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."

all the soldiers, even though they were loudly charging through the

will go next," one of the soldiers that was obviously here to make

with a voice brimming with

other guards that wanted to make

and masked people quickly gave

the group of soldiers that wanted to impress their

were done introducing themselves, the

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

masked

was done introducing themselves, no one

to introduce yourselves," the officer shouted from

the initiative, but

an obviously fake name and said that he was here to

fake names and seemingly random reasons for

the clear disrespect coming from these barbarians, which

three masked individuals,

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

himself, Zero, was around 185 centimeters tall and had

wide and was

out my identity. I don't want to drag my family into this conflict. Just like the

had short black

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

Two. I'm here for the money, and I'm wearing a mask

of the soldiers threw curious

that a masked individual tried

What was his plan?

black hair, was around 180cm tall, and wore

black spear. In comparison to most spears, it didn't have a wide head, making it resemble a giant needle more than a

the other groups of soldiers dubbed the group

the officer shouted from the front. "Now that we all

introduced everyone to the history of the battlefield and what

the group left the Wild Forest and entered the

Stage beasts from time to time, but

stupid, and this group of people definitely

later, the group

later, the group passed another

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

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

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