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Chapter 683
Chapter 683
Tell Him to Come Himself. (1)
Tyran paused for a moment, rifling through his memory.
“Ah, right... the Julien Mercenary Corps.”
He had heard of the Julien Mercenary Corps a few times before.
Even then, he thought they were fairly competent. But that was the extent of his impression, and they had long since faded from his mind.
Е̃ ň û m̆ a
There was no reason to pay close attention to a small mercenary corps that hadn’t even been around for long.
But now he heard those bastards had absorbed all the mercenaries from Nodehill? When had they done something so bold?
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It was an incredibly rapid pace of growth for a small-scale mercenary corps. Still, growing fast and obeying his orders were two entirely different things.
“Didn’t I send my proposal to them as well?”
“Yes, I thought it’d be easier to manage since they’d merged into one group, so I did pass it on... but they refused.”
“Refused? They refused my proposal? Do they not know who I am?”
Еn û ṁ а̄
“No, they’re well aware of who you are, Commander. It’s just that...”
“Just that what?”
“They told me not to force them. Said mercenaries are people who work for money, and as long as the pay’s right, they’ll go wherever.”
“The audacity of these bastards...”
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Tyran’s eyes flared with fury.
He was a beast. Any mercenary who dared defy him was always thoroughly crushed.
W е̃ b̆ň о v̈ еl̄ Е̂ n ùm̃ а
That was why every mercenary in this region feared him and followed him.
With a voice that sounded like it was boiling over, he growled,
“Contact them right now. Tell them to come meet me. If they don’t want to die, they better show up as fast as possible.”
There were always punks like that. Taste a bit of success and they start acting like they’re something special.
A rookie mercenary corps, growing a bit too quickly lately, clearly had gotten too full of themselves.
For guys like that, you had to meet them in person and show them the difference in power. Only then would they grovel on their own.
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At Tyran’s command, a few officers from the Ironclad Lion Corps moved out again to meet with the Julien Mercenary Corps.
The one who greeted them, Ghislain, spoke with a haughty expression.
“Tell him to come himself.”
“What did you say?”
“Who does he think he is, ordering people around? If you have business, you come. Why would someone with no business go anywhere?”
The officer who had come to deliver the message was left speechless. He couldn’t understand why the other side was coming on so strong.
Ẅ е b̀ ňо̆v̇ el̊ Е n ü m a
“Didn’t you say you know our commander?”
“Of course, Tyran. Commander of the Ironclad Lion Corps.”
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“And yet you’re saying you won’t come?”
“Just because he calls, I have to go? What is he, a king or something? Even if a king calls me, if I don’t feel like going, I won’t. That’s who I am.”
“......”
The Ironclad Lion Corps officer stood there dumbfounded, mouth agape. He couldn’t fathom how someone could be this arrogant and utterly lacking in sense.
Е n̂ u ḿ а̊
He asked again, just to confirm.
“We’re... not impersonating anyone. We really are from the Ironclad Lion Corps.”
“Ugh, even the name reeks of sweat - and clingy to boot. Not. Going.”
When Ghislain spoke each word slowly and clearly with force, the officer frowned.
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Under normal circumstances, he would have already swung his fist and beat him senseless but this place was basically enemy territory.
Looking at the other members standing around, their eyes vacant like their souls had left them, it didn’t seem like it would be hard to capture them. But there were just too many of them.
W̃e̊ b n̊ov̌ èl Ën̊ ŭ ṁа
On top of that, the core members of the Julien Mercenary Corps were rumored to be quite strong.
The officer chewed his lips a few times, then spoke.
“You’re going to regret that arrogant attitude.”
Ghislain smirked and replied,
“Plenty of people have said that to me. A lot, actually. You know what happened to all the guys who talked like that and came at me?”
“...What happened?”
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Ghislain pointed a finger to the sky.
“They all went to see the Goddess. Well, except for one cat and the woman who owned it.”
He smiled with satisfaction as he said this.
Right after regressing, when he’d said something similar to Amelia, he’d had to mumble and trail off midway. Back then, they had all been alive and well.
But now, it was different. Just as he had said he had sent every last one of them to the heavens.
To the officer, who didn’t know Ghislain’s past, the words only came off as unbearably arrogant. His face flushed red with fury.
Ėń u m à
“Y-you... you crazy bastard...”
He was running his mouth like that without even knowing how powerful the Ironclad Lion Corps was!
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He wanted to draw his sword right then and slice off that head, but he barely held himself back. Instead, he spat one last warning and turned around.
“Let’s see how long that confidence lasts. Wash your neck and wait.”
