The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 224



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The Assault Brigade is the symbol of the Imperial Army and a fearsome force to its enemies. When an all-out war breaks out, they are famous for being the first to enter and the last to leave.

War cannot be waged by knights and wizards alone.

Knights and magicians are clearly powerful human weapons that can change the course of a war. That is why each country classifies knights and magicians as special forces, and in the case of strong individuals who break the mold, they are given special management.

But it is the legions that actually wage war.

The reason is simple.

This is because knights and magicians cannot be created by simply giving them a spear or sword and training them for a few months like the regular soldiers that make up the legion.

However, whether invading or being invaded by an enemy country, it is the legions that fight the most fiercely on the front lines. Also, even when occupying enemy territory, it is the regular soldiers of the legions who manage it.

That is why the more powerful a country is, the more elite its legions and the more elite its regular soldiers are. Knights and magicians are said to be money-eating monsters, but they only number ten thousand at most.

However, even in the smallest kingdom or principality, the number of regular soldiers exceeds a hundred thousand.

It is the state that must be able to not only feed and sustain a hundred thousand soldiers, but also afford the costs of their training and equipment.

So, in order to show that the Amorian Empire was the strongest and only empire on the continent, they created the Assault Brigade.

Although they were training talented individuals through the Jupiter Academy and raising them to become knights, they were not enough.

The Amorian Empire had vast territory, and conflicts had been raging there for the past thousand years without a single day of rest.

If knights had been sent to all those places, all the knightly orders would have died from overwork long ago. What was needed to share the work of the knights and to promote the might of the empire was elite troops like the Assault.

That’s why Assault was born.

The past emperors of the Amorian Empire have emphasized the importance of Assault as much as knights and wizards. That is why Assault does not recruit new recruits.

Volunteers are accepted from those who have served in each army of the empire for a certain period of time and have actual combat experience. In addition, the selection criteria are strict, and they are evaluated not only on physical strength but also on mental state and personality based on the evaluations of superiors and colleagues.

Those who volunteer and pass do not immediately become assault soldiers. They are called candidates and go through a selection process that lasts about six months. That is how only 100 out of about ten thousand applicants are selected each year.

The top 1%.

[First in, last out] and [1% of the best] are the slogans of Assault. The Assaults selected in this way have always been at important points in the history of the Empire.

From fanatics in the Begdalen region to ambitious men who dreamed of a revolution, to provocations from enemy states that attempted to lead peasant uprisings, Assault did not shy away from difficult tasks on the front lines.

Although they are commoners, assault is an honor and a medal for them.

That’s why Assault had such a strong sense of pride in being an Assault. That’s why Assault boasted of a strong bond even after being discharged from the army, and in fact, even after being discharged, he went on to serve in various positions, such as as an officer of a mercenary group, a guard of a merchant group, and a private army of a noble family, and his abilities were recognized.

That’s an assault.

However, the expressions on the faces of the Assault Team 9 heading to Pinguis Village were not so good.

“What on earth is the Brigade Commander thinking, Team Leader?”

Team 9 consists of ten people. It consists of one team leader and nine team members. The moment they are selected for the assault, they become non-commissioned officers, not privates.

Sergeant Langle of Team 9 grumbled.

“You’re being assigned to a new post just a month after returning from your mission?”

“Sergeant Langley.”

“Team Leader, don’t you feel wronged?”

Sergeant Wolfgang, the leader of Team 9, smiled bitterly. He and Team 9 were exhausted. Since none of the Assault missions were simple, most of the time they would take a month of vacation after returning from a mission.

But this time it was different.

Team 9, who had completed a six-month mission in Yondugues, received a new assignment as soon as they returned. Since there was no such thing as disobedience among soldiers, they had no choice but to follow the order, even if they were dissatisfied.

“It’s unfair. But what can I do, Sergeant? It’s an order.”

“And it’s in the remote north.”

“staff sergeant.”

Wolfgang warned Langley. They are soldiers. They are volunteers for the assault to protect their country. If they are just complaining like this, it can’t be called an assault.

“Do you know that, Team Leader?”

But Langley had his reasons.

“I heard that our dispatch this time was decided by someone higher up than the brigade commander.”

“Higher than the Brigade Commander?”

The king of the special forces brigade is the brigade commander. He is not a simple political soldier. The brigade commander is a true soldier who has always struggled to protect the country on the front line. That is why Assault respected the brigade commander.

If it was a decision by a brigade commander like that, I could tolerate it even if I was dissatisfied. But Langley said there was intervention from higher ups.

If so, this means that the dispatch of Team 9 was not the decision of the brigade commander, but was influenced by other factors.

“I am the Minister of National Defense.”

“Your Excellency Marquis Meyer?”

“Yes. And do you know who lives right next to our post?”

Sergeant Langley had wide feet. Because of this, he had a tendency to be a gossip who liked to hear trivial rumors here and there and to gossip about them.

It seems that he heard the rumor from the unit where he stayed briefly before being assigned to Pinguis after his dispatch ended.

“Pingus Village?”

“The village chief there said that the Archduke of the Kepler family came about half a year ago.”

“then?”

That’s all I have to say. Only if you’re not an idiot can you see why the Minister of Defense, the highest authority in the Imperial Military, sent them there.

“Are you saying that the Kepler family requested it?”

“So that’s why they sent us.”

“Hmm.”

That makes sense. If aristocratic politics were involved, it would make sense. If Duke Kepler had asked Margrave Meyer, it would have been possible.

“Why do you say that?”

“Wasn’t the Archduke of the Kepler family assassinated by the Sangwis Kingdom?”

“So, Duke Kepler asked you to do it?”

“It might be a deal. There is no one who does not know that the Kepler family is the richest family on the continent.”

