Becoming a Swordmast Chapter 173 : Chapter 173

Chapter 173. Coward(3)

That night.

Albrecht, who was sitting in the office of the recently occupied Kosinak Castle, tore open a letter that had arrived from the 3rd Corps.

It was a letter stamped with Alexis's seal.

A smile briefly brushed past the corners of Albrecht's mouth after reading the entire letter, then disappeared.

It was unclear whether it was a sneer or a genuine smile.

“Funny. To think they are telling

to avoid the fight like a coward. Do you also think I would lose to Maxim Karpov?”

As Albrecht spoke to the empty air, one side of the office wall rippled, and the figure of a man was revealed.

Considering that no presence had been felt in that spot until now, it was quite an astonishing sight.

However, Albrecht waited for the man's answer as if this surprising sight was only natural.

The man's identity was Vittore Perucci, Albrecht's bodyguard.

Certainly, as a bodyguard protecting the head of the Glockner family, this level of stealth had to be basic.

Vittore opened his mouth.

“That cannot be. Because my lord is the strongest.”

“Then what should be done? Should I ignore the 3rd Corps' request and fight?”

“I rely follow the lord's orders.”

Upon hearing Vittore's answer, Albrecht's expression, which had seed sowhat excited, beca stiff again as usual.

“Tsk. Your answers are always boring.”

“I apologize.”

“No matter. What can be done? It is the world I created.”

Albrecht tapped the table with his finger, tok tok, and fell into thought for a mont.

Then he finally spoke.

“Let us accept the 3rd Corps' proposal and decide to avoid fighting as well.”

“!”

Vittore was startled upon hearing Albrecht's answer.

It was inevitable.

Because he had never imagined that Albrecht would avoid a fight.

Even in Vittore's perception, no matter if Maxim existed, the side with the advantage in power was the Glockner unit.

Because the Glockner unit had much power that was not yet revealed.

Yet he would accept the 3rd Corps' request.

Why?

Vittore naturally had no choice but to harbor this doubt.

Fortunately, Albrecht resolved this doubt.

“The Empire played too many tricks, so I had no choice but to step in, but originally this war was a place to determine the next head of Glockner. So I must give the other children a chance too.”

In the end, it ant he would wait for Leon, Malena, Paul, and Laura, who were active in the 1st Corps and 2nd Corps, to perform.

And this was the last chance.

Because Albrecht was now considering Roden, who had suddenly flaunted his presence at so point and reached the stage of 8-stars, as the most likely next head of the family.

It was unavoidable.

Because after the participation of the Bazar family, Kalif family, and Tiaref family, the other children except for Roden were hardly able to use their strength.

Roden was even in a situation where he had personally executed the Bazar family with his own hands and marched right up to the capital's nose at his own tempo.

Because of that, Albrecht had no choice but to evaluate Roden the highest.

Vittore, having confird Albrecht's thoughts like that, bowed his head.

“I will follow the lord's command.”

***

Maxim felt fatigue upon receiving the report on the movents of the 3rd Corps and the Glockner unit.

‘Annoying.’

It was because the 3rd Corps and the Glockner unit, who seed as if they would lead their troops out imdiately, had not budged even after several days passed.

For Maxim, who wanted to proceed with the battle in a place even slightly advantageous, this was a very troubling matter.

Because it was clear that if ti continued to flow like this, the Imperial Army would be at a disadvantage.

“Is there another reason? Or do they also know that stalling for ti is advantageous?”

At Maxim's question, Gennady Bronov, who held the position of Captain of the Royal Guard, answered.

“Based on what has been identified so far, it seems to be the latter. It has been confird that they are stockpiling supplies in each castle with the montum of practically lying down to rest.”

“Damn it!”

If it was like this, there was no other way.

As for the Imperial Army, they had to move the army directly and strike the 3rd Corps and the Glockner unit first.

“There is no need to get so excited, Captain of the Royal Guard. If the prey has curled its tail and runs away, we just have to set out in pursuit.”

This was a story brought up by Dmitri, who was present at that spot.

Just a short while ago, Dmitri had been active on the 2nd Corps front and established countless war rits.

In fact, it could be said that the reason Leon and Paul could not perform properly was also because of Dmitri.

Perhaps because of that, Dmitri was extrely confident.

He thought that the 3rd Corps and the Glockner unit would also be nothing special compared to the rumors.

“One cannot view the situation only optimistically like that. Because if that side decides to stall for ti, it will be quite a headache. Do you not know that the entire Empire is suffering from screams even now?”

However, Vlad put the brakes on Dmitri's thoughts.

Unlike Dmitri, Vlad had keenly felt that the Allied Forces were formidable while fighting on the 1st Corps front.

