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."

the soldiers, even though they were loudly charging through the

the soldiers that was obviously here to make a good impression shouted.

introduced himself with a voice brimming with confidence

wanted to make a good impression

and masked people quickly gave

that wanted to impress their superiors was

the Bootlickers 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

former bandits and masked people dubbed this

student was done introducing themselves, no one spoke for a

officer shouted from the front with a stricter

of the bandits took the initiative, but he didn't

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

suit, giving out fake names

Rookies were disgusted by the clear disrespect coming from these barbarians, which gave

time for the three masked individuals, which were, by far, the smallest

being scouted by any faction. I don't care about your beliefs. I don't care

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 his

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

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 the job

second masked individual was around 175 centimeters tall, had short black

massive as Zero's sword, but it was just as long. His weapon spoke of a battle style that

of the other two and will take on the name Two. I'm here for the money,

soldiers threw curious glances at the last

the very identity that a masked individual tried

What was his plan?

180cm tall, and wore a star-shaped, black mask that only revealed his

to most spears, it

the introduction, the other groups of soldiers dubbed the group of

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

everyone continued running, the officer introduced everyone to the history of the battlefield and what had happened in it

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

Stage beasts from time

stupid, and this group of people definitely

later, the group passed a

the group passed

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

some of the weaker-willed soldiers stopped talking as

draining their concentration, and they didn't want to