The Archmage’s Restaurant
Chapter 113

# 113

Chapter.26 Visiting the neighborhood next door

“I don’t want to do it.”

“Why don’t you want to do something if you don’t want to do it!”

Ten Seal Gind, a professional soldier and lowest-ranking adjutant, knocked down the soldier.

This man is the only one in Deadran City who puts all his effort into training.

Naturally, the soldiers’ impressions are distorted.

“Stop it! “No one is training, so why are we alone on this fake day?”

Of course, only the Ten Team that belonged to him was doing this kind of training. Instead of training, the other soldiers in the territory who were doing military service in Deadran City had a routine of drinking and having fun in broad daylight.

“What the heck! Come here! There is no such thing! “If you’re a soldier, you have to train!”

Gind broke the soldier’s body.

Anyway, top name and bottom line. The soldier cried out with a pained face because the military discipline had not been broken.

“Chief of the Ten, surrender, surrender!”

“You bastard, the words ‘surrender’ are not words uttered by a man!”

“Why are you dying like that? Please release me quickly. “People are dying.”

“If you die, you die.”

“Hey, Gind. What are you doing in broad daylight? “Everyone is standing around, so get up and don’t show that you’re working alone.”

At that time, another dozen people approached the barracks. And I scratched my cheek.

“The lord has gathered everyone. Get up and gather.”

“My lord?”

Gind’s expression came alive. He releases the soldier and his eyes light up.

“Not long ago, the lord said that people who are having a hard time making a living do not need to pay taxes and that only those who have income need to pay taxes. Isn’t that right? And he also served food to the soldiers. “Don’t you remember?”

“It flies. It was delicious. What kind of Genghis Khan did you say? “It was a strange name.”

“Well, that. Perfect for the pot! Dude, perfect! I boil the meat and eat it, but it reminds me of soup again. This is what happened before the former Count Deadran, other high officials, and Rieden disappeared. This lord is different. Something is different. I believe. “Something is coming where the soldiers I trained will have to use their strength!”

“You’re laughing. It seems like it does a lot of things, but is it really so? “Stop talking nonsense and gather together.”

My fellow ten leader disappeared, telling me not to talk nonsense.

“Let’s all shake off our clothes and gather together!”

Gind shouted loudly to his ten ligaments. No matter what anyone said, Giind was full of strength.

***

I have no spirit.

I was a soldier all the way through the monster war. Therefore, I know the military very well.

A soldier as a wizard.

That’s why he was always an officer rather than an ordinary soldier, but time passes by.

The soldiers conscripted to perform military service in Deadran City showed no sense of duty at all.

That’s not all.

Even the officers and adjutants who were said to be professional soldiers all had blank eyes.

The eyes are extremely blurry.

The fire was quickly extinguished, but the most important thing in Deadrun City was security. Peace cannot come unless security is properly maintained.

He even ordered the judge, Mohen, to take strict punishment for actions that disturbed public order.

But that alone is not enough.

After all, if the city’s soldiers who protect the security are not properly disciplined.

To achieve this, the most important thing is to select the right commander.

Even if I disappear and the Gray boy becomes an official lord, he will stay in the lord’s castle in Gray City, not here. Therefore, we basically need a trustworthy security officer.

but.

I wonder if there really is such a talented person.

Deadlancy is that bad.

Isn’t this something that I really felt when I was intentionally taken to prison before?

As part of the maintenance of security, all soldiers in the barracks were summoned.

The purpose is to replace talent.

We need a man with the scent of a true soldier. A man with the kind of sense I have seen on the battlefield. Although I sometimes wonder if it really exists.

“I come to see you, my lord!”

When I appeared, the soldiers all kneeled down.

In the past, he led troops exceeding 100 times this number. Although it is a surprising number.

As expected, there is no spirit at all.

Both here and there.

They all have faces that say they don’t even want to just stand there.

“Are you a white man?”

“That’s right! “My lord!”

“What do you think about security these days?”

“I think you have to work hard!”

My ears are ringing. Just because you have a loud voice doesn’t mean you have ambition. A loud voice just to avoid this situation is completely useless.

My eyeballs are already moving elsewhere.

pathetic.

“From now on, forget about the military of yesterday! If you do not follow the manual thoroughly, you will report this to His Majesty, and on the grounds of disloyalty, military service will be increased and your lieutenants will be subject to the disadvantage of a pay cut. Of course, there are rewards for soldiers and adjutants who move properly. Not only a salary promotion, but even a shortened military service! “It depends on people’s hearts.”

“Is that really true?”

The soldiers suddenly became noisy.

In this situation, sticks and carrots must be used effectively anyway. If we continue to crack the whip when discipline has deteriorated so much, the situation may get worse.

Well, a system like this incentive system is effective for those who have the will, but it is not effective for those who do not even have that motivation.

What is most important is the commander who will lead these people.

But no such person was seen.

Of course, you wouldn’t know this just by looking at the outside. A person with fighting spirit. What should we do to recognize someone with a strong will?

Shouldn’t I try using the method I used when I was on the battlefield before?

“And the reason we have gathered today is to see the fighting spirit of the soldiers! From now on, we will have a mock battle. And among them, one person chosen from each hundred will spar with me. The winner is awarded a prize. “Show your fighting spirit!”

