Chapter 1 – I am going to survive in this burning world (3/5)

In the end Ronal was left with only 1,500 soldiers and sent the rest to the front, this made Ronal have a huge force of 11,325 troops that were under his power where 2,000 of these accompanied him directly.

It could already be considered that he had his own army.

Ronal – How simple Edwin did all the work for us

Fritz – He was in a central area and expanded on both sides, in addition, several soldiers advanced to go for the commander or look for more forces, for our part we were on the shore where the largest enemy forces are concentrated.

Ronal – When we finish this I will make you my subordinate, you are very useful

Fritz – Who is your sister?

Ronal's gaze went out

Ronal – I'm going to ask you to shut up

Ronal just quickened his pace.

Fritz thought that maybe he stepped on thin ice, he had to be careful with his words.

At this point they could tell that everything was in chaos, the skeletons and fallen soldiers were becoming more abundant every moment, there were survivors that were joining, but they realized something and that was that the skeletons were not simply in front and behind

They were on the sides, surrounding them and hitting them, the number of skeletons was brutal and at least a thousand soldiers who fell, luckily most of them had already been executed.

Every fallen soldier was like a zombie, but he had the ability to shoot and use close range combat.

While their combat and aiming skills were greatly reduced, they make up for it with the ability to be immune to bullets and only die if you cut their throat, but luckily it didn't seem like they had that ability to infect others through a bite

But as he knows, until now no one had been bitten or at least no one in his circle to prove that theory.

They met another group, this time with 730 soldiers, completely attached to our force, the distance was longer, so they decided to only take 30 of us, from now on it was forbidden to go in small groups because the skeletons were intensifying.

Fritz was doing his mental calculations, they had about 12,055 men, in a couple of hours they could annex half of them, but he was looking at everything, they were being surrounded, eventually there would be no return, their only hope was to return now or annex more soldiers and return or collect soldiers and return or the last option would be the third option to take more soldiers to the rear front

Any decision was key, but Fritz watched as a front of 2,000 soldiers arrived with them, it was a great alliance.

Enough to defend themselves although they also had an equivalent force plus the other 10 thousand assets that were on the front line, but Fritz realized something and that was that the force was larger up to 3 thousand Assets, this made a lot of work easier

The two forces eventually met, perhaps it did not compare to what Edwin achieved alone because he by himself collected up to 9 thousand soldiers and he could have annexed even more, something incredible compared to them who had only annexed 3 thousand soldiers on their own

Obviously, the one at the head was a noble, and both Fritz and Ronal no longer wanted another ego battle with another noble.

Fritz had enough with Ronal and Ronal had enough with Edwin, although this time something was different because Fritz had a medal that gave him a little more confidence

Fritz noticed that the nobles had their medals placed on their chests, specifically on their left side.

Fritz – Let's put on the medals, something tells me that they are not as reasonable as Edwin

Both Fritz and Ronal put on the medals, but Fritz noticed something

Fritz – Ronal the medal goes to the left side

Ronal looked at his medal and quickly changed his position – I didn't know that.

Fritz – It's basic knowledge

These actions did not go unnoticed and his confidence increased, they were two nobles and they were 3

They took a step forward and there Fritz realized that he was not dealing with a nobleman since they were dealing with 3 noblemen.

This made him a little nervous, since if he were only one the authority of Edwin and Ronal could be enough.

Then it all started, the 3 nobles started with their presentations, this made Fritz feel upset.

*Very well, you will be idiot 1, idiot 2 and idiot 3*

When Fritz's turn came he said - I am Fritz, representative of the third son of the Morvius family... Edwin

They were a little nervous, but when they found out that he was a representative they quickly calmed down.

Although they did not want to be on bad terms with Edwin since he himself belongs to the Morvius family

They had to avoid a direct conflict with the Morvius family at all costs.

Then they turned their attention to Ronal, maybe they could take advantage of the negotiations

Ronal with a confident voice – Ronal Feriz Acu Fervius so step aside inferiors

…

*What the hell happened to Ronal*

Then Fritz remembered Edwin's words: "Ronal, you have to remember that you are part of the 7 families, never let yourself be bothered by the inferior nobles."

And there resounds an echo

"Inferior"

"inferior"

"Inferior"

This was the precise moment that Fritz realized that perhaps the negotiations had already taken a backseat.

The 3 idiots looked surprised

And the first idiot had an idea and smiles – Wow Edwin is incredible, he has the misfortune of the Fervius family under his control.

For a moment the two looked surprised, but their expressions turned into a confident smile.

It was very obvious that they realized that Ronal posed no threat to them

Fritz suddenly interrupted - I'm sorry to lower your expectations... But the official leader is Ronal Fervius, that means that the direct leader of Edwin Morvius is Ronal Fervius.

The 3 idiots looked surprised, but they couldn't allow themselves to lose to Ronal, his pride prevented them, if they couldn't shoot him they were going to move on to plan B

Idiot 1 became serious - Very good, how about this, we annex ourselves to you, but in exchange we are going to obtain authority in your great army, don't you think that's fair "Leader"

Fritz contemplated these conditions

*The important thing now is to avoid escalation, if our army were bigger, maybe*

Ronal – And what if we do that?

Fritz suddenly looked at Ronal

*You*

Ronal took a step forward and began to speak – I stay with his army, I don't give them anything and we are all happy.

The nobles became angry and began to blaspheme Ronal's name, threatening a conflict.

But Ronal passed by the 3 nobles, he continued advancing until he was in front of the entire army.

On the other side both Fritz and the soldiers grabbed their weapons waiting for an escalation.

Any indication that Ronal was attacked was going to start a conflict

*Damn this is not the time to start a battle*

Ronal – Put down your weapons, weapons are for our enemies, not for our allies!!

