Chapter 90: Tactics

TL: Lunaris/Baka. Crosslink to Lunaris’ site will be added when post is published there.

Sorry for a very very long delay between posts, a lot of stuff happened behind the scenes, but this translation is definitely not dead. NEVER!!

Without further ado:

With the approach of the calendar of Darkness, the sun was setting earlier, and it would continue doing so until it finally  disappeared below the horizon, leaving darkness to engulf the lands of Kaltico throughout the day. The number of evil beasts was continuously increasing, making their subjugation increasingly difficult.

Chapter 89 : The Singing Princess’ Hidden Actions

In accordance with the request of the Fonclanc, the officials of the original Wind Edge that were escorted from Trent Rietta had arrived in the city of Sanc Adiet, the date of the emergency meeting was to be held 5 days later. Following Valerie is Benefrost, who was formerly in charge of the former magical beast military officers and subordinates.

Yuusuke had pleaded to King Esvobus, through Violet, to grant forgiveness to Benefrost regarding the Trent Reitta incident..

Her charisma within the organisation was high, thus it was determined that it would be better to keep her alive. Currently, the former members of the organisation were sentenced to forced labor in the mines while Benefrost acted as a mediator.

Valerie who, was under house arrest, had to leave behind her two attendants in the house of Elforodas located in Rinval. The point of having her come along with Benefrost was to serve as a hostage. Although it was an unnecessary constraint, it was part of deliberate preparation for the cautious King Cliffzard.

Incidentally, the General Affairs Officer, Fortress, was KIA, while Financial Officer Aizhar was still MIA.

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Chapter 88: In the countermeasure meeting

During this time of the year the sun barely rose over the horizon. It was still noon, but the highway through the forest was already covered in shadow. When evening comes, the road will be dark as if it was midnight.

The Special subjugation force was marching towards an inn town near Trent Rietta border. They were resting at the side of the road when they were suddenly attacked and annihilated by a pack of the evil beasts. The evil beast attack within Fonclanc’s territory caught the force completely unaware and the soldiers were unable to mount any kind of resistance.

The soldiers within the force were highly skilled, but the force was assembled with haste and when a divine arts obstruction aura had hit them, disabling the communication type wind arts, the entire chain of command had collapsed and the force was acting sluggishly.

By the time the force had reorganized themselves, nearly one third of the soldiers had already fallen prey to the fangs of the evil beasts.

Their troubles didn’t end there, as the magic flutes that were supposed to counteract the effects of the divine arts obstruction aura did not function as expected – the aura had weakened considerably but did not entirely dissipate. In the end the subjugation force knights were practically blind because of the darkness, and the divine arts obstruction aura had forced them to resort to melee.

Chapter 87: Hostilities withing the Royal Court

Fyolnar’s month of wind had started, and the sun barely risen over the horizon during the day. A season of night had come to Kaltcio.

Unease was spreading amongst the people of Sanc Adiet after the announcement of the creation of a special subjugation squad was announced some time ago. A lot of people had gathered in the central plaza of the commoner district to witness an unusual looking vehicle being introduced publicly for the first time.

“Are you ready, Sorzak?”

“I am ready to go any time here.”

The vehicle had several sets of wheels attached to an elongated frame. What Yuusuke and Sorzak was presenting to the citizens was essentially a prototype train. Other members of the Darkness God Corps, along with their subordinates, were employed to help with the test run. Naturally, Princess Violet had come “Incognito” with the Fire God Corps to see the event.

Chapter 86 : Special force (Spec ops) (Lunaris)

Late night ~~

In a room in Volance Palace, a gathering of voices could be heard in heated discussion. The nobles of the various houses ranging from the prestigious Volace family, to the bureaucrats and those managing divine user soldiers had gathered.

They split up and gathered according to their position and status. Their main purpose was to oust the Darkness God Captain. And thus the open meeting started with the discussion of future measures and plans.

