Lord of Training - Chapter 31



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31. Airborne Magic Battalion.

31. Airborne Magic Battalion.

“It may be a hasty question, but have you seen any results from your training?”

Lieutenant Colonel Colville asked with a slightly expectant expression.

“Not yet, but it will be soon.”

“Yes. I was a bit hasty. Anyway, Commander Buxley has high expectations for you. If there’s anything you need, just let me know.”

“thank you.”

Over the past ten days, Sergeant Kalin and Sergeant Pearson have additionally awakened to the slow flight technique, but have not spoken.

I planned to hold out at this spirit gate for as long as possible, max out my flight spells and other skills, and raise my level and rank as much as possible.

An opportunity like this will never come again.

“When do you plan on returning to the gate?”

“I’ll go in for dinner.”

“Today? Why don’t you take a day off?”

“No. Shouldn’t we awaken our flying skills as soon as possible and fight for His Majesty the King and our country?”

“Haha! That’s amazing. I’ve never seen a soldier work as hard as you. Then go and get some rest.”

“insect!”

He saluted the battalion commander and left the command tent.

Major Gus Navon followed me out.

“Do you have anything to say to me?”

“Our 2nd Corps may be sent to the home country, so please report to the gate entrance at least once a week.”

“all right.”

“And then······.”

“yes?”

“No. Just go ahead and do it.”

Major Gus seemed to have something to say.

If it’s important, I’ll say it again.

***

“ha!”

Captain Hela let out a deep sigh as soon as she saw me.

“Why? Are you sad to part ways here?”

“yes?”

“If you feel sorry, let’s go together.”

“What are you talking about! I’m not going in. You already know everything inside the gate.”

Captain Hela shook her head violently.

I guess he really doesn’t want to go with me.

“But thanks to me, you were able to awaken the concentration technique.”

“It’s not because of you, Captain, but because I survived until the end and awakened.”

“Anyway, it’s good that there were results.”

“That’s right.”

Captain Hela also acknowledged the achievement.

She was an ordinary human, but she was a special case that almost died several times while catching dimensional monsters with us and became an Awakened. This was truly something to celebrate.

To be honest, it didn’t seem like a near-death experience to me, but the person involved felt differently.

“Let’s go to the unfair manufacturing plant.”

“Yes? Why there?”

“Didn’t you make a contract with me before? I’ll provide the materials, and you’ll make an airship with those materials······.”

“Is that metal you mentioned before really real?”

“yes.”

“How? We were almost together? Did the Atlan Kingdom Army bring it this time?”

“Let’s just say that.”

Even if I tell you, you won’t understand.

Because the awakening class called alchemy doesn’t originally exist in this world.

We moved to the unfair manufacturing plant.

While Captain Hela was away briefly checking with the factory manager, I took out several panels of gnome metal, each two meters wide, in a place where no one was present.

I made this by working tirelessly for the past ten days, turning the compressed ductile iron.

And Captain Hela returned.

“Huh? You really brought a metal panel.”

She tapped the panel with her hand and checked its thickness.

“How is it?”

“I need to check the details, but just looking at it, it looks like it’s strong and thin.”

“With this amount, would it be possible to make one unfair machine?”

“Hmm. It’ll be difficult to make a medium-sized transport plane, but it might be possible to make a small transport plane look good.”

“How long will it take?”

Captain Hela thought for a moment.

“Since most of the framework and processes have to be recreated, wouldn’t it take at least 3 months?”

“Three months? We don’t know when the unit will move, so that would take too long.”

“Do you think that something so unfair can be made with a hammer? The factory has been closed for three years. It takes time to hire technicians, make molds, hire skilled workers again, find parts, assemble, and test. Three months is tight!”

I held out a heavy bag of gold coins.

“Exactly half. I’ll give you one and a half months. If you can, take it.”

Captain Hela bit her lip.

She thought about it for a moment.

WHEEW! BUZZ!

He quickly snatched up the bag of gold coins like a hawk swooping down on its prey.

“We will try our best to meet the delivery date, sir.”

“I believe you will definitely do it. A promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold.”

I, too, would have liked to have given them more time, but as the Colville battalion commander had said earlier in the command tent, the 2nd Corps might have to return to their home country, so I wanted to see the results as quickly as possible.

That evening our company entered the gate again.

And then I went back into hellish training to awaken my flying skills.

***

Why does time pass so quickly?

Is it because I prepared too hard?

[Use the High-Speed ​​Flight (lv.1) skill.]

