Speeches and promotions

"System, teleport us upstairs to our soldiers." "

[Order received, teleportation begins.]

William and the generals evaporated in countless particles of light. The next moment they found themselves in total chaos.

[End of teleportation.]

Indeed, in the absence of William and the former generals, the soldiers were alone, so everyone was extremely surprised by this new environment, each extremely excited to enter a new world, after all, these soldiers did not. had never traveled outside of their own Kingdom, so traveling to another universe and experiencing this kind of landscape was a unique experience for each of them. Even the patriarchs could not restrain their curiosity.

Hence this scene presenting itself in front of William and the generals.

"Let everyone be silent, you are in the presence of the King! Charles shouted.

Instantly, the soldiers demonstrated their discipline and the chaos was instantly dispelled. The soldiers lined up in just a few tens of seconds. Each of the soldiers stood extremely erect.

William stepped forward in his new black cloak, slightly in front of the generals who had lined up behind him as well, but they had their hands behind their backs.

Indeed, out of respect to the former emperor, William simply recovered the black cloak, but above all, he found that melee combat with a scepter was much less stylish than with a sword.

William was still 16 years old, despite a maturity far surpassing his peers, there were still a few details that demonstrated that he was still only a teenager.

However, his choice was also justified as his mastery of the sword was of rank (C) and he also possessed the technique of Robin, which was of rank (B). His combat power might even decrease if he changed his sword to a scepter.

After waiting for everyone to be ready to listen, William spoke up.

"Soldier, before starting the ceremony, I would like to remind you that although I am confident in our victory, the losses will nevertheless be high. "

William left some time for the soldiers to have time to capture the information.

"Currently, there are exactly 914 of us, including me, taking part in the operation I have called" Operation Aurora ". However, this operation will undoubtedly have a high death rate. If only 100 of us survive, we will have been very lucky! "

All ranks (F +) trembled with fear at this exclamation. In reality, it is not only the ranks (F +) that are shaking with fear, but also everyone here!

This reaction is natural, who can say on a battlefield that he is not afraid of dying?

Indeed, it is not because the will is powerful that it allows one to escape from emotions such as fear. In fact, the ranks (E-) and above trembled less because they had more confidence in themselves to survive this ordeal and be part of the 100 survivors.

But that fear wasn't necessarily a bad thing when used effectively, and that is exactly what William did.

Indeed, William could quickly see that the tremors weakened quickly for the ranks (F +). Everyone knew that the main objective of this mission was to save their loved ones captured by the Zaran, so although everyone was afraid, everyone was fighting to overcome it and build a firm resolve in the face of death.

But William knew that was still not enough to get real soldiers!

"Since you are ready to entrust your life in my hands, naturally I will not disappoint you!" The family of each deceased soldier will be entrusted with 100,000 planetary coins per year for 10 years. Various privileges will also be granted, such as an exemption from taxes in the Northern Kingdom for 10 years, as well as permanent access to free education and health or the use of free public transport. »William declared solemnly.

The mood changed completely following William's words, in fact 100,000 planetary coins were equivalent to at least 5 years of an ordinary person's salary! And 100,000 planetary coins for 10 years was the gigantic sum of 1,000,000 planetary coins. Even in the capital, it was an extremely large sum of money! Not to mention the other advantages which would represent an extremely important saving in the long term!

(1 planetary coin = 1 euro)

Likewise William left a little time for each soldier to absorb the information.

However, the smart ones quickly questioned William's ability to fulfill his promise.

Of course he had already anticipated this situation:

"For those of you who think that I do not have the capacity to pay such an amount of money, you are right"

This sentence had the effect of a cold shower on the soldiers, but none of them showed their displeasure. However, their thoughts were quite different.

"Tch, this kid really makes us hope for nothing, me who thought that even if I sacrificed my life, it would be worth it if in return the future of my 3 little rascals was assured. "

"Really, this kid gives us all kinds of emotions, if he thinks we're his puppets, then he's going to suffer the consequences despite his strength. "

But William did not care at all about their thought since he had not yet finished his sentence:

"Do you really think we would just save our citizens and slaughter Zaran?" Of course not, we have an inventory, so it would be a shame not to use it. William said calmly with a small smile.

Some soldiers were still skeptical, not knowing where their King was going.

"We are going to loot their capital, since we have an inventory, the transport of precious objects as well as coins will not be at all cumbersome. William explained.

Once again, everyone's doubts were dispelled, and at the same time, all the dubious people were happy not to have spoken previously.

At the same time, after learning about the treatment of the deceased soldiers, the resolve of each soldier was once again strengthened.

Now all that remained before William were soldiers who would soon have the ability to maintain their composure even in the face of death. Indeed, the mental state cannot be built in a snap, it is a long process of self-control, but William had accelerated the process.

There was also a second advantage, the strength of all soldiers would grow faster since none of them would dare to relax during farming, the goal of each soldier always being to preserve his life and power again. live with his family.

