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Chapter 23 - Jaiden's Worth (4)

Chapter 41 - The Winter Mountains' Wo... Chapter 40 - Unraveling the Thread (3) Chapter 39 - Unraveling the Thread (2) Chapter 38 - Unraveling the Thread (1) Chapter 37 - Young Outpost Leader (3) Chapter 36 - Young Outpost Leader (2) Chapter 35 - Young Outpost Leader (1) Chapter 34 - First Post: Winter Mount... Chapter 33 - First Post: Winter Mount... Chapter 32 - Recruitment War (5) Chapter 31 - Recruitment War (4) Chapter 30 - Recruitment War (3) Chapter 29 - Recruitment War (2) Chapter 28 - Recruitment War (1) Chapter 27 - High-nosed Owl (3) Chapter 26 - High-nosed Owl (2) Chapter 25 - High-nosed Owl (1) Chapter 24 - Jaiden's Worth (5) Chapter 23 - Jaiden's Worth (4) Chapter 22 - Jaiden's Worth (3) Chapter 21 - Jaiden's Worth (2) Chapter 20 - Jaiden's Worth (1) Chapter 19 - Lower Years' Ranking Bat... Chapter 18 - Lower Years' Ranking Bat... Chapter 17 - Lower Years' Ranking Bat... Chapter 16 - I'd Rather Take Theoreti... Chapter 15 - I'd Rather Take Theoreti... Chapter 14 - Jjampbap Doesn't Go Anyw... Chapter 13 - Jjampbap Doesn't Go Anyw... Chapter 12 - Jjampbap Doesn't Go Anyw... Chapter 11 - Northeast Military Acade... Chapter 10 - Northeast Military Acade... Chapter 9 - Northeast Military Academ... Chapter 8 - Enlistment (2) Chapter 7 - Enlistment (1) Chapter 6 - Running Away From Home (2) Chapter 5 - Running Away From Home (1) Chapter 4 - Preparing to Run Away fro... Chapter 3 - Preparing to Run Away fro... Chapter 2 - Preparing to Run Away fro... Chapter 1 - Good Work. This was a Bet...

The Duke's Eldest Son Escaped to the Military (23)

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

8 Jaiden's Worth (4)

Jaiden watched the trolls advancing from far away. He was also the first person to fire a shot when the whistle that signaled the retreat sounded.

When the other students saw him firing a shot, they also started firing magic bullets rapidly at an area not further away from the professors and the knights.

"Don't keep on firing aimlessly! We have to shoot as accurately and as precisely as we can!"

Jaiden roared at the children when they tried to continuously fire at the trolls.

Even if the guns that they were holding were modified and had lesser recoil and power than a normal gun to fit the children's body structure, their power would be compromised and their aim would be ruined if they continued firing like that with their measly arm strength.

If that happened, then they would not be able to aim and hit properly at the trolls' weaknesses. Rather than doing something so useless, it would be better if they could just focus on shooting a single shot while precisely aiming for the trolls' weaknesses.

As if proving that his thoughts were correct, the trolls that were unlucky to be hit on their vital shots screamed in pain.

In fact, it did not matter if they were only able to shoot their bodies. Even though their skins were thick and leathery, they would still feel a tingling pain if they got hit. Of course, it was a given that they could recover easily but just like when humans got hit, the tiny and insignificant tingling and stinging on their bodies would definitely escalate and give them severe pain if they were hit continuously.

The charging trolls shrunk and cowered from the pain of the magic bullets. When the knights and professors saw this, they quickly took this chance to stage their retreat in response to the retreat signal.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

―Guwoo!

One of the trolls roared as it banged on their drums.

A blue mana rose and swept around the field along with the beating of the drums. The mana slowly crept and seeped through the bodies of the trolls in the area.

After the mana entered their bodies, the trolls' eyes started to turn blue as their bodies took on a reddish tint. Then, blue flames suddenly erupted from their bodies as they started to turn enraged.

Once the changes were done taking place in their bodies, the trolls charged forward. Since the trolls were quite clever, they instinctively felt that they would be faced with an annoying situation if they let the fleeing knights and professors.

"They went berserk!"

"Be careful!"

The professors shouted loudly at their students when they passed through the academy's main gate. However, contrary to the professors' concerns, the students remained calm as they continued to fire on the trolls.

Berserk trolls had increased regenerative powers. Even their skin and muscles would be temporarily strengthened making the bullets completely ineffective against them.

However, even if the students did not deal any significant damage to the trolls, they would still be able to leave a tingling and ticklish feeling on their bodies.

But the more the bullets struck and grazed the trolls' bodies, the more violent they became.

"Did the support troops arrive?"

"No."

Jaiden shook his head at the tactical professor's question.

"But how can…"

"Go inside for now."

Jaiden immediately cut off the tactical professor's reproach.

The professor looked around. He couldn't help but flinch when he saw the countless explosives buried in the area near the academy's main gate. However, the only thing that he could do was sigh as he went inside. Even the knights were looking worriedly at the students as they rushed inside the building.

But the trolls just continued to charge at them.

"Close the gate!"

Hearing Jaiden's roar, the students quickly moved together to close the huge and heavy gate.

When the gates closed, trolls rushed forward while they roared and banged at the gate.

"Let's retreat."

