Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 89

The walls of Cassandra, with a population of 10,000 people,—- are a little out of the standard for a town with a population of only 1,0000 within its walls. Inside the walls, we stepped inside the city.

“It’s new.”

Normally, walls are built over a long period of time. Although it has been remodeled and reinforced many times, the oldest part of Heidburg’s walls is more than 500 years old, and parts of the imperial city’s walls have been in place since the time of the founding of the country. The walls of the imperial capital are still partly in existence from the time of the founding of the country, which was 1,500 years ago. In Japan, for example, it would be easier to understand if we say that it is older than the time of Prince Shotoku.

In any case, these are historic sites that have been part of the city’s history for an immeasurable period of time. That is the general concept of a city wall.

However, the walls of Cassandra are brand new. The white stone shone in the sunlight as if it had been constructed in the last few years.

“…… are they trying to start a rebellion?”

I don’t care if it’s on the frontier of the empire, but when one build a fortified city in a location close to the center of the empire, even if it’s in the rural area, I think it will end up surrounded on all sides and be attacked by soldiers.

I don’t know . what that batards thinking .”

“I agree.”

In any case, their plans will be crushed here. I don’t think we need to think about their motives.

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Once inside the city walls, the poor streets of the city changed to an elegant new townscape, a complete change from the previous one. Even the people walking around, although armed, are dressed in much more respectable clothes than those outside the walls. Even those who are a bit sloppy, perhaps due to their luxurious lifestyle, are more outstanding.

At a glance, one can see the gap between those inside and outside the walls, a stark contrast. It’s absolutely incomprehensible.

“No, I see. They dare to do so.”

You are very perceptive, , Berhardt.

“What do you mean?”

General Eulenberg immediately picks up on the line that Oberhard (pseudonym) muttered, followed by Iris, who doesn’t understand and tilts her head with a doubtful look on her face.

” By setting up a clear gap between inside and outside the wall like this, the people inside the wall will be given preferential treatment. This will awaken the people inside the walls to a sense of being the chosen ones. As a result, they will naturally cooperate actively with the suppression of those outside the wall in order to preserve their own interests. The bad guys will be able to acquire a private army of several hundred men at once without doing a thing.”

“…..What a terrible thing …… .”

“You think so, don’t you? …… but the bad guy understands human beings very well. Even if they are as rich as they are qualitatively, they can tolerate not having it in the first place, but they can’t tolerate having it stolen from them once it has been given to them.”

“It’s just like how the Federation of the Principality of …… does things.”

The Duchy Federation, a neighboring nation, is a hypothetical enemy of the Highland Empire. The actuality is that the actual country name claims to be a federation, but in reality, it is a dictatorship by a single nation in the center.

“Well, the size is a few thousandths of that,”

“It is said that the power of the Confederation of Principality is comparable to that of the Heiland Empire. ”

“We can no longer call in the imperial army as support.”

General Eulenberg muttered with a face that looked as if he had chewed a number of very bitter bugs.

A short distance away, a group of villainous merchants were engaged in dubious business dealings with a crew of evil officials. Normally, such transactions should be conducted fairly within the merchants’ guild in accordance with the imperial law, but they are in a building that has nothing to do with the merchants’ guild.

And around us, private soldiers of the supposedly privileged deputies – residents within the walls – with weapons of different standards and armbands that read “vigilantes” on their arms were standing by at a distance, waiting for us, outsiders, to make our move. They are watching our every move as outsiders. Fortunately, there is some distance between us , so they are not listening to our conversation, but they treat us as if they would attack us immediately if we showed any suspicious attitude.

“If we leave the situation like this, it will get worse, Even if we were to call for reinforcements, we have no choice but to judge that it would be extremely difficult to defeat an enemy that has such a large number of supporters and iron walls, and that is also expected to be carrying a large amount of rations.”

The brigadier general was trying to talk to us with an air of arrogance. I have a bad feeling about this.

“The longer the conflict goes on, the more the innocent people in the territory will suffer. The forces on the side of the deputies will commandeer all the food supplies when they sense the army is about to be fielded.”

Ah, is that the way it is going to be?

“In addition, if any of the citizens,……, especially women and children, who have no means of fighting back, are taken hostage, no matter how many imperial forces are involved, they will not be able to do anything about it.”

Brigadier General Eulenberg has stopped calling us by our pseudonyms. That means.

“Go and get it over with, Hal and Iris!”

Brigadier General Eulenberg said a line that I have heard somewhere on …… (by accident, of course). Apparently, he had had a lo of this.

“Yes sir!”

Caught by surprise, the bad guys were falling to the ground one after another.

Next to me, Iris, who casted “optical camouflage stealth” , was also striking the bad guys (mainly the lower half of their bodies) with her “heat flux laser beam” one after another.

“What’s going on?”

The officials who had just now noticed the uproar in the front came out of the building, but that did not change the situation in the slightest.

They were the ones who, as a privileged class, had treated the people like serfs and had been living a life of self-indulgence. Naturally, they had no training and were completely unable to respond to any emergency situation.

One after another, the ” vigilante groups” fell.

I’m feeling good~~!　”” We members of the Special Division and must be “suppressed by overwhelming firepower”.

“Halt, you look like a villain.”

“Shut up!”

I feel the stress that has been building up for the past week dissipating at once. I’m fully aware that I’m acting like a villain with my lines and facial expressions, but I guess that can’t be helped!　I make excuses to myself. After all, even though it was for the sake of the mission, I had missed the wrongdoing and even been made to participate in it. As a man who is conscious of a aristocrat, I couldn’t stand it.

“I think Halt is somewhat similar to the Commander and Captain Siegfried.”

“What?”

I felt that Brigadier General Eulenberg was saying something very rude, but was it just my imagination?　I don’t want to pay too much attention to it because I’m in the middle of a fight right now and it’s distracting. ……

‘Well, there are two groups in the Special Division, the undercover investigation group and the assault suppression group. Second Lieutenant Hult is in the assault and suppression group.”

It wasn’t just my imagination!

The other side is now in the upper hand because of the surprise attack, but even though the battle is supposed to be quite fierce, the brigadier general doesn’t seem to be out of breath at all. In fact, he was calmly assessing me.

He is skillfully toying with the enemy by shooting out fireballs of beginner to medium level magic.

“Oh, and there are only three opponents!　They are female, child, and an old man!　We’re going to have to outnumber them!　All the vigilantes in town, crush them!”

The officer blasts off, turning the vigilantes who were just walking around the area against us. The central bell tower rings to announce a panic, and armed vigilantes come running out of their houses one after another to see what’s going on.

There are so many of them when the whole city is against us. Even though only men of a certain age are involved in the battle, it is a city that was built for the convenience of domination in the first place. In terms of the percentage of residents, many of them are men of working age who are good at fighting.

However, even so, they were still only a group of people who had not been trained well enough. It seems that they were not good enough to fight against us, the members of the special division , who are the best mages in the imperial kingdom.

It must have taken about ten or so minutes. The vigilantes, who numbered more than several hundred, perhaps as much as 500, were all lying on the ground. Not a single one of them was dead, but not a single one of them seemed to be able to walk on their feet. They were either moaning in pain or passed out.

“, who are you?”

The merchants we had been using as our escort …… before we got here were looking at us with fearful eyes. The man next to them, who looks like a government official, is too frightened to speak.

“We are from Special Division,”

It’s a neat —-.

I declared to the officers, wondering if this is what it feels like to be a righteous hero who delivers a defining line.