The Saga of Levi the Just

Chapter 2

OCS Dormitory

Levi was wearing his uniform with Tanya. They were sent to the dorms to live the next two years of living a life in military training. Levi went to the room he was assigned and was surprised that he had to live with a bunch of 3 grown-up men and teenagers as roommates. He couldn't help but feel as if they were gonna hug him to the point of crushing him due to his adorableness. He was glad Tanya wasn't with him, or those men would have their asses handed by an 8-year-old blonde. In the meantime, he had to live with his roommates. He told the men his past, well not his past life, but his past of his new life, he didn't want them to know about his past life as long as he lived. The men told him their past. They hung out until someone came in. It was Ross, only crossed with anger.

"You numbskulls are late! Get your asses in gear and get to the classroom now!" Ross said.

"Y-Yes sir!" Levi said.


A few seconds later….

"I am your drill instructor you maggots. I want nothing but obedience from you. Cross me once, and I'll put my foot in between your eye sockets!" Ross said.

Levi was sweating bullets. Tanya's head was down.

"If fighting is to assure victory then you must fight!" Ross said.

'Yeah, I get it.' The two thought.

"Sun Tzu said that. He knows more than you maggots because he invented it, and then perfected it so that no man could best him in the ring of honor and battle!" Ross said, "Now you maggots get to learn all about it. Now let's get to the point."

He drew out a map of the world. The map showed that the Empire was in the middle of three invading countries. The Entente Alliance to the north, the Republic to the west, and Dakia from the south.

"Now, as you all know, the military has enacted plan 315. It is to have armies on the border defend the borders while an army moves in to strike with the full force of the Fatherland's might." Ross said, "Now tell me, would this plan hold out?"

Tanya raised her hand.

"Yes, Private Degurechaff?" Ross asked.

Tanya stood up.

"Well, it would work, but only as long as there are reserves for reinforcing the borders, so invading might put a strain on our resources, so ultimately, no. If we strain our resources too much, the empire would fall within weeks." Tanya said.

"You have a point there Private Degurechaff. Good." Ross said, "Plan 315 was meant to last until the enemy got tired, but seeing as how it has weak points and the fact that our enemies will be relentless, it might fall into ruin."

Ross erased the map and began drawing a diagram of a battle formation on a battlefield he was drawing.

"As you know, Rhine borders the Republic. Rhine is muddy, the sky is cloudy, and plenty of bullets and shells fly out there. In Rhine or any battlefield, artillery is important. However, Aerial Mages serve an even bigger role. They observe, provide air support, and can help achieve air superiority. They cannot hit bomber planes because Mages can only stay 6000 ft above the ground, going higher than that is impossible." Ross said, "Mages are a vital resource in a battle for they can adapt to any situation and can play many roles in battle. You must play out these roles carefully, for even a Mage is not invincible."

'So we got to be careful out in the field, or else the army will fall.' Levi thought.

"As you can see, our troops and the enemy are in a situation where one or the other will be slaughtered. Both sides are hiding out in the trenches with artillery and machine guns on standby. If one or the other marches out, they will be slaughtered like lambs." Ross said, "Now just how could you break this stalemate exactly men?"

"Raise your hand," Tanya whispered.

"Why me?" Levi asked.

"I'm not gonna explain everything. You go do it." Tanya said.

Levi rose his hand.

"Yes Private?" Ross asked.

"Well…. What is the situation on the rear?" Levi asked.

"The rear? Well….." Ross paused.

Ross thought hard about that question. He stroked his beard.

"On the rear of the battlefield is a town booming with industry. We can't afford the enemy to get past our lines or the town is theirs for the taking." Ross said.

Levi began thinking of a few solutions. A thought occurred to him.

"Just bait them in." Levi said.

"Oh? And how would you do that?" Ross asked.

"Make it look as if you are retreating," Levi said.

"Retreat?" A rookie said.

"Is he for real?" Another rookie asked.

Voices went around. Levi felt like an idiot for putting it like that.

"What I mean to say is make it look like you are retreating while having another army come in from behind and encircle them. From that point, they will be boxed in with no way out, from there, we wipe them out." Levi said.

The rookies sounded amazed. Ross seemed half-impressed.

'Hm….. Risky, but then again, if that situation was applied to Rhine, then…..' Ross thought, "that will be enough Private, you can sit down now."

"Yes, sir," Levi said.

He sat down and class kept going for a few hours. Soon enough, time for class was ending.

"Alright, tomorrow morning, we'll head out to the training fields, it's about time you all learn how to be Mages," Ross said.

Then the day just went by, as usual, studying, going to the library or the cafeteria, then the rookies went to bed.


A day later….

BANG!

Everyone went wide awake at the sound of an explosion. Levi fell out of bed. He went to a window and opened it up to see not only a hole in a wall of the dorms, he saw Ross floating, wearing gear he never saw before. There was a metallic boot clamped over his right leg with a device on his chest.

"I said tomorrow morning, didn't I sweethearts?" Ross asked.

"You crazy bastard! I almost had a heart attack!" A rookie complained.

"What is wrong with you sir?!" Another rookie said.

'What kind of madman is he?!' Levi thought.

"Do I care if you want to sleep?! Sleep when you have found peace in hell!" Ross said, "Get on out you maggots! We got training to do!"


A few minutes later…..

Training Field 3

Levi was wearing a metal boot clamped over his right leg. He got the device on. He made checks to the gear he was wearing. He grabbed the rifle he was handed out with and got in line with everyone else.

"Now as you know, Mages must fly about in battle. Like I said yesterday, you can only go as far as 6000ft, anywhere above that, and your computation jewel will crack and explode along with the device." Ross said, "Now, Private Degurechaff, you go first."

