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

was obviously here

with a voice

to make a good impression

former bandits and masked people quickly gave this group of soldiers

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

introducing themselves, the students came

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

former bandits and masked people

student was done introducing themselves, no

the officer shouted from

the initiative, but

and said that he was

other bandits followed suit, giving out fake names and seemingly random reasons for why they

and Rookies were disgusted by the clear disrespect coming from

it was time for the three masked individuals, which were, by

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 my job,

that had just introduced himself, Zero, was around 185 centimeters tall and had long black hair. He wore

It was wide and was seemingly made of rough, black stone. His weapon oozed violence

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

around 175 centimeters tall, had short black hair, and

edge. It wasn't nearly as massive as Zero's sword, but it was just as long. His weapon spoke of a battle style

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

soldiers threw curious glances at the last

with the very identity that a masked individual tried not to

What was his plan?

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

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

the introduction, the other groups of soldiers dubbed

to all of you!" the officer shouted from the front. "Now that we all

the history of the battlefield and what had happened in it ever since the Ice Wyvern

the group left the Wild Forest

the soldiers noticed some weaker General Stage beasts

of people definitely didn't feel easy to

later, the

later, the group passed another

to talk to each other while the officer briefed everyone

the weaker-willed soldiers stopped talking as they

at such speeds was draining their concentration,