Became a Strategist With an Intelligence of 100 and an Accuracy Rate of 100%

22 – Episode 22. If you trust me (1)

The reason why Lin Brans is attacking here with such a large army.

If it is me, Adari is correct in all these guesses.

What they wanted was me. So, once you have secured your goal, you will naturally not pay attention to the monarch of a weak country who will run away and disappear somewhere on the continent.

Why did I become a target?

I feel extremely embarrassed to say this with my own mouth – but when I think about it as objectively as possible.

It seems that the meeting with me at her last convention was quite impressive to her.

Lyn Brans had a particularly strong desire for talented people among monarchs. The fact that she wanted to bring under her wing a seemingly worthy schemer who was working under a weak country heightened her sense of hypocrisy.

If there is another piece of evidence, it is that the large army was unreasonably large to attack this castle.

She thinks highly of me, so I guess it’s to prevent me from coming up with some strange plan again to overcome the situation.

Unfortunately for her, the only thing I could do was make a prediction that was 100% accurate.

In other words, to summarize.

What I have to do from now on is-

‘After making everyone run away from the castle, I am the only one left to surrender.’

With this, the Lunarien army will be destroyed for a while, but-

This is not complete destruction.

If everyone was alive, it could be done again and again.

I wasn’t sure what process the giant soldiers, who were easy in the game, would go through in this world, but in any case, this was much better than dying and not being able to do anything.

‘Well, there might be a better way than this.’

A more plausible plan.

A method that catches the eye that no one has thought of.

With my intelligence level being 100, I wish something like that would come to mind right away, but that wasn’t the case.

All I could do was think of the perfect answer to the question.

So, at least this was the best I could somehow come up with right now.

‘Okay.’

Still, somehow, a good puzzle was completed from the three predictions in a plausible way.

There was no guarantee that this was the correct answer. However, in a situation where enemies were approaching, there was no time to just think about it.

“Everyone.”

I finally looked around and opened my mouth.

I felt that all the members of the Lunarien Army were waiting for my words.

I slowly began to unravel my plan.

“We will lose this battle. But that’s okay. Even if we lose the battle, we can still achieve victory in other areas. It’s a longer-term concept of war. For the future, now is the time to take a step back. It’s time.”

“But aren’t there any other territories worth escaping to?”

“It seems that attacking other weak countries is not a very realistic method.”

After hearing Gustav and Aaron’s opinions, I nodded.

“That’s right. There is no way out for us. Since we have signed a non-aggression pact, attacking another country is not a good idea. However, if we continue to fight the Brans army, we will be 100% destroyed. But… “If you give up the ‘concept of the nation,’ there is bound to be a way out.”

“…Well, that means…!”

Luna opened her mouth with a trembling voice as if she realized something after hearing my words.

I had no choice but to let her know her harsh reality.

“Our military’s journey ends here. For now.”

“This far?”

“I will surrender to the Lin Brans army.”

“!!!”

Tifa’s eyes widened, and she immediately shouted with her anger at me.

“Hey, this isn’t right! Didn’t you join our army to support Luna’s wishes?! There’s no way that b*tch would let Luna live just because she surrendered to Lin Brans!”

“That’s right. I also agree with what Tifa said.”

“What…!”

“I said I would surrender, but I never said I would turn the Lunarien army into a force that only exists in history.”

I turned her head and looked into Luna’s eyes and said.

“Master. Take Tifa and Kane and run away.”

“…Well, what.”

“The place you need to go is the south. Entrust yourself to the Karelia Army in the southern part of the continent. Makana Karelia, the monarch of the Karelia Army, has deep virtuous reputation and will not reject his comrades, including his lord, but will respect them. “And I won’t blame you if you leave the military with different intentions in the future.”

Makana Karelia.

If there is a ‘line of order’ in this game, she could be chosen as its representative.

Good character. Her desire for the world to be peaceful was no less than that of Luna Lien.

No, it was only when I came to this world that I learned that Lunarien Inian had such thoughts in the first place, and the leader holding that position in this game was Karelia.

After playing this game for 10,000 hours, I can assure you.

Going to Karelia was clearly the safest place for Luna to retreat.

The territory of Karelia was located in the south of the southern continent.

The south has a relatively well-balanced power, and there is also a country that acts as a shield from the Brans army, whether they like it or not, so they will be able to retreat safely.

“If you stay hidden, an opportunity will come one day. That is the only way to preserve your life for a greater purpose in the future.”

“Uh… Swen. Yes, but.”

The moment I was about to hear more of Luna’s story.

An unexpected person’s voice reached my ears.

“Do you mind if I talk for a moment?”

I turned my head and looked at where the voice came from.

The owner of the voice was Kane.

He was facing me with a more serious face than ever.

Why?

I felt like I was finally seeing the real face of this old royal man struggling to survive who went by the pseudonym Kayn Nerkis.

“Lord Swen, when you asked me to take the lead with 1,800 soldiers, I honestly could have questioned whether it made sense to just trust you. But I didn’t do that. I don’t want to set up a confrontation with my lord. “I am honest that the country was ruined anyway, but even if the Lunarien army was destroyed, I was able to survive whether it was under Brans or another feudal lord.”

I listened to what he said.

“Now that I think about it, a lot of amazing things have happened over the past few months. We ran out of money because we did as you told us, we won a battle that was impossible to win, and two mercenary groups defected to us. What strange things did you do? “I still don’t know if I was able to create this whole situation with my abilities. However.”

For me, the impression of the man named Kane was somewhat vague rather than memorable.

But at this moment.

This old man’s sunken black eyes were clearer than ever.

