The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

5 – Abandoned Platoon, Assemble (2)

“Boss!! Are you going to disobey orders again? If you continue like this, you will be punished once more!”

Sergeant Claude Lane kicks out the barracks door, followed by an angry voice.

I turned my head and looked into the barracks. Could it be that a man with slightly wrinkled eyes was screaming loudly?

Three diamonds engraved on the epaulet.

The rank of captain.

He was a company commander.

Claude Lane sighed, turned around, and walked out of the hallway as if he didn’t care about me.

“With or without discipline, whatever you want, f*ck.”

The swear words he spat out as if he was muttering stuck in his ears. I stared blankly at the stairs where my boss disappeared in an instant.

What did I just see?

Even after seeing it with my own eyes, I couldn’t believe it.

Of course, it was rare for a noncommissioned officer to attack a company commander-level officer, but it was not uncommon.

But you’re openly exaggerating like this?

-Degraded by 1 rank for assaulting an officer.

A sentence written in Claude Lane’s personal documents passes through my mind.

‘He was a f*cking man who would do anything.’

I didn’t even smell like alcohol, so I was sober.

A real war hero is different from the spirit.

In the storm that raged once, I was standing there blankly, but Rumia, who was standing next to her, fidgeted and waved her hand.

“I’m sorry, Platoon Commander. I’ll make it clear to Sergeant Claude…….”

“It’s okay. Because I already confirmed what kind of person he was on papers.”

Honestly, how could a sergeant rub against his boss all the time?

That’s not just a boss, but a veteran who was ‘demoted after being a sergeant’.

In the first place, the water has already been spilled.

Since it’s not something I can deal with with my own abilities, now was not the time to pay attention to Sergeant Claude.

As if nothing had happened, I entered the barracks and saluted the company commander at an angle.

“Glory to the motherland!”

“Glory.”

The company commander had a bright red face. Despite looking very angry, he sighed when he properly responded to my salute.

“Pufu…….”

“Sorry.”

An apple jumps right out.

It was the result of the mouth moving before I thought.

It wasn’t something to apologize for, no matter what anyone could see, but in times like this, it’s better to bow down first and not get caught.

“What are you sorry about? After arriving at the unit for the first time yesterday.”

“Since I was appointed as a platoon commander today, the disturbance that occurred earlier is entirely my responsibility, isn’t it?”

“…… That’s it. There’s no need to say things that you don’t have in mind because you’re getting a bad score.”

At my answer, the company commander tutted and clicked his tongue.

“Captain Arendt Schultz. You are the company commander.”

“My name is Enoch Levandel.”

“You may be more surprised than you think, but you seem quite calm, don’t you?”

“Because I’ve already seen everything about Sergeant Claude Lane in the papers.”

I didn’t expect it to be this bad.

I turned my head slightly and looked at the wide open entrance to the barracks.

“I saw the documents.”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t you have any idea?”

“Looking at it now, I feel that it will be harder to teach than I thought.”

I told you exactly what I felt. Then Captain Arenz’s eyebrows twitched.

“Hmm… ….”

His face, whose entire face is hard and angular, is the image of a true soldier to the extent that anyone can tell that he is a soldier.

If Claude Lane’s overall look is ferocious, this one seems upright and straightforward.

Judging from the lines and impressions from a while ago, I had a strong hunch that this would be an FM-style company commander.

“Let alone anything. Now that the platoon leader has finally been appointed to the 5th Platoon, we thought we would get together and talk…… The atmosphere is like this.”

The woman sitting on the sofa inside the barracks shrugged her shoulders and agreed with the company commander’s words.

“It’s not once or twice that man behaves as he pleases. I don’t know why they didn’t discharge after that.”

Black bobbed hair that drips down. Even though the lighting is not bright, the red eyes under the eyebrows come in clearly.

‘The one I saw in the documents… ….’

I was able to come up with a name without difficulty.

This is Sergeant Bell Meyer, a member of the platoon.

“You don’t need to be too scared, Platoon Commander. I usually express my anger that way. It’s not just the platoon commander or company commander…….”

As she patted her knees and stood up, the full look of Belle Meyer caught her eye.

She was about 15 cm smaller than me, but what caught my attention was her body, which was revealed even though she was wearing a baggy work uniform.

Gulp.

To the point where I could swallow my dry saliva without even realizing it.

‘No, no.’

I quickly erased the thoughts in my head.

I didn’t know that if I got caught, I might be accused of being a weirdo.

“Anyway, please take care of me. Call me Bell Meyer, you can call me Bell if you feel comfortable.”

Bell speaks with a lively voice and smiles.

I thought he must be a strange person because he said he definitely suffers from depression or various mental illnesses, but I was very surprised.

“My name is Enoch Levandel.”

“Looking at it up close, you look more handsome, hehehe.”

Strangely mixed with his voice, the more I listened to it, the more strange it felt.

At least I don’t think it was intentional……. If you weren’t the owner of upright mental power like me, you would have just been swept away by that one word.

This is a soldier. This is a succubus.

