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.

large armies. Prince Aslan, who was on the throne in place of

duke himself is commanding the

armored soldiers and 5,000 cavalry that were brought. It was admiration, not flattery. He thought the

money plating the soldiers’ armor... And isn’t it a waste? We can

his wine and his shoulders shook as he

are wearing pure gold armor. The army

“Yes...?”

Marquis Bera, were amazed. The golden soldiers at the head of the procession. In other words, Duke Lucilliv had at least 10,000

their defense is lousy. The armor is

your soldiers be

my soldiers be in danger? Isn’t it possible for the thousands of other soldiers to finish the war in an instant? Will my soldiers even need to

call. Their goal was to establish great merits in this war. It was shameful if they didn’t participate in the war. They planned

slaughter the rebels with our troops. The soldiers of

intention! I’m trying to make the war more advantageous by raising the

the duke

of 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

the supplies

had a tough march all day. Their physical strength was exhausted beyond the limit and their complaints soared to the sky after receiving

“Duke! Troops have deserted!”

shouted after entering the barrack and Duke

"No, why?"

glorious chance for them to fight for their kingdom. Why would they desert? Marquis Bera ordered the knight on behalf of Duke

execute all of them! Show the soldiers how

“Yes!”

to escape and then executed. They were lower class citizens forcibly conscripted.

trying to escape. At least our Partu is

away, you’ll end up dying

you much happier now that you can chew on dry bread rather than living

“Private Ars. I understand."

gaze was fixed on Duke Lucilliv’s

didn’t move, so there’s no gap

few levels below the empire’s Black Knights, but there were too many of them. Above all, the biggest problem was the other

wait for

and insecurity in the hearts of the soldiers. The morale of the soldiers was greatly diminished.

***

in

gates. The arrows fired by the Overgeared members were no

home and

enemy. As the 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!

became anxious as soon as the

the moment that we allow

and the Overgeared members had to deal with thousands of enemies at once? They would slaughter the

go outside and kill the enemy’s momentum. However, the

the verge of being depleted. He wouldn’t be able to use any skills if he

troops

a backlash with