“At this rate, the power will continue to be insufficient, and it means that there is nothing we can do to replenish it.”
At the words of the leader, Magnus nodded.
“Of course, I have no intention of pushing it into an absurdly dangerous battlefield.”
“yes. I know that.”
Excluding the initial giant issue, it was an established fact that the demand for Gigant riders would increase in the future.
The number of giants and their fragments continues to increase even now.
The trend in other countries was also unusual.
“You’re still recruiting troops in the other direction, right?”
“yes. Relaxed conditions to increase Tito’s rider count. Also, the military is pushing for a ‘promotion’ for active Tito riders.”
“I guess so. Now is not the time to be blind.”
Magnus nodded in satisfaction.
Fortunately, the Empire was responding flexibly to the threats it faced.
If not, Magnus would have trembled with incomparable anxiety.
In anxiety that the empire might fall.
“Then, in what direction will the cadets be deployed?”
“The 4th graders have already headed to the southern front. Same for 3rd grade. And 1st and 2nd year… … .”
Magnus paused for a moment before opening his mouth.
“We will head north.”
“You mean to the north?”
“okay. They say things that couldn’t be dealt with across the border are coming down little by little.”
The leader thought for a moment and then nodded.
“It’s not a bad stage.”
“Not bad.”
A short silence passed after that.
Magnus spoke after a while.
“You’ve been holding on to the busy man for too long. Wake up soon.”
“All right.”
When Magnus got up, the others followed suit.
Before the leader opened the door and left, Magnus spoke one last time.
“I may send some students to your side later.”
“I look forward to it.”
“okay.”
So they parted after a brief goodbye.
“I’ll go too.”
“I know.”
After Kaul also left, Magnus returned to his original seat and looked at the papers on the table.
[Plan for 1st year student placement]
“Hmm.”
Soon he picked up a pen and signed the bottom of the document.
* * *
The first week of the second semester passed without hesitation.
The lectures were much more intense than before, and I couldn’t rest comfortably even on the weekends.
It was because everyone had been locked in the training room all day, inspired by the speech.
It is not easy to muster up the courage to be alone in such an atmosphere.
Even Mei came to the training ground to train.
The following week the atmosphere was similar.
The lecture, which began in earnest, pushed the cadets to their limits even more than before.
Even in a state of exhaustion, the cadets did not neglect their training.
In the past, it would have been a tough schedule that everyone would stick out their tongues at, but everyone persevered surprisingly well.
Probably, the fact that all the people who left had already left and only those who were fully prepared remained.
Around the end of the second week of the second semester like that. News was delivered to the cadets.
-Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the borrower will replace lectures with practice.
Training.
It is a word used with a slightly different meaning from the first semester.
It was said that from the second semester, it was replaced by practice by putting it into practice.
In other words, it was the first time to go to the actual battlefield.
On the evening of the day the news was delivered.
At the dinner table, Abel opened his mouth in a slightly tense atmosphere.
“Even if it’s a battlefield, it’s not like fighting the same Gigant.”
“Well, that’s right.”
Henna nodded.
Even on a battlefield, the ones fighting are not the same humans, but the giants and their fragments.
Of course, they are more picky than humans.
However, hunting monsters and killing humans are very different.
Daniel, who had been quietly stuffing the bread into his mouth, opened his mouth as if he had finally swallowed it all.
“But the weight is different, isn’t it?”
“That too.”
Henna nodded again.
“I won’t die anyway… … Because there is no guarantee.”
“It is true that it is scary. i think so too.”
Abel said calmly.
There were accidents like this in the last practice, but it was just an accident.
In fact, I was concerned about the safety of the cadets as much as possible.
But starting from this semester, it’s different.
Until then, if the cadets were like birds in a cage, now they had to fly up into the sky and hunt.
To become a Gigant Rider, not a cadet.
“But why didn’t you tell me where you were going this time?”
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Just as the atmosphere was about to settle down, Daniel brought up another topic.
Hearing that, Henna immediately opened her mouth as if she was curious.
“I know. Even if I asked the instructors, they wouldn’t tell me?”
“Because of the other day… … Isn’t it like that?”
Mei said in a languid tone.
These days, his drowsiness has decreased a lot, but his voice with its characteristic drowsiness is still there.
As if he was forcibly holding back his sleep, his eyes were slightly glazed.
“Last time?”
“huh… … . Accident during practice.”
“ah!”
“Yes.”
Henna and Daniel nodded their heads almost simultaneously.
It was a fact that everyone knew that something unpleasant had happened during the last training session.
Abel also added a few words.
“As May said, there is a high probability that the information is leaked somewhere.”
Unfortunately, even Abel didn’t know where the training camp was.
One of the things I’ve always regretted since waking up here.
There were too many random, random events in this game.
‘I know about the candidates, but where and when I’ll go is completely random.’
Still, considering the conditions, I was able to narrow it down to three places.
Right now, the level of the cadets, the circumstances around them, and things like that.
‘Northern Delkan Mountains. southern plains. Eastern highlands.’