The children immediately retreated from the gate when they heard Jaiden's orders.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Only a few seconds had passed but the gates were already creaking from their banging on the gates. It seemed like they were dead set on breaking it down with brute force.

Not far from the scene, Jaiden and the other children watched as the trolls began to gather and push in the gap that they had successfully created.

Only after confirming that there were dozens of them that were stuck on the gate did Jaiden nod his head.

Seeing his nod, the children began to detonate the bombs one after the other.

Baaaang!

The collapse of the main gate and the walls surrounding it accompanied the loud bang that rang loudly in the area.

The trolls that were stuck banging on the gate as well as the trolls that were trying to climb over the walls were caught up in the huge explosion.

The explosion was so loud that it made the ground shake and tremble. However, no matter how loud the explosion was, they believed that the trolls would not die just like that. After all, they were monsters that were known for their strong regenerative abilities.

The trolls that were in the center of the blast would have died but the trolls that were only standing in the vicinity were guaranteed to survive. Their monstrous regeneration could allow them to restore cut off limbs so something like this was just a trifling matter to them.

"Let's go."

The students only temporarily remained in the training grounds to blast the bomb so they immediately fled deeper in the academy once they heard Jaiden's orders.

Once they entered the building, they were greeted by the exhausted professors that stood there waiting for Jaiden.

"What the hell were you thinking?! The explosion was much bigger than we thought but you know damn well that a troll wouldn't be killed by something like that!"

"That's right. It will only injure them. The strengthened regenerative abilities of the trolls will allow them to endure a blast like that."

The large monster tactics professor agreed with the words of the general beast theory professor.

"It's not over yet."

"What?"

Bang!

A huge explosion accompanied Jaiden's answer. And as if to prove that it was not really over yet, a series of explosions rang loudly in the area.

"Those guys have to break through our bomb field to get here. By the time they arrive here, even the troll with the world's greatest regeneration will be on the brink of death. Their regeneration can only do so much if they continue to get blasted like that."

"That…"

Even if the trolls were able to hold out against the first blast, their regenerative abilities would definitely face a decline once they suffered from injuries over and over again. If that happened, then their recovery time would lengthen which would allow them to deal significant injuries on them.

In addition, they still had to face the limits of their berserk state.

"The berserk state has a weakness. They will suffer from powerlessness and will be helpless against others for a short period of time. Am I right?"

"…Right."

The general beast theory professor answered Jaiden blankly.

"When those guys get here, they will either be covered in blood or weak from being released from their berserk state. If that's the case, then we'll be able to finish them even with the professors and knights being injured."

Jaiden smiled as he explained to the professors.

"Of course, that was only if they got here on time."

The students nearby smiled at Jaiden's words too.

Except for Jaiden and the students that buried the bombs in the main gate where the professors and knights were located, the rest of them went all over the area and buried a lot of things here and there. Although their traps and devices were a bit crude, they were still able to bury a lot.

They mainly did this to stall for time so the support troops could still arrive with them alive. At the same time, it also served as a deterrence that blocked the trolls' charging advance.

Of course, the distance between the main gate and the academy building was not that long so the trolls eventually reached the place where the students and the professors were gathered.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

―Guwooo!

The students fired rapidly at the bloodied trolls that were rushing towards them while the knights jumped forward and cut off their necks to finish them off.

It was an easy task for the knights to finish off the trolls since their berserk state had already been released. Even the professors were able to kill several trolls one after the other.

The nasty and disgusting trolls grabbed their necks as they tried to drag their exhausted bodies to where the children were gathered. However, they were no match to the knights' attacks with their already exhausted.

―Guwooo!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One of the trolls roared loudly. It was wearing a necklace and a cane decorated by bones. It seemed like those items symbolized its position as chief of the tribe.

When the berserk trolls heard the roar, they immediately regained their senses and stopped their reckless charge. Then, they gathered around the Troll Chief.

Jaiden hurriedly shouted to his professors when he saw the scene.

"Professor! We need to disperse!"

"A sorcerer?"

Jaiden's frantic voice pulled the professors' concentration away from their frantic battles. They quickly turned to look at the location where the Troll Chief was located.

"Everyone, disperse!"

The students and the knights began to disperse when they heard the professor's orders.

They could see that the gathered trolls created the balls of blue fire that were now flying directly towards the academy.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Those crazy bastards! They didn't even care that their colleagues were still here!"

"They can regenerate so it doesn't matter to them!"

The knights hurled curses at the trolls' reckless attacks. They mocked and cursed at the trolls that gave up their comrades while they continued to evade and block the attacks with their swords.

Meanwhile, the students evacuated deeper inside the building. The building was sturdy enough to withstand such attacks since it was engraved with an old and tattered defense magic. The beams of the building were also enforced with thick steel so it wouldn't collapse so easily. They built it this way as an insurance. After all, they were located in an area that was teeming with monsters.

"Heok… heok…"

"Crazy bastards!"

"Isn't that Troll Chief really crazy?!"

After running to safety, the kids tried to catch their breath as they watched the scene outside. They couldn't help but click their tongues when they saw the trolls attacking recklessly and abandoning their colleagues just to deal with their enemies. It was quite an atrocious behavior.

However, in Jaiden's perspective, this was something natural. He was aware of how shrewd and clever the trolls were after plenty of encounters with them in his previous life.

He stared at the agitated children before speaking.

"Those bastards know. They know that they'll lose if the fight gets dragged longer."

