𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟎: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 (5)
Oswald’s musket, made of the cavalryman, fired continuously without the need to be loaded in between. Of course, his blood was also being sucked continuously. . . When imagining the exoskeleton, a needle was attached to the spinal column so that the unique potion could be injected directly into the blood vessels.
Also, since a tube connected to that needle was created and connected to the unique potion loaded into the exoskeleton, the potion could replace the blood as soon as it was drained.
Of course, if all of this potion was used up, the potion should be changed. . . But that wasn’t a problem. This was inside the Red Team’s camp, and Oswald could enter the main camp for safety whenever he wanted, even in battle.
Soon after, an attack was launched from the machine gun and rocket launcher. Aiming was no problem thanks to the ability to adjust the aim according to the movement of the eyeballs. Firing was made with a button, which could be pressed with a thumb.
Tatatatatat! Peushpeush! Kwawakwakwang!
“What kind of firepower is this!”
Miguel, kneeling with burns all over his body.
Unlike him, Gilgamesh and Yuihan were able to protect their bodies by using aura. In particular, Yuihan, as expected of someone from the eastern part of the continent, was well aware of how dangerous an excellent firearm could be.
That’s why he was able to react after seeing the projectile fired from a weapon that was extraordinary at a glance, and Gilgamesh protected his body because he had experienced Oswald’s fire power in the Blood Chaos Dungeon.
“Whew. . .”
With only one unique potion left, Oswald ran away from them.
“Huh?”
“That. . . is he running away?”
Oswald, who went inside the main camp to rest and buy potions in an instant. To them, he waved the water bottle idly and collapsed on the floor, gasping for breath.
Just then, the 5th troop was created, and they attacked the Gilgamesh team that had infiltrated the camp.
Oswald focused on recovering as much stamina and fatigue as possible while the golems fought them.
When the golems were annihilated, Oswald came out of the headquarters and fought them again. And finally!
[ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬! ]
“We won.”
“. . . . . .”
“. . . . . .”
“. . . . . .”
That day, Oswald’s rank rose to Platinum. Rumors of a freshman with a Platinum rank soon spread throughout the academy.
“Whew. . . . . .”
In the end, because he had become too engrossed. . . Oswald attracted more attention than necessary.
Well, inside Chaos Invasion Defense, Oswald’s rank had already been adjusted to Platinum, but it hadn’t been announced yet. However, it seemed that this incident would lead to its officialization in Chaos Invasion Defense.
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Anyway, after that day, Oswald, who had already shown his skills, ran without hesitation to win the league, and through consecutive victories, he took first place in the League Rankings.
The so-called ‘Oswald’ team. The moment he reached the top of the League Rankings, Oswald gained the authority to release and recruit members.
Was that why? Elsa bit her nails anxiously and watched Oswald. She, too, had no idea that he would do this well.
In particular, she was most worried about being labeled as someone who was kicked out of the team ranked first in the League Rankings. To her, who had uselessly high pride, this label was humiliating.
But she couldn’t bow down to someone like Oswald.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰?’
At that moment, Natasha caught Elsa’s anxious eyes. Even when the league first started, she was only Bronze, and she worked hard so as not to be a nuisance to her teammates, and thanks to that, her rank also rose to Silver.
Of course, she was still at the bottom of the Silver ranks, but. . . she was also a hard worker who had risen to the Silver rank through her own efforts.
Anyway, Natasha was a friend who had been close to Elsa for a long time. They were also from the same Five Grand Dukes family. . .
‘𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦.’
However, Oswald was already thinking differently. Through the league, he had already found a suitable person to replace Elsa.
A Northerner from the Principality of Kiev. To be exact, she was a Northrian, a mixed-blood of the barbarians, who were the savage people living in the north, and the Imperials, the people of the empire.
The barbarians, a race of natural warriors, were tall and large, and their muscles were more developed than ordinary humans, so if they trained, they could have an even more muscular and stronger body.
Because of that, they were classified as a different race and persecuted, but now that medicine has advanced, it has become known that they are just a different race.
Still, thanks to that, many barbarians survived and settled in the northern part of the empire, giving birth to a new northern people, the Northrians.
Anyway, the person Oswald found this time was also such a Northrian, a tanker and a warrior. She was learning body strengthening through the Barbarian’s unique muscle and aura cultivation method.
Although her rank was still only Silver, she was a skilled person who would soon be able to reach Gold rank if she was given a little more time.
‘𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘠𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢. 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘥.’
In the past, she would have been a target of persecution. . . however, the fact that human rights began to emerge and that the barbarians were identified as humans of a different race was significant.
‘𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴.’
Currently, among the nobles of the empire, imperialism and the theory of unifying the western part of the continent were gradually spreading. In addition, as time went on, the gap between nobles and commoners gradually narrowed.
Human rights were emerging, so commoners could not be treated carelessly, and as learning opportunities were opened to everyone, even the privilege of being a noble faded.
In such a situation, liberal democracy, in which there were no monarchs or nobles, and only equal citizens elected representatives and leaders to represent and lead the country through voting, was a threat to the imperial royal family and nobles.
That’s why they started the Western Unification War, starting with the Democratic Republic.
Anyway. . . Oswald decided to gather public opinion first in order to kick Elsa out. No matter how much he was the leader, if he kicked Elsa out, the atmosphere of the team could be disturbed.
