Lord of Training - Chapter 46



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46. ​​Bottomless wine jug.

46. ​​Bottomless wine jug.

[Londos, the capital of the Atlan Kingdom]

The city’s true face was revealed outside the train window.

Because the area around the train tracks was a slum, the buildings were old and the people looked poor.

Most of them were vagabonds who had fled their fiefdoms and flowed into the capital.

As the power of the king and the center grew stronger with the development of magical engineering and the emergence of resource gates, the capital became wealthier and the provinces became poorer.

The king, who needed labor for the magic industry and inside the gate, created a new law, allowing the people of the fiefdom to escape from the fiefdom and work in the city without being punished if they paid a certain amount of taxes.

This accelerated the exodus of local people and caused the population of local territories to rapidly decline.

Now, too many people have flocked to the capital, leaving the streets overflowing with slums, with no jobs available.

That’s why I’m already worried about Yeongji’s future food.

‘I must secure the right to operate the Spirit Gate in Pairing City.’

If you can secure a large quantity of gnome stones, it is a profitable business no matter how much gold is required.

If the Orcs control the dimensional gate there, the great threat to the realm will disappear.

By then, my alchemist’s workshop would have grown into a large factory, and I could make our territory a center of magical engineering.

If you need a resource gate, you can create one with a dimensional gate generator.

I opened the alchemist’s workshop and looked at the dimensional gate generator.

[Dimensional Gate Generator – Creates a gate by creating a dimensional rift using a dimensional core.

The larger the size of the dimensional core, the larger the size of the gate entrance connected to it, and once opened, the dimensional gate will remain open until the dimensional core is destroyed or moved to another dimension.

Orksha gave it to me after confirming the dimensional gate beyond the Hebrok barrier.

There were no separate instructions for use, but I thought I knew how.

There were five dials to choose from, meaning you could connect to five dimensions.

If only I had a dimensional core, I would try experimenting with it right away.

The Orksha Chieftain has kept his promise to me, and now we just need to join forces to drive out the dimensional monster.

And whenever I needed the power of the orcs, I agreed to lend them my strength.

The orcs also needed my strength, so we became complementary to each other.

‘I need to remake the shotgun for Warlock to use.’

The Warlocks were said to have been trained for three months to use shotguns. However, their marksmanship was poor, and they often forgot to load three rounds and instead loaded only one bullet.

That was the result of making it without thinking about the orc’s head.

The orcs were simple.

I was just thinking that if there’s only one bullet hole, you should only put one in.

So the idea was to make a penta-barrel shotgun with five bullet holes, capable of holding five bullets.

‘If a Warlock were to walk across the battlefield with a 5-shot shotgun······.’

Anyone who attempts to invade our territory will face tremendous resistance.

For a moment, I felt full even though I hadn’t eaten.

Now, if I could just get the Dimensional Core, it seemed like there was nothing to worry about.

***

Squeak! Chew!

The train arrived at Rondos station.

The complex smell of the city.

As soon as I got off the platform, I felt trapped among people.

Why are there so many people?

Still, the air was warm.

They say the capital has warm spring weather even in the middle of winter.

‘What? There won’t be anyone to come pick me up?’

As soon as I came out to the waiting room, I saw a picket with my name on it.

Two men were holding pickets and inspecting the soldiers who had gotten off the train.

It’s my first time seeing either of their faces, and they’re not soldiers.

I pretended not to know and moved to the other side.

“Excuse me, Major Alain Bombard!”

But the two men insisted on following me.

But how did you recognize me?

Ah! You earned the rank of major at the age of 22, so how could you not know!

I guess I’ll have to wear plain clothes starting tomorrow.

I looked back.

“who are you?”

“Whew! We’ve been waiting for you for two days since yesterday. We didn’t know when you would come. We were sent by Lieutenant General Ray Daras.”

“Yes? Brigadier General Ray?”

“Yes. I received a call to take you to a top-class hotel before the award ceremony and the royal banquet.”

Brigadier General Ray sent someone?

The 2nd Legion was now stationed at Glagos.

Of course, Brigadier General Ray was there too.

Something was strange.

“Major Alain Bombard, we are a little late.”

When I turned my head, three large men approached me.

“Who are you?”

“I came from the National Intelligence Service.”

One person showed his ID.

“What business do you have with me at the National Intelligence Service?”

“The order has come down to keep the Major safe.”

“Protection?”

He tilted his head.

Am I in a position to be protected?

The big guys looked at the two men standing next to them.

Then two men came forward in front of me.

“I’m sorry, but this person is a guest of the Ministry of the Interior. We met him first.”

Department of the Interior?

What? You just said that Brigadier General Ray sent you?

Could it be that the person that Brigadier General Ray is serving is the Minister of the Interior?

For some reason, there was a terrible smell coming from them.

“Get out of the way! If you don’t get out of the way right now, you’ll be taken to the intelligence agency for questioning!”

