I Became a Soul Eater

First of all, Count Hector Marcios was a very handsome man. He was the most handsome of all the people he had ever seen in his life or death. It felt like a statue made by a famous sculptor with all his heart and soul was alive and moving.

He was tall and had a perfect body. If God’s intervention takes place even in appearance, this person can be said to be the proof.

Now he was alone, wrestling with various papers and reviewing the strategy. However, it was clear that he didn’t like it, seeing that his expression kept frowning.

Taking a quick look at the plans he had planned, they were just ordinary. It’s just the level of outstanding students in the academy. It was something that was almost straight-forward. It’s not that the regular method is bad. Rather, it may be the surest way.

In the evening, a meeting of the staff was held. In fact, it was a splendid dinner, more like a banquet than a meeting.

Of the 20 or so staff gathered at the banquet under the guise of the meeting, only one spoke of strategy and tactics. As soon as he said that, he was ridiculed by other staff members.

Count Hector sighed secretly. There was a reason why he looked at the operation alone. The soul of Count Hector Marcios was generally good. It was clear that he was an outstanding person above the average. But the opponent is bad. There is no comparison to Duke Zona Zartus. Most of Anisona’s staff are superior to Count Hector’s.

There was nothing more to see. He went straight to the Odyssey camp. If even the Odyssey camp is at the level of Silimaron, this war will end with a landslide victory for Lionia.

Odyssey is a country without anything particularly outstanding. However, there is no such thing as a hat. It could be regarded as the Kingdom of Venus, with a smaller territory.

Moving to the Odyssey camp and examining the barracks, the soldiers here are elite, but their morale is low. It was a dispute between Lionia and Silymaron, and many thought why they were dragged along.

The knights were in a similar situation. Morale was not high. The condition of the knights was better than that of Silymaron, but it could not be compared to that of Lionia.

While looking at the wizards, I felt a little puzzled. Mage power was too low. It was worse than Lionia, who was said to be weak in magic power. After snooping around and collecting information, it was found that useful wizards go to Silimaron.

More and more the pendulum was leaning toward Lionia. Finally, we visited the commander’s office. The commander-in-chief of Odyssey came from the Crown Prince’s family.

Of course, there is a high possibility that the crown prince is a face madam. Even so, the real world will stick by the side. Odyssey’s crown prince Grun Odyssey, who visited him like that, wasn’t bad. no, it was great At least he had a better soul than Count Hector Marcios.

However, there was a problem with General Gerkan Piccione, who was expected to be the actual commander next to him. Although he had the skills of a high-ranking knight, General Gerkan’s soul was poor even compared to that of an ordinary high-ranking knight. I wondered if it would be better for the crown prince to take command of the army. If there was a conflict of opinion during the war, it was more likely to be a negative factor.

There was nothing more to see. I immediately went back to Ioville and wrote a message to the king.

‘Lionian Absolute Dominance’

Ioville immediately sent it to the palace using transmission magic. I did everything I had to do. Wouldn’t this be the best for a spy? I was thinking of staying here. After saying that to Eoville, he separated from the group. When I hear the news that Venus’ forces have joined the war, I will join them again.

I wanted to see the war right in front of me. It is obviously tragic, but it is the first great war in 300 years. As a historical observer, it was a must see. Also, my strategy, tactical knowledge and perspective are dead knowledge. It is knowledge learned only from books.

Watching how Duke Jonah of Lionia directly manages and commands a large army will be a great learning experience. So, for now, I went back to the Lionian camp.

I felt that way the last time I came, but Lionia certainly had a long preparation for this war. What I felt for sure was that the general soldiers who had been conscripted were so fine. No matter who sees it, it is not the people of a country that is short of food due to a bad harvest. Likewise, the supply unit’s food warehouse was full of provisions.

It is true that there was a cataclysm. However, this appearance means that they have already prepared for a bad harvest and tried to use it as an excuse to start a war.

Why on earth would you suddenly want to start a war on purpose? I wanted to know why. So, he kept chasing the key staff members, including Duke Jona, but it was not easy to understand why.

Meanwhile, Lionia finally declared war on Silymaron. As if Silimaron had waited, he issued a statement of condemnation to Lionia, and for declaring war on the allies, Odyssey also declared war on Lionia and declared its participation in the war.

And exactly two days later, the Lionian army stepped into the territory of Silymaron, announcing the beginning of the Great War. The first battle broke everyone’s expectations and Silimaron won.

A large-scale magical attack fell on the Lionian army, which had invaded deep into Silimaron’s territory, and the Lionian army retreated with a large retreat.

I rather prayed for the peace of Silymaron as I listened to the reports coming up non-stop by the side of Duke Jonah of the Lionian camp.

The defeated and retreating Lionian army was a decoy. And the damage wasn’t really that great. Foolishly, Silimaron focused on one area in the mind of repelling the army that pushed the greatest power, magic power, and that was just to let you know that the other parts of the front line were weakened.

“Poke left and right as planned.”

