Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 121.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝟏.1: 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐧 (9)

Oswald received unexpected news through the supply unit. An imperial envoy had arrived with three new aerial magic battleships.

“Greetings, Brigadier General Winchester. I am Marquis Ivan von Ursus, Deputy Minister of National Defense.”

“Thank you for coming all this way, Deputy Minister.”

“Not at all. But Brigadier General Winchester?”

“Yes, Deputy Minister.”

“Receive the Emperor’s decree.”

At the mention of the imperial decree, Oswald immediately prostrated himself and showed respect.

“In recognition of your efforts to protect humanity and the world against the demonic forces and your success in annihilating the Legion of Wrath, Brigadier General Oswald Winchester is hereby promoted to the rank of Major General and granted the title of Margrave, with the territory of Valencia in the western empire as his fiefdom.

Furthermore! The Border Defense Corps shall be established in the Valencia territory, and Major General Oswald von Valencia shall be appointed as its commander. This is recognized by the Creator God Chronos and by me, Emperor Karl von Taigon V, Imperial. so Brigadier General Winchester shall obey the imperial decree.”

“Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long live!”

‘𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦. . .’

In fact, with the empire unifying the western Titan, the position of Margrave had largely disappeared. The Marquis Winchester family was able to maintain the position of Margrave thanks to the remaining monsters in the Dragon Spine Mountains, but. . . in the west, there was no place for a Margrave except for the direction of the Kingdom of Britannia.

Because of this, many Margraves in the west lost their positions and were no longer able to command large armies. Fortunately, most of them had been depleted during the Great War, so the Emperor was able to easily reduce the size of their private armies.

‘𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴?’

A Margrave could command up to 50,000 troops, and the Border Defense Corps had 100,000. In effect, it was no different from allowing Oswald to command an army of 150,000.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳.’

The problem was that he had no confidants around him, so managing the territory was not easy.

‘𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢.’

Coincidentally, Alicia’s mandatory service period was also nearing its end. Oswald planned to discharge her as soon as her service period ended, marry her, and have her lead the Valencia territory as Countess of Valencia.

‘𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴.’

That day, Oswald held a grand banquet within the legion and granted leave to all the soldiers, who cheered loudly and chanted Oswald’s name.

Oswald took the opportunity to call Alicia and share his thoughts with her. Alicia seemed to be in deep thought, but when Oswald proposed to her on the spot. . . she eventually accepted.

“So, I’ve assigned you to the rear.”

“What?”

“It could be dangerous.”

“Hey! Then what about you?”

“I’ll be fine, I’m strong.”

“If you say so, then I’m strong enough too!”

“You have less than three months left in your mandatory service. It’s time for you to return and become the Countess of Valencia.”

“But. . . I don’t want to leave you behind. Can’t I stay here too?”

At the sight of the lovely Alicia, Oswald finally let go of the thread of reason he had been holding onto.

“Ah. . . I don’t know.”

In the end, the two of them, swept up in the joyous and romantic atmosphere, ended up rolling around in bed together, forgetting about premarital chastity and all that.

The next day, Alicia was transferred to the rear supply unit and soon appointed as the deputy commander of the Valencia Border Defense Corps, leaving for the Valencia territory first.

Oswald had already asked Alicia to ask her father, Wilhelm, to allow them to register their marriage first, and Alicia had also said she would ask her father, Ekart, for his understanding.

“Tsk. . .”

After spending a happy time with Alicia, Oswald smacked his lips in regret. . . but still, he couldn’t keep Alicia in this dangerous place.

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As time passed. . .

Finally, the army of the Great Zhou Empire arrived in Salt Lake City. As expected of a nation of mechanical engineering, they were approaching with massive land battleships.

Since they had only recently begun to introduce the study of magic, the essence of magical engineering, such as aerial magic battleships, was difficult for them. . . but they were able to create giant land battleships with their technological prowess and rudimentary magical engineering skills.

‘𝘞𝘰𝘸. . . 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵.’

The battleship was shaped like a large tank with six large wheels, three on each side, acting as wheels. It was like imagining a British Dreadnought-class battleship rolling on land.

The Great Zhou Empire even built aircraft carriers on land. And one such land aircraft carrier could be seen stationed on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, escorted by seven land battleships.

‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳.’

However, thanks to space expansion magic, aerial aircraft carriers could carry up to 81 fighter aircrafts and more ammunition, shells, and other consumables. The Great Zhou Empire’s magic was still in its early stages, so only lightweight magic and reinforcement magic were plastered on the armor, forcing them to increase the size.

Nevertheless, it was truly impressive that the number of carrier-based aircraft reached a whopping 100.

‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.’

It was thanks to lightweight magic and reinforcement magic that it was possible for such a large structure to roll on land. Ordinary suspension systems would surely have been crushed under the weight, but they had achieved this through lightweight magic and reinforcement magic.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤.’

Thanks to their excellent mechanical engineering skills, they had the advantage of lower production costs compared to the Imperial Empire or the Elondil Empire, which covered everything with magic. The disadvantage of magical engineering was the cost, as most of the things created through magical engineering used magic stones, resulting in enormous expenses.

“I am Zhu Yongluo, commander of the Great Zhou Empire expeditionary force. My rank is Lieutenant General.”

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