“Such a cliché threat to match your cliché name. Sure, I’ll be waiting. Bring plenty with you.”
Grit.
Ŵ е̃ bn о̀v̌e l̄ Е ṅu m̌_а̌
The officer of the Ironclad Lion Corps ground his teeth at Ghislain’s mocking reply and stormed off.
Watching their confrontation with anxiety, Osval’s face crumpled as he said,
“Brother! Don’t you know how strong the Ironclad Lion Corps is? They’ve got over 500 men! And the commander? Rumor has it he’s almost at top-tier knight level!”
“Oh, really?”
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“I mean it, if we go up against them, we’re all dead! Nobles are practically falling over themselves trying to recruit Tyran, you know? He’s got the skills to lead a knight order anywhere!”
“Oh, I see.”
Ê ǹ u m̌а̊._і d̆
“I’m telling you, we’ll lose if we fight!”
Osval genuinely tried to dissuade Ghislain.
He fully planned on fleeing if a war broke out. But in the chaos, he might get caught up and die for nothing. So, avoiding a fight was clearly the best option.
Still, Ghislain remained immovable.
“If they come at us, we’ll just crush them. Honestly, unless it’s a dragon or something, a mere ‘human’ is hardly...”
His voice trailed off. It felt a bit embarrassing to boast like that himself.
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Meanwhile, Osval felt like his chest was about to burst from frustration. To him, Ghislain was just a human too.
‘He’s really going off the rails now. Fine then, Osval the Man! The moment a fight breaks out, I’m switching sides right away!’
There was no doubt the Ironclad Lion Corps would take action. Rumors were swirling that a territorial war would break out soon.
They would surely want to clear out any irritants before making their move. So, a response to Ghislain’s arrogant behavior was bound to come soon.
As Osval predicted, when the officer reported back, Tyran wore an incredulous expression.
“If I have something to say... he wants me to come?”
Èn̂ ú mā. í d
Other than his early days as a rookie mercenary, he had never been treated so disrespectfully.
Even nobles treated him with courtesy. What mercenary would dare oppose him?
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Tyran froze for a moment. Ever since gaining power, he hadn’t experienced anything like this, so he wasn’t sure how to react.
Soon enough, he clenched his teeth and fists tightly. In an instant, rage surged through him.
“They said those bastards have about a hundred men?”
“Yes, a bit more than that. I believe around 120 or so.”
Е ň ů m̆ ӓ. і d
“Yeah, they sure gobbled up a lot in a short time.”
It was an impressive accomplishment, but only to that extent. It was nothing compared to the strength of the Ironclad Lion Corps.
Besides, the mercenaries remaining in Nodehill were mostly low-tier ones.
“Their mercs aren’t particularly skilled, right? I think even fifty of ours would be enough to give them a good lesson.”
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“As you say, there aren’t many competent ones... but there’s one issue. Their vice-commander is a mage.”
“A mage? Right, I think I heard something about that. Didn’t he tell the baron how to find a black mage or something? What circle was he?”
W еb n̈ ovе l̂ Ӗn̄ù m̌ а̂
“That part’s a bit unclear. The baron claimed he was a 5th-circle mage, but rumors say he’s actually only 4th-circle. Seems like the baron exaggerated a little.”
“Hm... sounds like Baron of Nodehill was bluffing.”
A mercenary corps with close ties to a lord was practically part of that lord’s forces. Count Crest, for example, made good use of such power himself.
So, the lower circle rumor was probably true.
But even a 4th-circle mage wasn’t to be taken lightly. In a small territory, that level was enough to serve as a court mage. Caution wouldn’t hurt.
“Send Zark, the vice-commander. A hundred men should be plenty. If the mage throws a tantrum, break a few limbs. Just don’t kill him.”
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For the sake of Baron of Nodehill’s honor, he decided to leave it at that. Tyran still had to mind his relationship with the nobility to some extent.
But he wasn’t generous enough to let a guy who kept picking a fight walk away alive.
“If he really doesn’t know his place... just kill him. I’ll go visit Baron of Nodehill myself and smooth things over.”
“Understood.”
In any case, Baron of Nodehill had no choice but to accept Tyran’s apology. The Ironclad Lion Corps could easily defeat someone like Nodehill, who had a weak military force.
It was just a matter of appeasing him to avoid being attacked by other nobles for fighting without justification.
W̆е̂bňоv̈ ӗ l Е ṅ u̇mа
Soon, Deputy Commander Zark of the Ironclad Lion Corps, a few executives skilled in mana, and a hundred capable mercenaries set out from the corps’ headquarters.
