There she lay, on a Sunchair inside an open patch of the forest. Wearing a pair of Aviators she found on the dash of a 5 Ton truck. Silently reading a Translation book, the Captain of Eldwood was next to the woman. Checking her sentences and grammar, and correcting her politely. Even though her Purple Dress covered the entirety of her body, the Colonel approaching could clearly see her sexy outline and bust, her long slender legs and arms while she revealed her face to the world.
Her emerald eyes shone far away, and her long golden blonde hair mixed with the snowy forest around her. Making the Vampire Queen seem like a heavenbound Angel on Earth.
"What's the meaning of this Miss Bartley? Can't you see the City Fortress won't surrender?"
"Can't you see? I'm trying to perfect my English." The young stubborn and tall Colonel with white hair wasn't having any of it. Visibly annoyed that she's not doing anything even though she is one of the most powerful beings in the entire continent. "But ma'am, weren't you the most energetic to find the lost General?"
"I was. Till you and your men thought it'd be a good idea to roll up on an Ancient City Fortress and not expect them to fight back."
The Colonel is shocked by her English, though her tone still needed a bit of work, her overall skills have greatly improved and she already had an accent going.
"Woah, you've improved. I can hear a French-American English accent going on. But Romanz sounds more like a mix of German, French and Dutch though..."
"Hmph, even after years of sleeping. My mind is still as sharp, learning another language is still as unchallenging as ever. Now, why hath thou disturbeth me?"
"Well ma'am, our Airbases on the East are still under duress from the Humanoid Tribals. We cannot properly receive logistics the farther away we come from your Kingdom."
"It's no longer my Kingdom. I've long been dead to them, and still is. Queen is merely a title to me now. It holds no power or control."
"I respect you for trying to learn English so that low level people like me who never unlocked the Translation skill, could talk to you. But don't you think it's time to move?"
"No. Colonel, you must learn to not be reliant on your machines and firearms. Yes, they make your lives a lot easier, but you must not make it the focal point of your strategies. You've fallen to one of the most dangerous follies in commanding. Over Reliance on your equipment. Right now, what do you see?"
He looked around, other than the Eldwood Captain standing next to the Queen, it was all a wintery forest.
"See, your men could've been flanked days ago. Though you are doing it correctly, surrounding the city, preventing them from getting food and supplies, it only takes one team to tear apart a hole in your flanks. You've been pointing your weapons at the wall hoping your Metal birds would arrive when they specifically said they cannot assure anything due to the weather and distance."
"Well, because I could EASILY, EASILY take that city if I have Air Support. Mortar fire has already decimated much of their defenders outside. I really don't want to get lost, we're so far from any respawn points that it's a hassle to find them and take them here."
"You said it yourself Colonel. Sad that you humans have lost most of your quick thinking and the thing I love most about your kind. Out of the box planning. I guess this is what being babied by an advanced society will turn a man into."
Hearing the beautiful Queen insult his manliness shatters the Colonel's ego. But rather than going berserk. He breathes in and out, his hands in fists.
"I... do get your point. But putting my manhood in it is crossing the line Miss Bartley."
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Army of the Damned
General Fiction"The objective here is to return home. By any means necessary." An Isekai about Politics, Strategy and War. Players of Dark World, a Full Dive VR game suddenly got teleported into the world of Threa. Our cast of people, found and recuited by a luckl...
