The Stellar Swordmaster — Chapter 144
Dialogue Transcript
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SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT...
HUH?!
LORD RUTIGER!
IT'S AN URGENT TELEGRAM FROM STURMA!
LADY OKSANA HAS...!
LADY OKSANA?
AN URGENT TELEGRAM?
HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE COUNTESS?
OH...
I-I'M SORRY.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL...
THINK NOTHING OF IT.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER?
SH-SHE RECEIVED A SUMMONS FROM THE VATICAN...
A SUMMONS?!
WHAT FOR?
COUNT.
A REPORT FROM THE EYE OF BAYEZID.
THE SPIES I'VE PLANTED FAR AND WIDE,
THE VATICAN BARING ITS FANGS,
AND EVEN THE LORDS BORDERING MY TERRITORY...
...WE MUST RETURN.
IF WE TURN BACK NOW, JOSEPH WILL BE CUT OFF.
GIVE ME SOME TROOPS,
AND I'LL GET JOSEPH OUT, IF NO ONE ELSE.
DON'T WORRY.
WE WON'T LEAVE JOSEPH ON HIS OWN.
WHAT?
AT ITS CORE, WAR...
IS ABOUT THWARTING THE ENEMY'S INTENTIONS.
THE USURPER AND THE OLD DRAGON SEEK TO SEPARATE BAYEZID'S MAIN FORCE FROM THE HEINAL ARMY.
NOW THAT WE'VE CONFIRMED THEIR INTENTIONS,
IT SHOULD BE EASIER TO COUNTER THEM.
THIS TELEGRAM IS FROM THE IRON DUKE.
THIS IS...
YES.
THE NORTH HAS ALREADY DECIDED ITS ANSWER.
WE'LL HAVE TO CHANGE COURSE AND TAKE A WIDE DETOUR.
WE MAY BE A LITTLE LATE.
...FOR THESE REASONS,
JOSEPH OF BAYEZID MUST COME FORTH AT ONCE AND APOLOGIZE FOR HIS PAST INSOLENCE,
AND BARONESS ALICIA IS TO DEMONSTRATE HER RESPECT FOR THE WEST THROUGH THIS MARRIAGE!
IT REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE.
THE NERVE IT TAKES TO SPOUT THAT BULLSHIT SO BRAZENLY IN FRONT OF SO MANY PEOPLE.
AHEM! AHEM!
WHAT?
WELL...
ARE YOU JUST GOING TO STAND THERE AND LISTEN?
AREN'T YOU THE BARONESS'S KNIGHT?!
SHOULDN'T YOU STEP IN AND SAY SOMETHING BY NOW?
THE PRESSURE...!
UH...
THAT BASTARD.
WHAT'S THAT FUCKER'S NAME?
STATE YOUR NAME, YOU INSOLENT WRETCH!
LADY ALICIA'S KNIGHT,
SIR VLAD, DEMANDS TO KNOW YOUR NAME!!
FURTHERMORE!
HE'S WATCHING YOU!
HE SAYS HE'LL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB IF HE MEETS YOU ON THE BATTLEFIELD!
GET LOST! GET OUT OF HERE!
THE USURPER'S KNIGHTS ARE A DISGRACE TO KNIGHTHOOD!
YOU BASTARDS...
HUH? WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?
CALM DOWN...
YOU INSOLENT BASTARD!
WHAT? MARRIAGE?!
MAAAAAA RRIAGE?!
W-WAIT!
HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE BARONESS!!
TAKE THIS AND GET LOST!
WH-WHOA?!
OOF!
HAHAHA!
THAT PATHETIC BASTARD FELL OFF!
KILL HIM!
KEEP SHOOTING! KILL HIM!!
D-DAMN IT!
WAHAHAHA!
LOOK AT HIM RUN!
JUST TRY COMING BACK!
NEXT TIME, I'LL PUT ONE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR FACE!!
...I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
OH...
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH HIM?
TH-THIS ISN'T FAIR!
I ONLY ASKED FOR HIS NAME!
THERE'S NO DENYING IT. HE HAS A GIFT.
TO THINK A SINGLE REMARK COULD SET FIVE THOUSAND MEN IN MOTION.
...AT LEAST THERE'S SOME COMFORT TO BE HAD.
THE STRIKE FORCE CUT OFF SOME OF THEIR SIEGE SUPPLIES,
AND WE CLEARED THE GRASSLANDS IN ADVANCE, SO THERE ARE NO ROCKS FOR THEIR CATAPULTS.
WITHOUT CATAPULTS, EVEN THESE FLIMSY WALLS SHOULD HOLD UP FAIRLY WELL.
THE PROBLEM IS THOSE SIEGE TOWERS...
...GIVE THEM THE ORDER.
STAND READY!
GET READY!
GET READY!
DO NOT FIRE UNTIL ORDERS ARE GIVEN!
SHIELDS UP!
HOLD FORMATION!
NOT YET...
...NOT YET.
H-HUH?
STOP!
A TRAP! IT'S A TRAP!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!
WE GOT ACROSS JUST FINE!
WHOA?! THIS ONE'S TILTING TOO!
STOP!
I SAID STOP!!
NOW.
FIRE!
THEY'RE ONLY FLAMING ARROWS!
STOP HESITATING AND GET THE SIEGE TOWERS OUT!
SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN'T...!
THAT'S...
OIL!
THOSE ARE JARS OF OIL!
Chapter Summary
The Stellar Swordmaster Chapter 144 follows Vlad as an urgent telegram shatters the campaign with news that Lady Oksana has been summoned by the Vatican. Lord Rutiger learns of Vatican pressure, Bayezid spies, and hostile border lords, yet refuses to abandon Joseph despite calls to return. Meanwhile Joseph and Baroness Alicia face an insulting demand for apology and a forced marriage, provoking Vlad to threaten the enemy herald and sparking a siege where defenders lure siege towers onto hidden oil.