Lord of Training - Chapter 19



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19. On the way to battle.

19. On the way to battle.

“Oh my! My back hurts.”

Urgh! Urgh!

As she moved her hips, the sound of bones twisting in the human body could be heard.

“Flying twelve hours every day, gold is killing me.”

“There is no need to be lazy now.”

Captain Hela sat down in front of the campfire and sighed.

“Whew! Are you going to continue with this?”

“yes?”

“The screams of the agents are still ringing in my ears. If this continues, we’re going to catch someone.”

“Ah! It’ll be okay. They’re airborne troops after all.”

She shook her head in disbelief.

“And thanks to that, today, Sergeant Phelps has awakened his flight technique.”

“Ah! I saw that too. It’s amazing that you can awaken your magic in this way.”

“If you teach me how to fly a transport plane, I will help you awaken.”

“Yes? Absolutely not! I’ll lose my mind before I wake up. How can that look like a human?”

She looked at the troopers sprawled out in one corner.

Even in my opinion, it looked more like a zombie than a person.

She deliberately kept some distance from me.

“Please keep our company’s work a secret if possible. We have to hide our military power······.”

“I have that much sense. And I don’t go around talking about it when it’s not something that will make money.”

Captain Hela, whom I had observed for a few days, was a trustworthy person who, although he was a bit greedy for money, would carry out the work assigned to him to the end.

“But is it okay to leave the unit empty for this long?”

“United forces? Where can there be units in a ruined country?”

“······? Then aren’t you part of the Lutes Army?”

Captain Hela frowned.

“It may be a bit odd to say this as someone from Lutes, but the Kingdom of Lutes is rotten. The king fled to another country before the country was even destroyed, and the commanders fled without even being able to put up a proper fight. Do you know what’s even funnier? Prince Arc, who didn’t run away but stayed in the kingdom to lead the resistance until the end, was purged by his father. And now he’s trying to take back the country by selling out the kingdom’s dimensional gate and its people.”

She was the type who usually gave short answers.

But today, he was even expressing his feelings and speaking passionately.

You’re a person with a lot of ties······.

“So where do you belong now?”

“I don’t know if I can call it an affiliation, but if I had to be specific, I would say it’s a volunteer squadron. Until recently, we were helping the Kingdom of Baern, but now we’re helping the Kingdom of Atlan with transport missions. Of course, we’re getting paid for it.”

“Ah! You mean mercenaries? Then, what about the transport plane?”

“That transporter belongs to our Wake family. It’s a piece of junk that’s over 30 years old.”

As it turned out, she was a noble of the Kingdom of Lutes.

It was also the family that created the most unfairness in the Kingdom of Lutes before it was conquered by the Empire.

I heard that they even exported it to several kingdoms.

“You must have been to many kingdoms.”

“Yes.”

Captain Hela stared at the campfire for a moment.

For some reason, the eyes are sad.

How old is she?

Late 20s? Early 30s?

Because his face was young, it was impossible to guess his age.

However, judging by the faded color of his captain’s insignia, he may be in his mid-30s.

“Do you know where you can find a lot of strong and light metal?”

“Why metal out of nowhere?”

“I just need it.”

“In the Kingdom of Lutes, it is of course Hellas.”

“Hellashi?”

“Don’t laugh.”

There’s a city with her name.

“Helassi is a city built on land that used to belong to our Wake family. It was originally a barren plain, but a dimensional gate connecting to the spirit world appeared, forming a city.”

“Ah! So you’re bringing in metal from the spirit world.”

“Yes. As you know, everything from trees, metals, rocks, and even water from the spirit world is imbued with the energy of dead spirits.”

This was what was on Alain’s mind.

The main material of the airship, floating wood, is imbued with the energy of the wind spirit, making it as light as air.

In the case of a horsepower engine powered by a magic stone battery, it was not enough to move an airplane made of metal. However, if you make a frame and body out of floating wood and add metal, you can make an airship that is very light but has a strong exterior.

That’s why, instead of using the word airplane or aircraft, we use the word airship.

‘Once the Kingdom of Lutes is liberated, I should go to Hellasi.’

Metals imbued with the spirit’s energy would likely be lighter or stronger.

