Lord of Training - Chapter 17
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17. It’s our turn to show!
17. It’s our turn to show!
We are not a platoon anymore.
Special Forces.
That means 23 people are equivalent to a company of about 100.
So, one squad was as powerful as a platoon.
That’s why I divided the squad into four.
“Phelps’ squad and Herman’s squad, prepare to engage the enemy here!”
“Yes! I will prepare thoroughly.”
Sergeant Phelps expressed his confidence.
I headed to the gate entrance with Carlin’s squad and the newly created John’s squad.
And I also had my own soldier who didn’t belong to any squad.
Private Jester.
He was the only soldier in our company who had awakened the flying technique, besides me.
“stop!”
Stopped in front of the gate.
[Uses low-speed (lv.1) flight technique.]
Whew!
I climbed to the top of the dimensional gate and sneaked outside.
This is to check for any possible enemies.
‘As expected, they don’t even know we came in.’
There wasn’t a single soldier around the dimensional gate.
My plan was working well, and the Imperial artillery was busy responding with artillery fire to prevent the Atlan Kingdom forces from advancing.
So far, the plan has gone well.
We diverted their attention with the concentrated fire of our artillery, and Captain Hela’s perfect flight brought us into the gate.
Now it’s our turn to show!
There was another intention for entering the gate, but before that, the mission assigned to me had to be completed.
Because we are soldiers of the Atlan Kingdom!
I went back into the gate.
There was no more time to delay.
The Imperial artillery had to be disabled before the night was over.
Then, an all-out attack will begin and friendly damage will be reduced.
I looked at each member one by one.
And he commanded.
“The mission is simple: attack the Imperial artillery and destroy the cannons.”
“all right.”
“let’s go!”
“let’s go!”
I left the gate with 11 platoon members.
Sergeant Kalin, who had a night vision skill that allowed him to see night as day, ran forward first.
The cannon aimed at the south is positioned about 500 meters ahead of the dimensional gate!
There were rows of sunken pits, each with a cannon stationed in it.
Boom! Boom! Clank! Clank!
A loud explosion and a strong recoil.
The imperial artillery fires its cannons without rest.
The Empire’s most advanced fixed 75mm horsepower howitzer with a recoil mount.
It was a monster that didn’t need separate aiming because it had a recoil mechanism that returned to its original position after the barrel was pushed back when fired, and it could fire 10 rounds per minute.
Bang! Bang!
“Ugh!”
The observation officer next to the cannon slumps forward.
Bang! Ta-tang! Bang!
“Ugh!”
“Cough!”
The number of artillerymen per cannon is 6!
He knocked down six people in an instant.
“Keep moving forward!”
The Kalin squad and John squad split up and ran towards the other cannon.
I took out a special magic bomb from the alchemist’s workshop that is ten times more powerful than a magic grenade.
He pulled out the detonator and placed it into the gun barrel.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Boom!
The end of the gun barrel split and bent with a loud bang.
This cannon is now out of service.
“Private Jester, did you see it well?”
“yes!”
“It must be handled with care.”
“Yes, leave it to me.”
Private Jester flew towards the cannon that Kalin’s squad was pointing at, carrying a bag containing bombs.
I also flew in the direction that John’s squad was advancing.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The cannon’s barrel kept exploding.
Perhaps because they judged that there would be no enemy approaching from the rear, there were no properly armed soldiers near the artillery unit.
At best, an observation officer or an officer who had awakened the explosive technique would draw his pistol and resist.
So our platoon quickly and easily took out the cannon.
“The front row cannons are now the last!”
Squad Leader John, who had already swept away the artillerymen, shouted.
Boom!
Another cannon rendered useless by my hands.
“The enemy! The enemy is coming!”
Dozens of soldiers were rushing towards us, perhaps realizing that their artillery had been attacked.
“Block it as much as you can!”
“yes!”
Bang! Phuong!
The sound of Squad Leader John Cutter’s explosive spell was heard.
His flame skill increases the power of bullets, and causes a flame explosion when the bullet hits.
The power of the flame explosion was only 1/5 of that of a magic grenade, but any soldier hit by it or nearby soldiers could be engulfed in flames.
And once the flames burst before your eyes, anyone would become scared.
Boom!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, bang!
The last cannon was fired.
“All right! Everyone withdraw!”
“Retreat!”
I ran towards the dimensional gate, deploying my air shield at the very back.
“Don’t fall behind! Keep running!”
Because it was a hill, I got out of breath after just a little bit of running.
We ran with all our might.
So we arrived in front of the dimensional gate.
I took out the flare and aimed it at the sky.
Taang! Wheeeeeeeeing!
Phew!
Soon the surroundings became brightly lit.
“Over there!”
“Shoot!”
Bang! Tata tang!
As the surroundings brightened, bullets rained down on us.
“Come on in!”
We entered the dimensional gate.
***
As I entered the gate, my eyes were dazzled.
Ah! My eyes are getting blurry.
Bullets cannot pass through the gate.
Dimensional gates do not allow inanimate objects to pass through them alone.
