Lord of Training - Chapter 94



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95. I will do well in this mission too.

If we win the war against the Kingdom of Nubia, wouldn’t I be able to take an island for myself?

It seemed like a great idea to decorate this place like a nice resort in the South Pacific.

And we could also build a few buildings and make this a dedicated training ground for our special airborne magic flyers.

Here, you can rest, train, and if necessary, enter the labyrinth gate to catch monsters.

‘Killing two birds with one stone!’

I had a pleasant fantasy for a moment.

And the members were also smiling for once.

Over there, they had to be on edge every second, but here, even though it was wartime, I felt at ease.

In order to prevent this world from being destroyed like the elven dimension, humans will have to join forces······.

I felt regretful.

So, let’s prepare our country in advance.

“Okay! Everyone gather around!”

The members gathered.

“I would like you to keep this matter about the Gate and Iris a secret.”

“all right.”

Since I was wearing the dimensional translator that I had just lent to Iris, Iris now only understood what I said.

In fact, I think it would be better for her not to be able to speak this world’s language for the time being.

That way, they won’t know we’re fighting the Empire, which is allied with the elves.

“Then will Iris stay with you?”

“I think it will have to be like that for the time being.”

The agents are smiling.

Those guys······.

He shook his head.

“Everyone, go back to the outpost at full speed.”

“yes!”

As they grew stronger, Phelps and his team’s voices grew louder.

Paaaaang! Paaaaang!

***

[Rowald Island. Atlan Kingdom Army Outpost]

As soon as they arrived at the base, Iris looked surprised at the sight of so many soldiers.

“There are a lot of people.”

At that moment, our special air force members who were training in the sky flew in.

Paaaaang! Chuck!

“Come in, Commander!”

Lieutenant Colonel Audrey, who arrived first, smiled brightly at me.

“Nothing special happened?”

“Why wouldn’t it be there? The Chief of Staff looked for it every day.”

“Ready to bomb?”

“There are already 50 bombers on standby.”

“Fifties is a sufficient number.”

Then Lieutenant Colonel Audrey glanced behind me.

“Huh? I haven’t seen that agent before. Who is he?”

“Ah! He’ll be with us for a while. You take good care of him.”

“yes?”

As Iris took off her hood, Audrey’s eyes widened.

“Huh? You’re an elf?”

“Yes, words won’t work. Since the elves will play an important role in our group, we need to block any outside contact as much as possible.”

“yes······.”

Why is the answer so unsatisfactory?

It seems like he’s staring at me.

Is it because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you?

I feel like the atmosphere has changed a bit.

Then an officer approached and saluted.

“Cheong! Lieutenant General Alain! Please come to the operations conference room immediately.”

He nodded.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

I’m busy as soon as I get here.

I left Iris in the care of Lieutenant Colonel Audrey and headed straight to the operations conference room.

Chief of Staff Warren was waiting for me outside the conference room.

“insect!”

“Where on earth have you been?”

“We thoroughly searched the surrounding islands for enemies.”

“Huh! First of all, we don’t have much time, so let’s go straight to the strategy meeting.”

“Operation meeting?”

“Everyone is waiting inside. The Lacrosse Empire’s fleet is coming this way now!”

“Huh? The Empire?”

This was a very serious matter.

***

[Operations Conference Room]

“We have information that the Imperial Third Fleet left Port Flants five days ago. Their destination has been confirmed as Waples.”

“If it was five days ago, doesn’t that mean we’ll get here in ten days?”

Everyone seemed shocked.

It was a fortnight’s journey from the Lacrosse Empire’s first port, Planz, to the Nubes capital, Waples.

“If the Empire had entered the war, wouldn’t it be a big deal!”

“That’s right. If we fight the enemy from the front and the back, we have no chance of winning.”

The commanders looked serious.

“There is still a chance. If we can get them to surrender before the Imperial fleet reaches the Kingdom of Nubua, the war will end and the Empire will return.”

Chief of Staff Warren said.

Imperial troops are coming at the request of the Kingdom of Nubua, but if the party surrenders, the Empire will lose its justification for participating in foreign wars.

The Empire is still facing the Allied Forces at the border of the Kingdom of Lutes, and in a precarious situation where a ceasefire is in place, expanding the front without a justification would be a burden to them as well.

