Lord of Training - Chapter 10



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10. Will you become a permanent resident?

10. Will you become a permanent resident?

Sergeant Phelps activated his subspace skill inside the underground munitions warehouse.

Soon a black hole with a diameter of two meters appeared before my eyes.

Its appearance resembled a dimensional gate.

“Huh! This is a subspace warehouse. Can people enter it?”

“I read the description and it says that no other living beings can enter besides me.”

“That’s a bit of a shame.”

If we could put the wounded in subspace, we could safely transport them to the rear. We could also evacuate them in an emergency.

I looked inside, but I couldn’t see anything.

“What happens if I touch this?”

“well.”

I touched the subspace entrance with my hand.

Then it just passed.

It seemed like there was no reaction or anything you could touch unless it was Phelps.

“How do I put things in?”

“It’s simple.”

Sergeant Phelps entered the black hole carrying a box of ammunition.

Then it disappeared without a trace.

It felt like I had to take it in my own hands.

Then it seemed difficult to put in heavy objects that could not be lifted by hand.

Phelps came out empty-handed after a while.

“How spacious is the inside?”

“Ah! Let me check it out.”

Phelps went inside and came out again after a while.

“It’s about 100 meters long and wide.”

“100 meters…”

“I haven’t measured the height exactly, but it’s definitely quite tall. And as your spatial sorcery level goes up, the space expands even more. The entrance also gets wider.”

“It’s going to increase more here?”

I was a little surprised.

The space alone was enough to hold all the military supplies here and still have some leftover.

But if it got any bigger, it would be like carrying a moving supply base.

That’s why Awakened beings with spatial sorcery are treated with great respect.

And I heard that space magic is so rare that our airborne brigade doesn’t have one, but the higher-level unit, the corps headquarters, has one.

“Great. I can pack everything here.”

I was so sad to leave all this behind, but it turned out well.

“You take a rough inventory. I’ll go and call my men.”

“Excuse me, Captain. Before you put this item in storage, I have something to tell you.”

“Tell me.”

“I think it would be better to keep the military supplies here a secret.”

“secret?”

“Yes. Is it really necessary to hand these weapons over to the higher-ups?”

“Does that mean we should have it?”

“It’s not us, it’s the platoon leader who should take care of it.”

“I?”

Phelps looked serious.

“There’s no place to sell something like this anyway. Why don’t you take care of it yourself and give it to your platoon members when they need it?”

“So you’re saying we should use it as platoon supplies?”

“Yes. Even if we pass all of this, it will only be a one-rank promotion. Wouldn’t it be better to use good equipment to our heart’s content in a battlefield where our survival depends on it?”

“Well, since it’s something that came out of the labyrinth gate, there’s no way anything would fall on us.”

I nodded.

Actually, that’s what I wanted to say first.

I just couldn’t say anything because I didn’t know what Sergeant Phelps was thinking.

But I was grateful that he made the offer first.

“Okay. Let’s take care of what’s here.”

“Thank you for your permission.”

Phelps smiled pleasantly.

“And I spoke to the squad leaders last night, and they wanted to keep our awakenings hidden as well.”

“But would the platoon members do that? If they just awaken their magical powers, they can be promoted to non-commissioned officer right away?”

“No. This is what the platoon members want.”

“okay?”

“Yes. If everyone gets promoted to non-commissioned officer, they will be scattered. The platoon members want to continue to be with Sergeant Alain. They say they have come to a consensus that only then can they safely return home. Of course, the squad leaders and I think the same.”

Actually, I heard Phelps and the squad leaders talking yesterday.

I didn’t want to hear it, I just happened to hear it while tossing and turning because I couldn’t sleep.

I knew that my platoon members had overcome many crises because of me, and that I had given them all a chance to awaken.

And they firmly believed that if they were with me, they would be able to return from this war alive and well.

To be honest, even if I get promoted to a non-commissioned officer, I’ll be transferred to a platoon I don’t know, and there’s no guarantee that I’ll meet a better platoon leader than me.

I think I’ve done a great job as a platoon leader these past few days.

“If all the platoon members want it, of course we can keep it a secret. I don’t want to lose such great soldiers either.”

“As expected, the platoon leader is wise.”

“Ah! Major Nicole knows that Private Watts has awakened, so it would be better to report that one or two more have awakened. But if we enter the Labyrinth Gate, there will be no awakened people, so they will be suspicious.”

“Then I think Sergeant Herman and Corporal John Cutter would be a good fit.”

I thought those two would be okay.

Sergeant Herman was due for promotion to NCO anyway, and John Cutter was the best marksman in the company, so he was the most suitable person to awaken.

“Okay. I’ll speak to those three separately, so you give your platoon a firm warning.”

“all right.”

What worries me the most these days is the members of my platoon scattering.

It was hard to awaken them, but if they were all promoted to non-commissioned officers, it would be difficult to stay in one platoon.

So I was wondering if I should ask my superiors to create a special force.

‘Those wonderful guys······.’

They were now my full-fledged subordinates.

That day, the platoon members all worked together to move military supplies from the secret warehouse.

The hardest one was Sergeant Phelps.

Because I had to receive the items and stack them in the subspace warehouse by myself.

***

Whew!

After finishing my canned dinner, I took to the sky with my low-speed flight skills.

It was for practice, as I didn’t know when I would use my flying skills.

‘I never knew flying in the sky would feel this good!’

A ruined city seen from the sky.

It was the first day in a long while that volcanic ash did not fall, and the full moon was shining brightly, so it had its own charm.

Before, I could only fly for a few seconds because I didn’t have enough mana, but as I awakened my platoon members and killed many monsters, my level went up a lot, and my mana increased several times, so now I can fly for about ten minutes.