Only things that were ridden by, carried by, or worn by living things could pass through.
“Lieutenant Alain! Here you go!”
“Everyone, hurry up!”
Sergeant Phelps and Sergeant Herman motioned toward us.
“Come this way!”
We ran behind the berm that Corporal Cameron had made.
Corporal Cameron’s awakening technique is a defensive technique.
Skill is Earth (lv.1) Shield!
It was an earth-type skill that gathered dirt from the surrounding land and made it rise 1 meter. The advantage of this skill is that it has strong defense and the blunt chin remains even after using the skill.
He created several berms for us, and we took cover behind them.
Clank! Clank!
I heard the sound of a machine gun being loaded.
“Prepare to fire!”
Chuck! Chew chew chew!
Two machine guns and a dozen rifles were aimed at the front of the dimensional gate.
The soldiers who regained their breath late also aimed their rifles.
“Get in there! Get them!”
“Kill them all!”
About twenty imperial soldiers followed us in without fear.
“Ugh! It’s dazzling!”
“Ah! It’s daytime here!”
The imperial soldiers covered their eyes with their hands.
We waited for more soldiers to come in.
And then a dozen more people came in.
“uh?”
It was only then that the imperial soldiers discovered us.
“shit!”
Tutatatang! Tutatatatatang!
Bang! Tata tang! Bang!
Machine guns and rifles opened fire simultaneously.
Pot! Papapapapot!
“Ugh!”
“Ugh!”
With a single scream, the soldiers fell helplessly.
The power of the magic machine gun was outstanding.
So, two platoons were annihilated.
Then, other soldiers came in without even knowing the situation inside.
“What, what is this body?”
Tuta tata tang! Tuta tang!
“Ugh!”
“Keep shooting! You’ve got plenty of bullets!”
There are more machine guns too.
This is how you use the magic machine gun you got from the labyrinth gate!
If it weren’t for Sergeant Phelps’ space technique, I wouldn’t have been able to imagine it.
The soldiers kept coming in and we kept shooting.
The corpses began to pile up higher and higher.
“Jester! Up!”
“yes!”
WHEECH! BANG! BANG!
Jester began flying through the air and shooting his rifle.
I too flew into the air and fired my machine gun.
In an instant, two companies were swept away by our fire.
“They are running away.”
“Just leave it alone!”
Several soldiers hiding behind the mountain of corpses escaped through the dimensional gate.
“Okay! Let’s withdraw!”
We packed our weapons and headed towards the magic stone mine.
This should buy you enough time.
Sergeant Herman came up to me and asked.
“Do you really think the imperial soldiers won’t come in?”
“We won’t be able to come in for a while because we’re scared. They’ll think we’re an aerial magic unit.”
“Yes? Why?”
“They don’t know we came into the gate on a transport plane.”
“ah!”
Sergeant Herman’s mouth fell open.
“So you’d think they were flying in from the sky and attacking from behind. And then Private Jester and I would fly through the air and shoot wildly, and when you think about the firepower of our platoon that wiped out two companies, anyone would think they were an airborne magic unit.”
“As expected, the captain had a plan for everything. I respect that.”
“The real plan starts now.”
I told my men what to do next.
***
[Magic Stone Mine]
There was no need to go deep into the mine where the magic stone was buried.
A place that Grills Inspiration told me about.
Arrived there.
“Oh! There it is!”
“There are really a lot!”
The platoon members’ mouths fell open.
Rocks with blue magic stones embedded here and there like veins.
It was a raw magic stone.
In the past, these ores were taken out in their entirety and separated into ore and rock at a ore processing plant on the outskirts of the city.
However, transporting the raw stones outside the city and processing the cut rocks took a considerable amount of time and money.
So, starting a few years ago, we built a factory at the entrance to the mine and started the first stage of work, carving out the rock and taking out only the magic stones as much as possible.
“But why didn’t you do any work on it and just leave it alone?”
“This is a compilation of the miners’ work over the past four months.”
The work of separating the magic stones was originally done by miners, but the imperial soldiers did not trust the miners and did it themselves.
This was because miners could sneak the magic stones away or hide them somewhere.
However, when they heard that the Allied Forces had entered the war and were launching a large-scale landing operation at the port of Pascaltes, the Imperial soldiers moved to the front lines, leaving behind only a few soldiers who were in charge of management.
“Ah! The miners continued to work, but there were no soldiers to process the ore.”
“They probably thought they could come back and continue their work.”
The platoon members now knew why there were so many magic stone ores piled up here.
“But would it be okay if we took care of this?”
Sergeant Herman swallowed dryly.
I asked back with a smile.
“Who owns this dimensional gate right now?”
“yes?”
“Is it the property of the Lacrosse Empire? Or our Atlan Kingdom? Or the Republic of Arica?”
Sergeant Herman tilted his head.
“Isn’t it Imperial territory since the area around the gate is still occupied by Imperial forces?”
“Yes. But tomorrow morning, thanks to our efforts, it will belong to the Atlan Kingdom. So strictly speaking, taking this today means taking something from the Empire.”
