In a World Filled with Deserts, an Old Man with Electronic Money

Episode 95 Launch of March Disruption Operations

"This sandstorm is very fast, minus the small one! Tallow, the headwinds are cool when you're piloting a ship!

"You're very fast. I'm worried about magic, but... oh, don't worry, there's Taro."

"It's not going to be widespread on a commercial basis. Count Nelson and the Desert Elf engineers helped build it, but there is no such ship. It's called an experimental ship.

"I guess. Performance is good, but fuel efficiency is worse. Without Lord Tallow's enormous magic, it will soon run out of magic."

A small sandboat was running through the vast desert.

As a sandstorm ship, it is small and it seems that a small merchant is moving.

But the reality was the latest prototype that Mu devised, Count Nelson secured the materials, and desert elves helped build.

Running at more than ten times the speed of a normal sandstorm, they are heading for the Royal Bart Army, which continues to advance toward Shipland.

However, the fuel consumption is poor, so we are trying to shorten the operation time.

First, I moved to the vicinity of the Royal Army convoy that I would attack in "Base Transfer," from which I took out this ship that was serving as a "Different Dimension Warehouse."

Accompanying guests are labels, mules, flaws, and aisha only.

I felt like I was traveling for a long time.

"Lord Tallow, what should we do first?

What if we catch up with the Royal Bart Army fleet?

I heard about the label.

"Steal as many magic boxes as you can from the backup convoy."

Well, there's usually a supply convoy back there.

Mu agreed with me.

"Could there be a supply convoy ahead? The Shipland army will attack us. Because refusing supplies is the foundation of the war."

"Mr. Label, you may be attacked from behind."

"It's very unlikely. Otherwise, Shipland has a small army. If they find us and destroy us before we circle around the rear of the Royal Bart Army fleet, we may lose defensive strength. That's why it's behind us."

"The forces that are defying the King attack the ship?

"If you do that, your brother will crush you for being a rebel. Besides, if the nobles had the courage, there wouldn't be any way to send them out this time."

The label ran out of control over Aisha's concerns.

"Many Bart Kingdom merchants have been raiding large ships and magic boxes during this deployment. The logistics of the Grand Nobles' territory will be delayed, so the Grand Nobles' ships will have to move. For now, we are acting with anticipation."

They don't use their boats for such nonsense, they can't use them to sell their own specialties to King's Landing and carry the goods necessary for their lives to Oasis.

And the king expecting it would put the supply convoy behind him and not have much escort.

After all, there is little fear of a supply convoy being attacked.

"I see. So we attack the supply convoy at night. A small number of guerrillas."

"That's the way it is."

The opponents were a convoy and army with a bomb in their supply.

You don't have to attack a ship with a regular soldier on it.

Stealing a magic box would reduce the opponent's combat power.

"I hope you give up and retreat along the way."

"I can't. If my brother can't take over Shipland, there won't be much left."

I wonder if I need to add or subtract.

Shipland will be abandoned anyway.

Residents following Taranto have begun to flee towards Gori Town, and the king is not foolish enough to reach out to residents following Baron Torrest.

It is impossible to prevent the temporary capture of Shipland, and it would be better if the Royal Bart Army had at least one casualty.

If you reduce the number of troops poorly, it will reduce the burden on supplies.

"You're not going to kill me alive? Taro is surprisingly eggy, too."

"My wife and I are so cute. Muu shouldn't kill enemy soldiers either. It's good enough to get hurt."

"To deplete the magic potion used to treat you."

"That's what it is. I hope we catch up at night."

"Don't worry about that. Fuel economy sucks, but this ship is fast."

As Aisha predicted, our ship arrived at the rear of the convoy after sundown.

"This looks good."

"It's not magic. It's amazing."

"This is hard to find because you don't have to turn on the lights."

I don't look so good.

We were looking at the fleet with the infrared scope we bought in Netshopping because we would find it when we lit the lights.

After observing it for a while, the ship suddenly stops.

Apparently, I stopped the ship to get some sleep.

"Isn't that when sailors take turns moving the ship?

"I don't think we were able to secure that many sailors. As expected, the merchants will not respond to the demands of the sailors who are paying their own salaries. It's like he's my brother. He's missing something."

Driving the ship at night saves water and food… but moving the ship at night increases the risk of collision, grounding, and accidents as much as seagoing ships do.

Since it was dark, it was difficult to prepare for sand beasts, and many sailors with excellent skills were needed to run sand currents safely at night.

