## Chapter 605 – Scent of Spring

Anyway, I took off my breastplate, greaves, sword, and gauntlets, and organized them in my spot. Until the battle starts, I just need to go about my daily routine.

Still, wondering if there was anything else, I went to the squad leader sitting in front of the entrance… no, the soldier, and asked.

“You’re working hard, soldier. I was wondering if you knew when the battle might start. Do you know anything?”
“…I don’t know the specifics. But the scouts are keeping an eye on the Drake group’s movements, so if there are any signs, an emergency will be declared. No matter what happens, don’t panic and just follow my instructions.”
“Understood.”

Then I should rest easy.

“Ah, and there will be a training exercise soon, so don’t panic then either.”
“I understand. Thank you for the kind explanation.”

That’s why the system is convenient. The military is a place that runs on a system. If you just adapt to it, you can blend into the situation without any major problems.

As I was lying down and cleaning my sword, it was mealtime.

The soldier skillfully started controlling things, and we each grabbed our bowls, lined up, and went outside to receive stew. It tasted terrible, but I was satisfied because I could chew on potatoes and something that resembled tough meat.

Perhaps because they gathered skilled people instead of just anyone, there was some order. Seeing how it is during mealtime, it seems like it will be similar when fighting. I don’t have to worry about the battle.

I was just sitting around after roughly finishing my meal when it happened.

ㅡClang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
ㅡClang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

A loud noise echoed from outside, and at the same time, the soldier shouted.

“Training exercise! Everyone quickly grab your equipment and line up in order in front of me! Hurry, hurry!!”

ㅡThump, thump!

I immediately grabbed my equipment and stood in place.

It’s not like I’m doing this for the first time, so I was just relaxed. The others were also putting on their equipment, but they were slow.

The adventurers who had all put on their equipment stood in order in front of the soldier.

“Good! Very fast! Then let’s go!”

Led by the soldier, we went outside the barracks.

It was very noisy outside.

Since a training situation had occurred, everyone was moving diligently. We just need to follow that soldier.

This completely feels like the military.

After moving for a while, I could see the soldiers of the 2nd Striking Force lined up in a review formation ahead. They had prepared and come out faster than us. Certainly, because it’s the military, the system was well-established.

These were soldiers who had gained experience through continuous real combat.

This kind of battle would be familiar to them.

Actually, I was just a veteran, not someone who had experienced real combat as a soldier. So, this situation felt quite fresh.

“Here! Take your places in order and stand in a column of four! You can think of four people as a team! Remember the faces of the people on either side of you!”

Anyway, we stood behind the soldiers according to the instructions.

After we finished aligning, the commander standing on the platform in front shouted.

“That was quite fast! This is how you should gather when the battle starts! In this state, we’ll stab the Drakes in the flanks! There are a total of four striking teams, so there’s nothing to be afraid of! You’ll receive a great reward if you annihilate the Drakes! Lady Isvant is with us, so you can already consider it a victory!”

No matter what happens, we just need to follow the soldiers in front of us and strike the flanks of the Drakes. With veterans gathered, what could go wrong? Having actually fought them, Drakes weren’t that deadly of a monster.

This very simple training soon ended, and we returned to the barracks while maintaining order. We’ll just stay like this for a few days and then fight.

* * *

It was the third day of barracks life. I woke up in the morning, washed, ate, and was waiting when I heard a familiar sound from outside.

ㅡClang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
ㅡClang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

What is it?

There was no mention of training this morning?
Thinking that, I quickly put on my armor.

I wasn’t the only one thinking the same thing, as everyone muttered and grabbed their equipment.

Soon, a soldier who had briefly checked outside returned and shouted.

“It seems those Drake bastards have finally started moving!!! Everyone prepare!!! You’ll be deployed to battle soon!!!”

I knew it.

The soldier clapped and shouted, but there wasn’t any particular confusion.

“Heh heh heh, it’s finally starting. Hey, let’s go to the brothel with the money we earn after this is over. I’m about to die from sleeping with dozens of dicks for a week.”
“I know, right? Do you have any recommended places?”
“Isvant has good water. Let’s go there.”
“I heard Krasheim is good too.”

Everyone was a veteran who came to earn money.

They were just thinking about fighting quickly, getting everything they were supposed to receive, and going to spend money. The adventurers, with extremely relaxed attitudes, talked about brothels while quickly grabbing their equipment and standing in a line in front of the soldier.

I had already finished preparing and was waiting. The soldier briefly checked the situation outside the barracks and shouted as soon as he came in.

“Let’s go now! After joining the main force, they will take control! Don’t worry about anything else and just follow me!”
“Hey, hurry up!”
“Oh! I’m itching to go!”
“Heh heh heh! Just don’t die, everyone!”

The morale itself was good.

We went outside the barracks, joined the soldiers as we had been trained, and stood by. Loud noises were heard from all directions, but no one was shaken.

The situation of the infantry formation cannot be seen from here.

It seems like it will be visible when we start moving in earnest, but the charging Drakes and the spearmen of the formation will probably be fighting fiercely in a bloody mess.

They have to block them well to annihilate the Drake horde.

“The Drake bastards have finally invaded! But don’t worry! The infantry formation will block their charge! We’ll be leaving soon, so steel your hearts! There’s a lot of reward for the striking team! If you think about that, you’ll be brave!”

ㅡWaaaaaaah!
ㅡUwaaaaaaaah!
ㅡUooooooo!!!

Cheers erupted as the commander finished his short speech. The guys who fight for money are usually the best fighters.

