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The stinging afternoon sun did not dampen the efforts of the villagers. They were full of struggle to carry royong in the garden. Most people in this village are potato and corn farmers. Some also farm wheat. 

The spirit of their hard work during this spring is evidenced by the sweat that soaks their faces and shabby clothes. 

Argios village, that's the name of this cheerful village. This village is the outermost village in the eastern Kingdom of Artchania. Administratively, Argios Village is within the Duchy of Sandwealth region and is directly adjacent to the Ibeltia Kingdom. 

Just like the morning in general, in this village many children run cheerfully.

They are mostly children who follow their parents to garden. But like children in general, they prefer to play.

This should be a normal day where only the voices of the children or the peasants are heard. From far away, however, a strange voice was heard.

The sound was small but continued. But as time passed, the voice became clearer.

The sound of hundreds of horses' footsteps.

The sound of metal clashing.

The Light of War!

Aye! that's not wrong! Even the most ignorant know it is a sign of bloodshed.

The citizens who had long observed where the voice came from started to panic and run around. They yell and call their children, wives, or parents.

With a large influx of refugees, all the villagers of Argios fled their homes and gardens. Some took refuge in oxen or horse carriages while others walked.

From the plateau, the flags of the Kingdom of Ibeltia fluttered high, thousands of armored warriors and hundreds of cloaked witches were also seen increasingly clearly. 

The Kingdom of Ibeltia is on the offensive!

This was actually foreseen.

Relations between the two kingdoms have gotten worse over the past year. Many believe the cause was the death of Ambassador Artchania Kingdom to the Alliance Counties of Anachiae. Artchania Kingdom itself accused Ibeltia Kingdom of being the mastermind of the assassination.

But actually the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated over the past 4 years. This is because the Kingdom of Ibeltia unilaterally claimed the eastern and eastern southeastern regions of the Kingdom of Artchania which are now successively the regions of the Duchy of Sandwealth, County of Morhust, and the County of Fertiphile as belonging to the Kingdom of Ibeltia. 

Although the Kingdom of Ibeltia tried to deny but this is very easy to guess the reason for his desire to annex the eastern and southeastern regions of the Kingdom of Artchania. The Lay Line in the County of Morhust. Now the Lay Line was used as a mine where the stone and was a major commodity for the County of Morhust.

Initially the Kingdom of Artchania was not too dizzy with the claim because they themselves were dizzy facing a war against the Kingdom of Cepharea. Even a coalition of the Kingdom of Artchania and the Kingdom of Archantolia had to be formed against the Kingdom of Cepharea.

The background of the war between the Kingdom of Archaea and the Kingdom of Cephareae was the same as the Kingdom of Ibeltia. It was due to a resource struggle.

The beginning of the war occurred due to the discovery of dark coal reserves underground. But the location is separated by an imaginary line of border between the two countries. Each country claims to control over 50% of the existing mining area. For countries located some distance away from the Kaltic Gulf (Angoing in the Southern Artchania Kingdom) such as the Cephareae Kingdom and the Archantolia Kingdom, the existence of the Dark Coal was extremely rare and precious.

Long story short thanks to unilateral claims between the two countries and the failure of the Holy Saintica Iberal Commonwealth States as an intermediary, causing both countries to fall in war.

Even the Archantolian Kingdom joined the war by becoming an ally of the Artchania Kindom. As for why the Archantolia Kingdom allied against the Cephareae Kingdom due to the long-standing grudge between the two countries. If the status of the war has lasted 3.5 years.

After they were exhausted against their neighbors in the west, now the Kingdom of Artchania had to fight against their neighbors in the east!

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Rain sat on the ground with his legs crossed. Both hands are placed on both knees. He was like a cultivator who would meditate.

Behind him, Alex was also sitting cross-legged. But his right hand he put on Rain's back.

"Are you ready for Rain?"

Rain took a breath. Then he nodded.

"Ready Mr."