Paaaaang!

Piercing the wind, piercing the clouds, flying through the sky.

Whenever I used this skill, I couldn’t open my eyes properly without my goggles.

[High-Speed ​​Flight (lv.1) – Instantly shortens the distance by following the flow of mana in the air.

Condenses and explodes the mana within the body to create a powerful blast of wind, allowing for high-speed flight.

Up to 3 times faster than low-speed flight (wind series)

Skill Execution Mana – 30

Skill Maintenance Mana – 5 (per second)]

I’ve finally reached a point where I can confidently say that I’m an aviation magician wherever I go.

I still don’t have a lot of mana, so I can’t keep using high-speed flight, but it’s perfect for emergencies or when I’m following an enemy.

like now.

Paaaaang! Chuck!

[Use the Penetration (lv.3) skill.]

[Use the Penetration (lv.3) skill.]

[Use the Penetration (lv.3) skill.]

Tutata tata tang! Tata tang!

“Kkiak!”

“Kuaak!”

The chameleon monsters fell down screaming.

I used my high-speed flight skill repeatedly to ascend into the sky, then moved behind the guys who were trying to bypass our platoon members and fired a burst of machine gun fire.

“Phelps! Enough! Let’s go back!”

“yes!”

Phelps and the men who had awakened their flying skills took the men on the ground and moved to the entrance of the Gnome Mine where the base camp was located.

“You all worked hard. Are there any agents who have awakened their flight skills?”

“sorry.”

The platoon members bowed their heads in apology.

“It’s okay! Cheer up, everyone.”

Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do about it.

It’s been nearly two months since they re-entered the spirit world gate and killed the dimensional monster, but there are still seven members of the company who have not awakened the flight technique.

During that time, we went around inside this spirit gate and killed thousands of dimensional monsters. We poured out all the mana rings we had made, and all the members of the company had high-level artifacts, but it was impossible.

However, all of our skills were raised to level 3, and some of our members gained other skills, so our company’s strength and firepower increased several times over before we came here.

“That’s all for today’s training. Everyone, wash up and let’s eat dinner.”

“Yes! Thank you for your hard work.”

Now, 16 of us, including me, have awakened the flying technique, so we can now say that we are an aviation magic company wherever we go.

The reason for such good results was that all of the platoon members awakened at the same time at the Labyrinth Gate.

If not, so many people would not have been able to awaken the flying technique in such a short period of time.

And the low-speed flight skill level of the members of the company who have awakened the flight technique has all increased to level 2 or higher, and Phelps, John Cutter, and Jester have reached level 3, so they will soon be able to acquire high-speed flight as well.

[Alain Bombard (22)]

[Class – Magic Knight (D)]

[Level – 43]

[Awakening Technique – Defense (D), Flight (C), Sniping (E)]

[Mana – 255/968]

[Artifact – Sylphid Ring (Rare)]

[Defense Techniques – Air Shield (lv.3), Halo (lv.1)]

[Flight Techniques – Low-Speed ​​Flight (lv.3), High-Speed ​​Flight (lv.1)]

[Sniper Technique – Penetration (lv.3)]

Damn, I’m a year older······.

Alain Bombard’s physical age was 22, but there was no way to guess how old the alchemist Choi Yeonseong was.

You’ve been in the abyss for so long, you must’ve eaten quite a bit, right?

This time, I raised my level and class by catching the dimensional monster.

Of course, just because your level and class went up doesn’t mean you become invincible.

If you were unlucky, you could get shot in the eye and die.

Still, the total mana amount is almost 1,000, and the number of skills has increased to 5.

If there really were no Mana Rings, I would not have been able to learn so many skills and I would not have been able to level up.

I was still receiving the alchemist’s buff.

[Halo (lv.1) – A defensive spell that creates a circular defensive shield around the user’s body.

When receiving an external impact, a faint white glow appears around the shield. If receiving an internal impact or using another skill, the shield disappears. (Wind series)

Skill Execution Mana – 20

Skill Maintenance Mana – 2 (per second)]

A new skill added along with the high-speed flight skill.

Halo (lv. 1) was a skill that was created when the Air Shield (lv. 3) skill level was raised to its maximum and continued to be used.

The power of the barrier was not much different from that of the air shield, but it had the advantage of protecting the entire body. The disadvantage was that it was difficult to use normally because it continuously consumed mana to maintain the skill, and could only be used at the start of a battle.

And when I shoot the gun, the skill disappears.

“Captain!”

Sergeant Herman and his squad returned from their 9th week progress report.