“Is it possible? They probably knew we would attack and prepared thoroughly.”

“Isn’t that why we gather together like this and hold operational meetings?”

“You have to strike at the enemy’s weak points.”

Brigadier General Ray Daras said while looking at the map.

“The munitions factories and naval bases outside of Waples will be heavily fortified against our bombers. The knights of the air magic will be waiting nearby. And the palace will also be prepared for bombing. So we’ll strike here.”

The place that Brigadier General Ray pointed to was the capital itself.

The commanders looked surprised.

Brigadier General Autumn said.

“Are you saying we should bomb the city now? But that’s where innocent civilians live. And under international law, bombing a city is strictly prohibited as a war crime.”

“There is no choice. In order to force the Nubian kingdom to surrender, we need to strike hard at once, but other places have little chance of success and are too dangerous. And if we bomb the capital city and residential areas, the public will be angry and turn to the king and his rulers. Then there will be riots and they will not be able to hold out.”

“I completely disagree.”

Everyone looked at me.

“If we bomb cities and civilians, we will suffer the same fate someday. The reason the Empire and other kingdoms have not directly bombed cities until now is because they do not want to be the first to suffer the shame and disgrace. But if we start, the enemy will also start bombing without any worries.”

“So, are you saying that it’s okay for our soldiers to die and lose the war in order to save the enemy’s civilians?”

“Why do you want to divide the world into such dichotomies? If Atlan takes over the Kingdom of Nubua, they will also become citizens of our kingdom.”

“So, does Brigadier General Alain have any other plans?”

Brigadier General Ray glared at me.

“Our special aerial magic flyers will attack the Nubua palace and capture the king and his family and take them away.”

Major Warren and his commanders looked surprised.

“The security there will be the tightest. The knights of the Airborne Magic will also flock there. Is that okay?”

“We don’t have time to bomb multiple times, and this is the only way to get them to surrender in one fell swoop. And in case we fail, we’ll also bomb the munitions factories at the same time. One of them will succeed.”

There were a few other opinions, but realistically, the only way to get a surrender within 10 days was the method I suggested.

If the King, who would have declared surrender, hides tight and holds out even if the naval base and munitions factories are destroyed, the Imperial fleet will enter Waples as is.

And Atlan would rather withdraw than fight the Empire and the Allied Forces of Nubia.

Atlan was already severely short on war supplies after its supply base was destroyed by an unexpected attack by Nubua.

But if the Empire joins, the war will be prolonged and Atlan will have a hard time continuing the war.

In the end, we decided to proceed with the plan I suggested.

Chief Warren looked bitter and apologetic.

“You always put a heavy burden on the knights of the Airborne Magic.”

“Don’t worry. My Airborne Magician and I are strong. We will do well in this mission.”

***

[Special Airborne Magic Flyer Command Tent]

“Lieutenant Colonel Audrey. The 1st Battalion is assigned to protect the bombers.”

“yes!”

“I don’t need to tell you how important this mission is, right?”

“Yes, I know that very well.”

“The Knights of the Nubia Airways will be waiting.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll escort the bombers as safely as possible.”

I looked at Lieutenant Colonel Nicole, the 2nd Battalion Commander.

“The 2nd Battalion will first neutralize the anti-aircraft guns and machine gun positions on the ground, and then attack the naval base.”

“Yes! Leave it to me.”

I looked at Major Phelps.

He was the commander of the newly formed 4th Battalion.

“The Fourth Battalion will invade the palace with me and capture the King.”

“yes!”

The 4th Battalion was made up of the members who had been to the Labyrinth Gate with me this time.

All of them had their high-speed flying skills maxed out, with Lieutenant John Cutter and Ensign Franco just reaching elite level, and the rest of the crew possessing ace-level skills.

The operation was to begin tomorrow night.

After the commanders’ meeting, the battalion commanders left the command tent to brief their men on the operation.

“Colonel Nicole. Let me see you for a moment.”

“yes.”

I called the 2nd battalion commander.

And this time, he held out a sword made from the dragon bone he had obtained from Iris.

“This is the sword the high elf gave me. Use it for yourself.”

“yes?”

I pulled out Ethel’s sword.

At that moment, Lieutenant Colonel Nicole’s eyes grew twice as large.

I knew it was a good sword at first glance.

“Can I use this precious thing?”

