Published at 25th of November 2020 07:49:03 PM
Chapter 63.2
Translator: SFBaka
Editor: Thor’s Stone
What’s up with everyone suddenly wanting to learn my swordsmanship all of a sudden? It looks like everyone gained an intense curiosity and admiration for my swordsmanship style, and Captain Dalshim ended up proposing joint training through practice matches .
And as the Clan leader, I couldn’t afford to lose in front of all of them . In order to maintain my facade of superiority, I ended the matches in one, two, or at most, three strikes . And I had to win against all one hundred of them .
Everyone was using the same swordsmanship style as Elna’s . Their swordsmanship highly emphasized one-hit killing moves, but as a consequence, it had a lot of openings to exploit . It’s great that Corinth-style can be used to deal with it somehow due to its high number of sword strokes per move .
I was already running on fumes by the time I finished all the matches, but I somehow managed to fool the crowd that I still had plenty of fight left .
Oh, man . That really was terrible . I’m gonna get back on Elna for this one of these days . Mark my words .
When everyone finished bathing to wash off the sweat, it was already dinnertime . I really wanted to drink some chilled ale, so I told the kitchen staff to serve me some .
And then, I saw a young girl carrying a tankard of ale from the kitchen with tottering steps . Everyone was watching over the girl with warm gazes . She finally managed to bring the ale tankard to where I was sitting .
“Bro . ”
I’m glad . It looks like Ella’s doing well here .
“You’re really working hard, aren’t you, Ella?”
“Un! It’s fun . ”
“I see . Good job . Do your best, okay . ”
“Un . ”
She went back to the kitchen with a spring to her steps . It looks like Sally-san and the others are taking good care of Ella and her brother .
I called the attention of everyone after we finished our meals for the night .
“Everyone! I have something to tell you! The money we recovered from the bandit hideout today has been counted, and we got a total of 310,000 Guineas . We’ve also sold the other loot items for roughly 250,000 Guineas . ”
“”Ooh!””
“We’ve also received the request rewards from the guild, and it amounts to 210,000 Guineas . The bounty rewards are also scheduled to be paid out soon . ”
“”Ooooh!””
“I’ll announce the amount again once we receive bounty rewards . ”
I want to distribute our earnings as fairly to everyone as possible . I’m sure that would allow their motivation to increase more .
“Captain Dalshim . Can you gather the party leaders for a meeting on the fourth-floor office again tonight?”
“Understood . ”
After dinner, my party members and the party leaders of the other squads all gathered inside the Clan office .
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“Now then, there’s a number of things I want to discuss with you all . One of them is the monthly wages of the Clan members . In your opinion, how much should be our monthly wage?”
“Wage is it…? We’re already being provided both breakfast and dinner, so I think the bare minimum amount should be just right . 500 Guineas should be more than enough . ”
But 500 Guineas seems far too low . It can’t possibly cover their daily necessities, clothes, and lunch . If a person lacks money, it would not lead to anything good . It affects their mental and emotional well-being as well .
“500 Guineas is too little . Let’s set it to 1500 Guineas instead . ”
With this salary amount, they could buy themselves some alcohol or new clothes from time to time . Everyone’s risking their lives and doing their best after all . They deserve at least that much reward for their efforts .
Captain Dalshim looked like he still wanted to say something, but he held himself back in the end .
“Alan, let’s set our own salaries to that amount as well . Actually, I haven’t really spent that much money this past month . ”
My party members all nodded in agreement . Well, I did only spend on our lunch, the dress I bought for Ella, as well as the barbecue plate I commissioned . Hmm . A thousand Guineas might be too much after all .
“Yosh . Let’s do that then . Captain, I’d like you to select two or three people who can manage the Clan funds . And also, some who will be in charge of procuring supplies, food, and daily necessities . ”
Managing everything by myself has become quite a pain after all . I’m sure there are more qualified people among the members than me when it comes to things like that .
