Chapter 83: A new opportunity (2)

 

Roan and the Amaranth troop directed to the region of Tale .
There was a small troop on the region of Tale, which not many people chose to reside there .
Sollum troop .
It was a troop composed by sinners that got exiled and they were the responsible ones of not letting the monsters of Tale region trespass .
The number being only 500 people, it was being in charge of the adjutant by the troop commander .

‘They are guys with lots of problems . ’

The soldiers composing the Sollum troop were all sinners that made some sort of trouble .
Io wrote an order himself and assigned Sollum troop below Amaranth troop .

‘But there’s no way they would follow me easily . ’

Roan first had to make Sollum troop follow him .

‘I have to raise a force with Tale region as the base . ’

They had to become a force that would be able to be picked in the eastern region in at least 6 years .
And fortunately, Roan was confident on being able to do so, and had the plans to do so .

‘That’s why I was protecting the eastern region . ’

He could feel unfairness at the unreasonable treatment he received and could have fled to another kingdom .
But if he did so, all the things he remembered about the future would all become useless .

‘The things I remember clearly are things that happened with Rinse kingdom as the center . On top of that…… . . ’

There was no guarantee that he would keep getting promoted just because he fled to another kingdom .
Especially for Roan, that already rose quite big merits for Rinse kingdom, even more so .

‘The commanders that fled from another country receive quite the harsh treatment . ’

You wouldn’t know if you had the force or the abilities to beat that treatment but at least it wasn’t easy for the Roan as now .

‘Even the trial that’s called to be a tyrant got thrown away after being exiled . ’

The exile was the last resort .
In the end, rising a force inside Rinse kingdom was the most reasonable thing .

‘But right now, we don’t have the strength necessary to raise an independent force . ’

He was still a noble and his rank was also a mere troop commander .

‘For now, I have to build my strength below the shadow of the Lancephil family . ’

The Lancephil family would suffer a big change in 6 years anyways .

‘I have to become a person that can lead that change .

Roan clenched his fists .
He saw the entrance of Tale region from far away .
The entrance that was surrounded with loose wooden fences .
There was a warning note written that you shouldn’t enter thoughtlessly .

‘Is it really starting . ’

A smile appeared in his face .
He, that was a mere greenhorn spearman of the 13th squad of rose troop, was now a commander of a troop .
On top of that, he also became the responsible of a region .
Compared to his past life, it was a commendable growth .

‘Then, shall we go meet the Sollum troop?’

His steps were light .
A faint expectation was seen in the faces of the troop members following his back .
A cool wind blew .
Soon, even autumn was coming to an end .

*****

A leisure afternoon .
It was a leisure he felt in quite a while .
A man that wasn’t big but strong was humming below the shade of a tree .

“Hmm . Hm . Hmm . ”

A relaxed expression .

‘I, I would like it if this went on for 4 more days . ’

He extended his arms while yawning .
However, his hopes crumbled because of the youth that was running to him from far away .

“Troop commander Semi!”

A voice as big as his body .
The man, Semi slightly raised his head and looked at the youth .

“What? Did monsters appear again?”

At those words, the other man shook his head .

“No . Not that……”
“Then?”

Semi frowned .
The youth continued saying .

“The people sent by the Lancephil family has come . ”
“What! Lancephil family?!”

Semi stood up abruptly and put a surprised expression .

‘Ah! Am I finally getting out of this disgusting region!’

A smile blossomed in his face .
Semi .
He was the troop commander in charge of Sollum troop .
Semi danced and hugged the youth .

“Hamon . It was nice unti, bulshit . Anyways, thanks for what you have done until now . ”
“Yes? Um, troop commander… . . ”

The youth Hamon smiled awkwardly and pushed off Semi .

“It seems like you have thought of the wrong things . The people the Lancephil family sent……”

His voice became lower .

“Are the superior troop that will be leading us . ”

At that moment, Semi that was dancing abruptly stopped .

“Huh? What did you say? What?”

He frowned and asked back .
Hamon let out a sigh instead of replying and pointed to the entrance .
Eyes that meant that he would know if he went .

“This fuc…… . . ”

At that moment, curses came out of Semi’s mouth .

“They put us in here without contacting us at all but what? Superior troop? They are really speaking **** . ”

The pent up anger surged up .
Because of his hot temperament he made small and big accidents and got exiled to Tale region, but his temperament didn’t change easily .

“Be it count Lancephil or what, it’s so dirty that I will throw everything . Pth!”

Semi spitted and started to walk .

‘So the guy that would lead us came, right? Good . Let’s see him once . ’

His anger had already surged up to his head .
Hamon, that was looking that, let out a short sigh .

“He’s out of himself again . He will regret it all later . Tch . ”

Meanwhile, Semi arrived at the entrance .
At that moment, his face became even redder .

‘This **** . That greenhorn won’t be my superior, right?’

The place Semi’s sight was staying at .
None other than Roan was standing over there .
Semi moved his feet and stood in front of Roan .

“What are you guys?”

