Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 318: Claude who wants to be a salty fish

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Throughout June, this area known as the Land of Lords' Freedom was very peaceful, as if it had been forgotten. In fact, this area located at the foot of the Daqing Mountains is more accurately said to be abandoned than forgotten. From west to east, all you see are deserted huts and shacks, with no people around, like a ghost village. The deserted fields were overgrown with weeds, covering up the paths trodden by pedestrians. The ditches that had been carefully maintained and dredged in the past were also buried and blocked by the dust and sand carried by the strong winds blowing from the prairie...

In the entire region, only the territory of the former Earl of Loycade Bar Crelaus, which is located in the center and closest to Daqing Mountain, still has a vibrant scene. People are still cultivating the fields here, taking care of the orchards here, and growing various vegetables on the farms here. In the woods at the foot of Daqing Mountain, people were logging and burning charcoal, and on the hillside, people were grazing sheep.

Claude admired Captain Scree's ability to deal with these trivial matters. Although he could do it, he hated dealing with these trivial chores. This time he accompanied Captain Skerry to inspect the entire area. After returning, he received good news. Because of their contribution to occupying this area, all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion were awarded a first-level meritorious service, and Captain Skerry was promoted to Major Officer.

In the evening, Major Skerry drank a little too much, and he took Claude to review his life. He was born into a noble family, his father was a viscount, but he was an illegitimate son. His father had an affair with a married woman and gave birth to him. Fortunately, his biological mother's husband went to the mainland of Nubisia and did not come back for four years. Therefore, the news that his biological mother gave birth to him could be concealed, but she could not take him with her to raise him. She could only hand him over to his adulterer to raise him.

Although the Viscount's father recognized Major Skerry as his son, Major Skerry had not received much love from him since he was a child. His status in the family was not even as good as that of a servant, and he was often criticized by the so-called direct descendants of his half-brother. He was bullied by his brothers and sisters, who called him a bastard. This can be seen from the fact that Major Skerry's name does not have the word "gift" from the nobleman.

Fortunately, there is still a grandmother. The mother of the Viscount's father is a sensible old woman. She protected Major Skerry's childhood and youth, and used her own savings to send Major Skerry to school when he was fourteen years old. He entered the Youth Military Academy in the royal capital and encouraged him to strive for a bright future for himself.

Major Skerry graduated from the military academy at the age of twenty and entered the Guards Corps as a trainee second lieutenant. That year, his beloved grandmother passed away. At the funeral, he once again clashed with the brothers and sisters, who were afraid that he would come to divide the inheritance left by his grandmother. From then on, he cut off the last ties with that noble family. For this reason, he even removed the surname that made him feel ashamed, and became a person with a name and no surname.

After staying in the Guards for eight years, Major Skerry was finally promoted to a captain. In that year, he won the favor of Prince Hansback and transferred him to his side as his personal adjutant. Major Skerry said that he could never forget what the eldest prince said to him. The eldest prince said that it doesn’t matter if you have a name or no surname. You can win a great surname for yourself through your own efforts, and your descendants will be named after you. The surname brings glory to people.

It was this sentence that made Major Skerry become a die-hard loyal to the eldest prince. But contrary to his expectation, staying with the eldest prince was not the beginning of his career, but rather years of hard work. He has served the eldest prince for six years, and can only receive a second-level merit assessment for his diligent and conscientious high-quality service every year. Six years, a total of six second-level meritorious service, which is equivalent to two first-level meritorious service. In other words, if he wants to be promoted to major with the eldest prince, he will have to wait for another three years...

He saw that his colleagues who were inferior to him in the past were promoted one after another in this war. Of course, there were also many who fell on the battlefield. However, the promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Ledfunk finally stimulated his competitive spirit. Although staying with the eldest prince was safe and secure, his promotion was too slow. He thought about it again and again, and finally proposed to the eldest prince that he would send his troops to the front line to win. A wish for a future.

The eldest prince fulfilled his request and transferred him to the 1st Ranger Battalion to become the battalion commander. The eldest prince said that it should be easy for him to get promoted here, but it might also be very dangerous. As a result, he had only been in the 1st Ranger Battalion for half a year, and he had received a first-level meritorious service for occupying this area abandoned by the nobles of the Principality of Karnas. In addition to the previous two first-level meritorious service, he had accumulated three times and was promoted to major. rank.

