Lord of Training - Chapter 133



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133. The war has already begun.

[Atlantic Kingdom Army Commander’s Office]

“Chung! Did you call?”

As soon as Commander Bugsley saw me, he smiled pleasantly.

“Hahaha! That’s good news. They’ve decided to hand over command and operational control to us.”

“Oh! That’s great.”

“If you’re going to hand it over, hand it over quickly. Why are you wasting two weeks worrying about it? You’re really foolish. Time is money······.”

Commander Bugsley shook his head.

“Now your special forces should begin reconnaissance.”

“I have already prepared it.”

“good!”

Commander Bugsley nodded.

Then he spread out the map and asked.

“I’m talking about the deployment of each kingdom’s army. What do you think we should do? I’ve discussed it with Commander Tollip, but I’d like to hear your opinion.”

“No matter how much I think about it, I think it would be better for our Atlan army to take charge of the desert.”

“Oh! So you think so too.”

“It would be standard for the Kingdom of Helione, which has the largest number of troops, to take charge of the coast, and the Kingdom of Portlien to take charge of the jungle.”

The corners of Commander Buxley’s mouth rose as if his thoughts were exactly right.

I’m sorry, but our Atlan army wasn’t meant to stop the Empire.

Destroy the imperial forces and advance to attack the forward base in the rear!

It was the hardest work, but it was the only way to prevent an all-out war from turning into a war of attrition.

Of course, if the other kingdom’s forces are pushed back before that, it’s over.

“And our special forces will be stationed in the central jungle when the war starts.”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Your special forces in charge of information should be with our Atlan forces.”

“There are few places to hide troops along the coast, and there are only a few paths for the enemy to advance towards the desert, so other aerial magic knights can sufficiently scout them. However, the jungle is too wide to guard, so there is a high possibility that the enemy will penetrate it. Of course, we will conduct macroscopic scouting from time to time. We will also continuously check for large-scale additional enemy troops and movements. And since we have dimensional radios, we can contact the command center in real time.”

“That’s true, but······.”

Commander Bugsley looked regretful.

I’d like to keep it by my side, but I plan to scout out the enemy lines myself, and it’s better to have it in the middle of the jungle rather than on the desert side to check out other areas.

“And I think it would be a good idea to combine the aerial magic unit of the Portlien Kingdom with the aerial magic unit of Helione. The coastal area will be the biggest battleground, and there’s no answer if we’re pushed back from the air.”

“But what about the jungle side? There aren’t any aerial magic knights there, right?”

“Our special forces will take charge of that.”

“Are you going to do both reconnaissance and combat?”

“Yes. We have also supplemented the 13th Squadron, so it is certainly possible. And if it is urgent, we will request support.”

“Ha! That’s right.”

Commander Bugsley was in trouble.

The coastal front will be a fierce firefight with direct attacks.

The Empire will also give the most strength to that side and deploy the most troops.

If we are pushed back, we will hand over our forward base as soon as possible.

And the desert will be a battle between the Empire’s orbital tanks and Atlan’s orbital gigantics.

The Lacrosse Empire’s troop movements were different from our expectations.

The Empire also had orbital gigantics, so it was thought that they would be deployed to the southern continent front, but all ten or so orbital gigantics were deployed to the Bavaria Kingdom front.

That changed when the Republic of Arica came forward to support the Kingdom of Bavaria.

It seems likely that the Republic of Arica, which has the second largest military power in the world, would be more difficult to deal with than the Kingdom of Atlan, which has the third largest military power.

However, it would be more difficult to cross the border of the Kingdom of Lutes, which was guarding a narrow path, so it seemed like a plan to push forward on the Kingdom of Bavaria with the orbital gigant and orbital tank units at the forefront.

Thanks to this, our Atlan orbital giant force of only four tanks only has to deal with 100 orbital tanks.

Commanding the orbital giant armored unit was Captain Leopold of our special forces.

He was the only member of the Atlan crew to have actually experienced combat on an orbital giant, and was promoted to captain due to his active participation in the war with the Kingdom of Nubua.

Numerically, the Atlan armored unit was at a great disadvantage, but the Gigant spirit cannon had a much longer range, and they had the spirit shells (lightning) that I had specially given them, so they would be able to fight.

And the fight between the aerial magic knights protecting the orbital giants and orbital tanks will also be fierce.

‘But the place with the most variables is the jungle······.’

