At the same time as my shout, I heard trumpets announcing the start of the war from all around me.

"We did a great job taking down Shellen Fortress. Otherwise, we would have had to deal with hundreds of thousands of troops directly,” Uncle Bloody remarked.

I sat on the edge of the fortress tower and said, "Ayy, we wouldn’t have done something crazy like that. Naturally, we would have retreated and began to use widespread guerilla warfare.”

Of course, if we were to use guerrilla warfare against that great army, it would become a war of attrition. In any case, now that the defense was thoroughly prepared and we had a barrier known as a fortress, it was clear that our situation had greatly improved.

"But you know it's all thanks to me that we’re able to fight back like this, right?”

Uncle Bloody sat next to me and smiled. "Yes, it's all thanks to you.”

Shellen Fortress was in a highly favorable defensive position. Located in a deep canyon, the maximum number of people that could attack at once was 50,000 to 70,000. The side path was so rugged that a division-level force was the largest unit that could traverse it. On the other hand, the inside of the fortress was large enough to accommodate up to 100,000 troops....