We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 192

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First Step (2)

The next morning.

As we discussed yesterday, we will depart after breakfast today.

I already provided two weeks’ worth of food, and the people still have some left.

But they will be anxious.

Humans tend to harbor ulterior motives when their hunger isn’t satisfied, and they’ll assume that the Heavenly Troops, of all people, wouldn’t have come without bringing provisions.

I released a large quantity of rice.

It was Korean government rice, aged for three years. The preservation technology here is different, so it will seem only a few months old at most.

The milling technology and rice seed were different, so it would taste very different from the rough rice here.

Sure enough, as they cooked and ate the rice, admiration flowed from their faces.

“Rice without chaff or stones…”

“As expected, it’s food sent from the heavens!”

“…….”

It was only natural, but watching the people react like that, the black mages wore dumbfounded expressions.

It was just three-year-old government rice, but was it really that praiseworthy?

After the meal, I convened a commanders’ meeting.

The meeting was held publicly, and Count Amon and Lady Isillian from the territory attended.

Swish!

I unfolded the map.

The drone had flown up this morning to take pictures, and I used them to create a map.

A generator, laptop, and printer were used, and the surrounding terrain was shown in great detail.

Because of this, the misunderstanding deepened.

They believed that such a map could never be made without celestial artifacts.

In the first place, maps themselves were military secrets in this era, and the one Count Amon had was the only one.

As a result of creating a map based on that, it became clear that the map Count Amon had was complete nonsense.

“Our first target is Luyan, which has the largest population in this area. We will rescue survivors there. Count?”

“Yes, Prophet!”

My title had become Prophet.

In other words, it meant the messenger of God, which was embarrassing to hear unless you had a steel plate on your face.

“I am not a Prophet.”

“Understood, Master Yoo Seong.”

I said myself that I wasn’t a prophet, but no one seemed to believe me.

If problems arise later, these situations must also be presented as evidence. Of course, I don’t know if something will happen that warrants presenting evidence.

“Are Lector and Bex the closest cities to Luyan?”

“That’s right! They’ve probably been swept away as well.”

“Good. First, we’ll go around those places, wipe out the undead, and rescue survivors. Then, we’ll head to the battleground.”

“That’s a good plan!”

There was no special strategy.

If the enemies were strong or it was a battle between pure humans, we would have to devise a strategy, but having brought this much power, they would never be able to win unless the enemies concentrated their forces in one place.

Moreover, the enemies seemed to have dispersed their forces in order to quickly occupy the territories. In that case, we could also disperse our forces to some extent.

“Now, let’s begin the march.”

The march began.

From the start, the Prophet divided the army into four.

One thousand Heavenly Troops escorted the territory’s people, and the rest were divided into three, heading to Luyan, Lector, and Bex, respectively.

They ran without riding horses, and Amon recalled that the Heavenly Troops hadn’t eaten anything in the morning.

“Ah! Now that I think about it, the Heavenly Troops skipped breakfast today.”

“Perhaps they don’t need to eat?”

“Don’t need to eat?”

“Yes. Because they are the army of heaven.”

The only army that didn’t need to eat was the undead soldiers.

But what if it was the army of heaven?

It was understandable that they didn’t eat or drink.

“Earlier, I saw that Lady Vivian’s soldiers were beautiful.”

“Beautiful?”

“Yes! It was the first time I knew that men could be so beautiful!”

“If it’s Lady Vivian’s army, that’s possible.”

Amon accepted it without a second thought.

Because they were God’s army, anything was possible.

Running so fast without saying a word, and having tireless stamina, all of it.

Amon was certain of victory in this war.

“I wish the Prophet would clean up the Imperial Family.”

“The Imperial Family?”

“Yes. The current Imperial Family is a mess. After His Majesty collapsed, everyone is fixated on power. It needs to be cleaned up.”

Isillian nodded repeatedly.

But they didn’t know.

The person who coveted power more than anyone else was leading the troops right now.

The distance from Amon’s territory to Luyan was a comfortable week’s march.

I checked the distance with a drone, and that was the figure that came out when I estimated that a person could march about 40km a day.

But that was only for ordinary armies.

In fact, traveling that much distance every day for a week was an enormous forced march.

Humans are not machines and need rest and food.

But what about the undead, who are not human?

They don’t need to eat or drink, and they don’t even need to rest.

Moreover, they could run at tremendous speeds, so they could move as fast as riding a horse.

Since they didn’t sleep, they covered the distance in a single day.

The Luyan fortress appeared in the distance.

The black mages were able to move comfortably because the succubi and high-ranking demons manufactured and carried flying carriages.

Of course, I could also comfortably enjoy the surrounding scenery from inside the carriage.

“It’s truly a spectacle.”

“The forests here are very dense and tall. That’s why you can see such a spectacle.”

