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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 105

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 105

 

The academy that returned after ending the war was more bustling than expected.

Even the cadets who couldn’t hide their depression during the Chimera War began to accept things more boldly as they gained experience.

Their interest was in the new power restructuring.

The faction that had cracked as the core members Casper, Joshua, Denian, and Ruan split up.

‘The age of warring states has begun.’

Comparing it to the Three Kingdoms, Casper is Cao Cao. Joshua and Denian are Yuan Shao. Ruan is Sun Quan.

And if we’re talking about Dorofei, he’s Zhang Liao of Hanzhong. I am a talent from outside the establishment.

Bannings said excitedly, “It seems Joshua and Denian are grinding their teeth. They’ve set themselves against Casper.”

“Will we see the Battle of Guandu unfold?”[1]

“Battle of Guandu? What’s that?”

“It’s a thing.”

It really was a similar situation. Overall, the situation favored Yuan Shao’s side, but Cao Cao’s talent pool was too wide.

Most of the cadets were still supporting Casper.

To this, Joshua and Denian resort to drastic measures.

“That guy isn’t Wade. He’s just an idiot imitating him.”

“Is, is that true?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

To this, Casper yells at the top of his lungs with a flushed face.

“Stop talking nonsense, Joshua! Who are you saying isn’t Wade!?”

“Ha! So you’re going to admit it now? At this point? Not only me and Denian, but the soldiers and officers who were there also witnessed your disgraceful behavior. Shall we bring them here?”

I wasn’t there, so I don’t know well, but it seems something did happen. Casper was visibly flustered, sweating profusely.

“That, that was a clever plan to turn around the unfavorable war situation!”

“Bullshit!”

Things were getting more and more interesting.

I couldn’t help but take out my Eo lunchbox (jerky) and watched while chewing.

“Then prove it! Bring Eonia Mirabel here! Then we’ll believe you!”

It was a one-sided attack on Casper.

But the guy shouts as if he had been waiting for this.

“Fine! I’ll bring her right away!”

“What!?”

The classroom buzzes.

It seems Casper had prepared in advance, knowing he would be pressed. Not long after, a woman in gray armor appeared.

The armor bore the crest of the Marquis Millias family.

“It’s, it’s Eonia Mirabel!”

“He really brought her!”

A female warrior with her face hidden. She seemed quite skilled, exuding a fierce atmosphere.

‘This actually makes her less like Eo.’

Eo doesn’t usually have this kind of fierce feeling.

When she’s out, there’s a cute carelessness, and even when dealing with outsiders, although she’s cautious, she tends to refine her fighting spirit and sharpen it internally.

In contrast, this woman was openly leaking fighting spirit. While some of it was intentional, fundamentally she wasn’t the type to refine her fighting spirit.

‘The type that freely scatters fighting spirit… That means she’s a mercenary.’

Still, I didn’t expect there to be such a skilled female mercenary.

‘If I ask my master, I could probably find out her identity.’

My master is at the pinnacle of the female mercenary industry. She should know information about other female mercenaries.

“Now, is it proven?”

“Is, is she really Eonia Mirabel…?”

“That’s right!”

Joshua and Denian become dumbstruck.

“I thought she wouldn’t be necessary in the last war, so I didn’t bring her, but if I had, we could have killed that Fischer Partin guy with a single spear!”

When Casper mentioned Fischer, Ruan, who had been quiet, showed obvious discomfort.

“I’ve heard enough…. Stop this act, Casper!”

“Ruan…!”

“I don’t know who this person you brought is or where she came from, but are you seriously saying she could be a match for that monster?”

“Yes!”

“Hmph! Then fine. I’ll test her! Come to the training ground right now!”

“What!?”

“I said I’ll test her skills! Whether she’s really Eonia Mirabel, whether she has the skill to kill Fischer Partin with a single spear!”

Casper started sweating profusely again.

