Lord of Training - Chapter 55



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55. The peaceful labyrinth gate today as well.

Phage, phage, phage!

An enraged Colonel Morgan aimed his lightning-charged rifle at me.

“Hey, what are you doing now?”

“Can’t you see it? We are going to enter the labyrinth gate.”

“What? Wasn’t the purpose to awaken the noble children?”

“I don’t know about that. Rather than having it taken over by another place, we decided that it would be better for us to go in and clear it. The number of awakening spells would probably increase.”

I lied.

Suddenly Colonel Morgan lowered his rifle.

“Come on, Lieutenant Colonel Alain! Let’s negotiate nicely! Neither of us are in a position to take orders anyway. And the D-class labyrinth gate can only accommodate 70 or 80 people. So let’s work together to deal with the Lacrosse guys outside, and let half of your nobles and half of our nobles go in. Wouldn’t that be better for both of us?”

Colonel Morgan offered some persuasive words.

I pretended to be lost in thought for a moment.

“3 vs 7!”

“what?”

“I’m talking about the ratio of nobles. You have 3, we have 7.”

“That, that······.”

Colonel Morgan frowned.

“4 to 6! I can’t give in anymore.”

“3 vs. 7! If you don’t like it, quit.”

“Fuck! Alright. Let’s do that.”

Chi-chik!

– Captain, this is Phelps. We have arrived at the labyrinth gate.

The radio came.

“I’m sorry, but let’s just pretend it never happened.”

“what?”

[Use the Air Shield (lv.3) skill.]

[Use the Air Shield (lv.3) skill.]

[Use the Air Shield (lv.3) skill.]

I sprayed my air shield skill in all directions and then turned around and ran.

“Stop! Or I’ll collapse the cave.”

I ignored it and kept running.

“Ugh! You guys will never get out of here!”

Bang! Kwaang!

Ta-ta-ta! BAM! KWAANG!

There was a loud crash and the sound of the cave collapsing behind me.

I couldn’t stop now.

Chi-chik!

“Phelps, let’s all come in.”

– yes!

As we walked about 200 meters into the cave, a large cavity soon appeared.

“Captain Alain! Here you go!”

Lieutenant Phelps waved me over at the gate!

“Get in now! The cave is collapsing!”

Boom! Boom! Clang!

A large boulder fell from the ceiling and the cave collapsed.

As Phelps entered the gate, I also took the last leap.

[Use the High-Speed ​​Flight (lv.3) skill.]

Paaaaang!

WHEEK!

***

The vision darkened and then quickly brightened.

“Beware of the four pillars!”

“Beware of the four pillars!”

Whew! Whew!

Is it a sandstorm?

A strong sandstorm was blowing across the desolate-looking land.

“Check around Phelps!”

“Yes! I am doing it.”

He began to carefully examine his surroundings with his magic seeking skill.

What do you need to see to understand your surroundings?

However, it was certain that the labyrinth gate had a very high concentration of mana.

“There is no monster reaction around.”

That was fortunate.

“Battleship members, stand guard and trainees, pitch your tents! Wait here until the sandstorm stops.”

“yes!”

I quietly called out to Lieutenant Phelps.

“Let’s keep the cave collapse a secret.”

“I know.”

The quick-witted Phelps nodded.

“And prepare a search party.”

“yes.”

Tiring!

A status window pops up.

[Battle Scars (D Grade)]

[Mission: The area where the first giant gate occurred. Find a countermeasure to stop the dimensional monster from the traces of the battle!]

[Clear Condition: Find the lost world’s heritage. (0/3)]

[Hint: None.]

For a moment, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Finding the Legacy meant that there was a dimensional core or a piece of a dimensional core here.

In the E-class labyrinth gate, three fragments of the dimensional core, which were split into four parts, were the legacy.

This was a higher level gate than that, so there was a high chance that they were looking for three Dimensional Cores rather than just a Dimensional Core Fragment.

And if there was a dimensional core, I could use the dimensional gate generator in my alchemist’s workshop right now to return to the world we live in.

Because Orksha, the Orc Chieftain, turned the dial in the center of the gate generator to create a gate in our dimension.

I was worried about how I would get back since the cave collapsed, but now it doesn’t matter.

“Commander! The tents are all set up.”

“All right! Phelps Squadron and Carlin Squadron, search the area.”

“yes!”

WHEEK! WHEEK!

Two formations took to the air.

“Herman’s squadron stands guard, and the rest go into the tent.”

A large tent.

Inside, the trainees sat closely together.

Private Franco, number 23, raised his hand.