If we don't get it together, we'll have to dock the ship at night.

If we dock together, we'll be able to prepare for a sandbag raid.

"It's convenient for you to stop. Let's go."

I, Label and Mu get off the boat and head for the convoy on foot.

Aisha would move the ship if anything happened, and Fleur stayed on the ship for another assignment.

"There's a guard there for now. Naturally."

"It would be convenient if you could focus on the Beast."

As I watched from afar on the infrared scope, I saw the voices of the soldiers from far in front of the convoy and a flame that seemed magical for a while.

Magic must have been unleashed on the beast that tried to attack the convoy.

"With this fleet, most sandbags shouldn't attack, but some of them are less intelligent."

Sand lizards and sandscorpions are said to have a certain number of individuals attacking humans without much thought about that.

Because I'm weak... but because it's a threat to low-level General Soldiers, a scattered wizard is killing them with magic.

Mu, let's make it that ship.

"Very nice. There are a few sentries standing by."

Our first choice was a large vessel that we thought was one of the supply convoys.

Infiltrate this ship and take the magic box.

Nevertheless, is it difficult to avoid finding it?

"That's not true. I am good at water magic. The majority of humans are made of water, so magic in this system can also be useful."

When Mu did something magical, the sentry fell asleep on the spot.

Looks like a pretty strong sleeping system magic.

"Let's go."

All the sentries have fallen asleep, so we rope the edge of the ship and climb straight to deck.

When he stood on the deck, time was wasted and he immediately entered the hold.

"Nh!...."

Unfortunately, I bowled with a soldier there, but the label hit him with an electrolithographic flame and stunned him on the spot.

"It's amazing... it's a trick I can't do"

Me too.

I took it for granted that Mu was not good at direct combat with magic as the main theme.

I couldn't react like a label.

"Not this much. Let's hurry."

"Whoa, La Label is a manly man."

"Muu, remember when you get home...."

As I continued to the back of the ship, dozens of magic boxes were placed in the warehouse near the bottom of the ship.

Of course, the soldiers were on alert, but they all slept tightly with Mu's sleep magic.

Earlier, the soldier was unlucky and didn't get the sleep magic.

"So, take this."

Finally, I didn't do anything in battle, but I put all my magic boxes in the "Different Dimension Warehouse"... and I'm glad it went well.

This supply fleet alone cannot carry all the supplies for tens of thousands of people.

Magic boxes are always needed, so the King raised magic boxes from merchants.

If we take this away, the Royal Bart Army will suffer from supplies.

Next time.

We took off a large ship where sailors and soldiers slept and raided the next ship in the same way.

Again, hijack dozens of magic boxes.

I have repeated this several times and it is about time for me to stay up late.

Even though there are occasional Sandbeast interceptions, I don't think they'll notice.

Mr. Tallow, I'm sending a signal.

"Please, Mu."

Before I disembarked from the big ship, I shook my hand at the ship where Frau and Aisha waited far away.

There is an infrared scope, so you should have noticed.

A short distance from the big ship, several flares suddenly flew from afar, which pierced the ship and burned up.

It didn't burn much because it was a camp pyrotechnic, but suddenly the fires rose and the soldiers started extinguishing the fire with a lot of noise.

It seems that this prevented them from realizing our existence.

Well done.

It's my first day.

Nevertheless, it is fortunate that in just one night we took over a hundred magic boxes and tons of food and water from them.

It would be a failure of the alarmed Royal Bart Army to assume that it would be safe to leave the supply fleet behind.

Because of the army, there must have been some assumption that no one would attack them.

The Royal Bart Army will suffer from more supplies.

"But from now on, we'll have a guard."

"It's only natural that we take measures, so we'll interfere in another way tomorrow. Fleur, please."

"I'll take care of it, Mr. Tallow."

I said it was okay because there was still a solution.

Instead of seriously fighting the Royal Bart Army, we just have to keep putting a strain on it.

The next night, we attacked the Royal Bart Army from behind.

"The fire won't go out!

"Flaw, fire more and more arrows. Don't hit people. Aim for the sails of the ship."

"Okay."

The next night, Aisha rushes the ship at full speed, Fleur wraps a cloth with a gel-like igniter in the arrow, and fires an ignited arrow.

Its purpose is to burn the sails of sandstorms.

Sandstream ships operate with magic, but sails are used as auxiliary power.

