Diligent Study
Aah!
Glorious Holy Kingdom!
For world order and peace!
Purge the wicked!
Great god, Elfriade!
The Great God is our ancestor.
We, the people of the Holy Kingdom, are descendants of the Great God!
Therefore, we are the absolute righteous.
We will not tolerate any evil that interferes with the order we spread!
That is the teaching of our Holy Kingdom.
Nonsense
Is what we have done just?
Nonsense indeed
The land is too rough to grow crops?
Take it from another country
Gold, silver, and iron are depleted?
Take it from another country
Only men are valued for their labor and there are no women?
Take them from another country
What we're doing is just banditry.
But that's fine
We plunder for a cause.
And we are allowed to do so.
In the end, power is everything in this world.
That's why we, the Holy Kingdom, are just.
"Captain. We'll be arriving at the Imperial Continent shortly."
"I see. Vice-captain, you seem to be enjoying yourself."
"Well, it's going to be fun. New prey."
It's not a new prey or anything.
This is the seventh time
"Don't get too complacent, okay? We've been repelled six times in the past."
"That won't happen the seventh time. That's why we're invading from the west."
The first was an invasion that used the dependent state's invasion of Geldarinne as a diversion.
The second time was the landing operation on Geldarinne.
3, 4, and 5 are invasions from the eastern part of the empire.
The sixth invasion was from the northernmost part of the empire.
And only the first was successful.
"Like the first time, is it a landing operation based on bribing an imperial noble?"
"Yeah... look, land is now in sight."
As reported so far, there is no defense on the imperial side.
"Okay, let's start the landing operation."
Moving the ship as close to land as possible and lowering the anchor.
From there, we proceed on a small boat.
"There's a small village just ahead. We'll occupy that first."
"Kill them all?"
"It's fine to kill them. Of course, there's no point in letting them escape."
"Hey... did you guys hear that? We're going to have fun tonight!"
We're risking our lives
We can't do it without a reward.
"They say all the women in the empire are beautiful and don’t have any diseases."
"C-children. Are there any children?"
Landing with an anxious mind
The beach is clear.
"You can see it in the distance, the lights. According to the information, there seems to be a village."
"That's right. There's a village ahead."
Whose voice is it now?
It's not the voice of my subordinates.
"And these are the innocent people that we Imperial soldiers must protect."
Before I knew it, several men in white robes appeared.
"One, two, three... fumu, the information is correct."
The men are calm.
"It's impossible to protect them with just that many men, isn't it?"
"Impossible? No, it's the other way around."
"Ah?"
"It's a disappointment. The quality and number of our forces are excessive."
"Don't joke around... start attacking!"
My subordinates raise their voices and start charging.
"We have 600 men! If you can stop us, then try to stop us!"
The men laughed at that.
"I see! Then we will do so!"
The men snap their fingers.
"Whoaa! W-what!"
They just snap their fingers.
That's all they did.
"The ground! Ridiculous! Is this a swamp?"
That should not be
This place is just a grassland
The plants that grow here also grow in hard soil.
"See, I told you it was an excessive force."
"You guys did this!"
"That's true. All the priests of the empire can use this level of magic."
"Magic? This is magic!? Don't be ridiculous!"
Is there any magic like this? The magic we know is...
"What about the chanting? When did you chant it?"
"Fumu, the Holy Kingdom is behind the times, huh?"
"What!"
While looking down on us
They kept talking while smiling
It was very unpleasant
"Imperial magic doesn't require chanting. It's been around for 50 years."
"Ri…"
Ridiculous. I tried to say that, but the reality was right in front of me.
"Poor thing. You're going to sink faster and faster because you went ashore with a full plate."
"Damn it! Such a childish trick!"
"It looks like that way, right? But the essence is different."
"What!"
"It's not about turning it into a swamp or making the ground loose. You're being eaten by the land."
What does it mean?
When I try to say that, something happens with my armor.
"The iron… it's corroded…?"
"That's what it means to be eaten. Your armor is returning to the land, then your clothes, and finally you yourself."
My subordinates grasped the situation and started going crazy.
"Hihii!"
"H-help!"
There's nothing we can do.
I'll live with the shame of not being able to do anything, but it's better than being dead.
"Surrender"
"Hoh?"
"I will surrender"
The men go back to their calm expressions.
"Very well. I accept your surrender."
"Then!"
"First, you should disarm, right?"
"Okay. We will remove our weapons and armor. Undo the magic."
"That's not possible."
"Ha?"
Their expression returns to a smiling face again.
"If you don't throw away your weapons, we might be attacked. Now, throw them away."
"But we can't. we're buried in the ground and can't move!"
"I wonder. Throw them away and we will remove the magic. That is our condition."
"There's no way that's possible...!"
"It's not a matter of whether or not you can do it. If you don't want to die, do it."
More and more of us are buried in the ground.
Our armors are falling apart
"I'm begging you, please! Help!"
"Throw them away."
"Please!"
"Throw them away."
"I don’t want to die!"
"Throw them away."
"I-I'll do anything!"
"Throw them away."
"I'm be……"
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"Priest Delna…"
"…The enemy did not throw their weapons until they died."
"...Ha! The enemy were warriors until the end!"
"That's good. Do you know what the situation is elsewhere?"
"As reported by the reconnaissance team, the area was divided into 16 different routes. All of them have already been suppressed."
"Phew…"
They're of no use to us even if they were alive.
At the very least, they'll die thankful to have become fertilizer for the Empire.
"Don't let your guard down. This is the land where the Chief God, Lute-sama, rules. Do not let them take anything from him until he returns."
"I understand!"
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