Hard Work Will Never Betray Me (WN) - Chapter 133

“Well, as a result of your successful summoning of the origin dragon, Second Lieutenant Eberhard has been promoted two ranks to the Captain’s rank!”

“Second Lieutenant Eberhard, I acknowledge your promotion!”

The day after the ceremony to install me as an imperial military officer was held at the Imperial Palace. I received the promotion order from Lieutenant General Jet Braveheart, Commander of the Special Division at the Imperial Garrison of the Special Division. This was the same ceremony that was held when I was promoted from sergeant to second lieutenant for defeating the demon . It was not a very large scale ceremony, but it was held in the commander’s room surrounded by the commander, Jet, and several other officers, among them Brigadier General Eulenberg and Captain Siegfried, so it was quite a tense atmosphere.

“But Eberhard. You’ve been moved up the ladder pretty fast.”

　Jet said with a relaxed tone, after the formal and customary transfer of the letter of resignation had been completed. The dignity of the former commander has vanished into thin air, and there he is, just a muscular,man.

“Just luck,”

“How can you get this far just by luck?”

　Jet shouted, but he was in his mid-thirties and was a lieutenant general and commander of one of the three major imperial divisions, so it was hard to say anything about him since he too was on the fast track to promotion at an alarmingly fast pace. Normally, a general like General Eulenberg would only make it to the rank of general in his late fifties.

But Captain Siegfried. The new officer who fought in the entrance examination has now found himself in the same rank as myself. The name of “Thunderbolt” cries out.
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“Shut up, …… !:=”

“Don’t use honorifics like that.”

As usual, Siegfried’s guy seems to have a big mouth. The fact that he is not punished for such behavior by his superiors is probably a sign that he is both competent and strong. If he were in the Earth’s military, he would be out in a shot.

“It’s a pain, but Eberhard is strong. That’s all there is to it. ……”

‘I can’t lose.”

　Siegfried is fast. He is much faster than me, a master of the Hokusho Bujinryu.

“If I’m not careful, he might overtake me too.”

Jet muttered to myself and laughed. But, as a matter of course, Jet himself is also an officer of the Imperial Army. He is in a much better position than I am.

“He was a very good man. I’m going to ask for a few light assignments on my way back to the capital. Don’t worry, you’ll be done in no time. I’m just going to knock out a few mafiosos.”

“I don’t think that’s the level of …… errand running.”

‘This is a superior officer’s order. I’m not letting a force as strong as your get away …… something like that. …… , but we can’t afford not to make use of you in any case. I’ll give you a generous allowance for that, so go for it.”

“I understand. I’m a rough commander of the “Imperial Knights.”

　I received a document with the details of the mission and left the commander’s office with a shrug of the shoulders.

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　A few months after I became an imperial military officer and then a captain. I was in the Demon Forest again. Whenever I received an order for a mission via Marie (although she is not a member of the Special Division, she is also a military officer with the rank of lieutenant general, so military-related orders are often sent via her ), I would go from the Demon Forest to the mission site several times, and after completing the mission there, I would go sightseeing briefly and then return to the Demon Forest to continue my training. It had been almost a year since I started training under Marie.

I had managed to successfully accomplish my tasks of “learning a thousand magic spells” and “acquiring the ‘Dragon Vein Astral Connect’ through linking up with divine beast. It had been a very hard year, but my strength had improved considerably compared to what it had been before I started training.

　This is my current status.

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Eberhard Karlheinz

Von Flensburg-Farenheit

Vitality : 1132/1251 ( formerly 536)

Magic Power : 75,301/75,330 1 ( formerly 51,692 )

Physical Ability : 2115 ( formerly 693 )

Intelligence : 141 ( Formerly 138 )

Magical attribute : –

Magical skill : [Impact]

Special Skills : [ Practice makes perfect ].

　Proficiency: [Divine Beast Contract] “Lindwurm the First Dragon

　　　　　　Dragon Vein Connection Astral Connect

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As you can see, all stats have improved overwhelmingly. Among them, categories directly related to the strength of the bare body, such as “Physical Ability” and “Vitality,” have been greatly increased. It seems that this is the result of training to raise the level of basic physical abilities in order to be able to use magic even when magic power runs out, or in case magic becomes useless due to some other reason. The average values for an average adult male are “Physical Ability: 150” and “Life Force: 150,” while the average soldier has “Physical Ability: 200” and “Life Force: 200. My body is several to ten times stronger than that of an ordinary person, even in its bare state without magical enhancement. In addition, the amount of magic power has also increased considerably.

　 The average mage’s magic power is about 300-400, which means that my magic power is about 200 times that of a normal person.

Furthermore, I have obtained a means to recover magic power in an instant through “Dragon Vein Connection Astral Connect,” which is limited to when I join forces with Lin-chan, which means that my magic power is practically inexhaustible. It is like a human magic energy tank (—-) or a human magic oil field.

However, this is only an idealistic view, as too much use of magic power can cause mental exhaustion. In reality, there are certain limitations. However, the fact that I possess this much magic power and can recover it in an instant makes me a great danger to anyone who is against me. I have become an even stronger mage, including in the aspect of deterrence.

　And finally, although it is not shown in my status, I have a thousand (1021 to be exact) spells that Marie taught me directly. Although its’ limited to non-attribute spelsl , non-attribute magic is the most basic of all magic. The basics are the basics because they are fundamental. The wide range of non-attribute magic means that it can be used in most of the situations that can be envisioned.

　In other words, I am closer than ever to being allrounder .

　As a soldier and adventurer, I never know what might happen, and the wider range of situations i can handle means a higher chance of survival and the ability to protect those who I care about. The past year of training under Marie has brought me great results than I had initially expected .