CH 35

Recruitment (8)

only one precedent.

It was important.

Those who watched Lucas' turn knew that from then on there was nothing wrong with using a foul.

And of course.

People did everything they could to survive one minute.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Pavabak.

72nd turn.

The giant man screamed and swung his sword.

However, a big move could not be eaten by Roman, and with a sword that cuts through the air, the man picked up a stone from the ground and threw it in Roman's face.

A surprise and anomalous attack.

Roman turned his head to the side to avoid the stone, and then kicked the face of the man who was about to attack again.

puck!

"Gagging."

blood splashed

The man's pupils loosened, and he fell to the ground right from his face.

next.

Foul.

It is not a condition for withdrawal.

However, the moment he crossed the line, Roman did not put the matter in his hands.

In that respect, Lucas was clever.

If Lucas had not given up fighting, Roman's sword might have broken one of his body.

Testing continued.

80th degree.

90th degree.

And the 100th.

Even though people kept changing, no one could hold on to the minute Roman said.

Even those who initially laughed at the rules of the secondary test, from a certain moment on, looked at Roman with a shocked face.

this situation.

it didn't make sense

Roman spent over an hour in 100 fights.

Even though it was a time when he had to physically breathe, Roman still showed stable breathing as if it was the moment when he was fighting for the first time.

There was no physical burden at all.

Such a scene came as a horror to the applicants, and I couldn't even dare to win anymore at the thought that the end was coming.

They didn't know about Roman.

Sisan Blood Sea (屍山血海).

At the border of death, there was no one who saw that his stamina had dropped.

If you can't manage your breathing, your movements will become sluggish, and then you will be like a corpse lying on the floor.

so that.

Baek Joong-hyuk learned how to fight to the end.

Breathe once.

exhale again.

The natural mana obtained through breathing in a series of processes circulated inside and properly recovered the fatigue of the body.

Roman's body is still weak.

It's normal for 100 rounds to be physically strained, but after taking proper care of the body, which has become stronger due to metamorphosis, Roman proceeded with the match as it was the first time.

This is a fight that does not use mana.

As Baek Joong-hyeok, who fought three days and three nights during the subjugation of Moorim, there was no way his stamina could be exhausted from such a light battle.

blast furnace.

Applicants were wrong.

I thought it would be advantageous to delay my turn, but instead, my steps did not fall from the fear that weighed on my heart.

next.

Last.

It was the 120th turn.

He took to the stage with a face of resignation from defeat, and, as everyone expected, he didn't hold out for less than 10 seconds, let alone a minute.

blow.

The applicant knelt down.

When his wooden sword broke in one contest, he voluntarily declared surrender.

The test is over.

When the 120th Campaign had reached its conclusion, people looked up at Roman with bewildered faces.

" What the hell are we looking at?"

I couldn't understand it even after seeing it myself.

Roman Dmitry.

His change was beyond the realm of common sense.

All tests have been completed.

Defeat did not mean elimination.

Chris sent all the desperate applicants back and informed them that he would report the results two days later.

And the next day.

Roman passed the list to Chris.

"This is a list of successful candidates. In the future, you will take charge of these 30 people and conduct training."

Okay.

widely.

got a list

Then, as I turned the first page, I saw a familiar name.

'You said your name was Volcan.'

Test first challenger.

He was a man who dared to take on a challenge, but fell out at once.

Although the content of the match was insignificant, he was a person who had enough qualifications to enter the list of 30 successful applicants.

'The master must have highly appreciated Volkan's courage. Even though it was clear that the 120th turn had an advantage, Volkan took the first turn without hesitation. And it shattered properly. However, considering his courage and physical condition, he is an exceptionally talented person for a private soldier.'

gracious.

turned the page

Most of them were understandable.

Even if they did not show any remarkable performance against Roman, those with will and conditions passed.

And.

' Henderson?'

There were also some unexpected characters.

Henderson was an ordinary ordinary person.

He managed to pass the first test as well, but he showed a passive attitude in the match with Roman, but was eventually eliminated.

So Chris thought he would be eliminated.

Unlike other successful applicants, there is no reason for him to be included in the list of successful applicants.

still.

Thinking it was the master's decision, he swallowed the counter-moon.

I knew that if it was a Roman experience that I had, I was not the type of person who would select the successful candidates for no reason.

But.

On the next page, I had no choice but to ask a question.

"Is Lucas also successful?"

okay.

"I admit that Lucas is a B-class mercenary and has enough qualifications. But he is a cowardly and mean man. Not only did he commit the foul of throwing daggers and sprinkling sand during a battle for the purpose of testing, but when he was judged defeated, he did not fight to the end and declared surrender. These guys act as poison on the battlefield. He's a coward who doesn't know when to abandon his comrades, can other soldiers trust Lucas to fight?

