Chapter 8 After the Battle

Goblin Settlement, it's a place were highly concentrated groups of goblins resides however when Alex and his friends came to subjugate it, it turns out that it was a Hobgoblin settlement but at the moment no hobgoblins can be seen instead Soviet soldiers are patrolling the entire place, Currently Aldelio was sitting in a rock just a few meters away from the settlement checking his status after the battle with the hobgoblins.

[Status]

Name: Aldelio Alastair

Age: 15

Class: Gunner 2nd tier

Rank: 1st Lieutenant

M̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ Cash: $20

Lvl: 47

Exp till next level: 410/4040

[Stats]

STR: 300

AGI: 385

VIT: 250

INT: 410

LCK: 150

Mana: 4100/4100

Hp: 2500/2500

[Skills]

{Storage Lvl 5, Current Space 50×50 meters}

{Creation Menu Lvl 15,Tech Lvl 2}

{Leadership Lvl 1}

Military:

Infantry Platoon(x1)

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[Class: Gunner]

As a person with a [Gunner] class your stats will be very low compared to the other classes however your effectiveness on using Firearms will be increased exponentially.

(Current Tier: 2, +120% Firearms Effectiveness)

All Classes have tiers and each tier is stronger than the last. The first 5 tiers can be achieved every 20 levels. (20Lvls=1 Tier Up) ,to achieve Tier 6 and above however, one will need different requirements in form of [Quest].

[Rank: 1st Lieutenant ]

Rank only applies to entities who have the capability to lead others. Otherwise they will only receive an N/A Rank. Ranks can influence their leadership and loyalty by a small margin.

(Current Rank: 1st Lieutenant, 10% Leadership Bonus, More Loyalty)

Ranks can only be increased through leadership in battles and ensuring total commitment to their leader. However this is only applicable for Rank 1st Lieutenant and above, Ranks below 1st Lieutenant can be increased through Levels.

Note: Entities' knowledge can affect how they perceive their Rank.

Reminder: All Soldiers summoned from the {Reinforcements} will always have a fixed loyalty of maximum towards the user.

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Aldelio made a nod of satisfaction after checking up his status.

"It's pretty neat, knowing that I deal at least 2.2x damage with guns however It looks like the [Money] has been changed to [Cash], it might be because of {Currency Exchange} other than that I think pretty much everything is the same, I wonder if my attacks are powered by magic making it able to deal much more damage"

Aldelio chuckles lightly before being shortly interrupted by Alexei.

"Reporting!, we have apprehended a suspicious person hiding in the forest"

Afterwards Two Soldiers holding a unconscious person clad in black came into his view.

"Did you knock him out?"

"Yes, While our men were securing the surroundings as you ordered, Sgt. Petronov and his squad at the west side has encountered this person"

Aldelio gazed his eyes upon Gastov looking at his body from head to toe.

"That Tattoo..."

In Gastov's right hand lies a black dragon tattoo which caught Aldelio's attention.

"No doubt about it, that's the [Black Dragon]

The [Black Dragon] is a mysterious organization that stretches all over the continent and all the information regarding this gigantic organization is heavily limited. Currently all that was known about them was that every member has a black colored dragon tattoo.

"I read about these guys in a book in the town library, i wasn't expecting that i could encounter one of them in this forest, could they be responsible for all the wierd things happening here?"

Aldelio fell into a deep thought thinking on what he should do with this person.

'Handing him to the guild might be a good idea however I think they will be suspicious afterall as mysterious as this organisation can be they are also powerful, i remember that 2 years back while I was bringing back a book in the library I heard news of Dexter and his party getting decimated by a member of the [Black Dragon] it's a good thing that nobody died but if someone like Dexter gets defeated together with his party by a single member of the [Black Dragon] it must be at least as strong as a C-Rank adventurer.'

In the Adventurers Guild, every adventurer that are ranked F to D are considered [Low-Ranked] Adventurers while C-Rank and above are Considered [High-Ranked Adventurers] in terms of strength between [Low-Ranked] and [High-Ranked] the difference between them was a huge gap even if its between a D-Rank and a C-Rank.

"Oh yeah speaking of the Dexter party, Alexei what's their current condition?"

"We have recovered 9 Remains of what we assumed of the [Dexter Party], The condition of your brother and 2 others is currently stable but they will be unconscious for a while"

Aldelio fell into a frown as he balled his fist in frustration.