In addition, since this place was rich in mana, the speed of mana replenishment was several times faster. You have to use your skills a lot during these opportunities to increase your skill level and become familiar with it.

‘The only drawback is that it’s slow.’

The downside of low-speed flight is that it is very slow.

This means that when attacked in the air, your evasion ability is significantly reduced.

Of course, I have an air shield so I can defend myself to some extent, but I can’t stop all the bullets flying from all directions.

‘You’ll need to learn high-speed flight or aerial evasion skills, or stronger defensive skills.’

Until then, air combat was out of the question.

I flew until my mana almost ran out and then came down.

Okay!

“Aren’t you going to go to the Airborne Magic Unit like this?”

Sergeant Phelps was waiting on the roof.

“Where would I go leaving my platoon behind? And if I join the air magic unit with just one low-speed flight skill, I won’t last a day.”

“The Empire’s air magic force is indeed strong.”

Sergeant Phelps nodded in the affirmative.

“Why are you outside?”

“Major Nicole is looking for the platoon leader.”

“me?”

“Yes. I told you that I was patrolling the area. I think I’ll be moving around myself starting tomorrow.”

“Right.”

Tomorrow would already be six days since I entered the labyrinth gate.

Sergeant Phelps held out a cigarette.

“Would you like to smoke?”

“No, it doesn’t suit me.”

Phelps put the cigarette back in his pocket.

“You can smoke.”

“no.”

Phelps looked out over the ruined city.

“Now we are going back to the battlefield.”

“okay.”

I felt regretful.

If you stay here, hunt monsters, and level up, you can become stronger quickly.

And I was able to quickly develop my alchemy skills.

Outside, it took two days to turn the sphere once, but here, the dimensional energy was quickly recharged, so the sphere could be turned in half a day.

In fact, over the past few days, I’ve been firing thousands of rounds of magic bullets, and I’ve been able to create four mana rings, like a mountain out of dust.

But now that there was not much food left, they could not hold out any longer.

“What are you going to do when you go out?”

“We have to survive first. The war isn’t over yet.”

“When the war is over?”

“well······.”

I haven’t thought about it deeply yet.

The first thing that comes to mind is that I never want to go into that terrible abyss again.

To do that, I had to live a life without regrets.

What exactly is a life without regrets?

Living freely and doing whatever you want?

It was the first thing that came to mind, as I had been locked up for a long time since I was an alchemist.

That doesn’t mean I wanted to live alone. I wanted to live freely, doing what I wanted while hanging out with people.

‘It won’t be easy.’

The world was now in a complex and chaotic state with war, gates, dimensional monsters, and even this race.

How many free people are there in this world······.

Then a person’s face came to mind.

He is the head of the Bombard family and the lord who rules over the Hebrok territory on the border.

It was Count Belif Bombard, Alain’s father.

Although the power of the king and the central government was strengthened, the power of the lords was still strong in the local areas.

Of all the characters in Alain’s memories, the one who seemed the freest was his father, the lord.

“What are you thinking about?”

“Shall I become a lord?”

“Yes? Your Majesty?”

“If I become a lord, I can live however I want in my territory, right?”

“Well, of course, someone as high as your lord would do that.”

Phelps chuckled.

“But would that be easy?”

“Don’t you know my last name is Bombard?”

“I know. You must be from the Bombard family.”

“My father is the lord of Hebrok Estate. I am the eldest son.”

“yes?”

Phelps’ pupils doubled in size.

“Huh? You really are going to become a lord!”

It was the first time I had seen him look so surprised.

“The platoon leader will be a good lord.”

“How do you know that?”

“I know by the way you treat your subordinates.”

“Haha! Thanks for your kind words. But it’s not easy.”

“You’re the eldest son, right? Then shouldn’t you naturally become the next lord?”

“I have an uncle who is incredibly talented.”

Alain’s competition was not his brothers.

Sten Bombard, now famous as the general of the Atlan Kingdom.

He was followed by many subordinates wherever he went, and was the first chief of staff of the field army responsible for the Western Front.

“I don’t know anything else because I haven’t studied anything, but I’m confident that I have a pretty good eye for people. You will definitely become a lord, Captain.”

“Really? After hearing you say that, do you really want to become a lord?”

“I will help you from the side. And the guys from the 3rd Platoon will definitely join you.”

“That’s a good thing. But before that, let’s focus on surviving this war. It’s far from over.”

“Yes! I know that very well.”

Suddenly, Sergeant Phelps’ eyes lit up.

Is this too ambitious?

***

“Go straight to the munitions factory!”

I knew that Major Nicole’s body wasn’t perfect.

In the meantime, Private Watts had been using his healing skills to heal his thigh and shoulder wounds, but they were not completely healed.

The thigh in particular was penetrating and would require several more weeks of treatment.

But she is an aerial magic knight.

Instead of walking, I used my flying skill to move by floating in the air.

[I am a person who neither has the time nor the right to be sick.]

This is what she told me yesterday when I was worried about her physical condition.

I don’t know what it means, but it seemed like she had her own story.

After all, who in the world doesn’t have a story?

“Stop! There is a strong mana response in front of the munitions factory.”

Everyone looked tense at Sergeant Phelps’ words.

And soon an 8 meter long monster appeared.

“Huh! It’s a giant dimensional monster!”

The platoon members were astonished.

In Earth terms, it was like a D-class boss monster appearing in front of F-class hunters.

“That’s the gatekeeper!”

Major Nicole said.

Now I had to kill the gatekeeper to get into the munitions factory, and inside I had to find the lost heritage to clear the gate.

“I’ll take care of that guy. Follow me right behind you.”

“Can you do it alone?”

Major Nicole chuckled and pulled out her sword from her waistband.

Paaang!

Major Nicole Braschi soared into the sky.

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