Chapter 74: Get Ready(1/2)
After receiving the letter of appointment, Carter took his original armor to the logistics officer and replaced it with a set of officer armor made of Ithelama silver.
Ithelama Silver is much lighter than ordinary iron, but its defensive power is not compromised at all, and the metal's fatigue resistance is actually better.
The helmet has also been upgraded from an ordinary bullet to a wind-winged helmet, which is quite cool when worn, but even the wind-winged helmet is still tall and pointy, making the whole person twenty centimeters taller. This makes the whole person 20 centimeters taller.
Carter was very puzzled. It was not uncommon for elves to have an average height of over 1.8 meters and 1.9 meters. Why would they prefer such a helmet that was much more decorative than practical?
When Carter, armed with a full set of new equipment, returned to the tent of the 7th Squadron of the Heavy Weapons Company, all the members of the squad gathered around him.
"Huh? Captain, have you been promoted?"
Their eyes immediately focused on the officer's armor in Carter's hand.
"That's right, I'll put my things down first and then tell you..."
Probably because Carter attracted most of the enemies during the battle, the heavy weapons company suffered the smallest casualties among all Eagle Legion companies, with only more than ten casualties, and Carter's seventh team suffered even less casualties.
Most of the casualties suffered only minor injuries.
After putting things away, Carter took the appointment documents and various information and walked out of the tent and sat on a bench.
"Master Aris just called me over to tell me about my new appointment.
Next, I will go to the town of ‘Estari’ to recruit and train the 21st Company, and I have officially become the captain of the 21st Company.”
"Wow, this is a good thing"
"Then I have to call you company captain from now on."
After hearing this, everyone immediately cheered, but Carter just waved his hands and continued to explain:
"I can't go anywhere by myself, so the commander of the army allowed me to take the seventh team as a team to establish this new company. So I plan to ask your opinions. If you are willing to come, I will join the newly-built 21st team.
Everyone in the company can also get the position of squad leader."
Although what Carter was holding was a transfer order, in theory the elves in front of him had to go regardless of whether they agreed or not, but Carter still planned to ask for their opinions, hoping that they would join automatically. You must know that a voluntary person and an unwilling person can make a difference.
Subjective initiative is changing day by day. Carter doesn't want to have to do their ideological work when the time comes. If someone really doesn't want to, he won't force them and just let them stay.
"Where is this 'Estari'? Does anyone know?"
"I remember hearing someone say it was a small town by the sea."
"Here, a coastal town northwest of Nagaris, a prosperous town with a population of more than 3,000 people."
Seeing everyone's interest, Carter immediately spread out a proposed map of the Kingdom of Nagaris and pointed out the destination.
"Okay, I'll go!"
Just when everyone gathered to look at the map, Astolfo agreed without much thought. This young man from the Inner Ring Kingdom originally came to the dangerous Outer Ring Kingdom in search of excitement and adventure. Since he saw
After discovering Carter's extraordinary power, he made up his mind to follow in Carter's footsteps. He had a hunch that following Carter would definitely lead to interesting things.
"Don't you think about it carefully?"
"It's okay, it's okay. When are we going to 'Estari'? Hehe, I'm a little happy when I think that I'm going to be a captain too."
Carter also wanted him to think about it carefully, but he waved his hand completely indifferently.
Legolas, who slept with Carter not long ago, also nodded and said:
"I am coming too"
With the two of them taking the lead, Lena, Lucana, Lilian, Hakas and Rumaka, all the elves who knew each other from the 'Far East Dun', also chose to join. Only Benedick and Claudio
The recruit thought for a little longer.
Maybe Carter left such a deep impression on them. After staring at each other for a long time, the two of them finally chose to join the team going to 'Estari'.
"Very good, if everyone is willing, I will draft a document and submit it to the legion commander for approval now."
"no problem"
"OK"
"Then please give me your military badges, and I will record the military badge information."
Seeing this situation, Carter quickly struck while the iron was hot and planned to finish the matter in one go, but Hakas, who had never had a strong sense of presence, suddenly asked:
"What about Weddell in the hospital?"