“A message popped up telling me to find my lost heritage. What does that mean?”

I gave a snicker.

“You trainees don’t need to worry at all. We’ll take care of clearing the gates. You just need to focus on awakening your magic. Got it?”

“yes!”

“And number 23, how did you get here if you’ve already awakened?”

Status window messages are only visible to awakened people.

“His Highness the Grand Duke sent this to awaken more magic spells.”

“okay?”

He was one of three men selected from the Airborne Magic Training Corps, headed by Archduke Harry Russell.

“What about the awakening technique?”

“It’s a detection technique.”

“What about skills?”

“It’s the Mana Wind. I can see the flow of mana.”

“You’ve awakened a good sense of humor.”

I think I know why he joined the Aviation Magic Academy.

Being able to see the flow of mana in the air was a blessing for an aerial magician.

Most aerial magicians, including myself, couldn’t see the subtle flow of mana in the air, so we didn’t pay any attention to it.

But mana was definitely flowing, and riding the mana wind would make it much faster and cost less mana even if you used the same flying technique.

Even if he used the same high-speed flight (lv. 3) technique as me, he could fly faster than me by riding the flow of mana, so it was advantageous for escaping and also advantageous for chasing.

And if you find a place where mana flows well, you can replenish mana more quickly.

‘Archduke Harry sent you to awaken your flying skills.’

But it won’t be easy.

Just because it’s a labyrinth gate doesn’t mean it’s easy to awaken the flying technique.

When our platoon entered the labyrinth gate before, only Jester had awakened the flying technique.

It would be more likely to fly in the sky tied behind an airship.

Of course, those who can’t do it won’t be able to do it.

The seven agents entrusted to the Grand Duke came to mind.

Are you getting good training?

Then, trainee number 6, Stella Camari, raised her hand.

She was the youngest daughter of Marquis Bertio Camari, the chairman of the Lords’ Council, and had awakened her spatial sorcery.

“what?”

“I’ve heard that even people who have already awakened can awaken other spells.”

“That’s true. I did that too.”

“I wonder how to awaken.”

“I don’t know that yet. When I find out how, I’ll let you all know, so don’t be too impatient.”

“all right.”

Stella’s voice was loud.

If Baron Ken Kaplan was the leader of the male trainees, then Stella was the leader of the female trainees.

He had already awakened the spatial technique, and the Lenminston estate of Marquis Bertio was the only large estate in Atlan.

Although they were all children of famous nobles in Atlan, to me they were just trainees.

***

They searched from the air for four days.

As a result, the south side of the labyrinth gate was a ruin, and the east side was a sand desert.

Still, there was a fairly large forest to the north, and a wide field to the west.

Fortunately, there were signs of life, as we discovered a river flowing west from the northern forest.

However, no trace of elves living there was found.

Occasionally, building sites were found in the southern wastelands, but nothing was found.

If there were no subspace warehouses, we would have starved to death.

What kind of battle took place here that left this place in ruins?

The problem is that the dimensional monsters are invisible.

It couldn’t have disappeared into the sky, but rather sank into the ground?

Without the dimensional monsters, it would be a big problem to be able to awaken the trainees.

Chi-chik!

– It’s Kalin. We found a dimensional monster in the northwestern desert!

It was good news.

Chi-chik!

“Okay. Where? I’ll lead the trainees and go there.”

– No, you can’t come on foot.

“What do you mean?”

– Dimensional monsters live in the sand.

“In the sand?”

The battalion members had no choice but to carry the trainees on their backs three times.

So we gathered in the red rock desert of the northwest.

“Lieutenant Kalin, there’s a dimensional monster living in the sand?”

“Yes. As I was looking around, I saw something moving in the sand here.”

Lieutenant Kalin was able to capture even the slightest movement on the ground with his eagle eye skill.

“Let me show you once.”

Ensign Kalin tied a large rock to one end of the rope.

And threw it towards the sand.

WHACK! chin!

And then he pulled slowly over the rock.

grasp!

“Kua!”

Thud!

Whirlirik!

“uh?”

“Gasp! What was that just now?”

The trainees collectively looked surprised.

I also disappeared so quickly that I didn’t have time to check the status screen.

Still, it was certain that there were dimensional monsters.

“From now on, this is base camp. Pitch your tents!”

While the trainees were setting up camp, I told Phelps to get some chains and sharp knives from the subspace storage.

“Everyone, prepare to fire now.”

The trainees prepared to fire their rifles around the rock.

And then the battalion men slowly began to pull the chain.

