[Current location: Maok city.]
"You are fucking kidding me….. IS THIS A FUCKING JOKE!?" – shouted the son of glory.
"HOW THE HELL ARE WE LOISING SO MUCH GROUND IN SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME?! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"
"…"
"Sir…. The enemy entire alliance forces are all marching at the same time towards us." – said the high paladin.
"And?! This isn't the bloody first time they done it! But each time we repelled them!"
"…"
"Sir…. You already know the situation." – replied the high paladin with the tired look.
"The enemy has not been letting us rest one bit."
"They were attacking us each day nonstop, while also sabotaging all of our attempts at gathering food…."
"Iron Will said himself that the adventures that tried to obtain some food from the forest were meet with ambushes launched by the Doctor and his companions or his monster…. Or they just were hit with booby traps."
"Cleansing the forest out of monsters planted by the Doctor and his compassion as well as their traps will take time…."
"Iron Will said that securing a food from the land currently occupied by us will be impossible until they clear the forests."
"…"
"The same goes to the ports." – said the high priest.
"The merfolk finally showed themselves up and they started attacking our fishermen, not allowing anybody to even touch anything from the sea…. And even when they do get something, they would just either destroy it or steal it."
"Non stop fighting, sabotages and starvation…. Our soldiers are straight up unable to hold their line." – said the high paladin.
"…"
(I FUCKING KNOW THAT!) – thought Son Of Glory who wanted to scream.
(I fucking knew what was happening, but I at least thought you would at least fucking deal with at least something…. Instead of fucking bringing me a report that you did fucking nothing!)
(Even I was forced to fucking retreat from the frontlines to boost our defenses!)
(We managed to obtain some supplies from plundering the enemy forces that we had defeated, but there was only enough for my own legion!)
(Most of our soldiers are wrecked, both in mind and body.)
(They knew that they would not win a head on fight with us, so instead they focused on sabotaging us…. This is bad.)
(With my elder sister joining the sea monster extermination squad it won't take long before the sea route would get re-open…. But at this rate, it will be too late!)
(With each passing hour and day, we are losing more and more soldiers as well as territory.)
(We even started having some deserters as well.)
(Not only that, but the only troops that could do anything, angels and golems, they are being neglected since our engineers and priest are having hard time working with empty stomachs.)
"…"
"Sir…. If I may." – said the high priest.
"…."
"What is it?" – asked the Son Of Glory as he glared at the priest.
"…"
"This war is lost….. We should issue a evacuation order." – said the nervous priest.
"…"
"You are saying we should abandon our mission?"
"One issued by not only the holy emperor but also by the heavens themselves!?" – asked the son of glory as he reached for his rapier and grabbed its handle, alarming the high priest.
"S-sir! Please reconsider this! Our current situation isn't in our favor!" – said the panicking priest.
"Our soldiers are pretty much getting slaughtered with ease right now! At this rate our entire army will be no more!"
"The moment we had lost our means of obtaining supplies and the supplies we had were destroyed, we instantly lost that war!"
"We maybe had taken over their cities, towns and villages, but what does that do if we don't have means of securing food on this side without relying on our home?!"
"And we-"
"Shut it." – said the Son Of Glory as he instantly drew his blade and pointed it right next to priest face, almost stabbing it.
"I fucking know what you mean, I'M FULLY AWARE OF IT ALL!"
"But where do you think we will evacuate, huh!? The sea?!"
"Merfolk straight up left a horde of monsters between us and the empire, while they themselves are waiting to sink our ships!"
"There is also the fact that there is straight up not enough ships here to issue an evacuation for all out our soldiers."
"B-but what about the great barrier? The modified version of it used by our main ships?!" – asked the high paladin.
"You fucking idiot." – said the Son Of Glory.
"That modified barrier can only block from 1 direction! The sea monsters can still attack us from the side and underneath."
"Our ships would sink!"
"…"
"Then that only leaves- "
"Surrender? Fuck no." – said Godfrey before the high priest could finish speaking.
"And do you think they would just accept our surrender? No. They would either turn us into slaves or execute us all."
"So don't even think about stupid shit like this." - said Godfrey as he put his blade back into scabbard.
"The only option we have is to fight and survive, until the empire opens up the sea route and provide us with the support."
