21st Century Archmage

“Those damned assholes!!!!!”

The road construction was finally finished. It wasnt completely cured yet, but we had reached the destination, so the elves had returned to their village. Apparently, the elves rested in the winter, so I couldnt force them to stay.

Afterwards, I returned to my office, where a letter had been delivered to me from Rosiathe in the Havis Kingdom via lumikar. She said that three days from now, the Havis Kingdoms nobles and knights would cross the border and attack, and that she was sorry.

“So even paladins are coming along for the ride, you say…”

The force consisted of at least 200 wyverns, thousands of knights, 50,000 infantrymen, as well as paladins and priests serving Neran.

“If its an inevitable war, Ill never refuse.”

Nerman wasnt completely stable yet. There were monsters lurking here and there as well as there being reports that the movements of the Temir had sharply increased in the North. But I knew that the enemy wouldnt be so kind as to be considerate of our situation.

“Ill make you bastards cry tears of blood.”

It wouldnt be an easy war. We were at an absolute numerical disadvantage. If all 200 wyverns came attacking at once, we would definitely accrue significant damage.

“Is there anyone outside!” I called loudly.

“My liege, your wish is my command!”

“Convene Sir Derval and the main knights at once. Tell Sir Shailt from Orakk Castle to come as well!”

“As you command!”

As the knights shout rang throughout the office, I turned my gaze towards the map of Nerman, a map loaded with my dream, my hope, my everything.

It was my pride, and we would never bend, no matter who it was!

* * *

Kioooooooooo!

Kugaaaaaaaa!

“What an incredible, magnificent sight. I never thought I would be able to see so many wyverns in one place.”

“Haha, indeed. Its a truly impressive force.”

The rotten nobles of the Havis Kingdom continuously expressed their admiration. The clearing in front of Calvaron Castle in the vicinity of Nerman was filled with over 200 wyverns, thousands of cavalry, and 50,000 infantrymen. It was an enormous force composed of what was easily ½ of the Havis Kingdoms entire military power.

“It seems that the Nerman bastards are still in the dark.”

“Kuku, of course. I heard monsters went on a rampage recently and half-destroyed one of their forts.”

“But theyre enduring better than I expected. I thought they would be orc grub by now.”

Inside the banquet hall in Calvaron Castle, the Havis Kingdom nobles who had gathered for the Nerman subjugation were loudly chattering amongst each other, releasing their nerves for the offensive in three days.

“It is so very reassuring to have the esteemed priests and paladins with us.”

“We are merely lending a hand to punish the evildoer who sullied Neran-nims name.”

“Please take good care of us.”

Sitting in the seat of honor was the person in charge of the punitive force, Hanskane. He was conversing with the priest representing the paladins as well as the other priests, a man named Daterian.

‘Well use this opportunity to take down Denfors, too. Theyre said to have had a bumper crop this year. Huhuhu.

Hanskane had learned of Nermans bumper crop from the merchants. Thanks to the clear weather, the Havis Kingdom had also gotten a good harvest this year, but it was less than Nerman. Surprisingly enough, the crops produced in Nerman were twice as abundant as crops from other places.

‘Theyll have quite a few dwarven goods, as well as wyvern armor… Huhu, we can get quite a lot of slaves, too.

The war hadnt even begun yet, but Hanskane was already thinking about the spoils of war. The Lord of Nerman might be rumored to be invincible, but Hanskane did not think Kyre could do anything about a force this large all on his lonesome. An army of this scale would even be enough to tie up an empire for a short time.

“I apologize for repeating myself, but if Priestess Aramis is found, you must tell us right away. We will not interfere in any other matters.”