130 Early detection

Ars, it looks like there's smoke coming up from the northeast tower.

"Seriously. Bite brother, gather the cavalry. Let's go."

It was a while after Vargas and Dad brought in the recruits.

My part-time brother called me when I was renovating the walls of Fort Eindrad or training in how to use the catapults.

Looks like smoke is rising from one of the surveillance towers we built to monitor House Ulk's movements.

Not my father, but if I look at this fortress, which has been so fortified as to change the shape of Eindrad's hill, I wonder if House Ulk will attack us.

But apparently the idea was too sweet.

My part-time brother and I rode Valkyrie northeast.

"Over there. You can see the Ulk army from there."

"Okay. Thank you for your guidance."

Raise the wolf smoke in the guard tower to let them know of distant anomalies.

Thus, it appears that the movements of House Ulk, which were conveyed through several surveillance towers, were still in their infancy.

They found an army en route and let me know.

The progress of the army takes longer than I thought.

It takes time just to move around in large numbers, but we also have to carry food and other luggage with us.

The larger the army, the slower it will march.

Especially since both Fontana and Ulk knew about it and dared not build the road, it seems like it will take extra time.

Depending on the location, it may only take about 15 kilometers in one day.

That's why I was able to detect the movement of such a dull-legged Ulk army sooner rather than later, and we have a quick way to get around called Valkyrie.

I was able to see with my own eyes the Ulk troops who had actually marched further away than Fort Eindrad at the defense point.

"I'm glad the surveillance tower helped, but it's tough."

"That's a lot. You've pulled those numbers, Ulk. Hey, Ars. How many of those are there?

"I don't know exactly... it feels like I've seen at least 3,000 people, at most 5,000 people, part-time brother."

"What do we do? You want me to attack you?

"No, Barca's cavalry is about 200. Even if there are horns, the number is too small. It's useless."

So you're going back to Eindrad like this? Even so, the number of recruits in Eindrad will be small. What are you going to do? "

"Hmm, that's right...."

A soldier deployed to the tower led us to a location where the entire Uluk army could be seen.

So I checked the number of people, and my part-time brother and I were worried about what to do from now on.

That's because there were more opponents than I expected.

I don't know the exact number because I'm looking at it with binoculars from a long distance from the flat ground.

But a huge number of people were moving.

Apparently, it is difficult to count the numbers, as it is not walking neatly alongside the service beasts who are also pulling their luggage.

Therefore, although there is a considerable difference in numbers, we will manage to estimate the number of opponents.

However, the number was in excess of the number of Vulcans.

I didn't bring all the things from Vulcania with a Vulcan last name.

Because there was a new city that I had to build, and I couldn't make it defenseless.

That's why I brought 200 people with a Vulcan surname as cavalry riders on the Valkyrie.

When I came to Eindrad Hills with Carlos, I was recruiting about 200 young men among those who came hungry to Vulcania.

And this time, with Carlos' permission, in addition to Vulcania, the number of people gathered in the city of Fontana and the village near Eindrad Hill, about 1,000 people are under my command at Fort Eindrad.

Can we compete against the Uluks in this number?

If the number of opponents is 3000, there is a fortress that can be defended, and it will attack us about three times as much, which may be a good match.

Most importantly, we've never fought in defense, so I'm not sure if we can handle it properly with all the recruits.

But if it's about 5,000, it's five times more powerful than ours.

That could be pretty tough.

Perhaps Carlos and the others are now attacking the northern city.

Even though there is a war going on there, it seems that the Ulk family has considerable power to bring additional troops here to recapture Eindrad.

That means they're desperate.

"In the meantime, we should report this to Carlos and Fort Eindrad in the north. Let's run the message."

I see. I'll let some of them go. "

"Bite brother, let me go to the one with the land intrusion in the north. I'll write you a stroke so you can come and rescue me."

"Do you need help?

"That's right. I was ordered to defend Fort Eindrad. That means if you continue to fight your enemies, you'll end up in a caged castle. We need help from the outside to get to Cage Castle."

"So you're going to let them go without doing anything, Ars?

"... no, that's not funny either. Let's give it a try."

"It's gone. So, what do we do? Ride closer and shoot at magical attacks, as you normally train?

"No, there are too many of them to do that. If they intercept us with a bow and arrow, we could still get hurt."

"So what do we do?

"You know that. It's a night raid. Let's attack after dark at night. If it works, we might be able to turn them around."

Thus, we, the Balkan Cavalry, set out to launch a night raid against thousands of Uluk family troops.