The leader of the tiger people, Paul Bevelstam, folded his arms with a grim expression on his face in the town of the occupied ex-wolf people.
The tiger people can only come out on top if they show strength.
I was going to show off my strength by driving out the wolf people.
I was one step closer.
But …… when I realized it, the wolf people were already gone.
There was nowhere to raise my fist and bring it down.
That was the source of my frustration.
I tried to make it up by saying that the wolf people ran away because they were afraid of me, but it just didn’t feel right.
Rumor has it that the new settlers have wiped out the wolf people.
That’s what Esthel Mika, the cat person who has been giving me advice, told me.
She’s useful.
I’m good at wielding power, but I’m not good at thinking about the details.
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“I have no power. I’m tired of my people making fun of my parents who died hunting. I want to serve the powerful Lord Paul.”
With that, she offered her body to me.
It was a good distraction.
It was quite fun to scare the dog and cat people into attacking the wolf people to show off my power.
We used to coexist, but they always put us tiger people in a bad position.
Of all of them, the wolf people was the one with the biggest attitude.
It feels good to see them suffer.
They owe us a lot, so I’m going to have them pay it back.
It made me interested in the people who wiped out those wolf people.
“If we get rid of them, Lord Paul will be the boss of this region. Everyone will want your seed.”
That’s what Esthel said to me.
I’m not interested in being the boss, but I love to show my power.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a bunch of kids and start my own kingdom.
“I’m going to sneak into their town and see what happened to the wolf people. And while I’m at it, I’m going to check on the ones I kicked out.”
Esthel said, so I sent her off.
If you don’t know your prey …… you might fail to hunt them down and take care of them.
As I was thinking about this, an arrow was suddenly shot at the tiger person on guard.
An enemy attack! I howled and ordered everyone to fight.
As if to mock such a howl, another arrow flew at us.
They quickly disappeared, but those figures was the wolf people.
So they were still alive.
I chased after them, but they were quick.
The wolf people had all escaped.
Frustrated, I returned to the town to find several people injured by arrow wounds.
They were suffering from the wounds.
“Is it poisoned!?”
A subordinate became enraged.
“Looks like it, boss. They’ve got to be kidding me…”
Another subordinate brought in a piece of paper.
“Boss, I found this. There’s more than one of the same thing.”
There are words written on the paper, but I can’t read them.
“Read it out loud!”
“Hey! The tiger man is too small to fight the wolf people, so they hides behind the cat and dog people. They’re also dumb, so they can’t do anything without the help from the cats…”
He glared at his subordinate and yelled at him.
“Are you done!”
“N-No… They also said that the cat has given up on those idiots and that the tiger people is sneaking around in the wolf people’s abandoned house. If we’re going to do it, now’s the time …… If it’s too dangerous, we can just run to the town outside the forest and the cowardly tigers won’t come after us. The boss of the tiger is a coward so he will never step forward. If the stupid tiger comes out, we can shoot him with our bow and he will run back. It seems to be an instruction or something.”
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I was so angry that my eyes darkened.
(T/N: His eyes didn’t become dark literally, but he became blinded by his anger.)
“Let’s go! Let’s show them what we’ve got!”
All the safe people roared and started running.
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Charles Rossi was ready to intercept and was waiting for the enemy.
Then Oracio’s group came running in.
“We’ve accomplished our mission, Sir Rossi.”
“Thanks for your hard work. You can step back.”
Oracio did not move back, his eyes serious.
“No, let us fight too.”
The lord is concerned about the wolf population being reduced.
He’s made it clear that they don’t have to fight.
“It’s dangerous.”
“No. If we don’t fight together, we won’t feel like we’ve truly become comrades!”
Oracio’s expression was desperate.
“Please! Let us be your comrades! I’ll take the blame! Please!!!!”
There was no time left.
There’s no point in arguing.
“All right. But don’t push too hard. And who’s going to take orders from the lord?”
“Yeah …… thank you. I’ll leave that to my son.”
Suddenly, a roar came from the forest.
“Here comes our visitor. Just as my lord predicted. I wonder if they’re as simple as that ……”
My Lord’s plan was rather simple, but …….
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I wonder if they’ll take the bait that easily.
I’ll have to ask him how to solve it later.
Until then, I can’t die ……
The tiger people rushes forward at a furious pace.
Suddenly, he topples over and a spray of water flies.
A shallow pit has been dug.
There is one trick in it.
It was storing up oil.
