The Golden Throne

Liu Feng did not like doing this one bit, but he did not have a choice. For a long time, he was very uncertain about how the army itself was going to perform. It was true that he needed a lot of man power, but he also was very hesitant in putting a very powerful piece of armament like the gun in the hands of power hungry people like the nobles of the kingdoms, especially Aegon. 

He did not want to admit it, but Aegon was the weakest link in the army. They had the biggest army but the army was also full of weaklings and had no one of substance, except a select dozen few. That frustrated Liu Feng, and if it were up to him, he would stay at the work shop for another few weeks and try and design an autonomous way to use the guns.

But, time was running out, and he could not afford to let the demon army increase. It had come to attention that the army itself was coming through the sea, and that with every day that he dallied, the demons' numbers increased, and their chances of victory decreased.

That was why, after getting that call from his father, he decided that he would be disguising himself for a few days. His father would think that the travel would be taking a majority of his time, because the information of the car itself and the truck was not known to anyone but Amelia and Arad respectively.

"Oh my god.. This really is the worst possible set of recruits. First, all of you idiots are so horny and cannot keep it in your pants, but next, you cannot even do your basic warm up? What are you good for? Look around. Every batch except ours is happily going ahead with a good amount of training, but I have to beg you to even jog around once? A joke.", the elf scoffed.

Liu Feng shook his head. He had been monitoring the activity in the rest of the training fields that had been put up. Although the normal recruits here were unable to see it, they were not exactly being put to the same hellish tests, The other batches were doing simple marching, and they certainly were not told to march around the training grounds six times. 

But, Liu Feng knew that what the elf was doing was certainly effective. All around him, the hot blooded youth just couldn't accept the fact that they were losing out to literally everyone. All of them started standing up, even though they could barely do so. Their knees were wobbly, and their feet shook as they moved back into position, but they gritted their teeth as they continued to move.

The elf smiled faintly but quickly wiped it off before anyone could even catch a glimpse. 

"Alright. Now, start marching. Without a captain. I do not want to see a sorry state like last time. Get to it. I want all of you moving in the same rhythm, and if even one of you breaks tempo, hehe, all of you will face it.", she smiled creepily, and shivers went down everyone's spine.

"What beauty? She is clearly the devil.", the same people who thought God was favouring them started cursing at him for their luck.

The men started marching, and Liu Feng begrudgingly went along with all of this. Arad, right beside him, was getting a little bored of it all.

"Master, I do not understand why we have to go through all of this. It is quite irritating. Is it really worth it?", Arad was questioning Liu Feng's actions.

"If you want to, you can always go to the luxuries on your own. But I am doing this for a very clear purpose. Do not worry.", Liu Feng smiled as he reassured him. He quickly looked forward and continued marching, but it seemed that lady luck was not kind to him.

"You there, in the middle. With the red shirt. Come out.", she shouted.

"I knew that I shouldn't have worn red. It always stands out.", Liu Feng cursed as he stepped out. The elf looked at him.

"I did not know that Aegon accepted young children.", she said.

"I am sixteen. I am allowed to join the army according to the rules.", Liu Feng replied.

"Did I give you permission to speak? Looks like you are not well versed with how the army works.", the elf shot back. 

Liu Feng did not say another word, because he was afraid to complicate things. The elf sized him up.

"You are not shivering. Looks like you are in a little better shape than the rest of the runts. Well then, what shall we do? How about you stand in the very front and lead everyone? That way, you have no one to speak to", the elf smiled.

"Damn it. The one thing that I did not want to happen.", Liu Feng thought to himself.

"What is your name, recruit?"

"L-Sherlok, Captain.", Liu Feng replied.

"L-Sherlok? What name is that?", she asked.

"Sherlock, Captain.", Liu Feng corrected himself.

"Well, sherlock. I have no idea where this weird name came from. Stand in the front. All of you. If he makes even the slightest mistake, you better tell him to correct it, cause he will be representing you, and he better do you justice.", she chuckled.

Liu Feng sighed as he nodded. He moved to the front of the parade and stood still.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Get along with it. We do not have all day, and I need to make sure that all of you can move as a single unit.", the elf shouted and Liu Feng hastily started marching. Behind him, the rest of the batch started marching.

Sounds of panting and thuds on the ground filled the training field, and Liu Feng just hated the fact that he was the centre of attraction. It was as if he was put on display for everyone to see. But, he had to stay true to his task and find out, in the brief time he would be undercover, who he would have to weed out of the army.

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