Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

Chapter 227.1

Enemy PoV

Perhaps fortunately for the Bain kingdom, the size of the country made it possible for the battlefield to be well divided.

The Finnoi offensive was in the north of the country, the Marquis Knapp, including Anheim, in the south-west and the Marquis Coltrezis in the south-east. If several battles had occurred in the same area, the supply chain would have been more difficult and burdensome to manage due to regional exhaustion.

Welner glanced at his map and checked the Catapult’s preparations. Confirming that it was half assembled, he signaled the knights in the front ranks: The knights and squires under Valcay’s command all put megaphone-like objects to their mouths at the same time.

Soon the Knights with the megaphone-like objects were all facing the fort, announcing in unison the manuscript they were given.

Inside the fort, on the Coltrezis side, there were knights and squires, as well as the peasants who had been forcefully conscripted as soldiers and were dressed in makeshift armor, awaiting instructions beside the stones piled up against the fort’s walls.

They had been instructed that they only needed to defend this fort for a few days.

Although commoners in the Middle Ages were often associated with exploitation and pillage, this was not always the case. As in the Warring States period in Japan, where invasions were often halted or forced to retreat due to armed uprising or armed resistance by commoners, it was not impossible in Europe to hear of the looting of the remaining supplies of the defeated army by the commoners.

However, most of these cases were only to protect their own villages and towns.

In such cases, many of the people participating have been forcefully taken out of their villages to participate. If the village couldn’t send the number of people that they required, the whole village would be fined and would suffer. Therefore, those villagers would barely have any fighting spirit for this war.

The atmosphere of reluctance, the anxiety that the battle might start tomorrow, and a strange sense of elation, as if being swallowed by the air of the battlefield, were intricately mixed, and a kind of bizarre atmosphere filled the fortress.

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“It’s… it’s going to be alright, right?” (Soldier 1)

“I’ve been told we can surrender at the drop of a hat, and it will be okay.” (Soldier 2)

If this exuberance were to be described within Welner’s understanding, it would be manic defense. It was a psychological distraction from anxiety by behaving cheerfully.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Some soldiers behaved in a strangely cheerful manner, trying to divert their attention from the fact that the other party they were about to face was actually of a higher rank than their Lord, and that they would not be facing humans, not monsters.

In the midst of this strange liveliness, a voice was heard raised in unison from the attacking forces outside the fort.

[We are the Zeavert Corps of the Bain Kingdom Army.]

A murmur of unrest swept around the area, as the name Viscount Welner Von Zeavert was slowly spreading through the lands of Marquis Coltrezis, mainly from rumors circulated by the church in the villages.

“Zeavert… you mean Viscount Zeavert, right?” (Soldier 1)

“Is he the aristocrat who fought against the Demon General and won?” (Soldier 2)

“I heard he’s strong enough to be recognized by the heroes.” (Soldier 1)

“I heard he’s a big man and can blow up a horse…” (Soldier 2)

Rumors have a way of spreading from one person to another. This was even more so if the rumors were being spread intentionally. However, if the person spreading the rumors only heard parts of it, the information he got might not even be about the actual person involved.

“I heard that he’s engaged to the younger sister of the hero-sama, whatever that means.” (Soldier 1)

“That, I heard that too. I heard that they went out of their way to directly ask the king to approve it as well.” (Soldier 2)

“The priestess said that he is merciless towards the demon army, but gentle towards the commoners.” (Soldier 1)