"The trolls' brain can think that much?"

"That's right. Unlike ogres, the trolls are clever. They're quick witted monsters. What more if those guys have a lot of experience fighting against humans? You can expect them to do this much."

Jaiden also could not believe this back in his previous life. However it was the truth. The trolls were truly quite clever, shrewd and scheming, something that was completely contrary to their dumb and ignorant appearance.

In fact, from his experience fighting in the Northern War in his previous life, he thought that fighting against the clever goblins and trolls was much more troublesome than fighting against droves of ogres.

"Then, if things continue on like this, will they be able to breach the academy?"

"Don't tell me they'll still be able to do that after all that we did?"

The students looked outside with tears glistening in their eyes.

They could see that the professors and the knights were being pushed back even though they were fighting so hard against their enemies.

The trolls had already stopped their bombing and had long rushed in. But what made matters worse were the trolls that had survived the magical attacks and the bomb field earlier. They had now stood up and made things more difficult for their instructors.

"From now on, we have to do one thing."

"Starting from now, there's one thing that we have to do."

Jaiden spoke firmly to the crying students.

"We have to confirm that the bombed trolls are dead. If they're not, then we have to kill them."

"How?"

"Stab them in their anus."

"Anus…"

Number 2 mumbled unconsciously when she heard Jaiden's words.

"Those until number 30 can express their mana a bit, right?"

The students nodded their heads at Jaiden's words.

"Then, we will split into groups of ten. Numbers 1 to 20 will lead a group on their own. While the groups that numbers 21 to 30 will lead have to pair up and fight together. The rest of the students will fill up the groups and cover for us."

After listening to Jaiden's instructions, the students quickly picked the elites that they would follow as they formed groups one by one.

Jaiden confirmed that there were nine students behind him before giving them a final instruction.

"Let's all survive."

All of the students nodded firmly and looked at him with determination.

"Let's go!"

Hearing Jaiden's words, the group of students moved out of the building one by one.

Based on the students' skills, it would be too far-fetched for them to fight and kill the charging trolls. But if it was just finishing off a dying troll, then their skills were more than enough.

The elites stabbed the anuses of the dying trolls while the rest of the students in their groups supported them with their guns. But they did not end there. Their swords were actually coated with poison that they had sneaked out of the professors' office so the trolls' anuses were made into a complete mess by their stabs.

―Kuwooo! Kuwooo!

The trolls were roaring in pain from the torment that the students' swords had brought them. However, they just continued on. They even became crueler. After all, they were not in a position to leisurely care about their methods and look at the circumstances of their opponents.

They did all that they could to try and slow down the advance of the trolls, even just for a little bit, by killing off the dying trolls and keeping the incoming trolls in check. But even then, the cordon that they had barely maintained started to collapse when the knights and the professors started to get injured heavily one by one.

But before they could completely fall, flames suddenly burst out from the sky.

"Drakes?"

Jaiden looked at the green flames that were blazing in the sky with a blank look on his face.

There, he saw knights riding on drakes as they painted a giant magic circle in the sky. The magic circle started to rain down lightning bolts on the trolls. The trolls responded with their sorcery but their defense instantly collapsed when the veteran knights started to jump off and deal with them.

Perhaps it was because of their exhaustion, but the students' legs started to turn into jelly as they collapsed one by one while watching the scene in front of them.

"We… We survived!"

"I'm alive!"

"Waaah! We did it!"

The students couldn't help but cheer loudly when they realized that they had successfully survived this ordeal.

While they were busy cheering, a mechanical sound rang in Jaiden's head.

― You have done an unbelievable job in the Northeast Academy. People will call you the 'Northeast's Divine Saint'.

― The title 'Northeast's Divine Saint' has been created. Everyone will praise you for your unbelievable achievements at a young age in the monster-infested Northeast. This title will double the effects of your achievements and titles until you are 20 years old.

― Title : Northeast's Divine Saint (Double the effects of your titles until the age of 20.)

― You have combined your extensive knowledge about monsters and your excellent tactics. The scholars will praise you and call you a monster scholar.

― Title: Monster Scholar (The effect of your attack will be doubled if you have acquired the knowledge about the monster.)

― The effects of the title will increase when linked with 'Jjambap Doesn't Go Anywhere!'

Jaiden was in a daze as he listened to the continuous barrage of the mechanical sound. Then, his most anticipated notification finally came.

[ Clue about the second Divine Beast. ]

Please take good care of the sick and injured owl! It may become a huge source of strength for you in the future~♥

"That's all?"

Jaiden was confused. He couldn't help but stare blankly into space.

He did his best and worked hard to clear this difficult mission because he was looking forward to this reward but all that he received was a short and absurd sentence.

While he was busy trying to make sense of the absurd clue that he had received, the knights sent by the Command finished their massacre of the trolls. The crisis that their academy faced had finally ended.

