I can see emperor stats-Chapter 43
challenge for a duel
Julius' troops had to march for more than half a day in pursuit of the retreating Nuada.
However, there was no way that the speed of the soldiers chasing after the trail would be the same as the one who could clearly see through the mountain range.
'I don't know about the knights, but the soldiers are so tired. It must be difficult at this rate.'
“Let’s rest here. I am worried about the soldiers.”
“But the barbarians are moving too fast. If you rest here, there is a high chance you will miss it... … .”
Julius said firmly.
“This is my personal desire. Because of that, it is impossible for soldiers to drop out or have accidents.”
"All right."
'As expected, let's give it to the prince. Even in this situation, he took care of each soldier one by one.'
Linfield marveled and began preparing for camp.
'How can I go after Nuada's tribe without difficulty?'
At first, I thought about taking only the knights, but then I can't guarantee the safety of the knights, even if he doesn't know that he will withdraw if the alliance is broken.
He already considered all the knights to be his people, so he couldn't let them take such a risk.
“Get a map and see.”
The look on Julius' face as he received the map from inside the barracks was extremely sorrowful.
'As expected, there is no proper map for the northern mountains yet at this point.'
The map showed all of the mountain range, but that was all there was to it. Even if you know the destination roughly, the road to which direction to head is not indicated.
The situation is different from when he became emperor and fled to the north. Most of the northern part was still unknown, and there was no proper map except for the part corresponding to the beginning of the mountain range.
'I roughly know the location.'
Since Julius had visited in his previous life, if he could only know the direction, he could somehow get a rough idea of the direction with a map showing the entire mountain range.
Unfortunately, however, he now had no means of specifying the direction.
Because he was an emperor in his previous life, not a traveler or a wayfinding expert.
'Did you hear that there is a thing called a compass in the East?'
Although it has not been popularized yet, I have heard that there is a tool that is usually used for navigation and always points to the north, south, east, west and west.
It might be possible if you go all the way to Fort Valdes, but most of the ways to find your way in the north were by looking at a map and roughly hitting the sun in the direction of rising and setting, or through a native or familiar messenger.
'Is there anyone who can fill that role?'
"ah!"
An answer popped up in Julius' mind as he pondered.
'Read Help.'
[Help - How to find your bearings in the mountains - Use a compass]
A vein formed on Julius' forehead.
'Ah, if there was such a thing, I would have written it right away!'
Could it be that you are doing this on purpose? The help had a knack for subtly raising his blood pressure.
[Read how to find your bearings without a compass.]
'As expected, there were!'
It is indeed the player's knowledge. Confident that he would be of considerable help this time, Julius began looking for help.
and the next day.
“Can you really find directions this way?”
Linfield cautiously asks, but Julius is confident.
“It's a method of travel that I found when I was at the academy. With this method, you can know the direction even if it is not very accurate.”
Julius first instructs to cut down the trees in the surrounding flat terrain.
Then he examines the rings of the cut tree.
[One. The narrower tree rings are more likely to be north. Note) There may be differences depending on the environment.]
'As you said, it's hard to be sure with just this!'
Second, Julius uses a method that feels a little more certain.
'What the hell are you doing?'
Burying the knights' doubts, he places his sword on the ground and marks the location of the shadow.
[2. Place a tree branch or something flat on the ground. And after about 10 minutes, if you connect the direction of the shadow, the end of the shadow behind is east.]
'It is natural that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. This is believable!'
Aside from that, the help contained a lot of information to help with tracking.
Believing this, Julius resumed his march. In fact, he doesn't think that even the player's information is perfect.
However, it was the traces of the immigrants that made up for it.
'Several tribes are moving at the same time, but you can't completely hide their traces!'
Help and traces of Nuada's movement! And the memory of the previous life, when these three things were put together, a pretty plausible tracking route came out.
'I know that Nuada's Thunderbolt Rock tribe is located about northwest of here.'
It shouldn't be difficult to find as long as you somehow figured out the direction.
Linfield and other knights were just staring at him blankly.
'Shouldn't it be daunting since His Highness, the prince who is wiser than us who only know how to wield a sword, is doing it?'
'It's a bizarre method, but if it's what the prince is doing, I can trust it.'
And surprisingly, the method worked in its own way.
“As His Highness said, there are traces of barbarians moving in the area you asked to look into.”
'Whew, I'm glad.'
In this way, Julius started his pursuit inside the mountain range.
On the other hand, the Nuada side is also embarrassed.
'Even if we can't completely erase the traces, how can they follow us who know the way to the mountain range?'
Inside the northern mountains was their own territory. It is a place where there has been no outside invasion for hundreds of years.
But those chasing strangers are somehow following them even though they seem to be at a loss.
They can't help but shake their heads.
'Does it smell and follow me?'
However, it is only a matter of time before they follow them to the place where their tribe is located, no matter how deep in the mountains they are.
