Chapter 204 Wheel of Fate (4)
Early morning.
Breathing in the cold dawn air, the training of Roman Dmitri’s unit, led by Chris, began.
“We will start cantering now.”
It was a simple exercise.
At first, I ran at a moderate pace to warm up, and Flora Lawrence seemed to catch up easily in the crowd of men.
Breathing was fairly stable.
People usually think staff members have weak stamina, but she trained archery and did not neglect physical training.
The pace got progressively faster.
In a situation where there was no time to stabilize her breathing to the point where her lungs were cold, Flora Lawrence calmed her breathing as much as possible.
Just once.
It’s over when you stop breathing.
I didn’t want to drop out from the first training in the week’s test.
“Whoop whoop whoop.”
about 1 hour.
I was drenched in sweat from the canter that started in the morning.
The heat rose from the top of her ponytail, and unlike her overheated body, the air that touched her skin was cold. For morning training, it felt a bit intense from the start.
General troops finish their training with a canter of 30 minutes at most, but Dmitry’s soldiers accepted the morning canter as a daily routine.
The end was in sight.
I thought it would stop now, but Chris suddenly entered the mountain road.
‘no way.’
Anxiety became a reality.
Gubo was just the beginning.
Chris started running up a steep mountain road, and his brain-stimulating breathing was accompanied by dizziness.
My head was spinning tight.
If I had known in advance that the intensity was this high, I would have physically distributed it, but I never thought that there would be a full-fledged canter after running for an hour.
Above all.
Unlike himself, he admired the soldiers who were not yet out of breath.
“Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
Breathing became rough.
It has gone beyond the realm of pace control.
Flora Lawrence held on with her mental strength, and when Chris noticed that she was tenaciously following her, she raised her voice.
“The morning canter is training for survival. The battlefield doesn’t look at your circumstances. How early in the morning is it, whether they have eaten, whether their stamina is healthy. You can’t always fight in perfect condition. So every day push yourself to the limit. After exhausting all your stamina as if you were about to die, you will see the ‘reality’ that you will face on the battlefield.”
It is not a training to pamper the body.
survival.
In order to survive in a situation where blood and death were rampant, even the training required an intensity equivalent to that.
“Physical training is necessary for everyone, regardless of position. Even if it is simply a head-to-head position. The place where their role shines will not be a comfortable barracks, but a field battle where the enemy does not know when to attack. If you don’t do anything with the excuse that the situation is urgent because you don’t have stamina at that moment, you can’t avoid death on the battlefield. The same goes for other positions. Even if you are simply carrying troops, your two legs must endure to the end in order to fulfill your role in any terrain.”
It was a blatant sniping.
Seeing Flora Lawrence falling behind, Chris told her reality.
his words.
I didn’t know.
So I didn’t neglect training, but the intensity of training in Dmitri’s army was too strong from the start.
1 hour canter to warm up.
Full-scale mountain canter for 1 hour.
A total of 2 hours of walking was over.
Flora Lawrence, who had completed the canter to the end even though she was a little behind the main unit, was pouring sweat like rain and looked as if she was about to die.
My legs were trembling.
As I ran, I vomited up the things inside me several times, and I just wanted to sit down right away in my head spinning round and round.
I messed it up though.
I wanted to show her as strong as possible, but Chris’ next words plunged her into despair.
“From now on, I will start swordsmanship sparring!”
unfinished training.
Hell had just begun.
* * *
It was a crazy schedule.
Chris said this to the swordsmanship sparring that pushed his physical strength to the limit.
“The most important point on the battlefield is how efficiently you can fight when your physical strength is at its maximum. 10 minutes after the first encounter with the enemy. At that time, I will show the best image that comes to mind in a perfect state, but even after 10 minutes, I will feel a lot of fatigue as if I am hanging shackles all over my body. That’s when the real war begins. If your body obeys the control of your mind even when your breathing is not normal and your limbs are not moving freely, then I am sure that ordinary soldiers will not be able to deal with you like that.”
The purpose of the training was clear.
extreme limit.
The soldiers were pushed to their limits.
Due to the forward canter, everyone consumed a lot of stamina, but they started training without a word of dislike.
“Hueup.”
tadak.
Kakakakang!
Dalian was like a real battle.
Dmitri’s soldier drew in a breath and pushed hard at the soldier on the other side.
Like the premise Chris said, the body wasn’t in the best condition.
Even so, the attack was very sharp.
He drove the opponent into a corner and steadily attacked the vital points, but the defense ability of the defending soldiers was also formidable.
passionate sparring.
It was a scene that took place throughout the gymnasium.
Flora Lawrence was shocked by the series of circumstances.
‘… Is this your usual training?’
Dmitry’s training.
It was truly an extreme difficulty.
Even knights who train their bodies for a lifetime are strong enough to stick out their tongues, but Dmitri’s soldiers were accustomed to accepting a series of situations.
And that wasn’t all. What does sparring look like?
Aside from their individual strength, they looked terrifyingly menacing even after running for two hours.
suddenly.
I thought of Dmitri on the battlefield.
They were a strong army.
It overwhelmed the soldiers of the famously strong Cronus Empire and did not show any signs of being disturbed even in a surprise battle.
At the time, I just thought it was great.
It must have been a significant physical consumption because of the late pursuit, but Roman Dmitri’s soldiers unilaterally pushed the opponent.
its driving force.
It was right in training.
How can I not be strong when I accept this ridiculous training as my daily routine?
‘In fact, it is a very simple theory to train soldiers with high-intensity training. However, the reason why it can’t be applied in reality is that the soldiers are repulsed by situations that are pushed to the limit. But Roman Dmitri’s soldiers show no signs of dissatisfaction. Rather, they actively engage in training and show their will to develop themselves.’
complete control.