“As I spent several months here, I thought about the happy faces of our people, who must have been the most unfortunate on the continent because they were hit and run by geographical factors. Rather than wanting to live in hiding on the continent, I thought about my master Runarien. “I want to see you take control of this Garland continent, the world, and the world. Now, that feeling is even bigger.”

Kane said that with a wary look in his eyes.

“I will be honest with you. I believe that Swenjane made a suitable excuse to move her base to Branth County, drove out her lord, and then gave her gold, her men, and her castle in this territory to her. “It looks like he’s just trying to give the whole thing to her.”

“…….”

“If you have the level of ability that you have, it will be a more advantageous path for your personal life than sticking to a weak country like this. Am I wrong?”

“…Is that…Really?”

Tifa said with a shocked expression after hearing Kane’s words.

Before I could say anything, it was Luna who came to my defense.

“Well, that can’t be possible. Swen-sama is not that kind of person! Swen-sama…!”

I was embarrassed and slightly raised my hand towards Luna, who was using an honorific language towards me.

“Master. If it’s okay, I’ll explain.”

“……Mr. Swen…….”

She didn’t say anything after hearing what I said.

I could easily sense that it meant consent.

Kane watched the situation for a moment, then she looked straight at me and said.

“It is very difficult to establish a new country once it has been ruined. I don’t know how many years or even decades it may take. Moreover, there is no suitable territory on the continent to set up a new home. That’s the situation. “Are you asking us to abandon the country, surrender, and run away?”

“Yes.”

“I’m sorry, but this problem is completely different from the one where you ordered me to repair the castle wall and Miss Tifa to do commercial work in the market. I will believe the previous things without asking or questioning you for once. I can give it to you. But this is not the case. If you want to convince me, you better present a solid reason. If not, I will stay in the castle and fight until the end. I am telling you to surrender for the sake of the future without even offering resistance to Brans. “I just can’t understand it.”

Based.

The basis.

Honestly, if I had known what the basis was, I don’t think I would have had such a hard time.

The two established facts that I predicted and obtained, ‘To avoid the destruction of the Lunarien army, I must leave.’

And, ‘Lunarien Inien will become a unified monarch.’

In any case, my opinion was just an inference based on these two absolute facts.

However, he said to Kane in front of him, ‘Because my intelligence is 100, my prediction is absolutely correct.’ It was clear that trying to say the same thing wouldn’t work.

Then how should we persuade them?

I had to approach it from a different angle.

If there is one thing that Kane is probably sure about – isn’t it something like, ‘I will sacrifice this castle to impress Brans and quickly advance to an important position?’

‘That’s the part that needs to be touched.’

I pulled out a sword made of tongue.

“To summarize Mr. Kane’s words, are you saying that I am saying this in order to earn some kind of merit by handing over the gold, troops, and territory of this Zeeland territory to Brans’ army and settle down there?”

“That’s right.”

“Take it all.”

Everyone’s attention was focused on my firm words.

“…What?”

I looked at everyone and said.

“Take all the gold in the castle. And speaking of troops, except for the troops that can easily escape, I will divide them in half and add them to the Chilean mercenaries and the Raven mercenaries.”

Gustav and Aaron, who had been watching us with bated breath, were startled by the sudden situation and asked me a question.

“Yes?”

“Are you saying they will join our army?”

“Yes.”

Handing over all soldiers to mercenaries.

That was my answer.

If you surrender in this game, the soldiers within the castle will naturally be taken over by the occupying country.

As the rules of the game were applied to some extent, there was a high possibility that it would happen this time as well.

However, troops that were not subordinate to our military, such as mercenary groups, were not taken over to the Brans Army, the occupying country, even if they surrendered.

So, the best way was to attach half of our soldiers to the mercenary group and have them each retreat from their castles.

Because mercenaries will never betray a country they have sided with unless an event occurs.

In the game, the mercenary group does not betray first, but the user can betray the mercenary group, so there have been cases of playing tricks by taking advantage of this loophole.

As my ‘intelligence 100’ rule was thoroughly applied, it was right to think that the remaining minor rules were also applied to a large extent.

If the unification of Runarien was planned in the future anyway, it was clear that these mercenary groups would be of great help even then.

“In that case, this Zeeland Castle will become a meaningless land even if you get 0 troops and 0 gold. At the very least, if the castle itself and this location itself have a very high strategic value like Kelstein Castle, I don’t know, but… Kane, what do you think this place is like?”

“Ah…A…”

Kane couldn’t say anything.

That’s right, because this was an insignificant land.

It is a place where there are no talented people, the land is not fertile, there are no special products, and the population is not as large as it should be.

“If I really wanted to impress the Brans army, don’t you think I would have tried to use my gold and troops to do something with my tongue?”

“No… Before that.”

Kane changed her expression and spoke.

Strangely enough, I felt like my guard was a little off.

“If you openly declare surrender in an empty castle like that… You could incur the monarch’s wrath and die. Isn’t that an insult to the occupying army?”

‘Huh?’

That much?

In the game, when it seemed like I was going to lose, I took all my gold, provisions, and troops and ran away.

Because I couldn’t hand over the money and soldiers.

But here, the act itself seemed to be perceived as extremely insulting.

Well, since they ran away with everything, it must have felt like they were occupying it.

“Why not just run away, including you? Why not stay in the empty castle and face the occupying forces? That would be tantamount to an act of suicide…”

When I heard those words, I had a hunch.

‘Now is your chance.’

For Kane now, it will seem like I am trying to risk my life against Lin Brans.

I don’t think you would ever feel like a person who would betray you.

‘Take advantage of that point.’

I slowly opened my mouth.