Major Skerry really drank too much. Perhaps the long-awaited promotion made him finally let go. He has been working hard for six years from captain to major. If he still stays with the eldest prince, he will have to wait for another three years, and he will be about thirty-seven years old by then. At this rate, it is very likely that he will not be promoted to colonel when he is fifty. Perhaps he will have to retire as a lieutenant colonel, buy a farm and live out his life quietly. This is different from his ability to stand out and gain reputation for himself. There would be a big difference in wishes, and he didn't want to let himself down...

Claude was embarrassed because Major Skerry kept asking him to talk about his life experience and his dreams. At the same time, he also apologized to Claude. He did not mean to come to the 1st Ranger Battalion to snatch the position of battalion commander. He originally served as the commander of this ranger battalion as a captain, but he himself felt embarrassed because Claude was also a captain and a recipient of the Knight Medal. Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonum Lieutenant's resignation was even more high, so the position of a major military officer as the battalion was justified, or he was simply Cloed to act as the battalion.

But the eldest prince chose him, a captain, to be the battalion commander, so that he always felt a little embarrassed, as if he had robbed Claude of the battalion commander's position. Therefore, he was obedient to Claude's requirements and tried his best to prevent himself and Claude from having conflicts. He grinned and smelled of alcohol and told Claude that he thought he was no match for Claude in a battle, because under the same conditions, he simply could not replicate the great victory in Squirrel Village. If he had been guarding Squirrel Village, he would have been able to hold on for a few days at most, and then the whole army would have been wiped out and all the officers and soldiers would have died heroically...

Claude could only smile bitterly. In fact, he had never thought about climbing up the ladder at all. Why would he be a battalion commander? He would have more things to worry about. Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Ledfunk was a logistics officer, and Major Skerry was the eldest prince's personal adjutant. They all have enough patience to deal with trivial chores and mediate personnel disputes in the camp. And because I have been in the military for a long time, I have a certain amount of human connections in the military. When problems arise, I will get care and help from my colleagues.

And Claude has only been in the army for a little over three years. He started participating in this war as a sergeant. By chance, he was promoted so quickly because of his military exploits. Not only did he become a captain, but he also received a knighthood. But in the army, he had no foundation. Even if he gained the attention of the eldest prince, he was more jealous of others.

In a large group of the 1st Ranger Battalion, Claude is said to be a one-stop existence. Both officers and soldiers below are willing to serve. This is his team. But if he becomes the acting battalion commander, his orders may not be effectively implemented in the second, third, and fourth brigades. Because the captains of the three brigades are all newly transferred to the 1st Ranger Battalion, they also have the rank of captain, and most of the soldiers are new recruits. If Claude wants to establish his authority, it will take time and intrigue to conquer the three brigades. A fellow captain. However, Claude is impatient to deal with these interpersonal relationships. With this free time, he would rather spend more time with his little lover, the mage Sheila.

After the victory in Squirrel Village, Claude took the time to ask Michael Jack to take the big man Gemi to the town to equip the young mage Sheila's newly built wooden house in the Witch Wood with various decorations and metal accessories. At the same time, he also purchased Lots of supplies to decorate your new home. Then after everything was completed, the young mage Sheila moved into her new home. On that moonlit night, after the two of them drank a bottle of celebratory wine, the young mage fell into Claude's arms. In a passionate kiss, she handed over her pure and flawless body to Claude. De…

This is the girl that Claude really fell in love with in this other world. He doesn't know if this is true love. In his previous life, his beloved wife betrayed him, and his sympathetic boss took him around all kinds of sensual places. He witnessed all kinds of bizarre betrayals and experienced countless women. , so that he became an old driver. To him, things between men and women are nothing more than a physiological need. He thought that he would never be emotionally involved in this aspect again.

After coming to this different world, he gained family affection. Although this body and the blood-related elder brother really annoyed him, the love of his parents was real. The brother-sister relationship between his younger sister and younger brother still allowed him to integrate into that family. among.

