Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

While watching such a suppression, Welner responded to Neurath’s question who was beside him along with Schunzel.

“Did you really have to throw in gold and silver coins over there?” (Neurath)

“Yes, that way fake jewels will be harder to spot.” (Welner)

The items Rafed prepared were not all jewels. There were also several glass balls designed to look like jewels and even stones that looked beautiful but were just stones, depending on the purpose of the item.

To make the fake jewels look authentic, Welner put them in a box with gold and silver coins, and then sent the whole box using a catapult.

“Even if there were fake jewels, there were also some real ones, right? Do you really have to use those here?” (Neurath)

“Those jewels are not expensive. Depending on the size and blemishes, they are worth a few silver coins. The gold coins were more expensive.” (Welner)

In Welner’s previous life, they were called rubble stones. These would include jewels that were too small to process, or had deep surface blemishes so they had to be broken up, or had cracks that made them impossible to process, or had many inclusions and were not highly valued in terms of transparency and clarity.

Some were, as Welner said, only worth a meal’s worth. In this world, glass might be more expensive than some things.

“But if one doesn’t possess any knowledge of such things, one would assume that all of those things are valuable. It’s something that commoners don’t usually have access to.” (Welner)

Neurath nodded at Welner’s words, “Indeed.”

Schunzel continued curiously, “And why the jewels, anyway?”

“Well, for one thing, it’s a matter of appearance, and for another, it’s an impression.” (Welner)

“Impressions?” (Neurath)

“Jewels have their own charm.” (Welner)

“…Indeed.” (Neurath)

Even if they became part of the regular army, they were still commoners who had been conscripted and had no desire to fight. Moreover, in this battle, it did not matter if the person in command had credibility as commander, it became a matter of being able to “control” those soldiers using their position and authority.

So it was not strange that soldiers who were conscripted peasants would value their own greed first since they didn’t even recognize their commander as a proper commander of the fort, but a knight or a noble who would monopolize the best loot.

“This strategy worked because conscripted farmers don’t have the will to fight.” (Welner)

“But then again, it’s a way of fighting that costs money.” (Neurath)

“On one side of the balance are both the lives and time of the soldiers, and on the other side is money. Which is heavier is obvious, isn’t it?” (Welner)

As a result of Welner’s strategy, the fort fell in less than half a day, which was an important part of his strategy. Besides, a half-hearted attack and failure would give their enemy commanders an opportunity to garner respect and trust from their knights and soldiers, making them more organized.

Welner had to prioritize the importance of winning the first battle by any means possible.

“Money can be dealt with later, but not lives. The lives of our people and soldiers are more important.” (Welner)

“I see.” (Neurath)

It was an obvious idea from Welner’s point of view, but in this medieval-style world, such thinking was rare. However, he did not pay any attention to such things, but instead gathered burning and smoking materials in the center of the fort, which was now under control, to light a fire.

As dusk was falling, the smoke rising from one of the forts built on the border between the Bain kingdom and Marquis Coltrezis was visible from a distance as evidence of its fall.

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