After receiving the report that they had departed, Tyran clicked his tongue.
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“Even if they’re a newly formed mercenary corps, how can they be so clueless? Just because they have a bit of skill doesn’t mean they’ll survive in this field. Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
This time, once they were properly crushed, they’d come to their senses. On top of that, it worked out even better for him.
“If we retrieve those mercenaries they forced into their ranks, it’ll be perfect.”
It wasn’t that Tyran lacked the strength to use such methods, before he simply didn’t have the justification to do so.
Ѐ ńu m̃ ӑ . їď
Justification mattered even among mercenaries. Expanding by force without a proper cause would eventually bring interference from the large mercenary corps in other regions.
But now, the situation was perfect. The Julien Mercenary Corps had given him all the justification he needed.
If he trampled them just enough, he could absorb the members of the disbanded mercenary corps they had previously crushed. There was no way the mercenaries forcibly recruited by the Julien Mercenary Corps had any loyalty to them.
“Well, it’s not a bad outcome. A very nice omen before the war.”
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Tyran grinned with satisfaction. Thanks to those fools, he could easily replenish his forces.
The rank-and-file might not be particularly skilled, but those who were former commanders would prove quite useful.
Lately, good things kept happening.
Ẇе̂b̊ n ӧ v̈ẽl Ѐ ṅ ŭm̀а
“Good, very good.”
He had a really good feeling about this.
* * *
The executives of the Ironclad Lion Corps came to see Ghislain again. This time, they brought a hundred mercenaries with them.
Ghislain looked at them and asked,
“What? Here to fight?”
Zark, the deputy commander of the Ironclad Lion Corps, spoke in a heavy tone.
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“This is your last chance. Apologize for what happened before and go pay our commander a proper ‘visit.’”
In this world, getting ignored meant it was over. Right now, their commander, Tyran, had been disrespected.
So, the only thing left was to show strength. But before that, they would give them a chance.
Standing before a hundred mercenaries from the Ironclad Lion Corps would make most people think twice about resisting.
Sure enough, all the members of the Julien Mercenary Corps began casting nervous glances.
'Damn it, I knew this would happen.'
Е̇ ṅ_u m а̄.і̃ d̂
'Looks like the conflict finally exploded.'
'When’s the best time to run so it doesn’t look too bad later?'
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They were all terrified. Not only were they weaker individually compared to the Ironclad Lion Corps but they were also severely outnumbered.
Now that the other side was clearly committed, the outcome was as good as decided.
But Ghislain, oblivious to their fears, grinned and replied,
"What if I don’t want to?"
Ӗnu m̆ а̇..i d
"Then I suppose we’ll have to teach you a lesson."
As soon as Zark finished speaking, the mercenaries of the Ironclad Lion Corps all drew their clubs.
They didn’t plan to kill. The goal was to beat them a bit and make them feel the difference in power.
Well, an unfortunate accident might happen in the process, but losing a few people wouldn’t matter much.
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Zark looked around and shouted loudly.
"Anyone who wants to resist is welcome to come to us! But know this: those who do will never be forgiven! If you don’t fight, the Ironclad Lion Corps will take you in later!"
Е n̊ u̇ mа
At those words, the newly recruited mercenaries all took a step back. Naturally, they had no intention of fighting.
The other side even left a path to survival offering a place better than the disbanded corps they’d come from.
There wasn’t a mercenary alive who would refuse such an offer. They all quietly stepped back and waited for the result.
Seeing that, Ghislain shook his head.
"Tch, spineless bastards."
He understood. It wasn’t like they’d been together long enough to build any loyalty.
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Given how overwhelming the enemy’s reputation was in this region, fear was understandable.
With a relaxed smile, Ghislain said,
"Alright then. Does anyone want to stand with us?"
Of course, none of the newly recruited mercenaries stepped forward. Who would dare face off against the Ironclad Lion Corps?
But surprisingly, ten members who were former bandits stepped forward, trembling.
It was clear they didn’t want to step up; they were forcing themselves to do it. The other mercenaries couldn’t make sense of it.
Ẇ е̃ b n̆ о̆ v̆ е̄l Ё ǹ um а̊
'What’s with those guys? Are they idiots?'
'Are they seriously trying to show loyalty after being forcibly recruited?'
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'No, they’re way too scared for that. Then why step forward at all?'
The bandits were definitely scared. Even so, their eyes kept flicking toward Ghislain rather than the Ironclad Lion Corps.
As if they’d recognized who the real 'predator' in this place was.
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