“Demanding requests to the princess with an inappropriate social position, even though he has a distinguished military record, he is still dangerous.”
“We had tried the direct approach before and it didn’t work so our next option was to indirectly cause him harm.“

As long as the Darkness God Captain was under the Princess protection, even if the person in question was put under pressure, he didn’t seem to be affected.

Even at the carriage stand, he would give up his position and wait for the next carriage. Sometimes along the hallway when there were people walking pass, he would give way to the other person.

Although he had a non competitive behavior, the princess seems to be getting more friendly with him, causing others to think that he was being humble with a motive. Although the Darkness God Captain avoided ostentation of his status and laughed alongside with the commoners, his reputation only seemed to have increased.

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Chapter 85 : The Queen’s Proposal (Lunaris)

A few days after the civil war of Trent Rietta. The Darkness God Corps, the investigation unit and the reinforcement troops had triumphantly returns to the bustling streets of Sanc Adiet, from Rinval of the neighbouring country.
Among the merchants whom conduct trade, an important issue had been raised. It was regarding the subjugation of the magical beast near the facilities that was blockaded.
The half eaten dead bodies of the bandits were first found near the highway of Trent Rietta.
The monetary award was most likely in the hands of the former Wind Edge executive, someone had seen the financial officer Aizzhar escaping with the magical beasts that were brought along near the edge of Rinval,
Before long, traders were being attacked on the highway by a cluster of modded beasts, reports of injuries began popping up in various places. The trade association began their cooperation with Trent Rietta’s investigation unit and traded the information which they had gathered, the recent magical beast threat seems to be the work of several clusters of modded magical beasts.
All of a sudden, the magical beast threat seemed to have increased. Unlike the regular magical beasts, modded magical beast were raised up from the infant stage and they possessed the ability to breed. With time they would multiply at an accelerated pace.
At one point they had failed to delay the movement of the cluster of the magical beasts, thus the different countries organized a punitive force in order to do something about it. However, it was a lucrative season for the mercenaries due to the danger.
The reason it had came to this result in the first place was because of the Nossentes people, whom had waited for the tide to turn. Even a part of the people involved had denounced the happenings.
The alliance formed by Trent Rietta, the internal ravages caused by the magical beasts unit of Wind Edge, the cries of distress from them were all being suppressed. With their mother country in ruins, these residents of the former Nossentes were left without support.

 

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Chapter 84: Waking up the darkness, waking up the light. Third part

Hivodir’s forces had joined up with the Trent Rietta liberation army and were fighting to recapture Rinwaal. Wind Edge was in chaos after losing support from the Evil Beast handlers, and, alongside Rinwaal’s militia, attacking it from the back, they finally managed to breach Rinwaal’s gate.

The attacking army surged into the city and merged with the liberation army. The momentum urged the neutral parties to support Clifzah’s side, and with newly increased force the army surrounded Riwaal’s palace. It was evident, that the recapturing of the palace was just a matter of time.

“Where’s the military officer’s reinforcements?”

“They have been recalled, but the mob has gained complete control of the western gate so it will take them some time to reach the palace.”

On top of that there were rumors that the main body of Benefost’s army had fallen for a Darkness God Corps’ trap and was completely annihilated. This further reduced the possibility of receiving reinforcements – the situation was desperate.

“…you, why don’t you cool off your head somewhere?”

“Fufufu, that’s unusual. Look at those people that you called lazy and indifferent. Aren’t they lively now?”

Fortress was standing on a veranda overlooking the city. She spread her hands towards the people below, where she could see her soldiers clashing with the commoners who could use divine arts. If this fight continued on, this country would become exactly as Count Elfdras had envisioned it.

Chapter 83: No-title. Second part

A.N. Benefost is actually a female, so she will be referred to as such from this chapter on. I’ll backtrack and replace earlier chapters at a later time.

Yuusuke started to work on customizing the high road surface when he was closing in to the expected clash site, enveloping the surroundings with the fluttering lights. In one customization he managed to fill six hundred meters of the road with traps.

