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."

soldiers, even though they were loudly charging through

go next," one of the soldiers that was

himself with a voice

guards that wanted to make

and masked people quickly gave this

day forth, the group of soldiers that wanted to impress their superiors was

introducing themselves, the

and smart, but the other half seemed nervous to speak to so many foreign people

former bandits and masked people

done introducing themselves, no

the officer shouted from the front with a stricter

bandits took the initiative, but

gave an obviously fake name and said that he was here to earn

other bandits followed suit, giving out fake names

and Rookies were disgusted by the clear disrespect coming

three masked individuals, which

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

Zero, was around 185 centimeters tall and had long black hair. He wore a black mask with elaborate

gigantic, curved sword. It was wide and was

earn money, and I'm wearing a mask because I don't want people to find out my identity. I

was around 175 centimeters tall, had short black hair, and wore a blank,

sword with only one edge. It wasn't nearly as massive as Zero's sword, but it was just as long. His weapon spoke of a battle style that preferred speed and quick

name Two. I'm here for the money, and I'm

the soldiers threw curious glances

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

What was his plan?

had medium-long black 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

the other groups of soldiers dubbed

"Now that we all know each other, I will be

history of the battlefield and what had happened in it ever

left the Wild Forest and entered the wilderness of

some of the soldiers noticed some weaker General Stage beasts from

and this group of people definitely didn't

the group

hour later, the group passed

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

soldiers stopped talking as

was draining their concentration, and