Lord of Training - Chapter 59
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59. Lava War.
“But what are you going to say to the trainees? They’ll probably think it’s strange that the exit is different.”
“Here, the labyrinth gate has a unique exit that is located in a different place.”
“Would you believe it?”
“Well, what if you don’t believe me? This is the only way.”
“Okay, I’ll bring it over right away.”
Phelps returned to base camp and brought all the battalion members and trainees back.
I told the trainees that this was the exit, and no one questioned it.
He believes my words like an iron fist.
Well, no one has ever experienced the Labyrinth Gate.
And since everyone saw the mission clear message, it seemed like they didn’t have any major doubts.
At that moment, Trainee No. 1 Ken Kaplan and Trainee No. 6 Stella Camari approached.
“If it weren’t for Lieutenant Colonel Alain, we wouldn’t have been able to awaken. And most likely we would have been defeated by the Empire or the Arica Republic Army. Thank you.”
“thank you.”
“Why are you suddenly greeting me?”
“I’m saying hello now because I don’t know what will happen if I go out now.”
He chuckled.
Perhaps they thought that if we went out here, we would end up in the sinkhole we came from.
And I think the Imperial Army or the Arica Republic Army is waiting there.
“Yes, you worked hard too. Now, when you return to the kingdom, take this incident as a lesson and always show good conduct as nobles of the kingdom.”
“yes!”
“And now, don’t forget that you are proud magic knights of Atlan!”
“Yes, Commander!”
He also added a hint of patriotism to the last comment.
“I will go in first, then the battalion members, and lastly the trainees.”
“yes!”
When I nodded, Phelps nodded back.
If there was an ocean outside the gate, I was planning on taking the raft straight out of the alchemist’s workshop.
I took a deep breath and entered the gate.
***
The darkness began to slowly lift.
[Uses Halo (lv.3) skill.]
Shhh!
[Use the Air Shield (lv.3) skill.]
[Use the Air Shield (lv.3) skill.]
[Use the Air Shield (lv.3) skill.]
.
.
As soon as the vision cleared, I unconditionally set up a defensive barrier around me.
however.
Whew! Whew!
In an instant, a heavy snowstorm began to swirl before my eyes.
“What is this place?”
The whole world is covered in snow.
I had come prepared mentally, but I was startled by the unbearable cold.
Plus, I just came from an incredibly hot jungle, and I feel like my skin is falling off.
I hurriedly took out my winter clothes from the workshop and put them on.
“Beware of the four pillars! Ugh!”
“Ouch! What the heck! What is this?”
“Everyone, stop making a fuss! Everyone, join forces and build the raft!”
I took the rafts out of the workshop, and the crew gathered their strength and set them up one by one in the snow.
And the trainees came out of the gate.
Everyone was shocked by the extreme cold.
“Everyone move inside!”
Still, we built a wall out of rafts, and it was able to withstand the strong winds.
“Lieutenant Phelps, get out your winter uniform!”
“yes!”
The soldiers and trainees hurriedly put on their winter clothes.
It was a good thing I brought it to the subspace warehouse because it might be winter inside the labyrinth gate.
“Captain, where is this place?”
“well.”
“Could it be the Kingdom of Albion?”
“That could be possible. Let’s move south for now.”
“yes!”
***
There was no way to know where this place was right now.
Fortunately, it wasn’t the Lacrosse Empire.
There is no place in the empire that is this cold.
Then it could have been the frigid northern continent, or, as Phelps said, the kingdom of Albion.
It’s been four days since I came down south.
The weather over here has been so cold that aerial reconnaissance has not been possible. In this cold weather, you can’t use flying spells for long, and you can’t see anything because of the snowstorm.
Fortunately, in the afternoon, the snow stopped.
It was really nice to see the sun after such a long time.
“Build a raft, light a fire. We’ll camp here today.”
“yes!”
Although the sun was still out, we quickly prepared to camp.
The sun sets early here, and at night the whole world literally becomes a freezer.
Still, we blocked the wind with a raft and built a campfire, and it became warm.
Trainee number 39, Pameli Marvel, approached.
“Commander, I think I know where this is.”
“What? Where is it?”
“This is the Kingdom of Bavaria.”
“What makes you think so?”
“My maternal family is a noble family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. They came to visit me a few times when I was young, and there were many birch trees like that around the mansion.”
The snow-covered birch tree that Trainee Pameli pointed to had reddish bark, a tree like it he had never seen on the Eastern Continent or in the Kingdom of Albion.
