CHAPTER 236.1

When I said that the enemy was probably planning to burn the Bain Kingdom army together with Colts, everyone, including His Highness' guardian knights, fell silent. That's only natural.

But if you think about it, this was most likely the only reason why the Demon Army, who even dared to destroy the Triot Kingdom and attack the Bain Kingdom's royal capital, would cause trouble in such a local territory.

The location of Colts was simply chosen as a stage to gather the main forces of the Bain Kingdom in one place and annihilate them.

"Why do you think so?" (Filsmeier)

"It's a judgment based on all the information we have right now." (Welner)

It seemed that they also ordered a large amount of charcoal, and they also purchased wheat with its straw and husks, but what caught my attention even more were the large number of oleanders.

This plant was commonly planted as a garden tree or roadside tree in my previous life, but in fact, the leaves, branches, flowers, fruits, and roots were all poisonous.

The danger of this was that even the smoke from burning them was toxic. If these plants were burned in key locations in a city, it was easy to cause chaos. If a large amount of them were burned near the city gate, it may be impossible for the army to even get close to the city gate.

"In other words, plants that look like they are naturally planted in the city are likely to be traps." (Welner)

It's clear that they were trying to cause chaos not only with fire but also with smoke, and another thing I forgot to mention was that I had never found a vein of sulfur in this world. However, there was a volcano near the Demon King's castle, which was the only place with a volcano on the continent.

As I thought before, if the Demon King was a transferee or reincarnated person from another world, he may know how to make gunpowder.

Along with Sulfur, potassium nitrate was also needed for gunpowder.

In this world, just like in the medieval period of my previous life, agriculture was the major industry.

Every village had livestock sheds, and there were large amounts of hidden nitrates in animal excrement, which could be collected by using niter bed or in nitrate. I didn't know what it was like in the villages of Triot that were destroyed by the Demon Army.

This danger could not be ignored. However, it was difficult to explain gunpowder, so I decided to explain it by describing it as "Potion", which made fire easier to burn.

I said, "Is it possible that the Demon Army has a potion that strengthens the fire like Gunpowder potion. It is a potion that was thought to have existed in the ancient kingdom era, but its raw materials are no longer available, so it has been forgotten. I don't know if the Demon King knows about it, but I think it's better to be cautious."

"I see." (Filsmeier)

Well, maybe there wasn't gunpowder in the ancient kingdom era either. I would still push through even if it ended up as a lie.

In this world, even if the opponent was a combatant, the knights fought with the goal of capturing them. Plundering might be within the realm of possibility, but a plan to massacre an entire city was unimaginable even in the worst scenario of a conquest.

I didn't think we needed to think about why they chose this place to execute such a vicious plan. Perhaps Coltrezis House was just full of

ambitious fools who could be used. On the other hand, they could have used this method anywhere.

"But why would the Demon Army go to such lengths?" (Hindelman)

"This is just a possibility..." (Welner)

I said to answer the question from Hindelman, the leader of the Second Knights, but I was a little hesitant about the answer.