So I shouted again. The reactions are polar opposites. Soldiers lured by the sound of prize money. And annoying faces.

Of course, since it’s in front of the lord, I won’t complain out loud.

This is the current address of Deadran City.

It gets increasingly gloomy.

However, it is not scary to bring soldiers from Gray City. In this situation, if a soldier from another region were to take command, he would receive more resistance than promoting a low-ranking soldier to commander.

A person with fighting spirit.

You may be able to replace out more by sparring rather than standing still and looking for it.

And soon a mock battle broke out.

15 people were selected.

So I picked up my sword and went forward.

Of course, my sword skills cannot be compared to those of the official knight commanders, and moreover, compared to my magic, the difference is almost at the level of Mount Tai and Dune.

But anyway, since he had been on the battlefield for ten years, he still felt proud that he was stronger than the soldiers here.

It is said that he is skilled enough to kill at least one orc with a sword.

Before obtaining the Dragon Lord’s Heart, it was difficult to fight monsters using only magic, so I learned swordsmanship to survive as well.

In practice, that is.

“Anyway, we will give prize money to the 15 winners. From now on, sparring with me is separate from the prize money.”

I deliberately said that to 15 men.

As I said earlier, all of this is to replace a man with fighting spirit and perseverance.

Since I have already received the reward, my attitude towards sparring will be completely different.

Those who don’t fight properly just because they got the prize money can already be said to be yellow-faced.

The first soldier charged with his sword. I struck the soldier with such force that he was cut vertically into two pieces. The soldier who was charging took the attack without realizing it, but lost the sword he was holding.

So I just kicked it.

The soldier’s body rolls around on the floor. He trembled, fell down and cried out.

“lose… “I lost!”

pathetic.

It’s so pathetic.

“next! next!”

I fought the next soldier, hoping it wouldn’t be in vain. He ran forward first and clashed swords with the soldier. The soldier is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the force and is pushed back.

He turned and kicked the chest of the soldier who was pushed out in that situation. The soldier rolls on the floor.

There’s no answer.

I’ll say it again, I don’t even have knight-level sword skills.

And the sparring continued.

But there wasn’t a single useful one in sight.

If the entire barracks is so lax, who on earth can they entrust security to?

Now I feel like I want to go back to the restaurant.

I wasn’t even excited because I was fighting against eyes that were as cloudy as the color of a frozen winter.

Still, even though I use my body, sweat pours down like rain in the still chilly weather. And then the next soldier.

I tried to attack with frustration.

-visor!

My sword and the soldier’s sword clash.

As usual, the soldier lost his grip on the sword. In this same situation, I tried to kick the soldier again and knock him down.

But for some reason, a strong kick split the air.

The soldier rolled to the floor and desperately crawled to pick up the sword he had dropped. He had no choice but to slash the sword vertically towards the soldier’s waist again. Then the soldier uses his sword again to block my attack.

-visor!

-visor!

After the swords clashed a few times, the soldier lost the sword again due to my superior strength.

Then this time the soldier started charging at me with his bare body. They feel like they are going to crush me.

It was a desperate action, as if I had actually entered the battlefield, and I quickly dodged the soldier’s charge to the side and swung my sword.

Immediately blood splattered out.

Unexpected bloodshed.

The soldier grabbed his arm. Without missing the opportunity, he kicked again and the soldier finally fell to the ground.

But it was different.

It’s not that my skills are outstanding.

There was a fighting spirit that I had been talking about a while ago. Moreover, I thought it was over now, but this time it crawls back and holds my leg, bleeding from my arm.

Of course, this is loss of reason due to fighting. There is no need for a random attack due to failure to control anger.

So, I shouted loudly.

“stop!”

Then the soldier quickly stood up. And he bowed his head.

“You are so amazing! “I lost!”

The voice is loud. I don’t know his personality, but he was a man with great fighting spirit and perseverance as a soldier.

“What is your name?”

“It’s called Gind!”

The man shouted loudly again. Even though blood continues to flow from the wound, he doesn’t seem to care at all.

“Right. “Good job.”

I shouted that right then and there. But the face is probably smiling.

Because the sweat I shed today doesn’t seem in vain.

***

Soon, Gind was given the position of police officer.

An unusual promotion from the rank of ten general to one hundred general.

As soon as Gind heard the news, he frowned as if it was absurd.

“What do you mean! “What kind of officer does someone like me do?”

“I know. “It’s funny even to me.”

That’s what the Ten Seals who came to deliver the news said.

“But it’s real. “The lord is looking for you, so go.”

“Where is that? “There is some mistake!”

Gind looked for El with a puzzled look.

And soon I realized it was real. I felt somewhat confused.

However, Gind is already a man with great enthusiasm for his work. I don’t know why the lord believed in him.

I was honestly moved when I heard that you would become a great soldier someday.

I could still vividly see him kindly looking after the citizens, trying out various policies, even cooking for them, and training with the soldiers.

Gind thought that this was the first time he had seen such a lord in his life.

If you do that, you will risk your life.

If there is someone who trusts you, of course you have to risk your life.

Gind felt his heart pounding.

There has never been a single person who believed in him.

The only person in my life. I was the one who didn’t even trust my parents.

That was a sufficient reason to sacrifice one’s life to the lord.