It was especially shocking when only the high nobles of the Imperial Army had participated and the high nobles of the Allied Forces had not.

Clearly, the Imperial Army's power was far ahead, yet the Allied Forces were not easily pushed back.

Rather, there was a ti when they suffered a sharp counterattack and almost faced a disaster.

Because Vlad possessed these mories, he added words of warning.

“Above all, if we fight in the field, our victory cannot be guaranteed. You must never forget that there is a clear reason why over half of the Empire's territory was taken.”

“…….”

Because Vlad spoke only detailed correct words, Dmitri lost his words and kept silent.

Maxim, who had been watching that appearance, opened his mouth.

“Now now, this is not the ti for this. Because it is important how we can grasp a aningful result within a short ti right now. Does everyone have a thod in mind?”

At Maxim's question, Dmitri stroked the tip of his chin for a mont and then answered.

“Wouldn't it be best for the Captain of the Royal Guard to advance toward the Glockner unit, and for

and Count Tiaref to advance toward the 3rd Corps?”

Fortunately, Vlad also agreed with this opinion.

“I also think that would be best. Because if we try to catch both the 3rd Corps and the Glockner unit at once, we might suffer indigestion instead.”

Because Maxim was also thinking similarly, he nodded his head.

“As expected, that would be best. However, it will be trouble if the Allied Forces induce a siege warfare. Because if that happens, we will helplessly have our ti stolen.”

“Even so, would a 9-star knight shut himself in a castle like a coward without fighting a field battle even once?”

“I also think he would do that, but I absolutely do not know Albrecht Glockner's inner thoughts. Because I did not think he would take a defensive stance like this this ti either.”

“If both sides shut themselves in castles, it cannot be helped. At that ti, we have no choice but to gather the troops in one place and concentrate on attacking one spot.”

“Good. Then let us decide to proceed with the operation roughly like that and decide on the details now.”

Like that, the three people began to earnestly organize how to divide the troops and how to operate the troops in each situation.

Because it was a situation where not even a single defeat was tolerated, they looked extrely cautious.

***

However, contrary to Maxim's expectation, Albrecht did not choose a field battle.

He took one battalion and shut himself in Kosinak Castle, and waged guerrilla warfare with the remaining one battalion.

Because of that, it was difficult for Maxim to pour all his strength into capturing Kosinak Castle.

The combat power of the battalion waging guerrilla warfare was so outstanding that he could not leave it alone.

Eventually, a picture had to unfold where Maxim chased after the tail to catch this battalion.

It was the worst situation for Maxim.

And the situations of Vlad and Dmitri were also not very good.

Because the 3rd Corps was also stalling for ti in the sa manner.

Eventually, precious ti continued to flow for the Imperial Army.

At the sa ti, changes gradually occurred on the 1st Corps and 2nd Corps fronts.

First, Malena and Laura took all of the Plun River and crossed over to the Achena region.

Of course, the power of the newly participating Allied Forces' high noble was significant in this happening.

Especially Guignol Pugliesi of the Certator Kingdom perford trendously.

Malena, an 8-star knight, and Guignol took turns using sword blasts to capture castles, just as Roden and Alexis had done.

Originally, because two 8-star knights of the Imperial Army were guarding the Plun River, this strategy could not be used.

However, as Vlad was drafted to the Andasia region, the 8-star knights reduced to one.

Here, as the 8-star knight moved unreasonably and was pincer-attacked by Malena and Guignol and lost his life, the war situation tilted rapidly.

Next, Leon and Paul succeeded in completely taking the Aslan Plains.

Until Dmitri was drafted to the Andasia region, the 2nd Corps was in a very dangerous situation.

Because the 2nd Corps had only Leon as an 8-star knight, but the Imperial Army had two 8-star knights.

For that reason, even though the Allied Forces' high noble did his best to help Leon, it was unavoidable that the front line was pushed back.

It was a fortunate thing that they did not completely lose the Yugum Mountains at least.

However, as Dmitri left, the Imperial Army also had only one 8-star knight, Takon Kalif, now.

And Leon did not miss this opportunity and unfolded a life-or-death battle with Takon.

As a result, Leon achieved victory, and the Aslan Plains, having lost their leader, collapsed.

Since Leon was the only person in the 2nd Corps who could use sword blast, they would not be able to expand territory at a trendous speed, but the important thing was that there was no one to stop Leon.

Like this, drafting troops to protect the Andasia region was inviting another danger to the Empire.

For that reason, Maxim had no choice but to feel impatience even more.

Like that, the fight in the Andasia region beca advantageous for the 3rd Corps and the Glockner unit just by waiting quietly.

It was the victory of a coward.