Flame Legion

Garrison Guards (守卫军), later renamed to Flame Legion (焰光军团), is one of the main forces of the Dark Moon Military.

It is led by sheriff Chen Rui, alongside vice-commanders Athena and Aleksis. After the war of lords, Kaguron is also appointed leader of the legion.

After analysis and thinking, Chen Rui and Isabella decided to let Athena, the legion leader, personally lead the army. As for Chen Rui, he strongly requested to accompany her, mainly because he was not assured of Athena’s safety. Her current power had reached the early stage of Great Demon King, and there was a considerable tendency to reach the intermediate stage under the hard training, but the situation of the Blue Lava Estate was currently unknown. There would probably be some unpredictable danger.

## Characters

There are **6** characters that fit the category selection.

### Organization

The new sheriff Chen Rui issues a summoning order to the guards. There are over 2000 guards.

The guards were divided into five brigades. Besides the captains of the two brigades who came forward after hearing the summons, the captains of the other three teams were dragged out and beheaded. The vice-captain assumed the role of captain.

Within one hour, if the current captains could not summon their subordinates, then all of them would be beheaded. The first small captain to gather would assume the role of big captain and so on. Don’t doubt the new sheriff’s sinister measures because the city’s largest organization, the Cloak Gang had already publicly expressed support for human sheriff. The original “negative saboteur” big captain was killed by Arux personally. Now the Cloak Gang had taken control of every corner of the city, they could not even escape.

An hour later, all the guards appeared at the field in the barracks. Many people were impatiently brought out here by the new small captain. If the time was delayed, the captains could not even keep their position and life, and it would even benefit others!

A bloody demon head hung on the flagpole on the high platform. The new sheriff Chen Rui stood on the platform casually, secretly observing the guards below. Most of the guards were lazy. Even standing in formation was a problem. There were also some whose powers were not bad.

### Instructors

1. Aleksis
2. Athena

I have hired two instructors to train everyone. The instructors have the right to take full responsibility for all matters in the army. I give you one chance, if you can defeat the instructor in a challenge, you can take over the instructor’s position and receive a generous reward…”

Chen Rui talked about all the benefits to tempt everyone, then introduced the instructors. “The first instructor is my friend Aguile’s most powerful subordinate, deputy leader of the Cloak Gang, Arux.”

Arux who was below stage suddenly flashed and appeared next to Chen Rui. He bowed slightly. When facing the guards, he suddenly had a double-headed scythe in his hand. The sound of golden iron resounded loudly in the field without a magic loudspeaker.

“Anyone who is dissatisfied can take a step forward.”

Although Arux lost to Aguile, he had already demonstrated his power in that battle. Even if he was inferior to Aguile, he was still one of Dark Moon’s greatest Higher Demons. With his fierce reputation, who would dare to challenge him?

As soon as he said that, almost all the guards took a step back. The guy who “stepped forward” was so scared he almost wet his pants.

Arux didn’t care about it and sneered. “Cowards, in the days to come, I will make you strong! Everyone who stepped back just now, stay behind later. Anyone who dares to escape; dies!”

At that moment, the ones wetting their pants were those who stepped backward. No one dared to doubt the truthfulness of Arux’s last sentence. In the arena, the escapees who died in Arux’s hands were uncountable.

Hearing Chen Rui’s tone, he and the most powerful Aguile turned out to be good friends. No wonder Aguile publicly expressed his maximum support, and he even “lent” Arux to Chen Rui to be an instructor.

“The second instructor is Dark Moon’s best female swordsman, the daughter of the empire’s First General George Wells, Miss Athena!”

Athena wore leather armor and walked up to the stage carrying a big sword. The Dark Moon’s best female swordsman was obviously more popular than Arux. Her beautiful appearance and sexy body made many people clap their hands with shining eyes. Many people had only heard of Athena’s name, but they had never seen her strength. Some people already wanted to attempt to challenge her.

However, Athena’s next move shocked the audience. The crowd felt their vision blur. Athena had pulled out her large sword like lighting and struck it to one side. There was a tremor on the ground. The entire high stage that was made of stone collapsed in half. Not just that, a terrifying gully that was more than ten meters long and several meters deep extended behind her.

Athena’s cold voice sounded. “The challenger should be prepared for death.”

