Overgeared

The followers who protected the Ruins of the War God had a completely different way of fighting depending on what they learned, but there was something they had in common. They were strong enough to escape the common sense of the imperial soldiers, no matter what secret techniques were learned.

However, their range of activities was very narrow. They only focused on patrolling the inside of the jungle and didn’t come out to the outskirts or approach the coast. Thanks to this, the imperial soldiers were able to operate relatively freely. Then one day, a problem arose.

“I think we’ll run out of drinking water in three days...”

The drinking water, which had been loaded on the warship, was starting to run out. This was natural since it was difficult to find drinking water on the coast. They had to go through the jungle to find lakes or valleys.

“Hrmm…”

Grenhal, Morse, and Basara fell into distress for a moment. They might be able to get sufficient drinking water from the reinforcements, but their arrival was delayed. Given the dangers of the Red Sea, there was no guarantee the troops would arrive within three days. It was impossible to confirm since communication wasn’t allowed.

“We’ll have to go and get drinking water directly.”

They had to enter the jungle. It was a considerable burden on the dukes. If there were six followers who learned five secret techniques coming at them simultaneously, wouldn’t they be able to pressure the dukes? It was naturally a big threat. The dukes would be eliminated if they were surrounded by dozens of followers.

There was an even greater risk. It was the traps. There were all sorts of traps that the dukes couldn’t bear. It would be hard to deal with the followers while paying attention to things that couldn’t be bypassed without the keys. However—

“Let’s go.”

They were responsible for 5,000 soldiers, the private soldiers brought from their respective families. They couldn’t let the people who contributed to the revival of their families die of thirst. It was a duty and pride they felt as the noble and lord of an estate.

“M-My Lord.” The soldiers’ eyes reddened. After all, they had eyes and brains. They knew the dukes were acting unreasonably because of them.

Morse clicked his tongue as he watched the soldiers who felt guilty and anxious simultaneously. “Have we fallen to the point where you are worried about us? I’ve demonstrated a few times that the followers aren’t that strong, but you didn’t show such a response.”

“We will correct it!” The soldiers’ eyes shone brightly. Morse’s confidence gave them an optimistic view of the situation. The dukes could still afford to act.

“...” Nevertheless, the expressions of the knights were dark. The knights had been trained by the dukes and were aware that the dukes were tense.

It was a conflicted atmosphere.

“I’m going. Protect Sir Skunk and the barracks well while we are absent.”

“Attention!”

“Attention!”

The knights and soldiers responded mightily.

***

[You have entered the Ruins of the War God.]

[You can find traces of the war god.]

the Red Sea. If you

“Pretty.”

shiny gold caught their eyes. The sandy golden-white beach shone under the sunlight, blending beautifully with the crystal clear emerald-like sea. Grid and the 10 meritorious retainers

nature that was hard to see in reality. This did not

have butterflies in my

still didn’t understand. Why

to learn

10-day voyage, the Overgeared members had

to PK with his colleagues as he fought the

other sea monsters with force. Grid had even made his cute cat and skeleton soldiers fight the sea monsters, saying they should level-up. Hurent seemed to have been watching the great demons train until they became half-dead. Euphemina had done nothing but suck her fingers, yet her colleagues had shared their experience with

“...”

seen. It was clear that no one would believe

have to watch

the new era—he would learn by watching them. Grid’s intentions were clear.

grow up and become

been playing and

have already done

unprecedented growth through his meeting with Piaro yet he was still just like this. Hurent was evenly matched with Haster, who had

is a mistake to expect anything from

is quiet around the coast. The followers of the war god use martial arts and care about footwork. They will be reluctant to fight on the sandy beach where their

His senses were developed, and he was extremely talented at reading the monsters. He wouldn’t

let’s not enter the jungle and explore the coast. We need to find the right place to build our camp. The empire’s camp should be somewhere here, right? Let’s

Grid nodded obediently. As expected from the bold ruler, he

we meet people from the empire?” Katz

head. “Please hide and try to avoid as much friction with the empire as

alone and others in pairs. It

lonely Hurent. The two people had been paired together in the 1st National

shook his head. “Don’t worry about me. Go

see you back here at the

“Yes…” Hurent started walking.

moving along the waterfront and admiring the calm waves when he suddenly stopped. He saw something

a follower

a group making a fuss. There were around 10 people who were

small expedition who sailed after seeing the world message like

the situation. A woman with the funny

will buy time while you run away. You must tell

is a

five secret techniques’ was floating over the man’s head.

were elite monsters yet this is

with Hurent. There were very strong humanoid monsters called war god followers at the Galgunos Temple. Two of the 10 meritorious retainers had to work together

the way, this one is a normal monster. It will be different from

was safe. It meant this follower with five