touchnovel Chapter 15 Morning Exercise
Chapter 15 Morning Exercise
Gerns and Choms exchanged a breathless glance, then burst into laughter simultaneously.
From that moment on, Gerns understood that he had begun to walk the path of the strong, and had a slight ability to control part of his own destiny.
Before long, two soldiers on guard came to help Gerns and his companion back to camp, handing them a map marked with a red cross.
It must have been Knight Reinald who gave the order.
After being promoted to company commander, he should have dined with the Baron, but since it was already past lunchtime, he had no choice but to try his luck at the canteen.
The cafeteria had obviously received advance notice, and when the two arrived, they noticed that a large meal, enough for both of them, had already been prepared.
It was supposed to be a feast, but it was really just white bread and broth with a large piece of meat soaking in it.
Having seen a wide variety of foods, Gerns didn't have high expectations for these dishes, but compared to the hard, nail-hard black bread he was eating not long ago, these meals were quite good.
Although the previous black bread and broth were enough to fill their stomachs, compared to the food in front of them, it was only enough to fill their stomachs.
Due to the intensity of the training, Gerns was eating a loaf of white bread in each hand, and Choms next to him wasn't much better off.
The cook was very helpful, preparing five or six loaves of white bread and a large pot of meat soup. After watching the two of them wolf down all the food in front of them, he quickly served them a new one.
The fatigue from a day of training vanished at that moment.
After dinner, the two greeted each other and left. At this time, the military camp was empty except for the patrolling officers and the torches stuck between the camps. Everyone was basically in their own tents.
Gerns strolled slowly back to his squad's tent.
To be honest, this was the first time he had ever eaten so much since he transmigrated here.
Just as he returned to his squad's tent, Korog, who was on night watch outside, spotted Gerns and called out into the tent, "Brother Gerns is back!"
After the shout, a large group of people rushed out of the tent.
Before long, Gerns looked at the excited group of people in front of him with a livid expression.
They just dealt 10,000 points of critical damage to Gerns. Imagine how miserable it would feel for someone who has just eaten to be tossed around by a group of strong men.
However, the darkness concealed Gerns's expression, and the group failed to notice their leader's ashen face.
After a brief moment of excitement, these clueless henchmen made Gerns stand back on the ground and then surrounded him, bombarding him with questions.
"Brother Gerns, have you learned martial arts? How's that martial art? Is it powerful?"
"Yes, yes, could you secretly demonstrate it for us? We promise we won't tell anyone."
Seeing the eager looks in his subordinates' eyes, Gerns simply sighed heavily, shook his head, and refused their request to demonstrate: "I have indeed learned martial arts, but whether they are powerful or not is still unknown. If you want me to demonstrate for you, I advise you not to even think about it."
Upon hearing Gerns's refusal, the team members' faces instantly fell, but they quickly recovered and surrounded Gerns, asking him all sorts of questions.
After answering one strange question after another from his subordinates, Gerns lay in bed reflecting on the events of the past few days.
Although the specific appointments haven't been announced yet, they should be issued soon, right?
Gerns put his thoughts aside and focused his attention on the attribute panel:
[Name: Gerns]
[Rank: Private First Class]
Age: 20
【attribute】
【Strength: 8】
[Agility: 5]
[Physical Fitness: 6]
【Intelligence: 5】
【Perception: 5】
【Charm: 6】
[Martial Arts]:
辉光剑术（LV1）：0/10（力量+1，体质+1）
[Skill: Radiant Slash (Reduced Version) (Not Fully Mastered)]
[Skill Details: Unleashes a sword gust that deals damage to enemy units based on 75% of the user's strength.]
There weren't many changes on the attribute panel. After learning the new martial arts, the only difference was a slight increase in constitution.
Upon seeing the words "Cut-down Version" after Radiant Slash, Gerns recalled that when Knight Reinald used Radiant Slash, it was accompanied by a faint golden light.
"Is it just a watered-down version? And we haven't fully mastered it yet?"
Gerns frowned slightly.
"That makes sense. Privates only have the right to learn martial arts techniques, not the corresponding breathing techniques. Only when they truly reach the rank of knight will they have the opportunity to learn the corresponding breathing techniques. Perhaps only by learning the corresponding breathing techniques can they unleash their true strength? It seems I'll have to train harder tomorrow and master it completely."
Gerns fell into deep thought and eventually drifted off to sleep.
Early the next morning, Gerns arrived at the training ground outside the military camp. At this time, apart from the soldiers on duty at the gate, no other company commanders had come to train.
After greeting the soldiers on duty, Gerns walked straight to the training ground.
His main purpose in coming today was to see how much the stripped-down version of Radiant Slash differed from the full version of Knight Reinald.
Currently, his Radiant Slash can only unleash a sword gust that travels half a meter to a meter. It is estimated that the physical damage caused by this level of Radiant Slash is only slightly higher than the damage caused by the sword gust.
I guess... I can probably only take down two or three goblins at a time.
Yesterday, Knight Reinald only taught me the basic techniques of the Radiant Sword Technique. To learn the complete Radiant Sword Technique, one must be promoted to the rank of Knight, as well as the Legion's unique Radiant Breathing Technique.
Gerns took a training wooden sword from the weapon rack next to the training ground and walked over to one of the training dummy figures.
"Strike quickly... exert force fiercely..."
At this moment, Gerns gripped the training wooden sword tightly in his hands, recalling the words and techniques that Knight Reinald had taught him the day before.
Clearly, Gerns still lacked confidence in his ability to execute the sword strike perfectly.
But... the prerequisite for executing a perfect sword strike is that you must first execute a sword strike yourself.
Yes! We must strike!
With a determined look in his eyes, Gerns gathered all the power he had accumulated in his arms and wrists, and combined it with the power exertion method that Reinard had instructed him to use the day before, and with a low shout, he unleashed a horizontal slash.
Then a crescent-shaped, colorless sword aura shot out from his hand, heading straight for the training dummy.
As expected by Gerns, the colorless sword energy did not sever the training dummy when it collided with it.
But when Gerns walked up to the training dummy to check it, he was quite satisfied with his sword strike, because the sword energy he had just unleashed had left a wound three centimeters deep on the training dummy.
In other words, if the opponent were a goblin, his sword strike, while not completely severing the goblin's body, would have left a sufficiently deep wound.
Thinking of this, his previously furrowed brows immediately relaxed.
After getting used to the feeling for a while, when the sun was high in the sky, Gerns put away his training wooden sword and looked around. At this time, in addition to Gerns, there were four or five other company commanders practicing their swordsmanship on the training ground.
Knight Reinald and Uncle Regeler were also among them.
Like Gerns, each of them occupied a training area to practice their martial arts, with Knight Reinald occupying the largest area in the center of the training ground.
Just then, Uncle Reger also finished his daily training and noticed Gerns, who had just finished training at the edge of the training field.
"Good lad, I saw you training here first thing this morning. You're a promising talent!"
Uncle Reger patted Gerns' back with his heavy hand, and the solid and powerful push almost made Gerns lose his footing.
"Let's go eat. The day we break camp is getting closer and closer. I reckon the Baron will call a meeting with all the company commanders today to discuss the next steps of the attack."