Junta & Wizarding World

#52 Train Tanding

"Junta, Ko"

Junta and Kou turned their bodies to see who was calling them.

"What's Hako?"

"Can you come with me for a minute, I'd like to ask for your help"

"Oh, sure"

Junta and Kou followed Hako out of the tent and went somewhere.

It was almost noon, and Junta along with his team were getting ready to leave from this Queen Rana's camp, but it seemed, like, it was, Hako has something to do before Junta and Kou leave.

After walking following Hako through several turns and tents, Junta and Kou finally reached their destination.

Their goal was apparently an empty field that was not too broad, but also not too small, on the sidelines there was a Ratu Rana who was sitting on a chair while holding a cup of warm drinks, which was also very small, then in the middle of the field there were 4 people wearing plain old brown robes and plain black masks.

During his time here, Junta and Kou had indeed seen that figure a lot, so Junta and Kou were already familiar with the existence of that masked figure.

"Good morning Queen Rana, I don't usually see Queen Rana alone like this"

"Good morning too Junta, and Kou, there's no need to worry about that, Hako actually accompanied me here but left for a while to call you guys"

"So, what do you need Hako?"

Kou said like that putting both his hands on his waist.

"Actually I want to ask you Kou for help to train those four people"

Hako said like that while pointing towards the 4 black masked figures standing in the middle of the field.

"They're well-equipped and well-trained special forces, they're the new special forces of this kingdom and I want you to practice your match with them"

"And why should I do it?"

"I want to show some things to this new special forces, and I don't think you mind?"

"I might not be a problem if it's just practice sparring, but"

Kou ended his words while looking at his older brother who was standing next to Queen Rana.

"Why not Kou? I don't see any loss if we train them, and maybe we can also get some new information from this fight"

Junta said that while looking at thinking of something.

"Alright, if my brother doesn't have a problem with this then there's nothing to question"

"Thank you Kou, Junta"

Hako said that with a smile before finally turning her body towards the 4 figures and said.

"As I said earlier, you will be practicing a match with one of my friends, fight seriously and show me that you are a royal special force that I am very proud of"

"General Hako"

One of the masked figures took a step out of the line.

"I think it's a little unfair for the four of us to fight seriously with this one ordinary girl"

Some of the masked figures laughed after hearing the words of his friend.

Hako just shook her head while closing her eyes and then said.

"This is what I want to teach you"

Hako turned her body then looked at Kou and said.

"Please help Kou, fight seriously with them"

"I have no problem training them in this training battle, but fighting seriously.."

Kou said that while scratching his non-itchy cheeks.

"I'm sorry Hako but I can't allow Kou to fight seriously in this match practice"

"Oh? You have guts like that, I should praise your guts as class 0"

And after hearing his friend's statement, some of the masked figures started laughing.

Junta and Kou did not respond at all to all that, they remained standing there with ordinary expressions.

"Alright if indeed Kou should not be serious in this fight, but let me say this to you Kou, don't hold back too much"

"I understand it's Hako, Brother, what's the rule?"

"Because this is just a match practice, then the rule is not to kill the opponent, and I don't think also to damage the Queen Rana camp"

"All right"

Kou walked slightly away from the Junta, Hako and Queen Rana headed towards the middle of the field.

"Are you sure you don't want to get serious about this fight?

One of the masked figures said that.

"Just relax, if I lose here there's no harm either"

Kou replied like that while preparing his dual combat knife.

The distance between Kou and the four figures could be said to be around 20 meters, and each side was already seen ready to attack.

"Alright, start!"

Right after Hako said that, the four special forces members began to move quickly and split up.

One of the members began to launch his attack using the combat knife he was holding.

At the same time, the other members threw something sharp at Kou.

And at the same time, the other members used a magic that could shake the ground.

This was a combination attack that was enough to make the Junta praise this special forces.

When fighting in a team, the first thing to remember and the most important thing is cooperation, which is how each team member contributes to the fight and helps each other.

And the Junta saw that this special force seemed to have understood such a basic thing.

Although the attack could be said to be quite good and organized, Kou could still avoid all of it by jumping while making a small wall made of ice, then kick the wall so that he can get away from the enemy attack point.

A simple, but effective way.

Just when Kou landed, suddenly something sharp flew rapidly towards Kou, and Kou could of course fend it off with his combat knife.

Right after the sharp object was repelled by Kou, suddenly the sharp object exploded and the area around Kou was filled with thick dust and sand that disturbed Kou's visibility.

And just as Kou had expected, suddenly just after the dust and sand came out, the four figures appeared and attacked Kou at the same time.

The dust and sand that existed indeed disturbed Kou's view, but it didn't seem like a problem, Kou could avoid all those attacks at once and could launch a counterattack.

