Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Empire Order
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In the Southwest of the Baharuth Empire, Stone Town.
In the training field of the town, many soldier who had came to train were all making a circle right now, as two figures were fighting in the middle of them.
"Ohh!! Lord Alard is the mightiest!"
"Wow! He really is Hero, He can actually defeat our Old Man Raiger!"
"Huff! Huff! Commander is really powerful." with a little tired voice, Raiger stated, as his vein popped up in his forehead, listening his own Soldiers comments.
While, he stood in the ring, his body full of little bruises, while he was panting roughly, his body soaked in sweat, as he looked at the his Commander infront of him with admiration.
"Heh! You can't rest with this little amount of bootlicking, Old man!! Here I come again!" exclaimed out loudly our protagonist, Alard von Auguste.
While he threw an straight jab into Raiger face.
Puff!
Raiger blocked the attacked hurriedly with hid both arm.
"Heh! Caught it!" as soon Alard quickly gave an clean kick into Raiger leg, causing him to tumble down on the ground.
"Ouch! That hurts! Commander it's just a spar , have some mercy, please." complained Old Raiger as Alard is having him duel with him since the morning, and all this time it had ended of him getting tumbled to ground by a youngling like Alard.
"You can't have that mindset here, Old man. Even in a spar you have to give your all, what if I was currently an enemy instead of ally? ....you couldn't have been breathing upto now." stated Alard, while he finally got off ring, as he has been sparring with Raiger for 5 hour straight, while Raiger was still in the ring with stupefied.
'Huff! Huff! Is he really 10 year old kid and not some Old monster? Even I who have trained my Martials art for almost 30 year could not even scratch him, is this what a monster in human skin called?' questioned Raiger, as he looked at the beautiful blue sky, while he didn't even had the energy to move his body up.
"Wow! Legion Commander is really the Hero of West! Even That Master Raiger can't defeat him."
"Of course, What did you expect from the Hero of our West! How can someone Old like him defeat our Land's Hero." hearing there talk, Raiger couldn't help but carry twitching smile.
"Hey!! You damn bastards! I can hear you!! just so you know?! Go run 1,000 lap of the Town! and if I found you cheating, You all will be demoted to foot soldiers!"
"Wha-what! That's dirty!" complained the soldiers.
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Inside the mansion given to Alard by the Town Mayor, Alard got out of his bathroom, while he had towel covering his crotch, as he was wearing a luxurious white bath robe.
"Huu, It was really fun sparring with someone equal in strength." Alard muttered, as it has been long since he had fight with a human standing with him for this long.
Uff!
Alard chimed, as he jumped toward his fluffy sofa, while he resting his body.
'Stats!'
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(A/N: Done some changes in Stats.)
[Stats]
[Name: Alard von Auguste]
[Title: None]
[Class: 3rd-Tier Magic Caster, Shadow Swordsmen (low-level)]
[Sub- Class: Shinobi (Genin).]
[Talent: Magic Talent, Five Elements Control, All-Seeing Eye ( more Talent are accessible)]
[Race: Human]
[Affinity: Darkness, (can gain more)]
[Special Power: Sharingan (First-stage) ]
[Age: 10]
[Attack: 270 (damage he can give with his normal attack)
[Magic Attack: 400 (damage his normal spell can give)]
[Defense: 36/ average 10]
[Mana: 82/ average 10]
[Chakra: 140 ( Genin-level chakra)]
[Health: 2250/2300]
[Strength: 39/ average 10]
[Agility: 45/ average 10]
[Intelligent: 30/ average 10]
-Equipment: [Bath towel (common), White Bath Robe (rare)]
-Inventory: [Steel Sword(rare)] [Steel Dagger (rare)] [Necklace of Fire God (low-class)] [Message Scroll x20 (rare)] [Teleportation Scroll x5 (low-class)] [Healing Potion x100 (rare)] [Invisible Mithril Armour (middle-class)]
-Skills: [Tap to Open]
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While Alard was checking his stats, humming melodiously with a smile.
Thuk! Thuk!
A knock came echoed the room, while Alard looked at the door, giving his permission.
"Come in and report."