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Chapter 24 - Jaiden's Worth (5)

Chapter 41 - The Winter Mountains' Working Environment is Special (1) Chapter 40 - Unraveling the Thread (3) Chapter 39 - Unraveling the Thread (2) Chapter 38 - Unraveling the Thread (1) Chapter 37 - Young Outpost Leader (3) Chapter 36 - Young Outpost Leader (2) Chapter 35 - Young Outpost Leader (1) Chapter 34 - First Post: Winter Mountains (2) Chapter 33 - First Post: Winter Mountains (1) Chapter 32 - Recruitment War (5) Chapter 31 - Recruitment War (4) Chapter 30 - Recruitment War (3) Chapter 29 - Recruitment War (2) Chapter 28 - Recruitment War (1) Chapter 27 - High-nosed Owl (3) Chapter 26 - High-nosed Owl (2) Chapter 25 - High-nosed Owl (1) Chapter 24 - Jaiden's Worth (5) Chapter 23 - Jaiden's Worth (4) Chapter 22 - Jaiden's Worth (3) Chapter 21 - Jaiden's Worth (2) Chapter 20 - Jaiden's Worth (1) Chapter 19 - Lower Years' Ranking Battle (3) Chapter 18 - Lower Years' Ranking Battle (2) Chapter 17 - Lower Years' Ranking Battle (1) Chapter 16 - I'd Rather Take Theoretical Classes… (2) Chapter 15 - I'd Rather Take Theoretical Classes… (1) Chapter 14 - Jjampbap Doesn't Go Anywhere (3) Chapter 13 - Jjampbap Doesn't Go Anywhere (2) Chapter 12 - Jjampbap Doesn't Go Anywhere (1) Chapter 11 - Northeast Military Academy… (3) Chapter 10 - Northeast Military Academy… (2) Chapter 9 - Northeast Military Academy… (1) Chapter 8 - Enlistment (2) Chapter 7 - Enlistment (1) Chapter 6 - Running Away From Home (2) Chapter 5 - Running Away From Home (1) Chapter 4 - Preparing to Run Away from Home (3) Chapter 3 - Preparing to Run Away from Home (2) Chapter 2 - Preparing to Run Away from Home (1) Chapter 1 - Good Work. This was a Beta Test!

The Duke's Eldest Son Escaped to the Military (24)

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

8 Jaiden's Worth (5)

After fighting in the Great Troll Defense, the 4th years still had to fight a few more battles.

The trolls' raid had breached the safety zone leaving their academy wide open. This meant that monsters would push in and launch an attack from time to time.

The Command's knights had been fighting crazily but their defense was still breached. The medium monsters were still able to get past their defense and attack the area where the 3rd year academy was located.

But this time, the situation was unlike that of the fight against large monsters. This time, the 4th year students were able to support the knights. Their strength was more than helpful enough to deal with the medium monsters.

The students suffered from some casualties during the process but fortunately there were no deaths among them. This was in fact the result of the professors and the knights' hard work. They did their best and did whatever they had to do just so no student would die under their watch. Even if they had to die in the process.

"Everyone, salute!"

Everyone saluted under the roar of the Command's Knight Order commander.

They were all saluting the coffins that contained the bodies of those who sacrificed and laid victim to the fierce battle that they had fought.

Many of the knights, rangers and soldiers that were dispatched from Command either suffered from heavy injuries or worse died. And right now, they were paying their respects to those who had sacrificed themselves for them.

This was also the reason why they couldn't celebrate and be happy even though they had successfully stopped the monsters' invasion.

War would always leave a bitter feeling. And the same was true for the battles that he fought and would fight in this life.

Those that were left behind would always be saddened by the death of their comrades. But they would forget about them. They couldn't afford to be tied to their past forever. After all, monsters continued to flock endlessly and the battles that they needed to fight were still a lot.

And the situation that they were facing right now was the embodiment of this. For them to stop the endless flock of monsters, they had to hide the sadness brought about by their comrades' death deep in their hearts to fight and stop these monsters from killing more.

"You can now disperse."

One of the professors ordered the dispersion of the students as he personally brought the coffins of his fallen comrades in the transport carrier that would be carried away by the drakes.

However, the students remained to send off the dead instead of dispersing right away.

Experiencing the death of someone dear and close to them for the first time brought shock to the children. They had warned them that it would be dangerous in this place but this was the first time for them to witness so many people dying. The situation was still slowly sinking in on them.

And to these students who blankly sent their dear ones away, the large monster tactics professor spoke solemnly.

"The things that you will experience in the future will be worse than this. You'll definitely see the deaths of countless colleagues and you will most likely lose your lives too. After all that… I hope that you can climb as high as them."

The professor turned to look at the knights that continued to work silently despite their comrades' deaths. Perhaps it was because they had seen their comrades die over and over again that their eyes had long gone dry, unable to shed tears anymore.

"Sometimes, heroes will be born in war."

The professor glanced at Jaiden before turning his head away as he continued to speak.

"But never forget that before someone can become a hero, he will have to endure the pain of watching countless of his comrades sacrificing themselves…"

The professor looked bitterly at the Drake Unit that carried the bodies of the dead. He continued to stare at them until they became dots and disappeared from their sight. Then, he gestured for the students to disperse and go back to the half-destroyed building.

After all of the fighting had ended and they had done the proper courtesy and treatment to send off the dead, their next job was to restore the collapsed buildings and walls of the academy. At the same time, the troops sent from Northeast command moved quickly and dealt with the post-war processes that needed to be dealt with.

While all of these happened, Jaiden and the rest of the 4th year students prepared to move up to the next grade. There were no ranking battles nor any risk of being held back but the students remained as busy as ever. After all, they needed to become stronger since the danger that surrounded them had increased as the forests that surrounded the Northeast started to fall into chaos.

