High School Soldier
What can be done

Three days before the departure of the troops sent to retake Fort Kalea from the Guild. Troops have been in place for several weeks, reducing the time for troop collection. Originally, they would carry out operations seizing the Guild-controlled fortresses, but their goal grew by one for some reason.

“What's up with today? Why do the witches look so agitated?” otsoa asked one of the higher-ups of the Alliance's magicians from the Duiwel Empire.

He was now at one of the gathering points of the magician army to retake Kalea Fortress, precisely an area to train the cavalry troops and the Special Platoon Alliance. Because this is a very large field, so it is believed to be able to accommodate up to five hundred thousand soldiers complete with weapons such as balistas, giant catapults, and trebuchets. However, Otsoa and several witches in charge of escorting him saw something strange with the behavior of the witches.

“Your Majesty Otsoa, we, the witches feel a huge amount of magical energy. Moreover, they might feel a gripping aura mixed in this great magical energy. You may not be able to feel it, but I beg you to trust me with what happened.”

The Duiwel Empire gained the role of advancing the five-member Alliance's military mages that came from the Andzrev Continent. Their magicians are able to sense magical energy much better, as well as having more diverse magic depending on its function and effect. They also train witches Luan, Hrabro, Salodki, Biez, and Sirds to distinguish the aura and magical energy of friends and opponents. However, the magical energy they felt did not come from the Alliance's or the Guild's magicians.

What they felt was an enormous magical energy accompanied by a terrifying aura. For magicians who do not have much experience about this, they only feel a huge amount of magical energy, so they behave as if they are burdened with that great energy. As for the experienced magicians, what they felt now was a terrifying aura with a great magical energy that they had never felt before.

“Did the Gods begin to descend into this world to judge the forces of evil?”

“This is a very terrible aura. The Demon races might have already started moving in this war!”

“Devil? That goddamn race? If that's true we can destroy them with holy magic belonging to all the magicians of this esteemed Alliance!”

Both male and female magicians, they were all conversing with such a topic of conversation. In fact, some young witches were unconscious due to the magical energy and aura with this unreasonable power.

Military magicians and ordinary magicians had many differences, one of them in sensing the aura and magical energy. Because they are often involved in very confusing battles, and frequent comrades kill comrades, military magicians are trained to distinguish the aura of friends and opponents during battle. In addition, they can serve as heavy-tier weapons if they master certain magic such as fire and earth.

“The heroes will be back in three days, and the preparations are almost done. Are we able to send them?” otsoa asked the witch.

“Ungrouped forces can follow. Well.the troops who have not gathered are only those who serve near Tanoe City. They will meet and unite to move to Kalea Fortress.”

If they manage to capture the territory and fortresses held by the Guild near the border with the Holy Land controlled by the Yekirnovo Kingdom and Indonesia, there is no doubt they will get access to the next attack… as long as they have such a plan.

A black vortex appeared in front of Otsoa all of a sudden, and shocked the companion witch. A black vortex can mean a special teleportation magic or an imperfect Gate that only one person can enter. Only the message senders and special forces spy Alliances are trained using teleportation magic and imperfect gates alone. So it can be ascertained who will emerge from the black vortex.

“Mr Otsoa, I have returned from the task of spying on the Cloud Palace,” said one of the witches who appeared from inside the black vortex.

“What do you get, Tam?”

The man was dressed quite openly, and was only wearing clothes like the trunk-type man's underwear glancing around to monitor the situation. He saw the magician accompanying his master looking at him with a curious look, as well as a few soldiers passing by while looking at himself kneeling in front of Otsoa.

Otsoa and the people in this place were not bothered by the clothes Tam was wearing anyway. Because the slaves mostly only wore something like dried leaves to cover the anu and important parts that need to be covered.

(olog note: for curious readers, can search on google about ‘clothes in men trunks’)

“Sir, I want a special place to talk. This information will only be given to the leaders of the country.”

Tam is assigned to become a military wizard of the Kingdom of Arevelk, and searches for all information regarding the state of the country. The man was only one of the spies that the Alliance had sent for the task of sabotaging the enemy country, so the information it would obtain would be far-reaching.