“Ah! I see. Stealing from the Empire’s property has nothing to do with it.”
Let’s explain it in detail, and the soldiers will understand.
In fact, the amount of magic stones that the Atlan Kingdom takes will not make much of a difference.
The Atlan Kingdom has 15 years to use this gate.
After that, it must be returned to the Kingdom of Lutes.
I don’t know how things will change later, but for now, I’ll be steadily collecting magic stones for 15 years. So the four months’ worth of magic stones we’ve collected are just a drop in the bucket.
No, it’s probably a little more than the blood of a new foot!
“Sergeant Phelps, let’s get started.”
“yes!”
Phelps opened the dark subspace warehouse.
“Okay! From now on, hand over anything you can hold to Phelps, and bring the big ones over here!”
I stood in front of a large machine that cuts the raw magic stone in its first stage.
I already knew how to operate it because I learned it from Grills Inspiration.
That’s how the work of collecting the raw magic stone began.
***
“Ugh! My back feels like it’s going to break.”
Sergeant Phelps’ face turned pale.
“Watts, use your healing skill on the boss.”
“I used up all my mana.”
One of the platoon members was shot in the shoulder as he ran toward the gate.
Corporal Watts used up all his mana to treat it.
“There’s a mana pill I gave you. Eat it.”
“Can I eat this precious thing?”
“It’s okay. There will be a lot more from now on.”
The total number of Mana Rings I have continuously created so far is 15.
It was the result of consuming tens of thousands of rounds of magic bullets.
But now that I have a pile of magic stone ores in my alchemist’s workshop, I can make several times more mana rings than I can now, even if the conversion ratio is crap.
As we approached the gate entrance, there were dozens of tents and the flag of our airborne brigade fluttering in the wind.
Our Atlan Kingdom forces have taken control of the dimensional gate.
“insect!”
“Oh! Welcome, Lieutenant Alain!”
Brigadier General Ray greeted me warmly.
His shoulders were tense.
“You really had a hard time. I’m glad you’re safe. I heard there were a lot of Imperial corpses inside the gate.”
“We tried desperately to block them, but there were too many enemies coming in. So we took refuge for a while and are now on our way back.”
“Haha! Good job.”
Brigadier General Ray patted my shoulder.
“You’ve done such a great job. What should I do for you? Should I promote you?”
Then Colonel Autumn said,
“It hasn’t even been two weeks since Lieutenant Alain was promoted. For the sake of morale and fairness of the other officers, it would be better to wait a few months before considering his promotion to captain.”
“Ah! I see. Then there’s nothing I can do.”
Brigadier General Ray gave me an apologetic look.
“Lieutenant Alain, just wait a few months. I will guarantee your promotion.”
“thank you.”
That was when.
There was a commotion outside the command tent.
“Attention! This is Corps Commander Bugsley.”
The handsome General Buxley strode in with Chief of Staff Tollip.
“insect!”
“Hahahaha! Everyone did a great job!”
Lieutenant General Bucksley smiled pleasantly as he shook hands with the brigade commander.
“How much pain must the Mobile Corps Commander and the 1st Corps Commander have! While they are dying, we have secured the large gate!”
Lieutenant General Buxley shook hands with Colonel Autumn and stood before me.
“Well done, Lieutenant Alain!”
He took my hand and even hugged me.
“To come up with such an ingenious plan, shouldn’t such a talented person be included in the Legion Strategy Team?”
Then the brigade commander intervened.
“I’m sorry, but Lieutenant Alain has already been assigned to a special company in the brigade.”
“Really? That’s too bad.”
Lieutenant General Buckley whetted his appetite.
“What should I give as a reward?”
Chief of Staff Tollip said.
“I have decided to pay 200 gold as a reward.”
“Hmm. Will that work? Give me 100 more gold. And give Lieutenant Alain and all of his platoon members a one-rank promotion.”
“Excuse me.”
Colonel Autumn intervened.
“Lieutenant Alain has not even been promoted for two weeks. So the promotion will come later······.”
“What’s the problem? This is a battlefield. Soldiers who have achieved merit should naturally be promoted!”
Lieutenant General Bucksley looked at Brigadier General Ray and said.
“Promote me!”
“Yes, Commander.”
Lieutenant General Bugsley looked very pleased.
It was only natural that he would be promoted to a four-star field commander, as he had won the competition against the Arican Republic, which was considered a rising empire, and had brought enormous benefits to the Atlan Kingdom.
Lieutenant General Bugsley looked at me with a pleased expression.
“Captain Alain, is there anything you would like? If there is anything you need, let me know. You fought hard, so should I give you a vacation?”
“Please leave the task of clearing out the imperial forces that entered the gate.”
“what?”
Lieutenant General Buckley and his commanders looked surprised.
The level of a magic knight increases through repeated skill use and slaying dimensional monsters.
There was a dimensional monster inside this gate.
I bet you’ve also got plenty of magic stones.
Now it was time to level up myself and my subordinates.
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