Lord of Training - Chapter 28



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28. You need to create an aerial magic unit.

28. You need to create an aerial magic unit.

[Paco Field Hospital]

Two weeks have passed since the liberation of the capital of the Kingdom of Lutes.

The streets were cleared, the collapsed buildings were rebuilt, and the evacuees returned to their homes.

People are starting to come back to life, but this place is still a battleground between life and death, with dozens of patients dying every day.

‘Isn’t the profession closest to death a soldier?’

As I watched the soldier being carried out covered in a white sheet, I had that thought.

It’s a shame, but they say that even if you roll around in shit, life is better, so I’m thankful that the soldier lying there isn’t me.

Don’t go into the abyss.

I briefly wished him peace.

“Captain Alain?”

“Yes, I will.”

“Follow me.”

I headed to the hospital room, guided by the nurse.

smart.

“How are you feeling, Major?”

“huh?”

Nicole Braschi looked at me and her eyes widened.

“Was it you who came to visit me?”

“Yes. Is there anyone else coming to visit?”

“Well, I guess not.”

I didn’t do any background research, but I said it because I knew her situation.

But her reaction was so vain.

Is this really bullying?

“I will leave the flowers here.”

I put the bouquet of flowers I bought at the market on the desk.

With winter just around the corner, it was hard to find flowers as there were few places selling them.

Do you know this sincerity?

“I heard you almost died this time. Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard?”

“······.”

She didn’t answer, but just looked out the window for a moment.

“What business do you have with me?”

“I have no special business to attend to. I heard that you were injured, and I came to visit you, even though you are my comrade who fought alongside me.”

“Word of me has spread to your platoon.”

I pointed to the chair.

“Can I sit here?”

When she nodded, he sat down in the chair next to the bed.

This is my first time going out in two weeks, and I guess I have nowhere to go.

“Major Nicole.”

“He is a lieutenant colonel.”

“yes?”

“I got promoted a while ago.”

“Oh! Congratulations.”

“Congratulations on your promotion to captain.”

“thank you.”

She also seemed to have made special progress, having cleared the labyrinth gate and brought back the elven heritage.

So, he rushed like a moth to a flame, not caring about death, and got the results he wanted.

“But how did someone like you, Lieutenant Colonel, get so seriously injured? There must have been about ten enemy magic knights.”

She suddenly bit her lower lip as if she was upset about something.

“That night, there was an Imperial airship flying low over the capital. It was probably a ploy to abduct an important person.”

“yes?”

“I discovered the airship and chased after it, but there was a damn bastard among the aerial magic knights escorting the airship.”

“Are you the kind of person who can chew on things?”

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole Braschi gritted her teeth.

“En hart!”

I’ve heard that name too.

Enhard, the Knight of Madness.

Ace of Aces.

Named Aerial Magic Knight of the Empire.

I’m sorry to say this, but Lieutenant Colonel Nicole deserved it.

It was clear that Lieutenant Colonel Nicole was an elite rank, one level higher than Ace, but she was not a named knight.

Elf Prince Evolod’s swordsmanship was close to that of a named warrior, but since he had not awakened the flying technique, he would have a hard time even against an ace-level aerial magic knight.

But Enhardt was a true monster who had it all.

‘But why didn’t Evolod awaken his flight technique?’

That was the question.

If he had awakened the flying technique, he could have become a named person in an instant······.

Anyway, I thought that maybe Lieutenant Colonel Nicole got hurt like this because of me.

Because most likely Scarlet Princess and Evolod were riding on that ship.

I took a notebook and some paper out of my pocket.

“Lieutenant Nicole, how did you awaken your flight technique?”

“what?”

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole stared at me.

It was a bit of an odd question.

But I was really curious so I asked.

“You’re trying to teach your platoon members the art of flight.”

“Huh? What is that?”

I pretended not to know.

One corner of Lieutenant Colonel Nicole’s mouth rose slightly.

“I heard that 23 people entered the labyrinth gate and 5 awakened. Two of them were already awakened. Don’t you think that’s too few?”

“is that so?”

“The higher-ups must be suspicious. Even if they were kept in hiding, they survived there, so I think at least 10 people must have awakened.”

is it?

I think I underestimated the number.

But there’s nothing I can do.

“I won’t deny it.”

