Lord of Training - Chapter 85



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85. The perfect combination.

Two transport warships cut through the waves.

On deck, rookie airborne magic knights repeatedly fire their rifles at moving targets.

“Focus! If you can’t hit something moving on water, it’s even harder in the sky.”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The marksmanship of an aerial magician must be top-notch.

Hitting a moving target in the air requires tremendous concentration, so you have to practice repeatedly.

“Don’t aim at the target, aim your lead firing point in the direction the target is moving.”

The shooting was over.

“Ha! It’s hard to shoot with two hands, so I don’t know how you’re going to do this with one hand.”

“Then why do you have to shoot with one hand?”

A few rookies let out a groan.

I’m saying this because I haven’t experienced combat directly.

I’ve been practicing my one-handed marksmanship consistently for the past month, so I’ve improved a lot since the beginning.

“Now! Look carefully.”

I held the pistol to my shoulder and aimed at a moving target with one hand.

Tata tang! Tata tang!

“Wow!”

“Wow! You can do it with one hand!”

As he ran out of bullets, he bent one knee, rested the rifle against his shin, and tucked it under his leg.

He removed the empty magazine, retrieved the magazine from his waistband, and reloaded the rifle.

And then one-handed shooting again!

Tata tata tang!

“As you can see, you can change magazines and fire with one hand. If your right leg is injured, you can change magazines while holding the gun between your legs like this.”

When I demonstrated, the new recruits nodded.

Since these were all techniques used in real life, I was trying to teach them as much as possible.

“Does anyone know why one-handed shooting is necessary?”

Ensign Franco Vidali raised his hand.

“When one arm is wounded, it is for fighting.”

“Yes. Air combat is a melee. There are many cases of getting injured in the arms. However, it is foolish to give up your life just because you got injured. You can shoot a gun with one hand. And when you get used to shooting with your right hand, you will practice shooting with your left hand, so everyone, don’t neglect your shooting training! The only thing you can trust in the air is this rifle.”

“yes!”

“Clean up your surroundings and start again.”

The recruits began to pick up the shell casings that had fallen on the floor.

Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

At that moment, the 1st Battalion members flew in formation over our heads.

“Wow! You seniors are really monsters! How can you fly for so long?”

“Yeah. I’m jealous.”

It’s all thanks to Manahwan.

The problem is that I don’t have many magic stones left in my alchemist’s workshop, so I’m going to run out of mana rings soon.

I had to get the magic stone somehow.

And I train the new recruits myself.

It was because my team members’ skills were still lacking.

Since he couldn’t keep up with my pace, we couldn’t train together.

So, I have to roll it more.

“Sir, when will we be able to do flight training?”

Ensign Franco Vidali approached and asked.

He was the youngest son of Lord Rioden, and he had conquered the Southern Continent Labyrinth Gate together with me, so he approached me without hesitation and spoke.

“You’re okay because you have the Mana Wind skill, but the other recruits can’t keep up with the training because they lack mana. Can’t we give you special treatment?”

“I know what you mean.”

Lieutenant Franco looked regretful.

It’s not that I don’t understand his mind.

This guy is a real genius.

He entered the labyrinth gate with me and awakened the flying technique, and within a few months, he had raised the low-speed flight (lv. 3) skill to the maximum level.

So it’s going to be tough to train with the new recruits who are just starting to fly.

It was all thanks to the guy’s skill called Mana Wind (lv.3).

If you see the flow of mana and fly through the sky riding on that flow, you will use less mana and also fly faster.

Perhaps, among my agents, this guy will be the first to awaken the high-speed flight skill?

Aaaah! Aaaah!

Suddenly a siren blared.

“Commander Alain! There are pirates on the Starboard side!”

“The captain, Lieutenant Colonel Herok, shouted.

When I turned my head, I saw three pirate ships approaching.

The two transport ships we were on were disguised as merchant ships, which is what they were after.

Chi-chik!

“This is Captain Alain. Who is nearby right now?”

– This is Lieutenant Colonel Audrey. She’s in our sights now.

“Starboard, pirates are approaching at 5 o’clock. 1st Battalion, deal with them!”

– all right.

Chi-chik!

“They are the ones who are destroying the fishing village of Atlan and engaging in human trafficking. We don’t need survivors.”

-yes!

Lieutenant Colonel Audrey’s 1st Battalion began to dive.

“Everyone gather! Watch carefully how the senior aerial magic knights fight.”

After a while.

One by one, the pirate ships were engulfed in flames.

“Wow!”

“Now! This is your future appearance!”

The recruits cheered.

It’s nice when pirates like that show up sometimes.

It provides training and motivates new recruits.

After dealing with all the pirates, the 1st Battalion flew to the flagship to replenish ammunition and magic grenades.

