Chapter 96
Chapter 96
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 96
Chapter Title: Battalion Commander Privileges
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Fwhoosh!
[You have been appointed as Squad Leader.]
[All stats increase by 1%.]
“What’s this?”
Cecilia was considerably surprised.
She had thought there would be some kind of restriction.
But no system messages of that sort appeared at all.
Instead, all her stats had increased by 1%.
“From now on, you will move according to Cecilia’s orders.”
“Yes, sir!”
At Kang Hyun-su’s command, the summons gave short replies and knelt toward Cecilia.
At that moment.
[You have appointed Squad Leader Cecilia as the commander of a provisional battalion.]
[Stats are consumed.]
[Cecilia’s position changes from Squad Leader to Battalion Commander (Provisional).]
[One summon’s Company Commander appointment is canceled.]
[A Brigade Commander can create 3 provisional battalions.]
[Provisional battalions can be composed of a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 300.]
‘What?’
A look of puzzlement rose on Kang Hyun-su’s face.
‘Battalion Commander (Provisional)? Provisional battalion? Who knew the One-Man Brigade class had hidden pieces like this.’
It was knowledge even Kang Hyun-su was learning for the first time.
And before Cecilia’s eyes.
[Battalion Commander (Provisional) appointment complete.]
[All stats increase by 15%.]
[You can now use Battalion Commander’s Blessing skill.]
[You can now use Battalion Commander’s Gaze skill.]
[You can now use Battalion Commander’s…….]
……(abbreviated)……
A flood of new system messages appeared.
“M-My lord.”
Cecilia’s expression was filled with bewilderment.
The number of additional skills granted to her was too great.
And their power was truly tremendous.
“I only gave you authority over my summons.”
Kang Hyun-su said with a calm expression.
No point in panicking here.
‘It would just make me look weak.’
Cecilia, the Shadow King, had come under his command.
But this was merely the bare minimum leash.
It was still too soon to call her fully his limb.
‘Time is needed.’
Cecilia, the Shadow King, had been appointed as a commander.
As time passed?
Her loyalty to Kang Hyun-su would rise automatically.
“Thank you. The skills bestowed upon me by my lord will be of great help. But skills like Battalion Commander’s Blessing—can they be used on other players as well?”
Kang Hyun-su was surprised once again by Cecilia’s words.
‘Battalion Commander’s Blessing isn’t exclusive to me?’
He learned for the first time that a Battalion Commander appointed by Brigade Commander Kang Hyun-su could also use Battalion Commander’s Blessing.
‘Company Commanders didn’t have anything like that.’
It seemed to be a privilege starting from field-grade officers like Battalion Commanders.
“Impossible. But if you make that player a member of your battalion, it might be possible.”
At Kang Hyun-su’s words, Cecilia’s eyes gleamed.
“If I use Commander Appointment to make a player a Company Commander or Platoon Leader, it should work.”
At Cecilia’s words.
‘She really does have it all.’
Kang Hyun-su felt a sense of futility.
‘Why didn’t these guys tell me?’
None of the summons appointed as Battalion Commanders by Kang Hyun-su had informed him of this.
‘Their intelligence is still lacking.’
Come to think of it, the summons had only answered his questions.
They had no initiative to act on their own.
‘If I’d appointed Song Ha-na or Beast Emperor as Battalion Commander, I would’ve known right away.’
Because he had appointed high-combat-power summons instead of Song Ha-na or Beast Emperor, he hadn’t noticed immediately.
‘Good that I found out now, at least.’
If he could make provisional battalions?
He might be able to make provisional companies or platoons too.
‘Well, it might be impossible, but worth testing.’
But one question arose.
‘Won’t using Commander Appointment or Battalion Commander’s Blessing consume stats?’
Kang Hyun-su didn’t mind stat consumption.
But Cecilia might.
“But is it really all right for me to do that? It would consume my lord’s stats.”
‘Damn it!’
Kang Hyun-su maintained a calm expression but smiled bitterly inside.
‘It all comes down to my stats being consumed.’
If Cecilia, his summon, used stat-consuming skills like Commander Appointment or Battalion Commander’s Blessing?
It meant Kang Hyun-su’s stats were consumed, not Cecilia’s.
‘In a way, that’s better.’
He had selected summon Battalion Commanders prioritizing combat power.
As such.
‘Better my stats get consumed than theirs.’
It had been the same when Song Ha-na or Beast Emperor gained access to commander skills.
“Get my permission first. I’ll allow it in those cases.”
“But how shall I contact my lord?”
-Like this.
Kang Hyun-su spoke to Cecilia through his will.
-Amazing.
Cecilia replied through her will to Kang Hyun-su and looked surprised.
-Is there no distance limit?
-None.
-But if an appointed commander betrays us, how do we sanction them?
Kang Hyun-su pondered Cecilia’s question.
‘Tell her the truth?’
It didn’t seem like a big problem if he did.
Cecilia was already subordinate to him.
‘Better to tell her the truth clearly.’
Cecilia must already know there were restrictions on appointed commanders.
-If the player who casts Commander Appointment dies, the appointed commander dies too. Also, using Battalion Dissolution allows you to dissolve any subordinate commander or soldier anytime, anywhere.
This was stone-cold fact.
And it applied to Cecilia as well.
‘So their lives are in my grasp.’
Kang Hyun-su explained a few skill usage methods to Cecilia.
But he kept the loyalty increase secret.
‘No need to reveal that.’
Just using the life pledge, Battalion Recall, Battalion Commander’s Gaze, and such skills was enough.
He could kill them anytime, recall them anytime, and use their vision anytime.