It was the ability of Roman Dmitri.
Solid rewards and clear results showed soldiers that the way they acted was not wrong.
Trust built up step by step.
In the process of destroying Barco, destroying Hector, and destroying Benedict and Cronus.
Dmitri’s soldiers were convinced that they would not die if they believed in Roman Dmitri and followed him.
So, no matter how hard the training was, if you thought your life was at stake in this training, there was no reason not to follow it.
Everyone was ablaze with enthusiasm.
The sparring was fierce, and a dangerous situation was created like a real battle.
I wasn’t worried about injuries.
There was also a belief that Roman Dmitri was responsible if an accident happened, and above all, Dmitri showed a clear response to an accident that occurred from time to time.
A therapist waiting around treated the wound using an expensive potion and took care of safety while monitoring the progress afterwards.
precedent in the past.
It created a scene in front of my eyes.
Flora Lawrence swallowed dryly at the intense heat emanating from the men.
‘… I can’t give up either.’
It was hard.
There was no sign of recovery from the exhausted physical strength of the canter, but Flora Lawrence also went to the other side and joined in the sparring.
Fortunately, the opponent has not yet been assigned.
It was about practicing simple swordsmanship against the scarecrow, but Chris’s sharp eyes did not allow him to take a break.
A situation in which most people would have fallen into a sense of self-doubt.
But Flora Lawrence was different.
Even as she gritted her teeth against her trembling arms, she showed the same enthusiasm as at the beginning.
‘There’s no need to fret anymore. I’m not a combat resource, so I’m bound to fall short in physical training.’
yet.
The time to prove yourself has not come.
Each role is different.
Flora Lawrence accepted the lack and rather reflected on the meaning of training.
* * *
A few days later.
Chris reported to Roman Dmitri.
“So far, the training has been carried out without any problems. He collapsed as soon as the first day of training was over, and on the second day of training, he fainted from a canter and showed symptoms of dehydration. Of course, I still haven’t fully adapted to training, but I don’t see any reason for disqualification.”
Lack of physical strength was not a reason for disqualification.
If he had hoped for the perfect man from the start, none of Dmitri’s soldiers would have remained.
People from ordinary people like Henderson.
The reason why they were able to rise to the current level stemmed from the will to train somehow even if their stamina fell to the floor.
So, the week-long test was a process of confirming the will.
If you know how hard Dmitry’s training is, but if you have the will to persevere through it, the path to progress is open.
the problem is.
It was the role of Flora Lawrence.
“The fighting ability was not very good. The archery is quite accurate, but the actual combat ability is low, and it showed a very weak appearance in close combat. There seems to be a clear need for improvement in this area. and… .”
she is a staff
If so, the area she needed to prove in the test was strategic rather than combat prowess.
“The tactical training that took place on the third day showed a completely different look than before. Groups that include Flora win nine times out of ten. I was defeated once by an irregular strategy, but I still found a solution to the end in an unexpected situation and turned the situation upside down several times.”
Shuk.
presented the material.
It was a record of what happened in tactical training, and Roman Dmitri read it carefully.
9 victories.
followed the rule
It was a classic strategy to block variables as much as possible, but the standout point was the last defeat.
As much as possible, try to attack in a standard way. He was also very good at adapting to improvisation.
In fact, the first defeat was only because the opponent’s commander, Kevin, attacked a really sharp point, and the battle was so close that they had no choice but to acknowledge Flora Lawrence’s ability.
furthermore.
Flora Lawrence showed this level of ability even though she hadn’t adjusted to Dmitri yet.
Roman Dmitry asked.
“chris. Do you think Flora Lawrence is what Dmitri needs?”
at that point.
Chris answered without hesitation.
“yes. I am sure that Flora Lawrence is the resource Dmitri needs.”
One week test.
It was the moment that put an end to it.
* * *
The end of the rebellion.
Founding of the Principality of Dmitry.
A half hour has passed since then.
As Dmitri was immersed in a peaceful life, Thomas, who runs a restaurant in Dmitri, ran away in a hurry.
‘There should still be groceries.’
recent.
Dmitry had a great boom.
People who wanted to work in the iron mines flocked to it, and merchants who wanted to do business with them opened stalls, and the entertainment culture naturally developed.
It was a really good world to live in.
Thomas, too, ran out of groceries earlier than expected due to too many customers, and was on his way to get them.
Food usually runs out in the morning.
Thomas couldn’t help but walk impatiently, thinking that the groceries he wanted might not be available.
It was then.
puck!
Quadang.
“Keugh.”
I bumped into a man trying to enter an alley.
He was a slender man with a robe covering his face, but he gave Thomas a cold look.
“Go with your eyes open.”
It was a strangely menacing voice.
Thomas was about to say something in response to the rising pain, but hurriedly lowered his head when he saw the other person’s eyes.
Since it’s a job dealing with people, I got a rough feeling just by looking at his eyes.
The other person smelled quite menacing, and experience had told me that fighting with these types of people would bleed.
“… sorry.”
Thomas was right.
At the quick apology, the man withdrew his gaze and moved somewhere.
walk so long
As the man entered an alleyway where people were rare, several people suddenly appeared around him like shadows.
Their behavior was normal.
The man said in a quiet voice in a common appearance on the street.
“The plan will go ahead three days from now. Until then, don’t create a disturbance as much as possible and collect information such as Dmitri’s security system. I will explain the exact plan here in two days.”
“All right.”
The men backed off.
Then, as if they had appeared for the first time, they disappeared as if they were immersed in the shadows.
And then.
The man who gave the order also moved into the darkness of the alley.
