"Rizu, wake up" Ruka soft voice wakes Rizumi who looks asleep even though they are in an area that will soon become a battlefield.
"Mmmm" Rizumi moaned as she opened her eyes. 'It's morning huh...' Rizumi briefly thought.
As a soldier, this is one of Rizumi's weaknesses which is difficult to wake up in the morning. It's hard to believe he can qualify as one of the elite captains in the kingdom.
"Come on, wake up, you have to get ready" Ruka urged to wake up Rizumi who still looked unconscious.
Rizumi who was pressed continuously finally could only accept and got up from his bed.
"Morning Rizu" Ruka warm smile was happy to see Rizumi waking face.
"Morning Ruka, are there any signs of enemy troops?" asked Rizumi directly about the news of the enemy in the war line.
"Until this morning there are still none, however, I have prepared our soldiers in a state ready for war," answered Ruka, giving progress on how far their troops are currently prepared.
"Good, then I'll get ready too, today is going to be a big day." While saying that, Rizumi got up from his bed and started to use his battle armor while taking off the clothes he was wearing.
Seeing this, Ruka face turned red, seeing the ideal body of the person she liked right in front of her eyes.
Rizumi who was confused and embarrassed about why Ruka was still in his tent said
"Ruka, why are you still here, don't you still have important things outside to do?" asked Rizumi intending to kick Ruka out of his tent.
"Ah…. Yes, yes, there is" answered Ruka, who stuttered, turning her red face away and immediately got out of the tent.
Rizumi who saw Ruka immediately came out finally felt comfortable and got ready.
The day was getting late, Rizumi who was already in a state of readiness with armor and sword immediately came out of his tent, he saw that many soldiers who were in a state of readiness began to line up in front of him.
Ruka and Archi immediately walked to Rizumi's side.
"Morning Archi" said Rizumi to Archi.
"Indeed it's still early, but for the conditions of war, I'm surprised you are still relaxed and can assume that this is normal," replied a depressed Archi.
As the captain, Rizumi should have woken up even before the sun shone on their camp but this was different.
"Well, what can we do about it" replied Rizumi, who didn't know what else to answer other than that.
Seeing that his entire army had started to march, Rizumi finally gave a little speech
"Today is a big day, you must have known that some or maybe many of you will not survive until tomorrow but, remember… what you are doing is protecting the people of this country from enemy attacks. I'll be honest, this fight is very different from before, the number of troops deployed is so large that you guys already know where this is going about."
Rizumi said those words to his soldiers intending to try to make his soldiers more serious and concentrated than usual.
"We may be outnumbered but we have always defeated and repelled the soldiers of Rostalia until now." Rizumi who said this sentence was slightly annoyed.
Remembering what he had just heard from Archi the day before made Rizumi have to swallow the harsh reality but deep in his heart, he hoped that everything he heard was wrong.
Not long after, one of the soldiers came rushing with news.
"Captain, we can see the enemy's movement towards the front door of the city's defense." The words came from the soldier who was still trying to catch his breath.
Hearing this, Rizumi immediately turned around and faced the rest of his army.
"The enemy is in sight and within our reach, all of you.." Rizumi high pitched tone to the battalion.
"Give your heart and faith in this war, dedicate your life to those we protect" Rizumi's screams could be heard from the rear of the battalion.
"Haaaa…" the morale of the troops rose until they screamed.
"For the sake of the kingdom of Estafera," said another soldier.
"Victory in our hands" other soldiers also cheered.
"Everyone, come with me" Rizumi ordered to all his troops which indicated they would soon attack according to what had been planned.
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General Romandia who was already in a state of preparation and heard the news that the enemy had made a move and would arrive at the city's defense gate ordered his troops to get ready.
"Report general" one of the spies he dispatched to find out the number of enemies and who led the attack com to report.
"So?" Romandia asked the spy.
"It is estimated that the number of troops deployed this time reaches nearly 30 thousand people with adequate amounts of weaponry. As for their own assault commander it is known that, that person is called Lurt the Red."
Hearing that, Romandia was very surprised… 30 thousand soldiers, very different from the previous attack which had a ratio of 1:2 difference, even this time their leader's opponent was Lurt the Red who was quite a strategist.
It is reported that Lurt with only a small number of troops got ambush but was able to defeat his enemy and ambush back.
"Shit" was the only word that came out of Romandia mouth.
From this point, Romandia knew that this war would be a turning point for the kingdom of Estafera.
As a war general, indeed he must be optimistic about his soldiers and war strategies, but he also has to be realistic with the fact that the comparison of the number of soldiers is far greater and the commander of the enemy he is fighting this time.
Romandia could only hope that the enemy made a mistake when attacking later.
"Order all captains to come here as soon as possible" General Romandia ordered the soldier.
"Understand, general" the spy immediately rushed to call the other captains according to Romandia directions.
Not long after, the five captains of each battalion had gathered.
"Geo, Remilo, Tisha, Faro and Gunri" Romandia called out the names of the five captains.
"I received information that the enemy number is up to 30 thousand soldiers and their leader this time is Lurt the Red"
Hearing this, the five captains were surprised by the information.
"Impossible" replied Remilo
"30 thousand soldiers and Lurt" Captain Geo with a bitter look on his face recalled that no matter how high his abilities were, he still wasn't on the level of Lurt in war strategy skills.
"General, how can we survive with that much?" very reasonable question by Tisha.
"Looks like we will lose here" replied Faro who accepted the harsh reality.
"Impossible to win" the short sentence came out of Gunri mouth.
"It's true that the number of enemies is more than we thought this time but we have a trump card in this war" replied Romandia trying to raise the morale of his captain.
"Yesterday, my son Rizumi, came with his battalion with a plan to ambush, burn and cut off the path from behind the enemy. We will force them to think that we are the ones who will attack and trap them this time." Romandia explained the plan she had discussed with Rizumi.
"Still captain, 30 thousand is too big a number" replied Tisha who was still gloomy and depressed.
"We are known as a kingdom with an army that fights its enemies 2 to 3 times more bigger in number and always wins, we haven't even lost any territory until now. Be proud of that and we will make a new history in this war." The statement was issued by Romandia to remind the captains that they had done what was considered impossible by most kingdoms and are still standing today.
"No matter how many enemies are deployed, we will definitely win" the optimistic tone of a general who believed that they could still achieve victory.
'right, we've done a lot of impossible things, we can definitely do this' was what Romandia had in mind trying to cheer up and negate the fact that 30 thousand soldiers wasn't a big thing to be afraid of.
"You guys, be strong, we will continue to fight" Romandia said firmly to his captains
"Understand, General Romandia" the captains who previously were desperate for the situation, now they are ready to accept whatever will happen and will fight as hard as possible.
"Now I will explain a new plan, this time we will be in a defensive position until the enemy retreats" Romandia who said that then looked for the sheet containing the map of Esmoth city.