I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree
Chapter 80 - The Enemy Has Attacked

“It is precisely because the Imperial Family is like this that it is necessary for you, Your Highness Elsa, to ascend the throne,” Orson stood beside Elsa, saying softly.

“Your Highness Elsa, you are different. I believe you are the right person, whether it is for the governance of the Empire or the common people under your rule.”

His voice was only audible to himself and Elsa.

As expected, after hearing these words, Elsa was clearly startled for a moment.

“What... what do you mean by that?” Elsa seemed to have misunderstood the meaning of Orson’s words, her cheeks slightly red.

“It’s obvious, Your Highness Elsa. I believe in you,” Orson said this, turned his face to look at Elsa, and revealed a smile.

“The road ahead is long and difficult. This matter will not end so simply. Believe me.”

After saying this, Orson turned around and left first.

...

Returning to the front lines of the war, Florence City was about to fall. This city was considered the second most important city in the Napoli Duchy.

From the name of the ducal family, Florence, it could be seen that this city was where the Florence family originated. It had also served as the capital of the Napoli Duchy for a long time, until a natural disaster centuries ago caused the capital of the Napoli Duchy to be moved to Romulus City.

And now, all the defenders of Florence City had left the city. They had built a defense line outside the city. They absolutely could not let the enemy cross the defense line to attack their homes.

At this moment, in the Napoli military camp outside Florence City, Martin was sitting outside a military tent, warming himself by a fire.

Although the Napoli Duchy was in the southern part of the Empire and wasn’t as cold as the northern Lucian Duchy during winter, where people could freeze to death, it was still very difficult to endure.

The biting cold wind, accompanied by humid moisture, directly pierced through one’s limbs and bones, making people shiver uncontrollably.

In this kind of weather, only warming oneself by a fire could provide some comfort.

In the past few days, due to his heroic performance in battle, he had been promoted by the commander to the commander of a thousand-man force. At this moment, his unit was responsible for the defense of the foremost line of the entire army.

If the enemy chose to attack, his unit would be among the first to engage the enemy.

Whether the commander valued him or treated him as cannon fodder, Martin didn’t care.

His only request was to choose a few of his companions as his adjutants.

Anyway, he was fighting to resist the invasion. Being placed on the front line to fight against the invaders was exactly what he wanted.

“Martin,” Just as Martin was still warming himself by the fire, someone walked over.

He was a companion who had joined the conscription with Martin, and also a comrade who had been fighting on the front line with Martin.

“What is it, Waltz?” Martin looked at the other party, asking in confusion.

“Tell me, do we have a chance of winning?” Waltz sat down beside Martin, took off his gloves, and then put his hands by the fire to warm them.

When they had just set out, the enemy was still a few days’ journey from Florence City. Now, they had been retreating step by step until they were at the foot of Florence City. Behind them were the people they were supposed to protect.

“Why is it impossible? Evil cannot defeat righteousness,” Martin said this, his expression unchanged.

“They are invaders, so we can definitely repel them.”

“But... I heard they haven’t done anything excessive to the people, and their reason for attacking is our Duke... he...”

“Waltz!” Martin interrupted the other party.

“Saying something like that in the army will get you beheaded. Do you not care about your life?!”

“But...” Waltz said anxiously, “I truly don’t know what we are fighting for anymore.”

“Don’t talk nonsense about fighting for the Duke. You are a noble. You should understand these principles better than I do. These damned nobles are not worth us risking our lives for. And the enemy won’t do anything to our families. They seem to truly be just trying to punish the Duke alone...”

“And then?” Martin listened to Waltz finish speaking, then looked up and quietly looked at him. “And then? Just because the enemy doesn’t mistreat civilians, we should just hand over the land we have inherited for generations?”

“Why do you think the enemy won’t mistreat civilians? Isn’t it because we are still fighting? They are doing this to make us lose our will to resist and surrender obediently, isn’t it?”

“So, don’t say that our resistance is meaningless, Waltz. On the contrary, our resistance not only protects the people behind us, but also prevents the enemy from doing whatever they want to the people in the occupied territories.”

Martin’s words were very reasonable. Indeed, if they still held their weapons, they would still have leverage to negotiate with the enemy, and the enemy would also be wary of them.

But if they were to obediently hand over their weapons to the enemy, then the enemy would no longer have any reservations about what they would do to their side.

Although it was not impossible for the enemy to have excellent military discipline, if this was all just a show, who would bear the cost?

Martin did not want to be this sinner. Similarly, many soldiers and officers on the front line had similar thoughts to his.

“Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore,” Martin said this, changing the subject.

“Waltz, has any intelligence been sent from the scouts and the mages?”

On the battlefield, besides scouts, there was another way to gather military intelligence: magic.

Although mages were usually not equipped in ordinary armies, in times of major war, the profession of accompanying army mages was quite common.

Besides casting fireballs and rocks on the battlefield to assist the army in causing casualties to the enemy, mages also had the function of reconnaissance.

“Oh, don’t even mention it. The accompanying mage assigned to us is a young lady who thinks reconnaissance is not suitable for her all day long. In this weather, with so many leaves withered, how are the scouts supposed to do reconnaissance?” Waltz immediately started complaining nonstop when he heard this.

Indeed, those who could access magic were mostly children from wealthy families. It was normal for them to look down on these foot soldiers.

“This won’t do. Hurry up and tell her... Never mind, I’ll go persuade her.” Martin said this, and just as he was about to get up, at this moment, a pile of snow that suddenly fell from a distant tree branch caught his attention.

It wasn’t snowing now, and the reason for the accumulated snow to fall from the tree branch was very simple.

As more and more snow fell, Martin frowned.

“It’s too late, Waltz. Quickly call out the soldiers and form a formation. The enemy is attacking!”

As expected, when the soldiers walked out of the warm tents, they were initially complaining, but when they saw the large army slowly approaching in the distance, they all held their breath.

The enemy had attacked.

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