The area where the 4th year academy was located, the area where large monsters were located, had been sorted out to some extent due to the incident before. But the problem was the area where the 5th years and the lower years were located.

Since the divine beast, the owner of the Black Forest, as well as several high-leveled monsters disappeared for unknown reasons, monsters began to wage war to claim their own territories.

Confusion and turmoil spread not only in a part but in the entire Northeastern Front.

Fortunately, the region where the 4th year academy was located had stabilized so they were able to build a temporary base and set up a front once again.

If the 4th year academy had fallen, the situation would have definitely grown out of control since the large monsters would definitely push forward and devour the area where the lower years were located. So they were fortunate that the 4th year academy remained standing.

A month had passed by with everyone spending their every waking hour protecting and restoring the academy.

After finishing part of the restoration, the commander in charge of the Northeast Command personally visited the 4th year academy grounds to give them the rewards that they had postponed due to their busy schedule.

"Gather at the training grounds, everyone!"

Hearing the professor's words, the students dropped what they were doing as they all gathered in the training grounds.

After the war against the trolls, the students started to train like crazy. Perhaps it was because they had realized how weak they were so they devoted their all to training.

The professors did not nitpick on them for being so frantic. They wanted them to be the ones to overcome the trauma that they received from their first battle. Only then would they be able to leave the shadow of death and suffering that accompanied every battle and war.

But this time, the commander and the academy dean came personally, so they needed to at least look a bit orderly and uniform.

"You there! Stand up straight!"

"Stand in lines."

"Don't break the ranks!"

The professors shouted as they sorted out the ranks and lines of the students.

Not long after, the dean came up and stood on the podium that they had set up in the training grounds.

"Nice to see you all. This is my first time seeing you since your freshman days."

The professors and the students all stood still as they stared at Dean Randon, the person in charge of the Northeast Academy, on the podium.

"As a dean, what happened here at the academy is extremely unfortunate and heartbreaking but I'm also glad that you are able to make it through and come out alive. I'm not here just to praise you for your determination and bravery."

The dean then looked around the people gathered in the audience.

"You have fully demonstrated the mindset that one should have in the military. As your dean, I would like to repay you."

The dean paused, took a deep breath, and continued on with his speech.

"The commander had given me the permission to do so, so to repay your bravery I am offering you an early promotion. You will be immediately commissioned as an ensign and will be promoted after your senior year. Upon graduation, you will all be promoted to lieutenant."

The students' eyes widened when they heard the dean's words. One might think that it was just only receiving a promotion after their senior year but this was an extremely big deal for them. It was a great honor for them since no one had ever graduated as a lieutenant in the entire history of the academy.

"I hope that you will prepare well for the rest of the year so that we won't have any shortage of ensigns."

The students cheered as the dean stepped down from the podium. They were bound to be happy after getting a huge surprise. After all, being promoted and skipping an entire school year was something that called for a celebration.

The Northeastern Commander stepped up on the podium under the cheers and hoots of the overjoyed children. The students immediately quieted down when the commander stood in front of them.

"I'm Crimson Halo, the person in charge of the Northeast. I'm very glad to see some memorable faces among the crowd today."

Crimson smiled as he gazed at the students. He wanted to give all the children present today a medal for achieving something unbelievable but unfortunately he couldn't award that many medals. However, he was sure that most of the current 4th year students would be able to receive medals once they made a few more contributions and grew up safely during their academic year.

"Just like what the dean had said earlier, you have all shown incredible bravery. Everyone did a great job in protecting the academy. But I heard that there was a person who had made a special contribution. Number 1?"

"Yes!"

"Step forward."

Jaiden stepped forward nervously when Crimson called out his number. But the faces of the students behind him were showing envy.

"You have made unbelievable contributions during your academic career. As a student, you have introduced new tactics to deal with the trolls and even did a great job in saving the professors and the knights in the war against the trolls. By my authority as the commander of the Northeast, I hereby award you with the Iron Cross."

The students' eyes all widened when they heard Crimson's words. Even some of the professors had their eyes widened as they watched the scene in front of them.

Some of the professors who had connections in the Command seemed to be aware of this already but most of the professors were still shocked to the point that they asked those next to them if what they were hearing was correct.

"In recognition of your impressive contributions, I award you the Yellow Iron Cross. I hope that you will grow up to be a man that will make the Empire shine."

Jaiden gave his salute to Crimson as he accepted the small necklace that he had hung for him.

The iron cross with a yellow jewel inlaid on it was a medal that was unique to the Northeast. Unlike in the other parts of the Empire where they wore their medals on their chest, the Northeast made their medals smaller in the form of necklaces. There would usually be a mark engraved on the medal. In Jaiden's case, the insignia of the academy was engraved on the yellow jewel inlaid on his medal.

The Northeast's medal was also unique in the way that they awarded different jewels based on their officers' contributions. They would start with a yellow jewel and each time a certain amount of merit had been achieved, additional jewels would be inlaid on their iron cross. The jewels were inlaid in the order: yellow, green, red and blue.

Because of that, they would only be able to receive the Yellow Iron Cross once in their entire life.

"I actually wanted to engrave the Silver Eagle in the center of this iron cross."

Crimson patted Jaiden on his shoulders before taking a step back. Then, Jaiden gave him another salute before turning around and returning to his position. The commander stepped down after giving him his award.

