HPDBC Chapter 382: Inauguration ceremony
Chapter 382: Inauguration ceremony
chapter 382: inauguration ceremony
allen's group headed to the mountain in the center of heavy user island.
there was a temple atop it, with a large brazier on its roof, with freya's fire inhabiting it.
today, all of allen's army was gathering.
around two months passed since construction began on the island, and since allen's army began going to dungeons.
there had been one time when more than a hundred of the army's top officials gathered for a meeting.
but this was the first time the entire army gathered in one place for a meeting.
the five continents' alliance meeting had gone well, and allen's army was recognized throughout the entire world now.
they had cleared the first milestone, so they wanted to celebrate something similar to an inauguration ceremony.
the temple was big enough that allen had been able to fight gushara with his summons.
a small number of members were left behind in the city and the bases in the academy city and near the s rank dungeon, while more than 5000 of them gathered in a single place.
freya had given them permission to use her temple in that way.
but allen still felt like it would be too much of a bother to her to gather them in the same place as the brazier, so they gathered one floor below.
he always wanted to be careful around her to not sully her mood.
peromus, master craftsman habarak, and the chiefs of all four cities were there too.
allen wanted them to see what the army was up to, and what kind of organization they were.
"hello, i'm allen, the commandant of allen's army. let's get this inauguration ceremony started then."
(do i sound enough like a commandant?)
there were many people there who were older than allen, sometimes by many multiples of his age, or tens of times in the case of elves with their long lifespans.
at first he considered a more mellow approach to his speech out of consideration for them, but then he found many reasons to not do that.
he felt he needed to refrain from being too polite and kind, as the leader of a military organization.
looking at sophie, she seemed to support his current choice of words.
allen's friends were standing next to him, and in front the 5000 men formed well-organized rows.
the rows were ordered according to rank, with the highest officials at the front.
generals first, followed by captains, and so on.
allen was standing on the podium in front of the army, but all the members were sitting.
he felt having them standing during his speech could become a burden on them.
it reminded him of the school ceremonies whenever a school year started.
so allen decided to take the role of principal.
though only the largest schools had 5000 students.
"first, let me fill you in on our current position as seen by the five continents' alliance."
allen decided to start by how their organization stood in the world's eyes.
"that would be helpful. we do expect to work together with the alliance's army eventually."
lud understood what allen was talking about.
allen had been named commandant, and the existence of allen's army was now known by the entire world, so that should help their future work in various countries.
lud was currently being treated as a general by most places. nôv(el)b\\jnn
it was very likely they would work together with the five continents' alliance in the future, so he wanted to know how to properly respond to them.
"are there countries that do not recognize us though?"
lucidral wanted to know what to do when a country did not want to cooperate with allen's army.
"we have no obligation to be friendly with everyone. just tell them we'll fight back if they attack."
allen answered while speaking into a megaphone-like magic device, his voice heard in the entire room.
"... i see."
allen's decision was clear to lucidral.
allen had made their position clear in the five continents' alliance meeting, and they would mirror the way any country treated them, be it friendly or hostile.
"there's no need for needless or excessive violence though, so i hope all generals and captains can keep their men in line."
all the generals and captains in the front rows nodded at once hearing that.
then he mentioned how all countries in the alliance pledged their support, and that baukis has sent two units of dwarves, one of magic engineers and the other of golem drivers.
"i guess this means i should introduce myself to everyone now."
"time for introductions."
two dwarves stood up after that.
"yes, just give a simple introduction so everyone knows who you are."
allen stood aside to let larappa and zaurele greet everyone.
it was an easy conclusion that allen's party members would have considerable authority over the army.
now they would make it clear exactly how much authority that was though.
everyone took turns to introduce themselves.
"i'm kurena, the commander of special attack units! nice to meet you!!"
kurena had been waiting for this moment the most, so she quickly jumped on the podium before pointing at the crowd and cheerfully announcing her title.
larappa's entrance had pushed everyone else to also want to stand on the podium as they introduced themselves.
then the rest of the party took turns to introduce themselves.
allen's party's positions in allen's army:
-commandant: allen
-sophie: tactician
-formar: assistant tactician
-shea: chief general of assault troops
-luck: chief general of the rear guard
-merle: chief general of the golem army
-kurena: commander of special attack units
positions in heavy user island's cities:
-peromus: mayor
-cecile: mayor's aide
in regards to the goddess of fire freya:
-dogora: apostle
-kiel: priest
once everyone was done announcing their positions, it was time to explain how their respective skills fit their positions.
there would be times when some of them might need to take control of a portion of the army after all.
it was better if rather than leading the army, kurena could split off into the enemy camp and act independently.
sophie was the tactician thinking of the best strategies for the army overall.
peromus would have his hands full managing four cities cohesively, so cecile would help him.
kiel would become a priest for freya, managing the temple.
apparently any reverence for dogora would also be turned into divine power for freya, so he would basically be a second figure to idolize.
at first he complained, saying only his title felt like a random thing.
but he was convinced once he was told his role was to make sure everyone followed the rules.
hearing those descriptions of the roles, allen's army understood why they were assigned those positions.
general bunzenbark was also glad that luck, king arbus' son, was granted the position of chief general.
"is that everything then?"
larappa looked like she wanted to return to her research soon.
a center for magic device research was also under active construction.
they could have used the temple, as there was ample space inside, but allen wanted the temple to be mainly off-limits, only making it easy to congregate religious people.
instead the research center was being built on the foot of the mountain, near where habarak's workshop was located.
the blacksmiths also had some magic devices they needed for their work after all.
making traversal from one building to another easy would streamline life in the island as well.
most of the research would happen in that building, while some would also be conducted under the temple, on the large device keeping the island afloat.
the magic engineers would be pretty busy often, but allen still wanted them to undergo talent changes as well, increasing the range of magic devices in their reach.
some magic engineers were also going to the dungeons, in preparation for their talent changes.
raven had been waiting for a while, and he finally reacted hearing larappa's words.
"should i bring it in now then?"
"yes please."
"hm? you don't have to be so polite with me anymore."
the leader of the guards, raven, had been listening from a distance all this time.
now it was time for him and his men to bring up something they had kept on the stairs leading to the room.
at the same time, raven told allen to relax a little when talking to him too.
though that was a bit hard for allen, since he had known raven since he stumbled into the adventurers' guild at eight years old, and raven kindly taught him all sorts of things.
everyone from allen's army turned that way, watching the mercenaries bring in various chests.