“But where is Sergeant Roxanna Elim, the other one?”

I quickly changed the topic, and this time, company commander Arendt replied.

“I am in the medical unit. You’d better not care too much about that kid. He was forced to participate in training a few days ago, but passed out after two days and was taken out.”

“…… I’m trying, but it doesn’t look like it’s easy. I feel so sad every time.”

No crazy.

Then why didn’t you discharge and leave it alone?

Even in the Republic of Korea Army, which is famous for not discharging from Enganhaeseon even if you get sick, those with that level of sickness are unanimously discharged as volunteers.

‘Wasn’t it a f*cking country for no reason..’

It’s only natural that they occupy the position of a country that will surely perish in the game.

Doesn’t it mean that the rest of the power is extremely low, and even the staff who are close to the patient are not discharged because they feel sorry for them?

‘Damn it.’

The words I wanted to say were like chimneys, but there was nothing good to say out loud.

If I was going to catch a fault, I would have caught it a long time ago. As long as you’ve decided to adapt to a certain extent, it’s funny that you’re risking something else now.

“That’s it.”

“Is that so… ….”

Yes, even if one person is a ghost troop, it doesn’t change anything.

I just need to prove my abilities and prepare for the great war that will happen in five years.

Captain Arendt also shook his head and said, as if he had roughly noticed my state of mind.

“Let’s just skip the thing about Sergeant Claude. Even if they were punished anyway, they wouldn’t think much of it, because they’d be nobles who would go to prison and come back.”

“Are you just moving on?”

“I can’t help it.”

The captain’s face looked complicated in many ways. After all, he is also the one who took over the abandoned platoon under his command.

He’s just as unlucky as me.

Still, his FM personality didn’t go anywhere, he quickly changed his expression and held out his hand to me.

“Welcome to the 2nd Company, 5th Platoon Commander.”

“Thank you.”

It was the beginning of a second military life that could never be said to be smooth.

***

It’s been a week since I accidentally unlocked a mode like that and got sucked into the Hearts of General game.

My room, which was empty except for the most basic furniture, was now filled with various books and books.

After possessing this world, it was because I realized my biggest blind spot.

Haojie had a total of five classes. One is only unlocked later in the game, so leave it out of the question.

Infantry using muskets and bayonets.

A cavalryman riding a horse and armed with a pistol and sword.

Artillery using cannons.

And the last one is the sorcerer, including me.

To put it simply, it felt like a mage was turned into a soldier-, as a modern person just a few days ago, I had no choice but to know.

I don’t know if it’s at least the name of military magic or tactical strategies for magicians that can be learned in the game.

No wonder you have no idea how real magic works or how to use it.

Shock, bizarre) There is a magic officer who enlisted on his own and doesn’t know how to use magic?!

I was in charge of a strange platoon, and it was obvious that if I said I didn’t even know how to use magic, I’d be treated like an idiot in an instant.

How many times have you spoken to the battalion commander and the company commander?

So, for almost two days, I was confined to my room and acquiring related knowledge, except for the daily accounts of officers and brief interviews with platoon members.

Fortunately, due to the nature of insomnia, I was able to read all the books I had brought for two days because my sleep time was drastically reduced by half-forced.

Now that the theory has been completed to some extent, is it time to put it into practice?

‘First…… Focus your mind Feel the flow of the magic core close to the heart.’

I put my hand to my heart as I slowly chewed over what I had read in the book. It was a ceremony called “Start-up”.

Awakening the sleeping magic core.

Soon, I felt something hot in my heart. Energy like a softly flickering flame.

This is probably the ‘Magic Core’.

The only organ that can produce and store ‘mana’, a special energy consumed to use magic.

It is an intangible organ that does not exist and cannot be detected by ordinary people, but it was as important as the heart to magicians.

‘If you feel the magic core, raise the mana stored in the magic core. Not exhaling, but exhaling slowly and naturally, as if exhaling.’

“Write…… Whoa.”

I took a long, deep breath, and the mana that escaped from the magic core instantly wrapped around my body.

It was a strange sensation that I had never felt in my entire life, but at the same time, it felt somehow familiar.

‘Then recombine in the form you think. In addition to physical properties, it gives one of the five properties that exist in nature.’

The first thing that came to mind was ‘Fireball’, known as the foundation of foundations.

Even in the actual game, if you applied as a magician, it was also the most used magic in the beginning.

‘The form is in the form of a sphere…… The physicality is explosive, and the color of the attribute is red.’

Hwaaak!

A huge flame appeared in front of my eyes as I was afraid to recreate that form.

It’s a real ‘Fireball’. He actually used the magic he had only seen in the game.

“Wow!! Shiba surprise!”

But I didn’t expect the magic to unfold so quickly, so I screamed in surprise.

As if that was a trigger, a fireball that had already taken shape as magic was launched into the air.

“Huh?”

Feeling that something was wrong, I belatedly tried to stop the cast, but the magic had already left my hands.

“f*cked!”

Kwaaang!!!

The whole room turned upside down, accompanied by a huge noise.