The three big guys threatened the two men.

“Is that all for an intelligence agency? We are officials of the Ministry of the Interior!”

“Police! Where are the police?”

The men, who said they were officials from the Ministry of the Interior, called the police.

I just ignored them and walked towards the entrance.

“Major Alain, please wait a moment.”

Agents from the National Intelligence Service and the Ministry of the Interior were after me, trying to capture me.

[Use Halo (lv.1) skill.]

Boom! Boom!

“uh?”

“what’s this?”

It’s a shield that even bullets can’t penetrate.

It’s impossible with human power.

“Major, just a moment······.”

“Major Alain, you must come with us.”

“I don’t need anyone’s help or protection. I’ll go alone, so don’t follow me.”

I can’t believe I’m using Halo defense skills for something like this. When I came to the capital last time, no one cared.

Did you become a celebrity just 8 months after enlistment?

I got out of the station and went down the stairs.

As I was trying to get into the magic taxi, another man approached me.

But it was a person in Alain’s memories.

Halo skill unlocked.

“Alain Bombard, it’s been a while.”

“It’s been a while, Instructor Tyler.”

He was a combat training instructor at the Military Academy.

Tyler looked me up and down with a surprised expression.

“No! How did you end up with half of your body?”

“If you join the military, everything will be gone.”

“Wow! You must have had a hard time. But it’s really surprising. That fat dropout became the youngest major in Atlan! Hehe! In this world, such things happen.”

Tyler spoke openly about Alain’s past.

In fact, in my memory, Instructor Tyler was always a person who had a negative view of Alain. No, it was close to disgust.

Of course, I understand, since at that time I was a cadet who weighed 120kg.

“So you came to see me?”

“Of course. Let’s not talk here. Get in my car. I have someone I need to meet soon.”

For a moment, I burst into laughter.

As soon as I arrived in the capital, what was this?

I feel like I’ve mobilized all my connections in this small capital city.

“I have somewhere urgent to go right now, so I will contact you later.”

“What? Hey, wait a minute!”

I got on the magic taxi.

“Where can I take you?”

“hmm.”

Looking behind me, I saw an intelligence agency vehicle, a Ministry of Internal Affairs vehicle, and even Instructor Tyler, whom I had just met, coming in his car to follow me.

Are you trying to find out where my accommodation is?

“Do you know where His Royal Highness the Duke of Harry’s mansion is?”

“Of course, I know.”

“Please go that way.”

“Yes, sir.”

There was no one I knew in the capital.

I had heard that my aunt lived there, but I had never left the Havelock territory except for when I went to Rondos for military academy, so I had never met her or known her face.

Knowing Lieutenant Audrey, I won’t be treated rudely.

And it seemed that those following me would give up if we got to the Grand Duke’s mansion or something.

‘There must be a back door to the mansion, right?’

***

Rondos was an old city.

There were a lot of cars there, and the roads were narrow, so there was no traffic hell.

The taxi passed the busy downtown area and entered a relatively quiet road, then suddenly began to climb up a hill.

Of course, it wasn’t Dal-dongne.

From the entrance of the hill, there were rows of mansions, and this was a wealthy neighborhood where the nobility and upper class lived.

And the taxi stopped in front of the largest mansion at the top.

“Here it is.”

I paid the taxi fare and got off.

The mansion was reached after a 40-minute ride on a magic taxi.

‘Wow! The view is to die for.’

A red sunset was setting.

This was the highest point in Rondos.

To the north, countless ships, including turbine-powered ships, sailing ships, fishing boats, and even military ironclads, were constantly coming and going from the harbor.

Turning my body and looking south, I saw government offices, a market, numerous buildings and houses lined up, and the Atlan train station in the center.

And to the west were military installations, naval headquarters, and an airfield, while at the opposite end, on the east, was the 300-year-old palace of Atlan.

Now I really get a sense of the size of the capital.

After looking around the view of Rondos, I headed towards the main gate of the Archduke’s mansion.

Armed soldiers were guarding this place, which was said to be the Grand Duke’s mansion.

The sergeant stepped forward.

“What’s going on?”

“I am Major Alain Bombard of the 2nd Army Corps.”

“Yes? Alain Bombard?”

Suddenly the soldiers looked surprised.

What? There’s no way the soldiers here have heard my name?

“I’ve come to meet Lieutenant Audrey Russell of the Airborne Magic Training Corps.”

“That’s because Audrey isn’t here right now.”

“Then, when are you coming?”

“We don’t know about that either.”

I glanced to the side.

There were three vehicles on the road at the bottom of the hill.

They are really persistent.

“Then can I wait here for a moment until Lieutenant Audrey arrives?”

The soldiers looked at each other.

“Please wait a moment. I will contact the mansion.”

The sergeant went inside, and after a while a man wearing the rank of lieutenant colonel came out.

“Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Cromwell of the Royal Guard. Are you Major Alain Bombard?”

“That’s right.”

