High School Soldier
103. Go home 1

26 November 2321, 16:31 WIB/1914 Luan Empire, afternoon.

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If we are in the fortress, and pay close attention to the north, in one of the regions that will break away from the rule of the Luan Empire, there is a lot of smoke and thousands of soldiers. The distance was quite far from the Sacred Land, so there could not be any of the Cruiser Guilds in this place.

Geographically, this place was between the Holy Land and the capital, and was a region that announced it would break away from the weakened Empire's rule. This region was only a place of small merchants and agriculture, and there was no special privilege other than being a region of division between the capital and the Holy Land.

The region was led by a king, who currently resented the Empire's decision to go to war with the green forces' home country. However, his decision to break away from the Empire was met with an invasion. Thus, the war between the Empire and its vassal territories began.

The struggle of the citizens of this region will be very heavy, because it is against the Imperial army with a number of 10,000 troops. They had limited strength, and the men could only fight with makeshift abilities.

The security of the region was guarded by Sheyn's 500 troops, and they were much stronger than the regular army sent to attack the region.

The Empire made the decision to invade the vassal areas that decided to secede, in the sense of starting a civil war. The Empire's campaign against the other world, according to the kings in the vassal region was an action that was further from the word stupid. If there is a word that is much rougher than the word ‘boh’, then that word is suitable for the Emperor.

Imperial forces attacked troops whose soldiers came from local peasants and youth, who were of course without intensive training. Finally, an unbalanced war took place.

At the very least, this region was surrounded with 3 meters high walls, which made the defense a little stronger. Standing above the city gate, Sheyn released several arrows towards the Imperial troops. This girl doesn't care if she's fighting her own friends or anything.

Soldiers who staggered or fainted from blood loss, causing the Empire's army to begin to disorganize. The arrows shot into the stone wall and made the surrounding area messy. Sheyn saw some citizens and youths holding swords, spears and farm implements, they were without body armor of some sort.

Outside the walls, the corpses of the Imperial soldiers and the carcasses of horses were scattered all over the ground.

“Commander Ragh! Yellow Roses! Are you guys okay?”

Inside the broken gate, Ragh with his body yet to fully recover formed a barricade with his followers who numbered 50 soldiers in particular. This man propped up his body which was still covered in bandages with a sword, his shoulders rising up and down as he gasped for breath. He raised his thumb to signal that he was fine, but his armor was covered with blood and a dent from the slash of the sword.

The current conditions indicate that the battle was fierce, with the corpses of the citizens and soldiers of the Empire scattered within and outside the walls.

As for the girl nicknamed Yellow Rose by Sheyn sitting on the wall, her palms propped up her body, barely holding herself back to fall. His hand grip on his sword was loose.

“Fortunately, hah hah, I'm still alive...”.

“Black Rose, why didn't you ask me?”

A reddish-haired female warrior wiped her blood-soaked sword. Sheyn's nickname in this team is Black Rose, according to her hair color.

“Red Rose, I know you're alive. This battle is just a small fight, don't you think?”

“Should I be happy? Or sad?”

A woman in her 25s with a little ‘open’ armor did not show the slightest bit of fatigue as she placed her sword on her shoulder. This girl was Sheyn's deputy commander in Barisan Roses' army.

In Sheyn's army membership, most of the soldiers were ordinary citizens. The path to the knights was very small for ordinary citizens. That's why they chose to join Sheyn's army.

Yellow Rose said in a complaining tone, “Black Rose, why are we fighting with our comrades now?”

It was a bit harsh, but he had to say it out loud.

“How else, I thought the Empire would just allow its subordinate territory to break away.”

Taking big decisions, it means being ready to endure big problems later on. For Sheyn, fighting the comrades' army was fine, as long as she wasn't the one who started the fight first. The rest of Sheyn's army, still on its way here, is making the battle unbalanced.

No matter what kind of battle this was, but the Imperial army was extremely limited. The possibility of another battle in the near future becomes very small.it will give time to the arrival of the rest of Sheyn's troops who are on their way.

Sheyn was actually discouraged from fighting the Imperial forces, but she could not stand by and watch the city being ravaged. The combat spirit of the troops was at its lowest point after the assault of the capital, it could be put to good use by Ragh's forces.

“If we can last a few days, my knight will help.”

However, Ragh hesitates that the rest of Sheyn's army can come in quick time. The enemy may be the defeated comrade fighting the green army, but they are the soldiers who are adept at attacking the fortress. The small army of guards of this region had to fight with everything they had.

This region did not fall, but the gate that was supposed to be strong, was successfully blasted and gave way to the enemy. With the help of citizens and combatants fighting with makeshift tools, they survived the first attack, but it felt like defeat.

The number of troops was slightly reduced, the remaining victims and exhausted citizens. Just one day was enough to bring down the morale of the citizens. Both Sheyn and Ragh could think of nothing to arouse their spirits.

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The movements of the Demihumans returned as usual, just like when an earthquake would have occurred a moment ago. They looked panicked, and seemed to be in a hurry to enter the house. Their expressions also looked very worried about something.

Still no one knows what makes them like this. The researchers revealed that the senses of half-animal humans are much better than ordinary humans.

For example, the Demihumans could listen to the sound of gunfire from a distance of 5 kilometers, see an object from a distance of 2 kilometers, and smell something from a distance of 3 kilometers. If their movements were like this, something must be happening in a place quite far from the fortress.

However, without the aid of the Demihumans' senses, the troops could figure out the conditions surrounding the Holy Land by flying drones for patrol missions.

“Unmanned aircraft patrol we see there is a battle in a region bordering the Imperial capital.”

