Empire Side: Exploring the Fire Dragon Mountains
Let me touch briefly on the military government of the Empire.
The Empire is an aristocratic society like the Kingdom, but each noble does not have a private army or knighthood, and all soldiers are placed under the command of the Emperor.
Knights exist as titles, but like in the kingdom, the knights who protect the nobles are all classified as soldiers.
Soldiers are selected in two main ways.
One is graduation from a military academy, and the other is a career change from being an adventurer. This is because the origins of the imperial army derive from a group of adventurers.
When the empire was founded, the core of this country was all adventurers. They gathered from all over the world to conquer the Labyrinth of the Abyss, and gradually began to function as an organization, and as they grew larger, they began to take political action.
When the adventurers had reached a certain level for conquering the Labyrinth of the Abyss, the leaders of the adventurers became the emperor and the nobles, and the adventurers who continued to fight in the labyrinth, other than the leaders, were employed as soldiers by the government.
This was the beginning of the empire and the origin of soldiers.
Therefore, the basic composition and combat techniques of the Empire's army all originate from adventurers. The first platoon is a mix of vanguard, rear guard, and support staff, and acts like an adventurer's party.
There is no uniformity in the number of formations as they are formed by combining individual abilities. There may be one platoon of three people, or one platoon of 12 people. However, basically a platoon of five to seven people is normal.
The reason why I talked about this here is because the soldiers of the Empire have just set foot in this Fire Dragon Mountain Range.
Eastern Army Special Exploration Battalion Campsite Side
"Count, three platoons that went out to search the forest have not returned since yesterday. The units that went out to search the mountainous areas have also been worn out by the wyvern attacks. I suggest that we request reinforcements as soon as possible."
A young staff was expressing his opinion to his superior, Count Coleman, while adjusting his glasses. Coleman listened with a bitter expression on his face.
"Did they suffer even though they were accompanied by an A-class adventurer?"
"Yes... I heard that they were attacked by more wyverns than expected and were desperately trying to escape."
"They're useless... I didn't realize that's the extent of the A-class. Starting tomorrow, use that A-class to explore the forest."
"How about the mountainous areas?"
"We'll put it off later. There can't be any livestock in the area where the wyverns are. If the search in the forest does not yield any results, then we will search the mountains with the entire unit."
"Understood. How about reinforcements?"
"Rejected. There's a [Hero] party here, right? It would be a disgrace to my reputation if I were to cry out to the fortress prematurely for a little damage."
"I apologize for my outburst."
"As long as you understand. Get back."
"Ha! Excuse me."
The young staff saluted Coleman and left the tent.
At that time, their fate may have already been decided as they did not raise any questions about what had attacked the missing platoons.
A-class adventurer Side
"Aaah!! Gah!…"
Another person fell prey to a wyvern. We were desperate to escape. I never thought I'd have to deal with that many wyverns!
Even though I'm an A-class, it's not a one-on-one fight. I can't take on 10 or more at the same time!
"Damn it! Can't you do something with magic? If you drop it, I'll cut it down!"
I called out to the mage running beside me, but he turned his head to the side with a pale face.
"It's impossible! I won't make it in time! And we don't have enough power to take down the Wyverns!"
Tsk! Remember at least intermediate magic! If you were my disciple, you would have memorized at least intermediate magic!
As I'm giving the mage a hard time, he slumps and rolls down the hill.
"Ah! Shit! Now I'm going to get myself killed!"
I stopped there, turned around, and readied my sword. I readied to unleash a slashing attack. Meanwhile, the others are running past me.
"I'll hold them off here, you go and pick up the others!"
I let out a voice behind me and fired a slash at the wyvern in front of me. Fuck! It only grazed it!
The wyverns circle above me and occasionally swoop down and point their sharp claws at me. All I can do is deflect it with my sword.
Normally, if they got within range, I could defeat them with a single blow of my sword, but they seemed to be attacking me in unison! If I hadn't dodged the current one, I would have been hit by a fireball from the side.
Damn it! I have no choice but to run away!
I run frantically again with the wyvern on my back. Shit! Seriously! I was abandoned by the others!
After running for a while, the mage who had fallen earlier was lying on the ground. Ahh! It can't be helped! Fuck!
I quickly picked up the mage, but it was no good! They are catching up...
I felt the wyvern's claws approaching my back...
(Stop, don't kill that man.)
I thought I heard such a voice, but damn it! Magic sickness? I was starting to feel sick......
However, the sign of the wyvern's claws that I felt was already gone. I ran through like crazy and when I got to the foot of the mountain, I noticed it.
The wyverns weren't following me...
Damn it... the Empire... using this old man around... it's been a long time since I thought I was going to die...
I fell down and sat down on the ground to catch my breath.
However...... I've also heard strange hallucinations...
After resting for a while, I returned to the camp with the mage in my arms.
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