Otsoa looked at the surroundings, and only saw a few people staring at him and Tam curiously. In this Luan Empire, he had a special place that was often used for meetings of the leaders of the Alliance member states. Then he took Tam to the place in question, even though he had to leave the troops who were leaving soon

The task of elite magicians like Tam was to kill some magicians who sided with the Guild, then occupy their positions and use the identity of the Guild's snuffed-out magicians. That way, they can operate smoothly with few obstacles, such as the daily differences of the witches who have been slightly affected by the culture brought by the warriors of ‘world other’.

Suppressing the feeling of keeping to herself the information that Tam was about to say, Otsoa had summoned the leader of the Alliance member state. Their forecast would arrive four hours to three days ahead, with Emperor Bogat arriving the fastest as he was the owner of the place that became the headquarters of the Alliance. While the leaders of other countries have to travel by air using dragons or land routes by riding chariots.

“Alright, you can say it here, right?”

Tam looked around, going around the six-square-meter room with the function of being a meeting room between the head of state and the Alliance officers. This room has a soundproof feature if the magician casts space magic that can make only the people in this room hear each other's voices. Unfortunately, Tam only mastered magic to kill targets quickly, such as poison or wind arrows. After confirming that the room was safe and that there was no possibility of information leaking, Tam felt able to tell the information she had obtained after becoming an Arevelk witch for several weeks.

“Mr Otsoa, ‘people predicted’ has come sooner than expected.”

“What?”

Otsoa's reaction was not like Tam's expectations, the middle-aged man was only slightly surprised although at first he was surprised as well.

“He was one of the Indonesian soldiers, the Arevelk people called that person with ‘Life’. Because he fought desperately, and ended up fighting with the Hero of Anger and the Hero of Sadness alone and managed to win our first attack against them, even though he was seriously injured. Perhaps the Hero of Anger was seriously injured after returning from the raid of the capital of the Kingdom of Arevelk due to the fight with that person.”

“That is indeed his greatest possibility. But I didn't expect that ‘the man predicted’ turned out to appear among the enemy soldiers. What a shame and unacceptable thing. After all, the Alliance wanted a great power for this war, but that hope was instead obtained by the enemy. Thank you for your information, you can rest a few days before resuming your duties.”

“Yes, thank you for your generosity, Your Excellency Otsoa.”

Tam again disappears in his own black vortex, then moves to a place where he intended to rest.

“When will he move? Has the plan of splitting the Kingdom of Arevelk not yet begun by him?” otsoa murmured after being sure there was no one around his place. Unfortunately, Tam was still nearby, precisely on the roof of the room he had entered before.

**

Twenty thousand soldiers had gathered at a place ninety kilometers away from their destination. This was two days before the assault on the Calian Fortress that the Guild had controlled since the past few months. That meant, they were close to approaching Tanoe City and were planning to make some final preparations there before carrying out the battle. This included gathering two Alliance Special Platoon units that had been prepared to assist in the assault on the enemy forces that controlled their stronghold.

The two thousand mages were among the most important forces in this raid besides the ninety trained Special Platoon Alliance soldiers. They carried the SP-1 in front of their chest with a proud face while walking among the troops still armed with arrows and swords. Rather than being called a face full of pride, most of the soldiers considered the soldiers of the Special Platoon Alliance to be showing arrogance. Although arrogant actions were forbidden, but there were definitely some people among the troops who did such a thing.

There were dozens of soldiers who did not get a chance to speak at all. They were dozens of ogres and orcs tasked with drawing dozens of weaponry to attack the Kalea Fortress. Their strong and large bodies were suitable for such heavy and rough tasks, as well as if treated as best as possible the two types of monsters would comply. In order to comply with the task, the orcs and ogres were diced with high-alcohol wine, and would make their wild instincts disappear for a few days.

Ogres have a human-like appearance in general, and a horn on the forehead that distinguishes them from humans, so they can be identified as half-monster humans. In addition, the average height of an adult ogre is 170 centimeters for women and 2 meters for men. They also spoke human language, and had great fighting abilities thanks to their strength. However, the human forces of the Alliance member countries used their wits to subdue the ogre tribes on this continent and become free labor.

