Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 225



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Season 3: Episode 33

My mind started spinning. What would happen if I didn’t complete my warrant officer qualification?

He also won the district attorney’s examination.

I tried so hard to make it work.

Am I going to be left alone in this land, unable to follow the Master who is leaving for his army in the spring?

I don’t like it.

I don’t like that.

How to… … .

We have to find a way somehow… … .

“John, how are you so smart?”

I asked that to Johan, who was organizing the newly learned tactics in his notes.

“Well, it doesn’t seem like a good thing. Compared to people like you, Master.”

“Hey, you want to fight? If you’re not smart, then am I some kind of beast?”

“… … .”

“What? What are you looking at, Inma? I’ll rip the ink out of your eyes.”

“Hehehe, isn’t it like seeing a beast?”

“You, Mr. Lee!”

As the two began to bicker as usual (it was always Sharon running away and Camilla chasing after her), Johan sighed and said,

“Don’t we all have our own strengths? I try to make the most of them. You probably have your own strengths, too.”

“My strengths?”

“You always try to jump too far forward. Then, of course, you can’t see the situation of the unit. Since I use magic, I can see everything from the rear.”

No, that’s not the problem.

Even if I were in the rear, I don’t think I could become like you.

No, wait a minute… … .

– Doesn’t everyone have their own strengths? I just try to make the most of them.

My strengths, my own strengths… … Then, suddenly, a method came to mind.

Overnight, I improved the method.

I imagine and assume situations hundreds of times in my head, and from those imagined failures, I correct and supplement them to form a method.

‘It seems like you’ve finally come to your own answer.’

The pastry chef, who caught a glimpse of Camilla, who was in a state of concentration, through the window of the dormitory where the lights were always on all night, exhaled smoke from his cigarette in satisfaction.

‘Your greatest strength is your split-second imagination… … that’s what you use.’

And finally, the morning of the final battle.

“Number 59, the final exam begins. Are you ready to pack your bags and shed tears because you failed?”

“Unfortunately, I wasn’t prepared for that!”

“Huh, then where should we go?”

Coming summer, abbreviated officer training (3)

‘Comprehensive Combat Command Test… … .’

The patissier looked down at the supervisor’s evaluation form as he lit the end of the cigarette with a match.

‘Going beyond individual combat ability to evaluate the ability to command group combat.’

This test is never easy.

No, it’s the most difficult, so much so that you can count the number of graduates of warrant officer training on one hand.

In any situation, the ability to maintain a cool head and develop accurate tactics becomes a crucial element.

‘Sharon Planesta, passed with a breakthrough tactic using cavalry. Johan Frost, passed with a top score for his extraordinary understanding of the migratory bird formation. And next is… … .’

Sharon and Johan were notified that they had passed the exam, but they looked at Camilla with a nervous look on their faces as the joy of passing faded.

‘Camilla… … .’

‘Can you really do this…?’

At that moment, Camilla closed her eyes, placing her hand on her chest. She recalled the memories, the recollections, the light in her heart.

– You must remain calm when dealing with demons, Kami. At any moment. No matter what crisis comes, never. If you lose your calm, your breathing will become unstable, and if your breathing collapses, your swordsmanship itself will collapse.

– How… how can that be?

– Just imagine!

– Imagine?

– Yeah, imagine! First, imagine that something like that will happen and think about how to respond. Then, even if a crisis comes, you won’t be so flustered. Because you’ve already thought about it!

Coolly… … .

And the challenge is fun… … .

‘The operation time is approximately 40 to 60 minutes… … .’

First of all, it takes 5 seconds to defeat the Uruk battle captain who rushes in first.

Uruk has a battle leader in the vanguard and those following him on the left and right, so it takes a total of 15 seconds to deal with them all.

After 20 seconds, check the rear ranks and reorganize the direction of the iron formation… … Check the enemy’s position and decide on the position between the vanguard and the right wing… … .

‘Okay, let’s do it.’

After a ten-second countdown, Camilla’s test began.

100 spearmen.

500 soldiers.

The formation of the troops that Camilla had chosen was textbook-like. Patisserie smoked a cigarette in her mouth.

‘With the performance you’ve shown so far, and your performance in the 30s, it’s only natural that you should fail.’

So, what are you going to do?

Show me.

You’re not the type of person to fall into a place like this.

‘First things first.’

Camilla, who had entered the battlefield, that is, the fantasy space, immediately put her ‘own strengths’ into practice.

“What, you threw away the Frisbia Core… …?”

“Instead, you forcibly conscripted the spearmen’s longswords… …?”

“Instructor, this method… … !”

The patissier shook his head, exhaling a long puff of cigarette smoke.

“I didn’t say you couldn’t use a knife instead of a gun. Instead, your shooting score would just be 0.”

Is there a way to pass even if I give up my shooting score?

no…….

With that genius imagination, did you see that the path to passing opened up on the path of giving up?

‘First, we must defeat the first Uruk properly.’

Camilla thought as she took the cross-arm stance with her longsword.

