Night of the Soulless Heathens – 485



#486. Only humans… 1

Selim the captain of the heavy infantry in Azaddin’s army has now risen to the rank of commander-in-chief.

In reality there are not ten thousand heavy infantry. In the Azadin army which had to greatly expand its military in order to feed the refugees it is not possible to produce many expensive units like heavy infantry.

Selim’s ten thousand consisted of a thousand men of heavy infantry along with a support unit of archers and a supply unit to support the thousand.

Even so it was a huge success.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Minotaur who was once a slave of the Telvarin Guild has joined the Knights Templar and is now a general.

There Azadin who had led him to success proved his legitimacy by becoming the Holy Emperor.

He held the string well. It is not an exaggeration to say that.

But now Selim was in agony.

“That’s why General. I told you not to do that.”

Selim’s subordinate dwarf civil servant spouts off insults at every little thing.

This guy is a former drug dealer who was in charge of accounting at Dwarven Arrow.

He volunteered for the Azadin army in search of a way to survive after Azadin pacified the Chadra Plateau.

Afterwards when he showed outstanding ability as a civil servant in the military Azaddin appointed him as Selim’s adjutant and gave him an iron sword to prevent Selim from killing him at will.

The adjutant who received the iron seal that said that even if he was his direct superior he had to consult with Azadin before punishing this person could easily have been reckless with such authority but he took charge of Selim’s unit’s finances with surprising loyalty and thrift.

Recently he has been more and more likely to rebel against Selim.

Because Selim rescued his kin from the Telbarin Guild.

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To be exact it was the elves of the Telvarin Guild who came first.

They claimed that they had captured Selim’s blood relatives his mother and sisters and presented their hair and horns to Selim as proof.

Selim who smelled the scent and asked the blood mage to confirm his blood relationship knew that what these elves said was true.

The Telvarin elves rebelled against Azadin and threatened Selim with the safety of his family unless he unleashed the Nether poison on his soldiers.

However Selim chose the most talented and resourceful of his troops and pursued the elves successfully rescuing his family whom they had taken hostage.

Selim succeeded in rescuing his family and friends who were being held as elf slaves.

Up until this point it was a very good story.

But after that the attitude of the Selim clan was problematic.

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Minotaurs maintained close family ties and the head of the clan was the highest-ranking matriarch.

Selim’s mother’s eldest sister who was designated as the next godmother by her blood relatives refused to flee when they learned that Selim had become a general in Azaddin’s army and asked them to help their blood relatives join the army.

As the Azadin army there was no reason to refuse the Minotaurs who were skilled in fighting to join their army.

However Selim’s mother had asked Selim to give her blood relatives positions that were disproportionate to their status.

“Those Minotaurs are untrustworthy. What would you do if you suddenly put a thousand men in charge of them?”

“No that’s it. Mom said that we need to have that much space to settle down here. We need to be able to make some achievements quickly.”

“If you take away the positions of other people who have achieved great achievements and give them to them will the achievements be achieved?”

“Anyway aren’t you actually good at martial arts? From what I’ve seen you all fight well. Your skills are also amazing. Honestly there are some guys who fight better than me.”

“No fighting well doesn’t guarantee longevity.”

“It’s okay. Hippogriffs like everyone. There are no bad people among those they like.”

“Any hippogriff will love you if you stand there covered in mare’s urine. That’s right General. I understand you’re thinking of your family but if you don’t properly distinguish between the construction and the work you’re in big trouble. And more than that it could be the work of the Telvarin elves.”

The adjutant was so shocked that he felt like he was going crazy and was beating his chest like a gorilla to vent his anger.

“What? You’re saying that my mom and sister are spies for the elves? Adjutant! Are you saying that right now!?”

“I can’t rule out that possibility. That’s what I’m saying.”

“Don’t talk like that! Your relatives were already being abused by the elves.”

Ever since he was a slave to the elves as a child but fell from the ranks and was brought to the Chadra Plateau by the Knights of Salvation Selim has lived among humans who are not of his kind.

He spent his adolescence blushing at the sight of cows in the pasture but recently he brought in other Minotaurs his own blood relatives to live with them and recently even got a wife.

The joy of being with his own kind for the first time was so great that Selim was losing his self-control.

“Anyway the Thousand-Man Unit is nonsense. The Thousand-Man Unit will have to carry out individual movements and independent operations. To do that you need to deploy only those who are truly trustworthy and have a solid background.”

“So now my people can’t trust their origins. Is that what you’re saying?”

“Yes! I think there is a high probability that he is a spy for the Telvarin elves.”

“You punk! Aren’t you climbing too high because you have an iron man!?”

Selim was furious but there was nothing he could do about it.