Without this, there would be a huge difference in fuel consumption.

The ship's speed will also slow down, so the Royal Bart Army wants to get to Shipland as soon as possible, so I can tell you it's a disgusting sabotage.

"Now it's finally me...."

The label shook the hammer-throwing hammer purchased in "Netshopping" with all its strength, and then hit the rear of the ship, where the magic furnace was located.

Though it won't break completely, this type of attack will damage the magic furnace and degrade its performance.

This is a disgusting obstruction.

"Can I take that boat?

It's small, and you're weak in vigilance.

With sails on fire, magic furnaces damaged and Royal Bart Army soldiers heading right and left on the countermeasures, me and Mu entered a medium-sized ship with a fleet on the outer edge.

Also, Mu magically sleeps the soldiers and sailors, and I steal magic boxes, food, water bottles, and more.

For a one-way, two-month journey, it was an operation to steal at least one magic box from each ship and refine the supply of the Royal Bart Army.

"It worked. There is a high probability that you will make an unexpected mistake if you overdo it. That's it for tonight, too. Aisha, let's go."

"I'll handle the ship!

We are a small new sandstorm operated by Aisha, leaving the convoy at full speed.

"The same hands work twice! I'm going after you today!

The commander of the Royal Bart Army has begun to chase us on several ships with relatively fast legs.

If the king finds out what he did two nights in a row, they may be punished.

So you must be desperate.

Aisha, get in the back of that rocky mountain.

"Let me handle it! Yaaaa! Try to catch up if you can."

That is the work of Mu and Count Nelson, and the desert elves.

Regardless of fuel consumption, the new sandstorm overwhelmed conventional ships.

They pull away the ship they've been tracking immediately and enter the back of a large rocky mountain in the desert.

"'It's no use hiding in a rocky mountain!" Turn around! "

But it's no use doing such a thing.

Because....

"The ship is gone...."

"'You're such an idiot! Find him! He must be hiding somewhere! I hear you say,"

I'm sure.

After escaping behind the rocky mountain to an invisible location, we disembarked from the ship and stored it in the "Different Dimensions Warehouse".

Immediately, he fled to Shipland in "Base Transfer."

The trackers will be looking hard for us to disappear by now.

"Lord Tallow, you did well today."

"But what about tomorrow?

"Running away is easy, and the ship will work with my magic. Worst of all, think there's a raid every night."

"It makes me nervous. The soldiers will come spiritually."

Still, it's better than dying in battle.

From the next day onwards, we carried out night raids of harassment every night.

"Shall I just say hello and come back today? Muu, please."

Leave it to me, Mr. Tallow.

Mu dropped a huge chunk of ice onto the ship's path.

Without avoidance, the ship collides with a huge chunk of ice.

The ship was damaged halfway, and soldiers and crew were injured.

"If the ship is completely damaged, I can give it up, but I can't give it up halfway through."

It's a ship originally raised by merchants, so you'll have to pay for it if you destroy it.

However, the merchant who damaged the ship and repaired it halfway through would be unhappy.

The injured can't possibly not be treated.

A plan to reduce the stock of magic potions.

"Nothing in the last few days?

"Those raiders must be the Shiplanders. If we don't rendezvous, we won't make it to the battle against the Royal Bart Army.

"Is it dangerous to spread the force because there are few of them?"

"That's what it is. Now I can sleep properly at night... stupid!

He betrayed the expectations of the Royal Bart Army, which had thickened the evening preparations, and deliberately did nothing for a few days.

The Royal Bart Army will recognize us as a separate Squad of the Shipland Army, a special task force dedicated to ambushes.

And if we don't get back to Shipland soon, we won't make it to our final match, so I mistakenly thought we were back.

Using that gap, he attacked the rear supply convoy for the first time in four days, and stole more than a hundred magic boxes from several large ships.

They also steal food and barrels of water from their eyes.

The Different Dimension Warehouse is a savvy skill for war.

Flaw!

Yes!

Again, the flaw burns the ship's sails with arrows.

The burnt sails will have to be replaced, but it's time to run out of spare sails.

A ship without sails can't catch up with the convoy's march, so we have to push it backwards.

Or is there a way to restructure the fleet of blunt ships and not reduce the number of invading troops?

However, in that way, the Royal Bart Army would naturally be divided into two.

"Label!"

Leave it to me.

The label also damages the magic furnace behind the hull by throwing a hammer with all its strength.