At the end of the chain were three knives firmly fastened.

This was a kind of fishing.

Monster fishing.

grasp!

Suddenly a dimensional monster jumped out, bit the end of the chain, and dived into the sand.

“Now! Pull!”

The aerial magic knights all grabbed the chains and flew high into the air.

Then, a 4-meter-long dimensional monster appeared, dangling from the ground.

It was the E-class desert bug monster Abilkinat.

“Shoot!”

Bang! Tata tang! Bang!

Forty rifles fired simultaneously.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Still, most of the shots hit the monsters because they had been trained to fire at sea.

“Kueuk!”

The dimensional monster roared and then fell to its knees.

This is a total ant hell.

Even if you were an awakened person, if that thing bit you and went into the sand, you wouldn’t be able to come out alive.

“A person who has awakened the magic?”

Trainee number 2 raised his hand.

“I, I have awakened.”

“Well done, Paolo! From now on, I will call the trainees who have awakened their magic by their names. You are now a proud magic knight of the Atlan Kingdom.”

“Thank you so much! I will never forget this favor.”

Paolo has awakened his sniping skills.

Skill: Ice Bullet (lv.1).

The moment a bullet is fired, it is given the property of ice, and when it hits the target, an area about a span in size is enveloped in cold air.

It was a scary skill that was so powerful that if not treated immediately, the area around the wound could become frostbitten.

Since then, I have tried the same experiment three more times.

And I found out one thing.

I once killed a monster with a final blow, but another trainee awakened instead of me.

That trainee was the one who had shot the monster a dozen times.

It was only then that I realized that in this labyrinth gate, it was not the last blow that awakened, but rather the person who struck the monster the most.

After repeating this a few times, the monsters around this rocky area dried up.

It took some time after that.

Because I had to fly further away, fish out the monster, and drag it back to the rocky area.

And our battalion also started fishing and hunting separately to awaken the spirit of drinking.

The trainees only awakened two or three soldiers a day, and the rest of the time they focused on increasing the experience of the battalion members in the desert.

“Captain! I have awakened a new spell!”

The youngest sergeant in the battalion, Sergeant Jester, shouted.

Since I didn’t have any special skills other than the flying skill, it didn’t help much in terms of firepower.

“What kind of magic is it?”

“It’s an explosive technique. The skill is Air Bomb (lv. 1).”

It was a unique skill that caused compressed air to burst at the hit area.

But the power was so great that the hole became the size of a fist.

It was a particularly useful skill when hunting large dimensional monsters.

In this way, additional agents and trainees awakened their spells and their skills increased one by one.

However, although my skill experience increased, I was not able to awaken any new spells.

Harry said that he could only obtain rare spells or skills by hunting monsters that were two levels higher than his own.

The problem is that my rank is D, but the desert sand monster is E.

No matter how many times I beat him, it was difficult to awaken his magical powers.

There must be a strong guy somewhere.

‘The mother of the desert sand monsters······.’

However, since this place recharges dimensional energy and mana quickly, you can save dimensional core fragments and mana rings.

***

Today was also a peaceful labyrinth gate.

Most of the trainees have awakened, and the battalion members have increased their awakening techniques and acquired additional skills.

I also raised my skill level a bit.

I was thinking of starting tomorrow to look for the legacy.

Chichik!

– Commander, please come to base camp.

Sergeant Phelps’ radio transmission arrived.

I returned to base camp with my team.

If Phelps called, it meant something important had happened.

“What’s going on?”

“Paolo discovered a cave entrance at the end of a rocky area.”

“The cave entrance?”

As Phelps and I moved, we saw a large hole in the middle of the rock.

Paolo said.

“It was originally covered in sand. I was looking around and stepped on it without thinking, but the sand suddenly sucked me in like quicksand, so I quickly flew over to avoid it.”

“Huh? It’s an artificial hole.”

Phelps said.

“That’s why I said it was the entrance.”

The cave was cut diagonally, and the entire hole showed signs of having been carved.

“Who went in?”

“No. I reported to Lieutenant Phelps first because I felt I should inform the battalion commander.”

Paolo answered.

“Good job.”

I looked at Lieutenant Phelps.

“Gather the battalion members and wait here. I’ll report first.”

“Yes! Be careful.”

I entered carefully, holding the magic lantern.

The cave was only big enough for one or two people to enter and exit, and the slope was not so steep as to be impossible to descend, at around 30 degrees. However, there was sand on the floor, so I had to use my flying skill.

After going down carefully for a while, a wide open space soon appeared.

And then I discovered something huge.

End