Chapter 135 - Planning
I was initially thinking that we would have to accommodate all the beastkin, including the nonfighting people. So, the news that only the fighters would come by is actually a good thing, even if it means having only three tribes taking the fight.
It’s okay, though. Those warriors who’ll join us are experienced fighters who never had the help of a system, so they don’t have bad habits to get rid of.
They would also help train our troops in systemless melee combat, as that’s a part of fighting that neither I nor Lovelace are that acquainted with. And that will widen up our scouting perspectives.
The numbers are small, but we aren’t counting on the strength of numbers to begin with. The enemies have the advantage of the numbers and the system. We’ll have mobility, surprise, and complete control over the supply lines.
In that sense, a smaller but well-trained and disciplined army is more effective. The fifteen hundred warriors of the beastkin will be enough, together with the recruits we are training ourselves and the loyalist troops who’ll join us.
After all, we aren’t counting only on the troops we’re training. We’ll obviously use the whole army. This is just the special ops troops, the ones who know how to fight systemless.
We can’t allow the Church to catch wind of our systemless training, after all.
"Then why are you insisting on creating the club at the academy? The Church will surely hear about it."
"Ugh, you’re right, Lovelace. I didn’t think that through. I shall call that off and just do my graduation thesis and get over with that whole Academy thing."
"So you are graduating early, after all. I didn’t know you would cheat like that."
"It has nothing to do with that, Yaci, I swear. I just really need to focus on training the troops right now..."
"I know, silly. I’m just messing with you. The Academy was never the point, anyway, but just your age."