Fritz sheathed his short sword, the other soldiers followed Fritz's example, this action made the soldiers on the other side relax.

Ronal took a breath and started screaming

Ronal – COMPANIONS, I DO NOT PROMISE YOU THAT EVERYONE WILL SURVIVE… I KNOW THAT THIS IS A DESPERATE TIME AND THAT YOU CAN ONLY BE SUBORDINATED TO SOME IDIOTS WHO THINK THEY CAN SEND THEM JUST FOR BEING BORN WITH A MEDAL

At that moment Ronald took off the medal

Ronal – I AM NOT WITH YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP OF NOBLE TO COMMONMAN, I AM WITH YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP OF SOLDIER TO SOLDIER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE FIGHTING TO SURVIVE... BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE, I NEED YOU, I NEED US TO BE UNITED THERE ARE 10 THOUSAND MEN FIGHTING ON THE FRONT FIGHTING AGAINST THE DARKNESS, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH

Ronal gets closer to the army to the point that a soldier could easily jump over this same one.

Ronal – SO GIVE ME YOUR STRENGTH, YOUR COURAGE, JOIN ME IN THIS RESISTANCE, I DO NOT PROMISE TO SAVE YOU ALL, BUT I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU ALL… IF A SOLDIER CAN'T BE SAVED WE WILL FIGHT TO AVENGE HIM

The idiot 1 shouted – Attack that traitor!!

But nobody did anything

Ronal just turns around – As I said before, I keep everything and you just follow my orders…

Then Ronal took a small breath and gave a big shout – AS THE INTERIM LEADER ORDERED THAT ALL SOLDIERS ARE EQUAL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS, PLACE OF ORIGIN OR ACADEMY, ANYONE WHO BREAKS THIS RULE WILL BE CONSIDERED A TRAITOR.

These words shocked everyone

Every person who was at the scene looked at each other in shock, even Fritz himself couldn't react, his eyes just widened and then he put on a hollow smile.

* If he were another guy I would say that it is a strategy to monopolize all the power... But this specific guy is very strange... Is this the friendly noble that you told me about *

The 3 idiots got angry and thought this was a ploy to take away their power.

They couldn't afford it and grabbed their weapons to aim at Ronal, all the soldiers became careless and couldn't defend him except one

*But that doesn't change that 99 percent of the nobles are trash*

The 3 idiots were executed, when they realized their necks were cut

Then Fritz spoke – Betrayal is paid with death.

Ronal simply opened his eyes, he had his gun, but everything had happened so quickly

In less than a moment Fritz had cut off the heads of those 3 nobles

Ronal realized – Were those guys going to shoot me?

Fritz sheathed his short sword – Yes… But in the end they were the ones who caused his fate… Ronal you did a good job

3,561 soldiers were annexed, being astonishing numbers and they took 300 men, the front is receiving new soldiers, I hoped that this number would be enough to be a support

Ronal was bragging – Wow… What a great speech I gave myself

Fritz – How much did you make a speech

Ronal just showed a smile – I'll tell you a secret, I stole it, especially the last part… HAHAHAHAHA

Fritz – You have to maintain your image

Ronal looked at his forces that were at his disposal – I'll be honest, my forces looked pathetic compared to them so I need more soldiers to be truly praised.

Then Fritz contemplated something, he was a little thoughtful.

Fritz with a resolution already ready said the following – The next force will be the last one we send to the front

Ronal – Wait we will be back

Fritz – No, when that force is sent, it will already be half of the forces that were there, after that we will collect all the soldiers and we will go to the rear front

Ronal – Why?

Fritz – Imagine that the first front has been armed by you, great you are the guy who organized the forces, but now imagine that you are not only the guy who armed the front front, but you are also the one who guided the forces to the rear front , a hero who arrived at the last moment and helped our forces, think about the glory

Ronal looked thoughtful, he was contemplating his possibilities and thought about it, but he made a devilish face, let's do it

Ronal – But the last one has to have decent strength

Fritz – Let's hope everything falls into place

And in fact, when they arrived there was a force of 2 thousand men and there was not a single nobleman, so their annexation was simple.

Fritz – counted the forces 2,678 we needed more

Ronal was counting, but he lost the number – How many soldiers do we have?

Fritz – Those with whom we have just annexed are about 18,294 men, but it is a total because those who are on the border are about 16,264, of course counting with those who we will annex.

Ronal – how are you so good at math?

Fritz thought it was easy, since in his old life he was a high school math teacher and they are very, very simple things, but he can't say that.

Fritz – what are you talking about, it's just numbers

Ronal – But we will not offer a thousand of our men, we would have 17 thousand

Fritz – About 736 men would be enough, after that we would annex everyone we meet on our way to go to the rear front

Ronal just nodded, they would lose firepower, but if everything went well, the front line would preserve, they had Edwin at the front as several guys who were capable of maintaining order and control, the final forces would come out that would go to the front with two news

The first is that they will no longer receive more reinforcements, from now on they would focus on reinforcing the rear front and the second was that they should watch their backs, more and more skulls arrived from the sides and could be surrounded

Now they were going to go to the rear front, now they had to go for everything, but something curious is that they did not find anyone until they found a group of fallen soldiers, they got up and went towards the skulls and the fallen soldiers making their way and arriving at a place where there was a group of soldiers who were being surrounded, it seemed that their reserves ran out and they were fighting with their short swords

Fritz and the rest took them all out and arrived with the soldiers, they looked tired

Fritz – What happened?

Soldier – The rear front fell, hundreds of thousands of skulls are coming and thousands of fallen soldiers are coming here... they all died... run