The faces of the two types of monsters clearly showed a resigned expression, although they rarely received torture due to the power possessed above ordinary soldiers. As long as they get food, they will obey anyone and will regard the person who feeds them as master.

On the other hand, even though there was a feeling in the heart of slashing the head of the Special Platoon Alliance army, the regular soldiers still tried to obey the rules. Given they are from various countries united under the banner of the Alliance, although four years ago they united to fight ‘otherworld’, except the Duiwel Empire.

Moreover, the originator of the formation of the Alliance Special Platoon, the Hero of Anger, considered the soldiers of the Duiwel Empire quite different. They learned to use rifles and fight with bayonets in less than two months. That's why most of the Alliance's Special Platoon personnel are filled by the soldiers of the Duiwel Empire, although there are also soldiers from other Alliance member countries despite being fewer in number.

“Two more days the Angry Hero will return from his training in the Duiwel Empire's Labyrinth. We will wait for him in this city, then move to Kalea Fortress.”

General of the army to retake the Kalea Fortress, the man was named Ur. His troops excitedly responded to his words, and entered the territory of Tanoe City with vigorous strides. Their faces showed confidence, even though their friends who had received defeat from the Guild were innumerable. I don't know what makes them feel that way, but the spirit in the chest makes them look like this.

Moreover, they had learned that the Hero of Sadness was still in this city, and could be of additional assistance before the Hero of Anger led them to recapture the Kalea Fortress. The news of the Hero of Sadness not joining the other heroes training in the Duiwel Empire's Labyrinth had boosted the confidence of the troops.

“This must be heaven-derived luck for us, that the Hero of Sadness is destined to assist us in the recapture of Kalea Fortress,” Ur said in a sneering tone.

What he said was arrogant, yet had a clear purpose. Typically, the Alliance generals vied to create various war and political strategies to improve their reputation in the Alliance. But, after seeing Ur in an unusually large state of confidence, his people also felt no fear and trepidation. No lack of confidence is a requirement to be a leader after some other condition.

“We will camp here until the Angry Hero returns. I am sure, only with the help of the Hero of Sadness can we not achieve a satisfactory victory. I want to finish off many Indonesian soldiers and their allies, as well as seize their powerful weapons,” Ur's instructions are received by all his officers.

“Do not let your guard down, enemy eyes are everywhere!”

“Ya...!!!”

On one side of the protective wall of Tanoe City, ‘Martabak’ city aka Yandi saw tens of thousands of humans setting up camp at a distance of several kilometers from this city. With her binoculars, Yandi can see dozens of monsters pulling dozens of weapons such as trebuchets, giant catapults, and balistas. Although about three kilometers away from where he was, Yandi could hear the sound of heart-wrenching cheers from the troops.

“Yandi, I want your homemade martabak..” said ‘Parkour’ aka Herman with a lazy face because it has been a few days not getting news from Hevaz who followed Nio with Hassan.

“Hah?! You better be serious now!”

“What's the matter?”

Yandi gave her binoculars to Herman for the man to see also what he saw. Herman also had time to hear a voice that was quite booming, and made his nap disturbed.

The 12th team stayed at one of the inns which can be rented for 1 piece of silver per night, complete with three meals a day and a public bath. The absence of Nio made them unable to see Nio's large missile, then asked what the man was doing until the size of the anus made no sense like that. The men were willing to sleep in the same room that should only have a capacity of three people, and the women were allowed to sleep without jostling. That was because the budget money for their mission was held by Hassan, and the man overtook Nio with Hevaz so their week-long operational money was carried away.

“Woy woy woy, why are there thousands of soldiers there?” Herman's reaction was exactly the same as Yandi when he saw thousands of soldiers setting up camp not far from Tanoe City.

For a moment the two men from the West Aceh Garrison allowed themselves to be awed by the sight of tens of thousands of enemy soldiers setting up camp. Then, there was a clattering sound, like someone carrying hundreds of coins. Yandi and Herman turned to the source of the sound together, and saw Bima staring at them sharply while carrying a chain.

“Why didn't you immediately report if you saw enemy troops setting up camp near Black Fort?!”

There was no way to defeat the most fearsome member, although Bima was quite respectful of her superiors who had fought on many battlefields. Herman and Yandi are both not struggling and try to compile a sentence of apology that is suitable for the nature of Bima that is too strong.

