Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"......Today is the fifth day of ......, how are you doing?"

Wait two more days.

"Ha."

It was Ville, King of the Kingdom of Thana, with his mouth open in a grin. It has already been a month since he left for battle, but he does not show the slightest sign of fatigue. In fact, he seems to be in a good mood, as his face has never stopped smiling since he left for battle.

"Well, ......, what do you think the enemy thinks?"

"I think they are probably prepared to fight both sides of the conflict."

"Hmph, you think so too, Honshu?　...... If the enemy has any doubts, we will definitely win."

"Haha."

Honshu and all of his retainers bowed reverently.

In fact, the Sandanji side could not read the movements of the Kingdom of Thana at all, and because of this, the interior of the kingdom was about to be split in two. They were about to be split down the middle between the king Nike, who still believed that the Tana side would invade, and his son Shin, who believed that the Tana side was seeking peace.

When Thana first began their invasion, Shin's opinion had been laughed out of the room, but in the past few days, the number of those who supported his opinion had increased rapidly. While some were hopeful, the fatigue of the soldiers on the Sandanj side had reached its peak, and this had led to a sharp increase in the number of those who hoped that the battle would soon come to an end, if only temporarily.

The mobility of Tana's army was well known throughout the world, and they also had the ability to shift entire armies. Tana's army was marching at a slow pace, but a part of its forces kept marching to the border of the Kakona River and then retreating back to the river. Nike had learned from Rinos in advance that the army of Tana could not move to a place where he had never been, because the king's aide, called Octa, was the one who handled the art of transfer. He had been informed by Rinos in advance that he could not move to a place he had never been to before. For this reason, he had ordered the garrisons guarding the borders, as well as the troops deployed throughout the country, to be in a constant state of alert.

However, the morale of the soldiers was lowered when the war lasted for a month. Tana's army could attack at any moment. The soldiers are scared inside. The fear was manifested as a clear fear, as it had been for a long time. It was obvious that the Sandanjis would split in two if the time passed as it was, and if the Thanatians attacked them, the Sandanjis would easily fall apart.

Nike was now thinking about something with her eyes closed, a deep crease furrowed between her brows.

"With all due respect, sir..."

"What is it?"

Kneeling in front of Nike is the commander of the scout troop, who is in charge of the scout troop.

"There has been no movement on Tana's side. They haven't moved in five days.

"...... I see."

"Um, ...... with all due respect ......"

What is it?

"Why don't you send a peace envoy to Tana's side once?"

"......"

"We cannot know what the enemy will do at this point. If we send a messenger and see how they are, we will know if they are willing to fight us or not. ......

"Auditi."

"Ha."

"Is that ...... your idea?　Or was it Singh's idea?"

"It's all up to me, sir."

"For a ......, you and Shin are saying the same thing."

"...... I'm afraid you may have a point, Mr. Shin."

Hearing these words, Nike slowly opens her eyes.

"Auditi. How old are you?"

"I will be 46 years old this year."

It's too early to be stupid.

"...... I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, Your Majesty."

"Don't you understand?"

"Ha."

"AUDITY. How many spies have you released into Thana's army?　And how many have returned?"

"......"

"Answer me."

Ten spies have been sent to Thana and none have returned.

Hearing these words, Nike slowly exhaled.

"All the spies we have released, and all the ones that Auditie has carefully nurtured, have not returned yet. If that is the case, then the enemy is always on high alert for this battle. Do you think such an enemy will seek peace with us?　Clearly, this is psychological warfare. If we send a peace envoy, it means that we have lost the war to Tana's side. Can't you see that, OUDITI?"

Hearing these words, the man silently bowed his head deeply.

"Good, O.D.," he said. We are weak. When the going gets tough, we all want to find some kind of help. But if we leave Shin, who is oblivious to the enemy's schemes and blabbing about his own, ...... we will surely perish."

"The King of Kings ......"

"Cut down Shin, and the soldiers will be ready. But I cannot. I cannot let my son die in my hands. ......

"My king, what kind of parent would be so hateful as to slay his own child?"

Nike nodded slowly at Auditi's words. Then, after he had been sent back to the deserted main camp, Nike sighed loudly.

"We can no longer deal with Thana's army on our own. ....... It is unfortunate. ......

With these words he took a piece of paper from his pocket and began to acknowledge the letter.

"...... for your hard work."

With that, I gave the faerie dragon who had brought the letter some meat and sent him on his way. Then I close the window, sit down in a chair and close my eyes.

Nike's letter had asked for reinforcements from Agartha's army. He also asked them to join forces and fight back against Thana's army.

To be honest, I had not expected the situation to become so deadlocked. At the very least, I thought that Tana would invade the border with Sandanj. In that case, I estimated that Nike and his men would have little chance of easily defeating them. They had fortifications everywhere and, although this is top secret information, they had placed some kind of mines in various places. These were developed by the dwarves and were quite powerful. Our plan had been to have Tana's forces penetrate deep into the Sandanj, and when they were in a flurry of activity, we, the forces of Agartha, would strike at their backs.

"Hmmm. Well, what should we do? ......"

I rack my brains to think of the next strategy. At that moment, there is a knock on the door of my office and the door opens. Out of the door comes an unexpected person.

I'm sorry to bother you.

King Maintia⁉ What's the matter?

"No, I'm just tired."

He slowly sat down in an empty chair, crossed his legs and sighed.

"You look very tired. ......"

"Of course I'm tired, I write to you every day."

"Letters?"

"It's for Crimiana."

"What do you mean?"

I was told that the Church of Crimiana had sent an arrow-like request to King Maintia to come to Aphrodite for an explanation. The great High King Ribbon insisted on going to Aphrodite to explain this point, but the Church refused to accept his request and ordered him to summon the King of Maintia.

"And the second thing he said was, 'Are you disobeying the teachings of the Lord God? They are saying that as soon as they found out that there is no good in our country, they pulled out, and now they are asking us about the Lord God. It makes me laugh."

He laughs, shaking his shoulders and cooing.

"But we can't just leave it like this, can we?　If left unchecked, Hladime will be a target for Crimiana's defeat, right?"

"Yeah, that's not gonna happen."

"Why?"

They think I'm a womanizing idiot king.

"I agree with you, but that's no reason not to target them.

"Kook. King Agartha is a harsh man, isn't he?　But think about it. Such a stupid king rules this land. Isn't it normal to think that it will fall by itself even if we leave it alone?　It would be foolish to go to the trouble of sending an army to overrun such a country. The wise Crimiana will not go through all that trouble, but will call me to Aphrodite, question me, expose my stupidity, brand me as unfit to be king, and try to install a new king.

"What?　Is that possible?"

Fortunately or unfortunately, my daughter Yulia is studying in the Feld. The religion of the Feld is the Crimean religion. She is only 10 years old, so I guess they plan to make her the queen and send people of the church there to rule the country. And eventually, they will send a royal family member of some country, a devout believer of the Klimiana religion, as a son-in-law to create a solid ruling system. ...... something like that, don't you think?"

"Oh my god. So what are you going to do about it?"

Hearing my words, King Maintia smiled and replied.

"I don't like it when you do that to me either. That's why I've decided to ...... die from now on."

What about ......?　What did you just say?