Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga - 160

When the enemy force was almost destroyed, we formed up and gathered the generals.

What is the damage?

“Red Bear Squadron has lost seven men.”

Eight men are missing from the White Eagle Squadron. The wounded are 15.

Captains Olkes, Rayon, and others report the damage. The position was not favorable, and there was some damage. Especially the newly established Blue Tiger Corps suffered many casualties.

But only a little.

Those who sacrificed for the new kingdom will be rewarded later.

So much for the victory over the enemy’s vaunted forces. It’s going well.

We don’t have to stop for this. I’m going on the high road.

“We will defeat Pahups!　Be relentless!　When you’re done, it’s Sarhoz Samuels, Count Samuels!　Then we will return to the castle of Yagmouri, where the king is!”

Morale on our side is better than ever. They seemed to truly believe they were the king’s army.

“We want to make sure Pahtus is killed if possible. If we let Pahtus die, Count Samieux’s authority will be destroyed.”

Paffs is holed up in a repurposed medium-sized lord’s mansion that was once used. It has a water moat, but it is not very wide. If my troops were to rush in, they would not last more than thirty minutes.

Leave this to me. This is my specialty.

Dorbo of the Black Dog Squadron advised me.

“If we face them head-on with a large force, the cowardly enemy will surely flee. Our troops will approach the house in advance and prevent them from escaping.

“Okay. Do it well.

“Yes, sir. You may proceed at your leisure, taking hostages from the villages along the way.

Dolebaut’s plan had worked, and by the time we arrived, Puffs had no choice but to barricade himself in his lord’s mansion.

Several enemy dead were lying nearby. Some of them looked like merchants and not like soldiers. They must have cut down those who tried to escape in disguise.

“When the merchants and women tried to leave, I killed them without question. Then those behind them rushed back. There was a man who looked like Pahtus, and another who looked like a follower of Pahtus.

Dorborg explains to me.

“This Puffs guy, he resists, but he doesn’t turn his blade on you, does he?”

He just can’t admit that his days are numbered.

“Well, let’s attack with force. Everyone wants Puffs’ head. Or have the Black Dog Squad already taken care of him?

“No. I’m afraid the other troops will stare at us.”

Dollborg replies in a joking tone. It is true that Orcus and Leion will resent you if it looks like you took a major position from the side.

“I understand. Then I’m in. Let’s race to see who wins the head!”

No more mercy. We will surround the lord’s house with a strong cordon and set up a board ladder over the moat and attack. There’s not much to stop us.

As we rode into the house, I suddenly remembered the old days.

It was when I entered the house of my brother, the lord.

The situation is too different from that time. Ostensibly, I was supposed to go to my brother who was sick in bed. After all, assassins were planted inside the castle.

Killing Puffus won’t raise my rank, but it will give me some kind of closure.

The men of Red Bear Squadron are ahead of us. If we continue on our way, Red Bear Squad will finish the job.

But for some reason I was certain that I would finish the battle.

I made my way around from the inside of the house to the leno’s side.

In front of the stairs to the storehouse in the basement, I saw a nobleman being guarded by a follower.

Pahtus, no doubt.

“It must be Pahtus, the king of the kingdom of Thirlwil…”

He cut down one of his enemies who was rushing toward him and headed that way.

“Do you have an escape route underground?　Or are you clinging to the hope that there is such a thing?”

The follower said, “You are Arsrod Naevre, by any chance?” I asked. Does the noble king intend not to open his mouth?

“Indeed. Awe, it has been a long time since I was appointed regent of the kingdom at such a young age. There has even been a change of kings in that time.”

Hasse to Rumi’s.

“You treacherous bastard who drove the king to such a frontier!　You will be doomed to burn in hell!”

The squire, who still had some backbone, pointed his sword at me and shouted something like that.

“With all due respect, sir, that’s not possible. “With all due respect, sir, that’s not possible, because I myself am clad in what could be called a demon lord’s presence.

Both the squire and Puffus look unsure.

“It’s called the Sixth Heavenly Demon King or something. I don’t know the details because it is a foreign world, but I can imagine that he is the one who burns in hell rather than the one who is burned.

Oda Nobunaga is laughing hysterically inside me.

–Oh, yes!　I wrote that in a letter on a lark and it spread like wildfire!

“Oh, man. ……. Are you possessed by something ……?　Hey, I’ll give you a chance to do your duty. Protect His Majesty who is here. That is justice in the Kingdom of Thirlwil.”

Puffus, who was behaving in the back of the room, was like my own brother.

“Hey, squire! What’s your name?”

“…… Mould Boullure.”

Yes, there was a man by that name in the royal service.

“Mord Boulleur, I’ll only say this once. Serve me.”

“I cannot go against such righteous–”

I slayed his squire with my sword.

Naturally, my eyes meet Puffs’.

“Puffs, you are not righteous. You’re just old.”

He pointed his sword at Puffus.

“You are not solely responsible for the suffering of your people, but you must take the blame for it.”

Puffus turns his back.

He slashed at his back at an angle.

A man of the king’s experience died without taking responsibility until the very end.

“This is the end of the Kingdom of Thirlwil!”