Sword God in a World of Magic

"Welcome, everyone!"

Right now, it was morning, and a group of 20 warriors was gathered near the northwestern border of the Farm Line.

The warriors all wore different outfits.

Some of them wore furs.

Some of them wore armor.

Some of them wore normal clothing.

However, one thing was the same.

All of them were at the Early General Stage.

Except for one.

The person that had just spoken wore an expensive-looking set of green armor and a spear, and while everyone else was at the Early General Stage, he was at the Late General Stage.

The gathered group of warriors only politely smiled at the officer's greeting.

"I'm from the Duke's personal army, and it's my responsibility to get you to the northern border," he announced.

"All of you have signed up for one reason or another."

"Some of you want to make a good impression on the Duke," the man said as his eyes went over a group of men wearing a set of standardized, immaculately cleaned armor.

"Some of you are here to gain experience," the man said as his eyes went over a group of young men wearing uniforms from the Warrior's Academy.

"Some of you are here to make amends," the man said as his eyes went over some people wearing furs and leathery armor.

"And some of you are here only for the reward," the man said as he looked over a group of three people wearing masks.

"However, today, all of you are equals. It doesn't matter why you are here. While you are here, you are one and the same," the officer declared.

"Excuse me?"

one of

"I am fine with

was waiting for the

the faces of my comrades. If I am going to trust them, I want them to

the rugged-looking men snorted with derision. "Go back to

BANG!

into the man's abdomen, making him

were allowed to speak?" the

man

their faces hidden," he explained. "We are lacking manpower due to the increase in land and the Days

decided to extend our reach of acceptance, if you will,"

fugitives, former bandits, and especially immigrants from our

but most of them did, and they looked at

Immigrants from our neighbors?

That meant traitors.

was no problem to go to a different territory if one wanted. However, it was a problem if that person had sold themselves to their ruler's

ruled by the Skythunder Kingdom, and while the normal peasants believed that the Skythunder Kingdom was united, in truth, a bloody war for resources took place right

outside, the Skythunder Kingdom portrayed an image of a

Dukes were silently battling each other

but he didn't care. He had officially forbidden the Dukes from battling each other, but he would only enforce this rule if someone managed to collect irrefutable evidence

would keep his Dukes

the Kingdom had been a land of peace, and when another Kingdom

had sacrificed himself to stop the war. The Old King had been an altruistic

King found this freedom-loving ideology to be a

if the Skythunder Kingdom

coveted

group of people, and he was one of the three masked

Shang had been taught

Paradise two years ago had been Duke Mithril, the Duke to the north of Duke

Duke Whirlwind had struck back by making the Ice Wyvern fight the

he accomplish

according to calculations, one of the Abominations would appear in the northern parts

half of the territory each. If an Abomination appeared in the south,

the Zone Beasts tell if the Abomination appeared

Mana Sense.