Punishing this adjutant with iron will require the Emperor’s approval but the Emperor is currently struggling to protect the world from the throne.

“What can I do? The general is not in his right mind so I have to say the right thing. These days there are so many blood relatives fighting and bad things are being said among the subordinates.”

“Bring those guys who talk like that! Let’s see them do it in front of me!”

“Ha. Well whatever. Anyway let’s just record that I opposed it. After all isn’t it the General who makes the personnel appointments in this ten thousand-person unit? However if it’s a hundred-person unit it’ll end with only a hundred casualties but if it’s a thousand-person unit I’m worried that the casualties will increase by more than tenfold.”

“You’re really assuming that my blood relatives are spies you idiot!”

Selim picked up his axe in anger but his adjutant did not even blink.

When Selim threw his axe it struck a tent pole right next to the adjutant’s head.

Even though the axe’s tail was trembling the big-hearted adjutant stroked his beard without even blinking.

In order to assist the stupid Selim Azadin appointed this dwarf as his adjutant and gave him an iron man but this led to the worst conflict.

However as the organization continued to grow exponentially it was an inevitable reality that there were many areas that Azadin could not take care of.

“Then I will step aside. The Empress is coming to Changgok Hall so I need to make the necessary preparations.”

“This kid! You used to be a drug dealer and now you’re a soldier! What’s so great about you!”

“Oh stop talking. I really….”

Selim and his adjutant ended the meeting that wasn’t really a meeting while having an emotional fight.

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The Changgok Hall was accompanied by Sedrin Selim the captain of the heavy infantry and Lizhen the captain of the cavalry.

Their purpose was to conscript those among the refugees who were fit for combat.

If all the refugees were to evacuate even if Assander had saved seven years’ worth of grain it would be depleted in an instant.

Also Azadin’s army needed a lot of troops even at this moment.

The battle between the fish-people of the South Sea and the Naga Empire is still ongoing.

However the people in the north refused to be conscripted and went into hiding.

Originally the Azadin Army paid refugees to enlist in the army voluntarily.

In order to support their families people had no choice but to volunteer for the military which helped to secure troops and regulate supply needs.

But as the situation changed rapidly and all the refugees had to be accepted there were no more volunteers for the military.

There was no reason to join the military when the Northern Cohen fed and housed them for free.

“Oh really. There’s nothing about this Northern Qi gentleman that I like.”

The Legion was indignant at what the Northern Emperor and Assander had done.

“These guys the world is about to be ruined and they’re still thinking about running away with their families. Didn’t this guy from the Northern Qi say he was pretty smart? But why are they doing things this way?”

“These guys even cross-dress to avoid military service.”

Some people even hid among the crowd disguised as women to avoid conscription.

People’s wish was to die together with their families even if the world were to end.

It was a hope that had reached a point of resignation and had weakened expectations for the future.

Even in such a weak and sick heart hope is hope and cannot be easily taken away from people.

If we had forced conscription there would have been a riot.

“Your Majesty how could you build such a powerful force? Now that the Northern Qi bastard has become our ally things are getting ruined.”

“I know.”

Selim snorted as he answered but his gaze was elsewhere.

“Selim? What’s wrong?”

“No that adjutant keeps trusting in that iron man and rushing at him so I can’t scold him.”

“Is your adjutant Sedram? That dwarf drug dealer friend?”

“uh.”

“What did you do?”

“It keeps ignoring me. It’s telling me I’m stupid.”

Selim said indifferently.

Deep down he knew that taking care of his own family was something that others would not sympathize with.

“Well since His Majesty is currently away it’s practically impossible to punish those who have iron man. But if they don’t attack you too much leave them alone. All the guys His Majesty gave iron man to are just as good as you.”

Legion consoled Selim and shared a rough outline of the recruitment and movement plans.

Since there were so few volunteers for military service the platoon leader Lie Zhen forcibly conscripted anyone who showed promise regardless of gender. He was called a human butcher among the people.

“Still I think everyone should be careful. The Empress is coming to the Changgok Hall and I heard that the Telvarin elves are sending assassins because of that. And the Shade Hags are supporting them.”

Sedrin gave this warning.

“Hmm the messenger clan and the northern Aragasa are on our side so can we assassinate them?”

The legion was half in doubt. Even for someone of considerable skill it was considered impossible to assassinate the empress who was leading the Aragasa escort.

Moreover isn’t the empress herself from the Jeonryeong clan?

However as soon as the region finished speaking the sound of a drum suddenly rang out from the west door of Changgok Hall.

“This is a big deal! The Empress has been attacked by assassins!”

“…uh?”

Legion kept his mouth shut wondering if this was because of his own words.