By putting it in a ductile iron and compressing it, a stronger metal could be created.

And at my current speed, I could make enough metal for a bulletproof vest, even at a garbage rate.

The food was cooked until tender in a large pot.

“The food is ready.”

I started putting food on a plate for her.

It was a dish of pickled pork, cabbage, peas, and carrots in a can, but it was quite edible.

“But why are you cooking, Captain?”

“The food agent got hurt while catching the dimensional monster yesterday. So I’m the chef today.”

“Huh? Are you going to catch dimensional monsters now?”

“At the entrance to the Forest of Demons, we only look for and catch the weak ones.”

“Huh! That’s terrible. I thought you were supposed to let me rest on days when I didn’t have flight training······.”

Captain Hela shook her head with a tired expression.

“Everyone, come together! Let’s eat.”

Zombie-like soldiers gathered.

Today’s harsh training will save the lives of the soldiers later.

Of course it will save my life too.

So I had no intention of stopping.

***

Delicious? After dinner, I went into my room and opened the status window.

[Alain Bombard (21)]

[Class – Magic Knight (E)]

[Level – 23]

[Awakening Technique – Defense (F), Flight (F), Sniping (F)]

[Mana – 159/292]

[Artifact – Sylphid Ring (Rare)]

As expected, mana recharges much faster.

The mana I used up to the bottom is already more than half full.

Although it wasn’t as fast as the Labyrinth Gate, the speed at which mana was recharged inside the other dimension gate was much faster than outside.

So, by catching dimensional monsters, I could use my skills more often and without burden.

As a result.

[Defense Technique (F) – Air Shield (lv.2)]

[Air Shield (lv.2) – You can extend your hand and create a transparent circular shield with a diameter of 1.8 meters within 4 meters for 5 seconds. (Wind series, Mana cost: 10)]

Today my defense skill level went up.

Shield creation distance increased from 3 meters to 4 meters, and shield diameter increased from 1.3 meters to 1.8 meters.

It was worth it to keep using my skills for the past few days, while hunting F-class dimensional monsters and even eating mana rings.

According to Special Agent Phelps, the level limit for magic skills is 3.

It didn’t keep going up.

They must have taught it at the military academy, but Alain didn’t remember it.

All magic skills stop growing when they reach level 3, and if you continue to use the skill, other skills of the same series or higher-level skills are created, which is completely different from the Hunter system.

‘The problem is high-speed flight skills······.’

It was said that in order to obtain the high-speed flight skill, the low-speed flight skill must be raised to level 3.

Even if you haven’t awakened the evasion technique, you definitely need to have a high-speed flight skill to deal with the aerial magic knight.

That way, at least you can follow them and fight or run away.

I had to prepare in advance because I was going to have to fight those monsters someday.

Opened a second status window.

“Kekekeke!”

A laugh escaped my lips without me knowing it.

[Choi Yeon-seong]

[Class – Alchemist (E)]

[Level – 21]

[Unique Skills – Disintegration (E), Manipulation (E), Construction (F)]

[Dimensional Energy – 40/100]

[Alchemist’s Workshop]

I can’t help but laugh every time I look at the status screen.

Because my hunter rank has already increased.

It was an achievement that took a year in a previous life, but was accomplished in just one month.

Even though it was fast, it was too fast.

This is all because of the Dimensional Core Fragment obtained from the Labyrinth Gate.

As the dimensional energy was instantly charged, I was able to continue to rotate the fusion circle, and the levels of the disintegration fusion device and the extraction fusion device increased to their unique skill levels.

Now my alchemist’s workshop was as large as a 65-square-foot apartment, and I could place larger objects into the transmutation device than before.

And when I put the magic stone ore into the extraction furnace and turned it on, the number of mana rings increased to a whopping 50.

Even if you give two to each soldier for emergency use, there are still ten left over.

As expected, the mana liquid extracted from the magic stone ore was incomparable to magic bullets.

Now I feel like I’ve become something of an alchemist.

As I was looking around the alchemist’s workshop and saw a fragment of a dimensional core, I felt a little bitter.

I got two Dimensional Core Fragments from the Labyrinth Gate.

