Amazing Village Building

Chapter 107: I guess this means a breakdown in negotiations, huh…

Rauls troops have reached the wasteland.

The sun has fallen when they did, so they decided to camp for the night and prepare themselves for the next days battle.

O-our scouts have returned and confirms that there indeed is a city with great walls. According to their estimates, the walls are more than 5 meters tall. They say its quite thick as well.

His Gifts supposed to be [Village Building]; how on earth can that possibly be just a village!?

After hearing that report, Raul yelled so in frustration.

but whatever. With 5,000 soldiers and experience in my side, itll fall in no time.

Raul has taken several cities in the war against the Schneger house.

Lukes city might have better walls than those cities, but if the soldiers defending it werent at least decent, Raul would have an easier time taking his brothers city.

Theyre just a mishmash of refugees and immigrants. Theres no way theyd have a decent army to defend the citykukuku, by now they should have heard of the number of my troops. By now they should be shivering in fear!

To those around Raul, it seemed obvious that the 5,000 soldiers would end up being overkill, but none of them dared to say that out loud.

But then again, overkill was exactly what Raul was going for. He had no intention of forcing a surrender or prolonging the fight; what he wanted was a direct and swift invasion in order to capture Luke.

At that time

Heya, Raul. Its been a while.

!?

All of a sudden, Raul heard a voice he recognized but shouldnt be there.

So, for a moment, Raul thought he was hallucinating.

Its been a year and a half, hasnt it? Hmm, unlike me, you seem to have gotten tallerboy, Im quite envious.

That voice belonged to Luke, the one who Raul has branded a rebel.

Luke!? What are you doing here!?

Raul was surrounded by all of his 5,000 soldiers.

It should have been impossible for Luke to get this close to him, at least without alerting his soldiers.

Yet, here Luke was, all nonchalant.

In contrast, the retainers near Raul were so dumbfounded, they were unable to move an inch.

Im here to talk.

Talk!?

Yes. Are you really going to attack my village?

ha, I see. So, in hopes of protecting your villageyour city, youve come to surrender yourself, is that it?

Setting aside the question of how Luke got this close for now, Raul grunted and guessed Lukes goal.

Uhh, no?

What do you mean no?

Im here more to say that thisll be a meaningless fight. You might have heard that Ive assembled an army to rebel against the Albert house, but theres just no truth to that.

Moreover, I have no desire of becoming the successor to the Albert house. After all, my life here in the village is more than enough for me.

Sighs of relief came from Rauls retainers after hearing Lukes statement.

Deep down, they knew that this fight didnt have a good enough justification.

However, as though to not allow such thoughts, Raul shouted in anger.

Silence! I will not be fooled! Youre only saying that to avoid getting crushed! How can there be such an unambitious man in this world!?

Im telling the truth though

As though stumped, Luke scratched his head.

For someone who was alone behind enemy lines, he was acting so casual.

I guess this means a breakdown in negotiations, huhI didnt expect much, but stilllets see, I guess should take my leave now, right?

The soldiers have become aware of an intruders presence.

Raul was talking to the intruder, so they initially were confused on what exactly they should do, but they quickly proceeded to surround the area and be on standby.

Like that, all exit points should have been blocked, but when Luke turned around and ran

!?

No one could believe it: Luke vanished.

The soldiers hurriedly searched the place, but they couldnt find a single trace.

H-hes gone

How?

S-search for him! He should still be around here!

But no matter how much they searched the campground, they were unable to find Luke.

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