The field was quiet. Even the coughs caused by dust were suppressed. The people below took a deep breath. The power of this sword was not much weaker than Arux. It was as expected of the First General’s Daughter.

## Code of conduct

### Carrot

“There is another good news to tell everyone. I have received the Princess Royal’s special approval. As long as your training results meet the requirements of the two instructors, then you may receive the military supplies and munitions that are as the imperial guards in the future, and there will be additional bonuses every month.”

The carrot at the end of the stick made everyone’s eyes light up. The guards were already salivating. Now they could enjoy this treatment, how could they not be excited?

As long as the treatment could get better, it didn’t matter who was in charge. Don’t forget that the previous sheriff Alan was just an Intermediate Demon. Wasn’t he just relying on the Karon Family’s strength?

“If everyone has no comments, then from tomorrow, closed training will officially begin,” Chen Rui then asked aloud, “Do you understand?”

“Understood!”

Chen Rui looked at the looks of these guys and smiled a little. The imperial guards’ treatment was not wrong, but the key was the previous sentence ‘As long as the training results meet the requirements of the two instructors.’ These guys would probably train until they cry for their parents tomorrow.

The remaining matters would be left for the two instructors, Athena and Arux. However, Chen Rui could not relax even for a while. As the leader of the Cloak Gang, the largest force in the city, there was something even more important for “Aguile”.

As Chen Rui expected, when the official training began the next day, the guards learned what hell training was. Their bitter cries were endless. By the end of the training, all of them were like dead dogs. However, Chen Rui did not mistreat these guys. He provided plenty of food. With the deterrence of Arux and Athena, everything went as planned.

### Discipline

Someone had already begun to stir trouble. Laughter came from below.

Chen Rui did not get angry. “The sixth row of the second big team, the minotaur wearing the red shirt who started the uproar, you come to the stage now. If you can survive in my hands for a minute, you can go back and sleep every day. You can still receive soldier’s pay every month as usual.”

The satyr didn’t expect the human’s eyes to be sharp enough to spot him. When he heard Chen Rui’s words, he shouted, “Really?”

Chen Rui nodded. “This is the barracks. Every sentence I say here is valid. All the guards are your witnesses.”

Once the audience saw a good show, they all made way for the minotaur to hastily walk up the stage. Before he could speak, he saw Chen Rui waving his hand at him. The minotaur suddenly slowed, and his body began to corrode at a speed detectable by the naked eye. He instantly became a skeleton. The liquid with the combination of venom and blood spread on the ground.

The noisy voices immediately reduced, watching this scene in horror. That minotaur was a small captain. The strength of the later stage Intermediate Demon was considered good among the guards, but he actually ended up turning into bones immediately. They had known that this human was an apprentice to Master Aldas, but they had never imagined that he would have learned such a terrifying poison skill so quickly.

“Don’t say that I am depraved. I am just a potioneer. To tell you the truth, I have obtained Master Aldas’ teachings. If there is anyone else who is dissatisfied, please come out one by one. I will ask you to go to me and my teacher’s laboratory to become an experimental subject for a few days. As long as you can survive, I will promote you.”

Master Aldas’ Lab!

The field was silent now. Everyone knew that the laboratory in the outer court of the Royal Palace was the most terrifying place in the entire Dark Moon City. There were often screams coming from there in the past. Even the strongest imperial guards did not dare to approach it, let alone going in to become an “experimental subject”? Recently there were no more screams, but the rumors were even more frightening, such as fresh corpse experiments. It made people terrified…

A potioneer was not the combat type, but he had a series of poisoning methods for self-protection. Chen Rui learned a lot from Aldas. Matched with his sophisticated control of his own power, he could use his fake potioneer name to scare people even without exposing his powers.

### Reward and punishment system

The army's discipline was produced by strict training, rewards and punishments. There was once when a deputy leader was unable to control his male hormones during a military deployment to support a small estate. Under partly forceful conditions, he mated with a dark goblin woman from the estate. As a result, when the incident came to light, the deputy leader was beheaded by the military judge in front of the entire army.

(According to an unreliable gossip, the body of the deputy leader was buried by the dark goblin woman)

After several incidents of killing one to warn the rest, coupled with hard training and indoctrination, the military’s discipline had significantly improved. These elites was able to truly comply with the order.