After being reminded like this, Carter remembered Wedel, whom he had almost forgotten. He had broken several ribs in his chest due to the previous defensive battle of 'Tal-Drowdel' and was still recovering from his injuries in the hospital near the temple. Carter was slightly
After thinking for a moment, he said:
"His injuries probably won't heal so quickly. I'll get your transfer and promotion orders done first, and then I'll go to the city to visit him and ask for his opinion. If he wants to come, let him recover from his injuries before coming back.' Ai
Starry's coming to join us. If he doesn't want to, let's arrange for him to stay in the heavy weapons company."
"By the way, because we are about to go to 'Estari' to take up our duties, the legion has approved us a two-day holiday. Let me give you the holiday documents first..."
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
After becoming the company captain, Carter had a lot more authority and also a lot more things to deal with. In just a few minutes, he accumulated several documents for himself to write.
Carter, who had been an office worker in his previous life, certainly knew that what the elves in front of him were most looking forward to was their holiday documents, and that everything else was false.
Therefore, the holiday documents were processed as a priority and distributed to the members of the seventh team so that they could leave the camp and enjoy the two days of vacation. Other documents were processed last.
But it was only then that Carter discovered that although he had inherited memory and muscle memory, he was still very unskilled in handwriting Elvish. His writing speed was very slow and he was not very good at speaking. Although his writing did not look like a lizard or a reptile, it still didn't look like a lizard or a reptile.
about there.
"I have to practice writing more in the future, otherwise if others see this 'reptile' hand, they will be laughed to death..."
Carter, who was writing the promotion list, suddenly saw the signature of his former unit commander.
"Huh? By the way, we have to go to Aragorn first to explain!"
Carter, who discovered that he had gotten the order wrong, had to put down what he was doing.
He stood up, patted his butt and walked towards the camp where Aragorn was.
"What's the matter with this sense of déjà vu among office workers? It's both processing paperwork and handing over... Why does it feel like there are so many elves' procedures? Is this still a feudal society?"
On the way to Aragon's camp, Carter silently complained.
But it seemed that Carter was not the only one who was busy. There were officers in uniforms everywhere in the camp walking around with various documents.
People who recognized Carter took the initiative to say hello to him.
"Good afternoon Mr. Carter!"
"Hello!"
Many officers of the same level or even higher used the honorific title when greeting Carter. It seems that Carter's performance in the past few days has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
And Carter had to smile in response to them.
Soon Carter arrived outside Aragorn's camp.
"Captain, I am Carter from the seventh team!"
"Oh? It's Carter, come in quickly."
Carter, who was standing outside the tent, shouted, and a response came immediately from inside.
After Carter entered, he found that Aragorn was also very busy, and the small table was piled with papers.
"Carter, what brought you to me today?"
"Haha, it's a long story, but it's a good thing..."
…
Carter kept his story short and quickly told Aragorn about the situation of himself and Team 7.
"Oh? That's a good thing! Haha, congratulations on becoming the company captain! ... I'll look for it later. I just had a document sent from the legion commander, but I was busy dealing with the matter of the fallen soldiers, so I didn't
look."
As he said this, Aragorn began to rummage on the table.
"Found it... Let me take a look. Wait for me."
Aragorn found a piece of paper and began to read it carefully, while taking the list brought by Carter.
"Well, no problem, I'll sign it for you... Well, then all the old guys from Jidong Dun will leave with you, leaving me alone in the heavy weapons company..."
While processing the documents, Aragorn sighed, but there was not much sadness or sadness in his tone.
For elves with extremely long lifespans, separation is something that they often encounter in their lives. They have long been accustomed to this kind of scene. Anyway, as long as they don't die unexpectedly, they can always meet again.
"Haha, captain, don't blame me. Without them, I wouldn't have the confidence to complete the task of forming a new company without them following me to 'Estari'."
"It's okay, I was just joking... It turns out you are going to the town of 'Estari'. I have been there before. It is a nice seaside town, but the terrain is a bit special."
"special?"
"Yes, this town is built on a seaside cliff, and there is only one channel connecting to the land. It can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is also a simple port under the cliff where the town is located, which can dock medium-sized ships. I have dozens of
I stopped here for a few days when I took a boat to explore the New World years ago. The scenery and seafood are both very good.”
To be continued...