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver stared at me so intently that it made me feel uncomfortable.

Did I do something wrong?

“Please come inside first. I can’t just leave Lady Audrey’s guests outside.”

Fortunately, I was able to get into the mansion.

Now, all I had to do was sneak out the back door without being noticed by the flies, or use some flying magic to get away.

I went into the mansion.

A large reception room.

The furniture, including the large chandelier, were rare items not seen even in the Hebrok Mansion.

The Grand Duke must have a lot of money.

Tea and fruit were served.

I guess I’ll just pretend to wait here for a moment and then get out.

Paaaaang!

Paaaaang!

‘huh?’

Two shadows passed outside the window.

This is a high-speed flight technique!

Two people came down in front of the mansion.

Audrey.

Then one would be Archduke Harry Russell.

He was the Grand Marshal of the Atlan Kingdom before his retirement.

So he was still wearing his uniform and had five-star general’s epaulettes on his shoulders.

I was trying to get out, but now I have no choice but to say goodbye.

I waited until two people came into the reception room.

After a while the door opened.

“Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Duke of Harry Russell!”

“You are the one who bewitched my daughter!”

“yes?”

The sudden scream made me think for a moment that I had come to the wrong place.

“You dare to use the royal family as your subordinates, and as if that weren’t enough, you attack the enemy’s capital!”

‘Did you try to avoid the wolf and end up in the tiger’s den?’

As soon as Archduke Harry saw me, he became furious.

I had nothing to say since it was something I brought upon myself.

I knew that the Grand Duke loved his daughter, but she was already an adult.

You’re holding me in your arms too much.

“Father! Major Alain, you did nothing wrong. I told you that an enemy bomber suddenly flew into the wall and joined the battle, and you were given a secret mission and had no choice but to go with him to the enemy capital.”

“I’ve raised you for 20 years. Don’t you know your personality? If that guy hadn’t seduced you, there’s no way you’d sneak onto a bomber.”

“That’s not it. I also felt a sense of camaraderie while fighting. How many times have I told you that I wanted to fight with my comrades?”

“Then why did you harass me for days, telling me you wanted to join that battalion?”

“I am an adult now and would like to join the unit officially. And while other units would not accept me, Major Alain said he would accept me as a member of his battalion.”

The conversation between the mother and daughter was becoming increasingly heated.

Still, Lieutenant Audrey was actively defending me.

I was wondering if I could intervene here, but my mouth was twitching.

“Can I say something?”

“what?”

Archduke Harry glared at me as if he was going to kill me.

If I were a normal person, I would have been shocked, but I have survived even in the abyss.

Even if he is not a grand duke but a king, I have to say what I have to say.

“As Your Highness knows, Lieutenant Audrey is an exceptional aerial magic knight. In the first battle, she took out four enemy aerial magic knights and shot down five Albion bombers. And recently, she completed a very important mission to destroy the Albion Royal Palace, breaking the enemy’s morale and ending the war. To be honest, she is better at aerial combat than I am, and her commanding ability is also excellent. Also, my squadron members respect the lieutenant, and I learned formation flight and aerial combat techniques from the lieutenant, which is why I was able to survive on the battlefield. And because she protected my back in battle, many of my squadron members were able to save their lives. Lieutenant Audrey is my savior and the lives of my squadron members. And I think it is a waste of national resources to simply use her as a magic flight training instructor.”

I poured out what I wanted to say without even taking a breath.

“So give me Lieutenant Audrey.”

“what?”

But then, Harry, who was expected to get very angry, suddenly took on a serious expression.

If she joins our battalion, our power will increase and we can further improve our lacking air combat skills.

If only the Grand Duke would allow it, the burden could be reduced.

“You’re a cheeky guy. Do you think you can handle Audrey?”

My abilities as a battalion commander will be questioned.

I’m not a member of the 7th Mobile Corps, and it hasn’t been that long since I learned flight techniques.

But that was also my strong point.

“I awakened the low-speed flight skill 6 months ago, and the high-speed flight skill after 4 months.”

“What? High-speed flight skills in just 4 months!”

Harry’s eyes grew twice as large.

The speed of my flight magic awakening was faster than that of Lieutenant Audrey, who was called a genius, and much faster than that of Archduke Harry Russell, who was called the best flight magic knight in Atlan until 10 years ago.

So I can’t help but be surprised.

Since I can constantly refill my mana and use my skills with the Mana Ring, there is probably no other aerial magic knight who can level up their skills faster than me and learn new spells.

Archduke Harry suddenly looked me up and down.

What? Do you have any exploration skills?

Harry’s expression seemed to have softened considerably from before.

“The Bombard family?”

“Yes, I am the eldest son.”

“If I do well, I will inherit the land.”

“You’re doing well now, so it’ll be fine.”

“Confidence is good.”

Archduke Harry chuckled.

“Do you want some alcohol?”

“My nickname is Bottomless Wine Jar.”

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