The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live a Normal Life

s sounded like they were dying.
They were only conscripts.
As they weren’t actual soldiers and didn’t even receive proper military training, they couldn’t keep doing the training that drove them to the extreme.

McBurney even thought he would stop the training if most had similar reactions and couldn’t go on, but he couldn’t.
It was because Roman’s soldiers, from start to finish, were perfectly carrying out the training while being led by their liege.

Huk!

Roman swung his sword.
It was an action he had already repeated hundreds of times.
Even though his skin was red due to the heat from the sun and his entire body was drenched in sweat, he did not stop training.
Furthermore, he wasn’t even using mana.
He was just immersed in pure physical training.

Simultaneously, the soldiers surrounding Roman only looked at him, bewildered.
They couldn’t believe Roman’s actions.
Even if he rested in the shade of the trees, no one would have said anything, but he was out there training with the soldiers.

‘Just like one refines their sword before fighting, it is necessary to strengthen the bond between the soldiers and myself.’

Heavenly Demon Baek Joong-hyuk didn’t rise to the top as soon as he was born.
He started from the bottom-up, so he knew what emotions and thoughts those receiving orders had.
They always complained, even about the most trivial things.

Even today, while the soldiers were training in the intense heat of the scorching sun, their leaders were sitting and chatting in the shade while smiling.
Wasn’t it natural for resentment to rise from within them in such a situation? Still, it didn’t mean that there would be extreme results such as a revolt, but surely, the weight of their leaders’ words would turn lighter to them.

Suppose there is a leader who is training with them and another who isn’t.
Whose command would the soldiers follow? It was a difference no one could overlook easily.
They would undoubtedly follow the orders of the leader who suffered with them, and it wasn’t uncommon for the outcome of a war to be reversed due to such differences.
This didn’t mean that he should always suffer with them—Just until the trust was established.
And if it was judged that the action was sufficient to affect the war, there was no reason for the commander to move directly to win.

It was a complex reasoning.
Still, while training himself, Baek Joong-hyuk never avoided such things to strengthen his solidarity with soldiers.
Seeing him at the forefront of his soldiers, even the other Demonic Sect members began to follow him.

The conquest of Murim wasn’t done by one person alone.
The trust between him and his men, built from the bottom-up, was what had brought that true.

“Euk, euk.”

“Euk.”

Now, even Roman’s soldiers looked like they were going to die.
Like other soldiers, they, too, had the urge to give up, but they couldn’t because of Roman.
When their leader was working hard, how could the soldiers give up?

The soldiers of other nobles had collapsed on the ground already.
They were resting on the ground, gasping for air, but Roman’s soldiers couldn’t do that.

That day, not a single one of Roman’s soldiers sat down until the training finished.

The first day of training was finally over.

After sunset and finishing their training, the soldiers came out to wash themselves.

Swish!

“Haa, this feels nice.”

“Those who said the training would be fine were lying.
There was no mention of us rolling on the ground like this,” the soldiers grumbled.

Fortunately, Roman’s soldiers looked fine.

Was it because they did not like this?

A soldier under another noble, who was there, said, “Why do you people only think about your own position? Can’t you cut down a little bit on your enthusiasm while thinking of other people?”

Throughout the training, they couldn’t openly demand Roman’s soldiers to rest.
McBurney wouldn’t have pushed the training this much if Roman’s soldiers had given up, but they were training so perfectly that he didn’t even allow any leeway.

Most of them came to hate Roman’s soldiers while panting on the floor.
They thought Roman’s soldiers’ stamina must have been built perfectly over the years, but the other nobles’ soldiers didn’t have anything like that.

And because of that, when they saw Roman’s soldiers training without any issues, they were annoyed.
And the moment they met in the bath, they began to raise their voices.

“Unlike you all, we were conscripted.
Our training period was so short, so how the hell do you think we can withstand a training of the same intensity as you guys? If we had enough time, we all could have done the same thing as you all.”

Just then, hearing those words, one of Roman’s soldiers came forward.

“I am curious about those things you are saying.
Just how much time is enough training time for you?

The soldier of Roman who came forward looked menacing.
His body reflected well-sculpted muscles.
It proved he had been training hard for so long, and he had muscles any man would admire.

The soldier flinched when he saw him.
He felt pressured the moment he saw the other soldier’s body up close.

“We only had one year of training.
We are different from you people, who have been training for years.
So, take it easy.
That way, the instructor will lower the intensity of the training for all of us.”

One year—That wasn’t a short period of time.

Hearing those words, Roman’s soldier laughed.
The moment he heard they had been training for a whole year, he wondered how could one sound so silly.
Was it because he remembered the past? As a soldier of Roman, he couldn’t stay quiet after hearing something like that.

“Don’t make excuses like not having enough time.
We didn’t even have one year of training, unlike you all.
It has been less than one year since we first began to train together.
No, to be precise, it has been only three months since we started to train sincerely.
And you all are saying you didn’t have enough time to prepare? Don’t get me wrong.
You people had plenty of time.
The only problem is that you just didn’t do your best.”

The soldier of Roman who said that was also one who had successfully passed the enlistment test.
He was once an ordinary human who trembled in fear while taking the test.
He was Henderson, who had come from Lawrence after watching Roman’s actions.

Editor’s Thoughts: Roman’s insights are quite good to see.
Also, Henderson humbled that guy so fast lol.