There were only a handful of routes through which to move large forces, but there were so many small paths and the area to be defended was so vast.

There were highlands here and there, and deep jungles, so there were many places to hide troops.

The jungle would be mainly infantry combat, and there were few situations where aerial magic knights would be active.

The Empire will also deploy the fewest airborne magic knights.

“First, let’s do some reconnaissance. Then, I think it would be good to check the movement of the Empire’s troops and respond appropriately.

“Okay. Let’s get moving.”

***

The forces of the Empire and the Allies continued to grow.

And the armies of both sides began to advance toward the front.

The Allied forces had already established defensive positions in the middle area and were reinforcing their forces there, while the Empire moved large forces to break through them.

We, too, were already stationed in the center of the jungle with two legions of Potlien, and were setting up defensive positions along the paths where the enemy might approach.

Direct war has not yet begun as the enemy is not visible yet.

But the war in heaven has already begun.

[Special Forces Command Center]

Chi-chik!

– This is Major Kalin.

“Tell me.”

– The Aerial Magic Knights of the Kingdom of Helione and the Imperial Aerial Magic Knights just engaged in combat.

“What was the result?”

– A squadron of Imperial troops came down and immediately retreated as soon as Brigadier General Guillermo stepped forward.

“Imperial Named-Class Magic Knight?”

– I didn’t see it.

“Okay. Continue to monitor the situation.”

– yes.

Chi-chik!

“How about the desert side?”

– This is Major Herman. It’s been quiet since last night.

“You too, do not engage in combat. If you see the enemy, fall back and report to Major General Wandike immediately.”

– all right.

Major Kalin and Lieutenant Jester of the Special Battalion capable of high-speed flight were in charge of coastal surveillance, while Major Herman and Lieutenant Cameron were watching the desert.

Just as important as scouting the enemy’s territory is not being scouted.

The Empire also continued to send aerial magic knights to inspect the deployment of our Allied Forces’ forces, and the Allied Forces’ aerial magic knights sortied to block them.

The central jungle was watched by Captain John Cutter, Lieutenants Duncan and Douglin, while Colonel Audrey’s 1st Battalion and Nicoll’s 2nd Battalion were on standby, ready to deploy at any time.

And the 13th Squadron, led by Deputy Commander Colmin, was prepared as a reserve unit to support the retreating units in case of combat.

Chi-chik!

– This is Lieutenant Franco from the Scout Unit.

“Speak!”

– This morning we captured three regiments of troops moving from Red Rock Forward Base towards the northern coast.

“Understood. Tell Colonel Bradrick to stop reconnaissance for today and stay hidden.”

– Yes, don’t worry about us. We are very well hidden.

The reconnaissance party was led by Colonel Bradrick, Lieutenant Colonel Phelps, Major Tian Werner, and Lieutenant Franco.

Instead of deploying from this command center, they dug tunnels in the jungle near enemy lines, made a hideout, and rested there while keeping watch.

It was an inevitable choice, as Colonel Bradrick was running low on mana.

And sometimes I would go over there and help with additional reconnaissance.

‘The movement of troops was within the expected range······.’

I also had some idea of ​​the deployment of the Imperial Airborne Magic Knights.

But I felt uneasy because I couldn’t confirm which side the Imperial Named-class Aerial Magic Knight was on.

All the National Intelligence Service could find out was that Major General Erance and Brigadier General Gargin were on this southern continent.

The Allied Forces had Brigadier General Guillermo of the Kingdom of Helione and Major General Wandike of Atlan, so the number of Named-class ships that were visible was the same.

The variable was how many of the Imperial Elite-level knights who entered the S-rank labyrinth gate this time would rise to the Named-level.

If there were a lot of them, two or three would likely come to this front line.

That was a big variable, and I was a variable to them.

‘If we can deal with the Empire’s named-class aerial magic knights, we can turn the war in our favor.’

Because now I can fly at high altitudes.

After watching Colonel Bradrick’s skills and practicing hard for the past two weeks, I was able to use similar skills.

It is to prevent mana from leaking out by emitting mana and using the Mana Seal (lv.3) skill.

However, it took about 10 minutes for the Mana Release (lv.3) skill to take effect.

Because it took quite some time to refill mana.

Still, with the use of a dimensional oxygen mask, he could fly at high altitudes longer than Colonel Bradrick.

The problem was the named-class aerial magic knight.

If I got caught up in them, I wouldn’t be able to avoid a fierce battle.

