204話 美幼女のはったり作戦
「ヴォルフ、お前さえキルしちゃえばこの戦いは俺達の勝利だぞ」
まずは強気に言い放つ。
こちらが既に全力を使い果たし、なす術がないという様子は一切見せずに力を誇示するんだ。
だけれど、俺の言葉に微塵の動揺を見せる事なくヴォルフは鼻で笑った。
「グランゼ側は、俺がキルされても構わない。代わりの
の能力によって1.4倍のステータス値を誇る精鋭部隊を送り込むのが上策なはずだ。
そのカードを今、ヴォルフは切っている。
俺を仕留めなくても勝利は確実、なんてヴォルフは言ったけど額面通りに受け取る事はできない。なぜ絶対に前線に出て来ない方がいい人物が、こんな所にまで出てきているのか。
それは俺と同じで、出なくてはいけない理由があるはずだからだ。
そこをゆすれ。
「ヴォルフ達には余裕がないように見えるけど? 兵力もそっちが上なのだから、
「いやいや。俺はこんな雑兵たち相手じゃ、余裕すぎるから前線に出て来たんだけど?」
このまま戦えば必ずヴォルフにも危険が及ぶし、この場での戦いは俺達が勝利する可能性があると匂わせるしかない。
ぶっちゃけ、隙をついて攻撃とか通用するはずがないし、ここでの俺の勝利条件は生き残ること。それのみで、避けられる戦いは避けるの一択に尽きる。
使えるブラフは何でも使え。敵の弱みを突くような発言を何でもしろ。
「ヴォルフって人望が少ないらしいな。ベンテンスから聞いたよ」
俺が持ち得てる情報はベンテンスから聞いた事のみしかない。ここから話をどうにか広げよう。
暗にそちらは一枚岩ではない、と主張し、それが原因となって勝利を早急に決めなくてはいけない状況なのか、とゆさぶる。
例えば......そうだな。敵陣営に、ヴォルフと対立しそうな大勢力がイグニトール側に寝返る事が決まって、そうなる前に焦って勝利をもぎ取りにきたとか。
ここで俺を始末しないと相手の勝利は確実じゃない?
となると、やはり俺は絶対にキルされてはならないな。でも、もし俺の予測が当たっていたとしたら、どうして奴は問答無用で仕掛けてこなかった?  ヴォルフの狙いがハッキリ見えない。
「......『黄昏時の酒喰らい』め......余計な事を......」
図星かどうかはわからないが、確実にヴォルフの表情は曇った。だが、同時に俺は一つの疑問点が浮かぶ。仮にヴォルフへの反抗勢力が生まれていたとして、そこまで人望のないヴォルフの下に援軍が続々と集結しつつあるのはおかしい事態だ。
「援軍とやらは期待できるのか? 俺達が砦に引き籠って戦いを長引かせれば、こっちが有利になるだろう?」
ここで肯定と取れる態度を示すのであれば、ヴォルフの懸念は援軍そのものにあると確信できる。
つまり援軍側と、ヴォルフが今率いている軍の関係性は良好ではない、と。それが原因で戦局が大きく左右する不安があるから、援軍到着前に勝負に出て来たと予想できる。そうとわかれば、何としてもこの場を脱する必要が出てくるな。
「............お前は、どこまで知っている?」
ヴォルフが口に出したのは疑問だった。なんとも考察に困る返答だ。
ここで、ああ知っている。と力強く答えて、何をだ? と聞かれたら一巻の終わりだし、だからといって曖昧な発言は相手の情勢を把握せずに、こけおどしで今の会話が成り立っていると察し兼ねない。
思考が切羽詰まってくるけど、ここで諦めるのはまだ早い。
頭を目まぐるしく回転させ、導き出すんだ......。
立場、状況、情勢、その全てを加味しながら......ヴォルフの顔を、涼しい表情で眺めていますよ、と余裕ある姿勢を崩すな。
そして、笑え。
対等な立場である事を、ねちっこく主張する。
これが俺の発言できる最大限の台詞だった。
ヴォルフが代表であれば、自軍の事情に詳しい。次に重要視し、細かい動向を
それはこっちも同じで、それならば自ずとヴォルフ陣営の情勢にも目を光らせている、と遠回しに伝える。
この台詞ならば、『お前は一体何を知っている?』と聞きづらいだろう。
仮に俺に質問をして、俺がヴォルフの不安要素を的中させてしまったら、同じ指揮官という立場でありながら情報戦は俺のほうが一枚
その辺のプライドを刺激する要素も含めて、相手に質問させない台詞はこれしかなかった。
正直、薄過ぎる希望だけど......ヴォルフのプライドが高いという事に一縷の望みを賭けて、こんな返ししか残されていなかったのだ。
「......ふん......お互い、NPC事情には精通してるって事か」
うん?