“All right, fire at once!”
A rain of arrows rained down on the leader of the tigers who had gotten up.
We don’t use fire arrows here.
In close combat, it would be unacceptable if the arrows ignited my men.
The first tiger person collapsed and stopped moving.
But the rest of the tiger people rushed forward.
“Intercept!”
As planned, we stopped firing and started to intercept them.
My lord had said.
“The tigers are probably unmatched in their initial thrust. But if you were able to get over it, they will not be able to sustain themselves. Don’t try to forcefully defeat them …… but give priority to passing them off. That said, I’ll leave it to you to make the actual decision.”
It’s true that the barbarian-like guys have a lot of thrust, but they don’t last long.
The fierce battle lasts for about an hour.
Then, the next trick was triggered.
It seemed that the son of Oracio had done it.
The forest behind them started to burn.
A vicious trap.
""
Each one is simple, but when chained together …… they become ridiculously powerful.
Oracio’s son shouted, politely told the enemy.
“The forest is on fire!”
The tiger people’s agitation reaches its maximum.
When this happens, the leader has already fallen, and there is no one to help him recover.
They scatter and try to escape.
We did not pursue them.
The ones who had been exposed to the oil would try to push their way through the fire, ignite, and die.
It’s because there was nowhere else to run.
I guess only a few of them made it back safely.
After the forest burned, 30 minutes later …… it’s done.
The death toll on the enemy side of the battlefield was low.
It is because we are not trying to defeat them.
So there were about 10 people.
The total number of the enemy would have been over 100.
We’ll find out later how many of them died during the escape.
Our damage was four dead.
All of them were wolf people who were impatient for success.
They shed blood and wanted to become our comrades.
I’ve been on the battlefield long enough to know that there’s nothing I can do to stop them.
But what about the lord ……
He will never blame us, but he will blame himself.
It’s easier to be irresponsible in times like these, though.
It’s much easier to be reprimanded.
It’s hard to admit and not be blamed for all my decisions when it comes to such a situation.
It’s a selfish thought, but it’s also a sincere one.
There were 14 wounded.
We will order the bodies of the dead and the wounded to be sent back.
As instructed by our lord, we took the head of the leader of the tiger people and headed home.
The leader of the tiger people, Paul Bevelstam, folded his arms with a grim expression on his face in the town of the occupied ex-wolf people.
The tiger people can only come out on top if they show strength.
I was going to show off my strength by driving out the wolf people.
I was one step closer.
But …… when I realized it, the wolf people were already gone.
There was nowhere to raise my fist and bring it down.
That was the source of my frustration.
I tried to make it up by saying that the wolf people ran away because they were afraid of me, but it just didn’t feel right.
Rumor has it that the new settlers have wiped out the wolf people.
That’s what Esthel Mika, the cat person who has been giving me advice, told me.
She’s useful.
I’m good at wielding power, but I’m not good at thinking about the details.
""
“I have no power. I’m tired of my people making fun of my parents who died hunting. I want to serve the powerful Lord Paul.”
With that, she offered her body to me.
It was a good distraction.
It was quite fun to scare the dog and cat people into attacking the wolf people to show off my power.
We used to coexist, but they always put us tiger people in a bad position.
Of all of them, the wolf people was the one with the biggest attitude.
It feels good to see them suffer.
They owe us a lot, so I’m going to have them pay it back.
It made me interested in the people who wiped out those wolf people.
“If we get rid of them, Lord Paul will be the boss of this region. Everyone will want your seed.”
That’s what Esthel said to me.
I’m not interested in being the boss, but I love to show my power.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a bunch of kids and start my own kingdom.
“I’m going to sneak into their town and see what happened to the wolf people. And while I’m at it, I’m going to check on the ones I kicked out.”
Esthel said, so I sent her off.
If you don’t know your prey …… you might fail to hunt them down and take care of them.
As I was thinking about this, an arrow was suddenly shot at the tiger person on guard.
An enemy attack! I howled and ordered everyone to fight.
As if to mock such a howl, another arrow flew at us.
They quickly disappeared, but those figures was the wolf people.
So they were still alive.
I chased after them, but they were quick.
The wolf people had all escaped.
Frustrated, I returned to the town to find several people injured by arrow wounds.
They were suffering from the wounds.
“Is it poisoned!?”
A subordinate became enraged.
“Looks like it, boss. They’ve got to be kidding me…”
Another subordinate brought in a piece of paper.