Major Phelps approached.

And then suddenly he saluted me.

“Chung! Major Phelps, I am reporting that you have awakened the high-speed flight skill.”

“Oh! Good job.”

Hard work never betrays.

In the case of betrayal, it was simply a lack of willpower.

The battalion members came and congratulated me.

“Major Phelps is excluded from formation flight training from now on!”

“Wow! That must be nice.”

“Congratulations.”

“And then I come out and do combat flight training.”

“yes?”

Phelps’ face turned ashen.

Because I know how hard it is to train with me.

Now that he’s mastered the high-speed flight technique, Phelps is the one who’s going to get me and the Labyrinth Gate.

So we head to a new battlefield.

***

[Pauli Island]

As the thick fog cleared, the island of Pauli came into view on the other side.

We landed on an uninhabited island about 2km from that island last night.

The fifth largest island in the south of the Kingdom of Nubia.

In the past, it was a fairly large island with a population of 8,000, but now there are no civilians living there.

And they cleared out the entire central part of the island where civilians lived, and built a large, wide airfield so that even large airships could land there.

And on the north side of the island, a B-class medium-sized gate was glowing.

There were several cannons on the shore where ships could be launched, and several anti-aircraft guns and machine guns were also visible to stop aerial magic knights.

This was an important stronghold guarded by 1,500 men from one regiment.

Lieutenant Colonel Audrey said as he looked through the telescope.

“You had no idea we were coming?”

“Of course. The Atlan Kingdom forces will be gathered at the port of Vastow by now.”

I looked back.

“Leopold, get ready.”

“yes!”

Ensign Leopold boarded the orbital Gigant.

In fact, he and Lieutenant Ivan almost didn’t get promoted to officer this time because they weren’t aviation magicians.

However, I was able to convince Supreme Commander Harry that it would be better to have an officer rather than a special sergeant commanding the creation of a magic armored unit, emphasizing the importance of the orbital gigant.

And we also selected artillerymen with focused aiming skills from the 2nd Corps Artillery Corps, and trained new machine gunners and drivers.

Now it was time to show the results.

Drrrr! Drrrrur!

Two Bishop-class orbital giants, each carrying three men, moved toward the shore.

I was watching the orbital giant and Pauli Island from above.

Ensign Leopold’s survey is complete.

Chi-chik!

– Distance 1.8km, spirit cannon angle set to 30 degrees.

– 30 degree angle.

Kiiing! Chuck! Chuck!

A cannon 9 meters high.

This was a distinct advantage over the ground-based cannon in terms of sight and firing range.

In addition, unlike existing cannons, it was fired using the power of dimensional energy without the need for propellants such as gunpowder, and because the propulsive force was so great, the dedicated shell was 1.5 times larger than the existing medium-sized shells, so more magic stones and flame stones could be put in, doubling the power.

– 1st and 2nd rounds loaded.

– 1st and 2nd rounds loaded.

Our airborne magic knights were waiting quietly in the nearby forest.

– First shot fired!

– First shot fired!

Boom! Boom!

Wheeing!

Boom! Boom!

It hit an anti-aircraft gun on the shore.

– 2nd shot launched!

– 2nd shot launched!

Boom! Boom!

BAM! WHAAAAH!

The power of the shell was twice that of the existing cannon, but it did not satisfy my eyes. Perhaps it was because I knew the power of the spirit shell.

However, the spirit shells were saved for use against large monsters. They were not easy to make.

And the cannons of the orbital giant and the existing cannons showed a big difference in accuracy. With the ability of Ensign Leopold added, they were dealing great damage to the enemies as soon as they were fired.

Plus it takes 10 seconds to load and fire.

The Orbital Gigant had two spirit cannons, so it could fire one shot every five seconds.

Boom! Boom!

‘Okay! That was a breeze.’

The anti-aircraft guns and machine gun positions along the coast were instantly reduced to rubble.

“The 1st Battalion will suppress the artillery on the west coast, and the 2nd Battalion will destroy the communication base near the airfield and secure the gate entrance!”

“yes!”

“yes!”

Two squadrons flew towards the island of Pauli.

“The Magic Armored Force will take control of the cannons and land on the transport ships!”

“yes!”

I looked at the remaining recruits.

“We will now annihilate the enemies on the coast.”

The recruits were seen swallowing dry saliva.

It’s your first real match, so you must be very nervous.

Although the enemies were significantly outnumbered, it was still an easy battle since the magic knights had a range twice as long.

“let’s go!”

Swish! Swish swish swish!

I attacked about 30 new recruits and the troops stationed on the coast.

First, eliminate the enemy’s air defense capabilities with the orbital giant, and then have the aerial magic knights fly in and attack the enemy.

It’s a perfect combination.

