Chapter 469: Back to the Capital (1/2)
“I have one more thing to report.”
“Okay, let’s hear it.”
As Jin seemed to continue working on the Magic Tool that could use the “Dig” spell, Laojun quickly continued his report.
“It’s about the composition of Magi Crystals…”
“Sorry, Laojun. I’d like you to wait until everyone is here before you continue talking about that.”
“Understood.”
Jin was waiting for Stearleana, Saki, and Reinhardt. He wanted everyone to be present when Laojun revealed the new information he had.
First, he had to continue working on the Magic Tool.
It wasn’t a particularly difficult thing to do. It was simply writing the Magi Formula onto an earth-attribute Magi Crystal.
The work itself was completed in less than 5 minutes.
“Thank you very much, My Lord.”
“With this, you should now be able to replicate this and make more Magic Tools like this one here, Laojun.”
“Yes, leave it to me.”
As Laojun received the Magic Tool from Laozi, who had in turn received it from Jin…
“…My Lord, I have just received a report from Deneb 4, the Quinta in charge of Toka Village.”
“Hmm? What happened?”
“It appears that a total of nine soldiers that were stationed in Toka Village have been recalled into the Royal Capital.”
Originally, soldiers would be stationed in remote areas like Toka village because of locations such as the Inad Mine. Because criminals would be normally used as a labor force, 10 soldiers were stationed there at all times, just in case something happened.
However, the Inad Mine had become no different from an abandoned mine, and would be delegated to Jin as of the 1st of August, so it seemed that the number of troops stationed there was increased.
“It appears a single soldier will be left behind to guard the feudal lord. Lithia has nominated a young soldier named Fred.”
Jin remembered that name. When Jin went on a business trip to Toka Village, Fred was a new soldier who was being constantly picked on by a senior soldier.
“Hmm, Lithia must have seen some promise in him, huh?”
Jin had imagined that even if his suitability as a soldier was low, he might have been good for office work.
“Since the timing was appropriate, Miss Gloria will be leading these nine soldiers in their return to the Royal Capital. That would be all.”
She must have been entrusted with leading those soldiers since she was the deputy captain of the female knight corps.
However, Jin was a bit concerned about the party being formed by Gloria and 9 other men.
“Should we have Deneb 4 join that party?”
“If we do that, there will be no one left in charge of Toka Village.”
“We’ll send someone from the backup unit to cover for him. Since Toka Village is going to be an important point from now on, we should have a Covert Unit stationed there.”
“Understood. I’ll take care of it.”
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“Quit dragging your feet! Step up the pace!”
Meanwhile, Gloria was marching towards Rakno Village.
Since they departed late from Toka Village, Gloria realized that they wouldn’t make it all the way to Doppa, and decided to stay at Rakno for the night.
(Tsk, that’s what we get with a woman leading us.)
(The nerve of that woman! Some knight she is, that damned aristocrat!)
(You’re the only one who gets to ride a horse. We’re on foot here!)
The nine soldiers were lazily following her while whispering their complaints.
“Ah, it’s so hot out here.”
The midsummer sun was shining overhead, burning the skin. It was no wonder that such a complaint would leak out unintentionally. However…
“Stop complaining! Can you really afford to whine like that on the battlefield!?”
Gloria quickly scolded the soldier for wasting his breath.
(Damn this conceited wench.)
Thus the dissatisfaction of the soldiers kept on rising.
(They’re bad… Too bad…)
Gloria was taking a thorough look at the soldiers.
(Even though they’re a bit superior to the female knights, they’re still far from the elite…)