Lord of Training - Chapter 23



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23. Treasure Finger.

23. Treasure Finger.

“Captain Alain, what are you thinking about so intently all of a sudden?”

I came to my senses for a moment.

I guess I was too worried about how I could get those things.

“Ah! I was wondering how I could secure the target.”

“As soon as you heard the mission, you started thinking about how to do it. That’s really great.”

Commander Bugsley smiled with satisfaction.

“Is the Empire’s airship immovable?”

“Don’t worry about that. Right now, our 7th Mobile Corps and the Aerial Magic Knights of the Arikan Republic have been mobilized to block all air routes to and from Loire. And if you try to escape by air, you’ll be chased by the Aerial Magic Knights, so unless they’re stupid, they won’t even think about escaping by air.”

“Then I guess we’ll come out to the surface.”

“Right now, all the roads above ground are blocked, so there’s no way out.”

Then Chief of Staff Tollip unfolded the map and said:

“But there is a time frame to expect it. The Allied Forces’ full-scale attack is five days away. There is a high possibility that they will escape by joining the refugees during the chaos. After all, there is no chance of the Imperial Army winning.”

“Then isn’t the surveillance area too wide? There are more than a dozen routes out of the capital.”

“First of all, they won’t run away in the direction the Allied Forces are advancing. Then, there won’t be many places left. And since the target is the Awakened, we’ll mobilize all the soldiers who can use our detection spells and guard every route leading out of the capital. And if anyone suspicious appears, I’ll let you know right away. Your company members can chase down and capture anyone who has a magical reaction.”

It wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

If there were too many suspicious individuals, it might be necessary to split the force, and a superior magic knight could be assigned to guard them.

Moreover, competitors will also be desperate to find a target.

I told Commander Bugsley.

“The success or failure of this work depends on finding the target first.”

“That’s right. We’ll help as much as we can, so your company should do its best too.”

“Yes! Leave it to me.”

I saluted and left the corps command tent.

It’s definitely something that’s tempting.

These were valuables that the Empire had collected from the Kingdom of Lutes over the past three years.

How much did the Lutes nobles and commanders take with them when they fled? Probably more than they could take with them.

Those items would be quite valuable, and the artifacts would be at least rare, so the company members could use them.

But since there were many competitors, it was difficult to secure the target first using the method the commander had suggested.

Even if you look for it, it could be taken away right away.

‘We have to find another way within 5 days!’

In a more certain way······.

My worries deepen today too.

***

[Alain Company Campsite]

“You were in the 3rd Army Corps?”

“That’s right.”

Lieutenant Darien was even in a different corps.

When I saw Brigadier General Ray bringing in people from other corps, I thought he really had a wide reach. The line also seemed good.

“What about the awakening technique?”

“That is······.”

Darien looked troubled.

“Ah! If it’s difficult to say, then don’t say it.”

“thank you.”

It’s okay if you don’t answer.

There’s a way to find out anyway.

“Sergeant Kalin.”

“Yes, sir!”

“Put Lieutenant Darien here in your squad.”

“Yes? Are you an officer?”

“It’s okay. We’re only together until the end of this mission anyway.”

I looked at Lieutenant Darien.

“You have no complaints, right?”

“Yes, it’s okay.”

Sergeant Kalin took Lieutenant Darien out.

“What kind of mission is it that makes you so worried?”

Special Agent Phelps asked.

“It’s a matter of finding people.”

Corporal Buxley told me to keep it a secret from the rest of the company, but I told Phelps about this mission.

Even a blank sheet of paper is better when held together, and the more heads you have, the more likely it is that good ideas will come to you.

“It’s a difficult mission with many competitors. And on top of that, there’s a big lump attached to it······.”

Phelps looked at the entrance to the tent through which Lieutenant Darien had just exited.

“Is there an operation?”

“I’m still thinking about it.”

“Surely you’re not going to find it and hand it over to them?”