## Story

### Garrison Guards PK Imperial Guards

Three days ago some rowdy garrison guards had a scuffle with the Imperial guards and lost.

Athena pointed to a minotaur, "You, tell me what is the biggest mistake?"

"Yes!" The minotaur replied, "We shouldn't fight against the imperial guards. This violates the regulations of Madam Athena!"

Athena looked at the guards who were standing straight, "Tell me, is he correct?"

When everyone answered "Yes" simultaneously, Athena shouted, "No!"

"Their biggest mistake was not violating my regulations. It was the fact that 15 people failed to defeat 10 imperial guards. This is a humiliation of our garrison guards!"

"The garrison guards and imperial guards are the two sharpest scythes and the closest comrades in Princess Royal's hands. The scythes should be stained by the enemy's blood, not our own people!" Athena's tone changed, "However, Demon Realm advocates the supremacy of the stronger ones. Even among our guards, there is a competition for survival of the fittest. If the leader can't beat the soldiers, he will revert to an ordinary soldier too! I have obtained Princess Royal's permission through magic communication. We will have a fierce battle competition with the imperial guards to decide the victory and defeat! Do you want to teach the imperial guards a hard lesson in front of everyone in the Dark Moon City? Do you want to be above the imperial guards in the future?"

*Battle competition?*This instigated the enthusiasm of the guards. All their faces showed excitement. They answered loudly and unanimously, "Yes!"

### Football

Aleksis then teaches the guards how to play football.

Everyone chased the ball together without differentiating teams. Even the goalkeeper was no exception...

Fists, claws, horns and even teeth were used, but not feet...

The goalkeeper kicked the ball directly to the opponent's goalkeeper at a distance of 100 meters due to the excessive strength. The opponent's goalkeeper held the ball and threw it back to the opposing goal. The players in the middle could only stare at the ball in the air. Their head turned neatly to the left and right repeatedly...

The poor ball finally couldn't stand the violent torture and burst on the spot...

Chen Rui improved the football. He greatly weakened the elasticity and engraved a magic circle that increased its weight and power consumption. It required considerable strength to be kicked.

An accidental header caused the ball to be penetrated, and it hung on the sharp horn. The minotaur was simple-minded. He thought since it was not a foul to use the head and feet, he just pierced the ball with his horn and charged rampantly. After knocking down all the people who were blocking him, including the goalkeeper, he "threw" himself into the goal and scored...

The opponent's minotaur imitated that method. As a result, it turned into a rugby game.

The goalkeepers were not lacking in tricks either. When the opponent rushed toward him, he simply grabbed the crossbar of the goal and pulled hard. The whole goal was completely submerged into the land. Even the goal was gone.Lets see how *you can* score now?

In the end, Chen Rui, who was watching the competition on the sidelines burst into an enormous belly laugh. He couldn't stand it anymore. He went back to continue improving it...

After numerous reforms, the first-generation exhilarating football of the Demon Realm version was finally officially created.

This ball was made by Chen Rui using Super System's Refinery function and his mechanics. The texture, elasticity and sturdiness was extraordinary. It could be regarded as a master-level work.

This ball would absorb power. It required a lot of effort to kick it. When it crossed the goal line, it would also emit a flame-like light, representing victory.

The stadium was widened, and a simple magic circle was added to increase the gravity accordingly. The goal was also reinforced.

### Competition

Not only the garrison guards, but the imperial guards also began to try this sport under the lead of Commander Kaguron.

Under Chen Rui's proposal, the garrison guard team and the imperial guard team had a competition that was not open to the public in the arena. The audience was only Old Gauss, Athena, Kaguron, others and some soldiers from both sides.

The garrison guards team won 10-6. The seemingly proud garrison guards held their heads high. At this time, Old Gauss took the opportunity to represent Princess Royal Highness to announce that there would be an open tournament in the arena a month later. At that time, tens of thousands of spectators would come to watch. The winning team would receive a generous prize of 50 high-quality armor sets.

## See also

* Public Security Officer
* Cloak Club

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 394 (Steambun)
2. ↑ Chapter 412 (Steambun)
3. ↑ Chapter 318 (Steambun)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Chapter 196 (Steambun)
5. ↑ Wick of the Gorefiend Gang
6. ↑ Chapter 197 (Steambun)
7. ↑ Chapter 414 (Steambun)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 307 (Steambun)