Tanya went up and stepped to a plate.

"Now in order to operate this type of gear, you need focus your magic into your legs. Do that, and you will float upward. You need to concentrate in order to stay in the air. Climb up to 1000ft and maintain height for 10 seconds, shouldn't be hard for a girl." Ross said, "Go on, demonstrate."

Tanya took a deep breath. She focused her magic into her legs. She began to rise from the ground. She floated off the ground.

"Ok, now fly up to 1000ft and maintain height for 10 seconds, as soon as you reach 1000ft, you need to balance your magical energy so you can maintain a good position at where you are," Ross said.

Tanya began to fly up. She picked up the pace. Levi watched as she flew up.

'Like an angel spreading her wings.' Levi thought.

She was reaching 1000ft. She didn't want to look down. The girl reached 1000ft in the air and balanced her magical energy output. She stopped and began to maintain her position. It was hard to maintain position due to how high she was and the constant fluctuation of magical energy her body was rising and falling up until she stabilized and stopped at 1000ft. She maintained position for at least 10 seconds.

"Alright Degurechaff, that's enough. Come on down." Ross said.

Tanya descended slowly and landed. Soon enough, all the others went. Levi was next.

'Ok, here goes.' Levi thought.

He concentrated his magic into his feet and flew up. He reached 1000ft and tried maintaining his position. He soon got the hang of it.

"Good, now come down rookie," Ross said.

He obeyed and came down. He put his right down and then his left.

"Ok, next up is flying around." Ross said, "A Mage must always be moving so he won't be a sitting duck. Now all of you fly up, I'll tell you what you need to do from there." Ross said.

The recruits did as he said and floated in the sky. Ross joined them.

"Alright rookies, now that you are in the air, it will be easy as swimming in the beach. Just watch carefully." Ross said.

Ross soon flew around them in circles. It was like he was moving around with little effort. He stopped and regain balance.

"Just push your body out as your arms push out and let your body drift on the sky and move your body as if it were a fighter plane." Ross said.

Soon enough, Levi and Tanya did just that. Everyone was having fun with it. They were doing all sorts of things. They all stopped after Ross blew a whistle.

"Alright, now it's time for the fun part, using spells and firing your weapon." Ross said, "Now pull out your weapon and take aim at those targets over there."

He points to a field where targets were left out in the open. Everyone pulled their guns out. He pulled his rifle out.

"Now check if the rifle is loaded," Ross said as he checked it.

Everyone checked if their rifles were loaded.

"Good, now when firing, position yourself like this." Ross said as he brought the back of the gun to his shoulder, "Aim down your sights…."

The gun's barrel glowed green.

"And fire!" Ross said.

He pulled the trigger, firing the gun. Soon enough, the targets were blown away in an explosion only an artillery gun could produce with just one shell.

"See that? That's an artillery spell. Use those against ground troops and artillery positions and other ground targets." Ross said, "Just watch the recoil, you don't know what it might do."

Levi took aim and fired. The targets were blasted apart. He felt as if his shoulder just bent back from the recoil. He held his shoulder.

"Didn't he tell you to watch the recoil?" Tanya asked.

"How about you shoot?" Levi asked.

"Stand down Private, shooting that thing will only hurt our shoulder. I don't want your little body to have a dislocated shoulder." Ross said.

"Yes, sir," Levi said as went back down into the ground.

He rested against the ground and watched as everyone began using artillery spells on the targets. Tanya's little body was getting used to the recoil. He flew back up after a few minutes and took a few shots, enduring the pain. Soon enough, practice was over. The rest of the day was eating lunch or reading in the library.


Ross was discussing something with a man called Erich.

"What?!" Ross asked.

"We have to accelerate the process. We need more out in the front. I'm sorry, but it has to be done." Erich said.

"You're going into Operations, that I'm pleased of, but rushing the training process?" Ross asked.

"Times out in the west and north borders are getting stressed. We need more men." Erich said.

Ross knew what that meant. He had to get the rookies ready for war quicker. He didn't want those kids to graduate now, but now would be a good time for more troops to support the empire.

"Very well. The staff has been informed of this, that I am aware, but how will the rookies react?" Ross asked.

"They will have to be ready for anything, now hurry, we don't have much time until the fronts get worse." Erich said.


A year later….

"Graduation is coming early?!" Tanya and Levi exclaimed.

"Yes, I'm afraid you will have to graduate. The fronts are getting stressed." Ross said.

"I understand. We will do what we must." Levi said.

"We are soldiers. There is nothing we can't handle." Tanya said.

"That's the spirit. Now go get ready, graduation is coming." Ross said.

The two became drill instructors for the recruits. Tanya and Levi were strict when it came to disobedience, only Levi would speak with the rookies about the reality of what they were signing up for and reminded them that disobedience will lead to death and even threatened to have them kicked out while Tanya wouldn't hesitate to punish them without mercy with the harshness that was hell. A few incidents happened here and there, but eventually, they got the hang of it all. Sometimes, Tanya might have gotten a bit too far, stabbing disobedient cadets with bayonets to the hand. In her mind, she was doing what had to be done with disobedient men who run their mouths off and think about getting away with things.

Levi felt as if he was growing closer to Tanya. He couldn't help but feel that she was attractive somehow. He knew she was a salaryman in her previous life, but he can't help but feel as if he was falling for her. He couldn't help but feel more attached to Tanya. He didn't know what to think. All he knew was that he will become a soldier on the front lines. He had been put as Warrant Officer just as Tanya was throughout their lives after a year of learning and studying. He looked up to the ceiling in his room. He wondered if Tanya felt connected to him as well.

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