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.]

Sea. If you get killed, you will be banished

“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 jumped off the warship, which was 10 floors high, and appreciated

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

have butterflies in

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

supposed to learn

the 10-day voyage, the Overgeared members had shown

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 the

had struck the octopus 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

“...”

appeared even more absurd. Hurent didn’t know what the hell he had seen. It was clear that no one would believe him if he told

have to watch them

Grid’s intentions were clear.

to grow up and become his

Hurent felt sorry. He had just been playing and eating and wasn’t in the

already done

matched with Haster, who had been devastated by Grid in the 4th National Competition. Despite his efforts, Hurent hadn’t

is a mistake to expect anything

jungle is suspicious, but at 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 the sandy beach where their feet will sink.

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

the right place to build our camp. The empire’s camp should be somewhere here, right? Let’s scatter and scout the area. We’ll meet here again in two

nodded obediently. As expected from the bold ruler, he seemed to entrust this trivial matter to

meet people from

shook his head. “Please hide and try to avoid as much friction with the empire as possible. Our numbers are few, and it isn’t good to be spotted by

everywhere. Some people moved alone and others in pairs. It was extremely unlikely that monsters would appear on

lonely Hurent. The two people had

his head. “Don’t worry about me.

back here at the

“Yes…” Hurent started walking.

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

is a follower

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

are a small expedition who sailed after seeing the

the situation. A woman with the funny ID of Dog Woman was

while you run away. You must tell the captain that the range of the followers’ activities seems to have

a war

has learned five secret techniques’ was floating over the

the followers were elite monsters yet this is normal

with Hurent. There were very strong humanoid monsters called war god followers at the Galgunos Temple. Two

one is a normal monster. It will be different from the followers that Pon and Regas

the first place, Lauel said the coast was safe. It meant this follower with five secret