As, the door opened ...An elegant yet beautiful figure with a long ocean-blue hair came in to the view, as she was alittle startled, seeing Alard in an loose robe and a towel covering his crotch.
As, even if Alard may still be an 10 year kid, his body was like of an well-refined warrior, and with his loose robe ...the girl can get a clear view on Alard naked body, while soon she soon calmed down.
"3rd Battalion Commander Froza, reporting to the Legion Commander!, we have received an order from the Higher-ups!"
"State it."
"There seems to be an suspicious move in the road between the Windrain City and Dabika Village." said Froze Vanelland taking out an letter from her hand, as she opened the letter, with a Imperial Family insignia stamped in it.
"There has been a recent growth in the number of bandits in the main road between Windrain City and Dabika Village! Empire is suspicious of this bandits to be Kingdom working soldiers under disguise pretending to be bandits!"
"With the decree of His Majesty, The Emperor ...We want the newly appointed Legion Commander, Alard von Auguste, to personally check this bandits and know there true intention." with that Froza stopped her reading, looking at Alard.
"Bring me the map."Alard only said this much, while Froza gave a little respectful bow and brought him a map quickly.
'Hmm, what is there near the road between these two Cities and Village?' thought Alard, checking out the map at the Southwest of the Empire.
"Commander, If I may speak?" suddenly exclaimed Froza with her usual stoic face, as he raised his head looking at her.
"You may." he said as she moved near the map, pointing at the map she spoke.
"The supplies to the northern border are usually supplies by the Southeast side of our Empire, and due to non-transportable road in the Northeast because of having high mountain, off-roads and unconditional weather, the supplies have to go through our Southwest part." and as she was about to continue, Alard stopped her in her mid-sentence.
"I know where you are getting at, Miss Vanelland."
"Kingdom has this time mainly sending there hired mercenaries against the North of our Empire."
"So, our guess here is that, they have gotten the information on this circumstance of ours, so they have send there soldier in the main road acting as bandits to survey our landscape and later send a team, So ...when the Northern border is out of supplies, and the ordered team of Kingdom will act and try block the supplied path."
"Y-Yes sir, It is as you said." Froza replied, alittle surprised at the intelligence of the young man infront of her.
If he knew this from the start, why was he still wasting time here? Shouldn't they quickly hunt the bandit's down, so they can't report to the Kingdom?
"Well, As much as this must have been the strategy of the Kingdom from a normal mind, there is another plot hidden inside this plan of the Kingdom." Alard stated, as he held his chin by his thump, thinking deep. while, even Froza an usual stoic face can't help but make an confuse faced.
"What does Commander mean by it? If I may know?" asked Froza, as she didn't get what Alard meant, and the curiosity to know what he meant also made her impatient for the second time in her life! first time being, why human greed have no ending?
"You know, that Kingdom people also have brain?" Alard stated, making Froza carry alittle displeased expression, is he mocking me? or seriously asking me?
"Of course, they do have it ...all living beings have a brain afterall." still replying the question, Froza maintained her stoic face.
"Then don't you think, they will think what we will think, and will think again of what we will think, and will rethink of we think and make a plan that we can't think."
"..."
"Thi ...nk? rethink?" Froza tried to get his word, while Alard can't help but form a little grin in his face.
"Okay, I will tell you in a simple way."
"If we can guess of what plan they had made, won't they also guess that we can find out there plan."when I let it out, she turned around me quickly as she finally got what I meant.
"Do-does it mean—"
"Yeah, It mean ...it is a diversion, there real aim should be something related to our border." Alard said seriously, as he after a few minutes, decided to take a 500 man soldiers with Froza and Rezoro with him.
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A/N:
Fuck it! I was getting bored in hospital, so made this chapter! And...
Okay, So many are questioning, why Mc is genius even when he has zero progress in 4 year of timeskip.
First, I am sorry... I am not a professional writer, So I actually forget to put any improvement in Mc stats, So you can view this as a novice author plot hole, and will try not to repeat same mistake.
Secondly, Although Mc isn't a genius in our eyes! He is surely a genius in the eye of Human society of New World, Although 2nd-tier Caster isn't that rare in New World, it is extremely rare to find a young 2nd-tier Caster, not even imagining of an 10 year old boy being one.
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