Chapter 366

(366) Surrounded by Enemies

Translator: Tseirp

Mallegory, the capital of the Kingdom of Tsuaobal, was in a state of high alert from the unprecedented prospect of war .

The same Tsuaobal army soldiers were surrounding the city .

It was said that the number of soldiers exceeded 10,000 .

“However, isn’t this too exaggerated? If they wanted to prevent people from leaving town, they could just seal the gate . ”

The rookie guards said with cold sweat from the top of the outer wall .

He leaned out slightly, saw a siege catapult, and quickly drew back .

He exhaled once to stabilize his breathing .

“Concentrate on your task . ”

“I know . Anyway, senpai . Where did all those soldiers come from?”

“It’s the Kingdom’s army . Obviously, they were in the royal capital . See that tent over there?”

The senior guard looked at the luxurious tent set up centered in the rear facing the gate directly .

He made sure to not point at it .

“It seems that His Majesty is inside . ”

“Huh? Not only is the Kingdom army here, but even His Majesty is also here just to contain the sick people in the city?”

“The Frenzy curse is just that fearsome . ”

The senior guard commented and looked at the other side .

They were still busy responding to the residents at the gate .

That was expected .

Not only the main gate but all the gates were sealed and there was no explanation on the Frenzy curse .

The Frenzy curse could be examined by performing Blood Appraisal .

But there were not many Magic Investigation Researchers capable of conducting Blood Appraisal so they could not appraise every single resident .

And according to the Kingdom army messenger, the Shaman that scattered the Frenzy curse should still be in the city so n.o.body could leave until that criminal was captured .

“Haa … I don’t care what method is used, I just want it to be over soon . I wanted to go to the doujins.h.i.+ book sale event but they will all be sold out before I can at this rate . ”

“Relax, there’s no way there would still be a book sale in this circ.u.mstance . It will be postponed . ”

“Seriously? Eh? But why would senpai know that? Ah, now that I think about it, senpai wanted to take leave today since a long time ago, right?”

“Don’t recall such meaningless matters . ”

“I see … Hn?”

The rookie guard suddenly looked up .

“What’s wrong?”

“I thought I felt a gaze but was it my imagination?”

“A gaze from above? Was it a bird?”

“It was probably my imagination . More importantly, is it still not lunchtime yet?”

The rookie guard commented and sighed .

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I dispelled Hawk Eye because there was a soldier with good sense .

Was there a skill that allows the user to sense gazes?

I didn’t know what kind of conversation they were having but the guard definitely looked up to the sky .

“Ichino-sama, how was it?”

“There are a lot of soldiers on the city walls and their tension was high . The soldiers outside the city even have siege machines like catapults but there weren’t many of them . There were only around 200 cavalry as well . They were positioned to not let anybody slip by as we were told . ”

“I see …”

I was gathering information with Carol .

Carol fundamentally gathered information by listening but she could not gather much information on what was going on outside of the city . So that was where my Hawk Eye came into use .

By using the skill that could allow me to see the entire city from the sky, I could gather information that couldn’t be seen from within the city .

It would be suspicious if we stayed near the outer wall for too long so we were walking along the Showa Street .

“Unrest is spreading in the city . ”

“But there is not much chaos . I thought a riot would happen . ”

“Because there is a dungeon inside the city . The beginner’s dungeon in this city is called the food storage dungeon because there is a lot of food drops . ”

“Are there many plant-type monsters?”

“And monsters that drop meat as well . There are also herbivore monsters that eat the plant-type monsters . ”

“Herbivore monsters that eat monsters … I guess there’s nothing wrong there . It’s a food chain in the dungeon as well . ”

“Humans are at the top of the food chain, just like in nature . ”

Carol said with a smile .

Currently, general use of the beginner’s dungeon was prohibited and adventurers and mercenaries hired by the Adventurers Guild and Mercenary Guild gathered food materials there .

After tomorrow, the distribution would start with priority to the residents .

Also, the city didn’t have any issues with garbage because there was a dungeon .

After all, the dungeon would absorb any waste that was placed inside it .

“Haa, let’s wait in town for a while . If it was revealed that all this started because of me, I would be beaten by the peddlers . ”

“Ichino-sama wasn’t at fault . More importantly, I am concerned about the quick action of the army . ”

“Quick? About a week has pa.s.sed since the Frenzy curse has been spread . ”

“A week is way too fast to prepare 10,000 soldiers . In the first place, 10,000 is way too many . ”

“ … Yeah . It is as though they came for war . If they started the song from outside the city, the city would probably surrender . ”

“Song … ?”

Carol asked .

The idiom ‘surrounded by enemies on all sides’ could not be translated accurately in this world and I guess song couldn’t convey the proper meaning . (TLN: Surrounded by enemies on all sides = 四面楚歌; 楚歌roughly translate to Chu song)

“It’s something that happened in my world in the past . The king of a country called Chu barricaded himself in a castle and the people surrounding him sang the song of their country . That was when the leaders of that nation realized that the other countries had already surrendered and despaired …”

The moral of the story was that a lack of knowledge would lead to a lack of ability to make a decision .

I think I got it right but I wasn’t certain .

I wonder if Miri’s item bag had world history textbooks?

“I wonder what feelings the people singing experienced . ”

“The people singing?”

“Yes . They were singing for the king of their nation to surrender . Did they sing because the enemy country commanded them to or were they singing with the hope that their country’s king would surrender and survive . ”

I didn’t have an answer to Carol’s question .