As he was approaching the expected battle ground, Yuusuke started to work on customizing the high road surface. Enveloping the surroundings with fluttering lights, in one customization he managed to to fill six hundred meters of  road with traps.

Upon arriving at the soon-to-be battlefield, Yuusuke repeated the same customization on the road behind him. He also added a small path to connect both areas. With that, around two kilometers of road was customized for the upcoming battle.

“Phew, somehow I managed to get it done in time. I leave the rest to you.”

“Understood. I’ll take over from here.”

Chapter 82

Lunaris:
This chapter have no title because we can’t really decide on the title. As the next 3 chapter have the same name as this one, once chapter 84 is fully translated we would be able to name it. Don’t worry there is no cliffhanger for this chapter. Maybe the next one might have.

Baka:

Sorry for slow update on this chapter, couldn’t use the computer throughout the weekend

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The next day, as planned, the Darkness God Corps with the investigation group departed the town and headed towards their objective at dawn.
During their early lunch, they will replenish their water supply and receive the contact from Hivodir’s reinforcements, that were heading to the capital, to get the details for the afternoon battle.
Vermeer foresees that Rinval’s defence forces will most likely merge together with Driadria’s forces by the highway, to restrain them from advancing.

 

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Chapter 81 : Happenings on the street of the relay town (Lunaris)

Hivodir’s reinforcements that had earlier headed to Rinval were currently assisting in King Cliffzard’s escape, while an emergency measure meeting was being held in Volance palace. At the same time, the Darkness God Corps was getting ready to head towards Trent Rietta.
The discussion on how to handle the custody of Valerie and her members would be held after dinner.
Considering their circumstances other than knowing the organisation and simply being a captive, Valerie was just being used by the organisation.
Whether it was using magical beasts as part of the Wind Edge’s forces, Valerie was upset with the actions the 3 officers had undertaken which had dishonoured the Elfodoras Family. She hoped that asking the organization members to surrender would cause turmoil within the inner part of Wind Edge.
“It’s possible, but what should I do?”
“What to do huh…the choice is yours. You should decide the path you want to follow.”
“I see”
Soon after, King Esvosbus approved the proposal of the Darkness God Corps. A few days ago, King Cliffzard was reorganizing the army that had escaped together with him from the battle at Rinval’s the Wind Edge forces, and the unofficial participation of the head of the Elfdoras family was recognized as a strategy by the Darkness God Corps.
Valerie will be there representing, to atone for her family, by helping King Cliffzard to reclaim the capital.
The next day, Hivodir’s reinforcement had joined up with Trent Rietta’s liberation army on the shoreline highway and the advance to Rinval began.
The investigation unit that was under the Darkness God Corps, was currently in the border relay town, which was on the highway that connected directly to Rinval. They were there to support Hivodir’s reinforcements and Trent Rietta’s Liberation army.
Vermeer and Welsh anticipated that an interception force might come from Driadria.
“The forces in Driadria consist of 2 battalions of mercenaries totaling around 480. The magical beast unit will have around 12.”
“However, the number of mercenaries in the capital is somewhere around the thousands… The combined forces of the reinforcement and liberation army might not even reach ¼ of theirs.”
“If all the mercenaries were to fight, they would be a threat. But considering the situation now, the upkeep expenses of such an army are unreasonably high..”
“I believe that the general affairs officer, Fortress, will most likely use the capital reserves and the civilians in military employment.”
If they were to be successful integrated into Wind Edge’s army, the total estimated force will be around 2000 people, however ~~
“Well, since the old days, the citizens’ nature were hard to alter, so there will be those who would refuse the call out.”
“Ah….I know that feeling.”
Due to the frequent changes of the King and hearing the reasons to change the throne, the people understood that the rebellion was unrelated to them. While the reinforcements and Trent Rietta’s Army were doing a rough strategy training, the Darkness God Corp’s survey party had arrived at the relay town on the border.

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