I Became a Soul Eater

[You’re here. ether]

Moderately, when there were fewer people around Ether, I spoke.

“How have you been, Guardian Spirit?”

Aether smiled.

[Is there anything to do with the soul?]

“How is the war situation?”

[As you may know, Lionia won a great victory. We are currently in the process of servicing each other, because the commanders of Silymaron and Odyssey have died]

“Oh, it already has information in it. Silimaron is said to have come from Duke Gregory Ibanes.”

[Isn’t that the person called the King’s Sword? King Silimaron sent it well.]

Duke Gregory was a friend of the King of Silimaron since he was young, and even now, as a knight of the king’s escort, he was a person who was only by the king’s side. He was also the only master-class knight in Silimaron.

“Yes, the princess who lost her sire must have gone into a great uproar.”

[If you lost a husband with such a character, you would be in a mess]

“Are you as handsome as the rumors say?”

[Yeah, he’s so handsome that he doesn’t look like a human]

“It’s a pity that I couldn’t see it in person. Oh, and in Odyssey, Marquis Jerome Shuske is said to have been appointed.”

It was a little unfamiliar figure. Foreign influential families know roughly, but not all of them.

[That’s the first name I’ve heard]

“He is a person who is not well known outside. There are rumors that he is in command of Odyssey’s intelligence unit, but it’s not certain.”

If you’re a person who manages information, at least you’re not stupid. At least, it is clear that people who are better than the previous commanders came. But that doesn’t mean that Lionia and Venus Union will lose.

[Did you bring it?]

“I barely finished it before you left.”

[It would be best not to write]

“I guess so.”

There is a secret weapon prepared by Ether and I. At least if you have this, you will definitely win at least once in a large rotation.

The leaders of the Venus Army and the Lionian Army gathered together for an operational meeting. Although it is an allied army, it was agreed that it would not spread a united front.

The reason is that it is ambiguous to divide majors. War is also fought for gain. There is only a difference whether it is fame or money.

As a result, the story ended with Lionia facing Silymaron and Venus facing Odyssey.

Unlike the other three countries, Venus did not come from the gathering of national power. It was all a combination of the existing border guards, soldiers hurriedly recruited from nearby areas, and elite troops brought from the capital.

Relatively few troops, but at least the leadership did not think that they would lose this war. What could be the reason? because i help

Aether knew exactly how I would help, but the other commander-level nobles had a half-religious meaning as well.

The propaganda that the guardian spirit that protects the country will protect it was also valid for the soldiers. Of course, not everyone believed it, but a good number of soldiers had very high morale.

I left the Venus camp and came over to the Odyssey camp. The existing forces were already known, and after taking a rough look at the new supplementary forces, he went to see the new commander, Marquis Jerome Schuske.

Marquis Jerome Shusuke was emphasizing the importance of information even when he came here. He and his staff were reviewing numerous letters and documents coming in from all over the world.

“Your Excellency, is there such a thing as this Guardian Spirit? Should we count this against Venus’ power?”

Marquis Jerome frowned at the sudden outburst of questions from his staff. To be honest, I don’t even know myself. The royal palace of the Kingdom of Venus has been like an iron fortress that spies can’t penetrate for several years. There is very little existing information.

Of course, even before that, there were stories such as Isabelle Bingung being able to talk with the Guardian Spirit and Prince Ether being able to do that as well.

There was also a story that the guardian spirit bestowed the arms of the founding king, but nothing was confirmed.

Even after coming here, Venus-kun is propagating that the Guardian Spirit will protect him. Even if there is a guardian spirit after yielding 100 times, the question of how to calculate and insert the guardian spirit into the enemy’s strength is a headache.

“Has anyone seen that guardian spirit?”

No one could answer Marquis Jerome’s question.

“Or does anyone know what powers they have?”

He, too, had no answer.

“I’ve never seen it and don’t know what it is. Usually we call it an illusion. Guardian spirits do not count.”

At Marquis Jerome’s conclusion, the staff nodded and buried their heads in the papers again.

While watching the scene, I admired the Marquis’ conclusion. Well, that is a rational and common sense conclusion. However, I am an existence beyond the common sense of the world.

Marquis Jerome Schuske is a very outstanding person in my opinion. The size and brilliance of the soul is wonderful. Since he doesn’t seem to have much physical ability, he must be a very intelligent person.

The level of strategies and tactics that come out of discussions with the staff is absolutely not inferior to that of Lionia.

However, all those good strategies and tactics are unaware that I am overhearing them. Marquis Jerome is a man close to a strategist. The tactics he envisioned focused on outwitting the opponent rather than the straight attack method.

Tactics that outwit the opponent or use the opponent’s psychology can reap great benefits if successful, but if they are seen through and counterattacked, the damage on this side will also increase.

But even before the fight, everyone was already seen through. It became a battle that Venus could not lose even if he wanted to lose.

Returning to the Venus camp, in a space attended by only Ether and the actual commander, Marquis Cantana, I told him about Odyssey’s tactics I had known. How to respond accordingly will be taken care of by Marquis Cantana.

Originally, he was a person who was strong in improvisation, but already knowing the opponent’s tactics was a better match.

“How about this? Can you help?”