“Ma-sorry! I think we can monitor the movement of the enemy forces for longer, and report if they start to show suspicious movements!”

“They are clearly near this city, and not far from here is Black Fort. Isn't what they're going to do obvious?”

“If you may know, what do you think about the enemy troops camped near this city?”

“ ’They will obviously attack Black’ Fortress, maybe that's what Lieutenant Nio will say with confidence. But, I can only guess it, the truth will be seen if we wait a little longer.”

“But, there is no harm in taking steps for anticipation, right?”

“Alright, we will report to the headquarters to hear what steps they will set for this situation.”

Meanwhile, without them noticing, Beautiful was near them and knew what was happening. He knew what was the cause of the gathering of thousands of soldiers near Tanoe City, and it was impossible to tell their plans to the 12th Team. Although he had gained a little trust from the team members, but he still felt that Nio's subordinates had not forgiven rather than trusted him.

“Heroes of Sadness, it looks like you know what happened.”

“Eh?”

As he was about to descend from the stairs, Bima, Herman, and Yandi turned to Edera who was talking to a girl. Since Edera is the ‘maskot’ of the 12th Team, the personnel felt they had to protect the girl for the sake of Nio. In addition, since Edera's first arrival in Indonesia, the girl began to be known to many Indonesians and allied countries, including all members of Team 12.

“Oh, it turns out Miss Beautiful, anyway? Looks like you really hid something from us.”

Bima accidentally pressed the sentence ‘Anda’ to intimidate one of the strongest people belonging to the Alliance, although her own feelings were still uneasy if Indah suddenly released her strength to fight against her.

“If you have information, feel free to share it with us,” Herman said with a grinning smile that reminded Beautiful with something.

“Nio..” Lovely said with a clean slit.

“Ah, he said the name of Lieutenant Nio. Hey, did you hear him call Lieutenant Nio,” said Herman who made Indah look like a person who has been cornered and can not dwell.

Herman's grin reminds Lovely of Nio's fight against the Baron-led gang, and they manage to corner Nio into a smile at their success. It was the thing that made him feel something, and not having enough courage to protect Nio. The smile of Baron's minions at that time was similar to Herman's grin aimed at him.

However, Herman, Bima, and Yandi assume that the words Beautiful as if calling Nio's name is proof that the girl had a relationship with their commander. While Edera was absolutely certain that the Hero of Sadness had once been an important person in the heart of his master.

Beautifully walked a few steps back, like staying away from the three TNI soldiers and the Demihuman girl. Inwardly, Beautifully said “Keep away!” many times with agitated expressions, and it made them confused.

“He-hey, I don't mean to frighten you,” Herman said in a trembling tone in fear that Indah would unleash her heroic powers.

“We just need your answer what the troops are planning,” explained Bima.

“I can't answer it, sorry.”

Edera runs from behind Herman, Bima, and Yandi in her cat fashion. Edera's change leaves the three men shocked and confused to prevent the girl from doing anything potentially harmful to the 12th Team in the city. The absence of Nio here made them not know how to calm Edera who had taken out her sharp claws, tapered pupils, and elongated canines. Meanwhile, Indah is also ready with her arrow bow and ready to release the magical arrow – that once hurt Nio.

By force, Bima, Yandi, and Herman took out their SS20 G2 from behind their coats and took aim at Indah. Fortunately, this place is not very crowded, and they can take measures to keep their identity confidential, paralyzing someone for example. Nio did not order his entire subordinates to kill during the mission, unless circumstances actually required them to perform the action. Herman gulped violently and regretted his actions which left them stuck in this puzzling situation.

“You will not hear the sound of gunfire if you say what the troops are planning,” Edera said with a threatening look.

“I can't say it. Even if I could, a few minutes later I would definitely die for having told the Alliance's secret against the enemy.”

It is a fact if the heroes will die if say secret Alliance against the enemy, because they have been forced to do ‘Life’ Contract to keep their loyalty to the Alliance. Beautiful know if his words will definitely not be accepted by them, and he feels “What can make”.

**

(map of the territory of the Duiwel Empire, source of personal images)