A rough talking .
It was a rude and conceited attitude .
But Roan didn’t say anything .
Austin, that was at the back, walked to the front and gave him the order .
Semi spread the order roughly and started to curse .

“Damn! It’s so dirty I won’t be able to do this!”

He shook the order and snorted .

“Hmph! So this troop that’s called Amara-what is really a superior troop than ours?”

Only then did Roan slowly open his mouth .

“It’s just like the order says . ”

At those words Semi looked at Roan’s eyes fixedly .

“And you are the troop commander of Amaranth?”
“That’s right . ”

Roan’s expression and voice was composed .
Semi had an expression that it was absurd .

‘I have to follow the orders of this greenhorn?’

The anger surged up once again .

‘I would rather go to jail . ’

Jail and the region of Tale .
When they told him to choose one of the two, he chose Tale region .
And that was already 2 years ago .
From the past 2 years, he subjugated the monsters .

‘It was dirtily exhausting, and dirtily annoying, but even so I was the king here . ’

The ones managing Tale region were only the Sollum troop and the one leading that troop was himself .
With just that one thing, he could endure the **** like times .
However, even that seemed to be taken away .
He couldn’t let that happen .
He couldn’t let that taken away .

‘Here the Sollum troop is, I am the king!’

He looked at Roan’s eyes fixedly .

“We have to take your orders? Don’t speak **** . ”

Semi snorted .

“Even at first glance you are a greenhorn **** that just finished his training . I don’t know how you bought count Lancephil’s interest but we have this region grasped tightly . ”

At that moment, Austin got angry and stood up .

“Troop commander Semi! Your words are too… . . ”
“It’s fine . ”

However Roan raised his hand and stopped him .
Roan looked at Semi’s eyes fixedly .

“So what do you want me to do?”
“What should you do? You and your amaranth troop just have to shut their mouths and **** your fingers behind us . Why? Do you feel it unfair? If you do……”
“If I do?”
“Try to fight back with that childish and soft hand of yours . Kukuku . Instead, I don’t hold any mercy to the ones attacking me, so take that into account . ”

A voice filled with confidence .
Roan just thought of that as funny .

‘As expected . ’

When he first heard stories about Sollum troop, he had kind of expected this situation .
Troublemakers .
The worst of the worst .
There was no way those kind of guys would simply follow his orders .

“Can’t let you like this . Let’s hit you for now . ”
“What?”

At Roan’s words, Semi frowned .
Then .
Roan’s fist split the air .

“Hup!”

Semi got surprised and fell back .
The fist barely stopped in front of Semi’s nose .

Huk .

Wind pressure was felt in the tip of his nose .

“This son of a bitch!”

Semi’s face became red .
He ran towards Roan .
you could see that his anger was already over his head .
His movements were as fast as his hard body .

Whong! Woong!

His two fists and legs split the air continuously .
An intent that seemed to drop Roan on the ground .
However, Semi’s attacks all hit the empty air .
Roan dodged all of his attacks with the minimum movements .

“So slow . ”

Roan smirked and moved .
He dodged Semi’s fist and closed on him .

“Huh?”

When Semi put a surprised expression .
Roan’s fists split the air .

Pububuk! Pubuk!

He didn’t use mana .
But even so, his bones and muscles that got restructured after the overflowing was more outstanding than a normal person .

“kuk!”

Semi got hit in the chest and abdomen and fell .

“Troop commander!”

Hamon yelled .
He glared at Roan and ran towards him .
Hamon was enduring it well until now, but actually he was as hot tempered as Semi .

Woong .

A huge fist split the air .
Roan twisted his body and lightly dodged and then hit Hamon on his crotch .

Pagak .

“Kugk! Thi, this bastard!”

Hamon lost balance and tottered, but he still cursed out .
Roan grabbed Hamon’s throat like that .
A thread of mana surged up from the mana hole .

Uduk .

The muscles in his right arm swelled up .

“Kuk!”

Hamon struggled when he felt that his breath was getting cut off .
His two feet got separated from the ground .

‘Wha, what kind of strength……’

Hamon and even Semi that was looking by the sides put surprised expressions .
Because a small Roan raised up Hamon with one hand .
Hamon struggled while being on the air .
However he couldn’t free himself from Roan’s grip .

‘He, he’s a monster . ’

Semi unconsciously stepped back .
The anger that surged up over his head quickly died out .

‘Did I make a mistake?’

He awoke himself late .

‘Now that I see, even the guys of Amaranth troop……’

Even when a fuss was happening, there was no one among the soldiers that moved .
The intent hidden inside the solid formation .

‘They are elite soldiers . It’s a powerful army . ’

Dry sweat flowed in his back .
Semi inwardly blamed his hot temperament .

Gulp .

Dry saliva passed by its own .
Nervousness could be seen in his face .
Roan looked at that Semi and put a smile .

‘It’s just like count Lancephil said . ’

Although the Sollum troop was composed by sinners, they weren’t vile people .
Rather, they believed in their own abilities or talent and acted as they wished .
If he could make Sollum troop to become by his side, it would be of great help for his force .

