Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Volume 4 by Hyougetsu

Author:Hyougetsu [HYOUGETSU]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2019-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

As I was internally reeling at Forne’s callousness, there was a knock on the door and Kurst came back inside.

“My apologies for making you wait.”

“Oh no, I’m the one sorry for putting you in such a difficult position.”

Forne and Kurst were longtime acquaintances. So I decided to apologize as well in order to not harm relations between the two of them.

“I had the best of intentions when I asked to form an alliance with you, but in the end, I backed you into a difficult choice. I’m terribly sorry.”

“N-Not at all! P-Please, there’s nothing to apologize for...”

Why’s he still so scared of me? Kurst showed us the letter the most recent messenger had brought him, and I instantly saw why he felt so pressured.

“We the Meraldian Liberation Army do not desire unnecessary bloodshed. Further fighting between Meraldian cities will only harm the region as a whole. If Welheim is of the same opinion, then we beseech the city to join forces with us. We intend to give you ample time to consider your decision.”

That was more or less what the letter said. At a glance, it seemed the liberation army was being generous, but upon closer inspection, it became clear they would not allow Welheim to join the Southern Commonwealth; it was their way or the highway. Kurst’s only options were either capitulate to Eleora, or wage war. There was no third way.

However, I did find it interesting that the liberation army was willing to give him “ample time.” Until now, Eleora had advanced at a blitzkrieg pace, but now she was suddenly slowing things down? With the forces at the liberation army’s disposal, they should be easily capable of capturing the practically undefended Welheim. Thinking about it logically, the longer negotiations took, the more upkeep Eleora would have to pay on her army.

Militia would gladly defend their homeland for free, but if you asked them to go on a campaign, it was a different story. They’d want enough money to survive, at the very least. If each soldier was making a conservative estimate of two silver coins a day, that meant Eleora’s army of 5,000 ate up 10,000 silver coins a day. Since she wasn’t pillaging any of the cities she captured, all that money was coming out of her pocket. Meanwhile, the cities where these soldiers came from were suffering from lower productivity because a significant chunk of their population had gone to war. So tax revenue was lower as well. It seemed the viceroys were paying the wages of the soldiers coming from their respective cities, but once tax revenue started drying up, that wouldn’t continue. If Eleora wanted to do much more with her army, she’d need to do it soon. Forne seemed to be thinking the same thing, and he smiled wryly at me.

“Could it be that the liberation army can’t mobilize all of its forces anymore?”

“Yeah, it’s possible all the militia went back home. If Eleora had kept all of them in Vongang, she’d be coming on a lot stronger right now.

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