Narita walked down the corridor and thought about many things as he walked. Suddenly, he looked out at the sky through the window.
The blue sky was very ordinary, but in Narita's eyes, it was extremely beautiful.
He remembered that in the past, the sky had never been this beautiful.
Because of the destruction of humans, especially the mixed-bloods, the world had turned gray.
Only in the Sanctuary could people see the sky and the sun. However, the sky at that time was not as beautiful as the sky he was looking at.
Narita knew the scene he was seeing was an illusion, however, he didn't feel that it was uncomfortable or fake.
On the contrary, Narita felt that an illusion like this was wonderful, at least it could ease his mind right now.
However, Narita also wondered if he could create an illusion like this?
Although his level was extremely high, his answer was 'he couldn't'.
Yes, Narita realized that this illusion was extremely real. He could even perceive the temperature of the sun, the cool breeze…etc.
To create and maintain such a realistic illusion required an enormous amount of energy.
Besides, this illusion was so real that even people below the Pseudo-Saint tier would not be able to tell if it was an illusion or reality.
Narita looked up at the sky, he indulged in the warmth of the sunlight streaming through the window, and illuminating him.
This was a feeling that even in ancient times, when he stood at the top of the world, he couldn't feel it.
The sun of this place was warmer, while the sun in ancient times brought only monstrous heat and a blood red color.
It seemed that what the races that inhabited this world did made the world angry. Therefore, this world decided not to let them receive more of the good things it had to offer.
On the contrary, countless natural disasters and terrible things happened which caused countless lives to disappear.
No matter what people did, they couldn't stop these disasters. The will of the world seemed to want to erase all intelligent beings in this world.
Narita shook his head, he didn't want to think about it anymore. Now, this was the problem of the people living in this era, his era and his mission had sunk in the river of history.
Now, he would live for himself.
Narita calmed down and went to see Tsuraguki.
Tsuraguki was currently sitting in her office, but her office was not in the main house, but in the military area.
Hikaru also introduced Narita to the military area, so he quickly went to the military area and went to Tsuraguki's private office.
As soon as she saw Narita, Tsuraguki laughed and said, "You're Narita, right? It's nice to meet you."
Tsuraguki stood up, and used the military salute. Narita froze, he felt that Tsuraguki's actions were a bit strange, but he did not say it.
Tsuraguki knew he felt weird but she didn't care. Like Hikaru said, there was no road in this world, if many people passed through a place, it would become a road.
Yes, people might not be used to this kind of military greeting at first.
However, in the long run, everyone in the military would greet people in this manner, and it would become the hallmark of the army.
At that time, as soon as someone saw this salute, they would know that it was the salute of people in the military.
Narita also greeted Tsuraguki but in the manner of a noble. After that, Tsuraguki sat down, and Narita also said: "As you said, I am Narita, Hikaru's new secretary."
Tsuraguki nodded: "I know, Hikaru also introduced you to me. So… what do you want to know more about?"
Narita felt like he didn't have to tell the problems of Anno and Selvih to Tsuraguki.
Why?
Because Tsuraguki managed the army, and the army was almost completely oblivious to the management of the territory, finances, or other surrounding matters.
For Narita, the only thing the army needed to do was to become stronger and increase their numbers.
Just those two things.
Narita asked, "I would like to know a bit about the number and level of people in the army. To be more precise, the size of the army you have."
"Besides, I want to know how to train them, what are your plans for the future."
Hearing Narita's question, Tsuraguki just smiled and said, "You ask a lot of questions, but everything is out of focus."
"Hm?! What do you mean?" Narita asked, confused.
"I mean… currently, the number of soldiers in the army is not much, there are only 21 Harpies."
"What?! Are you saying there are only 21 Harpies in this vast barrack?" Narita yelled in surprise.
"Ah! No!"
Narita then breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that this entire large barracks only had 21 Harpies, if that were the case then this Kingdom did not need to exist anymore.
Of course, he knew that the Harpies were in the SR Tier, and that their fighting strength depended on air combat. However, in this foggy world, air combat was impossible.
Therefore, the 21 Harpies lost their air superiority, and they became useless.
Tsuraguki continued, "There are five more Blood-Elfs."