These were the candidates Abel was thinking of.
‘If possible, I’d prefer the northern Delkan Mountains.’
In terms of risk, the plains at the southern entrance would be the safest.
Even though it is the most rear in the south, there are a lot of troops deployed there.
However, there was no advantage other than safety.
There was nothing to gain, and it was difficult to build a proper experience.
It could be said that the significance of being near a battlefield is the end of it.
‘So it’s more likely, though.’
Abel scratched his chin.
The other two were similar. However, it was certain that the Delkan Mountains were better for gaining experience.
Other than that, there are things to be gained.
“Let’s go to training soon.”
While I was lost in thought for a while, everyone got up from their seats one by one as if they had finished eating.
Abel had already finished eating, so he put aside his thoughts and got up.
After arriving at the training ground, it was as usual.
Wield the sword as you learned from Carlton.
Recalling the map I received from the vice-captain, I tried various things.
While sparring with others, he taught Iolin how to use magic.
A day passed like that and the next day.
said Kaul, who was in charge of the first lecture in the morning.
“Today I will do something a little different.”
Recently, Instructor Cowl’s lectures were focused on sparring.
But it seemed even before the lecture started that he was going to do something different today.
First of all, the lecture hall itself was different.
The lecture started in a much wider place than usual.
“It was a lecture in preparation for this week’s practice, but in fact, it was something I had to do at least once, even if it wasn’t for this practice.”
“Which lecture is it?”
At someone’s question, Kaul glanced over the cadets and opened his mouth.
“I will decide your positions.”
“A position?”
“okay. defense side defense. Attack if attack. If it’s far, it’s far. Those positions.”
Kaul crossed his arms and continued talking.
“Of course, such a position is not formally organized. However, it is true that formations are formed using such classifications. Because it is efficient.”
It was as it was said.
Those who are specialized in defense continue to train there, and on the contrary, the offensive side trains intensively there again.
Of course, just because you specialize in defense doesn’t mean you only learn how to block or something like that.
It’s just digging into one side more intensively.
“The reason for classifying such a position is that, unlike the military, riders often fight in small groups.”
Users used to classify the position into tank, dealer, and ranger.
If we subdivided it further, we would classify tanks as extreme tanks and evasive tanks, but there was no need for such a detailed classification now.
“Then how do you categorize it?”
“okay. I was going to talk about it now. First of all, let’s start by talking about your preferred position.”
Kaul said, stepping back slightly.
“Based on me, the left side is defense. attack in the middle. Far right is far away. Stand like this.”
Abel stood in the middle row without hesitation.
After that, Daniel, Qalian, May, and Luke stood in turn.
On the other hand, Darin, Dorian, and Victor are on the defensive side.
On the far side, Henna and Cynthia stood.
“Hmm. five attacks. three defenders. two far away. The combination itself is not bad.”
Definitely not a bad combination.
When the class was reorganized in the first place, it should have been decided with the position in mind.
“Hmm. Now then, stand like this this time.”
Kaul pondered for a moment before splitting the students into two sides.
“Group A. Attack Abel, Qalian. Defense Darin, Dorian. Long-distance Cynthia.”
First, 5 people into group A.
“Group B. Attack Luke, Daniel and May. defense victor. Distance henna.”
The remaining 5 were divided into Group B.
“Now, does anyone know why it was divided into two groups?”
Daniel immediately answered Kaul’s question.
“Are you going to fight?”
“okay. of course. From now on, it will be a mock battle every day until the practice day. By constantly changing the composition.”
Everyone seemed excited at those words.
It was natural.
Unlike hard and boring training such as strength training and Gigant adaptation training, fighting while riding a Gigant was exciting and exciting.
“Of course, results are reflected in grades.”
Kaul’s continued words added to the sense of sympathy.
Seeing the heated atmosphere, Kaul said with a satisfied smile.
“Now then, wait a minute! The aircraft will be arriving soon.”
Maybe about 5 minutes passed.
As Kaul said, each cadet’s aircraft was transferred.
The cadets got on each aircraft according to the instructions that followed.
Since it was training in preparation for actual combat, the aircraft was not a training aircraft that was normally used.
widely-.
Abel climbed the ladder and skillfully settled into the cockpit.
Then, as I put my hand on the core and breathed magic into it, Gigant immediately opened his eyes.
cooong-.
Soon after, Abel, who raised Gigant, looked ahead with his own weapon prepared in advance.
On the other side, I could see Gigant getting up one by one with a sound of movement.
‘Come to think of it, it’s been a very long time since the cadets fought one another. No, is this the first time?’
It wasn’t as much as when I was playing, but I felt a lot of excitement.
coo-!
Shortly thereafter, heavy footsteps were heard from one side.
When I turned my head, I saw Kaul walking towards me riding on his Gigant.
-If even one person is seriously injured, the other group will all be at the bottom! Got it!
-yes!
Everyone responded loudly to Kaul’s words.
Kaul looked both ways and shouted in a loud voice.
– Everyone ready for battle!