I’m Back in the Other World? - Chapter 93.1

Chapter 93.1

Chapter 93 – The Beginning of War

It was a sunny day around the middle of April1, I went to the adventurer guild to get a quest .

However, the air on the guild was different than normal . It is as noisy as usual, but a different kind of noise… And it’s busy, very busy . Besides, it seems that adventurers are in a bad mood as well .

In the tea room, instead of the usual relaxed air, people are seriously discussing with one another .

…… What happened?

For the time being, I decided to ask a receptionist before looking at the quests .

「Good morning . Things seem to be quite hectic, but what happened?」

At the receptionist’s desk, Airi-san also seemed to be pretty busy, but she looked to me and explained the situation .

「Ah, Fujino-sama … Good morning… Eeh, an emergency request came early this morning… The army of the Soutinsu2 country has been advancing towards the border…… All adventurers are to prepare for the departure . You can’t refuse unless you have special circumstances . Fujino-sama also needs to go . The king decided that we’ll be part of the defense line . The departure is in 3 days and it is a top priority request, all other quests have been suspended, so please see the details on the board . 」

She seemed out of breath, but she still explained it in one go .

There have been rumors since a while back, but did it finally come…? It seems like there were already tensions with the surrounding countries due to monopoly of rare ores and summons of heroes . There were also rumors of them contracting mercenaries a while back . It might be the fault that there have only been small skirmishes on the recent times .

It was common to have large battles every 10 years or so, but there has been no big battle on the last 40 years .

「What is the size of the army and their current position?」

If the adventurers are being forced to participate, Soutinsu’s army is probably on the tens of thousands . Considering that the departure is in 3 days, Soutinsu’s army probably departed a few days ago . It takes about 8 days by carriage, or 15 days on foot to go from the capital to the border area . Sobyuuru’s3 army should depart an advance team tomorrow to prepare the defense line .

「The information we got says that Soutinsu’s army has about 60,000 troops and departed from the capital four days ago . Sobyuuru’s troops dispatched 3,000 as an advance group, together with the border defense, they should have about 8000 people for the defense . 」4

60 thousand…! That’s almost the whole army! No, I don’t know the details of these days…

25… No, 26 years ago, 60,000 was about 80% of Soutinsu’s Army . I don’t know how much it grew, but I doubt it was much . In other words, they are departing with full strength while only leaving the bare minimum left, intending to end it all with a single decisive battle .

The kingdom troops are around 120000 . If more soldiers are recruited, it could grow up to 200000 . Considering the strength of each nation, a prolonged battle would be disadvantageous for Soutinsu . Since our borders are with friendly countries, we don’t need to keep many troops, but village and guards are still necessary . If you exclude those, it should be possible to move about… 70000 people? The kingdom has the advantage on the numbers, but we don’t know what will happen on the battlefield . It’s also possible they use forbidden techniques on it .

I thank Airi and head to the quest board .

There was a crowd of people in front of the board, as expected . The content of the convocation was there in one big parchment .

Contents are “The army of Soutinsu marches upon the kingdom of Sobyuuru . Adventurers are drafted to help on the border for an indefinite amount of time, until the case is settled . An appropriate compensation will be given according to the time spent there . “ There were other details on it, but it was similar to what Airi-san told me .

Part 2 comes soon~