A flying carriage.

The endlessly 펼쳐져 [unfolding] forests and the occasional towering mountain ranges. It was definitely a landscape that could not be seen on Earth.

And there are two suns here.

The suns move together like twins, creating day and night. If the suns were not so close together and were farther apart, humans would not be able to survive the intense heat.

With about 20 minutes left to the fortress, I launched the drone.

There was no need to send scouts.

The essence of modern civilization was in my hands, and I had to use it.

I surveyed the Luyan fortress with the drone.

“Hmm. They’re still holding out?”

“Amazing.”

Lector and Bex, except for Luyan, had already been occupied. But Luyan was very precarious, but somehow, they were holding out.

The knights and soldiers had been swept away, and even the residents were mobilized to knock down the undead climbing the walls.

Perhaps this was possible because the walls were high and the undead were only using their fingernails or ladders.

If the black mage had directly commanded the troops and waged a proper siege, they would have occupied it long ago.

That meant the enemies were concentrating their forces in the center of the empire.

This place was the forefront of the empire, but it was somewhat remote and could be considered less valuable than the central region.

In any case, it was an opportunity to absorb all the people of the Luyan territory.

If I pretended to be the Heavenly Troops and rescued them, the public sentiment would surely be on my side. If I saved the territories in that way, a considerable number of territories would surely turn to me.

It was much more stable to side with the Heavenly Troops than with the Imperial Family, which was constantly dividing and regrouping.

“Master. I think we need to increase our speed a little more.”

“We should.”

The walls were on the verge of collapsing, and the top of the walls was about to be occupied.

If left unchecked, the undead would quickly enter the city center and infect people. If that happened, it would become a ghost town. It would be of no value.

“Increase the speed.”

“Understood!”

The undead soldiers’ movement speed increased further. The carriage also moved quickly to match.

The Luyan territory, closest to the northernmost part of the empire.

The Luyan territory was in charge of the northwestern part of the empire in terms of location.

It was the most bustling and developed in the northwestern region, with a population of 300,000, and the forces blocking it numbered 50,000.

The ridiculously large number of troops compared to the population was the result of fighting the undead legions for hundreds of years.

All the territories of the empire had their own private soldiers. Also, the war economy was taken for granted.

The entire empire was a barracks state, and they could not survive otherwise.

Because it was the forefront, Luyan’s soldiers were made up of the elite, but at the same time as the emperor’s death, the central army returned, and the undead legion took the opportunity to begin a large-scale advance.

The Margrave of Luyan had a very serious expression on his face.

Reports were coming in that it was starting to collapse in various places.

“Your Excellency! We must retreat to the lord’s castle!”

“What about the people?”

“Many have taken refuge in the lord’s castle!”

“Then that means there are still people left!”

“There’s nothing we can do. If we hold out here, we’ll be annihilated!”

He thought for a moment.

All the men of the empire receive military training from the age of 15.

The official enlistment period was 18 years old, but even before that, they could hold a spear.

They served for 10 years and remained in the form of reservists even after returning, and in really urgent cases, men under the age of 40 also took up spears.

Even if they all died on the walls, the men left in the lord’s castle would somehow hold out. In this day and age, there was no house without a spear or sword.

“We will be martyred here.”

“Your Excellency!”

The knights bit their lips.

What on earth would happen if the lord died here?

They knew that he loved and cherished the people, but they never thought he would risk his life.

Well, it was because he was such a margrave that the people followed him at the risk of their lives.

The knights’ eyes also became determined.

“We will die with you!”

“See you in heaven.”

“It has been an honor to serve you until now!”

Their whole bodies were already covered in blood.

It wasn’t like the undead legion didn’t hold spears. They used spears and swords in their own way, so scratches increased and blood flowed.

The survivors were lucky enough not to be infected. If even a little black blood got into the wound, they would turn into terrible monsters.

“The soldiers must also die here. Buy time until the retreat.”

“Everyone is already prepared.”

If they couldn’t hold out here, the soldiers’ families would die.

Knowing that fact, the soldiers gritted their teeth.

It was fortunate that the enemy was not human. In wars with humans, soldiers would have deserted if they were driven to this extent.

Crack!

They grabbed their swords so hard that their hands were crushed.

“Kkueeek!”

The top of the wall became more and more chaotic. The undead were approaching.

Drrrrr!

It was then.

A group of people was running from afar.

“I, is that the enemy?”

“No! It’s not the undead legion!”

“Then?”

As they got close enough to be identified with the naked eye, the faces of not only Margrave Luyan but also the knights were filled with astonishment.

They were all wearing silver full-body armor.

The weapons also shone silver, and they were accompanied by flying carriages.

They were not imperial soldiers. Moreover, the direction they were coming from was none other than the destroyed Amon territory.

“T, Heavenly Troops!?”