
Sam had just handed over the division matter to the remaining members but before that he had a few words to say.
"I wouldn't ask why you picked me in a situation like this, but I'm grateful for that. But one thing I want to say is that you may have made the biggest mistake of your life, because you will have a difficult time because of your decision and can even affect your progress.
If that really happens, I will help you to show my gratitude after this whole failure is over. But until then, I'm sorry to say that you have to face the consequences of the decisions you make and live them."
The group did not answer his words and they decided to form a team within minutes. Sam, Hawk and Drew are on one team while Jack, Philip and Kelly are on the other.
There was no particular reason except that among the group only Philip and Sam knew how to run the business and Kelly was another Artisan who could make some products for their store.
Jack has a lot of people who can follow orders and is familiar with Philip who makes it easy for them.
As for Sam's team, Hawk may be friendly but taking orders from Philp might be too much for him as he lives his entire life in excellence and Drew might feel the same way.
Although it might make them look unreasonable, it was a fact that they might listen to Sam's orders because he could master them completely, but Philip was, despite his ability, capable, I can't do that for unknown reasons.
After all, Philip and Jack thought that this arrangement was better for them and was done that way.
They stand in two teams of three members.
After each other team cleared their items, the General gestured to someone and that person came and started handing out some small tokens.
The token has a number written on it. And for the two Sam groups the numbers are 20-1 and 20-2.
They were considered the tenth team and in that twentieth team, the group of three Sam had tokens with 20-1 and the group of three Philip had 20-2.
After the distribution was completed, the General spoke once more.
"First part, all teams will serve in the military for the first 8 months and the second half will do business.
Let me explain how this works.
There will be two wars with our neighboring kingdoms throughout the exam time. And the first war will take place in the eighth month while the second will take place in the sixteenth month.
These two wars are only for your testing and the neighboring kingdoms are also undergoing the same test as you, so you will continue to fight them.
The same test happened throughout the empire in every rank of a duke at the same time, so it's best that you prepare and put your heart into it if you want to stand out.
For the rules of the military batch, you will be sent to a military training camp held at the military base of the capital Dukedom. You will be trained there and will be sent to fight in the eighth month, so your training will be there for seven months and for every fifteen days of these seven months, You will be allowed to leave the camp.
But you are only allowed to move with in the nearby cities and forests that are under the control of the Southern star city.
The remaining rules on how your training goes will be explained at the base.
For the Business section, you are allowed to move as much as you like and you can do business in all areas of the Dukedom.
Although this is called a Business at the end of the day all you have to do is to earn money, but you have to provide the means that you earn and make sure that you do not do it in an illegal way.
Any business and assets you had before were not taken into account. You can use it as an investment.
For example, if you own a land asset and you sell it, it will not count as your income, but you can use that money as an investment.
At the final evaluation, your returns and investments will be compared and one with points will be awarded based on your percentage of profits.
Now, the group that is going to be conscripted, you have five minutes to talk to your team and get ready."
After the speech, Sam did not say much, he only spoke to Philip for a few seconds.
"Watt will be outside the estate, you follow him, I buy property and you can stay there with him.
For business, try to start something, I think Watt has enough money. Just test the water for now in the capital for the first fifteen days, but from what I see it will not be easy at all.
Try your best and be careful, I'll see you after fifteen days."
After five minutes passed, all the candidates in the military force were taken away. Sam looked around and did not find Nicholas, he seemed to be in a business group.
Sam didn't think much of it, so fifty students were taken by train to the military base of the Southern star city.
When all fifty students went up and entered the camp, they saw many squads and battalions practicing.
Sam noticed one thing, not much order in the camp or even in the squad.
Each squad had different types of cultivators, mages, warriors, warrior mages, etc.
Although, they saw quite united most of them mainly focused on their individual strength training and very few practiced team attacks.
On the way he saw a quiet area with no people at all, the place had a small building made of stone and there was a small stage. He did not know his purpose but had a strange atmosphere attached to him.
Soon, they were taken to several barracks. There a middle-aged man stood with his back straight as he looked at the candidates. Behind him were five men who were also standing tall.
When they arrived at that place, the middle-aged man in the lead called out.
"Stands in twenty lines with each row having five people." As all the candidates stood in order, the middle-aged man continued.
"From today until the eight months are over, I am your main instructor. The five men standing behind me are also instructors who have absolute authority over your duties, training, and even punishment.
In general, according to the military structure of our kingdom, the, a squad will consist of seven members and a company of seven such squads led by a company commander who must be flexible and capable enough to lead the entire company and join it any team in combat.[The military structure is purely fictional and something that you actually created. So, don't complain about me not having much military knowledge]
So, all of you will form two companies and there will be two company commanders selected through the procedure.
For further explanation, one battalion had at least ten companies in it and six battalions merged into the Regiment.
At this base there were a total of five regiments and five other regiments stationed at the various borders of the Dukedom. For every six months their duties will be exchanged.
These things do not apply to you because your main task is to train for the war after eight months.
But it is important to know these details.
As for this military structure, there are some exceptions that do not apply and one of them is the special forces trained by our General Spark called the Thunder Wolves army which has a total of fifty members.
As for the rules, you have a fixed break time, meal time, training time that will be recorded in the schedule that will be given to you by the instructor.
There is one general rule in the Military that applies to all regiments and that includes the Thunder Wolves army as well as yours. That is, anyone can challenge you to a duel and you cannot refuse if the cultivation of others is no more than two levels higher than yours. [Level here means Novice Level 3 cannot reject someone at Novice Level 5]
In any duel other than killing and crippling cultivation is allowed.
Some of you may think it unfair to be beaten by a higher level, but this is the army, and in war no one knows if you will face an enemy on the same level. So, suck and deal with it.
If you have any questions, ask me now."
One of the candidates who was part of 1-1 raised his hand and asked.
"Master, may I know your name?"
"Why do you want to know my name?" The middle-aged man asked.
The candidate was surprised for a moment and said meekly.
"Curiosity?" He himself was unsure; he just asked the name casually.
“I don't want to tell you my name just because you're curious. My name is not that cheap.
If you're just curious about me, I'll give you some details. I'm the Deputy General of the Southern Star, you can call me the Deputy General or Instructor.
I am a Nascent realm warrior of the early stage.
But if you're so curious about my name, there are two options.
The first, you can get enough reward so you deserve to know my name, or you the second one, WEB, move up the ranks to gain access to Military department records so you can read my own name.
Until then you can forget to know.
In the entire Dukedom, there were less than ten people who knew my name." He finished talking and walked away.