How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 18 by Dojyomaru

Author:Dojyomaru [DOJYOMARU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2023-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

“What...do you suppose this is?”

Hearing the reports from his scouts, Gaten, the Flag of the Tiger, took some of his best men and rode out on his temsbock to see if they were true. He was taken aback by what they found—the gloomy woods spread out before him.

According to what he’d been told before setting out, this was supposed to be a desolate field across which they could march a large army. Normally, he would have separated part of his forces into a detachment and attacked cities off the main force’s route in order to distract the Friedonian military.

Of course, the Kingdom’s forces would understand that, and so Hashim had told Gaten that they might’ve placed forces here to meet him, meaning this could be where the first battle of the war happened. But contrary to expectations, the Kingdom didn’t intercept him here. All he was met by was a sea of trees that stretched on for who knows how far.

“We sent out scouts yesterday. Was there a forest like this in the reports?” Gaten asked one of his men, who hurriedly shook his head.

“No, sir! The scout said nothing of it. I spoke to him earlier to confirm, and he said, ‘I’m absolutely certain this was a barren field when I came here yesterday.’”

“Basically, this forest grew overnight, huh?” Gaten said, stroking his chin. It’s hard to believe, and yet...facing King Souma of Friedonia, I wouldn’t be surprised to discover he has the means to do it.

The Kingdom of Friedonia had thus far built island-like ships, bombs that neutralized magic, and other inventions that defied common sense. He’d heard rumors they’d even fought a sea monster with a mechanical dragon. It wouldn’t be all that strange for such a country to be able to make a forest spring up overnight.

It wouldn’t be strange...? It’s odd enough that they’re able to convince us that things that should be considered strange are seemingly normal. We’ve already been heavily poisoned by their influence.

Gaten was an easygoing man with a gaudy taste in fashion, but he was calm and composed when directing his troops.

Now that there was a forest, he couldn’t send out a detachment. Even if the forest were an illusion of some sort, dividing their forces against an enemy who could pull off something like this would lead to an utter defeat.

“We should give up on sending out a detachment. I’ll make the suggestion to Sir Hashim.”

With that, Gaten took his men and returned to his own camp.

A group quietly hid in the branches as they watched the Great Tiger Empire’s forces to see what they’d do. They all had tanned skin and the characteristically pointed ears of the elven race. These were the dark elves of the God-Protected Forest. Most were dressed in light armor and carried bows, but one wore a splendid robe. A young dark elf girl knelt before him.

“Lord Wodan. The enemy appears to have given up on coming through here.”

“Well done, Velza.”

The robed individual was Aisha’s father and the chief of the God-Protected Forest, Wodan Udgard.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.