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."

voice reached all the soldiers, even though they were

soldiers that was obviously here to make

introduced himself with a

other guards that wanted to make a good impression spoke

former bandits and masked people quickly gave this group of

forth, the group of soldiers that

introducing themselves,

of the students managed to appear competent and smart, but the other half seemed nervous to speak to

masked people dubbed this

last student was done introducing themselves,

the officer shouted from the

the initiative, but he didn't say

fake name and said that he was

out fake names

by the clear disrespect coming from these

the three masked individuals, which were, by far, the

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

individual that had just introduced himself, Zero, was around 185 centimeters tall and had long black hair. He wore a black mask with elaborate designs that only revealed

was wide and was seemingly

can call me One. I'm 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

short black hair, and wore a blank, black

wasn't nearly as massive as Zero's sword, but it was just

here for the money, and I'm wearing a mask because I don't want my former colleagues

soldiers threw curious

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

What was his plan?

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

a rather short, black spear. In comparison to most spears, it didn't have a wide head, making it

of soldiers dubbed the group of masked individuals

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

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

the group left the Wild Forest and entered the wilderness of the Ice

then on, some of the soldiers noticed some weaker General Stage beasts from time to time, but

group of

later, the group passed a

later, the

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

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

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