"Ah! Turns out there are 5 more Blood-Elves… wait! You mean… this barracks only has 26 people?"
"Including me and the person in charge of the meals, there are 28 people."
"Pkts!" Narita almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Fortunately, he was only a skeleton so he had no more blood to spit out.
What the hell is going on here? This whole territory did not have a royal army, and the army barracks only had 28 people, so why was this Kingdom able to exist?
"You… you're kidding me, aren't you?"
Tsuraguki shook her head: "I don't need to tease you, nor do I need to tease you."
"This place really only has 28 people. The main army is 21 Harpy and 5 active Blood-Elfs."
"We're having a population problem, so it's only natural that the number of people in the army is small."
"But…" Narita asked confusedly, "Then who would protect the kingdom if someone attacked."
Tsuraguki replied, "Currently, Saraya is the guardian of the kingdom. However, we also need to recruit more people for the army and the guards."
Narita also sighed, this was the first time he had seen a Kingdom with such a small number of troops.
"So… Saraya… is she really strong?"
"Hahaha…you will know if she is strong if you meet her." Tsuraguki said with a smile, her smile was filled with mystery and this made it even more difficult for Narita to understand.
Was Saraya very strong?
Surely she was very strong, and her class was also very high, so she was assigned the task of protecting this kingdom.
Besides, when Narita arrived at this place, he also noticed that there was a very huge UR Tier monster lurking above this area.
Perhaps it was Hikaru's monster that was guarding this kingdom. Its power was also formidable, Narita estimated the strength of the monster to be on par with a person of rank 99 or king rank.
Thus, in the short term, the safety of this Kingdom could not be threatened by other kingdoms.
"So… how many people do you plan to recruit into the army? What will their level be?"
Tsuraguki shook his head and said, "I don't have that plan. However, I will probably recruit a lot of mixed-bloods to serve in the army."
"Mixed-blooded people?!" Narita was startled. As Selvih and Anno had said, letting the mixed-bloods have an equal life in this place made this place a paradise for them.
But if Tsuraguki wanted to send mixed-bloods into the army, that would be crazy.
Narita immediately advised Tsuraguki: "I advise you to think carefully before making a decision. Mixed-blooded people aren't as good as you think."
"Hm? What do you mean?!"
"My intention is very clear. Mixed blood people are very chaotic, they are not well educated and managed. If you send them into the army, they will mess up the army."
"Besides, their strength and potential are not high, even if they try to cultivate their power, they cannot become a powerful army."
"The most important thing is if we send them into the army, they will easily know our military secrets. If they betray us, then that information will make it easier for the enemy to attack us."
When Tsuraguki heard that she nodded, Narita saw her nod and breathed a sigh of relief. He was only afraid that Tsuraguki, like Selvih and Anno, would use other reasons to refute his opinion.
However, he was wrong.
Tsuraguki just smiled and said, "Hm… all of that I have anticipated, there's no surprise. Because of that, I feel I can still use them."
Narita was startled hearing that, he couldn't help it and shouted: "You.. are you crazy? There are so many people with high magical potential, so many well-trained nobles, but you want to use those useless mixed-blood people?"
"Useless?" Tsuraguki smiled and shook her head: "Do you want to bet with me?"
"Bet?"
Tsuraguki nodded and said, "That's right. If I can train a bunch of mixed-bloods capable of fighting like an elite army, you lose."
"Conversely, if the mixed-blood army I trained cannot resist an army from an ancient kingdom, then I lose."
Hearing that, Narita snorted contemptuously: "Huh! I don't want to trouble you either. As long as you use those mixed-bloods to form an army, and that army can defeat an army from any high or mid-level kingdom, I accept defeat."
"If it's the other way around, you win. If I lose, I'll help you make a request, as long as it's not too much."
When Tsuraguki heard that she laughed, her laughter was so full of confidence that Narita felt a little nervous.
"Okay! If I fail, then I'm just like you, I'll fulfill one of your requests, as long as it's not too much."
"Do you need me to make a contract?"
Narita shook her head: "No need, if you lose, that's your biggest insult. I also think that your arrogance isn't low enough to make you break your promise."
Tsuraguki smiled and said, "Okay! Then…hopefully you won't break your promise by then."