Tata tang! Tata tang!

“Hahaha! I’ll make you a rag!”

Ensign Stella Camari shouted as she fired her rifle at the soldiers on the ground.

Honestly, I don’t know why that guy joined our unit.

His father was the chairman of the House of Lords and the Lord of the Manor of Reminston.

Since I had money and connections, I could easily have joined the 7th Mobile Corps’ Airborne Magic Unit.

But despite my father’s opposition, I joined our group at the last minute.

Although she sometimes runs wild like a runaway train, she is a very useful character because she has the Subspace Warehouse (lv. 2) skill.

“It’s a white flag!”

“They surrendered!”

“Wow!”

The battle didn’t take long.

With 50 aerial magic knights and two orbital giants, they captured the important stronghold of Paola Island in just one hour.

“Major Phelps, Ensign Franco, follow me!”

“yes!”

Paaaaang! Paaaaang!

I left the cleanup to Lieutenant Colonel Audrey and the 1st Battalion and headed to the gate with the two of them.

Lieutenant Franco awakened the high-speed flight (lv. 1) skill on his own three days ago.

Moreover, his high-speed flight speed was faster than that of Phelps, who had awakened first.

Awakening high-speed flight skills in less than a year!

This is faster than me.

Surely you’re not going to change my promotion record?

We arrived at the gate entrance in no time.

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole and the 2nd Battalion were waiting there.

“Chung! You’re here.”

“Weren’t there any resistance?”

“It was there, but it’s gone.”

The blood on Lieutenant Colonel Nicole’s sword spoke of the enemy’s current state.

“Go to the warehouse at the end of the runway.”

“huh?”

“There is a magic stone.”

I nodded.

“Herman’s squadron will monitor the perimeter, and the rest of you will search the inside of the gate.”

“yes!”

He gave the order and headed to the warehouse.

Inside the warehouse, large boxes containing magic stones were neatly organized.

[Use the Body Strengthening (lv.3) skill.]

The magic stones were taken to the alchemist’s workshop in a box.

The medium-sized gate on this island led to the spirit world, and there was a magic stone mine nearby.

The Kingdom of Nubia was an island nation with few resources, but it was making a lot of money through these resource gates, and was using that money to expand its military.

And although Nubia was a kingdom with a population less than half that of the Atlan Kingdom, there was a reason why they charged forward without fear.

So, how hungry must the Atlan Kingdom have been?

I took all the magic stones from the warehouse and headed to the spirit world gate.

***

Major Phelps was waiting inside the gate.

“I found the mine!”

“let’s go!”

Magic Stone Mine.

The dozens of soldiers guarding the mine had all been dealt with.

But on one side, hundreds of miners were sitting.

Major Nicole approached with a frown.

“Most of them are from the Kingdom of Lutes. There are also a few who are Atlan fishermen.”

“what?”

“I heard that he was kidnapped by pirates and brought here.”

“These guys deserve to be killed!”

I knew that the Kingdom of Nubia was in league with pirates, but I didn’t know that they were kidnapping people and forcing them to do work.

How great is the sorrow of being without a country.

The Kingdom of Lutes was occupied by the Empire, and many people escaped by boat. However, the Nubu pirates captured their boats and forced the people to work at the gate they had built on their island.

“Major Phelps. First, feed the people and then get them out the gate.”

“yes!”

Phelps and his crew started handing out food to the people.

Most of them were very skinny, as if they had not been fed properly for a long time.

I toured the mine with Lieutenant Colonel Nicole.

The size of the magic stone mine was considerable.

“Have you checked for dimensional monsters around you?”

“Yes, we found and dealt with two Class E monsters.”

“If two companies can guard it, there probably aren’t that many monsters.”

It was just the right level for training new recruits.

“Bring all the Nubian prisoners here.”

“yes?”

“And have them work in the mine here, mining magic stones.”

“Are you talking about the magic stone?”

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole looked puzzled.

“You’re talking about the mana pills you ate. They’re all gone now, and you’ll need a lot of magic stones to make them.”

“Ah! I will do it right away.”

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole flew towards the gate.

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole was a mana pill addict.

Flying spells consume a lot of mana.

In addition, elite-level aerial magic knights had many skills to use.

In order to train yourself, you have to constantly use your skills and fly around in the sky, but since human mana is limited, even if you want to train hard, you have to come down when your mana runs out.

However, if you eat Mana Ring, you can use skills several more times in a row and fly for several dozen more minutes.

So, for her, who constantly trained herself, Mana Pills were like a drug.

The reason I attacked Pauli Island first and left the other islands aside was simple.

Because there is a magic stone mine here.

‘It’ll take at least a month for the main force to arrive······.’

In the meantime, let me suck some honey too.

End