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Futanari System Chapter 221: Good News
🕑 Added 2023-10-18 14:50:38 +0000 UTCMovement forward slowed under my advisement, and plans were moving forward behind the forward lines. The Empire's front oddly crumbled before our forces even more than was projected by myself or the War Chief. We were expecting more of a fight before Border City, and with us achieving first blood against an Empire A ranker, the morale of our standing forces was high.
It was very worrisome as we moved forward as the barbarian forces that were our main forces were eager to reach the city and attack. City infighting would be harsh and a bad place for us to fight. The walls would also be harsh to fight in, and I thanked the heavens for not having modern armaments at this point in the war. Urban combat with rifles mixed with magic would make taking cities with the moral to keep fighting expensive as hell in casualty counts.
That is before we add up the lack of discipline the main forces has in comparison to the Elite Army. The Logistical forces were less trained, too, and left us vulnerable while we would need to supply such an urban combat scenario, and all of it would be more than enough to keep me awake at night.
As we steadily marched toward the border City, I found myself coming up with more and more nightmare scenarios as our slow march brought us forward. What should have taken days turned into a week, and we were about a day out when information came in that made us smile.
Reinforcements were on the way.
Not main forces but powerhouses to assist in taking large objectives. The bunny-kin selected an A ranker to bring to the front from defending the back lines, which made the most sense, and the Bager-kin found a Wolf-kin Tribal Elder that was willing to come to the front as there seemed to be a recent breakthrough from one of his Kin making the Wolf-kin tribe rise in the ranks of tribes.
That was fantastic news for the war, and it was added to the fact that I got secret letters from my Logistical army. It seemed that my Elders and the Grand Alchemist noted his dissatisfaction with our Supply situation after repeated letters telling him how close we were to running out of supplies. The Lack of trained Beast-kin resources was something to be made a note of. More coolies from the docks and more from outside tribesmen were being brought into the Logistical army.
More trained people and new coolies meant more people were being trained in construction and logistical work. This would hurt the overall economy of the cities and towns around the cities, but we were not getting into the adventurers' guild. That brought forth the fact that more gold was also reinforcing my coffers in the logistical Army, which was spending as fast as the budget was coming in. Meaning that things were looking more and more positive.
It would take at least a month or two before the effects of these changes came into effect, but I also had one last note that might be good or bad news—the movement of the Adventurers guild in securing our backline from banditry.
Although Banditry had not become a problem for the logistics army, there were some worrying signs that the bandits realized more gold was between the borders of the Empire and the Beast-kin nation. Which meant those disgusting bandits would become a problem to the warfighting capabilities of our nation.
Sure the Logistics army had some strength to it, but not enough to secure each shipment. Protecting the shipments with adventure guild assistance was not a good thing. But it was better than losing desperately needed supplies at the front as we walked closer and closer to what I hoped to be our main objective.
In my mind, Taking, Securing, and holding Border City was all we needed to do. It was a vast piece of land and would put a large buffer zone from the slavers while giving the Empire a major black eye. It was everything that we needed and wanted. Invading harder would make everyone more worried. But for now, Morale was high, and if we took the city with ease, I would not be able to stop the War Chief from moving forward.
It made me sigh as I took a break from Queen Mira's pussy to get some desperately needed work done. The woman was desperate for sexual energy to replenish from her last fight. Although I very much enjoyed her company, I still had a war to fight and an Army to lead.
Not that any Bunny-kin would object to the Supreme Commander at this point in time. No one seemed to have the ability to question my decisions at the moment in the army, which could be bad because of what happened in my past life. Just because I was smart and good at some things didn't make me a perfect leader. People needed to be able to question my decisions just so that they could bring up the points without getting hurt doing so.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, Chelsea, Are you okay?" I heard Asahi's voice suddenly break my line of thinking as I rested and contemplated.
I turned to her sharply, surprised at the sudden burst of sound. I softened up as I felt her mana and smiled at the Elf Twin. "Asahi, I am okay; I am just worried about the upcoming battle," I told her honestly.
"You are worried about it?" Asahi said, her voice filled with mirth, "No one outside this tent thinks you are," She said, pointing outside. "Everyone out there trusts you and your judgment, and even the War Chief, I think, wouldn't act against you if you told us all to stop. Your achievements so far exceed any others, with the exception of the Elders." Asahi pointed out.
"That is what is most worrying," I said with a loud sigh to follow it up, "I am not Omnipotent. This is the Empire with strong forces, but we are cutting through them like butter. We are going to meet resistance somewhere, and everything tells me that we will at Border City." My voice came out flat yet strong, "Fighting inside the City and those damn walls will complicate everything and things will get messy."
"Well, yeah, it is war," Asahi pointed out, "My sister and I were expecting messy. We were expecting more deaths and battle," She said, "Everyone out there expected more dead, and there aren't because of yours and the War Chiefs leadership." Asahi sighed, "I don't want to die, and I want to remain with you and get stronger with my Sister. Trisha thinks the same, and we look more toward the future after this war. You are doing a good job. Plus Trisha and I have made a lot of progress in working together since the start of that fortress battle. With both that and the fact no one is questioning that this war has been useful," Asahi finished, and I wanted to sigh more.
Was it bad for me to wish that people would question me? Arguably, I could say it was better for now for people to follow me without question blindly, and I sighed. "Yeah, It is better than everyone questioning my decisions. I will continue to make the best choices possible, but this next battle is going to kill a lot of people on both sides. I can only hope we can accomplish our goals without too many dying," I finished with a sigh.
"Chelsea," Asahi said slowly, "It almost sounds like you believe we are going to lose?"
"The war or the battle?" I asked in return.
"The battle, I think?" Asahi replied.
"The battle depends on what victory is defined as," I said, my voice sad with the implications of the next battle.
Asahi didn't seem to like that answer, but I shook my head, ending the conversation, and silence returned. I returned to work planning the possible entries we could make against Border City. It was about to become the first real battle of this war.
There was no way this was going to become
Comments
Jesterr90
I can't say I find war logistics the most interesting, but this chapter gave a good insight into Chelsea current position and worries. The fact that being surrounded by Yes-men is a detriment gives me a bit of a 'between a rock and a hard place' vibe. It was good to hear from Asahi; there's a lot of characters so it would be nice to hear their opinions more. The length honestly felt a bit short but that's just because of the gap between chapters.
Madjic
Sorry for the Length. I am getting back into my writing mode, and I really enjoyed writing this and felt like this was enough. Let me know what you think though, I love feedback as I can gauge if I got the feeling I want across. I hope you enjoy it!
