Chapter 87 (1/2)

Kiiing?! Kiing!

The wasteland near the lordship.

A white Gigant made of steel was training on a seven-meter wide field.

Watching the scene from up close was Philip, who screamed every time the Gigant’s movement was either awkward or disturbing.

“That was wrong! Are you incapable of balancing? Pay more attention to balance! Your legs are stiff. Use its joints to move, it will move more smoothly and naturally that way!”

“Kuh!”

Luke was the one listening to that nagging and moving the white Gigant.

The Gigant was the protagonist of modern-day warfare.

That was why Luke had been spending two hours a day into learning how to pilot even as he was busy laying the groundwork.

He had to learn how to control a Gigant so that he could fight on his own and improve his skills holistically in the future.

‘This isn’t as easy as I thought it would be.’

In the beginning, he didn’t think that it would be that difficult.

The Gigant was like a golem, one that moved according to the marionette magic.

And unlike the basic movements of a lever and the hands and feet, the mana control was the most important when performing complex movements.

From the perspective of Luke, a wizard, mana control was as easy as eating cold soup.

But controlling a Gigant was way harder.

It was easy to imitate a golem’s movements, but what was tough was to perform necessary fencing movements. Movements that had to be very closely similar to that of a human body.

Luke tried to use Marionette magic without telling Philip. However, there wasn’t much difference.

“Ahh, that isn’t it! Don’t just try to do it! Adjust your balance properly and move your arms like balancing efficient power.”

“Balance, balance is the most important thing.”

Luke continued to train despite the constant nagging from Philip.

After a while, he finished with his Gigant training.

He had a hard time with the Gigant. His whole body was soaked in sweat.

“You have done well.”

“Dammit, such a tricky thing…”

“But you are doing well for a beginner.”

The knights who trained for the first time with a Gigant would always fall.

The Gigant didn’t feel like a body. It was more like adjusting a puppet with hands.

So, using Gigants properly meant being able to walk using them.

The novice riders were referred to as ‘Baby’ because they need to learn everything from the beginning, even walking.

But Luke didn’t have to be called a baby despite it being his first attempt.

He was a natural rider. He was able to move the Gigant pretty well and in five days, he was able to move to the intermediate course.

The reason why Philip kept nagging him was because Luke was doing well.

In addition, he had to give such attention because Luke would be going to the military service soon.

“After a while, let’s do some fine-tuning.”

“The wine glass in the hand of a Gigant? The attendants have stated that there aren’t many wine glasses left in the residence…”

“Then I guess the young Lord has to keep them from breaking.”

“Tch, easier said than done.”

“Then do you want me to show it to you?”

“No, just let it be.”

While they were talking. From the other side, a knight on a horse approached them and told a quick report about the envoy.

“The emperor’s envoy is coming?”

“Yes, they just crossed the territory.”

“Then hurry up and get ready.”

It sure was a pity that the Gigant training had been interrupted, but Luke couldn’t just set aside political affairs, so he hurriedly went to the manor.

After half a day since Luke went back, the emperor’s envoy arrived at Rakan.

In the meantime, the envoy looked tired.

Yet the moment he saw Luke and his retainers, he spoke loudly.

“Luke de Rakan, the young Lord of Rakan, please accept this!”

At the announcement, Luke and his retainers looked rather irritable.

In the past, no matter the position, there was no custom as to who had to accept the king’s letter.

They just didn’t have to neglect the envoy which were sent, and the military relations were just arrangements. The higher lords and lower lords just had to faithfully fulfill their responsibilities and obligations.

However, the culture took a change after the interaction with the Southern Continent.