Chapter 4: Recruitment (1) (2/2)
Strength – 55 Command – 68
Intellect – 65 Politics – 42
Loyalty – 75
Special Trait – Unity
Unity LV4: Coerous situation Able to cope well against situations like ae for knights fro, so there’s still a possibility for growth’</eth which was the th, but Rick was at 65, and Toeous knight, but a seasoned and loyal knight, so that wasn’t so to be disappointed about Thomas and Sansen both had a loyalty above 90, so they were the perfect people to leave the territory to
“We will head out then”
Milton proceeded to leave with the sendoff from his two vassals
The first place Milton traveled to was a city named Castlelot Castlelot was a city by the road, on the way to their destination The city was incomparably more developed than the Forrest territory There was also a nickname for this city — the city of mercenaries
“My Lord, I can see the city walls of Castlelot”
Milton replied to Tommy’s report, “I see As soon as we arrive, let the soldiers rest, while you two accouild”
“Understood, My Lord”
The reason Milton was stopping by the city of Castlelot was to recruit mercenaries This wasn’t a matter of choice, but a necessity It was because Milton needed at least 100 soldiers under him to meet the require the war
The lowest unit of commander was a 100-man captain[3], so one needed to join with at least that nized as a coht 60 infantry and 20 archers with hihts to that count would only total up to 82 people Since it was below the required 100 people, he couldn’t be recognized as a commander even if he went to the battlefield now
ain I can’t just join as so his nuoing to recruit mercenaries anyway, he wanted to hire the most skillful ones at the best price Of course, such mercenaries were also expensive However, Milton had the 2,000 gold fro(?) over Charlotte Merchant Coe ithout money’
Outside of the pay for the mercenaries, he needed money to arm the troops and other miscellaneous expenses So, he inadvertently deceived Charlotte Merchant Coet a hold of some funds Of course, he found them to be a little reprehensible as well
Milton decided to personally head over to Castlelot’s uild to see and recruit theto seeing them for myself’
Milton took Rick and Tohts
“Welcos you here today?”
Milton spoke to the receptionist at the table with the haughtiest voice he could muster, so he wouldn’t be looked down on
“I want to recruit some mercenaries”
“I see The customer’s name is…”
“It’s Viscount Milton Forrest”
“Ah, you’re a noble Here is the request form Please fill out the form as indicated”
Milton looked over the form the receptionist handed him The form asked for the name and identity of the requester, the reason for the hire, and the quality and count of the mercenaries Milton filled out the request form completely and handed it over to the receptionist
“The reason for the hire is to participate in the war, the quality of recruits needed is between the D~C level, and the count of people you wish to hire is 20~30 Is that correct?”
“That is so I also want to personally interview theto test their skills, we can’t allow that The uild’s strict judging process, so we don’t publicly allow any additional testing of their skills”
Milton frowned at the receptionist’s rigid tone If Milton’s status was a little bit higher, a coid tone of voice However, a couild could easily take on The h-ranking nobles backing theer and spoke out sternly
“What do you taketo conduct an interview Are you saying you will not even allow that?”
The receptionist momentarily panicked when Milton used his authority as a noble to speak out, before replying
“That et started immediately”
“No, it’s impossible to start immediately We will need to notify the ather everyone”
“What ado I need to wait?”
“T That…”
The receptionist panicked under Milton’s prodding
This was a special situation, unlike the fixed tasks that the receptionist was used to Not knowing how to respond created the panic
Milton stood up fro at the receptionist
“That's fine I heard that the h quality, but it see elsewhere”
Milton got off his seat while saying that
Then…
“J… Just wait for one day I will gather the best uild”
The receptionist grabbed Milton in a hurry
“Can I trust your word?”
“Yes, of course”
“Good Then, I will come back tomorrow at this same time”
“Understood, Viscount Forrest”
Milton then left the uild
Rick spoke fro
“My Lord, why did you act in such an overbearing uild?”
“Because you’ll be deeotiations”
“Sucker?”[4]
“Nevermercenaries was an extremely important task for Milton If he had been labeled as a sucker, thethe hty noble, and then provoked his opponent’s pride
‘Even in my previous life, I couldn’t look like a pushover when outsourcing to sub-contractors’
It takes one to know one
In his previous life, Milton gave and took on subcontracts while working for a civil engineering couild so much and provoked their pride
1 It would be Park Moonsoo’s second ties of 18-28 are required to perform military service in South Korea
2 This is a bad word I’ve translated almost literally 빌어먹을
3 The author used the word 백인장 which literallycenturion instead but since I don’t knohat other ranks will be portrayed later in the book, I’ll keep it as 100-man captain for now
4 The Korean word used for sucker here and the line above is 호갱, which is a slang in Korean for sucker Miltonword from Park Moon-soo’s memories which led to Rick’s confusion