The Broken System - Chapter 21 The Captain
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Kinoya opened his eye with the mechanical voice ringing in his ears. At last his hard work bear fruits. His lips curved up thinking about the problems he had to go through to level up.
“Never did I had heard of someone who wasn’t able to level up even after four years of training.” The old man didn’t have an answer to the peculiar situation he was in. He had talked to the old man before, “But, those who possessed the system had different conditions to level up. Sometime it would be easier but sometimes…” His situation was little different, he could increase his stats with training even without levelling up. ” ‘The Broken system’? The name couldn’t be more perfect.” What the old man had concluded.
‘The amount of work I have to do to level up is much greater than the ordinary people.’ And he trained like crazy but… The result came from an unexpected situation. It sure brought back the joy.
‘How did I levelled up?’ Now that he was able to do it once, he had to understand how did that work. Kinoya remembered how the black smoke engulfed him when he touched the sleeping man and turned into something that they called devil in this world. But if his memory serves right then the devil is the mindless killing beast but he was in control throughout the whole ordeal.
He remembered the guy whom he speared to deliver his message and the entry of the 29 guards. It was just like all constraints on his body was released when he turned into so-called ‘Devil’.
‘And now I am paying the price.’ the up and down movement of my chest was too painful for him. His face distorted but he gritted his teeth and sat back up. But that was it, it was hard for him to move even an inch after that.
“Don’t move boy. You will strain your body.” The one came in the tent was General Korai.
“Sorry general I couldn’t”
“Don’t worry about the little things.” General came close to Kinoya and said, “Major Vrom was right, after all, I should have given more effort to get you in my regiment.”
Kinoya smiled and added, “Well general I wouldn’t mind changing the regiment and somehow I have a feeling that my current general doesn’t like me much. If not for captain Amogh I would have a hard time in the regiment.”
“Well, you are not wrong about the feeling. He disliked you, not just you, he disliked most of us. If he would have gotten the chance then he would have left us long ago. He felt that as Red corps is an independent corps he was missing the chance to rank up. It is really bad luck that Amogh boy died. He was a good instructor.”
It was a reminder for Kinoya. The massacre that happened on the second day of the battle was the reality. All the squad member he had lost, Amogh and all those he trained with for last 4 months are dead. All he could now was to sigh.
“What about the war?”
“We have about 90,000 left. Whereas we are estimating there were more than 50,000 enemies escaped. But what matter that they lost 200,000 soldiers.” Korai said with a big smile on his face.
Kinoya smiled in his heart bitterly. ‘These people don’t know that is just a number. And if the one they meet here go against them again, he might take this army down with just half the number.’ “General, the battlefield is changing.”
“And you showed that to us.” Korai smiled again, “Don’t worry about it boy, just rest, for now, General Akai will call for you soon.” Kinoya lay down again as the general left.
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“Here take it.” There was no one else in the tent other than general Akai, the silent general and Kinoya. Akai gave Kinoya two bag full of gold. “There is 200 gold coin, this is one of the award, directly given by the commander-in-chief.”
This is the first time Kinoya such amount money. Even selling the beast meat in the Arviga never gave him more than a ten bronze coin. The bandit camp gave him 20 gold that was something he didn’t use and gave it to **. But now there is 200 gold coin in front him. One gold coin will be more than enough for a normal family to live well enough for a year and he doesn’t think he will live for 200 years. But he had some use of it.
He pushed back both the pouch to the general and said, “General I need your help.”
“Out with it.”
“I want this 100 gold to be given to my previous squad members’ family. I don’t know their background of them, so I ask general’s help.” Akai was surprised for a moment then he said, “You know the empire has a pension system for all the dead warriors’ family.”
“It doesn’t matter, also relay that if they need anything anytime they should look for me first.”
“Lad, I like you more.” Akai smiled with pride, “Consider it to be done.” There was praise in the eye of the silent general. But Kinoya didn’t notice it and said, “I don’t need money in the war. Can you keep it somewhere safe?”
“Don’t worry I have just the place.” Akai took the other bag too, “Now about other gifts. Kinoya Arviga” Akai’s voice turned serious all of a sudden.
“From today you are promoted to a captain with hundred man squad under my direct command.”
Kinoya was surprised in one, elated in another and respectful on the next moment. “Captain Kinoya is reporting for duty.”
Akai smiled and accepted the salute, “It must be the first time 12 years old became captain after his first war. Well about the troop, there will be 90 heavy infantry and a squad of cavalry.”
Kinoya was surprised at general’s words, “General I thought are no cavalry squad in the corps.”
“Well, it’s a special circumstance,” Akai added.
“But General, you shouldn’t change the military rule because of me.” At Kinoya’s remarks, Akai couldn’t hold his laughter. “It’s not you, we are talking about. It’s Chankya Vinshnugupta. He has special circumstances. When it was announced that you have been promoted to a captain, he came to me and asked for it. Due to special circumstances, I have to accept it.”
‘That guy must have some big backer to change the rule to such a degree.’ Kinoya was really surprised, “I have no problem about it. But I have something to ask from you.”
“Go for it.”
“Well I want 30 horns of Eale bulls, I saw they are used for food. And some cattle guts and bowstrings too.”
Both Akai and the one behind was surprised. “I am good at bow and arrow I want to use them. I want to use them if it is not a problem.”
Akai nodded, “I will see it, look for Vaikus later. Go and meet your troop now.” Kinoya left after saluting them.