“I hope you’re right. Well done, Trainee Pameli.”
“thank you.”
Pamela has quite an eye for detail.
She was a quiet girl who usually went unnoticed.
Short and petite build.
The technique that Pameli awakened was an evasion technique, and her skill was stealth (lv. 1).
Right now, you don’t have enough mana to maintain stealth for long, but as you level up and increase your mana, it becomes a very useful skill.
The downside is that it is an earth-based skill, so it can only be used on the ground, and the skill is canceled if you rise into the air just 10 meters above the ground.
“The sun will be setting soon, so Lieutenant Kalin, take the trainees and gather more firewood!”
“yes.”
As Pameli said, it seemed like I could somehow return home to the Kingdom of Bavaria. After all, the Kingdom of Bavaria was part of the United Nations.
It was time to think about how to return for a moment.
“Commander!”
Lieutenant Kalin, who had gone out to collect firewood, returned immediately.
“It’s acting.”
“performance?”
“Yes. There is black smoke rising from the southwest.”
“What distance?”
“It will probably take about an hour to get to ground level.”
It was a distance that could be reached in 10 minutes by plane.
Is it authorized?
Anyway, this was a chance to find out exactly where this place was.
“Phelps and Herman, stay here and guard the trainees, the rest of you follow me!”
“yes!”
Then, trainee number 23 raised his hand.
“What? Trainee Franco?”
“Can I come with you? I’ll just watch from the air.”
“Okay! Follow me.”
“thank you.”
Franco had the talent to become a great aerial magician.
He was the only one who had awakened the flying technique.
It’s not a bad idea to raise it a little in advance.
“Everyone, check your weapons!”
Swish! Swish swish!
He moved southwest with his battalion men.
The black smoke thing was a bit bothersome to me.
***
In the meantime, the sun set.
He raised his hand and stopped the men.
Looking from above, it was a fairly large rural village with about 200 households.
Lieutenant Kalin, who had good eyesight, approached.
“Look over there. It’s the Lacrosse Empire.”
The entrance to the village was blocked by two horsepower trucks, and imperial soldiers were seen smoking cigarettes.
“Kalin, check the size and location of the enemy forces.”
“yes!”
The Kalin squadron moved to inspect the area around the village.
‘This is the Kingdom of Bavaria.’
It wasn’t just the Kingdom of Lutes that was fighting the Empire right now.
The Kingdom of Bavaria, located in the northern part of the Central Continent, had an incredibly large territory, but most of it was extremely cold.
And since they were currently in the midst of a fierce war with the Empire, it was likely that this was the Kingdom of Bavaria, as Pameli had said.
Ensign Kalin is back.
“One company of Imperial troops, approximately 90 soldiers, are gathered at the village entrance and the central square.”
“Then what about that black smoke in the center?”
“They burned down a house next to the square, and they are searching the houses and gathering the townspeople in the square.”
“What are you doing?”
“I don’t know about that. But the atmosphere is not good. They are separating the men.”
“Men?”
Most likely they are trying to kill you.
Because they could have become soldiers of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
When war broke out, it wasn’t just soldiers who died.
“What should I do?”
The battalion men waited for my orders.
90 people wasn’t a large number.
However, I was worried because our existence could be revealed.
If this is the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Imperial Army has advanced this far, we would have to break through the Imperial Army’s lines to return to Atlan.
Our battalion members were able to return somehow using flight techniques, but the trainees will not survive.
In that case, it seemed like it would be better to go towards the Kingdom of Bavaria.
It seemed like a good idea to either borrow an airship there or a ship to return to the kingdom.
‘Let’s help the townspeople first and prove that we are allies.’
My thoughts have been sorted out.
Chi-chik!
“Lieutenant Phelps.”
– Yes, I can hear you, Colonel.
“Bring all the men of the battalion to the place where the smoke is coming from. Leave the trainees on standby there.”
– Yes. I will go right away.
After a while, the entire Alain Airborne Magic Squadron gathered.
“We must make sure they never escape.”
“yes.”
“Franco is waiting above the village entrance.”
“yes!”
“let’s go!”
We subdue the enemy.
***
Are you 12 years old now?
“Please save him. He is a little child who doesn’t know anything.”
“Let’s take the boy away,” the mother pleaded with the Imperial Army officer.
“It’s noisy! Go over there and stop!”
The boy, separated from his family, trembled with fear.
“Send the interest over there too!”
A man who looked to be in his 60s was also taken to one side, away from his family.
There were no young men in this village.
But the Imperial Army stationed every man who looked like he could shoot in front of the burning house.
