The Third Day

Another day of joint military exercise between Resonance City and the Kingdom of Terravalle has finished.

Once night came, the Terravallean cavalrymen were downcast as if they were the ones who lost.

After seeing the power of the aura formation, the Terravallean cavalrymen were envious.

They didn't even know what it was so they asked their grand marshal and generals but they also had no idea.

As for Resonance City's men, they were happily chatting about how strong the aura formation was.

Some of them were even looking forward to the cavalry's achievements in future wars.

After hearing all the commotion about the mock war earlier, the cavalrymen were proud. Especially the captain who was finally able to execute the black and purple aura formation.

Helena was currently on the training grounds inside the city. She looked for Blanc everywhere before finally finding him in the city's training grounds.

"So you train here huh? Why not join the joint military exercise instead?"

Helena said as she approached Blanc.

"Hmm? Helena? Shouldn't you be with your men outside the city right now?"

"The joint military exercise is already done for today. Tomorrow, be sure to arrive after lunch okay? The duels between our battalion commanders and their generals will start tomorrow after lunch."

"Yeah, I will. By the way, what happened to the cavalry mock war?"

Helena smiled widely after hearing Blanc ask about the cavalry mock war. 

"Guess what happened" Helena replied

"Oh? Judging by how happy you are, did our cavalry win?"

Blanc was confused, he didn't think that their cavalry was currently up to par compared to the Terravallean cavalry who were famous across their region.

"No, they lost" 

After hearing what Helena said, Blanc was even more confused. If the cavalry lost then why is she so happy?

Helena was even happier after seeing Blanc's confused face.

"Our cavalry lost the mock war but Resonance City won because they finally managed to execute the aura formation before losing. The cavalry was down to 50 men while there were still 410 Terravalleans."

"Would you believe it if I told you that after executing the aura formation with just 50 cavalrymen, the 410 Terravalleans were down to 110 men before finally winning?"

Blanc's pupils constricted and his heart started beating faster after hearing Helena's ridiculous story.

However, he didn't doubt Helena because first of all, she had no reason to lie, and second, he knew that the aura formation had the potential to be strong, it's just that, he didn't expect it to be this strong.

He regretted not watching the cavalry mock war. However, this was still good news for Resonance City so Blanc was happy after hearing Helena's report.

"Well, I only came here to report the cavalry's success to you, I'm heading back to the campsite outside the city. Remember, tomorrow after lunch okay?"

"Okay!"

…

The sun was up and sounds of panting and exhaustion could be heard outside the city.

It was day three of the joint military exercise, the soldiers had already finished their two-hour early morning run. In addition to this, they're also done eating breakfast.

Currently, Geraint, Helena, and their men are doing their morning training routine which consists of physique training and weapon training.

The swordsmen were tasked to finish one thousand swings while the cavalrymen were training their field maneuverability and formations.

While the swordsmen and cavalrymen were busy training outside the city, the Terravallean archers and the archers of Resonance City were in the training grounds inside the city.

This is because there was no shooting range outside the city so the archers were training in the training grounds under Eden's supervision.

After a few hours of training…

"Everyone, gather up! Time for lunch." Geraint and Helena announced the end of the morning.

The soldiers enthusiastically gathered up because the food was delicious and the events after lunch made them excited.

Previously, it was only the soldiers who fought, but today, it was their generals' and battalion commanders' turn to spar against each other.

Helena led the men towards the training grounds inside the city again where the food was prepared. 

After a few minutes of marching, they all arrived at the training grounds where Eden and the archers were already in formation.

"Alright, everyone disperse! You may queue now and eat lunch. You have an hour and a half to finish eating."

…

"Woah! Damn! Today's lunch is a huge chunk of beef, rice, and veggies?! Do these guys always eat such scrumptious meals during training?!"

The Terravalleans enjoyed today's lunch again, ever since the beginning of the joint martial exercise, they always felt energetic after every meal.

In addition, they felt more motivated to train hard knowing that a delicious meal awaits them after every training session.

After seeing his men going crazy due to the food again, Geraint finally made his decision.

"I really should raise this issue to the king. It seems that we did underestimate the effects of a delicious meal."

Geraint muttered to himself.

The Terravalle Kingdom isn't lacking in terms of food sources and money. 

It's just that he only thought that a military meal was good enough as long as the soldiers' bellies were full so he didn't request for the meals to be delicious at all, they're just filling, that's it.

One and a half hours passed, and the soldiers burped in satisfaction while happily rubbing their satisfied stomachs.

"Gather up! We will now return to the field. The duels between Terravallean generals and battalion commanders from Resonance City will begin once we arrive outside the city. Make sure to take this chance to observe the sparring matches closely and improve your martial skills!"