Book 3: Chapter 7-3: Tactics

Book 3: Chapter 7-3: Tactics

This plan made sense. They wouldnt need to bear the burden of extra food and equipment on the way to and from the relay base and could even get support from them.

However, there was a large shortcoming to this plan.

I got what ya wanna say Chief. If were able to stop em for long enough theyll run out of food and starve.

Thats right. That is the key point of our plan. Our policy is, stop them thoroughly. Specifically we will move ahead of them on their route towards us, hide in the trees, and snipe them for three days and three nights with poison arrows while making sure not to kill them. If we are caught then we need to retreat immediately. We will repeat this as many times as necessary.

Not killing them wasnt out of mercy. I wanted to force them to care for injured people.

If they got hit by my poison they would suffer hellish pains that would immobilize them causing them to cry out. This would undoubtedly cause the soldiers morale to fall. Every one of them would think I dont want to end up like that. Furthermore, those who didnt die would still need them to carry 70kg of goods for them on top of caring for them.

If they lost their composure they might kill the injured soldiers themselves, but even that was helpful to us. Killing their own allies would cause great mental and spiritual damage to the soldiers, plus the soldiers who saw it would have their loyalty quickly drop.

If they send soldiers to search for snipers they will never find us since we have Perception Expansion and Body Enhancement to allow us to detect them within 200 meters, this will allow us to run away immediately. In fact, them searching for us would be better since theyll have to halt their march. Before long they will have to continue moving even while we continue to injure their troops.

They did not have enough time. The supplies they carried would quickly run out. The screams of their fellow soldiers would slowly increase with time. They would have no choice but to advance.

Even if they end up ignoring us their pace will still slow a great deal. After all, seeing a suffering ally nearby you cant help but think what if Im next? The other soldiers will think this and be on guard while moving cautiously.

Then after a while both their bodies and minds would be exhausted by the constant tension.

Even at night they will be unable to rest in peace. Using Perception Expansion we are able to see them. Its even better than during the day. We will swap between day and night teams not letting them rest at any time. We will thoroughly exhaust them. Day by day they will slow and collapse.

Once what I planned was enacted, I suspect that not a single imperial soldier will be able to smile again.

Disaffected and broken-spirited men would continue to emerge.

Good thinking. It was proof that she was growing.

Dont worry, I have already solved that. Firstly our supplies are solved through the use of the cookies. They wont rot for 2 months and only weigh 200 grams each. Three meals a day will be 600 grams and a week worth is only 18 kg. The crossbow and arrows weigh around 3kg, so you should be able to bear it. Plus, there are some small hidden cabins within the woods that I have stocked with cookies and arrows.

What about water?

With me there you wont have a problem.

I could use water mana to gather moisture from the atmosphere and produce drinking water.

I would also borrow moisture from the soil and trees around us to make it easier to gather.

You couldnt create water from thin air, but gathering it from the surroundings was possible.

However, because of the high difficulty of the magic spell, most Elves, despite having the necessary affinity, would be unable to do so. It was magic that almost no one but me could use.

Plus there are some wells dug throughout the forest. I can even set one up within one night. If theres an issue with water then I can just use magic to dig us a new one.

As expected of Cyril-kun

Cyril-niisama is amazing~

Kuu and Yukino praised me as their ears twitched. Ahhh I wanted to pet them.

Lastly, your worries about the Empires movements are unnecessary. I have the new elite Nettle members out there. If we rely on them itll work out.

Though at this moment they should be chirping about how hungry they were out in the cabin. I couldnt help but smile while thinking of them.