Their sudden raid on the village was intended to reduce the reserve force.
Lava War!
Now, the Imperial Army’s four legions and 140,000 soldiers had advanced 800km into the Kingdom of Bavaria, while the Kingdom of Bavaria’s army was blocking them with 350,000 soldiers.
There was a fierce battle going on over the current important stronghold, Lagrind.
If Lagrind passed, it would only take three days to reach the capital, so it could be seen as a defeat for the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Although the Bavaria Kingdom’s army had a great advantage in numbers, they were lacking in guns and ammunition, cannons and shells, bombers and aerial magic knights, and so they were fighting hard on the front lines.
However, as conscripts poured in from all over the kingdom and their numbers continued to grow, the Imperial Army felt burdened and went into the countryside where there were no Bavaria soldiers, killing every man they could find.
War was a condition that made it easy to commit such terrible crimes.
“Prepare to fire!”
Chuck! Chew chew chew!
About twenty Imperial soldiers took aim at the trembling children and elderly people on one side.
They were unable to run away, fearing that their remaining families might get hurt, so they closed their eyes and shed tears as they waited for death.
“launch!”
Bang! Tata tang! Bang!
Boom! Boom boom!
“Ahh!”
“Ugh!”
The Imperial soldiers fell to the sudden hail of bullets pouring down from the sky.
Flames flashed and gunshots were heard all around.
“The enemy!”
“Airborne Magic Knight! Fire!”
Tutata tata tang!
“Cough!”
Alain Bombard immediately eliminated the enemy commander.
13 Atlan Aerial Magic Knights instantly suppressed the Imperial forces in the plaza.
The imperial troops who survived the sudden attack began to flee towards the village entrance.
Boom! Tata tang!
But that was after Phelps’ squadron had swept through.
“Catch them!”
“Don’t leave a single one behind!”
Ta-tang! Bang! Bang!
“Ugh!”
“Ahh!”
It took only ten minutes for the Alain Airborne Magic Battalion to destroy an entire company of Imperial forces.
And he took care of all the imperial troops hiding around.
As Alain and his men descended into the square, an old man approached them.
“I am the village chief of this village. Who are you?”
Even though they had dealt with the Imperial Army, the townspeople were still frightened by the sight of military uniforms for the first time.
“Don’t be alarmed. We are the Atlan Kingdom Army.”
“The Kingdom of Atlan?”
People tilted their heads.
It seemed like he didn’t know much about Atlantis.
“It is a kingdom allied with the Bavaria Kingdom Army. It is our ally.”
“Ah! We survived.”
“thank you.”
Only then did people breathe a sigh of relief and express their gratitude.
Children returned to their mothers’ arms, and the elderly were held in the arms of their families.
Taang!
Everyone turned their heads at the sudden sound of gunfire.
“Phelps, go with your squadron.”
“yes!”
Then, Private Franco flew in carrying a man with great difficulty.
thud!
“I got it!”
“Huh? Aren’t you a villager?”
The battalion members looked surprised.
This was because the dead man was wearing a fur hat and was covered with thick fur.
“No. I caught him running away disguised as a villager.”
Alain Bombard chuckled as soon as he saw the dead man.
“Well done, Franco.”
Then, Sergeant John Cutter lifted the dead man’s fur.
Then the rank insignia and Imperial Army uniform came into view.
“Huh! Franco, how did you know?”
“I knew it when I saw the shiny boots.”
“What? Combat boots?”
The fur covered almost all the way to his calves, but it did not hide his shoes.
Franco, who was guarding the entrance to the village, saw a suspicious person coming out, and immediately recognized that he was an Imperial soldier by the boots he was wearing.
In this way, the people of this village were saved thanks to the efforts of the aerial magic knights.
***
We received a warm welcome from the villagers.
All traces of the Imperial forces were completely erased, and the two trucks were placed in Phelps’ subspace warehouse.
And I was able to get some good information from this town.
This was a village in the northeastern part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, and it was said that a battle was currently underway on the western front of the Lagrind and Tobok Rivers, which would determine the kingdom’s fate.
As I expected, the south was completely occupied by the Imperial Army, so continuing to go down was very dangerous.
“I know a path that only shepherds use.”
A 12-year-old kender agreed to guide us.
The boy said he knew the road well because he and his father had worked together as shepherds in this area and the surrounding mountains.
So we decided to go around the big mountain in the northwest and cross to the Bavarin Kingdom camp.
And he radioed Hela Wake to ask her to find out how to get to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
End
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