Ultimately, it means that they were sold for money or through some kind of transaction.

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And that’s a pretty reasonable inference, because in reality they were sold for their hair, not for money.

“then.”

“The Archduke will be quite a nuisance, don’t you know? How much the nobles covet our assaults.”

Wolfgang’s face crumpled. Assault had long been a target of nobles. They thought it was easier for a commoner, Assault, to be knighted than a knight who swore to serve his lord for life.

Unlike knights who are treated as semi-nobles, assaults are commoners. This is why nobles have always had their eyes on assaults.

It was from this time that the Assault became known as a group of people who were not knights but had skills comparable to those of knights.

But not all of those rumors are true.

Of course, the rumor is partly true. There are people within the Assault who are as skilled as knights. This is especially true for Sergeant Wolfgang. Those who were born as commoners but entered the Academy with outstanding talent but were not commissioned enter the Assault and go through harsh training and actual combat to become skilled as knights.

However, that does not mean that the Assault has the same fighting power as the Knights.

Even if you have learned the Auror training method, the training method itself is inferior to that of the most prestigious knightly orders. Also, Assault is not a knightly order. Unlike knights who only focus on swords and formations, Assault learns all kinds of combat and survival skills necessary for field battles.

Dokdo law, survival law, infiltration law, assassination law, etc.

That’s why you can’t beat a knight who’s devoted to the sword. Even if they have the same talent, the absolute amount of time they devote to one area is different, so there’s a difference.

At best, expert beginner.

Those who are classified as skilled even within the assault brigade are those who are at that level. Out of a thousand special forces brigade members, only about ten are at that level. And among them, only one person, or more often than not, rises above that level.

So strictly speaking, assault falls behind knighthood.

But the true power of the Assault is demonstrated in war. Infiltration, assassination, infiltration, disruption, guarding, etc. The Assault can perform tasks that the knights cannot. That is why there was a saying in the Imperial Army:

[You can’t fight a battle without a knight, but you can’t wage war without an assault.]

In short-term battles, knights are more effective, but in the grand scheme of war, assaults are essential. However, as rumors spread, nobles began to take notice of assaults, which were cheaper and easier to handle than knights.

So, I thought that the same would be true for the Archduke of the Kepler family.

“This is difficult.”

“He is the third-generation duke. He is also a rich duke. Can you imagine how arrogant that grand duke is?”

Langley’s words were exaggerated. But they were based on fact. Wolfgang had seen many nobles, but his impression of them had not changed much.

Arrogant, authoritarian and selfish people.

This is probably the first image that comes to mind for commoners when they think of nobles. And the greater the power, the more likely it is that they will do so.

If the Archduke of the Kepler family is like that, what should they do?

“They might try to treat us like private soldiers.”

“You can’t predict it, Sergeant.”

Wolfgang had to remain neutral. He was the leader. Langle nodded to Wolfgang. He also understood Wolfgang.

Langley’s role is to convey to him as the leader that his team members are of that mindset.

“I will negotiate.”

“Team leader.”

“So, team members, don’t confront him directly.”

Wolfgang sorted it out like that. It was his job as the leader to negotiate. But there was one question that remained unanswered.

‘Why, His Excellency Marquis Meyer?’

Margrave Meyer is a high-ranking nobleman. The Margrave Meyer is a prestigious family that rivals the three great ducal houses. But Margrave Meyer dispatched an assault on the Kepler family, who is known to the public as the disgrace of the ducal family?

‘It doesn’t make sense.’

There was something there they didn’t know about.

But then a goosebump appeared on the back of Wolfgang’s neck.

“Who are you!!!”

Pavat!

Pavabavabat!!

Wolfgang held up a strangely curved sword. A soft light flowed out from the sword. It was a magically processed sword, the standard weapon of the Assault.

The power of the Assault is that it has completed training that pushes humans to their limits and has been equipped with equipment that has been magically processed using the Empire’s ample financial resources.

The nine team members took up positions almost immediately in front of Wolfgang’s guard. They all seemed to be lying down, but when you see them moving like lightning, you can’t help but say that this is truly an assault.

Swish.

At that moment, a shadow rose up. And the shadow became a person. Wolfgang felt a chill when he saw the shadow wearing a black suit.

I had no idea.

It was the author who informed us of the approach. But there was no sign of life. Shadow, Bernanke said to Wolfgang.

“Sergeant Wolfgang, 9th Assault Team, 7th Special Forces Brigade, 1st Imperial Army Corps?”

Wolfgang’s eyebrows twitched. He knew exactly where they belonged. Wolfgang answered.

“Yes.”

“The lord wishes to see your skills. Your mission is to arrive at the Pinguis City Hall without being detected.”

“Master?”

Wolfgang questioned, but Bernanke ignored him. Bernanke looked at Wolfgang and the nine teams behind him and said,

“He said that he would award 100 gold to each of those who pass the lord’s test. Your opponents are three knights and 140 soldiers.”

Wolfgang’s eyes lit up. If each of the nine teams received 100 gold, that would be a total of 1,000 gold. There was only one person who could lend that much gold.

“Bennio Kepler.”

“It’s the Grand Duke. Anyway.”

Bernanke said, disappearing into the shadows.

“You said you had expectations. You had better meet those expectations. That is, if you are the Assault Team 9.”

Bernanke disappeared. And Wolfgang looked back. Everyone’s eyes were shining. It was because of the 100 gold bounty.

“100 gold, Sergeant. Looks like we’ll get a gold medal.”

“Hot! Knights and soldiers? There’s no way you can catch us with just that. Team Leader! Let’s show them what to do!”

Team 9’s momentum is on the rise. The unexpected money is a definite motivator. Sergeant Wolfgang decides to forget about his worries about the future for a while.

“Go to Formation A.”

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