To Ether’s question, the Marquis Cantana smiled and answered.

“Your Highness, this war has already been won.”

After that, several local battles followed. It was a tactic already prepared for Odyssey to provoke Venus with a small number of knights, and it was as expected.

As if the Venus army had been provoked, some troops protruded and pursued it. According to Odyssey’s plan, it would be surrounded and destroyed. However, Venus, who was pursuing in a decisive position, stopped and turned back.

After this was repeated several times, Odyssey only provoked and was pursued, resulting in meaningless consumption of the Knights.

In response, Odyssey changed its method. They broke away from the lines they had built and began retreating. It was a prepared retreat. On the way to retreat, countless traps were laid.

However, Venus’ army, advancing along, was not caught in a single trap. Finally, the tactic of ambushing part of the army in a nearby forest and attacking while the main force reversed and intercepted did not work.

They set fire to the forest with flaming arrows from afar. The Odyssey Army, who jumped out of the fire, was not the opponent of the Venus Army.

In the meantime, Odyssey’s main force reversed and attacked, but suffered great damage due to the magic attack and knights’ charge that were being prepared in reverse, and had no choice but to retreat further.

The Odyssey’s command barracks, which had been unintentionally retreated for a long time, had the atmosphere of a house of mourning.

bang!

Marquis Jerome hit the table in anger.

“how! How could this be!”

Marquis Jerome could not accept the reality that none of his strategies were successful. There was only one thing that came to mind in this situation. Marquis Jerome looked over at the staff members who were bowing their heads with eyes like a hawk.

‘Traitor, one of these guys is a traitor.’

However, they are all proven talents who have lived together for a long time. Marquis Jerome managed to suppress the rising doubt and opened his mouth.

“If you have any thoughts on the next strategy, let me know.”

The staff of Marquis Jerome are also very talented people. In an instant, all sorts of strategies and tactics popped up. It was Marquis Jerome who added his own thoughts to the tactics he thought were the most reasonable among them and pledged to win this time.

As expected, in the next battle and in the battle after that, he was miserably defeated. More than half of their men were lost, and morale plummeted.

Even in the last battle, he couldn’t trust his staff, so he applied the tactics he thought of on the spot, but he was completely caught up.

“Is the Marquis Cantana of Venus such an outstanding commander? Or is Venus really a guardian spirit?”

Looking at the battlefield full of corpses of allies, Marquis Jerome suddenly vomited blood and collapsed to death. I couldn’t even close my eyes at how much it was.

The Odyssey army, which lost its commander again, had no choice but to continue retreating, although some of its staff fought hard.

On the other hand, Mr. Venus’ morale pierced the sky. It wasn’t that there was no loss for the Venus army, but it was natural that the morale of the army that was winning consecutively was high.

The Venus army had already advanced deep into Odyssey’s territory. Support from the home country arrived one after another, and there was no problem with supply, and it was said that it was possible to occupy Odyssey as it is, and finally a negotiating team arrived from Odyssey.

It was a de facto surrender. Negotiations proceeded relatively smoothly, as Venus did not intend to end the war from the beginning.

Of course, it’s comparative, but the country’s territory and astronomical reparations were not easily carried out.

In the meantime, the confrontation between Lionia and Silimaron was also coming to an end. At first, it is said that it was in the Middle Ages. As both of them possessed the decisive battle weapon of master-class knights, the method that Lionia often used did not work anymore, and Duke Gregory’s command was very good, so it is said that he was able to block the strong troops of Lionia well.

As Count Hector commanded, when some nobles showed disregard for command, Duke Gregory cut his throat on the spot and corrected the discipline of the army.

A fierce battle ensued, and Duke Gregory Ibanes, who is said to be the sword of King Silimaron, fought five duels with Duke Jonah Zartus.

The previous four duels were successful, but he was defeated in the fifth duel and was seriously injured and retreated. After that, the Silimaron army, unable to fill the vacant position of Duke Gregory, was pushed back unilaterally.

The difference with Venus is that Lionia intended to see the end of this war. The Lionian army was advancing and attacking the royal capital of Silymaron.

I had doubts about the Lionian Army’s movements from the beginning. Clearly, Lionia has been preparing for this war for a very long time. But will that greed be satisfied by just eating one Silymaron? is to do

[That’s the ether.]

“Is that all of a sudden?”

[Yes, maybe there is something I need to write about]

“Wasn’t the war over now?”

[I feel it only when I die and become a soul, because human greed has no end]

Ether tilted her head. It wasn’t clear yet, so I thought it would be right to say this much.

In this war, Ether didn’t get what I wanted as much as I thought. The voices praising Ether, who had a record of consecutive victories with her own family, were clearly high. Even this much was probably enough to build a cause for ether. It was all the more so because there was Odyssey’s Crown Prince Grun as the target of comparison.

However, Marquis Cantana stood out too much over Ether, winning the war too easily. It was clear that Marquis Cantana’s outstanding ability was causing ether to be carried on its back.

Of course, the people involved didn’t think so, but I didn’t want Ether’s place to be threatened even in the slightest if I wasn’t there. Maybe it would be good for Ether if Lionia was a little more greedy.

And that day came soon.