The Duke’s Eldest Son Escaped to the Military (2)
Translator: ChubbyCheeks
1 Preparing to Run Away from Ho (1)
Bombarded by the notifications, Lee Junghoo couldn’t help but panic for a while after waking up once again in Jaiden’s body. All he could do was stare blankly at the ceiling for two straight days. The fact that everything that he had done so far was just a beta test for this God-made ga was quite shocking.
The maid that took care of him all his childhood brought him his al with concern in her eyes. However, Jaiden couldn’t care less about her. But thanks to the al that she had brought him, he could barely calm down and pull himself together.
This ducal family was one of the Empire’s strongest families. However, they would eventually collapse under the onslaught of monsters which would then lead to the destruction of the North. With that in mind, it was safe to say that the Empire’s destruction was only a matter of ti.
Compared to the beta test, there might be plenty of other people who would co to this place. However, regardless of their number they would still not be able to stop the destruction of the continent.
There was only one thought that flashed in Jaiden’s head when his thoughts had gone towards this direction.
I need to endure and survive until I’m 35 years old.
Rather than preventing the destruction of the continent, he believed that the only choice that he could take was to co up with strategies to survive.
“Let’s throw away the main quest.”
He tried to break the main quest during the beta test but he was smashed and ground to powder so he was sure that this was not his way back ho.
After deciding to throw away the main quest, the gears in his head turned as he imdiately thought of ways on how he could survive.
A ball of light had approached him when he was just about to die from a car accident in the real world. So perhaps, all the other beta testers had their own stories too. But even though those people were also desperate for the promised rewards, they were still swept away by the horrendous flow of the battle and failed to stop the destruction of the continent.
“I was 31 years old when I died…”
He had to last four years longer than the beta test. But if it went the sa way as the beta test, then he would still die in the Empire’s capital within two years even if he held his breath and pushed forward to fight.
He also couldn’t ensure his safety and survival if he went and moved to another continent early on in the ga. Just like in the North, a Void Gate might also open in that continent too.
“I can’t hold out like that.”
Jaiden sighed deeply as he abandoned the idea of hiding in a safe place.
When he beca the head of the family, he tried all the ans that he could get a hold of just to stop the crazy flow of monsters. However, he was only able to last two years in that arduous fight. He was already fortunate enough to block the monsters from entering the Empire’s capital for 1~2 years even though they were swarming like crazy.
He had heard before that the rest of the continent would be able to last a bit longer. But he was sure that the difference would only be slight. But regardless of that fact, surviving a bit longer ant living longer.
“Then, that ans that I should evacuate to the south of the Empire…”
In order for him to do that, Auzria Continent needed to be able to endure the monster flow to a certain extent. Only in that way, would he be able to survive in the South until he was 35 years old.
For that to happen, a prerequisite was needed. This ant that the Empire’s frontlines, the North as well as the land of the barbarians needed to have the capacity and the ability to endure against the beings that ca out of the Void Gate.
‘You can’t be swept away all at once just like you did back then.’
After thinking so far, Jaiden also looked back and took into consideration this family that was hailed as the strongest in the North.
This family was created by the ancient divine beast, the White Lion. This was a family that strictly believed and held lions as their deity. They even moved on their instincts and followed the path of the lion. This barbaric family worshipped and believed only in brute force and strength. They even had fraudulent skills and abilities that matched their crazy ntalities.
And Jaiden, the eldest born son of this family, only had an ordinary talent and an incomplete bloodline. It was hard for him to survive in this family since his abilities were only normal even in the outside world.
Back then, in order to survive in this place, he dragged his connections and made use of the palace to beco the master of this place. And in the end, he was given the title.
“I ssed up right away but…”
Jaiden smiled bitterly as he recalled the past.
After the death of his father, he was able to grab the seat as the head of the family with the help of the Imperial Palace. However, even though he beca the head of the family, he was only able to survive and hold on for two years. In the end, the long lineage of his family ended with his generation.
He thought that sothing would be different if he completed each of the main quests but no miracle happened. He did not receive any rewards and his diocre and unchanging talent eventually led to the demise and collapse of his family.
They might have called it God Ga but there were no status windows nor skills. It was just another reality in another person’s body. The innate ability was a power that could only be obtained from one’s own bloodline so the only way that they could borrow the power of the ga was to obtain a title. However, it was sothing that was extrely hard to obtain. In other words, there were no other ga elents except for the title.
In order to survive in this kind of place, the only thing that he could do was to work hard and build up his strength.
“My talent is at the bottom so I have no choice but to borrow and make use of my brothers’ hands…”
In order for the Leonhardt Family to work out properly and survive, one of his younger brothers needed to take control and beco the head of the family. But if any of his bastard brothers beca the head of the family, then they would definitely kill him, a person who was worse than a pest.
However, he was determined. He would definitely not beco the head of the family again.
First of all, the family needs to return to normal so they can take their stand longer in the future.
“Maybe the answer is running away from ho?”
It was best for him to run away from ho at his young age so he could avoid his younger brothers. However, there was no way for him to escape from his family’s eyes.
Then, he suddenly rembered a special place in the North. It was a place where murder weapons were raised to join the special troops that would prevent countless monsters. And if one had the talent for swordsmanship, magic or tactics, they would be able to develop and nurture them.
Northern Military Training Camp.
At the age of nine, most people would go to academies to learn basic numbers and letters. But in this place, instead of teaching basic materials, they would be taught how to wield a sword and kill their enemies. This was also a place where they only recognized talent, not one’s identity. It was a place where commoners and noble families that were on the brink of extinction were given an opportunity to revive themselves. The sa was true for those who failed to beco the head of the family of ordinary noble families.
