An Assistant to the Angel of Death
5

"Hey, what the fuck am I not ready yet."

"Well any fool like you will never be ready."

"How dare you insult me?"

Claude's eyes widened in shock to see the Camp of the royal army, as well as the towering fortress with a large and very sturdy.

"Waaah, are these the soldiers of the kingdom? They look so great."

"But before you get into the military camp you have to learn a few things about this world. Because it looks like you've never read a single textbook."

"Hey I've read children's books."

"just that? You must learn about the kingdoms, races and levels of the witches in this world." Krud pulled out a pile of books for Claude to study.

"This much?"

"And this, you can't use magic you better learn to use weapons. Your own sword or archery is chosen."

"You're going?"

"Yes, I'll leave this hut for you. You'll learn the soldiers are fighting. If you're hungry, hunt by yourself. See you I'll be back after finishing some of my duties in the kingdom of Everfreez." 

"Are you in charge of taking the life of another witch there?"

"No, I'll come back anyway. I hope when we meet again you'll be a really great person."

Krud left Claude alone in that rickety hut. Claude felt really lonely after Krud left him. But that did not break his spirit.

Claude's originally aimless life had now changed by one hundred and eighty degrees. With the intelligence given by Krud, Claude can learn so many things from the books that Krud gave Claude to learn.

At night Claude tirelessly, practicing various weapons, although he only used a tree stalk for his start, but increasingly Claude can create various weapons for him. Various weapons he created and he mastered.

The more days Claude grew up. For years Claude had been watching the wars on the border, but until then Claude saw the royal army under the rule of the prince. Successfully repulsed by the Tartens, this made Claude growled.

When the prince of the kingdom came home with great defeat and loss, Claude ran and appeared suddenly before the soldiers.

It was then that Claude suddenly sensed Krud's presence for a moment. But from then on suddenly a rumbling sound was heard in his ears.

About five hundred warriors approached Claude in the meantime, Krud's whereabouts disappeared without a trace. Claude was really very confused, he was completely cornered with such a warrior figure. Claude felt his body saying to run away but on the other hand his body could not move maybe this was due to the magic effect Krud left on Claude.

Claude was biting his shirt. Unknowingly he saw his clothes had already turned into the same army clothes as those soldiers.

"Sir advisor! Please lead us to victory!!!"

Excitedly the soldiers bowed respectfully to Claude in unison. Claude who was so confused finally Claude understood that this was something prepared by Krud at that time.

Claude confidently guided the soldiers into the tent of the soldiers.

"Sorry, you tent master is here."

One of the soldiers pointed to a luxurious tent where it was a special tent made for a war adviser.

"You're right! (It's a shame that I've been watching them for years. It's because I'm too nervous.) For the generals and troop leaders follow me into my camp."

Claude firmly told the Generals and the leaders of the troops to come in to make a war strategy, for the attack to be carried out within the next month.

All the brave soldiers followed Claude. The generals and army leaders followed Claude's orders to enter his camp. Fifteen leaders of the army and four generals.

Claude first had to ask about the real situation on the battlefield. To find out how the situation was Claude asked a general who seemed to be the main general in this border war.

"You are big and have a thick beard. What's your name!?"

"Izin answered the advisor. My name is Eden. I heard the lord was sent directly by the king after our first defeat with prince Garg. I beg your guidance, sir."

The soldier was so polite and respectful to Claude. .

The generals suddenly had a noisy discussion because the surname of Claude was of course the lowest family of them the generals.

"Marquez's family?? Is the king joking? Or he deliberately wanted to kill us all."

Rejection was made by one of the leaders of the army, who did not accept the existence of Claude who was only a small but appointed as a strategic advisor this time.

"You doubt me?"

That cold and defiant speech came out of Claude's mouth. Claude was able to suppress the aura of the air around him into an extremely frightening aura. So the men became shrivelled as Claude looked at them.

"Well, let me guess you're the leader of the 6th army who lost the most troops due to the war a few days ago with prince Garg?"

"How did you know? You just arrived"

"From the look on your annoyed face, I can understand you are the leader of the army who loves your troops very much. But it seems that you were disappointed by the noble prince Garg so much that you lost a lot of your army. I understand your feelings so well. But now it's different. There I am here everything will be fine. Trust me we'll win together."

Claude's words were so confident and the great Aura released by Claude did not bear fruit they still doubted Claude's ability.

"As a prefix so that you can trust me, you can tell the chronology in more detail about the previous wars and also how the situation is now."

"Don't tell him, he's probably just a Tarten spy."

Claude was getting more emotional when the soldiers were really hard to accept because Claude's status was so low. The leaders of the army and the generals were torn between believing and not believing in Claude.

"SILENCE!!" Claude's stern voice came out from within him making all the soldiers fall silent following his orders. "You, Eden! tell me about the chronology of the past wars and the current situation." 

Claude appoints the main general again to retell how his prior battle could have led to a great defeat.

"Izin answered sir, I do not trust the master completely, but I will tell the master about the chronological defeat of the noble Garg all caused the old witch of the Tarten nation to begin to intervene. As far as I know, witches as great as anything are rare for anyone to use a sword so clever."

Claude analyzed the statement Eden said. As far as I know, Claude's witches were divided into groups. For the first class is a pure witch whose life can reach thousands of years. 

For the second group is a magician The magic kingdom is very strong because it is a magic handed down by a direct god, but their bodies are the same as humans in general. So even though the magic is stronger than pure magicians, but they are still human.

The third group of noble Witches, these witches belong to the category of large enough but not as big as the second or first group.

the fourth is the Magicians. They are the leaders of the Witches. The fifth category is pure power, not magic but natural power like angels or devils. The last group is the God is the center of all power.

"All right I understand is that pure Witches as far as I was in their lifetime they can't use swords, but I've met the same Witches, ever, his name was Espen the witch was about to kill me with a sword from his body.

Most likely the Magicians we are dealing with right now are the witches who have made a pact with the demons from the lower realms."

Everyone was shocked by the statement Claude said.

"Then how can we deal with it."

"It's difficult but I can think of one solution that can overcome them."

"Overcome Them? Are you kidding me they have demonic powers. Then we'll be slaughtered."

One of the leaders of the force kept on inciting, the people not to be swayed by Claude. But Claude didn't seem to care about that person. Claude kept thinking about how he could defeat the witch.

"Oi, we are also nobles, having enough mana to overcome the Tarten army. For the matter of the witch making a pact with the devil, I have a little trap for her."

Claude thought of some traps that he might be able to set up for the black Witches. Claude widened a map that rolled over his desk. He took some chess pieces to be used as a parable.

"Near this border there is a great fortress, perhaps a team of archers in a place that is hidden, and also near this fort. as for those who use magic swords should be sorted by rank.

The rank is on the front line. Followed by the rank of weak forces interspersed with the rank of the strong.

For a while I will explain, this temporary strategy is for you. Because I don't know the details of what the situation is right now. I'll gather you back after getting a lot of information."

Claude exited the camp to find Krud. Because he felt again. The presence of Krud. Claude searched every corner of the military camp, but he never found Krud. Claude wondered if it was just a moment, when he felt Krud's presence. Maybe his longing feelings for his first friend were so great he decided to return to his Camp.