The Path to Ancestor
"They're not going to attack us, right?"
"That's right."
The Frankish Kingdom's army showed no signs of preparing for battle, whether we slept or relaxed.
"Charles V is a smart man. He may have a plan!"
For some reason, Shiro never doubts the potential of Charles V, who is supposed to be our enemy.
"Isn’t it because Guesclin isn’t on his side?"
"That's true too. If Guesclin was on the side of the Frankish Kingdom, there would be no way that Normandy and Burgundy would be taken away by the Sussexes like they are now!"
Shiro buys Guesclin greatly.
He didn't seem like that much of a man to me.
Well, maybe he just wasn't able to show his true potential because he was busy cleaning William I's ass all along.
"Guesclin will do it! He was very active in the last war, too!
Since the opponent is a vampire who has everything, he seems a little inferior!"
Shiro's support for Guesclin is more amazing than I imagined.
By the way, does Shiro like ugly men?
Does that mean I'm ugly too?
I thought I was a pretty good-looking guy.
In fact, Shiro has known me since I was a bone.
"Do you think there’s something cool about bones?"
I curiously asked the question.
"I thought Master’s pure white bones were very cool!"
After all, Shiro is something transcendent, regardless of their appearances. She probably judges people by the whiteness of their bones.
Riiiiing*!
As I was imagining something like that, Shiro's magic smartphone suddenly beeped loudly.
"Hello!"
Shiro takes the magic smartphone.
"What?"
"What's wrong!"
I asked, seeing Shiro's surprised expression.
"Master, we've been attacked! It looks like the Frankish Royal Navy is making a surprise attack on the Sussex mainland on the British Isles!"
"What did you say!"
An unexpected attack from the sea.
We, the Duchy of Sussex, was attacked from the sea despite knowing that we were the Golden Skull Pirates who destroyed the Hispania fleet.
"As expected, the wise King Charles V will do it."
"This is no time to be impressed! There are almost no soldiers in Sussex!"
"Yes. The only people left in Sussex are the 10 members of the SusS*x Knights, numbers 90 to 100.
Moreover, since they are low ranking, they have no vassals at all...”
"So, only 10 people are protecting the homeland of Sussex!?"
"Yes……"
Shiro's face shows that she's troubled.
"Then what are we going to do!"
"We have no choice but to deploy all of our soldiers to Sussex and the continental sea side."
"Hmm? On the continent side?"
"Yes. It seems that Sussex territory on the continent side is also under attack from the sea..."
"Maybe they are being attacked from various places on the sea side, like some kind of guerrilla warfare?"
"It looks like that. I was completely defeated.
For now, we will send the fast-moving Golden Skull to Sussex's mainland on the British Isles, and the Golden Skull No. 2 to the continent!"
We were completely defeated by Charles V.
As expected, he is a famous person who left his name in history.
I never expected that he would challenge us to a battle at sea, something we had absolute confidence in.
What's more, they know that there are only two warships in the Duchy of Sussex, and they are spreading out and launching attacks like guerrilla warfare.
"So, what are we going to do by letting everyone go!
Now it's just the two of us!"
"We're back to the beginning!"
Shiro replied happily.
Are you an idiot?
Or rather, can you have that much leeway?
It doesn't make any sense at all.
"In the first place, there are only 100 regular soldiers of the Duchy of Sussex, which is way too few!
The Half-Moon Knights are with William I and Guesclin!"
"That’s because the elite few look better!"
"That’s why!"
"The Luffy Pirates and the Phantom Troupe, the elite few are cool!"
"Do you want to win?"
"Of course I want to!"
"Then why haven’t you prepared a proper countermeasure?
There are many things we can do, such as increasing the number of immortal soldiers who share my blood!"
"You are an idiot! Then that's not funny!"
"What are you talking about!"
"No way~! It’s shibari play!
This often happens in historical simulation games!
I will turn up the settings to MAX to make it more difficult!"
"Hey, this isn't a game!
It's a real war where people live and die!"
"Weren't they NPC?"
"A... are you serious?"
"No! I'm just kidding!"
Shiro tried to fool herself by smiling, but her eyes weren't smiling at all.
"Master... the way you ended the conversation makes me sound like a cruel woman with no blood or tears.
Do you remember that I can read Master's mind?"
"True?"
"It's true that my emotions don't waver no matter how many people die, but that's because I'm a monster!
I feel like I've said this to Master over and over again."
"That’s right. For you, humans were food!
Moreover, you are forcing the people to eat humans!"
"For me, the stronger the enemy, the more rewarding it is!
Actually, I thought Charles V might attack from the sea!
In fact, even during the 100 Years' War, Charles V attacked Rye and Portsmouth!"
Shiro tells me a shocking fact.
"Rye is the Duchy of Sussex, or rather, the capital of the Duchy of Sussex!"
"That’s right! So, it was expected from the beginning!
Soldiers can be sent in instantly using teleportation circles installed every 100 meters under the elevated ramparts of the Wall Expressway, so there is no problem at all!"
"But… even if our defense against attacks from the sea is good, what are we going to do?
With just two people, we have to deal with the Frankish Kingdom's army of 50,000 people!"
"We just went from 52 people versus 50,000 people to 2 people versus 50,000 people!
If you just look at numbers, it's a losing battle from the beginning, isn't it?"
"Are you an idiot? It's lonely when it's just the two of us, but when there are 52 people, I feel calm!"
"That doesn't mean we're going to lose, right?"
Shiro asks with a grin.
"Right……"
I found myself at a loss for words.
"Master, when you have all these situations, you have no choice but to be serious, right?"
"You, you must have plotted it!"
"What do you mean?"
Shiro played dumb, plain and simple.
"Ah! Master, it's dangerous!"
Clang*!
While glaring at Shiro, I used my sword to knock down the arrow that flew at me.
"You have done it..."
"Master won’t get serious unless you are pushed to the limit!
Also, it seems that when you kill a human, it will give you experience points on the same level as a metal slime!
In this battle, let's evolve to Ancestor all at once!"
"Is that what you’re aiming for?"
"It's almost time for Anastasia-san's main story to make its move!"
"Anastasia again? Seriously, what happened between you and Anastasia!"
"There's nothing in particular!
Anastasia-san is just trying to take advantage of us!"
"Explain it so I can understand!"
"Normally, you can understand without me explaining!
How insensitive are you!
Please defeat all the enemies in front of you by yourself!"
Before I knew it, I was going to defeat the Frankish Kingdom's army all by myself.
"If I defeat them, you'll tell me!"
"Please ask Anastasia-san directly!"
"Kuh! I got it!"
Cedric changes his mind.
Actually, arrows were flying at him in a hailstorm, so he had no choice but to change his mind.
Well, like that, 1 person vs. 50,000 people.
The curtain has now begun on a legendary battle that will be talked about for hundreds of years.
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