The Shipmunjado is a sword technique that is specialized in attitude. Its power and force can only be fully demonstrated through attitude, but it is not impossible to use it with other types of swords.

The stance of the cross sword with the longsword looked awkward and sloppy, but it was not a problem since Uruk’s strength was also adjusted to 1/4.

‘In this test, the morale of the soldiers also has a big impact… … First, to increase their morale.’

Uruk is different from humans.

Unlike humans, who have a commander commanding soldiers from behind, a type of soldier called a battle captain is the first to charge forward.

Just now, at this very moment, a creature half a size larger than another Uruk is running towards me.

The fourth form of the ten-letter alphabet is bal (?).

Under the pressure of the blade and the sheath that holds down the scabbard, the magical power that was condensed in the scabbard is unable to circulate and transforms into an explosive countercurrent.

In an instant.

That, in an instant.

The image, feeling, sensation of being focused and released in an instant, the energy and flame that is performed in an instant, from kicking the ground to drawing a sword.

The fifth form of the ten-letter alphabet, sudden attack.

The force of the charge is explosive, but if it continues like this, it will just be a bounce.

The scabbard is used to brake the action.

Braking generates and reinforces inertia and rotational force, greatly amplifying the cutting power of the knife.

Chaeaeaeaaeng—-!

The battle captain’s axe blade deflected the slash of the spinning slash, and the warriors on either side who were guarding him aimed their weapons at Camilla’s windpipe as her posture collapsed.

“!”

John kept his mouth shut.

Sharon bit her nails.

“It was just not enough. You can’t draw out the power of the Ten-Character Sword with just a longsword… … .”

Even if the strength is compensated for weakly, the opponent is an Uruk battle leader. The trainers sighed.

“It’s finished.”

“So quickly.”

“No. That guy hasn’t given up yet?”

The assistants stared blankly at the place where the patissier was pointing with the cigarette.

sheath……?

A second scabbard hung from Camilla’s back, but it was held in place by several layers of bandages and scabbards.

“The sword is shaking… … ?”

“Could it be that I lacked strength… …?”

“Because they were generating magic there too… …?”

At that moment, Camilla thought, Unfortunately, it is still too early to continue using the Deepening Herb.

But if it’s this way.

If it were my own ten-letter chart.

You can use it. It seems like an extremely expedient method, and it has more restrictions and is much less powerful than the orthodox method, but… … .

“The important thing is that you can write!”

Gather everything, gather strength.

The recoil of the sword bouncing back from the Uruk battle leader’s counterattack, the elasticity of the flying body, and the force of gravity holding the flying body down.

In short, an image that condenses and dissipates all the chaotic tremors of power existing around it onto the blade.

‘Ha, Laminea… … .’

The sixth form of the ten-letter alphabet, Seommucham.

‘Your disciple really… … doesn’t give me time to get bored.’

The Island Slash is a wide-area horizontal slash, and it is said that later the great hero Charillion swept away all enemies on the horizon with a single ‘Bal (?) – Island Slash’.

The orthodox ten-character alphabet was also similar.

However, its power is greatly lacking.

The one Camilla used at that time was weaker than the regular ten-letter sign, that is, the one normally used at the end of a chain… … but at that time, this alone, this strength alone, was enough.

“!”

“!”

“!”

In an instant, he decapitated two Uruks who were fighting for his life from both sides, and furthermore, he struck down the weapon of the Uruk battle leader.

Oh my gosh… … !

A shockwave of power was released with a loud crashing sound, and each of the owners of the power was pushed back.

“Now. Fire!”

Even though the results may seem similar, the choices available to choose from those results are different.

It’s different from the usual sword dance.

It is not a sword dance that runs wild alone, but one that has soldiers guarding it from behind and can receive support from them.

Push shu shu shu shu… … !

The sound of compressed air bursting… … along with the gunfire of a steam gun, the body of the battle captain was shaken back and forth as dozens of bullets pierced it.

[Wow!]

[The battle leader has been defeated!]

The morale of the soldiers realized through fantasy is multiplied by courage.

Okay, the stakes have gone up.

At this time, soldiers receive a combat power boost.

‘You can’t miss this situation.’

Camilla raised her sword.

“Formation of the iron bird formation! 10?62?10! Fire control is assigned to each sergeant! I will take charge of the vanguard and the dangerous elements on the right wing! Advance to the high ground!”

Advancing towards the center of the enemy ranks that surged forward like a tidal wave, swinging, slashing, stabbing, swinging, slashing, stabbing again… … .

[Forward, forward… …!]

[Follow the Lieutenant… …!]

After destroying the enemy’s vanguard and breaking their power, we can deal with the remaining enemies with fire support.

When fire is concentrated in one place.

Move to block another weak point that will inevitably occur, that is, a weak point in your camp that the enemy is naturally going to attack. It is the same thing as repeating what you have been doing so far.

“What a tremendous momentum… … !”

“That’s almost fourteen? That’s amazing… … ?”

Keep going, keep going, don’t stop, this is the best I can show you right now, this is the highest ten letters I can give you.

It’s my sword’s connection.