The saying ‘tragedy up close, comedy from afar’ was spot on. While Casper must be feeling terrible, from my perspective, it was too entertaining.[2]

I had already taken out my second piece of jerky.

Ruan, who had moved to the training ground, raised his sword and pointed at the fake Eo.

“Come at me, fake.”

“…”

At this, the fake Eo, seemingly quite angry, started attacking in earnest.

‘She’s stronger than I thought.’

She seemed equal to or slightly stronger than me.

Although her movements were awkward as she was forcibly using an unfamiliar spear, if she were to use her main weapon, she would be a formidable opponent even I couldn’t guarantee victory against.

And that also meant she fell short of Fischer Partin.

After exchanging dozens of blows, Ruan says, exasperated, “You’re saying you could kill that monster with just this? Don’t talk nonsense!”

In response to Ruan’s demonstration, Casper quickly makes excuses. “Don’t you get it yet? Eonia is holding back right now. If she went all out against you, you’d be dead in no time.”

“Then tell her to kill me!”

“We won’t fall for such provocations, Ruan. Now, isn’t this proof enough?”

The cadets nodded. After all, he did bring someone claiming to be Eonia, and she was strong enough.

Most of them were supporting Casper from the start, so they chose to believe it.

It was the moment when the Battle of Guandu ended in Cao Cao’s (Casper’s) victory.

The defeated Yuan Shao (Denian, Joshua) dispersed in disarray, and Sun Quan (Ruan), unable to accept the result, broke away to build his own faction.

At this rate, Cao Cao’s unification seemed not far off.

It was in this situation that Liu Bei appeared…[3]

“Is there anyone who wants to join me?”

It was a commoner cadet named Yubel.

He had participated in the Chimera War and performed quite well, and in this war too, he had achieved the feat of killing an enemy officer and was on the verge of promotion.

He gathered the cadets who hadn’t belonged to any faction, and the commoner cadets who were in factions, to build his own independent force.

“I’m definitely going to become a general. When that time comes, everyone will see the light. So please, I hope you’ll believe in me.”

He tried to recruit Dorofei as well, but Dorofei maintained his isolated stance.

After failing to recruit Dorofei, he seemed about to make an offer to me, but soon shook his head.

He knew too. That if I joined a faction, I would become the leader, not him.

Thus, the three powers of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan were established.

The faction war was about to begin.

“Phew! I’ve just watched a whole drama.”

I stretched and prepared to go home.

Though I spoke grandly, what happened today was probably a good thing.

It was just a third-rate political play put on by the kids.

The instructor who had been watching the situation from the podium also looked unimpressed.

“Is it all over? Then I’ll deliver the announcements.” The instructor began to talk about the upcoming victory party.”Since it’s a victory party, it won’t be too strict in terms of socializing, but you are essentially the main characters of the party, so it’s better to bring a partner if possible. Well, it’s not bad if you don’t have one either. There will be young ladies targeting you guys. Handle that part on your own.”

At the mention of the victory party, the kids each steeled their resolve.

This party was that important.

* * *

Although I had some party experience, I was certain that this victory party would be the most challenging.

That’s because I had become a semi-protagonist.

It would be impossible to just hide in a corner and space out like I had done until now.

‘The partner is the main problem.’

I don’t have a suitable person to bring as a partner. But if I don’t bring one, I’ll probably be flooded with dance requests, as the instructor said.

I was thinking of casually asking Beryl, but surprisingly, Beryl said she had received a partner proposal from Ruan.

There was no way she would accept my offer when Ruan, whom she had liked all along, had asked her to be his partner.

‘Is Erina the only candidate left….’

However, if I entered with Erina, it was obvious what kind of commotion would occur.

Estelle was a person from Crossing, so I couldn’t bring her.

I got tired of thinking further and requested help from Duke Hellian to find me a suitable partner. Hellian boasted that he would take care of it.

So, leaving the partner issue to him, I decided to deal with other pressing matters.

Just then, Olaf, who had been in charge of the army’s withdrawal, returned with Ash and an unidentified woman.

