Sword God in a World of Magic

The officer looked at the student. "Does this answer your question?"

The student nodded and stepped back.

The student hadn't thought that these three masked men were most likely traitors from Duke Mithril's side.

Their status also explained their need for a mask.

Everyone hated traitors, no matter to which faction they belonged. Someone that backstabbed their home was very easy to hate.

One of the masked men slightly lifted his hand in a nonchalant fashion.

The officer gestured for him to speak.

The man looked at the student. "Not everyone wearing a mask is wearing one because of the reason you might think."

"Some of us are just not interested in getting embroiled in politics."

"We are here to do our job. Nothing more, nothing less."

The man stepped back and went silent again.

"Of course," the officer said with a smile.

Then, the officer took out his spear and turned around. "We need to get going. We have to reach our goal by nightfall. Since we don't have much time to spare, I will be dealing with all the different beasts we find."

The group of soldiers gathered their things and prepared themselves.

Then, the officer charged forward at an impressive pace, and the soldiers followed behind him.

All of the soldiers were running at around 80kph, which wasn't their top speed, but still very tiresome.

This was probably a test from the officer to see which of his soldiers were worth anything.

The group ran towards the northwest, completely ignoring the road, and after just a bit, they had already entered the Wild Forest.

Some of the students became nervous. The group was charging through the wilderness without any care for safety. This was far too reckless!

However, the other warriors didn't care.

They were 30 warriors at the General Stage. The only thing that could endanger them was a Late General Stage beast or stronger, and those didn't exist this far to the north of the Wild Forest.

"Why don't we introduce ourselves while we run?" the officer shouted from the front. "Let me start. I'm Lance, and I'm a sergeant in Duke Whirlwind's personal army."

reached all the soldiers, even

next," one of the soldiers that was obviously here to make a good impression shouted.

introduced himself with a

that wanted to

and masked people quickly

the group of soldiers that wanted to impress their superiors was dubbed the

done introducing themselves, the students

and smart, but the other half seemed nervous to speak to

masked people dubbed

student was done introducing themselves, no one

you to introduce yourselves," the officer shouted from the front with a

took the initiative, but

obviously fake name and said that he

giving out fake names and seemingly random

disrespect coming

it was time for the three masked individuals, which were,

earn money, and I hate politics, which is why I'm wearing a mask. I have no interest in being scouted by any faction. I don't care about your beliefs. I don't care about your promises. I'll do my job, and you won't see me

tall and had long black hair. He

a gigantic, curved sword. It was wide and was seemingly made of rough, black

money, and I'm wearing a mask because I don't want people to find out my identity. I don't want to drag my family into this conflict. Just like the person before me, you won't see me

masked individual was around 175 centimeters tall, had short black hair, and

his back was a long, slightly curved sword with only one edge. It wasn't nearly as massive as Zero's sword, but it was just as long. His weapon

here for the money, and I'm wearing a

threw curious

himself with the very identity that a masked individual tried not to be associated

What was his plan?

hair, was around 180cm tall, and wore a star-shaped, black mask that

it didn't have a wide head, making it resemble a giant needle more

introduction, the other groups of soldiers

to all of you!" the officer shouted from the front. "Now that we all know each other, I will be telling you about your job

officer introduced everyone to the history of the battlefield and what had happened in it ever since the Ice Wyvern had taken over the

the Wild

on, some of the soldiers noticed some weaker General Stage beasts from time to time, but none of the

and this group of

the group passed a

later, the group passed another

soldiers began to talk to each other while the officer briefed everyone from the

of the weaker-willed soldiers stopped talking as they

long at such speeds was draining their concentration, and they didn't want to