At the same time, there are also Vericro, Bok'ar's friendship with him, and the girl Kaifni's attachment to him. The person who makes Claude feel most conflicted is Caifuni. The girl was the first love of the original owner of this body, but Claude had no feelings for her after traveling through time. It's not that Kaifuni isn't beautiful, the girl is very pretty, has a good figure, a gentle personality, and is very virtuous. She is the best choice for a partner to have children and run a household.

But the problem was that Claude didn't have any feelings for her. It wasn't until Kaifani saw through his identity as a magician and poured all her love into him that Claude felt such pity and hugged him. With a dispensable attitude, before he left home to serve in the army, he gave her a promise to marry her when he came back, and gave her the money he left in his hometown of Bailu Town to take care of.

If he hadn't met Sheila, the girl who really moved Claude's heart, in Squirrel Village, maybe he would have returned to White Deer Town to marry Kaifni after the war. But what makes Claude feel embarrassed now is that when he is with Sheila, the two of them have a common language. At least they are both magicians. They can help each other on the road of exploring magic. And if he goes back to marry Kaifuni, then Claude will have to worry about implicating this kind girl if his identity is exposed in the future...

Therefore, Claude has no interest in the position of battalion commander at all. He is not a loyal subject of the Sterling royal family. He is only on the battlefield because his home is in White Deer Town and he has to perform military service in the Kingdom of Ovelas. As for being loyal to the royal family and making great contributions to the kingdom's unification of the eastern part of the continent, he thinks it is just nonsense. He himself has no sense of belonging to the Kingdom of Ovilas. He only participated in this war because of his relatives. .

If possible, Claude would rather be stationed in Squirrel Village and work as a local security camp. It would be the best thing to just hang around and wait for the war to end. However, it backfired as the territorial nobles of the two principalities did not have the foresight to organize a coalition to come to him and give him credit, so that he was promoted two levels in a row and received knighthood. This was not Claude's original intention. He originally just wanted to protect himself during this war so that he could survive until the end of the war.

To be honest, sometimes Claude feels that he is really lucky. For more than three years since the war broke out, Claude has always been lucky enough to avoid the battlefields with the heaviest casualties.

For example, Mrs. Maria sent a letter to the Blue Feather Corps, asking the top brass of the Blue Feather Corps to promote his rank to sergeant major, and was ordered to form a treatment center guard team and a stretcher team. Later, the second prince came to supervise the army. Due to Lady Maria's entrustment, he kept Claude's 11th Field Battalion with him as a guard battalion, allowing Claude to avoid the company where the Blue Feather Army broke out in the Amelia Plains. It was a bloody battle. You must know that in that battle, the Blue Feather Army suffered almost two-thirds casualties.

Then Claude's garrison squadron was thrown to the garrison camp of Ames City by the Blue Feather Legion like a burden. As a result, it was favored by Prince Hansback and entered the garrison camp instead of going to the front line like other second-line legions. Fight for your life with the enemy's solid defense line. In the Ranger Camp, the only person who had trouble with Claude was Lieutenant Colonel Rosler. The most dangerous battlefield adventure in Claude's life was the attack on Wilf Hill.

Claude will never forget the feeling he felt when he was forced by Lieutenant Colonel Rosler to form a formation and walk towards the enemy's position. He could not help but feel that his life was at stake. As a soldier being forced to face enemy fire and shooting, the feeling of being at the mercy of others is really terrible. But luckily, Claude didn't die. Instead, he used magic to kill Lieutenant Colonel Rosler on the battlefield, saving the lives of the innocent casualties. At the same time, he captured the enemy's position using the creeping shooting method. Made himself a second lieutenant officer.

From then on, Claude became like a fish in water in the 1st Ranger Battalion. Under the care of Lieutenant Colonel Lederfunk, he lived very well. He really wanted to stay like this until the end of the war. It's just that the victory in Squirrel Village allowed Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Lederfonk to have a higher position after being promoted. Claude was originally worried that he would become the acting battalion commander and disrupt his leisurely life. Now that Major Skerry is here, he is relieved, and it does not affect him from continuing to be a dawdling... See more! Prestige official account: hhxs665