We waited for a while, and soon the commander shouted at the top of his lungs.

“Attack order has been issued!!!!! 2nd Striking Force, advance!!!!!”

The soldiers in the front row began to advance first. They were all heavily armed. It was only natural since they would be attacking first. On the other hand, our adventurers had varying levels of equipment.

It doesn’t matter much since we’re just cutting down monsters as a group.

Soon we moved too.

“Heh heh heh, barbarian, please take care of me. Make sure to protect my side.”
“Heh heh heh, I hope you protect my side too.”

I chatted with the man next to me and put strength into the hand holding my sword. Putting aside everything else, this was the first time I was fighting in formation as part of the military.

I did participate in the Holy War, but it felt very different from then.

Now I was moving under the command of the Isvant lord’s commander. I was reminded of the terrible phrase ‘reenlistment’.

“Oh, oh oh!!! Oh oh oh…!!!!! Kkyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

As soon as I thought of that terrible phrase, I couldn’t help but scream. Hearing that, the adventurers around me each said a word and roared.

“It’s a cheer that seems to give a sense of elation…!”
“Is that a barbarian’s roar! You’re really a barbarian!”
“Heh heh heh! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!”

ㅡUooooooooooo!!!
ㅡIyayaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!
ㅡKkeuaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The cheer that originated from me spread and spread to the entire striking team. The sound was so loud that the surroundings were shaking.

With this level of morale, even if the Drake’s mom, dad, and grandpa came together, it would be a basic five-body dismemberment with fatality as a side dish.

As we continued marching in that elation, a new sound began to be heard from the other side.

ㅡIyaaaaaaaa!!!!!
ㅡKweaak! Kweeeeeak!!!!
ㅡClang! Chaeng!!!

“Damn it.”

The battle had already begun.

ㅡUwaaaaaaaaaak!!!
ㅡKweeeeeeeak!!

In the middle of a wide open field with a decent path, the infantry formation and the Drakes were colliding and fighting like crazy.

Literally, a large horde of Drakes was throwing themselves at the infantry formation to advance. The heavy infantry with spears were not giving in to those fierce attacks, and were defending by stabbing their spears.

The formation was solid. A wall of humans made up of several layers blocked the monsters from entering, and when someone fell, the person standing behind them advanced to maintain the formation.

ㅡKweeeeeeeak!!!

However, the Drakes were also strong. The bipedal giant lizards, screaming, jumped and pushed their muzzles, breaking the spear shafts and launching an offensive. There was no detour for them. They were just destroying the humans blocking their path to move forward.

It was a great war between monsters and humans.

“That’s really a disgusting horde of monsters!”
“Each of those bastards is worth 5 silver! This is very lucky!”
“Oh! Oh!”

The adventurers’ eyes lit up as they watched.

Certainly, if we hit their flanks while that chaos was happening, we could inflict extreme damage. After the four striking teams entered, we could just carry out a one-sided massacre. If the infantry formation advanced in that state, the game would be over.

ㅡKkyyaaaaaaaaaak!!
ㅡKwiieeeek!!

We turned a little wider and headed towards the flank of the Drake horde. There were so many of them that they were packed tightly, and the Drakes were slowly advancing while cursing with traffic congestion.

In fact, it was only the front line in contact with the troops that was fierce. The back was just peaceful.

ㅡBbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!

A loud sound rang out, and the squad leaders stationed throughout the striking team shouted.

“Attack from now on! Just follow the person in front of you and kill the Drakes!!!!”

At the same time, the vanguard began to run. The speed of the vanguard was passed on to the second row. The speed of the second row was passed on to the third row. To the fourth row. To the fifth row, until finally all of us were running.

ㅡKkeuwaaaaaaaaaak!!!!

The screams of the humans merged and covered the world. I felt like my throat would hurt, so I closed my mouth tightly, gripped my sword tightly, and ran after the person in front of me.

ㅡClang!

Finally, the vanguard and the Drake horde collided.

It is impossible to grasp the exact war situation from here. Only the fact that we are advancing proves that the attack is working.

The soldiers in the vanguard were made up of considerable experts, and they were advancing very smoothly. We fought while breaking through the flanks of the Drake horde. At some point, the corpses of slaughtered Drakes began to be stepped on.

We had come in deep.

ㅡKweeweaek!!
ㅡKweeeeeak!!
ㅡKeeeeeeeeeeeeeak!!!

“These fucking bastards!!!!!”

Perhaps because we had stabbed into their flanks, I could see the Drakes struggling right next to me. Due to the structure of their bodies, these bastards could not turn their bodies in this narrow space.

ㅡCrack!
ㅡThwack!

I plunged my sword into those Drakes, covering my entire body in blood.

“Uwaaaaaaaak!!!”
“Kill! Kill them!!!”
“Vanguard stop! Vanguard stop!!!!”

All the others also used each other as shields and swords, and began to plunge their swords and spears into the flesh of the surrounding Drakes.

ㅡKweeeeeeeak!!
ㅡKiiiiiik!!!!

Nearly a hundred veteran warriors were attacking in a frenzy.

The Drakes writhed and collapsed helplessly.

Three more striking teams like this were being operated, and our flanking would have reduced the burden on the infantry formation. Certainly, being in the military group gave me a sense of omnipotence.

Who could stop these hundred slayers armed with swords and spears?

It would be physically and magically impossible.

Monsters without intelligence can never stop them.

“Kkieeeeeeeeeeeak!!!!!!”

The battle seemed to be progressing very smoothly.