Both the commander and the dean left the training grounds after telling them that they did a good job. They still had more things to do so they only briefly passed by here to award their students' stellar work.

"Everyone did a great job. Today is a day for celebrations so I will be giving all of you a break today. Have a good rest!"

After saying those words, the large monster tactics professor turned around and disappeared. Once he disappeared, the children excitedly approached Jaiden.

"Wow… So this is the iron cross."

"I can't believe you received this already… so crazy!"

"What we received is also crazy in the eyes of others. We became ensigns and we will even get promoted once we graduate!"

"I know. If we do well, won't we be able to get a medal at the graduation ceremony too?"

The students were filled with excitement as they stared at Jaiden's medal.

However, number 3 looked uncomfortable while number 2 looked at him disinterestedly as she picked her sword up again. Number 2 was not interested in anything else aside from being strong while number 3 was considered as a quasi-genius so they weren't that much interested in Jaiden's medal. It was just a yellow medal and they could receive it in a few years if they tried hard enough.

But the students were excited because this was the first appearance of a medal that they had never seen and had only heard of before. And they weren't the only ones excited about Jaiden's medal. Even the professors were excited that Jaiden's worth was finally recognized. The entire Northeast was also buzzing wondering what Jaiden, the person who received a medal, was like.

As rumors about Jaiden slowly spread in the Northeast, the title '4th year's number 1' slowly became known not only in the Command but also in the frontlines.

"Ten years old… Will he turn eleven soon?"

"That's right."

A middle-aged man smirked when he saw Sky Renz, an elite and a genius that was recognized by the Northeast, speaking firmly.

"Interesting. Bring him in, he will be useful."

"I'll get right to work."

"That's right. Get him here before the Command snatches him from our hands."

Sky Renz saluted before turning around and leaving. Then, the man turned and looked at the report that Sky Renz had given him.

"It will be good if I can raise him…"

The eyes of Caeden Wall, the commander of the 1st Army hailed as the strongest before the Shield of the Northeast Crimson Halo came, shone like a beast that found its prey.

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The Duke's Eldest Son Escaped to the Military

Chapter 25 - High-nosed Owl (1)

The Duke's Eldest Son Escaped to the Military (25)

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

9 High-nosed Owl (1)

Jaiden finally finished his 4th year, after making an incredible achievement, and stepped into his 5th year in the academy.

The place where they were going was located in the aerial monsters' habitat. It was clear that just one slight misstep could bring forth tumultuous dangers.

Well, to be honest, the 4th year academy was also dangerous considering that they were in the vicinity of the medium and large monsters' habitat. They even fought for their lives at their young age during the war against the trolls.

However, contrary to what they had expected, their lives in the 5th year academy were quite lax. They were completely void of any tense and nervous atmosphere.

All the 5th year students had to do was take their theoretical classes and learn about what the aerial monsters looked like, what their characteristics were and where they lived. After all, most aerial monsters were high-ranked so it was nigh impossible for the children to fight against them.

Perhaps this was also the reason why they were all relaxed. Especially Jaiden. Jaiden had lived an eventful and busy life during his 4th year but he was now living a fairly enjoyable and comfortable student life.

In fact, they really had the chance to live a comfortable student life during their 4th year. But thanks to Jaiden, they had to toil and work hard. And by the end of it all, they had realized that they had already lived a dog-like life.

The 4th year students were only generally required to do practical training and battle against large monsters a few times. And they would only fight against half-dead monsters that had already been beaten by the rangers and the knights.

But during that time, they were tasked to test the effectiveness of Jaiden's proposed methods so they ended up facing trolls that were very much alive and kicking. In addition, they were forced to risk their lives and fight against those monsters thanks to the chaos brought about by the changes in the Black Forest.

So, being presented with a comfortable student life, all of the 5th year students were basking and enjoying their current life. However, it did not take that long. They only lived easily for three months.

"Number 1 is training on the basic swordsmanship like his life is on the line."

"I know right."

The other students stared at Jaiden with confusion as he trained desperately in the basic swordsmanship.

Once they became 5th year students, they were no longer required to learn and train in the basic and Imperial Basic swordsmanship techniques. Instead, they were given a lot of free time to improve their individual skills.

If you look at their curriculum, they would be required to learn subjects that were based on the basics during their 1st~4th year.

During their 1st year, they were required to learn the basic common sense and combat methods. In their 2nd~3rd year, they were taught advanced strategies and tactics that they could use in combat and warfare. In their 4th year, they were taught methods on how to fight against medium and large monsters. All of the subjects that they took including cooperation, military mindset, strategies and tactics were centered around the basics and the basic swordsmanship.

However, things would change starting in their 5th year.

Since they were going to become apprentices and learn under someone in their 6th year, their senior year, they were now allowed to have all the time that they could to polish their skills. Except for the time that they used to learn theoretical and hands-on subjects about aerial monsters, the rest of their time was free for them to use. They could use this time to boost and strengthen their individual skills that they would need during their final year in the academy.

And as if to prove the fact that they were considerate to the students, they filled the 5th year academy library with high-leveled sword techniques from the main families of the Empire. There were even books about magic, spirits, high sorcery, as well as information about the great divine beasts and monster tricks. The library was well equipped with a variety of resources to supplement whatever path their student wanted to choose. Giving them enough resources was one way for them to make sure that they would grow safely and a lot stronger while they still remained in the academy.

