The Release That Witch
Chapters 92's

"With this, our service life is over, right?" asked Cat's Claw who was cleaning the square from the burning wreckage of the bonfire, and then continued in a regretful voice, "I really don't want to go back to the mine and work in the hole. I must say, I've missed the Moon of Satan a little. "

"Yes, and I don't want to deal with those stones anymore either," Jop immediately agreed, "What matters is the difference in salary that is too much. When we were assigned to the artillery, we ate meat every day, and the salaries of 15 silver royals every day. "

“Don't say such foolish words,” said Van'er while holding a torch aloft to light up the surroundings. “Your Majesty provided all these foods to us so that no one would die of hunger during the Month of Satan. You just need to remember what happened two years earlier, not even half of the people from the old district can survive! Have you forgotten this? I will say it once again, it seems like the team will not be disbanded, Your Majesty just say we become an artillery team and burn so much gunpowder to train us, do you think it is all for no reason? ”

"But the Demon Moon is over, so, why does His Majesty still need artillery?" rodney asked as he leaned against the broom.

It was because the artillery was not meant for demonic beasts, Van'er thought, but in the end he said out loud, "In a moment we will know more, tomorrow we will hear the answer," he yawned then waved his hands impatiently, "Alright, quickly clean things up, I want to get back to sleep soon.”

The next morning, the team gathered and Van'er's earlier statement was confirmed.

When everyone was there, Iron Axe went to the front of the marching team and said loudly: "You have completed the first stage of the task - that is, defending Border Town from demonic beasts. After three months and six days of battle, you all gained His Majesty's recognition! Therefore, the militia will be promoted to His Majesty's regular army, but if you don't want to fight anymore, you just need to stand up and leave now. His Majesty has said that everyone who leaves now, will get all your outstanding payments, and an additional payment of twenty-five silver nobles as ... "Iron Axe had to think for a moment, then he said," right, the cost of retirement. ”

Of the three hundred militia members, none moved, only Cat's Claw raised its hand and said: "Report."

This was also one of the strange rules that the Prince introduced during training, no one was allowed to whisper in person if they wanted to say something they had to shout.

Iron Axe nodded, "Speak.”

"What do you mean by being promoted to a regular army, are we becoming knights?"

Van'er could not help but laugh, but he quickly put on a serious face again.

Become Knights? That meant being part of the aristocracy, not only gaining land and bodyguards, but also their own territory. By asking this question, he had actually lost a lot of face to artillery.

"No," replied the Iron Axe and began to patiently explain, it was clear to him as he had also previously asked His Majesty, "Regular soldiers are professional combat troops, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. "Regular soldiers are professional combat troops, only formed to protect His Majesty and his territory. In other words, when miners work in mines, you will be trained, when farmers harvest their wheat, you will be trained. And when merchants sell their stuff, you are still practicing. All the training is to win all the battles in the future, just like you did against the demonic beasts during the Demon Moon. "

"Then what is the difference between regular soldiers and militias?" Ask Cat's Claw.

"Frequent training, more rigorous training methods, and greater rewards."

"Report!" Hearing all this Rodney could not help himself and asked, "What does a greater gift mean?"

Van'er sighed, why is the youth group so rushed? But to be honest, he also wanted to know this answer.

"Regular soldiers will get an officer-led structure, and soldiers who fulfill a given task according to the previous plan during battle will get the opportunity for promotion, and soldiers who perform unusually well," the word Iron Axe, "for example, can rise to my position. "

If this is what His Majesty said ... Van'er thought to himself, and this was the way they applied it, it would be best not to offend one's boss, right? He silently looked around, no one seemed to be aware of the common problem, instead, they were still listening with interest and pleasure.

After the last word fell, the crowd exploded into a commotion, Van'er was no exception as well, he even hesitated if he heard everything properly. If they could obtain their own territory, would there be any difference between them and the knights?

"But remember that once you choose to become a regular member of the Army, the system you will be following will be very different from the system you are using from the Militia. As in the case you cannot complete the assigned tasks, escape, start a rebellion or other violations of the codex of discipline will be severely punished. This is unlike previous penalties for not getting extra eggs to eat but instead includes extra work, imprisonment and even hanging. Also, any previously given position can be taken back. " Iron Axe paused for a moment, "Now it's time to stop.”

The crowd fell silent, and the Iron Axe became tense, but still, nothing moved. He could not help himself he started to grin: "Alright, then from today, you are all placed directly under the orders of His Highness Roland Wimbledon!”

Van'er himself felt incredible, if he had heard of this terrible punishment three months ago, he would have long since slipped. What's the point of promotion, what's the point of having one's own territory, if you can't save your own life? But now, he hardly hesitated to choose a fixed position, compared to returning to the North Slope Mine to collect gravel, or staying in the old district could only wander around on a whim, instead, it is clear which is more interesting to him. .

"Your perception is pretty good, what's your name?"

"Mr Van'er, I hope you continue to do well."

His Majesty encouraged him to train hard and he also reaffirmed his idea that he was a member of the militia and now Van'er will continue to fight for His Majesty as a member of the regular army.

...

Iron Axe quickly announced its first training program today: Field training.

At first Van'er felt very disappointed, once again he ran for training. Even during the Demon Moon if the weather was good enough, they always had to run away. After breakfast, they checked the weather conditions and then they had to run two rounds around the city unless there were large snowflakes falling from the sky, then they would cancel the running exercise. According to the saying of His Majesty, this exercise is good for the muscles and allows their bones to melt so that while defending the city walls their movements will not become stiff and cannot use spears.

But when the soldiers ran out of Border Town, Van'er immediately felt the difference between the new training program and the old one.

At this point, the snow on the field was still far from melting, after three months of relentless snowing, the snow reached the knees. Calling it walking is not the right word, instead, it is better to call it crawling through the snow. The team suddenly broke into many small groups, after each step they needed a lot of strength to take the next step.

There is no doubt that this special training of fighting through the snow is certainly the idea of His Majesty. Van'er already knows the purpose of His Majesty. At this time any protest would become illegitimate, they could only go through this training until the end.

All morning, they had to fight through the snow. So when the team returned to the city, Van'er was satisfied because he could not feel his own legs anymore.

The snow that went into their boots had already turned into water, even standing in the sunlight, most people were still cold and trembling. The great physical exertion worsened the cold, even Iron Axe felt unable to eat. He announced the team's disbandment, and delayed lunch time by thirty minutes so that everyone could dry their boots and change their pants.

So everyone was very happy when they later heard that afternoon training was canceled.

Of course, they had no idea that Lightning had overseen the entire field training - this was the little girl's daily training rule: Learn to properly control her magic to fly at a uniform speed. When he then reported the information he had gathered to Roland, Roland nearly fell out of his seat.

The total distance covered throughout the morning was four kilometers.