When the sand and dust were gone, the first thing the Junta saw was Kou standing and being surrounded by the four special forces members sprawled motionless on the ground.

"So, I think it's the end of today's training fight, believe me you can't do anything with the condition of your injured hands and feet like that, so not giving up is not an option, if this is on the original battleground, can I make sure you'll die unless a miracle happens"

Kou said that while playing the combat knife he held.

Hako and Queen Rana were still silent in their place, maybe they were putting on a casual expression, but the Junta could sense that Hako and Queen Rana were quite astonished by what had just happened, even the Junta heard a slight sound of vibrating armor that most likely came from Hako.

Perhaps Hako and Queen Rana could not catch all of Kou's movements in this fight, even more so in the dust and sand section, simply because Kou dodged all of those attacks while attacking the enemy, and the attack that Kou launched targeted the vital part of the arms and legs of the enemy so that the enemy was paralyzed and unable to move, the precision of the attack, the speed, the agility, and the other things that Kou showed in this fight had clearly required a high level of skill.

"Fight over, heal them Kou"

"Alright if that's what you want"

"As expected of the savior of Aruf Kingdom as well as someone who can defeat General Barmun"

"If you want to duel with Kou now, then maybe Kou will accept it"

Hako shook her head before saying.

"I really want to, but my body needs a break after receiving some injuries on the battlefield, so for this time unfortunately it can't, Kou is really great and I really praise that"

"No need to praise that high, your special forces are also doing a good fight, they understand the basics of fighting in groups and it looks like the coordination of their attacks"

"It looks like I've trained them well, to the point that you praise them"

"Yes, Hako's good work, at least I don't think their title as special forces is nonsense"

After the Junta said that, suddenly Kou was already in front of him along with the four special forces standing behind him.

"Pardon us General Hako, Queen Rana!"

Suddenly the four teams paid their respects by kneeling down using one leg as their pedestal.

Queen Rana who saw this stood up from her seat and walked over to the special forces of her kingdom then held their shoulders and said.

"Get up, you've shown me your abilities and I'm proud of that"

"Queen Rana is right, since the beginning I had no intention of asking you to win this fight, I just want you to bring out all your abilities"

Hako said like that while walking closer to Queen Rana.

"With this I hope you understand what I've always said, that there are many strong people out there hidden in society"

"And with this exercise I hope you no longer like to underestimate your opponent, and always be aware of the environment around you"

Queen Rana continued Hako's words with a smile.

"We understand"

"Thank you Junta, Kou, for helping my troops train today"

"No matter Queen Rana, we also learned some new things in this fight"

"You're right Junta, even I who just stood next to Queen Rana also learned a valuable lesson from this match practice"

"Then I'll go back to preparing our belongings if the training here is over"

"I'll take you back"

"I'll follow Queen Rana if that's what she wants"

"To be honest you don't have to do this Queen Rana"

"It's okay Junta, just think of it as my gratitude for being willing to train my special forces"

After Queen Rana said that, Junta looked towards Kou and Kou only raised a little bit of both his hands indicating he did not know what to do.

After learning of Kou's opinion, Junta and Kou go back to their tent together with Queen Rana and Hako who are walking in front of them, and somehow the four special forces also followed Junta and Kou behind.

When Junta and Kou could already see their tent, from a distance Junta and Kou could see Zonya and Alicia who were moving some wooden boxes from inside the tent into the carriage.

"Oh Queen Rana"

His zone quickly put down the wooden box he held and paid tribute to Queen Rana, Alicia also did the same.

"You can stand Zonya, and Alicia"

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Ah, no need General Hako, we here are almost done, see Junta and Kou with you, is it safe to assume that General Hako and Queen Rana are taking the Junta somewhere?"

"Yes Zonya, I asked Junta and Kou for help to practice the match with the 4 people back there"

"Oh, well then, it's good that Junta and Kou didn't run away from their task of tidying things up and transporting them into the carriage"

"Hey, I heard that"

"So? Is it all?"

"There's still some boxes inside Kou, and there's some stuff that hasn't been put in the box, maybe you can help Alicia in that"

"All right"

After Kou said that, Junta and Kou walked inside the tent and left his Zonya outside along with Hako and Queen Rana.

What Zonya said might need to be corrected, as there were still many boxes and items that had not been packed inside the tent, Junta and Kou could only sigh at seeing all of this.

"Ja-Don't worry! I-I've grouped the items together, so all one needs to do is put these items in the box"

"Thank you Alicia"

"Ti-No problem! I wouldn't be able to do all this without Zonya's help"

"And Alicia, what is this?"

Kou asked while clasping something in his hand.