Nevertheless, their applicant numbers remained low. It was because their requirents for application and volunteering were quite difficult. First of all, one needed to serve at least 20 years once they volunteered. Second, one needed to serve in the northern frontlines.
Just these two things were enough to drive one crazy but they even had to discard their nas and use aliases.
Once a person volunteered, they would be assigned a number by the military and would only be called by that number regardless of their family background. And once the person was deployed in the military after their training period, they would need to serve in the frontlines under the na that the military had given them. In other words, their identities would be erased from this world until they were discharged from the military.
Is there anyone who would be delighted at becoming a murder weapon without receiving the honor that they deserve?
“I have no other choice.”
He had to take so risk just so he could avoid the bad end from his shitty talent. He felt bad about the 20 years of service period but there was nothing he could do.
However, this much was not enough. He needed to have at least one family mber that favored him to ensure his safety.
The twins that were two years younger than him were complete and utter scoundrels so he needed to find soone that could keep them in check. These punks that were two years younger than him had already awakened their mana and had proceeded to beat their servants. To keep such crazy bastards in check, the person had to be both talented and kind-hearted.
The only problem was that this was the lion’s family. Everyone had trendous talent but the biggest problem was that they had a few loose screws sowhere in their heads.
“Haa… I’m going crazy.”
The Leonhardts regarded the white lion as their deity and because of this, they tried to resemble the white lion’s characteristics. One of them was to have many children in a short period of ti. And to do that, they needed to have plenty of wives. It was also their custom to leave the family in the hands of the most superior among the children. This was what had been going on so far.
Just like the epito of the lion family, his father had seven wives. He also had several children of the sa age. He was only eight years old but there were already kids born after him. There was one who was seven years old, two six year olds and another one was four years old. The only reason this happened was because the head of the family made a pledge that he would only sire one child per wife. Otherwise, there would have been more than 30 children already just like what the other heads of the family did before.
Unlike the children, it was not that strange that only two of the head’s won survived. This was because the Leonhardts believed that protecting their young descendants was only natural but protecting their wives who ca from the outside was not. His mother had died because of this. And even the two surviving wives were in bad shape after surviving a bout with poison.
‘In other words, this place is a ss.’
The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to get out of this family. He wanted to leave this place as soon as possible since no solution would co to him from staying in this ssy place.
“Ha… It seems like the youngest is the most normal…”
He did not rember much about the youngest. It was because he died before he got synchronized in this body. However, he thought that he would definitely be better than the others.
After he got synchronized, he dug deep and found out things about the youngest. From what he had heard, the youngest was weak and left behind. Unfortunately, he had no backing so he died pitifully.
Perhaps one of my brothers killed him.
The second bastard tended to be like a berserker while the third was a psychopath. Even the twins were bastards who were perverted enough to like killing and murder. While the sixth bastard was a treacherous punk.
One of these lunatics must have killed the youngest.
Back then, rumors about the youngest’s trendous talents were widely spread so it was most likely that soone had killed him out of spite and jealousy.
He actually rembered having goosebumps when he heard the rumors that surrounded the youngest when he just synched up with this body. He couldn’t help but shudder at the thought that this talentless body was still left alive.
The reason why he was kept alive was revealed to him not long after. It was because he had the privilege of being born as the eldest son. No matter how strong the mbers of the Leonhardt Family shouted at his lowly talents, the eldest son remained and enjoyed considerable authority. In a sense, they were quite similar to other noble families.
That was the only thing that kept him alive. And eventually, he was able to take the head’s seat with the help of the Imperial Palace.
At this point, Jaiden couldn’t help but shed tears as he rembered how hard he rolled around during the beta test.
“Hoo! Let’s see if the rumors about the youngest are true!”
Thanks to his eldest son’s privileges, he was able to learn Leonhardt’s esoteric swordsmanship from a young age. He even morized everything that he had learned from the past including the swordsmanship that only the head of the family could learn. If the rumors proved to be true, and the youngest’s talent was monstrous enough to wipe the crazy guys out, then he would teach him everything that he knew.
In the anti, he believed that it would be better for his future if the person who would lead this family was a good man rather than a lunatic.
If he piled this debt on the youngest, then it was highly likely that he would not co after him to kill him in the future. In addition, once he beca a master, he would be of great help in the North’s protection in the future.
“Ah!”
Jaiden imdiately checked his physical condition before leaving his room. He needed to have so skills first before he could check his brother’s talents.
Jaiden couldn’t help but frown when he checked his physical condition through squats and stretches.
“This body is trash.”
He had felt this ever since he had confird in the beta test that this body had no talent. But regardless of this body’s talent, it seed like the original owner had no motivation at all. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for this body to lack the muscles needed to move and practice swordsmanship.
“If you don’t have talent then you have to work hard. Tch! You lack effort.”
There was nothing wrong with what the elders said.
If you’re not good at it then work hard. If working hard is still not enough, then you have to wooooooooooooork harder.
Of course, it would be impossible to keep up with the geniuses especially with their monstrous talents but after 10 or 20 years of hard work, a trashy talent would still be able to catch up and graze the periphery of the area where the talented people play around.
He had proven it himself during the beta test.
“I haven’t awakened my mana and my body is a ss.”
Even if his body was a ss, he was sure that he still had room for improvent once he had awakened his mana. However, this body was still not at that point yet.
The first ti this body had awakened was when he was 13 years old. This body awakened a bit faster than a shitty talent but the fact that he needed the support of an elixir ant that he was a dunce.
“Hoo… I first need to build up my body.”
Jaiden sighed deeply as he started to do so simple warm ups in his room.
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