"It might hurt a little bit but hold it."

Alex drained his mana and aura at once through his right hand towards Rain's body.

Alex intentionally did this because Rain was still unable to produce both energies.

He wanted to force Rain's body to adapt to two different energies at once. In addition, it can also accelerate Rain to produce his own aura and mana.

Rain gritted his teeth. The veins on his neck and hands were protruding. His skin was sweating cold.

He felt a great pain. It was as if his body had been thrown into the flames.

"YAHOO!!"

Rain shouted loudly and his body jumped.

"Ah, fuck!" said Alex.

Rain fell on the ground. His body had a great seizure.

Even the shell area of his pants was wet!

Alex instantly used the spells of [Cure] and [Light Seas] to heal Rain. Since Alex was only capable of using tier two spells at the moment, he could only use those two level two spells.

 [Cure] was a spell to heal any physiological wounds Rain might have received such as burns or internal injuries.

[Light Seas] are spells to heal psychological wounds that may be received such as trauma.

After the convulsions subsided, Alex arranged Rain's position to be supine.

Rain fainted with his pale face.

Alex squatted looking at this subordinate.

He sighed resignedly.

Hah ... while waiting for him to wake up, I better prepare dinner, and also ....

Alex saw Rain's wet pants.

Hah .. well and looking for the nearest river of course.

When Rain woke up, it was dark.

There was a bonfire burning not far from him.

Near the fire, there was meat and a cup placed on a wooden tablecloth.

He saw his Master just sitting quietly while looking at the fire.

It seems like his master just finished eating.

"Away awake?"

Rain nodded when questioned.

Although the pain and dizziness were still felt, he tried to stand up and then sat by the campfire.

"That's your food, take it" said Alex

What Alex cooked was actually simple. It was just the meat Justin had prepared for him. Then there was porridge mixed with corn, potatoes, and a boiled egg in it.

Rain ate everything up.

When he woke up he was very hungry. He even added a few more servings.

Alex was a little surprised when he saw Rain refill his bowl at least five times. For Rain's small body, Alex felt his subordinates had a high appetite.

Rain who accidentally turned his head when eating. Due to the blaze, he could see a pair of trousers and a shorter trouser hanging from a rope between two trees.

Those pants are pretty familiar.

"!!"

Rain immediately looked at the pants he was wearing.

These are my spare pants!

Rain looked at Alex.

"T-lord ..."

Alex, of course, knew what surprised Rain. But he did not reply. He just smiled mischievously.

"Rain, you better shave."

Rain's face immediately flushed.

I don't know why tonight Alex feels good about judging people. He then added a few sentences.

"And .. I suggest you go buy a magnifying drug."

"Master!!"

"Mahaha ...."

Alex laughed loosely at his subordinates who were already on the verge of dying from embarrassment.

After they finished eating and saw Rain had recovered, Alex resumed his training.

But this time it was different.

He only used his index finger as a transmission device.

By touching one of Rain's hands clenched above the knee using his index finger, he simply drained the aura. Maybe he should do it very carefully.

He drained an aura that was 70% less than before even though in the first experiment he also only drained very little energy. Perhaps it was because his mana quality and aura were too high causing Rain's body to be unable to withstand it.

Even with a very little aura it still made Rain tremble. But this time he could endure it.

After the transmission was over, Alex asked.

"So, do you feel it?"

"Yes, sir."

Alex could feel his master's aura flowing through his bloodstream. It feels pretty hot.

"Good, so it will help you generate an aura. As long as my aura is still in your body, try to interact with it. I'm not asking you to control it but at least you can follow it."

"Good sir."

"Then, while you practice, you also keep watch. If my aura is gone, wake me up and we change shifts to keep watch."

"Good."

Alex got into the tent he had built.

Although Alex is no longer a lazy child, he does not mean to lose his other nature. He hates insects, especially mosquitoes. Especially if at night, Alex can not imagine if he slept without a tent how many mosquitoes will bite him.