Then, there was no time to deploy the Mana Release skill, and there was no way to escape at high altitude.

However, if you don’t have a named class, you can attack enemies on the ground or a supply base and escape at high altitude, and the enemy won’t be able to chase you.

So reducing the number of named players could be the key to this war.

‘How many famous people came?’

***

Chi-chik!

– Sir! This is Lieutenant Colonel Phelps.

An urgent voice came from the dimensional radio.

Chi-chik!

“what’s the matter?”

– I think I accidentally let the enemy know my location when I was returning a little while ago.

“What? Get out of here!”

– That’s the Imperial Airborne Magic Knights spread out in the air. And there are two knights that look like named ones. They have a huge amount of mana.

It was a serious situation.

With two named-class aerial magic knights, it would have been impossible for the reconnaissance party to escape.

Chi-chik!

– So now we are moving into the jungle under the cover of darkness. But the Imperial infantry is pursuing us, so it won’t be easy to escape.

I told you to be careful, but it looks like someone made a mistake.

I guess I had to go help.

Chi-chik!

“I’ll go with the men, so keep moving deep into the jungle and hold out as long as you can.”

– Okay, I’ll turn off the radio for a moment, in case the enemy detects you.

“Okay. You can tell when I’ve arrived by looking at the sky.”

– Yes! Be careful.

It was a race against time.

Chi-chik!

“All personnel, assemble and prepare for sortie immediately! Hurry!”

– yes!

He gathered all the air magic agents who were waiting.

and.

Chi-chik!

“Commander Bugsley, this is Brigadier General Alain.”

– What’s going on at this hour?

“I need your help immediately.”

– What? Now?

“Issue all Allied Airborne Magic Knights to fly over enemy lines and return immediately.”

– Are you talking about flying?

“Yes. No combat, just fly and return to base.”

– Okay.

This was intended to prevent other named-class aerial magic knights of the Empire from coming towards the jungle.

Since they also know that there is one named person each in the Atlan and Helione armies, they will not be able to support the jungle.

“Is everyone here?”

“yes!”

“Our comrades are currently stranded in the jungle. We will go and rescue them. Deploy the special forces!”

“Special flyers, sortie!”

“let’s go!”

The special forces and the 13th Squadron flew straight towards the enemy lines.

***

Paaaaang! Paaaaang!

The 13th Squadron was far behind, but there was no time to wait.

I was first heading to the jungle where the secret hideout was with three special battalion magic knights.

He opened the alchemist’s workshop and took out the dimensional suit (wrist) he found in the giant monster dimension.

And I put it on my left arm.

After returning from the Giant Dimension, I inserted a piece of the Dimensional Core into this device.

The Dimensional Suit was a portable flying device that allowed humans to fly by blasting powerful winds from its back, arms, and legs.

At first, I didn’t have high expectations because I thought I would need to have all the Dimensional Suit parts to use it.

But after experimenting and pressing on this and that, I figured out that I could use this gauntlet-like injector alone.

And I trained hard while coming to the Spirit World Gate and this southern continent.

This device allowed for a much wider variety of aerial situations and new flight techniques such as rapid acceleration and sharp turns.

Of course, it will also be of great help after using the Tunnel Vision (lv.3) skill that has been leveled up this time!

This wrist spray device could also be used by other aerial magic knights, so if possible, they tried to keep it out of sight.

But now it was an emergency, so there was nothing I could do.

In my calculations, veteran named-level knights of the Empire, such as Major General Erance or Brigadier General Gargin, would definitely be stationed where Brigadier General Guillermo of the Kingdom of Helione or Major General Wandike of Atlan are.

It would be burdensome for a new named player to take care of them, who are veteran named players.

Then, it was highly likely that the ones deployed in this jungle were new named-level knights.

If even two of them were new named-level knights, it would be worth fighting.

And there was no shortage of things to experiment with with the new wrist-jet device.

“Chief, there’s an enemy on the right!”

Lieutenant Douglin, who had the Mana Seeker (lv.3) skill, discovered the enemy first.

Dozens of Imperial Aerial Mage Knights were searching, overlooking the jungle.

“You go find the scouts! I’ll lure them out.”

“yes!”

I turned right.

Paaaaang!

And then flew straight towards the Imperial Aerial Magic Knights.

The fact that they are searching means that it is not too late.

[Uses the skill Dynamic Vision (lv.3).]

I first started looking for the locations of the new named knights.

‘I found one!’

End