“Huh? Not only is the Kingdom army here, but even His Majesty is also here just to contain the sick people in the city?”
“The Frenzy curse is just that fearsome . ”
The senior guard commented and looked at the other side .
They were still busy responding to the residents at the gate .
That was expected .
Not only the main gate but all the gates were sealed and there was no explanation on the Frenzy curse .
The Frenzy curse could be examined by performing Blood Appraisal .
But there were not many Magic Investigation Researchers capable of conducting Blood Appraisal so they could not appraise every single resident .
And according to the Kingdom army messenger, the Shaman that scattered the Frenzy curse should still be in the city so nobody could leave until that criminal was captured .
“Haa … I don’t care what method is used, I just want it to be over soon . I wanted to go to the doujinshi book sale event but they will all be sold out before I can at this rate . ”
“Relax, there’s no way there would still be a book sale in this circumstance . It will be postponed . ”
“Seriously? Eh? But why would senpai know that? Ah, now that I think about it, senpai wanted to take leave today since a long time ago, right?”
“Don’t recall such meaningless matters . ”
“I see … Hn?”
The rookie guard suddenly looked up .
“What’s wrong?”
“I thought I felt a gaze but was it my imagination?”
“A gaze from above? Was it a bird?”
“It was probably my imagination . More importantly, is it still not lunchtime yet?”
The rookie guard commented and sighed .
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I dispelled Hawk Eye because there was a soldier with good sense .
Was there a skill that allows the user to sense gazes?
I didn’t know what kind of conversation they were having but the guard definitely looked up to the sky .
“Ichino-sama, how was it?”
“There are a lot of soldiers on the city walls and their tension was high . The soldiers outside the city even have siege machines like catapults but there weren’t many of them . There were only around 200 cavalry as well . They were positioned to not let anybody slip by as we were told . ”
“I see …”
I was gathering information with Carol .
Carol fundamentally gathered information by listening but she could not gather much information on what was going on outside of the city . So that was where my Hawk Eye came into use .
By using the skill that could allow me to see the entire city from the sky, I could gather information that couldn’t be seen from within the city .
It would be suspicious if we stayed near the outer wall for too long so we were walking along the Showa Street .
“Unrest is spreading in the city . ”
“But there is not much chaos . I thought a riot would happen . ”
“Because there is a dungeon inside the city . The beginner’s dungeon in this city is called the food storage dungeon because there is a lot of food drops . ”
“Are there many plant-type monsters?”
“And monsters that drop meat as well . There are also herbivore monsters that eat the plant-type monsters . ”
“Herbivore monsters that eat monsters … I guess there’s nothing wrong there . It’s a food chain in the dungeon as well . ”
“Humans are at the top of the food chain, just like in nature . ”
Carol said with a smile .
Currently, general use of the beginner’s dungeon was prohibited and adventurers and mercenaries hired by the Adventurers Guild and Mercenary Guild gathered food materials there .
After tomorrow, the distribution would start with priority to the residents .
Also, the city didn’t have any issues with garbage because there was a dungeon .
After all, the dungeon would absorb any waste that was placed inside it .
“Haa, let’s wait in town for a while . If it was revealed that all this started because of me, I would be beaten by the peddlers . ”
“Ichino-sama wasn’t at fault . More importantly, I am concerned about the quick action of the army . ”
“Quick? About a week has passed since the Frenzy curse has been spread . ”
“A week is way too fast to prepare 10,000 soldiers . In the first place, 10,000 is way too many . ”
“ … Yeah . It is as though they came for war . If they started the song from outside the city, the city would probably surrender . ”
“Song … ?”
Carol asked .
The idiom ‘surrounded by enemies on all sides’ could not be translated accurately in this world and I guess song couldn’t convey the proper meaning . (TLN: Surrounded by enemies on all sides = 四面楚歌; 楚歌roughly translate to Chu song)josei
“It’s something that happened in my world in the past . The king of a country called Chu barricaded himself in a castle and the people surrounding him sang the song of their country . That was when the leaders of that nation realized that the other countries had already surrendered and despaired …”
The moral of the story was that a lack of knowledge would lead to a lack of ability to make a decision .
I think I got it right but I wasn’t certain .
I wonder if Miri’s item bag had world history textbooks?
“I wonder what feelings the people singing experienced . ”
“The people singing?”
“Yes . They were singing for the king of their nation to surrender . Did they sing because the enemy country commanded them to or were they singing with the hope that their country’s king would surrender and survive . ”
I didn’t have an answer to Carol’s question .