Lucas was a typical mercenary.

The kind that gave up their honor and would do anything to survive.

Chris didn't like it.

He knew the honor as a knight, and if he had been in the position of a challenger, he would not have cried out for surrender even if he died.

If you are a soldier who will take charge in the future.

He wanted to exclude people like Lucas.

said Roman.

"So I passed."

" What do you mean?"

"Like you said, Lucas might be a cowardly guy who abandoned his teammates. But in a situation where no one even thinks of committing a foul, he is a guy who realistically thought of a way to deal with me and put it into practice. On the battlefield, those kinds of humans rather shine. I'll always find a way to live and somehow open up a way for you. I will ask you Just because Lucas treated me in a different way, is it convincing that he was a cowardly bastard who would abandon his teammates? He only fouled because he didn't limit the foul, and he hasn't shown any behavior that would betray his trust yet.

I was speechless.

Roman was right.

Lucas only thought realistically, there was no basis for evaluating his personality yet.

suddenly.

I remembered the words my teacher, Jonathan, had told me.

"The survivors on the battlefield are not knights who can use auras like you and me. At the borderline of death, where blood and screams abound, those who can always face the situation and judge with a calm face can survive as human beings until the end. So always keep that in mind. The fact that no matter how strong a swordsman you become, you may fall victim to humans like hyenas who hold their breath under your feet and seek opportunities like corpses."

nodded.

As Roman said, it was still too early to judge Lucas.

By the way.

I had a question.

"Is there any reason why you have recruited 30 enlisted men this time? 30 people is not a small number, and it takes a lot of money and effort to manage them. There are soldiers and knights in the Dmitry family, don't they?

Chris' question.

It was the realm of common sense.

in the next 5 months.

Roman leaves for the battlefield.

But that was the future, and there was no reason to prepare until the enlisted soldiers were already recruited.

The central government is not a vicious group that recklessly drives into limbs just because it has conscripted soldiers of the aristocracy.

conscripted troops.

They had a strong sense of emergency force.

He spends time in the waiting area just below the front line, and takes on a role of support in the event of a dangerous event.

So, when you are lucky, you often end your military service without a single battle.

Roman also didn't know where he would fall, so there was no reason to train private soldiers.

And.

Dmitry is a fringe.

As it is an area where battles are not common, it was a burden to maintain 30 people by giving 8 silver per person 5 months ago.

Kris.

He served as the deputy commander-in-chief.

After managing people and knowing a little bit of accounting, I realized that the meaning of 30 people is not that simple.

A question I should have asked someday.

said Roman.

"As I said in front of everyone, I have no intention of resting on the periphery. one by one. I plan to climb up by stepping on the things I see in front of me one by one. So, who do you think my immediate enemy is now?"

first goal.

When asked about it, Chris flashed one idea.

'surely.'

I wanted to deny it.

I knew that Roman had turned into a militant, but I didn't know he had such dangerous thoughts.

okay.

Roman's death.

the cause of that death.

"We will prepare for the war against Barco from now on."

* * *

that time.

With the approval of the central government, the Barco family officially issued a statement announcing the start of the war.

"We believed in the promises of the past and waited for Lawrence's decision. However, they threw the honor of the nobles to the ground and betrayed their trust, and after a long patience, we made the decision to draw the sword. Lawrence's guilt is obvious. They did not repay the debts left by their ancestors, and they showed a positive attitude that they would not give the land they had put as collateral. Therefore, through this statement, I will inform the people of the Kingdom of Cairo. If Lawrence does not pay off debts or spit out the land that was pledged as collateral within the next week, the Barco family will declare a territorial war against Lawrence with the approval of the central government."

Yeongjijeon.

A fierce battle fighting for each other's things.

By obtaining the approval of the central government, the Barco family obtained the justification to declare war on the territory legally.

In the world of nobility, cause is important.

With a cause, the nobles in the northeastern part of the Cairo Kingdom will stand by the war between the two.

if.

If Roman and Flora's marriage had not been overturned, the Barco family might have moved a little more carefully.

For both families to form a marriage ties, it meant blood ties.

In the aristocratic world, blood ties give a strong cause, so even Lawrence's work has a strong cause to meddle in.

But.

The marriage was overturned.

And from now on, it was his turn to pay the price for a momentary mistake.

"Lawrence wants you to choose wisely. If you keep doing this silently to protect the family's property, Barco's flag will soon be planted in the heart of Lawrence. We don't want war. However, please do not forget that it is Barco who, if necessary, becomes more brutal than anyone else."

It was a one-sided notice.

finally.

War is approaching.