Future Knight

Chapter 91

The ten knights now clearly understood why they had gathered. As they recalled the missions ahead, they looked at Kang Chan with faces mixed with anticipation and anxiety.

“From today, all of you will enter joint training with me. You’d better be fully prepared. Dismissed!”

Thus, on the fourth day since Kang Chan established the special forces unit, Black Wyvern, and commenced intense training.

As promised, the Dwarves and Elves appeared at the allied camp through the gate.

The number of Dwarves coming through the constructed gate seemed endless, approaching one hundred thousand.

True to their reputation as the race that produced the best weapons and armor, all of them were heavily armed with incredible weaponry.

“Oh, so those are the Dwarven Barbarians and the world’s strongest heavy infantry?”

The Dwarven heavy infantry, clad in solid armor from head to toe, and the Barbarians wielding massive battle axes, crossed the gate and entered the allied camp with formidable presence.

Following them, though fewer in number compared to the Dwarves, twenty thousand Elves led by Arteon and Elradian crossed the gate, showcasing their beautiful forms.

The soldiers who saw the Elves were in awe.

“This is the first time I’ve seen an Elf in person!”

“How can they all be as pretty as dolls?”

“Hehehe, that’s why they fetch such high prices at the slave market.”

A moment after he said that, with a piercing sound cutting through the sky, his head flew off.

Smack!

“Aaaagh!”

Even though he was about a hundred meters away, an Elf who heard him blew off his head.

The ignorant soldier met his end, unaware that Elves’ hearing was more acute than any other race’s.

Duke Sachsen grandly welcomed Queen Arteon of the Elves and King Cracksion of the Dwarves, and soon all those gathered convened for an emergency meeting.

The four major races, having come together, began preparations for an all-out war.

* * *

While the four major races prepared for the final war, Kang Chan was engrossed in guerrilla training.

Kang Chan’s two-week hellish guerrilla training was intended to instill military discipline and the confidence to fight and win under any adverse conditions, through extremely rigorous exercises.

Kang Chan resolved to become a demon to ensure the completion of the training.

“PT 8, twist your whole body 200 times, how many times?”

“200 times!”

“Listen to that voice! 400 times, how many times?”

“400 times!!!!!”

“398 times, begin!”

“One! Twooo! Threeee!”

“Listen to that voice!”

“Fouuur!!!”

The ten knights, as soon as they entered the training ground, abandoned their civilian selves and became ten Wyverns.

Three days into the grueling, torture-like PT exercises.

Instead of sweat, it seemed like their entire bodies were pouring out bodily fluids.

“Huff! Huff! How is this related to infiltration? Huff!”

“Don’t know! Just don’t talk to me…”

“You two with your mouths open! Get out here!”

“Huff! Wyvern number 4!”

“Ah, damn it! Why did you have to talk to me… Wyvern number 5!”

“Who said you could talk during PT! Go touch the top of that cliff and come back! First one there wins!”

“Yes, sir!”

At the word ‘first one,’ the two desperately started climbing the cliff.

The next training ground was courage training for high-altitude drops.

“Prepare for drop!”

“Guerrilla!”

“Wyvern number 6! Is that all the voice you have?”

“No, sir!!!”

“Let me hear your voice again. Prepare for drop!”

“Guueerrilllaaa!!!”

“Drop!”

“Drop!!!”

Wyvern number 6 threw himself off the steep cliff and repeatedly went up and down the life-saving rope before finally stopping.

After stopping, Wyvern number 6 spread his arms and shouted the final command.

“Guerrilla!”

“Pass!”

“Whoaaaaaa!”

Receiving the pass, Wyvern number 6 returned to the top of the cliff amidst enthusiastic cheers from his comrades.

“Wyvern number 6, ten-minute break!”

“Wyvern number 6! I have been granted a ten-minute break by the instructor!”

Drenched in sweat, Wyvern Number 6 slumped down on the spot, relishing the sweet relief of rest.

“Next Wyvern, step forward!”

“Wyvern Number 7!”

“Prepare for drop!”

“Gueeerilllllaaa!!!”

“Drop!”

“Drop!!!”

Wyvern Number 7 also threw himself off the sheer cliff without hesitation.

Having completed the hellish guerrilla training, the ten Wyverns returned to their barracks, gasping for breath.

“Huff! Huff! Where on earth did that demon learn such brutal training?”

“He must have learned it in hell…”

“Huff! Huff! If we work hard, do you think we’ll become Sword Masters?”

“Then I don’t want to be a Sword Master…”

“Kekeke…”

“Guffaw…”

“How did we endure all this?”

“…”

Looking back over the past week sent chills down their spines.

No amount of money could tempt them to return to the time before they entered the camp.

Absolutely not.

Initially, they had leapt with joy at the thought of joint training with a Sword Master.

They had expected to learn amazing swordsmanship from him.

How wonderful that would have been?

Instead, the place they arrived at for the training was the entrance to hell, and the training awaiting them was hell itself.