「フン、だがな。いかにお前がこちらの状況を把握してようと......白銀の天使、ここは大人しく降参してもらうぞ」
おおう。
問答無用で武力行使されるよりはいい条件だけど、ここで俺個人が降参なんてしてしまったら、今後の味方の士気に非常に関わるだろう。
「そうでもないだろ。この場で、妖精の舞踏会での貸しを返してもらう。俺が、お前を庇った貸しをだ。白銀の天使にはこちらの捕虜となってもらい、すみやかに砦の兵達を解散させろ」
やはり、ヴォルフは早急にこの戦いに終止符を打つ必要があると見た。俺とぶつかり合うのを惜しむ程に切羽詰まっている、といわけか。だから、わざわざ俺に降伏勧告をしに危険な前線にまで顔を出してきた。自分は出陣せずに精鋭部隊のみをけしかける、という選択肢があったにも拘わらずヴォルフが出張った理由。それは万が一にも俺が更なる隠し玉を持っていた時に備え、俺が暴れないよう『借り』を交渉材料として話を持ち出し、早急に勝利を確定できるのがヴォルフ本人しかいなかった、と。
、俺に対する貸しを返させていいの?」
俺に差し出せるのは俺自身だけで、示せるのも俺自身の力のみ。
錬金術士として敵を打ち砕き、ブルーホワイトたんという強力な戦力を保持して次々と敵勢を自分の軍門へと下らせていった実績のみがアピールできる箇所。
「そのままの意味。もっと有用に貸しは活用した方がいいんじゃないか? 例えば、俺達と仲良くして欲しい、とか」
「またそれか。お前は妖精の舞踏会でも『みんな仲良くー』だなんて喚いていたな」
「言っとくけど、俺は根に持つタイプだよ。ここで降伏なんて強制されたら、俺は今後もずっと『一匹狼』の敵に回るよ?」
』として、代表としてこの場に交渉に臨んでいる以上、ひとたび敵になれば恐ろしい錬金術士であると誇示するんだ。
そして逆に、俺と仲良くなればそれなりの恩恵があるかもよ、と匂わせろ。
『サディ☆スティック』、『首狩る酔狂共』、『黄昏時の酒喰らい』の威光を借りての交渉とは」
俺としては、もう出たとこ勝負で俺個人としての戦力で以って脅しているつもりだったけど、ヴォルフからしたら違って見えるのか。
だがそれを俺に気付かせてくれたのは上等、ここは押しの一手だ。
『一匹狼』の評判はすこぶる悪いよなぁ。敵ばかり作って、幼い団員たちを守りきれるのか?」
「今、お前の戦列に加わっている
口からでまかせだけど、ベンテンスの言い分だとあながち間違ってもなさそうだし、ここぞとばかりにまくしたてるぞ。
「この戦争が終わったら、また普段の
左手を差し出す。
援軍が反乱分子になる前に、お前がこちらについちゃえばいいじゃないか、と。
「ちっぽけな目の前の戦いに
俺の小さな左手が、ヴォルフの左手によって雑に握られる。
「そこまで言うなら、白銀の天使。お前も『一匹狼』の悪評を背負えよ」
夜が明けた。
それが俺達にとって、終戦の合図となった。
206 204 Stories Pretty Toddler'S Clear Operation
Wolf, if you kill me, this fight will be our victory.
First, I say it out loud and strong.
This one has already exhausted all his power and boasts his power without showing any sign that he has no skill to do so.
But without showing any dust upset in my words, Wolfe laughed with her nose.
"The Granze side doesn't mind if I get killed. There are no substitute commanders (officel), but there are plenty of substitute mercenaries (players). In the first place, even if we don't finish you off here, we're sure to win this one."
Only here should it be better to send in an elite unit that boasts 1.4x the stat value depending on the Commander's (Officel) abilities.
Wolfe's hanging up the card now.
Wolfe said victory was certain without me, but I can't accept it on par. Why is it that someone who should never come out on the front line has come out to this place?
That's just like me, because there's got to be a reason I have to leave.
Rinse there.
"Doesn't look like the Wolves can afford it, though? Since the troops are up there, it would be better if the Commander (OFICEL) gracefully watched the war in the rear."
"No, no. I'm these miscellaneous opponents, I came out on the front line because I can't afford them too much?
If we keep fighting like this, it's bound to be dangerous for Wolfe, and we have to make him smell like we could win this fight.
Blah, there's no way it's gonna work with a gap and an attack or anything, and my winning condition here is to survive. Only then will the avoidable battle be avoided.
Use whatever bluff you can. Do whatever you have to say to make enemies vulnerable.
"Wolfe seems to be less popular. Bentens told me."
The only information I have is what Bentens told me. Let's spread the story from here somehow.
I insist that you are not a single rock in the dark, and I wonder if that is the situation that causes me to have to decide on the victory as soon as possible.
For example... Right. You told the enemy faction that a large force likely to rival Wolfe had decided to fall back on Ignitol's side and rushed to take victory before it did?
If you don't finish me off here, aren't you sure they're gonna win?
Then again, I should never be killed. But if my predictions had come true, how could he not have set me up without question? I don't see Wolf's aim clear.
"... the 'drunkenness at dusk'... something extra..."
I don't know if it's a star, but Wolfe's expression definitely clouded. But at the same time, I have one question. Assuming that a rebellion against Wolf was emerging, it's a strange thing that reinforcements are continually rallying under that unpopular Wolf.
