Overgeared

‘Was he called Duke Lucilliv? The commander of this army is pretentious.’

The procession of 100,000 Eternal soldiers. The golden armor of the soldiers in the lead flashed in the sun. Tung! The relentless sound of drums shook the sky. This was the momentum of a great army. Anyone would be overwhelmed by the greatness. But it was just their appearance.

Most of the soldiers, apart from the ones in the lead, were wearing old leather armor, and their uneven marching was masked by the sound of the drums. The reason was simple. Half of the 100,000 soldiers weren’t professionals. More than half of them were rabble who hadn’t even completed basic training.

“How rotten... Why are we supposed to be involved in a battle between nobles?”

“What type of noble would attack the king? Shouldn’t the people unconditionally listen to the king?”

"What does it matter if the king is betrayed if we starve to death?”

The lowest class. They were always poor and hungry. They weren’t educated and didn’t have a lot of patriotism. Their purpose in life was just surviving.

“Hah... Who will take care of my family without me? My pregnant wife is caring for our kids alone...”

"Geez, wearing armor and carrying a spear is really difficult at this age...”

The ordinary people. They labored all their lives for their family.

“Sob sob... I want to see my mum. I’m scared.”

“My legs hurt too much... I can’t endure it anymore.”

Young boys who hadn’t reached adulthood yet made up more than half of the 100,000 troops. The role of all these tired and struggling people was to die.The vanguard. Once they arrived in Bairan two days later, they were destined to swap places with the golden armored soldiers and stand at the forefront.

‘But at this rate, they can’t be used.’

Ars was in the same ranks as the vanguard. He had unusually bright blond hair and was cynical.

'The golden armor flashing in the sun was a burden on the eyes and the drumming sound was just a noise that increased fear. Their mental state will reach the limit before they arrive in Bairan.’

But Duke Lucilliv didn’t know this.

The position of soldiers wasn’t something that could be understood by nobles. A noble wouldn’t think that such a marvelous march could put pressure on the soldiers. In the first place, they believed that people would give thanks just by receiving food.

It was hard to call them incompetent. It was a very aristocratic way of thinking.

'Was I the same in the past?’

Ars thought as he barely managed to chew the hard barley bread.

‘Well, there will be a massive desertion at the next campsite.’

Then the first chance would come.

***

The giants of the Eternal Kingdom referred to Marquis Steim and Duke Lucilliv.

Marquis Steim was a pioneer who revived the barren north, while Duke Lucilliv knew how to use his natural lineage. It was due to the power of Duke Lucilliv that he managed to gather the powerful armies of Baron Duka, Earl Red, Earl Carrion, and Marquis Bera in one place.

of great territories in Eternal, they were great swordsmen and led large armies. Prince Aslan, who

duke himself

flattery. He thought the procession of troops following the golden soldiers was wonderful. On the

the soldiers’ armor... And isn’t it a waste? We can easily take

sipped his wine and

thinking is too small. Plating? My soldiers are wearing pure gold armor. The army led by Duke Lucilliv can’t be ordinary. Isn’t

“Yes...?”

procession. In other words, Duke Lucilliv had at least 10,000 soldiers. They were

is lousy. The armor is thin because

be safe

possible for the thousands

war. It was shameful if they didn’t participate in the war. They

rebels with our troops. The soldiers of Duke Lucilliv will increase the morale

I’m trying to make the war

duke

view, Duke Lucilliv’s intentions were very good. More than half of the 100,000 soldiers were rabble, but that didn’t decrease their value. They could be used as sacrifices in the vanguard. It would be enough to exhaust Earl Ashur’s magic,

they overlooked one thing. Duke Lucilliv was able to pay for the gold armor of 10,000 soldiers because he took the money from the supplies area. That’s why

strength was exhausted beyond the limit and their complaints soared

“Duke! Troops have deserted!”

knight shouted after entering the barrack and Duke

"No, why?"

fight for their kingdom. Why would they desert? Marquis

all of them! Show the soldiers how terrible it is to

“Yes!”

soldiers were captured while trying to escape and then executed. They were lower class citizens forcibly conscripted. They tried to beg for

our Partu is treating the soldiers

if you run away, you’ll end up dying like that. If you

on dry bread rather than living

“Private Ars. I understand."

was fixed on Duke

didn’t move, so there’s no gap in

many of them. Above all, the biggest problem was the

wait for

hearts of the soldiers. The morale of the soldiers was greatly diminished. Ars expected there would be more

***

in a great

from all the gates. The arrows fired by

home and blow on your parent’s hands

number of enemies decreased to 10,000, Eternal no longer had any place to retreat and managed to damage the gates and walls of

“This is serious.”

Kuuong! Kung!

Yura became anxious as

moment that we allow the enemy to

deal with thousands of enemies at once? They would slaughter the

the enemy’s momentum. However,

being depleted. He wouldn’t be able to use any skills if he left the castle. In this desperate situation, Yura and Pon received

troops

caused a backlash with