“Understood . I’ll select some appropriate people tomorrow . ”
“Yosh . Let’s discuss our bandit hunting activities next . Our numbers have grown large so we don’t really need to deploy all our men to raid a few bandit hideouts . Having all of the Clan members take action for that is very inefficient . Thus, I propose forming two subjugation teams that will act separately . ”
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When I observed their reactions, no one seemed against the idea . I guess that’s to be expected .
“I’ll also have the Shining Star party members split up accordingly in consideration of even personnel distribution . I’ll go with one team while the four of you will go with the other . ”
“So we will have to act separately from you, Alan?”
“That’s right . Not to boast, but the strength of the teams won’t be balanced if we don’t do something like this . ”
“I guess so . I agree with your idea, Alan . ”
It looks like Sharon and Selena agree with me as well . Cleria seemed convinced too and nodded her head .
“I’ll lead one of the subjugation teams . As for the other one, I’ll have Selena lead it with Sharon acting as her second-in-command . ”
When I observed their reactions, there doesn’t seem to be anyone who had doubts about my decision . It goes without saying for Cleria and Elna . Selena and Sharon looked really pumped up as well .
“Do have any opinion about this, Captain Dalshim?”
“It would only be appropriate for someone who has a greater grasp of vital information and the overall situation to lead the men out on the field . Thus, having these two ladies who are proficient with scanning magic lead the men will be ideal . The two of them already proved themselves during the bandit subjugation last time, so I imagine their appointment will be more than welcome with the rest of the members . ”
Fumu . I certainly didn’t expect things to go this well . The reasons Captain Dalshim mentioned are truly part of the reason why I appointed the two of them for the leadership role .
However, another vital reason was that Selena was next in rank after me according to the imperial military system . If, for some reason, I happened to die, Selena would be next-in-line to be appointed as captain instead of Sharon, and she will lead the imperial military forces we will raise on this planet in my stead . In preparation for that possibility, I would like to let Selena and Sharon accumulate as much leadership experience as possible .
“Alright then . The subjugation team Selena and Sharon will lead will be called the A Team . Mine will be the B Team . ”
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I spread the rolled-up map I brought with me on the table .
“Let’s talk about the bandit groups we will be attacking next . Please take a look at this map . The bandits have set up their traps in these locations . They number about eighteen . No more than fourteen of them position themselves close to the traps . The remaining four remain on their hideout as guards . The hideout is located over here . I plan to have the A Team handle them . ”
“Roger . ”
“Selena, go and take Satellite Squads 1 to 5 with you . You would need one day of travel to reach the target, so you would need to spend two nights out on the field at maximum . ”
“Understood . ”
I’ve surveyed the bandit hideout and their positions through the drone and had Iris compile them into a video . I’ll send it to Sharon and Selena later .
I already checked it out in advance, and honestly speaking, the video quality was sub-par . I’ll have to teach Iris how to make and edit a higher-quality video sometime soon .
“The B Team will be composed of Satellite Squads 6 to 10 . We’ll attack the bandits hiding out in this location . They have twenty men . We’ll probably need to spend two nights out on the field as well . ”
I saw the party leaders of Satellite Squads 6 to 10 give the map a serious once-over .
“To be honest, attacking with our numbers should guarantee our victory . Our men are highly trained elites, incomparable to these bandits . And they probably won’t be able to withstand an attack with twice their numbers . I can’t really see us losing to these guys at all . That’s why what I’m aiming for is a total victory . I’d like you all to give your best effort in order to ensure that none of our men get injured and not lose anyone during this operation . Our ultimate goal is still far from our grasp . We don’t have the luxury of making mistakes at this point . Understood?”
“Roger!”
“Understood!”
“A Team and B Team will depart together by daybreak one day from now . In the meantime, plan the most efficient and effective way to attack and secure the bandits with your respective teams tomorrow . ”
With that, I concluded tonight’s meeting . I’m quite worn out today, so I fell asleep right away .