Chapter 5: Recruitment (2) (2/2)
Milton continued to speak when he saw that Jeroht away
“I can’t accept such a request without even knowing the reason”
Jero his true intentions
“I want to kill asbastards of the Republic as possible”
It felt like Jerome’s eyes were ablaze with fire when he spoke
“Do you have soe with the Republicans?”
“I don’t wish to speak about it”
It was a rude statement for a mercenary to make to a noble, but Milton didn’t pay any mind to it For someone of Jerome’s caliber, this couldn’t even be considered rude
“Very well then I will hire your services Your pay will be 10 gold a month, with additional bonuses for any accomplishments you make”
Milton hired Jerome with the best conditions for any mercenary so far
“Thank you, Viscount Please take care ofJerome’s shoulder, a new statuspopped up when Jerome’s loyalty shot up froone up by 60]
Milton filled the requisite numbers he needed to join the war as a 100-man captain from thean a off to the battlefield
The thing Milton paidhe never took seriously It was uncertain howsessions while traveling But he worked hard since he was told he had potential in his ti…
“Viscount, your feet and body arein different directions”
“Huh!?”
Milton’s movements went into disarray, as the wooden sword ca partner, Jero him with a flourish of his wooden sword
“Always keep in mind how you’ll move next Otherwise, you’ll continue to be put in a worse disadvantage”
“I know that but… Ugh…”
Jerome’s wooden sword finally stopped in front of the pit of Milton’s storeat job”
“It can’t be said to be a great job when I was harassed the entire time”
“You’re still much better than the first tiood”
This was the biggest reason why Milton was training Milton was using training to build a personal relationshi+p with Jerome Off to the side, Rick and To for theirooden swords in hand
“Sir Jerome, please advise me next”
“No, I’ll be first today”
Jero eyes of the two Knights
“Sir Torris, Sir Croix, I aht Please leave out the ‘Sir’”
“No… How can we…”
“That’s correct The way I see it, Sir Jeroht”
Milton s Rick and Tommy act like ardent fans of Jerome
‘These dudesif it was going to turn out this way?’</ehts towards Jeroht they would be Milton’s opponents when he started training Contrary to their expectations, he naasted
As Knights, they could not endure their Lord choosing a mercenary like Jerome to learn swordplay frohts
Rick, being htforward, directly told Milton that this was not right, and told Jerome to know his place Ordinarily, the situation would have resolved itself if Milton took Rick and Toave the full well that Jeroth far surpassed the other two
“The way I see it, Jero for his instruction”
“My Lord, what are you…”
“Let us put aside the pride we have froettingstronger”
“Are you saying this er than us? I can’t accept that”
Rick expressed his repulsion, and while Toreement This flow of events naturally led to a test of skills
“I shall stake ht in this duel I have to verify if your skills are truly better than mine”
Jeroauntlet He gave a troubled look towards Milton as if asking him to stop it, but Milton considered it an opportunity and let things co or two,” Milton instructed
Jero, “Understood Then…”
That was how the duel started Spectators gathered around, and the mercenaries even took bets on the outcome
“I’m Rick Torris”
“I’m Jerome”
After the introductions to each other, Rick took out a large bastard sword before charging in bravely
“AAhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”
To skip the process and just announce the results…
Rick’s mentality was destroyed He lost once, twice, three tied Jerole time Rick wasn’t injured anywhere because his opponent had such fine control, but his pride was in tatters
Huo[2]?’
Milton could only s able to realize his shortcos
Off to the side, Toed to keep hith to the phrase “silence is golden” [3]
Rick was stronger than Toth values, Rick’s 65 strength was above Toing Rick as being toyed around like he was a little kid
Milton approached Jerome and spoke, “I knew you weren’t ordinary, but you’reof such praise”
“Can you tell me what level you’ve reached in your swordsmanshi+p?”
Jerome hesitated briefly Then Milton explained further
“How can we fight together on the battlefield, e don’t know your strength?”
Jeroic, as he quietly replied
1 This sentence doesn’t actually mean Jerome wants Milton to look after hi with so Huo is a southern barbarian tribal leader frodo
3 The Korean proverb used by the author here was “가만히 있으면 중간은 간다” While it is not exactly the salish proverb would be more familiar