When your sword becomes dull or breaks, you get a sword from another spearman. Keep a close eye on your remaining magical power, and observe the weak points of your camp after each task is completed.

“The tactic used is a single basic forward formation of iron birds, but… … .”

“He’s filling the gaps in the basic formation by himself with his ridiculous performance.”

“The soldiers are fighting better than usual.”

Amidst the exclamations of the instructors watching the endless chain of slashes, stabs, and swings, Patisserie opened her mouth.

“The basic formation is a basic formation because it demonstrates above-average strength in any situation. It makes up for its weaknesses in tactical use with the basic formation, and makes up for the rest with its strengths.”

Of course, that’s not all.

‘There are three major categories for classifying longevity.’

A virtuous general who leads his subordinates with virtue, boosts their morale, and brings out their full potential.

‘A wise general who uses wisdom to bring out the best tactics at the right time.’

And a fierce general who breaks through the areas that tactics and strategies cannot reach with his own inaction.

‘This test is not about tactical ability in the first place. It’s about seeing how the candidates can better utilize their skills using the tactics taught so far.’

Throughout the history of warfare, many payqueriers have leaped into the impossible as brave generals and left behind achievements that made the impossible possible.

That overwhelming force is a ray of light.

The light of the name of a warrior shines brightly in the darkness of defeat.

‘I’m drawn to that light. It’s natural for my spirit to surge. It’s natural for a human being.’

Although it is a simple and foolish method, it is also the most certain method, but it also requires proper imagination and judgment.

‘When an unexpected situation arises, the power to respond to it… … Yes, Camilla has now used her greatest strength to compensate for her greatest weakness.’

The pastry chef hid the smile on his lips with a puff of smoke.

‘Yes, this simple answer is the method you found.’

Lamine, did you know? Your disciple already shows signs of a warrior’s qualities.

“Camilla.”

Sharon muttered, clasping her hands together. John pushed his glasses up with a nervous gesture.

‘We’ve taken the high ground. Now if we can just defend it. If we have the stamina to do so.’

Cut, cut, cut again, cut, cut, cut, cut again, swing, swing, swing again.

I’m out of breath.

Sweat keeps flowing endlessly.

The number of enemies gradually decreased, the offensive weakened… … and the time came when no more enemies appeared.

“… … ?”

For a moment, I thought there was something wrong with the test. I thought there was a problem with the magic that creates enemy illusions.

A single drop of sweat.

In a state of extreme selflessness, where you can’t even feel the sweat dripping down your cheeks.

“Something is wrong… … .”

Let’s say that to the invisible supervisors in the welcoming space, barely able to catch our breath.

“Yes, it was wrong, but it was wrong for a long time. I can’t believe I’m saying this to you.”

The patissier’s voice was heard.

“Candidate number 59, you have successfully taken the high ground. The test is over, you have passed.”

In the midst of the banquet of light where the last fallen illusions were scattered into light particles, Camilla, who had been gasping for breath, finally understood the cause of this phenomenon.

end……?

So, pass… …?

The feeling of powerlessness that came from escaping from a state of no-self swept through my entire body like a pleasure, and I felt like my body would explode if I didn’t clench both fists and let out a shout of victory.

“Whoaaaa …

The teaching assistants applauded as John and Sharon exchanged smiles.

No one said or pointed out that this passing was possible because of the countless subjective bonus points given by the instructor, Patissier.

The assistants were also completely inspired. The young warrant officer, the future warrior candidate, was showing off his skills!

* * *

“You have thus completed the brief officer training and have proven that you have developed the aptitude and qualities of warrant officers.”

On the day the final exam was over, only eight candidates remained in the training camp.

The training ends with the training chief pinning the warrant officer’s insignia on the candidates’ chests.

Patisserie Dune Jeraye gave each candidate the rank insignia she had received from her instructor.

“That cheeky guy did it in one go. He’s grown quite a bit in two months.”

“Thanks to the instructor!”

“Huh. Tell Laminea the same thing. It wasn’t you who did well, it was all thanks to me.”

The patissier placed the rank insignia on Camilla’s chest, then patted her shoulder friendly and said.

“Don’t say that to warrant officers who were promoted from non-commissioned officers, that is, warrant officers who were white captains, that they are in the same position. You’ll end up calling them empty-headed fools.”

“yes!”

“And the most important thing.”

“yes!”

“Don’t die.”

“Is this an order?”

“Yes, that’s an order, Yonseok. Are you going to come get me some more scolding?”

Camilla dragged her left foot and knocked the heel of her boot against it. At the same time, she clenched her left fist and placed her right hand neatly against her lower back, next to her eyebrows.

There is moderation in every movement.

But because of that, in contrast to all those movements, there is a bright and pure smile of a young girl on her young lips… … .

“Sergeant Camilla, I will obey your orders!”

The patissier looked at the grown girl with a thrill of joy, then handed the cigarette over to the instructor and received the girl’s heart with a firm salute.

January 29, 1671 AD.

Only four months left until the nightmare that will go down in history as the ‘Black Summer’ begins.