At the center of it all was a demon in a red hat.

A demon without blood or tears.

“Whether I become a demon or an angel depends on you. Understood?”

“Yes, sir!”

“Listen to that voice! Is that all you’ve got?”

“No, sir!”

Then, the guerrilla training unfolded.

For those who had only ever honed their swordsmanship to the point of death, the training was entirely unfamiliar.

Every day, they rolled, ran, jumped over obstacles, and hung on for dear life…

They had to overcome all kinds of traps, feeling the threat of life and death.

Moreover, the PT exercises, designed to build perfect physical and mental strength, were so grueling that even their well-trained bodies felt like their teeth were grinding.

“Huff! Huff! What the hell is this exercise? It’s easy at first, but after a few times, it feels like I’m going to die… Why is that?”

“Yeah! Why is it so tough?”

“I want to kill whoever invented this…”

“Who’s talking! Did you come here to play? Still have enough energy to chat? PT 8, 500 times! How many times?”

“500 times!”

“492 times, begin!”

In truth, even Kang Chan had never experienced PT exercises before.

During his time in the Space Forces, it was an ancient relic of the past.

But the biochip in his head had a detailed record of the Korean Army’s guerrilla training methods, so there was no obstacle to creating this earthly hell.

Moreover, for some reason, his arrogant computer was very proactive in assisting, allowing the hellish training to proceed even more smoothly.

Thus, the two-week-long training finally concluded.

The ten members who completed the training were markedly different from when they first entered.

Their movements were precise, and their eyes were filled with a fierce determination.

“You’ve all worked very hard. You’ve overcome the most difficult pain and challenges, and are now armed with a stronger mental fortitude than anyone else. I believe that now you have the confidence to fight and win against anyone. I am immensely proud of you. Wyvern Number 1, step forward…”

To those who completed the training, a certificate and a gold badge shaped like a Wyvern were awarded.

“K, khup! …Khurrrgh!!”

Each one of them couldn’t hold back the overwhelming emotion, shedding tears of gratitude.

The significance of that gold badge was immense for them, more valuable than any medal they had ever received.

It was a reward for surviving through hell.

Thus, the ten proud Wyverns, who had endured the hellish guerrilla training for two weeks, were physically and mentally exhausted, but their eyes were filled with confidence to overcome anything.

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28. Other Beings

From a vantage point where the vast expanse of the Arkandor Continent could be seen at a glance.

A massive object moved along the satellite orbit of Neo Earth.

This huge metal mass, appearing about twice the size of the Red Mars ship, had the word ‘Zvezda’ and a red star clearly drawn on its upper part.

‘Zvezda’ meant ‘star’ in Russian, and the red star symbolized the revolution of the former Soviet Union and communist countries.

The ultra-precision high-magnification lens was observing the war unfolding on the Arkandor Continent 24/7.

“Magnify.”

– Enlarging the image.

A man, quietly watching the clash of countless soldiers, uttered an exclamation.

“Wow, look at them. They’re swarming like ants.”

A blonde Russian beauty sneered in a typical tone.

“Truly primitive combat.”

“If we just drop a nuke there, it’d be over, wouldn’t it?”

“Lebedev, we are no longer destroyers.”

The expression of the blonde man named Lebedev twisted.

“But all my life, I’ve done nothing but destroy.”

“Remember, it’s not just you. Everyone here is the same.”

“I never like the way you speak, Chinese…”

As a strange tension brewed between them, the one who seemed to be their leader raised his hand to stop them.

“Enough.”

“…”

“Lebedev, Hong Hakmae is right. We are no longer destroyers. We are rulers. So, curb that attitude.”

“You should consider yourself lucky.”

At Lebedev’s words, the leader’s eyebrow twitched.

“We are the only humans left in the entire universe. That means we are brothers who share the same blood from the same planet. So, we must never fight among ourselves. Got it? If you disobey my orders…”

Seeing the cold murderous intent in the leader’s eyes, Lebedev waved his hands.

“Haha! It’s all a joke, just a joke.”

It seemed Lebedev was no match for the leader.

“Listen well, we have the power to destroy this entire planet, but we are far too few to dominate that vast continent. So what do we need right now?”

“Allies.”

“Correct, Ri Cheolsu. We need allies from that world.”

The ten Zvezda members looked up at the massive main screen.

“Now, make sure you don’t miss a thing! We need to convey our ideology to one of those factions!”

“Yes, Comrade!”

“Everyone, I hope you make wise decisions. For the revolution!”

“For the revolution!”

The people gathered here were ten revolutionary warriors from Zvezda, the top special forces unit of the Imperial Army.

Their mission was the same as that of the Red Mars ship.

Their task was to make Neo Earth, a planet discovered in the OGLE-2006-BLG-109L system with conditions similar to Earth, part of the Empire.

However, the Imperial Army had been beaten to the punch by the Space Federation Forces, who developed the hyper-spatial navigation system five years earlier. Their mission now was to find and destroy the Red Mars ship, which had departed first.