At Duke Jonah’s order, the knight commanders in charge of the left and right armies rushed out of the barracks as if they had been waiting.

“What about those who jump to the limb?”

“Isn’t it the duty to kill?”

To Duke Jonah’s question, one of the staff answered with arsenic.

“I leave it to you”

“I’m ordering you!”

The staff also ran out of the barracks as if their body was hot.

Silimaron’s army pursued the retreating Lionian army across the border and into the Lionian territory quite deep under magical attack.

Even for me, who only learned about military history from history books and academies, that was too stupid. Given Count Hector’s talent, it was unlikely that he would have given such a stupid order. It seemed that one of the front-line commanders or staff members was moving arbitrarily, aiming for the ball.

Soon after, reports started pouring in again. The knight commanders who penetrated both wings broke through the enemy’s defenses very easily, stirred them up, and then retreated.

It is said that the Silimaron army, which followed the Lionian army retreating to the center, suffered almost annihilation and a small number barely retreated.

I was still at Duke Jonah’s barracks. So, I was still only dealing with war in numbers. It is a war that has just begun. In just over a day’s battle, 2,000 were killed in Lionia and over 10,000 in Silimaron.

Lionia’s morale rose greatly from the great victory. I haven’t seen it myself, but Silymaron will be the opposite. But anyways, this is just the beginning.

The combined power of the three countries this time is over 400,000. At least tens of thousands, maybe 300,000 more must be killed and injured before this war will end. To some, it’s just a number, but each one is a life with a soul.

It’s only one day, but rather, listening to the report only in numbers, I thought that many lives were disappearing too fleetingly.

It’s not that I don’t want to see the battlefield in person. In fact, on the battlefield, many people will die and many souls will be born. In a way, it was also a golden opportunity for me to become stronger.

It wasn’t that I hadn’t absorbed the souls of the dead until now, but I wasn’t too keen on it. It felt like an instinctive rejection.

In the meantime, a report came to Duke Jonah that the Kingdom of Venus was participating in the war on the side of Lionia. Duke Jonah made a subtle expression. On the one hand, it’s safe, but it feels like a beast deprived of its own food.

Even if the Venus Kingdom declared its participation in the war, it could not participate in the war immediately. It will take quite a while for the army to gather and the troops to come down here from the capital. If it was the personality of a dubious king, he might have finished the preparations a long time ago.

In any case, Venus-kun wouldn’t be able to join the battle in a day or two. In the meantime, Silymaron and Odyssey did not stand still. The news of Venus’ participation would have entered that side as well, and unless you’re an idiot, you’d want to end this war before the Venus army comes, or at least make it to your advantage.

Odyssey, which had been quiet so far, began to attack. It wasn’t stupidly pushing in like Silymaron. As if he was going to stop his opponent from resting, he continued to attack sporadically.

At first glance, this seemed effective. To prevent this, a considerable force was tied up there. However, Duke Jonah and his staff were not taken aback.

On the contrary, Silimaron chose to gather power and attack in the same way as before. However, as before, they did not come in too deep and be annihilated.

Lionia operated the army in a surprisingly defensive manner. It seemed to be waiting for Mr. Venus. At least on the surface, it must have been. But no. Duke Jonah Zartus was digging a trap.

I passed through the Lionian camp and passed the battlefield where the Odyssey was on the offensive. Small and large sporadic battles continued. There were not many casualties on either side. It’s just a war of attrition that eats up your stamina and spirit.

Odyssey’s headquarters were predictably in chaos. The Crown Prince and General Gerkan had disagreements. However, they both had an idea in common, the idea that something had to be done before Mr. Venus arrived.

General Gerkan was on the side that he should stop fighting attrition and take a large-scale offensive like Silymaron. Crown Prince Grun was on the side of waiting for a crack to form in the Lionian front by engaging in a war of attrition more intensely.

Since the staff members are divided roughly in half, it seemed difficult to unite opinions for the time being.

I also looked at the Silimaron side. This place was truly sh*t. Count Hector was not in control of the army at all. The stupid staff I saw at the banquet were interfering with Count Hector. It seems that it will be difficult to return here properly for a while.

I am now headed for a large-scale operation. According to Duke Jonah’s strategy, the beginning is on the Odyssey side. A few days later the Lionian offensive finally began.

The cracks in the wires that Odyssey was aiming for appeared first on the Odyssey side. Lionia, who was clearly aware of Odyssey’s intentions, thoroughly shifted her troops to minimize fatigue.

It was the same in Odyssey, but the fatigue of the side who only defended and the side who had to attack there was much higher in the attack.

Moreover, due to the conflict with General Gerkan, General Gerkan always left out the troops for the general offensive, so the rotation of troops was rather insufficient compared to Lionia.

A large army of knights from Lionia, said to be the strongest among the neighboring countries, trampled over the loose lines of Odyssey, followed by strong troops.

As the front line collapsed in an instant, Odysseia fell into chaos, but when General Gerkan led the troops prepared for the general offensive and fought back, the balance seemed right for a moment. But it was only for a short while.