“Sir, I have an order to you to return to your battalion immediately.”

“What happened?”

“I don’t know the details, but the atmosphere was one of withdrawal. And then Brigadier General Ray arrived.”

“huh?”

It seemed like something had happened.

But what’s going on with the brigade commander?

***

[3rd Battalion Command Center]

The Colville Battalion Commander personally came out to greet us at the gate entrance.

There was some new news I heard from him.

Lieutenant General Flinge, the commander of the 7th Mobile Corps, was promoted to general and appointed as commander of the 3rd Field Army, which oversees all units dispatched to the Kingdom of Lutes.

That was the worst-case scenario for our 2nd Corps.

Captain Flinge and Lieutenant General Buxley were classmates at the Royal Military Academy.

Because of that, all the officers in the corps were walking on thin ice.

I went into the command tent with Lieutenant Colonel Colville.

Brigadier General Ray was waiting there.

“insect!”

“Thank you for your hard work, Captain Alain. I’ve been quite impressed by the reports you’ve received so far. So how many of you have awakened your flying skills?”

“A total of 16 people have awakened, including me.”

“What? Oh my god! 16 people in just 2 months!”

“My company members and I risked our lives to catch the dimensional monster in order to awaken the flying technique.”

Brigadier General Ray nodded with a surprised expression.

“As expected, the commander is good at judging people. Anyway, congratulations.”

“Yes, thank you. But what’s going on in the unit?”

“phew!”

Brigadier General Ray sighed.

“The war is about to break out again. I thought it was finally over······.”

“Is this the Kingdom of Albion?”

“Yes, the Albion guys have joined hands with the Lacrosse Empire. They must be unhappy with our Atlan growing bigger. Their forces are currently gathering north of our border. That’s why our 2nd Corps has decided to withdraw to the home country.”

“Then what happens to the gate here?”

“The Wake family will take care of this gate instead. The other gates will be guarded by the Kingdom of Lutes.”

What are you going to do if I don’t give it back?

Well, the home country is more urgent right now.

“But the Allied Forces aren’t helping?”

“Would those bastards blink an eye? The Arikans would have more influence in this land if we withdrew from Lutes, Lutes is completely powerless, and Baern doesn’t have enough troops to defend his kingdom.”

It was somewhat bitter.

In Lutes, they formed an alliance to fight against the Empire, but in the end, they will only move if it is beneficial to their home country.

Perhaps the Arican Republic will not participate in the war, as Atlan may become desperate and give up all rights to this land.

“And you heard the news?”

“What news do you have?”

“Major General Sten Bombard has come to our 2nd Corps.”

“yes?”

“I heard that your uncle became the chief of staff of our corps.”

For a moment, my head went blank.

Why did the Sten Bombards from other fronts come to the 2nd Corps?

I thought I knew why right away.

This was because the Havelock Estate, the domain of the Bombard family, bordered the Kingdom of Albion.

Sten knew the geography of the northern border well, and he knew the conditions and circumstances there better than anyone else.

‘Is this sleeping with the enemy?’

Otherwise, enemies meet on a single-log bridge.

Military life will be exciting from now on.

Actually, I don’t have many memories of him.

Sten Bombard is because Alain attended the Royal Military Academy from a very young age and has been in the military ever since he graduated.

We’re going to meet anyway, we’ll just meet a little early.

You might even find a weakness at this point.

I could never defeat him if I only felt disappointed, so I turned to the hope circuit.

“Oh! And congratulations, Major Alain Bombard.”

“yes?”

“Why are you so surprised? The smallest unit of the Airborne Magic Unit is a battalion. So there has to be a battalion commander, and a captain can’t be a battalion commander.”

The airborne magic unit consisted of at least 10 to 15 people, and if one unit member was considered to have the same strength as a platoon, then there were 10 to 15 platoons gathered together.

“And the Corps Commander has promoted Sergeant Phelps to second lieutenant. The agents who have awakened their flight skills have also been promoted one rank.”

“Thank you so much!”

Brigadier General Ray Daras presented me with the rank of Major.

“General Bugsley has asked our Airborne Brigade to actively support your aviation battalion.”

A battalion commander with the rank of major······.

This meant that Corps Commander Buxley was quite concerned about our Airborne Squadron.

So is it good news for me that our corps commander has slipped into the position of field army commander?

Now, I will have broken the records of being the youngest major and the youngest battalion commander.

With this kind of start, wouldn’t it be worth giving it a try with Sven Bombard?

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