In fact, the Northeast Academy was actually famous for its fearsome specialty library. They even had the Leonhardt Family's sword techniques starting from the Basic Lion Sword Technique until the high-leveled sword technique that appeared around a century ago in their collection.

Although they were not sure if they have any of these families' 'futures' with them, they still made sure to have everything in store so the children would grow up well-informed and prepared in their care.

However, Jaiden looked away and dumped all of these techniques away. He just continued to train in the basic and Imperial Basic Swordsmanship. This was the reason why the students were all looking at him in wonder.

"Hoo…"

After Jaiden had finished his training on basic swordsmanship, he moved on to the familiar Imperial Basic Swordsmanship.

The students watching him all shook their heads before turning around and training in their new sword technique and martial arts.

'It seems like no one is training in Imperial Basic Swordsmanship anymore.'

Jaiden smiled bitterly when he saw the other students training on the famous sword techniques and martial arts in the Empire. Only a handful of people, including him, continued to train on the Imperial Basic Swordsmanship.

Even the children who followed him stopped training in the basic swordsmanship. They already moved on and chose their new sword techniques. They were doing the same as number 2. She was currently training hard, harder than when she trained on the basic swordsmanship, on her new sword technique. Even number 3 had started training on a sword technique that was famous for its use of heavy swords.

Because of this, Jaiden, someone who only trained the most basic swordsmanship of the Empire, had become rare.

"I'm sure each of us has our own path."

Jaiden looked enviously at number 2 and number 3's sword techniques for a moment before looking back at his own.

The Imperial Basic Swordsmanship that's based on the basic swordsmanship.

Even though it was a simple sword technique, he liked it since it fitted him perfectly. It was a simple sword technique that could easily be parried and defended. Even the Imperial Swordsmanship could easily be destroyed by all sorts of faking movements. But even if this simple sword was something that could easily be defeated, he knew that training with this sword technique was the only way that he could adapt and trump over this world with his poor talents.

His current life was the proof of this theory. In his previous life, he was only barely able to grow. He needed to overload his mana circuits with mana stones just so he could advance back then. But in this life, he could easily chase and even stand on top of the monsters of this generation.

"This is a sword technique that's made for the talentless."

Jaiden gripped his sword tightly.

The sword technique that he was training in was a great sword technique that could even let talentless people like him be able to fight toe to toe with monstrous geniuses.

And so, today too, he wielded his sword like crazy. He worked harder than anyone else just so he could gain the upperhand on these monsters that surrounded him.

After training until he became green onion kimchi, Jaiden went back to his dormitory. Inside, he saw Baepsae playing with the owl and singing a song.

"Hey, how long are you going to be here?"

―Hoot?

The owl tilted its head and looked at Jaiden with its big and wide eyes.

It might look innocent with its two big eyes but after months of staying together, Jaiden knew better. This owl was a rude little son of a bitch.

Jaiden had tried to take care of it meticulously before since it might become his second divine beast. But when he brought it some soup to eat, it rudely told him to get lost. After that, he told it to just shut up and go away.

"Go away now. You're all better."

―Hoot! Hoot~ hoot~

Jaiden looked at it grimly when the owl told him to stop speaking nonsense and just bring it 'that'.

"Am I your servant, huh? Ha? You go and eat by yourself."

―Hoot!

Jaiden brought out some smoked meat. Seeing the meat, the owl's eyes suddenly shone bright. It was already scary since its eyes were big but it became even scarier when its eyes gleamed brightly.

"Hey, hey! Stop it!"

―Tweet!

Baepsae suddenly flew up and slapped the owl's head with its wings. Only then did the owl behave as it urged Jaiden to give it a piece of the meat.

―Hoot!

"Haa… Here."

The owl looked in satisfaction as it flew up and gulped down the meat that Jaiden threw up in the air.

Watching this scene, Jaiden couldn't help but shake his head. Instead of being delighted with raw meat, the owl had a strange preference for smoked meat.

When he first fed the owl, it ate everything well. But after accidentally giving it some smoked meat, it did not eat anything anymore. All it did was whine for more smoked meat. Thanks to this, Jaiden had to scour the academy for smoked meat every day.

"Are you sure you're not going? If you're not going then make a contract with me."

―Hoot? Huhuhuhu~

The owl laughed crazily as it gave him an incredulous look. It looked like it was telling him that he was dreaming if he thought that he could make a contract with its majestic self. But Baepsae just poked the owl with its beak when it started mocking Jaiden.

―Hoot…

―Tweet!

―Hoot, hoot

Jaiden laid down happily while stretching his body. He looked at the arrogant owl in satisfaction as it got scolded by Baepsae.

He knew that he couldn't keep the owl forever. At first, he thought that he would be able to sign a second contract with the owl. If he did that , then his divine power might be able to increase and he might just be able to open up a subspace. But looking at the high-nosed owl, he was sure that signing a contract was just a shot to the moon.

"Tch! I can only keep the owl until the end of my 5th year."

He had said that the owl was already healed. But in fact, it was not yet fully recovered. From the looks of it, only the minor and surface injuries that he had sustained before had been healed during its stay with Jaiden. He could see that it still had a lot of internal injuries since he had seen it twitch and squint in pain whenever it accidentally used too much strength.

Wondering how he figured that out? It was because the owl was helping Jaiden train at night.

