Victor

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Transmigration and Emergency Command

Victor was gaming through the night when his computer screen went black. He arrived on the Pannosia Continent in the body of Harrison Victor, an imperial knight commanding the Third Supplementary Army’s seventh battalion. Before transmigrating, he had lived in a peaceful age and possessed no practical experience leading soldiers into battle 1.

The original Victor came from an ordinary background. His academy classmate, Viscount Sutton, had recommended him for battalion command; their families also shared an old marriage connection. Sutton subsequently left him temporarily responsible for military affairs under the pretext of attending a meeting with Marshal Alvin. When Victor discovered that the other senior officers had disappeared as well, he concluded that they had fled a disaster at the front and left him to bear responsibility 1.

Victor formally assumed command, established a succession order for vacant battalion posts, and discovered the mysterious crystal associated with his Command skill. Finding enormous shortages in the army’s storehouse, he avoided exposing the powerful figures potentially involved. Instead, he appropriated the remaining armor and ranged weapons for his poorly equipped troops and arranged a common account blaming the quartermaster 1 2.

Retreat to the Dragonbone Mountains

With headquarters unreachable and no retreat order available, Victor chose to withdraw within enemy territory rather than return directly to the empire and risk prosecution for desertion. He rejected a prolonged stand at Outpost No. 3 because its limited fuel reserves made its large grain stockpile insufficient for survival 3.

During the retreat, he ordered abandoned supplies destroyed without fire to avoid revealing the column through smoke. He incorporated Captain Felix and other scattered Northern Frontier Corps survivors, increasing his force from just over 7,000 to more than 7,500 men. The veterans strengthened the inexperienced army but increased its supply burden 5 6.

Destruction of the Goshawk and Cors Tribes

Victor exploited the presence of two rival tribes near the Dragonbone Mountains. He waited to determine which enemy was most vulnerable, then launched a night assault on the Goshawk camp. When the attempt to eliminate its hidden sentries raised an alarm, he immediately ordered a general attack. The defenders collapsed so quickly that both Victor and his veteran soldiers were astonished 9 11 12.

Afterward, he sent Felix and Jasper against the tribal strongholds while moving to support Howard against the Cors Tribe. Howard’s operations, including Reginald’s manipulation of Berserk Porcupine territory, devastated the enemy. Victor later assigned the exhausted, starving survivors to Maddox’s inexperienced cavalry as a target for mounted-archery practice 13 15 19.

The captured livestock supplied meat for intensive training and provided mounts and transport animals. Victor ordered most surplus cattle and sheep slaughtered and preserved rather than risk moving an unwieldy herd across the grasslands 18 19.

Heavenly Wolf Canyon Campaign

The fall of Dragon Spine Pass cut off Victor’s expected route home. He chose a westward course toward the Andorra Peninsula and reorganized the army into more manageable formations, breaking up hometown cliques in the process 25 26.

Facing the Seventh Tumen and its tribal allies, Victor investigated Heavenly Wolf Canyon and subdued its mixed-blood wolf king, later called Big Black. He used wolf packs to cover the approach of burning cattle, whose stampede wrecked the enemy camp and destroyed much of its supplies. He deliberately left an escape route open, judging that desperate resistance would cost too many of his own soldiers 31 32 36 37.

When the enemy remained in the canyon, Victor blocked its entrance. After confirming a plague outbreak, he ordered his troops to avoid close contact and launched another cattle-and-wolf attack. Jeremiah escaped through the mountains with the main force, abandoning the sick and wounded in hopes of infecting Victor’s army 39 41 42.

Victor recognized the danger and ordered a westward withdrawal rather than a pursuit. Cattle and wolves killed most of those left in the valley, while Third Supplementary Army soldiers shot people attempting to surrender at the exit. The massacre helped establish his reputation among the Tuwu People as a demon king 42.

Westward March and Tuwu Recruitment

Victor ordered basic disinfection for soldiers exposed to the enemy and instructed Clyde to produce a credible-looking victory report, distributing military merits across the army. His proposed report claimed a bloody victory over 30,000 Tuwu troops and allocated 20,000 enemy heads among his soldiers 43.

After more than three months marching west, the army reached the vicinity of the Andorra Peninsula. Victor privately acknowledged that finding a smuggling ship had originally been a promise intended to sustain morale; transporting the entire army and its spoils by sea was impractical 46.

He then began forcibly recruiting local Tuwu men, allowing some tribes to substitute strong slaves and negotiate reduced quotas. Through a speech presenting the force as the Human Allied Army, he redirected recruits’ hostility toward the ogres and accused tribal leaders of collaborating with them 47 48 49.

After defeating the Azure Wave Tribe, he incorporated its prisoners and transferred the captured population to cooperating tribes rather than massacre the recruits’ families. By this point, his Tuwu recruits exceeded a full army in number, and his total force was nearly twice the strength of the Third Supplementary Army 50.

Personality

Victor is survival-minded and pragmatic. He prioritizes bringing his soldiers home over further glory, refuses unnecessary risks with inexperienced units, and repeatedly maintains a calm public appearance while privately frightened. His initial authority was partly an act: after issuing his first orders, he slumped in relief once the officers had left 1 25 27 29.