‘Anyways, it’s comfortable as I don’t have to hide my mana anymore . ’

Roan talked with Io about things related to mana technique before separating .
You wouldn’t know about other places, but Tale region that was quite a secluded place was the most suitable place to train in his mana .
In Roan’s position, there was no need to be aware of other people anymore .

“Listen well . ”

His voice was quite calm .

“I’m troop commander Roan of Amaranth troop . Although it was the order of count Lancephil, I have no thoughts of forcefully command you . ”

Roan turned to look at Semi .

“Come find me when you want to be commanded by me . Until then, I won’t **** in in your things . ”

He loosened the strength in his grip after saying that .

Tuk .

“Kek . Kek . ”

Hamon started to cough after he fell on the ground .
He didn’t think of attacking him again and fell back .
Roan looked that and put on a bitter smile .

‘I didn’t want to use force like this…… . . ’

But there was a need to show a suitable amount of strength to control the troublemaking soldiers .
And of course, he wasn’t planning to forcefully make them follow him after pressing them down with strength .

‘I will make them follow me by their own . ’

He wanted to make them follow him first with their hearts, and thoughts .
Now was the start .
Roan turned back .
Amaranth troop followed his back while maintaining formations .

“Whew . I thought I would die . ”

Hamon let out a long sigh and touched his neck .
Semi, that saw Roan and the troop disappearing, frowned .

‘What to do……’

He couldn’t make a decision .
If Roan used force and tried to forcefully command Sollum troop, they would all have rebelled roughly .

‘Because the 500 people of Sollum troop are all like that . ’

But as Roan made one step back, he felt somewhat prostrated .
Even if he wanted to rebel, the reason to do so had disappeared .
On top of that, the truth that Roan was so strong to the point that he was able to play with him and Hamon made him feel uneasy .

“What kind of guy could he have been? Even the soldiers that came with him seemed to be above normal . ”

At Hamon’s words, Semi’s face contorted .
He got hit while not being able to resist properly .
As Hamon complimented Roan and the troop in that situation, anger surged up .

“How do I know that! Go and do what you were doing!”

At the sudden rebuking words, Hamon smacked his lips .

‘He’s taking it out on me . ’

He hid his thoughts and saluted and then walked towards his headquarters .
It was best to hide himself when Semi was angry .
Today was quite an eventful day for Semi with many meanings .

‘Damn . I don’t know . Don’t know . I will know if I keep watching them . ’

This Tale region was different from the others .
It wasn’t a place where a troop that popped up out of nowhere could get accustomed to it and endure easily .
Even if Roan and the troop were strong, he had a need to check if they could adapt well on this region .

‘Even Sollum troop lasted 3 years on taking a place . ’

At least on this place, Sollum troop was like the elite .
Roan and Amaranth troop .
Semi and Sollum troop .
Two completely different troops were taking place on the same region .
A flower that never withers and soil .
The relationship started like that .

*****
Although the headquarters was quite old and shabby, it still had quite useful buildings .
Amaranth troop checked the buildings thoroughly and made a place for themselves in the opposite side of Sollum troop .
Roan remembered the continued forced march and ordered a rest for 2 days .
Meanwhile some soldiers of Sollum troop approached their headquarters and made some fuss, but no big trouble occurred .
Even Roan started to “rest” in his place .
He started to inspect his plans and trained on Flamdor mana technique .
The current level of Roan’s mana level was like that of a novice knight .
And it was all thanks to the the overflowing of his mana that his mana hole, mana road, bones and muscles became reconstructed and strengthened .
As he didn’t know much about mana techniques, he was lacking comprehension about it .

‘When the troop stabilizes, I will have to buy books and accumulate them . ’

There were many things he had to do .
He had to bring books and goods from the house that was in Beno castle, and had to earnestly manage Chris’s agency and the 5 invested people and make them grow .
But most of all, what he had to do first .

‘I have to change the structure of the troop . ’

A roughly made up troop .

‘Although I couldn’t touch the formation as I wished until now, but the situation has changed . ’

Amaranth troop was completely Roan’s .
He was planning to apply one of the formations developed after the era of the great wars to Amaranth troop .

‘To lead a small scaled troop effectively, it’s good to use groups of ten . ’

He would tie 10 soldiers to become one and give the commanding right one person .

‘I’m going to make a hundred man squad with the groups of ten as the base . ’

Actually, the number of soldiers in Amaranth troop amounted to 400 .
If he reorganized them as groups of ten, 4 squad of 100 and 4 hundred man commander would come out .

‘I will use the basic strategies of the troop as the hundred man squad . ’

Although the basic formation was that of ten men groups, what could become the basis of the strategy was a hundred man squad .
Roan quickly wrote down his thoughts in a piece of paper .
At first glance it felt like nothing, but it was the basics of the basics .
However what Roan was thinking about wasn’t only this .
The conditions of becoming a strong army wasn’t only composed by the soldiers .

‘I will have to slowly start some madmen of the small rooms . ’

Madmen of small rooms .
People called them like that and fingered at them .
But they called themselves with other names .
A faint smile appeared in Roan’s mouth .

‘Alchemists . ’

< A new opportunity (2) > End