“Boss, I found this. There’s more than one of the same thing.”
There are words written on the paper, but I can’t read them.
“Read it out loud!”
“Hey! The tiger man is too small to fight the wolf people, so they hides behind the cat and dog people. They’re also dumb, so they can’t do anything without the help from the cats…”
He glared at his subordinate and yelled at him.
“Are you done!”
“N-No… They also said that the cat has given up on those idiots and that the tiger people is sneaking around in the wolf people’s abandoned house. If we’re going to do it, now’s the time …… If it’s too dangerous, we can just run to the town outside the forest and the cowardly tigers won’t come after us. The boss of the tiger is a coward so he will never step forward. If the stupid tiger comes out, we can shoot him with our bow and he will run back. It seems to be an instruction or something.”
""
I was so angry that my eyes darkened.
(T/N: His eyes didn’t become dark literally, but he became blinded by his anger.)
“Let’s go! Let’s show them what we’ve got!”
All the safe people roared and started running.
◆◇◆◇◆
Charles Rossi was ready to intercept and was waiting for the enemy.
Then Oracio’s group came running in.
“We’ve accomplished our mission, Sir Rossi.”
“Thanks for your hard work. You can step back.”
Oracio did not move back, his eyes serious.
“No, let us fight too.”
The lord is concerned about the wolf population being reduced.
He’s made it clear that they don’t have to fight.
“It’s dangerous.”
“No. If we don’t fight together, we won’t feel like we’ve truly become comrades!”
Oracio’s expression was desperate.
“Please! Let us be your comrades! I’ll take the blame! Please!!!!”
There was no time left.
There’s no point in arguing.
“All right. But don’t push too hard. And who’s going to take orders from the lord?”
“Yeah …… thank you. I’ll leave that to my son.”
Suddenly, a roar came from the forest.
“Here comes our visitor. Just as my lord predicted. I wonder if they’re as simple as that ……”
My Lord’s plan was rather simple, but …….
""
I wonder if they’ll take the bait that easily.
I’ll have to ask him how to solve it later.
Until then, I can’t die ……
The tiger people rushes forward at a furious pace.
Suddenly, he topples over and a spray of water flies.
A shallow pit has been dug.
There is one trick in it.
It was storing up oil.
“All right, fire at once!”
A rain of arrows rained down on the leader of the tigers who had gotten up.
We don’t use fire arrows here.
In close combat, it would be unacceptable if the arrows ignited my men.
The first tiger person collapsed and stopped moving.
But the rest of the tiger people rushed forward.
“Intercept!”
As planned, we stopped firing and started to intercept them.
My lord had said.
“The tigers are probably unmatched in their initial thrust. But if you were able to get over it, they will not be able to sustain themselves. Don’t try to forcefully defeat them …… but give priority to passing them off. That said, I’ll leave it to you to make the actual decision.”
It’s true that the barbarian-like guys have a lot of thrust, but they don’t last long.
The fierce battle lasts for about an hour.
Then, the next trick was triggered.
It seemed that the son of Oracio had done it.
The forest behind them started to burn.
A vicious trap.
""
Each one is simple, but when chained together …… they become ridiculously powerful.
Oracio’s son shouted, politely told the enemy.
“The forest is on fire!”
The tiger people’s agitation reaches its maximum.
When this happens, the leader has already fallen, and there is no one to help him recover.
They scatter and try to escape.
We did not pursue them.
The ones who had been exposed to the oil would try to push their way through the fire, ignite, and die.
It’s because there was nowhere else to run.
I guess only a few of them made it back safely.
After the forest burned, 30 minutes later …… it’s done.
The death toll on the enemy side of the battlefield was low.
It is because we are not trying to defeat them.
So there were about 10 people.
The total number of the enemy would have been over 100.
We’ll find out later how many of them died during the escape.
Our damage was four dead.
All of them were wolf people who were impatient for success.
They shed blood and wanted to become our comrades.
I’ve been on the battlefield long enough to know that there’s nothing I can do to stop them.
But what about the lord ……
He will never blame us, but he will blame himself.
It’s easier to be irresponsible in times like these, though.
It’s much easier to be reprimanded.
It’s hard to admit and not be blamed for all my decisions when it comes to such a situation.
It’s a selfish thought, but it’s also a sincere one.
There were 14 wounded.
We will order the bodies of the dead and the wounded to be sent back.
As instructed by our lord, we took the head of the leader of the tiger people and headed home.