“Why would I look for it if I’m just going to hand it over?”

Phelps chuckled and nodded at my short answer.

“Where is Sergeant Duncan?”

“It’s in the company supply tent.”

“Okay.”

I headed straight to the supply tent.

“Chung! Sangmu Lee on duty!”

“You’re doing well.”

“thank you.”

I approached Duncan.

“Sergeant Duncan, you have a job to do.”

“Please speak.”

“There’s a new lieutenant in the Kalin squad named Darien. I’m going to secretly find out what his awakening spells and skills are.”

“Yes! Leave it to me.”

Duncan looked at the back of the tent.

“Hey, how do you keep an eye on the elves?”

“I will guard it until you come.”

“Then I will go.”

Duncan saluted me and immediately left the tent.

I approached Evolod, who was tied to a chair with a pole.

“Hey! Long time no see.”

“Ugh, ugh!”

“Oh! I’m sorry.”

I took the gag out of Evolod’s mouth.

“Understand, you are a prisoner.”

“Why are you taking me with you?”

“Well, I have a lot to ask.”

“But why haven’t you asked anything until now?”

“I’m a little busy.”

Because I was busy leveling up my low-speed flight skill.

And there’s plenty of time anyway.

“Let me ask you a few questions. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”

As I was pondering what question to ask, the ruined labyrinth gate came to mind.

“How did your world end up like this?”

“······.”

“I see that there are magic machine guns, sniper rifles, and even excellent weapons like gravity field generators in the secret underground laboratory.”

Evolod frowned.

Then he sighed.

“It’s all because of the war.”

“War?”

“Our ancestors were foolish. Various elven races fought each other to take over the land of the spirits. They made increasingly powerful weapons and killed each other. Then one day, a gate from another dimension opened, not the land of the spirits, and dimensional monsters came through. The elves joined forces later, but it was already too late. By then, many elves had died.”

It seems that the beautiful elves have desires and greed just like the humans here.

Because even now this world is fighting a war to take over the resource gate.

What happened to the Earth I lived on?

When I jumped into the Abyss Gate, the war between clans was very intense.

I don’t know, but if they kept fighting like that, they would have perished even if they weren’t dimensional monsters.

“But how did you come to this world?”

“Our ancestors were ruthlessly defeated by monsters, and a small group of elves abandoned their homeland and crossed over to the spirit realm. They destroyed the dimensional core that connected them to the spirit realm, closing the gate. However, after several generations, new gates connected to the spirit realm were created one day. We crossed over to this world through those gates.”

Dimensional core?

I just heard the word dimensional core from Evolod’s mouth.

I felt like I might be able to find some clues if I did well.

“But why are you cooperating with the Empire?”

“That’s because of the reconstruction of the clan.”

What? You didn’t say anything before, but now you’re answering obediently?

I guess he felt suffocated after being muzzled for a few days.

“Has the Lacrosse Empire promised to rebuild your clan?”

“No. They promised to enter the Labyrinth Gate and find the legacy of the Elven ancestors. We cannot enter the Labyrinth Gate.”

“Huh? Why can’t I get in?”

“We don’t know either.”

For some reason, elves could not return to their original world, and only humans could enter the labyrinth gate.

And the labyrinth gates and dimension gates that occurred in this world were initially concentrated on the lands of the empire.

As I talked to him, my questions were answered one by one.

“The gravity generator you have was a weapon of our forest elf ancestors. I only heard stories about it, but now that I’ve experienced it myself, I understand.”

“So that’s why you surrendered right away. Because you discovered your ancestors’ legacy.”

“Yes. Give me that elf’s legacy.”

“what?”

For a moment I was dumbfounded.

How did I get this!

Just ask for it?

“Ask the Imperial Army for that. I have no business.”

“The Imperial Army has never given us our heritage.”

“what?”

This is totally ridiculous.

“But why do you continue to cooperate?”

