A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War! - Chapter 98: (1)

Count Armis, who watched from a distance as Knight Bavons returned in a disheveled state, did not seem pleased with his appearance. He even clicked his tongue.

“Tsk. Who chose such a guy as a knight?”

Despite the cold weather, Sir Verane stepped forward, sweating, in response to the Count’s words.

“I-I apologize. Bavons was a knight I selected.”

“Sir Verane? Why on earth did you choose someone like that? He’s not a knight with a sword but a spear, not to mention a halberd. Who would think of him as a knight?”

“Bavons may act like that, but once he enters battle, he becomes more reckless than any other knight. Seeing his performance, even the lord would be satisfied.”

“Is that so? Hm… I’m looking forward to it. As soon as that guy returns, march the soldiers and besiege the castle.”

“Yes, my lord!”

“This is indeed a tempting territory. To discover a gold mine in such a small domain. Hehehe!”

Count Armis’ eyes glinted with greed as he gazed at Markain Castle.

A little later, as Bavons returned and Count’s orders were followed, a force of 1500 heavily armored infantry led by Karian advanced.

Apart from knights on the battlefield, they were considered the most formidable and powerful heavy infantry unit, as the rumors went.

As they advanced slowly, Count Armis burst into laughter, while Sir Verane and the knights exchanged glances, suppressing their unease.

Anyone with even a bit of tactical knowledge would understand how unusual Count Armis’ orders were.

The heavily armored infantry was a unit with significantly reduced mobility due to their heavy armor. But now he wanted these heavily armored infantry to capture the castle? And with only siege ladders as siege equipment?

“…Does the lord intend to clean up Karian?”

Sir Verane muttered as he looked at Karian’s army, which was about to reach Markain Castle. He didn’t seem pleased.

Soon, the heavily armored infantry would suffer tremendous casualties while capturing Markain Castle. Or perhaps, the heavily armored infantry, which Karian had painstakingly trained, would be wiped out by Markain’s territorial army.

“What?”

However, a change occurred.

When the heavily armored infantry reached the castle walls, they turned their bodies in the opposite direction and extended their shields towards Armis’ army. Doing so would expose them to a barrage of arrows from Markain’s army.

“…But why? Why isn’t the Markain army attacking them?”

Another unexpected event followed Karian’s army. Markain’s forces did not attack the heavily armored infantry, who were left defenseless in the rear, even though a territorial war had been declared!

Before Sir Verane could understand the situation, Count Armis angrily summoned him.

“Sir Verane! What is happening here? Why aren’t the heavily armored infantry attacking as ordered?”

“Th-that… I don’t know either. I never heard from Karian that they would act this way in advance.”

“Is that purely at the command of Karian himself?”

“Yes! And there’s another strange thing. As you can see, even the Markain side isn’t attacking.”

“Now that you mention it, that’s true. Why would Karian… could it be?”

A thought passed through the head of Count Armis as he brushed past.

Did Karian realize that he was trying to kill his son, Vyarolf? But even if that were true, the assassins failed, and it was the Markain Lord who killed Vyarolf.

If he was dreaming of revenge, it would be a priority to conquer Markain.

“Ugh…! Sir Verane, first send the soldiers to see the situation…”

“It’s the enemy! The enemy has appeared from behind!”

“What’s going on?”

Count Armis, looking back at the urgent voice, saw the situation.

“House of Vyraxar? No, how did those people get here?”

The enemy had truly appeared.

And not just any enemy but a noble family that had never been on good terms with his own.

“Well, Karian did a good job.”

Looking at Vyarolf beside him, the young man blinked his eyes as if he couldn’t believe that Karian had betrayed the Armis family for him.

[That’s right! I guess you really weren’t sure if Karian would meet your demands, right?]

“Yes, he was quite decent. Of course, he’s his son, so it’s possible, but among the nobles, there are few who prioritize family over power, and he’s one who thinks of his family’s lives first.”

A few days ago, Kaiyan had ordered Vyarolf to communicate with his father secretly, and before the communication, he had worried about what to do if Karian told Count Armis about this. But as soon as he heard Karian’s tearful voice through the communication device, he knew that his plan would be more likely to succeed.

The first thing Karian said was a thank you for being alive. As soon as he heard those words, he had a premonition that his plan would be more likely to succeed.

After that, it was a rush. Karian asked what he should do first, revealing all of Count Armis’ schemes. And the result was the heavily armored infantrymen in front of the Markain Castle.

“Now Count Armis has nowhere to run.”

Seeing the Vyraxar territorial army marching behind him, his confidence swelled beyond measure.

Ten thousand soldiers in total, and among them, three thousand were even cavalry, known as the battlefield reapers.

For the Armis territorial army that had come unprepared and underestimated the Markain family, there was no way to stop them. No, there was only one possibility, the heavily armored infantrymen, but they had already turned against their own side.

“I’m sorry for the innocent soldiers, but this is the way to end the job with the least damage.”

He had asked Vyraxar Lord in advance when they met in the Perryan Forest. Could they fight the war primarily focusing on breakthroughs using the cavalry and the knights?

Fortunately, whether Viscount Vyraxar had taken a liking to Kaiyan’s plan or simply thought it was a good idea, he readily agreed.

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