Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 589 - 582: The Composition of the Legion

Chapter 589: Chapter 582: The Composition of the Legion

Seeing the disturbance amongst the crowd, Luo’er appeared somewhat helpless. He had anticipated such incidents but was not expecting such a large scale of disturbance, with nearly half of the people agitating.

Upon seeing this, Carter awkwardly coughed and subsequently summoned a group of knights to chastise these wavering soldiers, capturing and beating several typical instigators. After a round of aggressive assertiveness, the soldiers finally became much more compliant. Although they were still scared, none dared to flee anymore.

"I apologize for the embarrassment, Captain Luo’er!" Carter came to Luo’er and said with an apologetic look on his face.

"No issue, stabilize them and continue!" Luo’er motioned his hand, ignoring completely those soldiers who had been beaten up.

"Yes, I will be on the side, if there is anything that Captain Luo’er needs, feel free to command." Carter nodded, then taking his men away from the scene.

"Very well, what we have just demonstrated is shooting in a standing position, apart from this, there is also shooting in a kneeling position, shooting while lying down, and shooting while advancing. All these methods will be shown to you one by one next. To start with, my assistant will change the cartridge, watch carefully how he does it..."

"Additionally, I would like all of you to adhere to the most basic rules of firearms safety. Firstly, regardless of whether the gun is loaded or not, never point the muzzle at one of our own. Secondly, unless firing, your finger absolutely must not touch the trigger, or even be inside the trigger guard. I hope everyone will comply with these rules."

After demos and training that took the morning and midday, Luo’er and Cheng Ziang finally finished their work. There was another batch of soldiers needing demonstration and training in the afternoon. The soldiers who had trained in the morning were already starting to receive their rifles and were practicing their shooting posture, Hu Daoke and Tangmo were in charge of the teaching.

Luo’er estimated that this group of soldiers may require at least half a month of unloaded gun training before he dared to give them ammunition to shoot targets. Otherwise, who knows what kind of problem these soldiers might cause once they had bullets.

The more he trained them, the more Luo’er found these soldiers could not compare to the ones under Melia. According to Wang Xu, Melia in recent months has kept conquering territory, and she is about to occupy the entire Roen river’s east bank in the territory between her home base and Yazhi City.

In this, her new-style army undeniably played a significant role. They were well equipped and well trained. The long-term rebellions, when met with them, would be at their wits’ end, being pushed back continuously.

However, this army of the Church Court, from different corners, and even after two months of Earth-style training were just a bunch of possibly the stronger ragtag group. Eighty-five percent of its composition was illiterates, shaping this force into a full-fledged combat unit would be a tough task. This indirectly also showed that the Church Court never really took this legion seriously, were likely to be using them simply as tools, and would disband them right after the plague ended.

This situation was not surprising, since even if the Church Court’s conservative representatives wanted to adopt Earth’s culture, it would only be accepted specifically, never all at once. If the Church Court was serious, then they would not have organized peasants to form this legion, but rather they should have selected five hundred men from nobility.

Assembling five hundred nobles might sound burdensome, but in comparison to the Otherworld still in a feudal age, assembling five hundred nobles was a much simpler task than assembling five hundred pigs. Therefore, if the Church Court had a real intention, they would not have used peasants to accomplish this task.

"Captain Luo’er, thanks for your hard work!" Right when Luo’er was preparing to go back to his quarters, the voice of Carter came from behind.

"Your politeness is unnecessary, General Carter." Luo’er turned back, bowing slightly.

"Could we have a conversation?" Carter asked as he moved closer.

"Of course, please!" Luo’er nodded, and then the two began to walk side by side.

"About Feliz staying with you all, we hope it isn’t causing any problems." Carter said.

"Not at all, we also welcome students from your world to ours for learning." Luo’er replied indifferently.

Carter sighed lightly, then shook his head and said, "Feliz once told me she wanted to visit Earth, and I didn’t expect her to really go."

"It seems she trusts you a lot, to tell you something like this." Luo’er remembered that Feliz did not share her intentions of traveling to Earth with her family.

"Yes, Feliz and I share the same father but different mothers. We grew up together, and I am just a few years older than her, so she always trusts me and shares everything with me." A light smile appeared on Carter’s face when Feliz was mentioned.

"Don’t worry about her being on Earth. We will not ill-treat her; every visitor is considered a guest." Luo’er said.

"Of course, but I still have to thank you for taking her in." Carter responded respectfully.

"You’re too polite," Luo’er nodded, and after a moment of hesitation, he couldn’t help but ask, "Lord Carter, may I ask you something?"

"Please ask, Captain Luo’er." Carter replied respectfully.

"If I remember correctly, you should be an officer of the Holy Heart City, how did you end up here as the leader of the new legion?" Luo’er asked, looking at him.

"How did you know that I was originally an officer from Holy Heart City?" Carter asked in surprise.

"Oh, Feliz told me." Luo’er waved his hand casually, giving a nonchalant reply.

"I see," Carter nodded, not doubting him in the least. He fell silent for a moment before saying, "Our family has been loyal to the royal family for generations. However, I guess you can say my birth was rather humble. Although I am a son of the patriarch of the Uzistas family, I was not favored. Within the family, those who possess magic ability are sent to the Magic Academy to study, to then join the Mage regiment of the Church Court. Those without magic talent are kept back, trained in martial arts, and then serve the royal family."

"Ah, I see!" Luo’er nodded understandingly. It seemed that the Uzistas family had been playing both sides. They were providing the Church Court with family members who had magical abilities while training those without magic talent to become soldiers loyal to the royal family.

"A while ago, the patriarch, my father, received news that His Holiness was preparing to form a new army to fight the exotic beasts and corpse demons. However, the risk was too great and few families dared to respond. So my father saw this as a rare opportunity and introduced me to the bishop. From then onwards, I was assigned here." As he finished, Carter couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.

"This..." Listening to his narrative, Luo’er wasn’t sure what he should say. Clearly, this was not a good assignment; it even sounded like an exile.

No wonder there were no nobles in the new legion. It was mostly made up of peasants. It seemed that the nobles were so terrified of the exotic beasts and corpse demons that they did not dare to join the new legion.

According to the data provided by headquarters, the Church Court’s army suffers a casualty rate of roughly thirty percent when battling against exotic beasts, and the infection rate exceeds fifty percent. The infection rate is even higher when battling against the corpse demons.

Because of this, the Church Court decided to form a corps specially designed to deal with the epidemic, following Earth’s equipment and tactical approach. However, judging from the current situation, it’s evident that the Church Court’s estimate of the situation was overly optimistic, leading them to form an army of only five hundred.

With over twenty years of food aid from Earth, the population of the Otherworld had multiplied several times, almost reaching the limit of what the environment could support. Although the outbreak location was in a remote area, it was still a plain region with a significant population.

According to the Church Court’s non-conservative estimate, over two hundred thousand people perished during this attack by the exotic beasts, and nearly a million people were infected. This was a terrifying number. Five hundred soldiers against a million corpse demons? Only the Goddess of Light could protect them.

It is worth noting that this attack and loss were not widely reported by Earth’s side. They did not focus on the number of casualties, causing even the advance team stationed in the Otherworld to believe it was a minor attack. It wasn’t until they saw the data that they realized how disastrous the event really was.

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