"Can you expect reinforcements and them? If we pull into the fort and prolong the fight, we'll be in our favor, won't we?
If we are to show an attitude that can be taken as affirmative here, I can be sure that Wolff's concerns lie with the reinforcements themselves.
In other words, the relationship between the reinforcements and the army Wolfe is now leading is not good. I can expect him to have come out to battle before reinforcements arrive because of the anxiety that greatly shapes the battlefield because of that. If that's the case, don't come out needing to take this place off at all costs.
"... how far do you know?
It was doubtful that Wolf put it in his mouth. What a difficult response to reflect on.
Here, yeah, I know. And answer forcefully, what? If asked, it would be the end of a volume, and that's why vague statements don't capture the situation of the other person, and I don't even assume that the conversation is formed right now with a kooky one.
Thoughts get chopped up, but it's too early to give up here.
Rotate your head visibly and derive it...
Adding to the position, the situation, the situation, all of it...... I'm looking at Wolfe's face with a cool look on my face, and don't break up your spare posture.
And laugh.
I insist that it is a reciprocal position.
This was the fullest dialogue I could make.
If Wolf is the representative, he is familiar with the circumstances of his own army. Next thing you know, it's probably our enemy's situation to keep an eye on the fine trends.
It's the same here, and I tell him to turn a blind eye to the situation of the Wolf faction.
With this dialogue, you say, 'What the hell do you know?' That would be hard to hear.
Assuming you ask me a question and I make Wolfe's anxiety element misplaced, you will let my surrounding men know that while I am in the same position of commander, I am better at information warfare (wow). If you're afraid of disobedience, Wolfe's demise here should show that it's a deadly thing in front of his men. He said he was an unreliable commander. In comparison, Commander on Ignitol's side, my battle has hit enemy forces hard thanks to Blue White Tan. In front of it, Wolfe will not tolerate anything unusual.
This was the only dialogue that wouldn't let the other person ask questions, including elements that stimulate pride around it.
Honestly, I hope it's too thin... but I bet my hopes that Wolfe's pride would be high, and all I had left was this return.
"... well... we're familiar with the NPC situation."
Yeah?
"Hum, but. I don't care how you figure out what's going on here... Angel of Silver, you're going to have to surrender."
Whoa.
It's a better condition than being exercised by force without question, but if I personally surrender here, I would be very involved in the morale of my future allies.
"You're not. On this occasion, I ask you to return the loan at the fairy ball. I gave you shelter. Ask the Silver Angel to be our prisoner and disperse the soldiers of the fort immediately."
After all, Wolf saw the need to put an end to this battle as soon as possible. I'm stuck cutting my wings enough to spare you bumping into each other, you know? So you went out of your way to put your face on the dangerous front line to make me a surrender recommendation. The reason Wolfe put up even though he had the option of striking only elite troops without appearing. In case I had any more hidden balls, Wolfe herself was the only one who could bring up the "borrowing" as a negotiating material so that I wouldn't break out and finalize the victory as soon as possible.
"Is it like this (...) that you can let me repay the loan you owe me?
I'm the only one who can give it to me, and I'm the only one who can show it.
Where you can appeal only to your track record of crushing enemies as alchemists and keeping the powerful power of Blue White Tan to bring them down to your own military gates one after the other.
"Meaning as it is. Shouldn't we make use of borrowing more usefully? For example, you want us to get along."
"That again. You used to call me" Everybody's Friendly "at the Fairy Ball."
"I'll tell you what, I'm the type of person you have in your roots. If I'm forced to surrender here, I'll always be the enemy of The Lonely Wolf, okay?
As Commander (OFFICER), you boast that you are a terrible alchemist once you become an enemy, beyond being here to negotiate as a delegate.
And vice versa, if you get along with me, it might do you a lot of good, smell it.
"You're miserable. Mercenary Regiment (Clan)" Sadie - Stick "," Neck Hunting Drunk Co "," Alcohol Eating at Dusk "
As far as I'm concerned, I already threatened you with my personal strength in battle, but from Wolfe, does it look different?
But it was superior that made me realize it, and this is a push.
"The Mercenary Corps (Klan) 'Lonely Wolf' has a terrible reputation. Can you make all the enemies and protect the young members?
"I heard that even the mercenary regiments (clans) that are joining your battle right now are just forming an inmate party because their interests are aligned. You don't like serving in the Army."
It's bullshit, but if Bentens says so, I can't seem to get it wrong, and I'm just screwing around here.
"When this war is over, the usual mercenary regiment (clan) begins to hang out with each other again. Which doesn't have much to do with the mercenary regiment (clans) coming to reinforcements, does it? Then why don't you watch their mood and join hands with us and stay safe?"
Give me your left hand.
I was wondering if you could follow me before the reinforcements become insurgents.
"Let's look beyond each other rather than be obsessed with a tiny battle in front of us. He's the same commander."
My little left hand is cluttered by Wolfe's left hand.
"If you say so much, angel of silver. You carry the bad reviews of" The Lonely Wolf, "too."
The night dawned.
That signaled an end to the war for us.
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