“Everyone, gather around.”
“What’s going on?”
“This time, I got the right to change the crew members by going up to first place in the League Rankings.”
Everyone looked at Oswald with surprised eyes at his words.
“So I’m going to ask for your opinions on banishing Elsa here, who has been causing friction with me and causing disharmony as a member.”
Elsa was embarrassed when he said it so openly, and Alicia and Natasha also looked distressed. Then Royman, who had been quiet all the time, answered Oswald’s words.
“I agree. To be honest, Elsa here is lacking in taking charge of the top line alone. She doesn’t even develop. Furthermore, she continues to conflict with the captain unnecessarily, so if you think that you have to spend the next three years together, I want to say that she doesn’t fit in with our team.”
At Royman’s words, Elsa almost flared up for a moment, but she endured it. She didn’t want to show Oswald the impression of wanting to stay here for nothing.
“I. . .”
At that moment, Natasha opened her mouth. Elsa was sure. She would be completely on her side. . .
“I’ll abstain. . .”
At those words, Elsa’s eyes widened, and she wanted to shout at Natasha. . . but she held back when she saw Oswald’s expression. It looked like she was going to cry, but she held back again and again.
After a while, Alicia looked at Elsa, and soon. . .
“So who are we going to kick Elsa out for?”
“Dominika Yegorova, who I met in the second round of the main tournament.”
“. . .”
Alicia was speechless at those words. She was none other than a cadet who had won an indiscriminate victory against Elsa in the top line. If Oswald hadn’t supported her, Elsa would have been defeated miserably, even to the point of losing the 2nd guard tower.
That’s why Elsa couldn’t say anything in return and just bowed her head. . .
Like that, Elsa was kicked out of the ‘Oswald’ team, and Dominika accepted Oswald’s offer and joined as a new member.
After that, the academy ended the league and entered summer vacation. Oswald decided to go home for the first time in a long time.
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“Elsa, what happened?”
Kicked out by Oswald, she was treated like an ugly duckling in the team that took Elsa’s place. This was because she had the background of the Five Grand Dukes family and the title of being kicked out of the team ranked first in the League Rankings.
Because of that, she returned home during the vacation and stayed locked up in her room without coming out.
“It’s just. . . It’s nothing.”
In the end, her mother had no choice but to leave Elsa and go back outside the room.
After a while. . . Elsa’s mother, who was greeting someone in the reception room.
“Yes, did you find out?”
“Yes, the reason why Miss Elsa is like this is because she was kicked out of the team she belonged to.”
The duchess’s eyes widened at the words that she was kicked out of the team. As she also graduated from Imperius Academy, she knew how humiliating it was to be kicked out of a team.
“Who dared to kick my daughter out?”
“Th. . . That Oswald. . . He’s a student who was severely punished and suspended by the young lady and other self-disciplined people in the past.”
“Did he kick Elsa out of revenge? And if it’s that guy, isn’t he from the Winchester family who has no mana?”
“It is said that he came back strong enough to cover for the lack of magic, even though he gained a special ability during his suspension. He is currently Platinum in the academy rankings.”
“. . .”
He thought that a guy without any skills had kicked his daughter out with a grudge. . . but the opponent was Platinum. No matter how much of a parent, it was difficult to overlook their child’s fault.
“By any chance, did our Elsa do something wrong?”
“There was testimony that she ignored and harassed him after he returned from suspension, treating him like a criminal. In addition to that, she instigated discord within the crew and damaged teamwork. . . . . .”
“She was a troublemaker, wasn’t she?”
“I’m sorry. . .”
“Hmm. . . And is there anything else besides that?”
“That. . .”
“It’s okay, tell me.”
“There is a rumor circulating inside the academy recently.”
“A rumor?”
“It is said that she is arrogant, believing in her family background and showing off, and that she is an incurable person who does not put in effort despite having no talent. . . . . .”
“. . .”
The duchess also knew. That Elsa’s talent was mediocre. . .
Unlike her father, the duke, or herself, Elsa was born with very mediocre talent. Thanks to the fact that she was the eldest daughter, she received all kinds of support and lived on elixir from a young age. Thanks to the elixir at that time, she was able to reach her current level. . . but beyond that was the realm of talent.
Because of that, the duke had no intention of passing on the family to Elsa, and when Elsa was five years old, he had an affair with a woman outside and had a son.
By the way, the empire stated in the imperial code that a man could have up to three concubines, so the duke could have taken three more concubines.
The duchess also tried hard to have a son. . . but she didn’t have any children after Elsa, and later she was diagnosed with infertility through a doctor.
Because of that, she had no choice but to agree to take a new concubine.
Perhaps seeing Elsa’s case, the new concubine the duke took was a military officer with excellent magical skills and knowledge. Aren Nightwalker, an illegitimate child born with excellent talent by inheriting that bloodline. He is now thirteen years old and is already a Gold Knight-class skilled person who knows how to handle aura.
“Hmm. . . It seems that I need to find a suitable teacher for Elsa.”
“I’ll look into it.”
“And you said that Oswald suddenly became strong?”
“Yes, Grand Duchess.”
“I wonder if he has become strong by unfair means.”
“I’ll look into it.”
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