Chapter 3: A Busy Day II
"The 『Nameless Kingdom』 is that strong?"
-Why did it matter?- Think Prisistka, who was already become tired by Seliosa wordy lesson.
"No, strong is a rather bad choice of word. I prefer to call them ridiculous strong."
Seliosa expression and tone of voice change from her usual sunny disposition into a very cloudy one.
This intrigued Prisistka interest.
"Well, Princess must know about the 『Silver Brigade』 right?"
Seliosa ask Prisistka in a serious tone.
"Oh… The Mysterious Knight Corps that manned the 『Golden Wall』! They are said to clad in magic Silver Armor and expert in both martial and magic arts."
Prisistka know this because this brigade is very famous and appeared in many popular songs, prose, and plays. They said that 『Silver Brigade』 only appear if the 『Gems Gate』 is attacked so they are rarely seen by common people and only heard them from war survivors. It's no wonder they become the target of romantic imagination of bards and poets.
"Yeah. One 『Silver Brigade』Knight is a least 10 times stronger and more skilled than a regular 『Dinember Kingdom』 Knight. We guessed that their number is about 2000 strong. But that doesn't mean that they only equal to 20, 000 knights. With their superb magical equipment that we can't imitate with our magic or technology and their inhuman combat and magic technique; it can be said that with the entire 2000 『Silver Brigade』 Knights is equal to 100.000 of our knights or even more. Hence their name 『Brigade』, a corps that equal a whole army."
Seliosa make a comparison that even the Princess can easily imagine.
The 『Nameless Kingdom』's 『Silver Brigade』 Knights prowess is no joke, with only 2000 members, it equals to a large nation's army strength.
"100, 000 knight…"
Hearing this makes the Princess shudder… even the 『Ember Kingdom』 only had 5,000 or so knights, the rest of the army is conscripted or common foot soldiers that lack the skill and training that the elite knights had. They said that 1 knight equals to several untrained soldiers, and the 『Nameless Kingdom』 had 200 times more powerful than Ember corps of Knights? If that so, then they are a really powerful Nation, although its size is very small. Even Prisistka understand this point well.
"In the entire 500 years of Recorded History. The 『Nameless Kingdom』 had been under siege for at least 7 times. The first Army that tries to conquer the 『Nameless Kingdom』 is the Great Conqueror, the First Holy Emperor Wilhelm that conquers and almost unites the entire Midzu Continent some 500 years ago. After subduing the Barbarians (the common ancestor of Zherian peasantry), he turn his attention to the riches of the 『Nameless Kingdom』. With his 250,000 strong Victorious Army he tried to break through the 『Gems Gate』. His army was massacred; 200, 000 soldiers perished in a span of less than an hour. Even though the Holy Emperor survived and later found the Holy Empire he never again disturbs or tries to invade the 『Nameless Kingdom』."
Prisistka of course know about First Holy Emperor Wilhelm. The story of him that conquers lands from sunset to sunrise can be found in first chapters of commonly used standard History textbook. His Realm where Sun Never Sets later known as 『Holy Empire Midsea』, a name that later inherited to become the continent name. The 『Common Language Eanla』 and 『Common Letter Parlak』 that was used by many nations in Midsea continent come from this Unification period.
"Wha….."
Prisistka is surprised, after all the Victorious Army are said to be the best of their Time and to be slaughtered under one hour, are you sure the 『Nameless Kingdom』's Silver Brigade is composed by humans and not some kind of Magic Beasts?
- Wait... Has she learned about this in her history lesson? Why can't she remember?
(The answer: She always falls asleep when Sauz give lectures about the background event related to Holy Empire founding.)
"It's only an opening act Princess, no need to that surprised. After the Holy Empire fell 500 years ago due to 『Demonic Race』 invasion from the 『Northern Continent Wistech』 the so called 『Crimson Disaster』. The entire 600, 000 soldiers and Magic Beasts of Demonic Race Army try to invade 『Nameless Kingdom』 by ground and by air. Fortunately for us, they were also massacred. 400, 000 thousands perished less than a day. The United Army of Human Nations then defeated the remnant of Demonic Race back to the north. By the way for some reason this United Army also tries to invade the 『Nameless Kingdom』 and get massacred. Although the casualty is erased from the record, it seems very high since the Human Nations soon pursue ceasefire with the Demonic Race.
The lost part of history from 『The Dark Age』 where many historical records had been lost or purged and leave a very deep pool of unanswered mysteries. The Demonic Race Invasion also causes technological and cultural diffusion between Demonic RacePacrux and humans. (The Demonic Race later found trading City States in the tropical Far North Coast and still lives there to this day)."
"That seems quite stupid....…"
Prisistka didn't understand the reason the United Army tried to invade 『Nameless Kingdom』 rather than pursue and annihilate the Demonic Race completely from the continent. The answer to this is now long forgotten since all document related to this affair is completely erased by the successor countries.
"You tell me. The fourth time the 『Nameless Kingdom』 invaded is 300 years ago. When the 『Dstre Empire』 of the North Coast subdues the Continent by their 100, 000 Spikefang Wyvern Corps, they felt confident that they can force 『Nameless Kingdom』 to capitulate since fighting airborne enemies was considered at the time very difficult. But this Corps were also easily annihilated. The 『Dstre Empire』 then collapsed when their various enemies retaliate."
I know this, Prisistka thought, this is the cause why Spikefang Wyvern are now considered a rare species. The Wyvern population is so depleted that even after 300 years it still haven't recovered, so the currently common used species tamed for wyvern corps is their smaller cousin the Two Tail Wyvern. This wasn't much of a problem since『Ember Kingdoms』use gryphons aerial corps, thus it doesn't really matter.
"The Fifth time is 250 years ago when the 『Ghost Horse Tribe Horde』 overwhelmed the whole continent using their heavy cavalry and mobile infantry with unprecedented mobility. But even the 500, 000 heavy cavalry is wiped out like falling leaves in the autumn."
By this time, Prisitka didn't show any surprise expression and rather tired listening to high-number of war casualties in history. Is it really important?
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