‘Ash Dranvalt….’

One of Ars’ friends in the game and a playboy character.

His character rank was SSR, not the highest, but he was often recruited because he had ‘Frontline Disruption’, one of the rare skills for cavalry.

Currently, Eonia was the only commander under me who could effectively command cavalry.

Even Eo couldn’t handle tactics other than charging, so I couldn’t entrust her with full confidence. As such, recruiting Ash would be a great help.

However, I didn’t know how much I could trust this guy yet. In the game, we first meet at Fensillon Academy, but now we’re meeting as captor and prisoner.

‘How should I deal with this?’

From the perspective of recruiting Ash later, releasing both of them unconditionally would be the cleanest option.

The problem was that it was too clean. Having caught them with effort, I couldn’t help but want to gain something else.

What I was thinking about was demanding compensation.

The idea was to release Ash and keep the woman as a hostage. It would be better to build a friendship with Ash from Ars position at the academy.

The point was how to make this happen.

I was going to gather all my vassals for an interrogation, but just then, my master started feeling labor pains, so Anton, Yumir, and Gaspar couldn’t attend inorder to take care of her.

In the interrogation attended only by Rutger, Eo, and Olaf, I was about to say what I had been thinking, but the other side beat me to it.

The woman shouts.”You can kill me or use me as a slave, I don’t care. Please, just release this man!”

At this reverse proposal that I had been hoping for, I somehow managed to hold back the laughter that was about to burst out.

“Oh, what a noble attitude? It’s like seeing the mindset of a subject trying to help their lord escape.”

“…”

The woman fell silent, as if I had hit the mark.

‘Ash as a lord? Looks like there’s some hidden circumstances here too?’

I had only known Ash as a playboy character from Tunkai, it was the first time I heard about him having a hidden identity.

‘This woman was leading a cavalry detachment that attacked my main camp, right? It wouldn’t be strange if Ash was one of them.’

An ordinary officer wouldn’t be entrusted with such an important task. It means he already has a sufficient position in the military.

“I’m suddenly curious about your identities. Are you not willing to tell me?”

The woman keeps her mouth firmly shut.

I said with a sneer, “Don’t underestimate me. Well, it’s ultimately the intelligence of the Crossing Intelligence Department, but… You, the man. It’s Ash, right?”

They both open their eyes wide.

“What, it’s nothing much. You don’t think I don’t know how many officers and soldiers we captured from Tunkai at that time, do you?”

After saying that and observing their expressions, the woman made a face that said ‘It can’t be’. Apparently, unless one is a fairly high-ranking officer, they wouldn’t know the identities of these two.

“Well, this is the only information I’ve found out, so it’s true that I’m having quite a hard time. Hey, woman. To accept the condition you’ve offered, I need to know at least your identities. I don’t really intend to harm you. If you keep your mouths shut till the end, I’ll just hand you back to the Crossing military. But the Crossing military is persistent, you know. They’ll do anything to find out your identities. Whether you get interrogated by that Juras Pamilion or spill it to me. You decide which is the wiser choice. Oh, keep in mind that I’m an independent force.”

The two exchanged glances.

Soon, Ash speaks. “Ash Peyton. The 5th prince of Tunkai.”

So, the surname Dranvalt was indeed an alias.

The woman followed.”Lysithea Dearwind. I’m the warrior chief of the Florand tribe.”

Interesting information coming out one after another.

I was certain that I had caught a bigger fish than expected.

 

Footnotes:

1] The Battle of Guandu was fought between the warlords Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in 200 AD in the late Eastern Han dynasty.

2] Basically, the Casper guy did not look at the long time again.

3] Liu Bei was also one of the leaders that established his own kingdom in the Three Kingdoms Era.


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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

Score 9.2
Status: Completed Type: Author: Released: 2022 Native Language: Korean
I ended up possessing Ars Elaine, a supporting character in the game. Struggling to prevent my death, I pave my way.

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