William began to explain how hell works as well as various methods of dealing with skeletons, he also briefly mentioned that it was impossible to die in this world, but without explaining the process of "reincarnation", as this would affect the strengthening. determination. He also mentioned the dangerousness of the beast world.

William advised them that if they really wanted to go, then they should only go when their strength was really high within the rank (D). If they weren't, then they should go as a team.

William would never deny them access to the beast world, since even if they died it wouldn't be a problem for him, on the contrary William would be happy to see his soldiers getting stronger faster.

An hour passed quickly.

...

"Ok, the briefing is over, now it's time for promotions from current Generals to supreme Generals!" William concluded with a warm smile.

Suddenly, a circle of light appeared right next to Victoria, who was on the left end behind William.

This circle attracted the attention of everyone, William included.

A middle-aged man with blond hair appeared in this circle. He was momentarily disoriented before seeing William staring at him with cold eyes.

This man was Arthur, and confronting his gaze with William's, he dared not say anything and simply knelt down, his gaze pointed down to the ground.

William didn't embarrass Arthur either. He just continued what he was doing. In any case, William could notice that his general had recovered his old temper which he had when he was still the patriarch of the city of Yol.

No, his temper was now like a blade ready to be drawn at any moment. Apart from Edward and Victoria, no soldier could compare to him.

On the one hand, Edward had always been the most calm, decisive, and rational general among generals, while on the other hand, Victoria was still the Queen of the Northern Kingdom the day before. Of course his temper was far from ordinary.

Whereas Charles, although having inherited a talent related to water, having in principle for a host a calm person, was the reverse. His temper was explosive.

However, Frederick was rather the kind type, normally showing a lot of empathy towards others, but on the battlefield he became an extremely cruel person to his enemies.

So although everyone has their own temperament, if there was a ranking among generals, Victoria and Arthur would be at the top, Edward would be slightly behind, while Charles and Frederick would be last.

"Victoria, Arthur, Frédéric, Charles, Edward, stand in front of me. William ordered, but this time very solemnly.

"At your command, your majesty. They replied calmly.

Each of them dropped to one knee on the ground facing William, showing their backs to all the soldiers. Frank, along with the Queen's 12 former generals, also watched the scene with envy.

"I, the Soul King, will now grant the rank of Supreme General to Victoria, Arthur, Edward, Charles and Frederick. "

Ding

A familiar sound echoed in every ear of everyone present here.

[General Victoria is promoted by the Soul King to the rank of Supreme General, so all of his soldiers will automatically be promoted to the rank of General.]

Ding

[General Arthur is promoted by the Soul King to the rank of Supreme General, so all his soldiers will automatically be promoted to the rank of General.]

Ding

[General Edward is promoted by the Soul King to the rank of Supreme General, so all of his soldiers will automatically be promoted to the rank of General.]

Ding

[General Charles is promoted by the Soul King to the rank of Supreme General, so all his soldiers will automatically be promoted to the rank of General.]

Ding

[General Frederick is promoted by the Soul King to the rank of Supreme General, so all his soldiers will automatically be promoted to the rank of General.]

The reddish sky, which had never changed color until then, suddenly turned dark. The next instant, a flash of lightning burst, then rushed towards the forehead of a quite ordinary soldier. This flash was only the beginnings of what was to follow. Countless lightning bolts formed one after the other and rushed towards all the soldiers.

The scene was spectacular, William and the new Supreme Generals were stunned.

Indeed, the new supreme Generals had not received any lightning, which allowed them to appreciate in its entirety the scene which unfolded in front of them.

Unfortunately the spectacle was of short duration since all the soldiers only received a flash of lightning then it sank into contemplation.

"System, do you have an explanation? "

[Response to the host, the lightning is intended to transmit the skill [Soul of a General] which differs mainly from the talent [Soul of a Soldier] by its ability to summon defeated enemies ...

William couldn't listen to the end of what the system was saying, as 5 gigantic dragon faces had filled the skies. If their heads were that big, then how huge could their bodies be?

Probably even a planet like Teloria couldn't compare to their bodies.

These dragons did not stay long in the sky, each dived towards a Supreme General.

Their speed was extremely fast, so fast that not even William could react as these dragons vanished as if everything was an illusion.

But the blank stare of the Supreme Generals as well as the stunned faces of all the new generals were enough to prove that what had just happened was no illusion at all.

Moments later, the soldiers returned to normal.

The place quickly became noisy.

"These dragons literally froze me in fear. "

"Damn, since when have such things been around?" I have the impression of finding myself in the books I read when I was young. "

"Damn you too?" I never expected to see such a fantastic thing in my lifetime! "

"I have the feeling that since our new King has appeared, things have gotten out of hand! "

"Get used to it quickly, because I have a feeling this sort of thing will become common in the future. "

But other soldiers had remained rather silent:

"Me too, one day, will I be able to cause such a phenomenon?" Some of them thought.