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62 – 8th Assault Magic Infantry Battalion (1)

A secluded plain surrounded by mountains along a small lake. Five wooden buildings placed together. Anyone could see that the old building, which was used as a farmhouse, had been hurriedly renovated.

“Welcome to the 8th Assault Magical Infantry Battalion~ Bamparambam~~!”

And the person with her arms folded contentedly against the background of the buildings was a woman with light purple hair who was getting tired of seeing it so many times.

“Glory to the Fatherland.”

“All right, all right! Salute again, by the way, I said we would meet again!?”

“I noticed it already when the entire platoon was moved abnormally.”

“No…… It seems like you have a lot of affection for the platoon.”

To be honest, it was really meaningless consideration. Rumiana Belle, Claude, and Roxanna are all good people, but…… If I think about whether it is worth mobilizing for my future plans, the answer that will come back is relentlessly NO.

I need a well-trained elite unit, not a rehabilitation unit.

“And the reason why I called all the members of your platoon is because I was suddenly curious about the skills of your platoon members.”

“You mean skill?”

“Hey, did you know that first-class mages are common? You don’t know either That they are a waste of talent to be planted in a field unit.”

That’s…… It was true.

Claude proudly proved his strength with the title of war hero in the first place, and he was an incompetent combatant except for the strange formation of a check-up with the officers.

Besides, except for the fact that the other members of the platoon are missing a screw somewhere, the numerical power is not bad, it’s top-notch.

Of course, the problem is that the screw is not so big that it takes up most of the body, so the person itself creaks whenever it is rattled.

“Did you check all the special points?”

“It’s a bit peculiar, but…… I think it’s about personality.”

Isn’t it to the point where you can’t stand out with your personality?

Well, I can’t change what has already been decided. In fact, it might be much easier for the original 5 Platoon members, who have already been together for some time, to control it more than strangers.

Now that I’m in a much better condition, I might be able to stand out anew here.

“Oh, another one! Lieutenant Enoch is the company commander. He’s a company commander who hasn’t even filled his platoon commander’s term! Isn’t there something new about feeling?”

“…… Isn’t it a training unit anyway?”

“Still, having an assortment is important.”

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Sonny Zeppelin waving his hands as if he was tired after he had to pay attention to all those things. But isn’t the unit too empty for the name of the Assault Magic Infantry Battalion?

The buildings are training units, so even if you say they were built temporarily, there aren’t many without people.

“If it is a battalion-level organization, shouldn’t there be at least 100 people?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Then why does it feel like the Colonel and I are the only ones on this large property?”

“Ah…… That’s it. All the troops haven’t arrived yet. There is one more left.”

Sonny Zeppelin turned and looked at the two-story building in the center. It felt like a headquarters of some sort. Compared to the grandiose headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, it is really crappy, sloppy, and clunky.

“Follow me, I’ll greet you.”

I followed Sonny Zeppelin’s light steps into the headquarters.

Kikiiik- creak.

“The hinges are all rusty and need to be replaced.”

The inside of the headquarters was exactly what I had imagined. A building made of timber that has not been maintained for quite some time. Even if the worst situation, such as a collapsed floor or a rattling ceiling, was somehow avoided, it doesn’t look very good.

“The rooms in the corridor that stretched over there are, in turn, personnel, information operations, military operations, and facility management.”

“Is there a division under the direct control of the headquarters?”

“It’s on the second floor!”

There was also a division under direct control, so it seemed that they had only a rough assortment. Although it is hard to imagine the scene where people work here, the organization itself is a decent battalion.

As I looked around the headquarters, she shouted as she slammed open the door to her second room.

“Chief of Staff! The first company commander has just arrived!”

Drurluk— Boom! A wooden door slammed against its hinges, spewing out parse sawdust, and a man who had been lying on a desk in the corner stood up.

“Keuuu…….”

His face was dry as he staggered up from his seat. No, my body also eats anchovies, so what happened to this person?

The swaying figure was more like a living corpse than a living human. If I had been a timid person, I would have shot magic instantly.

“Greetings, this is Major Josef Lewandowski, Chief of Staff of the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Battalion.”

“That…… Well, glory to the fatherland!”

I saluted, and Joseph accepted the salute, waving his arms.

“Colonel…… Is this person okay?”

“Yeah, they say this is not too much. Look at that, you haven’t even coughed up blood yet.”

“Cough Cough! Fuhak!!”

“Oh, I threw up.”

Josef pours blood from his mouth. I couldn’t quite understand what this was all about. Am i dreaming right now?

“It’s just that my body is a little weaker than others. Why that…… It has sickening properties.”

“If you vomit blood, you can’t say you’re a little weaker than others!!”