“I understand that you want to take on less difficult missions. You’re probably trying to save your platoon members. But it’ll all be known later. So it’d be better to report that a few more people have awakened in advance.”

“Thank you for the advice.”

Are you thinking of me?

I was thinking of reporting a few more as well.

That way, you will have more room to move.

“As you know, it is almost impossible for an ordinary person to awaken the flight technique. Most people awaken other techniques first, and then awaken the flight technique. In my case, I awakened the flight technique after awakening three techniques. Therefore, it is better to give up on the unawakened members of the platoon and train only the awakened members.”

“Yes, I will take note. And we are no longer a platoon, we are now a special company.”

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole nodded in agreement.

“In my case, I entered the spirit world gate and hunted monsters until I used up all my mana every day.”

“How long did it take you to awaken?”

“It took a full four months.”

“Four months? Isn’t that a very dangerous place?”

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole shook her head as an idea occurred to her.

“Of course it’s dangerous. But it’s a good place to level up. Just learning the flying technique isn’t the end. For the flying magic knights, mana is like life. So you have to hunt monsters and diligently level up and rank up.”

I nodded and wrote it down in my notebook.

“Have you heard anything about how other aerial magic knights awakened their flight techniques?”

“Some people say they suddenly got it during battle, and others say they awakened after defeating a monster at the labyrinth gate. I saw someone who barely managed to survive a crashed plane and awakened the flying technique, and I also heard someone who woke up at the gate and woke up.”

There were more diverse methods of awakening the flying technique than I thought.

The method I used to hang on the back of the plane and carry it was primitive, but it wasn’t a bad method since it awakened three people.

But there was no correct answer.

“Also, I don’t know if it’s a superstition, but there’s also a story that if you go to a place where there are many wind spirits, the chances of awakening are higher. I also awakened there.”

“Oh! That’s good information.”

I took note right away.

– A place where many wind spirits reside. If you roll your subordinates, the possibility of awakening the flying technique increases.

I had a few conversations with her and wrote down some things we had in common.

– The awakening of the flying technique mostly comes from among the awakened ones.

– More than 50% of those who awakened the flying technique awakened by slaying a monster inside the spirit gate.

As the conversation continued naturally, I asked questions I was curious about.

“Where did the relics we found at the Labyrinth Gate go then?”

“Of course I went to the Royal Magic Engineering Laboratory.”

“okay.”

“Ah! This is confidential. Don’t write it down.”

“Yes. I was just asking.”

Actually, it wasn’t that confidential.

It’s an open secret.

As expected, he entered the Magic Engineering Research Institute.

I felt regretful when I heard that he was in his home country.

Now I have roughly all the information I need to get.

“Okay, I’ll get up now. Take care of yourself.”

I saluted Lieutenant Colonel Nicole and turned around.

“Captain Alain.”

“yes?”

I turned when I heard someone calling me.

“Thank you.”

“yes yes.”

It’s the first time I’ve heard the words “thank you” from her mouth.

What, are you saying thank you?

Are you grateful for the visit? Or are you grateful for the flowers?

I bowed my head slightly and went out.

***

[2nd Corps Temporary Command Headquarters]

“Is that the Imperial Submachine Gun Matan?”

The quartermaster stared at me.

“There must have been some collected from the Empire, but I don’t know how much.”

“I got an Imperial submachine gun, but I’m running low on bullets······.”

I pretended to shake hands, took out a gold coin, and handed it to the lieutenant.

“I understand. The Empire makes good guns.”

The quartermaster led me to a large tent.

“It’s in here. I’ll be back in 30 minutes.”

As the lieutenant stepped aside for a moment, I went inside.

30 minutes is enough.

The rifle’s bullets were of almost the same size for the Empire and other kingdoms, so they could be used, but

Besides, each country had different bullet specifications, so the bullets we were using were not usable in our machine guns anyway.

It wouldn’t hurt if I took care of it a little.

As I searched through the tent, I found it riddled with bullets.

I threw the ammo box into subspace.

Since I don’t know how many quartermasters there are anyway, I packed them all.

‘I won’t be short on bullets for a while now.’

I had only used the pistol because I was short on submachine gun ammo, but now I could use them interchangeably again.

I was out of the tent in 10 minutes.

And then we headed to the building where the operations conference room was.

Today was the day of the 2nd Corps’ general command meeting.

That’s why I went out early in the morning to attend the meeting.