“Then who would use it? You are the only one in my unit who uses a sword.”

“Thank you. I will use it well.”

“It is important to kill enemies with this sword, but it is also given to you to protect your men.”

“all right.”

Her voice was loud.

Lieutenant Colonel Nicole was still more accustomed to fighting alone.

Although he served as a battalion commander for a short time while in the 7th Mobile Corps, his command experience was limited.

However, as I entered our unit and competed with Lieutenant Colonel Audrey and trained with my subordinates, I gradually learned about the position and command of the battalion commander.

“Okay, let’s go.”

chuck!

Nicole saluted me and moved to the 2nd Battalion.

“Can I help you?”

Iris approached without making a sound and said.

“Please, make some noise!”

“Sorry, it’s become a habit.”

I shook my head.

“This is a war between humans. We have to handle it ourselves.”

“Then what should I do? My body aches when I just sit still!”

“Do you have any defensive techniques?”

“of course.”

“Then come with me and protect our men with defensive techniques.”

“No fighting?”

“That’s enough.”

“okay.”

All the skills she has are too powerful.

Having spent her entire life using only powerful attacks to defeat dimensional monsters, will she be able to control her power when fighting humans?

And that too within a narrow palace?

I’ll destroy the palace without firing a single shot.

We’re not going to attack the palace, we’re going to capture the king.

The next day, the large-scale operation finally began.

It’s not just the bomber squadrons and our special air squadrons that are moving.

Because there was no time, the navy and landing force were also preparing nearby, and they launched a full-scale attack at my signal.

The most important thing is to first secure the King of Nubia and induce the enemy’s surrender.

Only then could the capital be captured without major damage.

***

[Waple, the capital of the Kingdom of Nubia]

Wheezing! Wheezing!

It approaches the sea surface by flying low and quickly.

The 4th Battalion and I were approaching from the northwest of Waples.

Audrey and the 1st Battalion were flying from the south, escorting the bombers, while Nicol and the 2nd Battalion were flying towards the anti-aircraft and machine-gun positions.

“Stop! We’ll wait here.”

A small forest with a view of the Royal Palace of Nubia.

We waited here in silence for the signal.

The first attack is not ours.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

An explosion was heard from afar.

This was the sound of Lieutenant Colonel Nicole’s 2nd Battalion attacking the enemy positions.

But we didn’t move.

‘Colonel Nicole and the 2nd Battalion are doing a great job.’

The continued sound of explosions meant that they were continuing their attacks.

After a while.

Red flames flashed from the southwest port.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The 2nd Battalion began attacking the naval base.

Now the Nubian military’s attention will turn to the naval base.

The Nubia Airborne Magic Knights were already aware that the bombers had established a forward base in Lowald, so they had scrambled to intercept them at the crossroads.

So it took some time for them to return to the palace.

That’s enough time for us.

“Now! Let’s go!”

Paaaaang!

Paaaaang!

“The enemy!”

“Enemy aerial magic knights have invaded!”

Bang! Tata tang!

The soldiers guarding the outskirts of the palace fired their guns, but we ignored them and flew straight to the palace.

This castle was built a long time ago, so it had high walls.

But to the knights of aerial magic, the wall is a meaningless existence.

In an instant, we arrived above the inner city.

“Shoot!”

“Keep them from getting near!”

Bang! Tata tang! Bang!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Iris’s large air wall, ten meters wide, was blocking all the incoming bullets.

I was very surprised inside.

This was a higher level skill than the Air Shield (lv.3) or Halo (lv.3) skills that I had.

Thanks to that, I was able to aim the Draco assault rifle with ease.

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

[Uses the Fire Explosion (lv.1) skill.]

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

Fire at the soldiers shooting in front of the castle.

Taang!

Kwaaaaang! Hwaaaaah!

In an instant, an area within 20 meters was engulfed in explosions and flames.

When the smoke cleared, all the soldiers in front of the castle had collapsed.

“enter!”

“Enter!”

The troops flew towards the castle.

At that moment, soldiers were seen rushing in from all directions.

I reached down.

[Use the Smoke Screen (lv.3) skill.]

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, a smoke screen filled the area around the inner entrance.

First, the agents and Iris entered the castle.

And finally I went in.

The mission was simple.

Capture the King of Nubia.

End