Isekai Kenkokuki - Vol. 6 Ch. 40.1

[Arcara]

Refugees dying in their territory is not casus belli. Screwing up and

Spoiler

shooting at MC, Lord of the land

is proper casus belli.

 

[Liquidxlax]

@Seink The refugees are far more focused on running not fighting. Some men and boys will fight, so if they can kill a couple soldiers a lot more soldiers will die due to their armor not being much of a defense against swords and spears. I'm just surprised rigars soldiers are killing the women. you'd think they'd use that as a good excuse to rape them...

@FrozenPot they porked on their wedding night. Tetra wants to get pregnant

 

[DrunkinDonut]

@TheDragonLord

Spoiler

Not planned, but that's what he thinks in the end. He sees the other side sitting there tense with horrified faces. And he realizes that they aren't allowed to come help. Even if can cross the river, he'd be returned to Dibel's region. So as a person who is deeply depressed, he decides at that moment to sacrifice his life for the others.

In response to the people who say the refugees could avoid the military blockade or possibly backtrack. Refugees forced by desperation, generally aren't well supplied with food and gear. For the village that was inspected by that Dibel relative, they don't even have seed to grow next season's food. They're not on horses and they've been spotted by mounted military patrols/literal Magic. You're not going to hide a thousand hungry people in the forest to escape a determined army. As the chapter notes, it's also 50% women and the elderly. Including the kids, they're physically not able to traverse difficult terrain. They can't run at that point, they're desperate, hungry, and even if they surrender, they could be made an example of for the other people in the territory. They move forward because it's certain death for them to go back/return.

 

[Seink]

@Liquidxlax
Those "soldiers" are not even blocking the path. They are completely unprofessional and their commander is damn incompetent.
A simple 2 layers spear formation would be enough for not a single refugee to be able to pass, but instead of this they leave the path open and play tower defense. What the hell are those guys doing?

 

[WillTell]

mmmmmmm tetra-chan

 

[Lolipop_Candy]

If you guys think Almus is not doing the right thing, you are thinking the wrong thing. This is jurisdiction law since ancient times. Whoever (try) cross the border armed will be treated as declaration of war. Whatever is done in other side of the border is not our concern. That's the reality.

Almus only help those who successfully enter his border, but if Rigel's soldier cross the border to chase the refugee without permission, it's Almus time to strike the hammer of justice

 

[yinkyo]

ah yeah, figures there would be bloodsheet from that convo alone....their factions fall would be more joyfull after this

 

[Goldenzeal]

@Arcara

Yeah..... that would do it......
Gonna be fun to find out what kind of insanity made them do that...

 

[Simpleton]

@DrunkinDonut Yea, refugees go on and most of them can't do a large detour. But it's a bit surprising that they don't huddle up a while (in surprise over the barrier) and then try to creep past in the night. (If there's pressure on them so they can't take a pause, I'd expect them to scatter into the woods and follow the barricade in small groups - which is unlikely to cover the entire border. Maybe pick up a big stick to be able to threaten soldiers at least a bit, so they don't feel they can just saunter over and kill you without any worries.)

But if the group has managed to sort out some kind of leadership (group cohesion) and have some kind of hysteria about "the promised land" and "we just need to reach the river" (as opposed to "we need to safely get into the next territory") then I guess this is also fine.

 

[FrozenPot]

Bruh they’re already having sex didn’t expect that, they should have atleast mentioned it to the readers after they made such a big deal out of their relationship.

 

[vaultist]

@FrozenPot They expressed pretty clearly that they had been having sex. They were it said that they were ”fulfilling their duty.” If that doesn't make it clear, I don't know what will.

 

[Morose]

@FrozenPot: It was already mentioned before, because right after getting married they started having sex to produce heir's. Just check back some chapters.

 

[kuroro86]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[Burag3]

Well i hope he doesnt go stupid and just try to save them. He is a lord of territory now and has responsibilities to people on his land

 

[JavelinJoe]

I find it odd that the military was so ill prepared for stopping the group of refugees that they immediately resorted to slaughtering them. Not that what they are doing is necessarily wrong for the time, but it should still have been the worst case scenario response.

It would have made more sense to at lease keep them alive if possible, since you can't tax the dead, and the dead can't produce. 1000 is also not a small amount to lose. It easily is a village or 2's worth of citizens. It is odd that they barricaded so close to the border too, though maybe that was unavoidable.

It does seem at least like they are choosing to make a statment though. Almus would obviously have to return any refugee that crossed since it would be impossible to hide it. So them choosing to slaughter all who even attempt to cross seems more like a jab at Almus rather than preventing escaping refugees.

 

[Mimcoa]

Μα τι μαλακιες ειναι αυτες ???? Κουραστικο παρα πολυ και ηλιθιο σεναριο !!!!

 

[theShear]

@JavelinJoe A Military lead by a Smart man might have done that ... but the Leader is Gilbert who a few chapters back hasn't exactly demonstrated foresight in his decisions. He probably simply gave the simple order of "Kill everyone trying to pass" and then went back to whatever corrupt sleazebags do. It might also have been an attempt to provoke Almus to move first but I don't think that guy can think that far.

 

[ShionSinX]

@Lolipop_Candy yeah, and I think hes waiting exactly that. He just needs one of them to come over, a soldier to overstep the boundaries of their region and BOOM, declaration of war, his army is free to respond in kind.

 

[Kisato]

If Almus actually does anything before the soldiers break the NAP, he's retardo.

Although, if he makes the case that since they're not his citizens, the act of crossing the border like this could be argued for the case of a militia in which case he might be forced to treat this like an invasion, and take control of the immigrants under the pretense that they're prisoners of war.

 

[SilverSun]

Berlin Wall?