-Using the power my lord has given me, I shall seize the Rokuto Empire in short order.
Cecilia realized her life was completely under Kang Hyun-su’s control.
But she wasn’t sad.
It was something she had resolved herself to from the start.
‘With this power, I can crush that wastrel and secure the succession to the throne.’
She could kill her father, who was practically her enemy.
She could win over the nobles and grasp the imperial power.
For Cecilia to achieve that on her own, there were many mountains to climb.
But with immense funds, military force.
And these astonishing skills besides?
She could shorten that time dramatically.
-The current emperor, Rodius I, will die in 3 years.
Kang Hyun-su informed Cecilia of Rodius I of the Rokuto Empire’s remaining lifespan.
-That much time is plenty.
‘It should be.’
Before regression, Cecilia had been an illegitimate child of the imperial family, inheriting nothing.
Despite that, she had seized the Shadow Guard with her own power and created the greatest intelligence network in the Atlantis dimension, throwing herself into the battle for the throne.
Now, with funds, military force, and skills granted by Kang Hyun-su.
‘She can definitely take the Rokuto Empire.’
Good thing he had met her.
He had the future emperor of the Rokuto Empire in his grasp.
‘I didn’t expect things to go this smoothly.’
The pre-regression Cecilia in Kang Hyun-su’s memories hadn’t been this easy to handle.
That’s why he had hesitated.
If he mishandled it and made her an enemy, she would be a huge headache.
‘Circumstances are very different from pre-regression.’
Cecilia currently lacked a solid support base.
And her anger toward her father, the crown prince, was immense.
‘I’ve gained a lot.’
He had acquired the Shadow King and discovered hidden pieces of One-Man Brigade he hadn’t known about.
‘Now it’s time to head back.’
He had done everything he could in the Rokuto Empire.
All that was left was to return.
-I’ll take my leave now.
-Yes, my lord. I thank you for your grace and shall surely repay it.
Cecilia repaying Kang Hyun-su’s grace.
Was simply achieving her own goal.
Since everything Cecilia had belonged to Kang Hyun-su.
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After parting with Cecilia, Kang Hyun-su immediately summoned his Battalion Commanders.
“Can you use Commander Appointment and Battalion Commander’s Blessing too?”
Kang Hyun-su asked what he was most curious about first.
“Yes.”
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“You didn’t ask.”
He had suspected as much, and it was true.
‘I thought their intelligence had risen a lot after becoming Battalion Commanders.’
Still plenty lacking.
For their intelligence to recover to normal human levels?
‘Even Regiment Commander might not be enough.’
He thought it would take at least Brigade or Division Commander for their original intelligence to fully recover.
‘Maybe even higher.’
With his current One-Man Brigade class.
It was still distant.
“Tell me all the skills you can use.”
“Yes. Battalion Commander’s Blessing……”
Battalion Commander Do-wang listed the skills.
‘No Battalion Composition.’
Commander Appointment, Battalion Commander’s Blessing, Battalion Recall, Battalion Reverse Recall, Battalion Dissolution, etc.
They could use every skill he had as Battalion Commander, except one.
The only missing skill was Battalion Composition.
‘Can’t increase summons.’
It was perhaps natural.
Otherwise, his summons would be making summons.
‘Let’s try making a provisional battalion first.’
Kang Hyun-su began various tests using the summons.
The first test was whether he could make provisional companies or platoons.
‘Doesn’t work.’
The result was failure.
‘Then provisional battalion?’
To create a provisional battalion, Kang Hyun-su transferred command of about 100 summons to a Company Commander-level summon.
‘Huh?’
But it didn’t appoint them as provisional Battalion Commander.
‘What’s the reason?’
After pondering briefly, Kang Hyun-su realized.
‘It’s not the numbers.’
What mattered was the ranks of the subordinate summons.
Kang Hyun-su added five Company Commander-level and twenty Platoon Leader-level summons to the 100 summons.
At that moment.
[You have appointed a Company Commander summon as the commander of a provisional battalion.]
[Stats are consumed.]
[The summon’s position changes from Company Commander to Battalion Commander (Provisional).]
[A Brigade Commander can create 3 provisional battalions.]
[Provisional battalions can be composed of a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 300.]
A new provisional battalion was formed.
‘Nice.’
A Brigade Commander like Kang Hyun-su could appoint a total of nine Battalion Commanders.
Including three provisional battalions?
‘Total of 12 Battalion Commanders.’
The number of summons he could hold increased from 5,000 to 5,900.
All tests complete.
There was actually one test he wanted to check results for immediately.
The problem was.
‘I can’t know the results right away.’
It was whether his One-Man Brigade job experience would rise if his subordinate Battalion Commanders used skills a lot and raised their skill ranks.
‘If yes, it’s jackpot.’
It was certain that experience gain would be much faster than Kang Hyun-su using One-Man Brigade job skills alone.
Then One-Man Brigade could evolve to One-Man Division faster.
‘Wait and see.’
The results would come.
And the fact that summons with Battalion Commander positions could use multiple job skills.
‘Huge help when recruiting other players.’
Recruiting high-position players and appointing them as Battalion Commander-level high officers.
Would boost organizational control accordingly.
‘Right now, all but Cecilia are summons.’
But later, as time passed, he should consider making all 12 Battalion Commanders players.
The skills held as Battalion Commanders.
‘Players wield them with greater power than summons.’
But for now.
‘Use them provisionally.’
Kang Hyun-su had the Battalion Commander summons use Battalion Commander’s Blessing on Company Commander-level summons.
To make his current summons even a bit stronger.
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