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 though they were loudly charging through the

was obviously

himself with a voice brimming with confidence and

other guards that wanted to make a good impression spoke up, introducing

former bandits and masked people quickly gave this group of soldiers

day forth, the group of soldiers that

Bootlickers were done introducing themselves, the

appear competent and smart, but the other half seemed nervous to speak to so many foreign people while charging through

masked people dubbed

last student was done introducing themselves, no one spoke for a

the officer shouted from the front with a

took the

fake name and said that

out fake names and seemingly random

clear disrespect coming from these barbarians, which gave this group the nickname

the three masked individuals, which were, by

no interest in being scouted by any faction. I don't care about your beliefs. I

185 centimeters tall and had long black hair. He wore a black mask with elaborate designs that only

It was wide and was seemingly made of rough, black stone.

also here to earn 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 again as soon as

second masked individual was around 175 centimeters tall, had short black hair, and wore a blank, black mask, which covered his

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

will take on the name Two. I'm here for the money, and I'm wearing a mask because I don't want

threw curious glances

a masked individual

What was his plan?

tall, and wore a star-shaped, black mask that only revealed his mouth

to most spears, it didn't have

the introduction, the other groups of soldiers

all know each other, I will be telling you about your job and your new home

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

Wild Forest and entered the wilderness

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

of people definitely didn't feel

later, the group passed

later, the group passed

hours, many of the soldiers began to talk to each other while the officer

some hours later, some of the weaker-willed soldiers stopped talking as they

speeds was draining their concentration, and they didn't want