―Hoot!

"Let's take a break."

―Hoot!

Jaiden sighed as he pulled himself up. The owl had hurriedly told him to hurry up and come outside.

By the end of their regular training hours and individual free time, some of the children would take the remaining time of the day to study or rest. However, most of them remained at the training grounds and trained their swordsmanship. The same was true for Jaiden.

"Shall we start?"

―Hoot!

The owl hooted loudly in agreement as its eyes gleamed sharply. Mana surged around its body as the owl's feathers slowly turned black. Then, it flew straight towards Jaiden and launched its attack.

The owl's movement speed was not that fast. But the black fog that surrounded and floated around its body interfered with Jaiden's mana which made it hard for him to detect the trajectory of its attacks.

Clang!

"I blocked it this time."

―Hoot? Huhuhuhu!

The owl laughed mockingly when it saw Jaiden celebrating even though it just blocked one of its attacks.

Then, the owl immediately flew towards him. It's speed noticeably became faster as it aimed at the gaps that Jaiden had shown around his upper body and head.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Jaiden's hands shook as he received dozens of attacks in an instant. The owl looked like it was just playing around but the impact that Jaiden felt from the collision made him tremble despite his strengthened body and stamina.

"I'm not yet done!"

―Huhuhu~

The owl flew up again as it squinted at him mockingly. Jaiden turned towards the owl and used his Imperial Basic Swordsmanship.

The children in the area were all looking at him with jealousy. After all, the training that he was doing looked like he was fighting an actual battle. If they also trained like that, they were sure that their swordsmanship would definitely grow quickly.

But it was Jaiden, and not them, who had saved the owl back in their 4th year. So it was not that strange that the owl would only help Jaiden train.

At first, they thought that it was helping him because he had signed a contract with it. But when one of them asked, Jaiden had told the student that he had not signed any contract with the owl. Confused, they turned to ask their professors. The professors told them that what Jaiden was doing was quite an amazing feat. After all, it was rare for beasts, like that owl, to stay with people and even help them train without any contract.

However, by the end of it all, they knew that it would definitely sign a contract with Jaiden. So the students and the professors did not get close to the owl nor did they initiate contact for no reason. After all, if they suddenly interfered, Jaiden might lose the communication that he had with the owl. Thanks to the kind consideration of his colleagues, Jaiden's relationship with the owl grew closer recently. It was still as rude and as high-nosed as ever but it was undeniable that the two of them had grown significantly closer.

Of course, that was what the people around him thought. Jaiden actually thought that he was unlucky to be stuck with this owl.

"Haa… ha… Stop! I'm tired."

―Huhuhu!

The owl laughed at him saying that he was a weakling before fluttering towards where Baepsae was. All Jaiden could do was shake his head helplessly at this smug owl.

"Well done."

"Thanks."

Jaiden thanked the child who walked up to him and handed him a water bottle.

"It seems like the wall blocking the 3rd Stage is quite high seeing that you and 2 and 3 still haven't climbed over. Hoo… When will I even get to Stage 3?"

"Who knows… I don't think it would make a big difference."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. You know that there's that in the 5th year, right?"

The student shivered when he heard Jaiden's words.

"That's true but… I heard that it hurts."

"I heard that too."

"Ugh…"

The student trembled and shivered once again when he heard Jaiden's affirmation.

"I don't want to do it."

"We have to. It's better than being held back."

"That's true. Haa… We just have to hang in there, right?"

"Of course."

The child nodded with determination, it seemed like Jaiden had given him the courage to do it.

"Yeah. Let's give it a try."

"It won't be long before we're supposed to do it so let's work hard on our body before then."

"Yeah."

The two nodded at each other before heading back to their dormitories to stretch and rest their tired bodies.

Jaiden was already trying his best, but there were still some students who remained in the training grounds for their individual training even late into the night. Everyone knew that day would be coming soon so they were doing their best to keep their bodies in the best condition possible.

Days passed by with the children working hard and diligently. And the most important day for all of the students finally came.

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Notes

[High-nosed] 콧대 높다 – Literally high-nosed, meaning snobbish, sniffish, prideful, stuck-up or stubborn. I kept it as it is since it's an idiom.

[Became green onion kimchi] 파김치가 되었다 – figuratively means being so tired that the only thing that they could do is lie down languidly and listlessly. Worn out, exhausted, dead tired.

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[Front / Military Front] – the line of contact between two opposing forces. The front line can be a local or tactical front. It can also mean to be a lateral space occupied by a military unit.

[Ensign] – a commissioned officer of the lowest rank. Ranks above chief warrant officer but below a lieutenant.

[Lieutenant / First Lieutenant ] – Rank above lieutenant junior grade / 2nd Lieutenant but ranks below lieutenant commander.

[Iron Cross] – a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia and was later on used by the German Empire and the Nazi Germany. This cross symbolized the courage of the old Prussian warriors that brought victory. It also symbolized the valor of the German soldiers of the first world war. However, thanks to this cross being a part of the symbol of the Nazis, although the swastika that was placed in the middle had been removed back in 1957, it has been connotated with negative emotions.

TL's corner!

Tbh, I don't know which military ranking the author is following. I think the author is following the US Army Officer Ranks though. So putting that into perspective, they have jumped over the 2nd lieutenant to become 1st lieutenants.

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