Chapter 127: Bane of the Northern Front (2) (2/2)
“Hahahaha!! I kneas only a matter of time”
“His luck has finally run out, it seeht in his own right – even if his prior victories were a stroke of good fortune”
“Hahahahaha!”
Small fries ere overjoyed at the prospect of a fellow brother-in-are formed by the nobles of the coalition army
“Now that his true competence has been revealed, we need only to devote ourselves to our oork”
“Indeed Noe entleman to contact us…”
“Shh, let us keep that quiet After all, secrecy is essential to this mission…”
“That is true But once we complete our mission, I cannot wait to see what face that fool of the Strabus command would make”
“Hahahaha! Perhaps I should hire an artist in advance”
“An artist? And why may that be?”
“Should we not capture that face forever into a painting?”
“Hahahahahaha!”
Whatever it was that instilled their confidence, it enabled the leaders of the coalition arleefully picture the future as they shared a drink
Approxi to the nobles Marquis Johannes called on the commanders of the other nations at once
“The tiiven?”
“It has indeed We have been told to go through the motions at once”
“Hohoho… I have awaited this ”
“Let us make our move at once”
With that, the coalition ared their course
The front line of the Northern Front
One ht behind this front line
“Halt What is your nailantly carried out their inspections The detachment’s commander answered the call
“We are a supply unit frodom”
The sentries lowered their spears
“Your identity has been confirh, one e of this encampment appeared before them
“I am Viscount Baker Rossman Pardon my rudeness, but may I request that you provide further evidence of your identity and affiliation?”
“Hmph How bothersome”
Even as he said this, Count Dios handed the Viscount a document of proof he received fro that they’re part of the supply corps So why are they here…’
Viscount Rossman spoke as he returned the document
“If you intended to shi+p us supplies, I’o to Central Command instead for redistribution I believe you’ve lost your way in any event”
“That is not the case We have been issued top-secret orders from the rear – from His Excellency, the Duke McCarthy O’Brian – to transport supplies to this position”
“Pardon? Are you to say that this was a direct order from Duke O’Brian? I have not heard word of this”
“Did I not say this was a ed to inform a run-of-the-mill Viscount?”
“……”
Viscount Rossh in principle But what if they truly had received an order of utmost secrecy? And what if that order really had not reached his ears for one reason or another?
‘I could very well becoet of Duke O’Brian’s wrath’
Viscount Ross of fear
McCarthy O’Brian
While he was a pride of the Strabus Kingdohts and nobles at the sa a Duke himself, McCarthy O’Brian abhorred nobles
Born as the child of a cru noble household, his childhood was harder than a well-off co a noble’s education, the circumstances of his house meant that the source of their next ed to nose hih his family’s connections with one former Count Learson – ‘former’, as House Learson was extinct at present
House Learson had an only son; and in giving the child a knight’s education, they sought another child of the sa in a commoner’s child as a practice opponent did not suit the honor of a noble, and so they searched for the child of a House that was falling into ruin The young McCarthy O’Brian was the one who met these prerequisites
As his parents sent him off to this noble household, they told him that this was an honor, and that he should devote hi use of this opportunity to learn the ways of noble society
But after he was sent off, they received a suold coins and left that city the very next day
In effect, he had been sold
From that moment forth, McCarthy O’Brian, as no ht’s education
No – perhaps it wasdoll
He was absolutely barred fro in spars, and had to exhaustively block or avoid his opponent’s every attack as his practice opponent Not only that, but he was not allowed to dodge or block too perfectly – he was to deliberately let through just the right aive his opponent the i That hy they had chosen the son of a nobility on its downfall: if the case arose where McCarthy was maimed or killed by a wooden sword, they could hush his fas and boot him out
However, what House Learson did not knoas that the child ushered under their as not a kitten, but a ferocious and savage tiger cub
In all respects, the main receiver of the swordsmanshi+p education in the Learson household was their precious only son The Learson child’s practice opponents, including McCarthy, were only taught the bare basics before they were propped up as training dummies They did not feel the need to tutor them any further, as their role was si in reality
Albeit, McCarthy beca learnt thestances and movements When McCarthy was on standby, he would have a peek at the moveled with He would secretly try i them when he was allowed time to himself – and found them to be so easy that they bored him McCarthy simply could not understand how the Learson child could repeat the same easy routines hundreds, if not thousands of times and still have troubles
From the first instance, their levels of talent were in completely different stratospheres
Two years passed in this ht in the sanificant injuries and were chased out, McCarthy remained
The ones ere ushered in after McCarthy were also kicked out one by one as their bodies becaled, yet McCarthy still re the full brunt of strikes at first glance, McCarthy had self-learned the ability of shi+fting his body just the right amount so that he did not receive the power of the blows head-on This was athe strikes altogether
It was so that could only be achieved by one as at the level where he could toy with his opponent on the palm of his hand Even despite this, the House of Learson arded the boy known as McCarthy as an unlearned and quiet child as good at taking a beating
But it was one day when the little lord of the Learson County exploded in thesession the saht, will you?!”