The commander of Combat Group 4 presided over the meeting of the Commanders, and played on time footage from the scene. There was indeed a battle going on in the region that connected the capital with the Holy Land.

If at any time a danger is detected approaching the evacuation or fortress, such as the Imperial troops, the drone has been equipped with missiles and several guided rockets and a 20mm gun gatling type with 50 shots per second. The recorded battle was not the Expeditionary Force's business, although it was quite close to the base.

However, the one attacking was not another country, but rather the Empire's own army. That was the strangeness of this battle, and made the Commanders of the Combat Squad and Group wonder.

While seriously observing the extremely clear footage, several female troops also took part. It was not a strange thing in the military world, never even underestimate the female soldiers. Nio saw a woman standing on the wall, and was seen leading the defense forces. He then asked permission to speak.

“Mr Princess Sheyn is also at the place.”

“What do you mean Peltu Nio? Did he join the attackers or defenders?”

“It looks like he joined the defense forces.”

No one had yet deduced anything from this battle, and they continued watching the battle from the live footage. This was not entertainment, as what they saw was a group of defenders defending themselves from attacks by betting lives.

“Looks like the Empire was hit by a civil war.”

Whether to worry or behave in addition, the officers saw that this civil war would affect future warfare. Or maybe make the war come to an end sooner? ... No one knows.

Nio's talent for making decisions after seeing the situation develop at this meeting. Although some people should take some time to understand Nio's words. The officers hoped that the soldiers who possessed such abilities would be large in number.

As more and more youths joined the Student Army, this Union grew larger due to the achievements of several Units of the Student Army making achievements on the battlefield. Their achievements caught the attention of the officers, some soldiers had their respective advantages indeed.

Some parties may have seen that the Student Army soldiers were just a group of young people playing in wars. After seeing their achievements, instantly the tongue of the humble person became mute.

Teens are hard to manage, but they have a pent-up spirit to show in battle.

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“It's one of the regions that will break away from the Empire, and will join the new country.”

Finally, the answer that had not been found for hours was said by Sigiz. It seemed like he knew something about the formation of this new state.

Nio and Sigiz sat next to each other in the long chair while looking at the refugee children who were playing with the Nio members. Although some teenage refugees approached Nio, but this queen could still hold back and let Nio talk to the girls.

Sigiz grumbled occasionally, as his chance to be with Nio was almost very rare. Given his work as a leader of the country, and must build good relations with the TNI's home country. He is still looking for ways to meet the TNI's home country leaders, but it seems almost impossible.

Sigiz only made visiting refugees his reason for meeting Nio. Although Nio behaves as if there are only ‘bia’ women nearby.

There is nothing in the history of this world a knight builds a relationship with a queen or anything like that. The knight is the servant of the state and the one who leads it, if the leader has feelings with his knights, he should be prepared to put on a blank expression when he sees his will bet his life on the battlefield. That's why no leader has a relationship with his or her patriotism.

However, nothing can change the course of the future, although the possibility for Sigiz and Nio together is still quite small. It is still unknown why Sigiz fell in love with Nio.

If one has to take a step back for a relationship, then Nio is the one who has to do that. As long as Nio liked someone, he always stopped in the middle of the road for some reason.

Nio again sat next to Sigiz with a small smile, as this girl imagined something if she could have this young man. Nio had faith in his ability to read people, but several times he made mistakes, so he would not use this ability again.

“Mr Nio, do you have the type of woman you like?”

“Hmmm..., I love big busty mbaks.”

Indeed, Nio did not pay much attention to the women around him, but he had the type of woman he liked. His High School friends even mocked Nio for liking older women more. If pressed, Nio would say that the size of the chest was irrelevant, it was just a part of the body.

In other words, Sigiz belongs to the type of woman that Nio likes. For the next action, this girl just need to continue ‘attacking’ until getting Nio.

People might mistake Sigiz for being a teenage girl, she does seem much younger than her actual age. But Nio likes Sigiz if it is included in the type of woman he likes. For some things, Nio had to reconsider if he had to approach Sigiz, considering the woman beside him was a queen.

Then Nio sensed if his phone was ringing continuously. As he expected, Arunika sent him thousands of short messages.

“When are you going home?”, “Don't you have to attend an important meeting?”, “Don't forget to take me to Jakarta!”

Nio felt that his brother was much more assertive than his superiors, and ruled too much. Compared to his wishes, Arunika seems to have a tragedy story, because Nio left too long to serve in another world. “When will he go home..?” it was a word that Arunika muttered every day if she saw the soldiers of the Company 406-32 training.

Arunika, basically treats Nio ‘not’ like a sister. As a servant of the state, surely Nio did not have much time together with Arunika. Nio had almost forgotten that her brother had ever expressed feelings for her.

But, Nio apparently received a message from the President, who was on the side if Nio had to invite some local leaders to attend the National Meeting that would discuss the battles carried out by the TNI in other worlds.

Although she was called to return to Indonesia, her top priority turned out to be to meet her brother.

Sigiz peeked at the message on Nio's phone screen, he had learned very hard with Ivy in order to learn some Indonesian sentences. He understood some of the words in the message Nio received, and this was his chance.

“Can I come with you?, I can be a witness before the leader of your country.”

Ah, it is too late for Nio, because taking Sigiz to Indonesia is not in his plan. Unable to dodge, Nio answered him with a slow nod.

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Funfact#1: If the Gate does not appear, then the Student Army will not be formed. That meant Nio was not a soldier. If that happens, Nio will be a contract soldier for several years in charge. Then she would use her salary as tuition and help her brother.