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.]

is no resurrection spot in the Red Sea. If you get killed,

“Pretty.”

sunlight, blending beautifully with the crystal clear emerald-like sea. Grid and the 10 meritorious retainers jumped off the warship, which

of nature that was hard to see in reality.

have butterflies in

He still didn’t understand. Why was he with them when he wasn’t

to learn

voyage, the Overgeared members had

had defeated a sea monster with a normal rated weapon while Regas had made crazy noises to maintain his fighting spirits and asked to PK with his colleagues as he fought the sea monster. Hurent didn’t know how many times he had clicked his tongue at

and 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.

“...”

know what the hell he had seen. It was clear that no

have to watch them

would learn by watching them. Grid’s intentions were clear. He was looking forward to

to grow up and become his

playing and eating and wasn’t in the right

have already

Hurent was evenly matched with Haster, who had been

to

least it 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

was extremely talented at reading the monsters. He

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,

the bold ruler, he seemed to entrust this

kill if we meet

“Please hide and try to avoid as much friction with the empire as possible. Our numbers are few, and it isn’t

everywhere. Some people moved alone and others in pairs. It was extremely unlikely that monsters would appear on the beach. Their purpose was to search the area.

you like to go with me?” Lauel approached the lonely Hurent. The two people had been paired together in the 1st National Competition,

“Don’t worry

I’ll see you back here at the

“Yes…” Hurent started walking.

and admiring the calm waves when he suddenly

is a follower

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

the empire. They are a small expedition who sailed after seeing

watched the situation. A woman with

and I will buy time while you run away. You must tell the captain that the range of the followers’ activities seems to have

a

follower who has learned five secret techniques’ was floating over the

the followers were elite monsters yet

was shared with Hurent. There were very strong humanoid monsters called war god followers at the Galgunos Temple. Two of the 10 meritorious retainers

this one is a normal monster. It will

the coast was safe. It meant this