No matter how much he looked at the strategy texts, simply reading them was impossible.
The strategy texts he managed to find in modern Korean had phrases such as this—
— Know thyself and know thy enemy and you will be ever-victorious.
If you compared Lee Hyun’s Weed and the alliance tribes with the Embinyu Church’s forces, it
was really too much.
“Ever-victorious, as if... looks like the quest is gonna fail.” Lee Hyun grumbled as he looked
for other books.
As he was doing so, he spotted a novel on the shelf.
«Romance of the Three Kingdoms»!
Apparently, someone had read it and then left it on a random shelf.
“«Romance of the Three Kingdoms»... other than the name, it’s a book I’ve never read
before.”
Lee Hyun glanced through the «Romance of the Three Kingdoms». It was a story about the
oath of the peach garden sworn by Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.
[T/N: It is a novel written by Luo Guanzhong during the 14th century. It is a true story based
on the happenings during the Han Dynasty with some fictionalization.]
He didn’t read the mighty «Romance of the Three Kingdoms» in detail, but merely skimmed
through the stories volume by volume.
The best part was where Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times to recruit him. It caused a
complete reversal from a totally disadvantageous position.
Lee Hyun discovered the strategy to deal with the Embinyu Church from the «Romance of
the Three Kingdoms».
* * *
The Embinyu Church’s great army!
After Weed and the alliance tribes’ attack, their vigilance had greatly increased. The
personnel posted on the wall had grown considerably, and there were also more Archers
with bows. It was evidence of the continuous growth of troops and the expansion of military
weaponry even within the Embinyu Church’s fortress.
“Bingryong.” Weed spoke from behind a rocky mountain, a spot that couldn’t be seen
directly from the fortress.
“Speak, Master.”
“Scout how many there are over there and report.”
“Understood, Master.”
Bingryong flapped into the sky. Without going near the Embinyu Church’s fortress, he
reported after observing them from afar.
“The humans on the wall alone are a little over 5,000.”
“That’s quite a lot. How about the ones wearing armor?”
“About 1,000.”
1,000 Dark Knights alone! He had to assume the rest were Normal Soldiers, Priests, or
Magicians.
Including the ones who weren’t on the wall, their overall number had at least more than
doubled!
Weed had anticipated the siege, so he had elicited and destroyed the pursuit forces in
advance. The strategy of dividing and conquering! He had lured and annihilated the weak
enemies first.
Despite it all, an enormous number of forces still remained inside the Embinyu Church’s
fortress. Moreover, given the great might of the Embinyu Church, it wasn’t an exaggeration
to say they dominated over the nearby tribes. As the battle wore on, reinforcements would
continue to arrive from other tribes.
“It means the enemy’s at least over 2 times larger... it’ll be totally impossible like this.”
“Master, surely you’re not going to attack the fortress again?”
“Yes.”
Since Bingryong had been caught in the middle of the quest, he didn’t know what kind of
quest Weed was doing.