Chapter 161 – Special Power
Commander-in-Chief of the Empire, Craig Caul.
This man is a hexagonal talent who has all the different literary and martial arts from me, who is ignorant and strong.
“Sit down.”
“Yes.”
In the early days of the war, he was only a commander from a commoner, but he quickly began to stand out.
He was a person who was buried in the background due to his lack of background compared to his abilities, but given the opportunity, the whole world recognized his true value like an awl in his pocket.
A powerful manifestation system image that instantly turns the battlefield into an inferno.
An extraordinary brain that is good at concocting various mysterious strategies and tactics.
It is widely believed that without him the war would probably have dragged on for several more years.
A soldier who was far from the elite course and was not even young, rose to the rank of commander-in-chief through promotion after promotion only with his own abilities.
He was truly a well-deserved, well-deserved title of war hero.
Wasn’t he a man, a knight, and a soldier whom one couldn’t help but respect?
That’s why I stayed still, suppressing my deep displeasure and confused feelings.
Showing unrefined emotions in front of the Commander-in-Chief would only reveal one’s immaturity.
Also, this person I know would never have given an order I couldn’t understand for no reason.
“Hmm.”
—Tok, talk, talk
The figure of the commander-in-chief calmly sitting with his chin resting on his head and beating the table in a regular pattern.
The eyes of the middle-aged man met me at a distance that would allow them to touch each other’s necks if they extended their swords.
The deep sunken eyes, not knowing what they were thinking. Since I don’t have a hobby of making eye contact with a man for a long time, I bow my head lightly and show my respect.
Then, miraculously, the boiling emotions began to subside little by little.
His attitude of always keeping calm seemed to have an effect even on the people around him.
“Glory to the imperial family. How have you been?”
“I didn’t say good-bye. The position of Commander-in-Chief was never a place to sit for long. At least it’s not a place for me.”
“…You are still being honest.”
“Hide what to hide, reveal what to reveal. Isn’t that a basic doctrine?”
A simple greeting exchange between each other.
The commander-in-chief was a difficult person in many ways, so they didn’t have a completely open relationship with each other, but they maintained an appropriate level of trust and friendship.
From my point of view, all I had to do was move according to the big frame of orders from the upper level, and from the point of view of the commander-in-chief, I and the unit I lead seemed to be regarded as perhaps the sharpest blades.
Thanks to that, I had to see more blood than others, but I didn’t care.
We just did each other’s duty.
War is what it used to be, and that’s what a soldier should do.
… Just once.
I have never been dissatisfied with his orders, except for a moment I will never forget.
Even then, the orders he gave were something that must be carried out in order to win.
So I never resent him.
That’s right.
It should be.
“Your eyes have a lot to say. Are you questioning the order issued today?”
After the greetings, the conversation went straight to the main topic.
Even if I didn’t mention it, the commander-in-chief seemed to have already guessed why I was here.
“To be honest. Yes, I am.”
“It was a decision I made after careful consideration on my own. Even the general agreed. To begin with, you will no longer be able to serve as the commander of the knights.”
I did it anyway, anyway.
It felt like being confirmed.
It has already been a year since the war ended.
The Black Lion Knights were already part of my daily life.
It was a unit with new subordinates who had crossed the line of fire several times.
Plus, I could definitely feel it on my way to work this morning.
The fact that I already had a certain sense of belonging to the Black Lion Knights.
It was a newly transformed unit with my own hands.
The knights, which were at the level of depreciation, were finally raised to be usable.
I still have to grow a little more to trust and entrust my back, but everyone is working hard.
By the way, come and stop now?
— Kwaak
Power goes into the fist.
Of course, if it was an order, I had to follow it, but to be honest, I never wanted to quit.
There was still a long time left for the knight commander, and there was no memory of committing anything that could be blamed for being dismissed.
‘Damn it… ‘
I didn’t know that I would be so attached to you.
It’s even a little unfamiliar to me that I’m quite shaken enough to surprise myself.
“…I need a little more explanation.”
A soldier must not question the original order.
But now I openly expressed my displeasure and demanded an acceptable explanation.
Although this attitude could be perceived as a protest depending on acceptance, the commander-in-chief did not care and maintained a calm attitude.
That fact makes my heart ache even more.
Because it meant that this situation I was in right now was not a mistake or a joke.
“To begin with, you have a new task to take on. Should I say that the situation in the Empire is not so comfortable for you to treat non-standard forces like any other normal person?”
“…Didn’t you hear that?”
However, the explanation I heard from the commander-in-chief was a little more serious than I expected.
“Hmm, I think you should know better. Do you think the current situation is normal? Even though the war is already over, the enemy forces continue to rampage. Even if the enemy’s conspiracy blocked by you has already Isn’t it the scale of state overthrow. A county-scale human sacrifice ceremony to summon the great devil, an attempt to kidnap and assassinate a saint. They are clearly gradually crossing the line. Am I wrong?”
“That’s…”
It was a story that could never be denied.
The war has already ended in victory for the Empire.
However, it seems difficult for losers to accept that fact.
A group called Eclipse was secretly moving and causing chaos in various parts of the empire, and even the conspiracies of those I personally blocked would have caused large-scale disasters and despair.
This is all I know, but what if similar things are happening elsewhere?
This was a serious crisis that could cause the empire to lose the peace it had barely regained.
“So, how can you just stay like this? That’s nonsense. I decided that a new strategy was needed to respond to them.”
“You mean a new strategy?”
So, did the Unified Command decide to respond in a different way than before?
Now, slowly, one by one, the questions begin to be answered.
I have already experienced once that the existing Jung-gu heating system is being reorganized en masse.
In peacetime, the Empire’s numerous armed groups operate individually and uncontrolled.
Territory army, knights, guilds, magic towers, churches, etc… A group of powerful people tend to move for their own benefit.
If the entire empire is in danger due to war, etc., The imperial family declares a mobilization order, and all armed groups in the empire move together as one under the command of the unified command.
That’s the Empire.
The Imperial Army has yet to be officially released from military service.
If I have to explain it, it is a transitional stage from wartime administration to peacetime again.
At the same time as the knight commander, I am also a reserve officer in the Imperial Army.
Should the changing response strategy be understood in a similar context?
What the hell happened while I was gone?
I’m sure Master said that I’m going to be given some other assignment, but this one is a bit bigger.
“They’re agile and shrewd. Losers like rats are constantly on the move, making it difficult for a gigantic giant called the Empire to respond. Wouldn’t it be difficult to respond with the existing obtuse command system?”
“Certainly, yes.”
A fire flickered in the commander-in-chief’s eyes at the mention of an enemy of the Empire.
I quietly listened to his explanation.
“So the new system that we decided to operate is called the special force. It moves with a small elite force to preemptively respond to the enemy’s attack, and furthermore, it seeks the enemy’s stronghold. This is the ultimate goal.”
It’s special power.
The Empire already operates a military class called the Knights, which consists of a small elite group of superhumans.
However, from my own experience, it was certainly difficult for the knights to respond to the enemy’s movements.
Among countless superhumans, there are bound to be superhumans above superhumans, and to put it bluntly, those who have not reached a certain level have no choice but to become shackles holding the ankles of real bastards.
In response, did the unified command decide to operate a small detached unit composed of those with military powers equal to or higher than the knight commander?
“Wolfgang von Schwarz. You are the beginning.”
