24 The Army

After the coronation, they started to celebrate.

even though they only got water and not beer it was festive, the atmosphere was happy, but it wasn't for long after all they can't celebrate all the time.

And so the construction continued.

They were discussing the army, as there are only so many people in the kingdom, and there aren't many men that are willing to go to the army, after Dave intimidation.

"Hehe, sorry about that" Dave scratched his head, in the end, he feels bad because now there aren't many people willing to go.

There are only about 50 men and 15 women who willingly join the army.

Because of that Neal berated Dave, he can't retort since it was his fault.

Its number was very small, so they decided to make them the elites troop and train them very hard.

The only defense was a wooden spike to protect the kingdom because the wall was being made right now, The earth mage was working hard trying to make the best wall, they don't want their kingdom wall strength weak.

And so the training began, the warrior was being trained personally by Dave, and the Mage was trained by Hadwin and Neal gave them some knowledge, even though he was a cripple, His knowledge was still there in his brain.

'Maybe I should buy the pill for Neal, he bought it and then decided to give him later.

Dave taught them a lot of things, and some spar too, though they use wooden swords it's still hurt to get hit.

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C'mon try harder! Your opponent won't wait for you to get up! Use your Shield!" Dave shouted.

He was training them one by one because they needed elites that could protect the kingdom in this state.

They have been doing it for 2 weeks, they all have become Warrior Apprentice.

It was a fast progress since they are being taught by Dave.

There are some people who Dave thinks have the most potential.

First is Fafnir, he was from the half-beast village, he is very timid, but when he got into combat, he becomes a calculative bastard. he tried to trick Dave once but it ended badly, but he learned that and the second time they met Dave got hit once after that Dave didn't dare to be easy on him, he learns every move and predicts it, he has the Bloodlust wolf, In war, he would be a very great asset, because of his mark he can become stronger as long as there is blood, and with his calculative nature, the mark was just too perfect for him.

The second was Harvey, he is a human from Akath village, his body strength was average his strength was in his positioning, he could make his position on advantage without the Dave knowing, his mark is the best at defense, his mark was a steel giant, his defense was powerful, he was a meat shield in the truest word, he might be able to use him as a shield... hehe.

The third was Tania, she was the best in battle from this batch, she always tries to attack the vital point of Dave, it reminds Dave of an assassin, always attacking the vital point to end them faster, she seemed to be good to become an assassin, and doesn't seem to suitable to become someone on the frontline, maybe she will become the new Hidden Blades of Akkath.

The last one was Clara, she was the oddest among them all, she was actually supposed to be at the mage side, he actually got five elements... that's a genius in whole other level, Hadwin wanted to take him as a disciple, Hadwin was a Mage Master, so of course, there would be many people would want to become his disciple, but he was actually rejected...

Clara wanted to become Dave's disciple, well, of course, Dave rejected her. She was a very talented Mage, but Clara was very stubborn, she even kneeled at the entrance of the palace for 7 days, and rumors were killing Dave, some said that Clara was Dave daughter but didn't accept, they said it's a forbidden love... with no choice, he accepted Clara as his disciple, and then apologize to everyone to clear the misunderstanding, as for her mark... he didn't know since she is the only one who has not awakened her mark, it was weird for people to not get mark even though she advanced to Warrior apprentice, since it was the first time there was this phenomenon.

As for the Mage, Hadwin reported that not many people became a Mage apprentice because not many people can study every day, they needed to study to become a Mage apprentice.

'That reminds me of school.' Dave was reminiscing about the old-time, although he was smart, he hated school, though that's the most vivid memories in Dave.

Now that their power was decent it's time for them to test true combat.

He wants his army to progress faster, and he wants to train them, so they are not a complete newbie to real combat.

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"Alright everyone, prepare your gear, you will be separated into teams. Because we will be doing live combat."

"The forest test was real?"

"I never thought It was real...."

"Pinch me, it might be a dream."

The other guy then proceeded to pinch him as hard as he could, making him screamed, everyone looked at both of them.

Almost everyone was thinking that the intimidation was not real...

"Just do your best, stay vigilant, we are only going to do it in the periphery of the forest, and you are in a team, I hope you don't take this lightly, even if it's only a test and there is someone that would help you." Dave warned them.

"Go and make your team and try to train together, we will set off tomorrow, at that time no more playing around" Dave warned them again.

After all, they can get killed easily if they are not careful, if they get killed faster than the helper they can't save them, he just hopes there would be no casualties, it would be bad for the population.

But, before that he would tell them to get their parent's consent.