However, the color of one dimensional core fragment became slightly blurred.

The dimensional core was not eternal.

As much dimensional energy I consumed, the dimensional energy held by the dimensional core fragment decreased.

There’s still one more, but they’ll both fade away eventually, which means my dimensional energy supply will return to normal.

That means you can’t storm level up.

‘Now that I think about it, I regret giving the dimensional core fragment to Major Nicole······.’

Where could it be?

I was curious where you were researching.

And I wondered if there was a way to obtain the dimensional core.

***

Early in the morning, before dawn.

Squad Leader Herman’s steps are light.

“Wow! It’s so nice to have a day off!”

Hearing those words, Captain Kalin shook his head.

“I fainted five times yesterday. If Jester hadn’t saved me, I might have died.”

At that, Sergeant Chris snickered.

“Chris, what’s funny?”

“I threw a grenade into the stomach of the monster that rushed at me yesterday. If I had been just one second late, I would be digesting in the stomach of the monster right now.”

“What? I almost died!”

Was the training that hard?

It wasn’t just three people.

The faces of the platoon members brightened up today as there was no flight training or hunting training.

But we weren’t going to rest now.

I’m on my way to battle.

“Commander, are you here?”

Sergeant Phelps was waiting for us near the mine entrance.

After Phelps awakened to the flying technique, he was removed from training and assigned the task of monitoring enemy movements around the mine.

But his expression looked quite serious.

“Why are you looking like that? What’s going on?”

“I confirmed a strong magical reaction last night.”

I nodded calmly.

Of course, there could be magic knights among the defeated soldiers.

“Are you an aviation magician?”

“I don’t think so.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“But the movement through the forest was far beyond human capabilities.”

“Is it a body strengthening type······.”

If Phelps can say that, he must be at least as good as Major Nicole Braschi.

The appearance of an enemy much more powerful than expected.

“I guess I should warn them inside.”

“Have a nice trip.”

I went straight to the 4th Battalion camp at the mine entrance.

“insect!”

“Welcome, Captain Alain.”

Major Lapin, the battalion commander, greeted me.

I told you about the existence of a powerful magic knight.

“Don’t worry too much. We have excellent magic knights in our battalion.”

“Still, please be careful. And do not attack until they are completely surrounded.”

“Of course. Aren’t you the commander of the suppression operation?”

“thank you.”

I saluted Major Lapin and went outside.

And as I headed towards the entrance, I looked at the garrison’s troop deployment.

There were three companies in this mining camp, two of which were hiding in tents and awnings, lying in wait.

There were also four machine guns deployed.

It seemed like everything was prepared.

The problem is that it is too well defended.

‘I hope you don’t do anything useless······.’

The men of the company were very excited, listening to what Sergeant Phelps had to say.

“You all must have heard the story from the Special Agent. They have scouted this place three times and are moving very cautiously. There is a particularly excellent magic knight, so don’t overdo it and focus on surrounding the enemy!”

“Yes, sir!”

We waited a little way from the mine entrance.

If we get too close, they might detect our ambush.

Dawn broke.

The sun began to drive away the darkness and damp forest air.

“came!”

Something was picked up by Phelps’ mana detection skill.

We climbed to the top of the tree with binoculars.

A dozen or so people were seen cautiously heading towards the mine entrance.

There would have been no choice.

As we went through the entrance, there were six companies stationed there like an iron wall.

There was no place else to get food.

In particular, it has been giving off a meaty smell and looking disheveled for the past two days.

Even if you know it’s a trap, you have no choice but to attack······.

“There are additional troops at the rear.”

Two companies of Imperial troops followed behind.

“Excuse me, that’s the author.”

Where Phelps pointed, there was a man holding a shield and sword, something that seemed out of place on a battlefield these days.

Perhaps more frightening than a magic knight with a gun was a magic knight with a sword.

You could tell by looking at Major Nicole.

Because I killed six aerial magic knights with one sword.

Huh? But your ears are pointy?

Elves!

‘Since when have the elves cooperated with the Empire?’

There was no time to think long.

“Come on! Let’s get moving too.”

It was time to see the skills of the platoon members who had endured hellish training for the past ten days.

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