"12 people... If only I-"

"Sir, it's not your fault that they died"

Alexei patted Aldelio's shoulder with Eyes full of concern. This left Aldelio flinch in surprise as he never thought that a person just summoned from his skill will be this concerned to him, was this the fixed maximum loyalty?

'If this ability falls to the wrong hands... thinking about it brings me shivers..'

Aldelio felt fear on his ability, being able to mobilize countless loyal soldiers under your command was no joke, because they are absolutely loyal to you they don't even care how you treat them, using kamikaze tactics is a very powerful strategy however it is too immoral that nobody wants to use it, but if they don't care about morality then all that they need is something expendable and that's where the absolute loyalty comes in.

"Haaa...You're right, in anycase we can't stay here at the moment, the guild will probably be arriving soon and will rush over here, but before that, have you found anything suspicious in the settlement?"

"Yes, while we we're exploring the fort in the center we have found a weird cauldron or something like of the sort"

Aldelio's face immediately became serious as he said in a deep tone.

"Explain"

"Follow us sir, it's better that you see for yourself"

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In the center few meters away from the entrance of the hobgoblin settlement stood a crudely built fort made of wood, with visible parts of the wood rotting and rusty nails as well major chunks of wood fell everywhere it's a wonder why it still didn't collapsed completely down.

"Bah..this place stinks"

"Ahaha.. What's wrong Reznov, this doesn't even compare to the strong smell of vodka that's been left open for 2 years"

"You're the only man who leaves a vodka open for 2 years, Nikolai"

Two rowdy and gruffly looking soviet soldiers are currently bickering at each other while resting upon makeshift chairs made of barrels.

"Ha.. That's the reason why you always lose against me in a drinking contest cause you never let the wine age"

"Tupoy!, That's not how you drink vodka, the one that is fresh from the distiller taste better than your aging crap"

Reznov and Nikolai are the soviet soldiers that are currently taking guard at the fort's entrance while the rest of their squad is inside although they might look like irresponsible drunkards they are quite dependable when it comes doing task that are assigned to them.

"Comrades, what are you doing?!"

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Or... Perhaps I'm wrong, as they scrambled on and about putting back their laid equipments from the table, this includes SSh-39 helmets, Mosin-Nagant, PPSh-41, and etc.

"You two are in the presence of Comrade Aldelio, instead of guarding the entrance like what your Sgt. Neshlivik ordered to, you fellas are just bickering about vodkas moreover you didn't even notice us approaching!"

Alexei was about to have a long scold to the lax behavior of the two, until Aldelio interrupted him.

"Let it slide, Alexei every man can make mistakes sometimes, just don't make the same mistake again, am I right fellas?"

Reznov and Nikolai both nodded frantically as they stuttered to speak.

"Y-yes"

'Interesting so they have some sort of background eh'

"Ok, this is the place right?"

Aldelio pointed his finger at the fort while gesturing for Alexei.

"Yes"

"Let's go then"

Aldelio moved in first while Alexei came after but before Alexei goes inside the fort he stopped midway.

"If I were you i would have prefer vodka stuffed inside a barrel"

Alexei smirked as he catches up to Aldelio again. Reznov and Nikolai was dumbfounded, they never thought Alexei was THAT fond of the vodka.

"I-i think we should take a break with drinking"

"Da, Comrade even I couldn't hope to drink a full barrel"

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Inside the Fort there are currently soviet soldiers patrolling what seems to be an altar. While Aldelio was looking around the place in wonder, Alexei had approached a young slim person with thick but neatly groomed Walrus moustache.

"Comrade Neshlivik, we have arrived"

Neshlivik nodded as he began to guide Aldelio and Alexei towards the center of the altar.

"What's... This?!"

Aldelio shouted in shock as he saw a big cauldron?, however this seemingly cauldron doesn't look ordinary as it was not made of iron, instead it was purplish colored flesh.

"This... Thing seems to be alive"

Said Aldelio as he poked the Fleshy Cauldron with the stock of his shotgun.

"Sir, you need to take a look at this"

Aldelio turned his attention over to Neshlivik as he holstered his shotgun into his back.

"That's the [Black Dragon]!"

In the part of the Fleshy Cauldron where Neshlivik was pointing his finger lies the infamous symbol of a black dragon.

'This confirms it....'