***

[2nd Corps Operations Conference Room]

“Captain Alain, you’re here already.”

Captain Gus sat down next to me.

“I hope everything is fine.”

“What could possibly go wrong for a soldier? As long as he’s alive, everything is fine.”

Maybe it was because I was suddenly promoted two ranks, or maybe it was because I was originally an officer of interest, but I had no friendships with the other officers, and I had no interactions with them.

But Captain Gus was different.

He was happy that we became the same captain and was the first to talk to me.

If we don’t talk about our uncle, we won’t have anything to fight about.

“So what’s going on? Why are we having a general officers’ meeting?”

Captain Gus glanced around and spoke quietly.

“Everyone is having a headache because of the gate.”

“Gate?”

“They want us to guard the gate that the 7th Mobile Corps secured by pushing back the Imperial Army.”

In the Kingdom of Lutes, the war was turning into a victory for the Allied Forces.

But it’s not over yet.

The 3rd Army Corps had originally advanced to the border of the Kingdom of Lutes, while the 7th Mobile Corps was quickly occupying the areas where the Imperial Army remained in order to secure the right to use the gate.

Our 2nd Corps obtained the Ferring City Canyon Gate, but it seemed to be insufficient.

The reason why the Atlan Kingdom army was in such a state of disarray was because they had handed over the Pascaltes Port, the largest industrial complex in Lutes, the shipyard, and even the giant resource gate next to it to the Arican Republic army.

Moreover, this time, the Republican army entered the royal palace in the capital of the Loire Valley first, and the royal family and the capital’s guard were taken away by them.

“Haa! We have to do the dirty work of the Mobile Corps!”

“I’m worried that if the unit drops off at the gate separately, they won’t be able to properly deliver supplies.”

I could hear the battalion commanders sitting in the front row talking.

“attention!”

Chuck, chuck, chuck!

Corps Commander Buxley, his chief of staff, and his brigade commanders entered the conference room.

Their expressions didn’t look very good.

“seating!”

Everyone was seated, but there were no thorn cushions.

Corps Commander Bugsley also sat down on one side.

His expression was clearly one of extreme anger to anyone who saw it.

Did you get scolded by your superiors for letting go of Princess Scarlett?

Maybe the position of field commander was up for grabs.

“Ahem! Everyone, look here.”

Chief of Staff Tollip pointed to a map on the wall.

“The 7th Mobile Corps has secured a total of 9 gates in 4 cities and 3 regions. Our 2nd Corps is assigned to occupy these regions and gates, and to sweep out any Imperial forces that may be inside the gates.”

In a word, it meant that we were the ones doing the dirty work.

Chief of Staff Tollip deployed one battalion per gate.

“Here, the 5th Battalion of the 2nd Brigade will be in charge of Hellasi and the gate.”

In Hellas, there is a medium-sized gate leading to the spirit world!

Suddenly a good idea occurred to me.

The Tollip staff has completed their deployment.

“Anyone have questions?”

I raised my hand.

Then Captain Gus next to me looked surprised.

“Captain Alain, do you have any questions?”

“I have a suggestion, not a question.”

“tendinous?”

Chief of Staff Tollip glanced at Corps Commander Bugsley.

Commander Bugsley nodded.

“Tell me.”

“Please send our company to Hellasi.”

“Huh? What’s the reason?”

“This time, our company has a lot of awakened people. We will enter the spirit world, catch monsters, and awaken the flying technique.”

“what?”

All the commanders around me looked at me.

Commander Bugsley also opened his eyes wide and looked at me.

“Whenever our 2nd Corps has an important mission, we always receive support from the 7th Mobile Corps’ air magic unit. Because of this, the scope of the corps’ mission execution has become narrow, and when the enemy has an air magic unit, it is difficult to conduct operations on our own. That is why I think our 2nd Corps should also create and grow its own air magic unit.”

At that moment, Corps Commander Bugsley suddenly stood up.

“That’s right! If our corps had an airborne magic unit, it would mean we wouldn’t have to complain to Lieutenant General Flinge.”

Corps Commander Bugsley looked at Chief of Staff Tollip.

“Is it possible?”

“It may take some time, but it is possible.”

“Good! Send the 3rd Battalion and Alain Special Forces to Helasi. And give them as much support as possible so that they can awaken the flying technique!”

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