I Try To Enjoy My Life But This Woman Keep Calling Me Villain-Chapter 80: War Meeting (2)

|Catharina von Xenotra - Heiress of Baron Xenotra|

I can only nervously sit on the chair while many scary-looking people stand around the room. Because of the king’s word, I will be the one asking the Southern Nobles about the war and their plan to attack the Gokuya Kingdom.

When the last person comes inside the room, Lord Alexander Cunningham sits in the opposite direction of me.

"Welcome to the War Room, the people of the North. Let’s start the meeting."

Lord Cunningham nods and looks at me. I can see Lord Verqur nod at me, telling me to start the meeting.

"First thing first, thank you for having us in your home, my lord."

"Think nothing of it. It is an honor to our house."

I smile at him and put on a serious expression.

"Let me start with a question of logistics. While we bring a ton of supplies with us, I want to ask how the supply is in the South?"

Lord Cunningham nods and starts to talk.

"You don’t need to worry about supply, my lady. The South had its biggest harvest last week, which can last two years if we manage it carefully."

"Truly? Congratulations, my lord."

"Thank you."

"What about healing potions?"

"As the king commanded, we mass-produced a large number of healing potions, and they were ready to consume."

"What about a healer?"

I can see him frown and hesitate to say something. I know the reason why. The previous king is truly an idiot.

Luckily, I manage to talk my way through the meeting of the Great Nobles, where we barely manage to take away the previous king’s law. I know it was not because of me but rather of the power of Lord Verqur, who had massive political power in the noble society.

"You don’t need to worry, my lord."

I take out a piece of paper and put it on the table.

"From now on, the people of the South can make a Healing House once again, and they can train and hire a healer as their personal retinue. I know I’m asking too much, but can you show us how many healers you have? This is a time of chaos, and we need to unify to beat evil."

Lord Cunningham and the other Southern Nobles look at me with unblinking eyes. They continue to look at me in silence for five seconds and start to get nervous. Did I say something wrong? Did I offend them?

Dammit, Duke Verqur! I know that asking for the healer is a bad idea!

However, instead of being angry at me, Lord Cunningham nods and says.

"Very well. We have fifty-five healers ready to go."

"Fifty-five?!"

One of the northern lords shouted in surprise at the number. Truthfully, me too.

Fifty-five healers are something that is absurd. Even the capital city only had twenty of them, and it was a capital city. Healers are a rare commodity that not many people can have, and here Lord Cunningham tells us that he has fifty-five healers?!

"Um, I beg your pardon, my lord. However, are you saying that you have fifty-five healers?"

Lord Cunningham nods and says.

"Yes."

"Is this only for your territory or the entire Southern territory?"

"Only for my territory."

"How?"

I cannot help but ask that question. In the game lore, only thirty known healers are in the second arc and only fifteen in the third arc. Here the Cuningham family has fifty-five of them. Training a healer is not cheap, you know?

There are guilds that can train healers or rent their members to lords or kings on this continent. However, they are expensive. Training a healer without talent will cost you time and money. They charge a farmer’s yearly income every month for three years of training. If the one they train still cannot use healing spells? Well, good luck. You can still ask them to teach you more, but you need to pay them the same amount of money as before.

The church can also use healing magic, but they cannot train people and only let lords and kings borrow their members for money. By sum, I mean the same amount as the guild and sometimes even more expensive.

I can see him look at his son with a proud expression and say.

"I did not do anything. All of this can happen because of my son, Gwyndolin. He is the one who trains them to be a healer. You did not need to worry. They were already fully tested in the previous battle, which is why we did not lose too many soldiers."

"So you have a healer before the king dismisses the previous king’s law?"

I can feel a wave of cold air pass me, and I can see the Southern Nobles and the people from the Luzia Kingdom glaring at the fool lord. I need to get this situation under control. I cannot make an enemy out of them, especially when we are inside their fucking territory!

Think! Think Catharina!

However, I did not need to do anything as I could see Lord Verqur touch the foolish noble, and suddenly, he disappeared from the war room.

I can see him give an apologetic expression and say.

"I’m sorry for his behavior. I will remind him that he is nothing in this meeting. He is a brat who does not know his place as a son of a Baron."

I can see Lord Alexander nod at the Duke for a few seconds.

"Very well. Make sure he is punished. A son of a Baron did not have the authority to talk to a Count like that."

"I will. In the name of Verqur, I promise that anyone who dares to disrespect the people of the South and Luzia Kingdom will be punished with death as the highest punishment."

I can see the other Northern Lords get pale at that word. In this society swearing in your name is something very sacred. Dishonoring your family name is very disgraceful, and some people would rather die than do that.

The family name is something VERY important in this era and world.

Lord Alexander and some of the Northern Nobles nod their head. They are satisfied with that oath.

"Very well."

"Thank you."

Lord Verqur looks at me, telling me to continue. I nod and say.

"Shall we continue, my lord?"

"We shall."

"Thank you. Before we continue with the war plan, can I ask about the strength of the enemy? And is there something we should watch out for?"

Lord Alexander nods, and suddenly I can see Gwyndolin walk forward. He takes out something and places it on the table. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Please listen to my son’s explanation. He will tell you something very crucial."

Everyone in the room looks at the device and prepares to listen. Even I look at the device on the table curiously. What kind of device is this? It looks familiar for some reason.

"This device that Jullian and I found when we were laying traps for the enemy."

Gwyndolin starts his explanation.

"This device is something called a Monster-Summoning device."

No... Does it already appear?! It should not appear before the third arc! Wait! The one I remember is bigger and has purple crystals surrounding it. Does that mean this is still a prototype or something?

"To activate this device, they need to feed it at least thirty souls and their agony."

Yup. It was the same device, alright. I remember the description of the device. There are some differences but not many. The most glaring one is that it only needs at least thirty souls and their agony to activate the device, while in the game, it needs at least a hundred, and the most powerful one needs a thousand.

However, this confirms that this device is the prototype or at least this is the weakest version. I hope it is the first one because we still have time to prepare for the worst, and I don’t think fighting against a hundred thousand monsters will be great.

"It is easy to achieve the first requirement, but the second one is the most difficult because they need their sacrificial person alive and be tortured by the device to get that agony from them. This is their wild card that can change the flow of battle."

"How can we counter this?"

I cannot help but ask how they do that.

"Scout. We need quite a number of scouts that check the forest, cave, and even mountain to see if there is a monster-summoning device in the area. I propose letting the scout search the area a few kilometers away from our main group to ensure there is no ambush or this device. I already created a device that helps the scout search for any monster-summoning device. I will teach them how to do that later."

Good. He already came prepared. Truly a great commander. I guess I understand why he can command the entire Southern Army by himself.

"However, that is not the most worrying thing."

What? Is there even a more dangerous thing than the monster-summoning device?

"I have a theory about this device. Monsters will and cannot be commanded by anyone. However, I have a feeling that the one creating this device has that kind of device that lets them control the monster."

All the people in the room look at him with a grim expression.

"There is no way the Gokuya Kingdom is willing to use these monsters without something that can control them. The monster will attack them as well."