I helped the chief of staff, who was bleeding profusely from his mouth, and put him back in his seat. Those eyes with thick dark circles stared at me.

“Um…… Enoch Levandel…… Did you say lieutenant…… ?”

“Yes, Major Josef Lewandowski.”

“Thank you…… I stayed up all night…… You look a little tired…….”

“Then you should go in and sleep. What are you doing?”

“I passed out.”

This is crazy. My body can never be said to be normal, but the chief of staff, the two leaders of the unit, looks like this?

Wouldn’t it be a good idea to change the name of the Assault Magic Infantry Battalion to an asshole, an emergency medical battalion?

I looked at the colonel with a puzzled look, but she just shrugged her shoulders as if nothing was wrong.

“You will see it often. How many blood transfusion packs have I prepared for Chief of Staff Joseph?”

‘Is this why you looked at the status of our platoon members and thought they were simple personalities?’

Hagi, if there is a major who pours blood in front of his eyes, our platoon members, who are just mild (?) Mentally ill, might be considered to be at the level of aegyo.

She’s somehow more like a critically ill patient than Roxanne, who has a drinking disorder.

“Always…… Doing this…… Isn’t that…….”

“Isn’t that usually the case?”

“When you need to focus…… But it’s like this…….”

Major Joseph, who is running his horse’s tail. Sonny Zeppelin tapped him on the shoulder and said.

“Then go in and rest, there won’t be anything to do today.”

“Okay… ….”

Joseph trudges through the department without much effort. I wonder if it’s okay to just send it as it is, I tried to follow it, but Sonny Zeppelin blocked it.

“You don’t have to. Lieutenant Major Joseph is not an easygoing person more than I thought?”

“Are you saying that your superior, who pours blood out of his mouth the first time you see him, is fine?”

“No matter how he looks, he is an expert who received commissioned training from the Free Democratic Republic of Prüh. He even received the highest grade in the Mountain Raiding Division.”

“Yes?”

I knew very well the Mountain Assault Division of the Free Democratic Republic of Prüt. It is the second most powerful division in Prue after the unit named ‘foreigners’.

As a large-scale division that covers the entire mountainous terrain across the country, it is an elite unit composed only of soldiers selected after extremely difficult and arduous training.

In addition to demonstrating 100% combat power in all situations of attack and defense, a crazy decisive battle weapon unit that receives a combat power bonus in mountainous terrain where the combat power of other units drops sharply.

Major Joseph took the top spot in the commissioned education there? He couldn’t believe it even after hearing it himself.

“Are you kidding?”

“hahahaha, Lieutenant. Aren’t you being too arrogant? The lieutenant’s potential is outstanding among the soldiers I’ve seen, but…… There are many people in the military who have had much more experience and training than lieutenants.”

Sonny Zeppelin was grinning, but his voice was clearly sharpened. It’s drawing a line.

“You can’t be conceited. Even if I rated the lieutenant highly and gave him the position of company commander, is that a temporary position? It can change at any time.”

I straightened my posture again and answered in a loud voice.

“Excuse me! Sorry!”

“Yes, one of the reasons lieutenants are highly valued is that they are so quick to judge the situation.”

The colonel has returned to his normal tone before he knew it.

“But I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“Actually, before I arrived here, the King came to see me in person.”

“What…… ?! No, is it? Write…… I clearly told you not to do that.”

Sonny Zeppelin’s expression is slightly worried. I immediately realized that she was concerned about the safety of the king and the security of the operation.

“No, because he left before others doubted.”

“Anyway, so…… , What do you want to ask?”

“The Prince said that this unit is a training unit. As for the temporary rank, how does it work? Are we being trained or are we training?”

To my question, Sonny Zeppelin answered by drawing her V with one hand.

“Of course both!”

“If both… ….”

“Excluding me and the chief of staff, there are a total of 10 officers, including Lieutenant Enoch. A total of 50 noncommissioned officers, including members of the lieutenant’s former platoon. There are a total of 100 soldiers who completed their training with excellent grades.”

A total of 160 people.

“According to the training plan established by the Prue Mountain Division directly based on its know-how, 160 temporarily organized personnel will be put into training at the same time.”

The colonel’s eyes sparkle with interest.

“In the process, a real-time evaluation is conducted, and the position is determined by assigning a difference according to the evaluation to the personnel who did not drop out until the very end! The evaluation items are also quite detailed, so you can definitely evaluate whether you will go to staff or commander.”

I was taken aback by Sony’s confident declaration.

“You mean survival?”

“It’s a showdown to see who can last longer.”

So you’d better keep your head up and not be conceited, lieutenant.

Sonny Zeppelin added, laughing.