The tribal side led by Nuada had no choice but to fall into considerable trouble.
A week passed between those who pursued and those who were pursued.
'Now, it looks like we're almost there.'
Julius gave a satisfied smile. There were unexpected variables, but this time, the system brought him back to life wonderfully.
The knights also looked at Julius with admiration.
“As expected, those who studied are different. How did you get that knowledge?”
“He is the one who came out of that Savior Academy. In fact, he wasn't even at an average level of command.”
The reason why the knights admired was not just finding the way, but also because Julius was showing a very skillful response while marching in the unfamiliar northern mountains.
“If it were that place, it would be good for the soldiers to rest because the wind wouldn’t come in.”
Start by finding a good spot to camp.
“Ask the soldiers to dig a small hole and set up a field tent on it. That will help you maintain your body temperature considerably!”
[Help - How to move in the mountains and not lose body heat]
In addition, if the weather becomes even slightly cloudy, we immediately instruct you to camp.
“To march through a blizzard in these cold mountains is suicidal. Since they will be no different from foreigners, let’s quickly set up barracks.”
[Help - How to travel in polar lands]
Thanks to Julius' performance, they were able to keep the soldiers' stamina intact while pursuing them at an appropriate speed.
'But it's very strange. Why did someone who had never been to the Imperial Palace and Seongguk since birth bother to seek out this kind of knowledge?'
A knight with some staff knowledge like Linfield expressed some doubts, but was there one or two occasions when Julius showed unexpected behavior?
'His Highness, in our opinion, is someone we cannot dare to measure.'
They were knights anyway.
It is rather to be liked that the monarch shows outstanding performance. After a while, they brush away any trivial questions.
Meanwhile, the pursued side's patience has now reached its limit.
“I really don’t understand!”
Nuada was also really questionable this time. If you are a warrior, but if you prepare poorly, it is difficult to survive in the winter mountain range.
However, the bizarre stranger chasing party did not appear to be very tired after chasing them for over a week.
If it was originally the same, it would be normal for soldiers to freeze to death from frostbite and hypothermia after only three or four days.
In the meantime, the Empire could not easily enter the northern mountains because this environment became a strong ally to the aliens.
But that chaser broke this common sense and reached right in front of their tribe.
“If we leave it like this for three or four more days, our nearest tribe will be exposed to strangers!”
One of the chiefs following him is dying.
It was only natural that their territory, which had not welcomed strangers for hundreds of years, was invaded.
Nuada finally made a decision.
"We'll wait for them right here and decide!"
No matter how many warriors the opponent has on the same level as you, they have the advantage in fighting in the mountains.
'The question is how much damage can be reduced... … .'
When he thinks of that, his face also becomes sad.
Nuada was also a typical warrior with a strong sense of war, but before that, he was the one in charge of these tribes.
Even if the strangers who attacked this time were repulsed, the damage would be indescribable.
'Are there any other reasons for following us like this?'
For Nuada, I don't know the exact reason, but I wanted to avoid a collision somehow.
It was natural for him, how could he think that the opponent's pursuit of death like this was an intention to form an alliance with him?
Less than a day after Nuada stopped their advance, Julius' troops nearly caught up with them.
"majesty! The distance with the barbarians seems to be getting closer.”
Julius smiled in contemplation.
'It looks like they finally gave up too.'
A natural result. Once the objective of catching up with them has been successfully achieved, the next step is negotiations.
'The negotiation itself won't be difficult.'
Julius believed in Nuada. He is not an empty-headed person enough to attack them without hesitation even though he knows the damage will be great.
'I'm sure he'll try to talk to me to try to reduce the damage somehow.'
The next step is to overcome it with your own abilities.
Nuada's forces had prepared a base in advance on a hill that was easy to defend.
“If we hit it as it is, it seems that our damage will be great.”
Linfield speaks carefully.
'Fortunately, that won't happen.'
Julius smiled and summoned the knights.
“For now, please follow me. I have something to do with the enemy leader."
Even among the knights, few people thought that the reason why Julius made such an unreasonable advance into the mountains was simply to wipe out the barbarians.
'It seems that Her Highness the Prince had something in mind.'
Julius, accompanied by the knights, slowly began to climb towards the camp.
Bubbly.
The knights just follow him with quiet steps.
chuck!
In a place where the enemy's positions were clearly visible, Julius stopped.
The enemy's defensive posture was already complete. With Nuada at the head, warriors are lined up on the side.
Julius brought the elite knights from the north!
Nuada gathered the powerful from the depths of the mountain range!
The two finally met face to face.
'It was really hard to come this far.'
Julius took a deep breath and shouted with all his might toward the camp.
“I am Julius, the first prince of the Sharnos Empire!”
And the next thing he shouted was something no one in the room had thought of.
"I request a warrior's duel with the chieftain of the Thunderbolt Rock tribe!"
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