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The five of them were accepted as the lowest-ranking soldiers. As ambitious as always, Violet asked, How many enemies do I need to kill to be promoted?” The recruitment officer replied. “One silver coin for each enemy head. Killing thirty enemies will promote you to the next rank, and so on.”
Violet smiled. “So, becoming a general should be quite easy, right?”
Everyone laughed.
Although her display of skill was impressive, actual combat was never that simple. The young girl was still naive!
After enlisting, Sophie and her friends were immediately thrown into training
The five of them and a group of new recruits were sent to the training grounds. Basic drills like sword practice and wood cutting were incredibly easy for them.
In no time, they completed ten training exercises, leaving the new recruits in awe. However, when it came to learning battlefield strategies, they settled down and listened attentively
Aside from Sophie, who was familiar with warfare, the other four had no prior experience with battles.
Since Sophie had a tent, albeit a small one, they all squeezed in together comfortably. That evening, they asked Sophie eagerly about her marriage.
Sophie hugged her knees, and said with a smile, “Yes, I got married, then divorced, I’m single now
“That’s great!” Cynthia clapped her hands excitedly. “Jasper was so upset when he heard you got married. Now that you’re divorced, you can marry him.”
Sophie tapped her forehead with a finger. “I don’t want to. Jasper’s too fierce.”
“Fierce? Is he fiercer than your master? When your master gets angry, even the leaders of neighboring guilds are scared,” Cynthia said, leaning closer. “But, what’s it like to be married? I heard you have to sleep together. Did you sleep with him?”
Sophie replied, “No, nothing like that happened. We didn’t touch a single hair on each other. He left for battle the day we married, and we divorced shortly after he returned. He’s married someone else now.” Sophie spoke about her marriage in a very straightforward manner.
“So fast?!” Violet spat in disdain. “Men are really no good! In the future, if I get married, it’ll be to a pig or a dog, but never to a man.”
“Hey, that’s not fair. If you’re talking about a bad man, that’s one thing, but you shouldn’t generalize. Both Bun and I are good men,” Travis said. He turned to look at Bun. “Don’t you agree?”
Bun was rummaging through the tent. As he searched, he sniffed and said, “I smell meat. Are you hiding some food?”
“You only think about eating, you glutton,” Travis said, giving Bun a light kick.
Bun was unfazed. “If we don’t eat enough, how can we have the strength to fight? Sophie, do you have any food hidden away?”
“There’s no food,” Sophie said. “The conditions at the front lines are tough. I haven’t had a decent meal in days.
Sophie rubbed her belly. On the night she arrived, she had eaten two sticks of dried meat and a flatbread. After that, she had been eating nothing but dry biscuits, Now, there was barely any left. The number of soldiers had increased, but the supply of food was clearly running low
Bun’s face fell. “Are we going to starve? How can the court let the soldiers go hungry?”
Sophie was sitting on the dirty bedding, and clasped her hands together. “They’re definitely working on gathering more supplies. Don’t worry, we’ll get enough to eat.”
She still smiled, but her friends exchanged glances, sensing a trace of sadness in her eyes that never seen before. hey had
In the capital, reports from the Southern Frontier arrived swiftly
Salvador’s face turned pale when he saw the news. He called an emergency meeting with the Minister of Defense and the capital’s military commanders, including Blake and Freya
The Defense Minister, Davis Lloyd, broke into a cold sweat after seeing the report. “Westhaven has allied with Sandoria to invade the Southern Frontier? But how is that possible? Westhaven just signed a non- aggression peace treaty with us!”
The Deputy Defense Minister, Troy Hudson, was equally alarmed.
“How can we withstand a combined force of three hundred thousand Westhaven troops and two hundred thousand Sandoria soldiers?
“The Hell Monarch has already recovered twenty-three cities. He still has llyrian and Simonton remaining He’s suffered heavy losses. We’re down to maybe just over a hundred thousand soldiers, and our food supplies are running out. The Southern Frontier is vast, and there’s no way to stockpile enough supplies after taking twenty-three cities!”
The second deputy defense minister, Ethan Smith, said. “Your Majesty, sending reinforcements now may be too late. Our spies didn’t pick up on this, which means all our spies in Sandoria and Westhaven must have been killed.”
Salvador remembered that ten days ago, Sophie had come to the palace with a forged letter, claiming it was information from Kyle. At that time, he thought she was simply bitter about Blake and Freya’s marriage. In turn, he reprimanded her and put her under house arrest
He didn’t realize she was speaking the truth.
Had he believed her ten days ago, they could have sent reinforcements immediately and started gathering supplies. With his brother’s command capabilities, they might have stood a chance against the Westhaven Sandoria alliance.
Meanwhile, Freya and Blake exchanged glances. Their long-awaited opportunity had finally arrived!
They had used their achievement at Victory Pass to request a marriage edict. If they could achieve great success on the Southern Frontier battlefield, they would become highly sought-after military leaders. No one would dare mock them then!
Blake still remembered the humiliation of his wedding. Despite being intimate with Freya over the past few days, he was still seething inside.
In addition, his mother Rebecca had fallen ill upon learning about his pre-marital relations with Freya. He had personally sought out Sebastian, but never even got to see the man. Freya also tried to get help, but Sebastian refused to open his door, which infuriated her.
In the end, his sister-in-law Amelia spent two days kneeling in front of the physician’s office and finally managed to buy five Snowdrop Pills. They were incredibly expensive-originally thirty silver coins each- but Amelia had to pay one hundred silver coins even after spending two days kneeling.
Even selling Valor Estate wouldn’t cover the cost of the medicine for long. Blake and Freya were left facing ridicule, while Amelia earned praise for her devotion.
Blake and Freya’s heroic achievements were forgotten, overshadowed by the disaster of their wedding. They desperately needed battlefield success to restore their honor.
Both of them quickly knelt on the ground.
“Your Majesty, the situation is urgent. Please send additional troops. I’m willing to lead the reinforcements to the Southern Frontier and aim to reach the battlefield before the Westhaven forces arrive,” Freya said.
Blake was caught off guard. He wanted to stop Freya, but didn’t make it in time.
The king immediately asked, “Can you really reach the Southern Frontier before the Westhaven forces arrive?”
Freya replied firmly, “I will do my utmost.”
“Very well,” Salvador said, “General Jaffe will be the commander, and General Ernst will be the deputy commander. You are to immediately mobilize one hundred thousand soldiers from the Capital Army and march through the nights without delay”
Freya was startled to hear it.
“Your Majesty, even two hundred thousand soldiers might not be enough. The current force at the Southern Frontier is fewer than two hundred thousand, while Westhaven and Sandoria combined have at least five hundred thousand soldiers.
“Moreover, Sandoria possesses sacred firearms, I propose sending ten thousand soldiers from the Sacred Fire Regiment and thirty thousand from the Mystic Army to accompany the Capital Army soldiers under General Jaffe’s command.”
Davis quickly objected to this. “Your Majesty! The Mystic Army is your personal guard, and shouldn’t be easily removed from the capital.”
Salvador pondered for a moment, then said, “Send ten thousand soldiers from the Sacred Fire Regiment with General Jaffe. Allocate fifteen thousand Mystic Army troops to join the soldiers from the Capital Army. Once reinforcements arrive at the Southern Frontier, they will be placed under the command of the Hell Monarch.”