He understands that loyalty requires more than obedience. Despite disliking field conditions, he shares his soldiers’ hardships to restrain officers from monopolizing supplies. He distributes captured money as rewards and feeds the army well, although later pay promises to Tuwu recruits are unsupported by funds 18 48.

His concern for his own troops coexists with ruthlessness toward opponents. He uses starving enemies to train cavalry, manipulates military reports, and forcibly recruits tribesmen. He also becomes skeptical of religious authority, treating divine arts as a power whose conditions might be understood rather than an unquestionable privilege of priests 19 43 47 49.

Abilities and Skills

Command

Victor’s central supernatural ability is associated with a mysterious internal crystal bearing the Chinese characters for “Command” 1.

• Human obedience: People who acknowledge him as their commander instinctively carry out his orders 1 49.
• Magical-beast control: After defeating Big Black, Victor compels him to obey despite the wolf king’s continuing hostility 32.
• Mass mobilization: The ability supports his rapid integration of routed veterans and his influence over newly recruited Tuwu soldiers 6 49.
• Limits: It does not automatically eliminate fear or restore morale. Obedient officers can still lack initiative, competence, or cooperation 1 26.

Power of Faith

Admiration from Victor’s officers and soldiers produces white mist identified as the power of faith. Sufficient accumulated power condenses into a mysterious liquid stored within his divinity; Victor suspects this liquid is divine power, but cannot verify it 41.

• Healing: A strand of mist rapidly heals Big Black’s wounds 32.
• Beast advancement: Repeated rewards help Big Black advance from the third to the fourth tier in less than a month 41.
• Limited supply: Gathering one condensed strand takes roughly two days. Several months of command produce only one drop of the mysterious liquid 41.
• Unproven human use: Victor considers testing it on himself but refrains for safety reasons 41.
• Unconfirmed nature: He regards the crystal as resembling a divine spark; its exact origin remains uncertain 43.

Knight Combat

Victor trains daily after transmigrating and progresses substantially faster than the body’s previous owner. He considers his mysterious advantage a possible explanation, rather than an established cause 29.

• Spear fighting: He knocks charging wolves aside and sends the wolf king flying with a spear strike 31 32.
• Close combat: He subdues Big Black with punches and kicks after knocking him down 32.
• Evasion: He avoids the wolf king’s flame attack, including its initial change of direction 32.
• Limits: He recognizes that arrows and spears can kill knights. His victory over Big Black also depends on accompanying soldiers occupying the pack 31 32.

Strategy and Army Management

• Terrain exploitation: Uses the Dragonbone Mountains to reduce cavalry advantages and identifies the canyon’s fodder shortage as an enemy logistical weakness 6 32.
• Unconventional attacks: Combines wolves, night operations, burning cattle, and supply destruction rather than relying on direct battle 35 36 37.
• Force development: Integrates veterans, reorganizes oversized commands, and uses captured livestock to support demanding training 6 19 26.
• Supply management: Directs meat curing, mount selection, transport allocation, and precautions against spoilage 18.
• Disease precautions: Orders avoidance of infected enemies, washing with wood ash, and boiling exposed clothing for two hours 41 43.
• Military administration: Oversees merit registers, supporting evidence, backup records, and politically defensible battle reports 23 43.

Magical-Beast Knowledge

Victor identifies the mixed-blood Moon-Howling Heavenly Wolf and recognizes signs of impending evolution. His host had earned top academy marks in courses covering magical beasts 31 32.

Equipment and Mount

• Spear — Used against the wolf pack and Big Black 31 32.
• Telescope — Used to observe the weakened Cors Tribe from a distant hill 19.
• Big Black — Fourth-tier magical-beast mount and intermediary for directing wolf packs. He is steadier and hardier than a warhorse on long marches 36 41 44.

Relationships

• Viscount Sutton — The original Victor’s close academy friend, patron, and distant family connection through marriage. His flight leaves Victor commanding the army and exposed to blame 1.
• Preston — Personal guard captain. Loyal but initially rigid about regulations; he regularly reports to Victor and carries out his instructions 2 27 48.
• Howard — Subordinate commander whose guerrilla operations Victor praises. Victor also disciplines him and mediates his rivalry with Felix 6 15 25.
• Captain Felix — Northern Frontier Corps survivor conscripted into Victor’s army. Initially unimpressed by the young logistics commander, he becomes a scout and operational commander 6 13.
• Jasper — Senior subordinate involved in strategic discussions, casualty reporting, supply work, and attacks on tribal strongholds 3 13 18.
• Maddox — Cavalry commander entrusted with training his new unit against the weakened Cors Tribe; Victor rejects his riskier proposals when necessary 19 29.
• Clyde — Chief steward responsible for military-merit records and battle reports 23 43.
• Big Black — Subdued wolf king whose initial hostility gives way to eager cooperation after receiving healing and advancement rewards 32 41.
• Jeremiah — Enemy commander of the Seventh Tumen and tribal coalition defeated at Heavenly Wolf Canyon 27 37 42.

Notable Quotes

“The lives of more than seven thousand men are at stake. We can't pin our hopes on the enemy overlooking us.” 3

“Warriors of the grassland, no matter who you were before, we now share one identity—the Human Allied Army!” 49