"O-Oh! It is a medicinal plant! Zonya said she found some medicinal plants that would be useful on our journey, and this is one of them"

"Is this included?"

The junta showed what he held to Alicia.

"Y-Yeah! Why are the plants spreading? I think I've grouped everything together..."

"Where should we put this medicinal plant Alicia?"

"O-Oh! In-there"

Alicia pointed towards the wooden box and of course Junta and Kou walked over to it and opened it.

Sure enough, the box contained a lot of new plants that had never been on the train before, it seemed like Zonya found many new medicinal plants around here.

"Ju-Junta! B-Help me.."

Alicia said it used a tone like a person carrying something too heavy.

And of course the Junta quickly helped Alicia who was objecting to lifting the wooden box.

"Where do you want to put this?"

"Ki-We have to get this into the train"

Junta nodded and started walking slowly with Alicia out of the tent.

When the Junta was outside, Queen Rana and Hako were no longer there, while Zonya was in the train busy arranging wooden boxes that were quite messy.

"Where are Queen Rana and Hako?"

Junta said that right after he put the box into the carriage.

"Queen Rana said she wanted to take something, so Hako and the four masked men went to follow her"

His zone shifted the box that Junta had just placed to the side and then said.

"We have to be fast, we're already very late from the schedule, we won't be able to get to our next destination before nightfall if this continues"

And after saying that, Zonya got off the train and moved quickly into the tent.

Fortunately, Kou had already put all the items in place and all that needed to be done now was to lift those wooden boxes into the carriage.

Each of them lifted 1 wooden box, and required two times to go out of the tent to take out all the wooden boxes inside.

After putting the last wooden box into the carriage, Zonya arranged the boxes and said.

"I think it's all over, Alicia, call Aya, we're leaving"

"I-I understand"

And with a quick movement Alicia got off the train and ran out of nowhere.

"It looks like General Hako trusts you very much Junta"

Zonya suddenly said like that while arranging the existing boxes.

"Maybe you can think of it that way"

"I've never seen a general ask someone outside the kingdom for help in training his army"

"There's not much I can teach that squad, they're good enough and they'll improve over time"

"By the way, where are we going next, Zonya?"

Zonya was silent for a moment after hearing Kou's question, then replied.

"I still don't have a definite purpose Kou, there are a few places that appear in my head at the moment, but depending on the situation and conditions, I will choose one of them later"

"Do we have enough Zonya emergency food?"

"I've checked the Junta, and I think with the amount we've got now, it'll be enough before we get to the next town"

"That's great, I don't want us to be confused about what to eat when we can't find food in the wild"

Right after the Junta said that, Aya had already come along with Alicia.

"Yes, please help him when we are in the territory of the Kingdom of Slyn"

"Leave it to me"

After Aya said that, from a distance, Junta and Kou could see Queen Rana, who was walking with Hako heading towards her.

"I think I got to the right time"

Queen Rana said that right after Junta and Kou got off the carriage.

"We're going to Queen Rana, thank you for everything you gave us while here"

"Sister is right, I also want to thank you"

"It's not a big deal, I'm glad I can help you, and here, I'm giving you something that might help during the trip"

Queen Rana gave something that looked like a gold badge with the Aruf Kingdom logo to Junta and Kou, and the same badge was just silver to Zonya and Alicia, respectively, the badge is not too big and not too small and also has a design like a pin that is usually worn on the shirt.

"These are all royal badges, the golden color I gave to Junta and Kou is a badge that indicates that the wearer has a level equal to that of the royal family, he said, and the silver badge I gave Zonya and Alicia was a badge that showed that the wearer was a friend of Aruf Kingdom"

"And forgive Queen Rana Aya, she can't give you this badge because this badge might cause you trouble"

"I don't mind Queen Rana at all, something like this is understandable"

"Well, is it really okay for us to accept this Queen Rana?! M-Isn't this a badge of honor?!"

"Yes, I have absolutely no problem giving that to you, his friend Junta is his friend of this kingdom, of course as long as you are kind"

"Thank you Queen Rana, it's truly an honor for me to be able to receive this badge directly from you"

"Together Zonya, and I hope you can keep this badge well and not tarnish the honor of this badge and the honor of my kingdom"

"Of course, Queen Rana, we understand how much honor you've given this and we'll take good care of it"

"Thank you for giving me and my sister this badge Queen Rana, we'll take good care of this"

"It doesn't matter Junta, and a little advice from me, maybe you guys want to hide that badge as long as you're in Slyn Kingdom, just in case"

"I think you're right Queen Rana, thanks for the advice"

"No problem Kou, I hope we can meet again somewhere and hopefully your journey is safe and smooth"