"If we give up, then everything is over."
"No matter how many of us die, the rest needs to survive."
"End of discussion."
"…"
The talk between the Son Of Glorya as well as the high ranking officials ended by the Godfrey, straight up kicking out everybody out of the room.
"…"
*Knock* *Knock*
"Tch. Leave me alone." – said Godfrey as he sat down, before then noticing the door opening.
"I'VE TOLD YOU! LEAVE- "
"!?"
"Maryia?!" – said shocked Godfrey, as he realized that non other than his sister, the Daughter Of Mercy entered the room before then closing the doors.
"Hi….. Godfrey." – said Maryia with tired voice, which instantly caught the attention of Godfrey.
"Maryia? Are you alright?" – asked Godfrey as he walked towards his little sister, noticing her tired expression.
"…"
"When was the last time you rested?"
"When was the last time you eaten anything?"
"Don't worry…. Our bodies can survive much longer without sleeping and eating then regular humans…. So- "
"When. Was. The. Last. Time. You. Rested?" – asked Godfrey.
"…"
"I don't know…. I think it was week ago?"
"!?"
"Week ago!? Why you haven't taken any rest?! What happened to your food!?" – asked worried Godfrey.
"Don't worry about it…. The others needed it more than me…." – said Maryia while trying to smile.
"…"
"Brother…. The number of the injured soldiers… They have been increasing too much…. There were also some soldiers that even tried attacking me, saying that they would hand me over to the vampires."
"?!"
"WHAT?! WHO DID IT?!" – shouted furious Godfrey.
"They are dead…. Iron got rid off them…. But this won't be last time…" – said Maryia.
"No… This isn't the main problem… The main problem is our soldiers are at their limit."
"Even with my healing magic restoring their bodies and spirits, it won't do anything when they are just starving."
"Iron himself said that at this rate a rebellion may happened and he said I should relay this to you when I have a chance."
"…"
(A rebellion?! Fuck me! Just one problem after another.) – thought worried and annoyed Godfrey.
"…"
"What about father? Did he said he will help us out?" – asked Maryia.
"…"
"Our elder sister… The Justice will be joining the war…. But first they need to get rid of the sea monsters in order to restore the sea route and get to us." – said Godfrey.
"But at the rate things are? They will be knocking at this city before the empire reinforcements gets here."
"…"
"Maryia."
"I will secure a special ship for you, with the highest ranking member of our army."
"You will need to evacuate."
"!?"
"B-brother?! What are you talking about!?" – asked scared little girl.
"The heavens and holy emperor both declared- "
"I KNOW! BUT DO YOU THINK WE CAN WIN THIS?!" – shouted Godfrey.
"…"
"I'm Son Of Glory…. I'm the tactician, the warrior and leader."
"And I know when the situation would be won or lost."
"Before, we had a 100% chance at winning."
"All they could do before was to slow us down, but never defeat us…. But we let our guard down, which started off with the merfolk betraying us."
"We still had chances, EVEN after we lost our sea route, but when things started going down hill with our farms and hunting spots getting ruined? Instantly, things started looking not in our favor…. And add the fact that we cannot restore any of those in time to feed our soldiers?"
"We lost."
"Even with the Great Barrier, our last line of the defense still in place? It would just do shit."
"Hell, considering their current movements, I'm already suspecting that they intend to finish us off."
"But in not just destroying us, but also making the Great Barrier collapse."
"They must had obtained means of destroying it."
"…"
"So…. This maybe go against the will of the heavens and the holy emperor…. But I've decided to rebel and take their punishment, if that means that you will get to live."
"!"
"No! The one that needs to- "
Suddenly, somebody grabbed the Daughter Of Mercy from behind, while a second person took out a incense and blew it into her face… Causing her to slowly start losing conscious.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you die." – said the Son Of Glory as the little girl was knocked out.
"…"
"You know what to do."
"Yes sir." – said the two hooded figures before then taking away the Daughter Of Mercy.
"…"
(I may allow her escape…. But somebody needs to take the punishment in her place…. And the one who shall do it will be me.)
(I'm sorry.)
"I don't beg for forgiveness o heavens."
"I only wish for my sister safe return."
"In exchange… My life is yours."