The Return of the Eternal Hero
Meaning of Name Leonhart - Chapter 12

City of Leora, March 8, 537

Although located in the periphery of the kingdom, the city of Leora which is in the Leonhart region itself has good quality

The city is wider compared to other cities located in the suburbs, some buildings also look quite magnificent and beautiful

Especially a tomb in the middle of the city and the statue of the 66-foot hero Leonhart is very magnificent, how each detail depicted on the statue made the person who saw it could only admire the beauty of the statue

The statue itself was sculpted by an artist who greatly admired Leonhart's heroism

Although he never met the hero Leonhart but the admiration in his heart was so great that it felt every seriousness in his sculpture

'This is the second time I've seen this statue, although it was created after my death but the sculptor can make it this good as if he had seen me in person'

Leonhart's soul in Alaric's body was amazed by the result of the sculpture, He liked it very much because the statue depicts every majesty and greatness of Leonhart's name

'If I could meet the sculptor I would have asked him to make a bigger statue so that people outside the city could see it too'

He wanted to make the statue bigger so that everyone could see it so they felt like Leonhart was protecting them

He did not want to make the statue as a display, he wanted the statue to be a symbol that Leonhart always protected them

He wanted all the inhabitants of the Leonhart region to be able to see Leonhart's large shoulders protecting them and they felt safe because of it

"Sir, please wave your hand"

Reina asked Alaric to wave at the people who were escorting them to the battlefield

Alaric, along with Reina, and the 100 men he had brought, were leaving for the battlefield after Alaric had agreed to a letter from Marquis Bargos asking him to continue the war as soon as possible

The residents are on the left and right side of the road, among them there are also those who see from the terrace of their homes, some are looking from the windows of their rooms, some look from the terrace of the food stall while eating their breakfast

Alaric who had returned from his mind after hearing Reina's request told him to wave his hand to the townspeople He saw the faces and expressions of the residents

Their look of hope and trust in him had reached his heart. The residents began to feel respect and trust for Alaric after yesterday's incident

Yesterday's events had touched their hearts, they saw how Alaric's very firm figure amazed them

'So like this, the faces of those people'

Alaric started waving his hands to all the townspeople who were dropping them off, With a faint smile on his face it seemed like he quite liked this

When in his previous life as the Hero he often went to war and everyone also ushered in his departure but at that time he never noticed them

Since he had never fought for them, in the past he had only fought for himself for his own revenge

Though they glorify his name as the hero or savior of mankind He feels nothing because he does not care about mankind at all

And even when he no longer held grudges, he never fought for mankind he only fought for his people

Therefore this was the first time he had seen the expressions of the people who had led them to the Battlefield

'This is not bad either'

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The soldiers looked limp even though they managed to survive but the sense of despair within them deepened

After losing their war commander Archduke Javier Leonhart they became desperate and now that their new Commander has come it still cannot restore their spirit

"However Mr. Alaric is still too young and inexperienced"

"I'm not sure if Mr. Alaric can lead the war"

There are several reasons for the first because Alaric is too young so they are not too sure of his abilities and the second is that Alaric only comes with an additional 100 soldiers

"Master Alaric brought in only 100 additional soldiers"

"The number of enemy troops alone is three times that of our troops at least Mr. Alaric must bring 3000 more soldiers"

"If Captain Reina has returned, it still makes me uneasy"

Although Reina who had recovered had also come down to the battlefield but it still could not cover their despair

For them an additional 100 soldiers is not enough because of the difference in the number of their troops with the enemy troops

The enemy troops are 3 times more than them although some of the enemy soldiers are ordinary people who are not trained soldiers but the large number is still dangerous

And now Alaric only brought 100 troops as an addition and finally made the other soldiers not too sure

"How about we ask only the vice-captain to be the commander of the war"

"Hey watch your mouth! what if someone hears it?"

The words of the soldiers could be said to be an act of treason because they would rather follow others than their own Master

"No, I don't mean it's not like that, by name it's Mr. Alaric who is the commander but behind him let the vice-captain give the orders and set the strategy"

The soldiers seemed to believe strongly in their vice-captain's abilities so they could be sure that it was better for their vice-captain to set the strategy than for Alaric who they felt was inexperienced

"Hey you guys!, what do you do quickly gather, Mr. Alaric asks all the soldiers to gather"

From behind them came a male soldier with a fairly muscular body and brownish skin color, he wore white armor that protected the body to his feet

"Vice Captain!"

"Good Vice Captain"

That person was the vice-captain they were talking about, his name was Edward although not very talented but he was a hard worker, he continued to train without giving up from a young time he became a soldier Leonhart until finally he became the vice captain at the age of 32 years

The unyielding nature that Edward had made all the soldiers have high respect for him

In addition, Edward was also the reason why the soldiers did not leave the battlefield even though their commander had been killed

When Javier was killed Edward took on so many roles that they managed to hold on that the Bargians had to retreat to bury the bodies of their slain soldiers

After seeing how Edward's abilities in the incident, the soldiers were more respectful to Edward so they believed that Edward would be very suitable to be their war commander