Evolod bit his lip.

“When this world was connected, other dimensional gates also opened. Our clan had no choice but to rely on them. The spirit world is no longer a safe place.”

This is a story I know too.

I heard that several dimensional gates have appeared in the spirit world and that dimensional monsters are appearing.

“Tsk tsk, how stupid. Even if I were an empire, I wouldn’t help you find your inheritance.”

“what?”

“So I can continue to exploit elves like you.”

Evolod’s face turned red.

I didn’t blame him.

They said it because they were frustrated with their situation.

Because I will live my whole life as a slave to the empire, not to mention the legacy of my ancestors.

“Are there many Awakened Elves like you in the Empire?”

“Our clan is not large in number. And the Awakened are even fewer.”

After listening to the story, it turns out that not all elves are Awakened.

However, since their lifespan is two to three times longer than that of humans, the probability of awakening is high, and the probability of awakening various spells is also high as their lifespan is long.

And the amount of mana was more than twice that of a human.

If there were just a lot of numbers, it would have been very threatening.

***

It was an hour later when Sergeant Duncan returned.

“Chung! I’m back.”

“great job.”

But then Sergeant Phelps and Sergeant Kalin came in together.

“I came here because I have something to show you.”

“okay?”

“Let’s go to the command tent for a moment.”

Sergeant Kalin took charge of the elf surveillance, and the two of us went into the company command tent.

“I figured out Lieutenant Darien’s method.”

“what?”

“Trap magic and space magic.”

“Trap technique?”

It was a technique that was not available among our company members.

“What about skills?”

“There are mine types and detection types. Mine types are skills that place magical mines on the ground that last for 1 hour, and detection types are skills that find such mine types.”

“How unusual. Is the spatial technique really a subspace warehouse?”

“Yes. The storage space is very large because the level of the magic knight is high. There are a lot of items inside.”

“Huh? How would you know that?”

“I went in and took a look.”

“what?”

For a moment my eyes grew twice as large.

And then, Sergeant Phelps, who was standing next to him, opened his eyes wide in surprise.

“You went inside his subspace warehouse?”

“yes.”

Then Sergeant Duncan opened the subspace storage room in the middle of the tent.

Then he went inside and came out with a magic machine gun.

“Ouch! You brought me something from my storage room!”

Phelps was astonished.

“I copied Lieutenant Darien’s subspace warehouse skill and tried to use the skill in the tent right next to it. Since it was my first time using a subspace skill, I went inside out of curiosity, but it wasn’t a new subspace warehouse, but Darien’s subspace warehouse.”

“Huh! So the copying of interference techniques is the concept of sharing the opponent’s skills.”

If it was a real copy, it should have been able to remain with its own skill even if it was more than 10 meters away.

However, Duncan was unable to use any skills when he was far from the Awakened One, which made him wonder.

“Hahaha!”

Sergeant Phelps laughed out loud.

“What do you like so much?”

“Actually, I thought my back was going to break from moving and stacking the things inside by myself.”

Phelps’ eyes were moist.

How hard it must have been······.

“Now, Duncan, it will be much easier with your help.”

“Yes! I will assist you, Special Sergeant.”

I thought I knew what Brigadier General Ray was thinking.

It seemed like they were planning to capture the Empire’s subspace sorcery awakeners and move the items inside them to Lieutenant Darien’s subspace warehouse.

But, if the imperial officers don’t cooperate obediently, we won’t be able to take it out, right?

Suddenly, the idea of ​​interference magic came to mind.

There may be a skill to interfere with the opponent’s mind and brainwash them.

There are so many skills in this world that I don’t know about.

‘Oh! Then instead of waiting for the Imperial Army officer to come out, I should go in and look for him.’

The moment Duncan finds her, he can copy her subspace and steal the items inside.

And with so much competition out there, it seemed like going into the capital and finding her would be a much better bet.

Suddenly a new plan occurred to me.

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