Vol 3 Chapter 15 (1/2)
Chapter 15
Chapter 3 Episode 15
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Day 17th, 9th Month, the Year 2812, Western continent calendar: (The Ways To Learn Magic Arts 1)
”Oraa! All of you, don't stop swinging!”
“Hey you! Your swing is too weak, put er and better equipped than you are You need to beat them with only your sword!”
With al their swordplay, the ground around each of thee
After lunch ended, a whole two hours had already passed
A little bit farther fro, even froroup of kids could be seen practicing their sword skills as well
The strategy was to divide the children into groups and have the members of the Red Lion mercenaries teach and drill them
A faint roar could be heard across the plain, it was exactly the kind of words needed for the children to find their motivation
”Youngoff is permitted! In the battlefield, one mistake could cost you your life! If you desire power youyour sith the intent to kill!Iht before you! Hold nothing back, you must have no fear in order to surpass your limits!”
A strong but obvious tactic was to use battlecries, they heightened one'sfear into the enemy
Even in training, one also had to control their emotions to control their adrenaline, as it could lead to ue, which played a huge part in the number of deaths an army suffered
Understanding that, the mercenaries who became the children's trainers, raised their voices the ue was noticeable on the their faces
”Mike, how is it?”
”Oh?! Young ht everyone, let's take a break! But, et cold!”
Mike’s intense expression ih Mike was a nice guy, he kneas for the better to raise his voice towards the children because he understood that his hard ould one day decide their fate
He knew, that if he spoiled the children and gave the the kids
For the sake of raising the children’s skills and endurance, he would not mind if he was detested by them
To respond to the young imen
”Hmm It seems like there's no problem In atoic arts Will that be satisfactory with you?”
A o Ryouma instructed the children to forether as a sade
Finally to complete the set-up he chose a ade
To ensure a proper teaching, Ryouave Lione and Bolts the position of overseers and directed the idle ades to assist with the training
Ryou, made the Red Lion mercenaries the leaders as they were experienced in cooperation and teamwork He considered that those who abandoned individuality and perforher survival rate than others
This could be seen from Elen
a's achievements
By abandoning her individuality, in her tiht corps, she became known as ‘Rozeria's white Goddess of war’
In other words, they would beas units co individually This was the difference between a soldier and a warrior
That being the case then, those who froht how to cooperate would undoubtedly perforard
Of course, they had to learn the basic and personal skills as well, but for the sake of efficiency they focused on one thing at a time
By dividing 1 brigade into 4 squads of 5 people each, thenthe saether, it would create a sense of solidarity growing a them
With solidarity groithin their consciousness, it would strengthen their unity and will towith that, the quality of the soldiers would inevitably also increase
That is what Ryou for Afterwards, it would be just a matter of how much they could learn of the fundamentals within one month
”Hmm, let's see I've also already talked with Bolts and Nee-san, I think it’s co well? I've also talked with the others, and their results see we don't take the faces they’re uess it is tolerable?”
The distrust and anxiety from the children hadn’t been dispelled yet, but it could be felt a lot less now compared to the first time
They were now regularly eating delicious food and wearing clean clothes They now had beds where they could sleep inside tents, which while not being really that coot before they were sold to Ryouma
And thewas that they were all released froed
They at least understood that they wouldn’t get struck with a whip for no discernible reason
The evidence for that was in the children’s eyes, which showed no fear towards Mike
They understood that their leader and instructor looked at thery voice every time he addressed them
This was a point that Ryou
Fortunately, the Red Lion round, which oal
If they had been knights or nobles, they would have, without a doubt, laughed when presented with similar instructions
”I see It see at the way they swing their swords, they seem to be fine”
”Indeed We did teach them carefully after all Without a doubt, we have met our first objective and did so within a month”
They were all holding swords meant for adults, purchased from the Mistel firm
After ed to form a commercial relationshi+p with them
After oneadequate , the bodies of these children started to develop some muscles
Of course, it was not so drastic, but even if little by little, they were surely growing up Their stance would no longer crus of the heavy sword
At the time when the slave merchants delivered these children, their bodies were skinny because of their poor diet, but it turned out the ht him healthy slaves
”And the effectiveness of giving the As expected, their enthusias in front of their eyes”
”I see Well, sweets are not soet their hands on after all I guess this is all proceeding according to the plan”
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”Well, they do not yet needthem such rewards is a bad move”
At the end of the training, a small candy ball would be distributed as a reward by the teachers
Based on the teachers' judget two
This kind of systeot one unless they played truant, seemed to be very effective for children
It made the children not necessarily co extra to those orked harder and thus raise their motivation
In this world, where sugar was expensive, sweets were a luxury good that even commoners rarely could afford
Yet, Ryouma purchased the candy balls from Epiroz and distributed them to the children And the effect was truly dramatic