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."

officer's voice reached all the soldiers, even though they were loudly charging through

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

with a voice brimming with confidence and

that wanted to make a good impression spoke up, introducing

quickly

soldiers that wanted to impress their superiors

were done introducing themselves, the

and smart, but the other half seemed nervous to speak to

bandits and masked people dubbed

last student was done introducing

to introduce yourselves," the officer shouted from the front with a stricter

bandits took the initiative, but he didn't

obviously fake name and said that he was here to

out fake names and seemingly random reasons for why they were

coming from these barbarians, which gave this group the

it was time for the three masked individuals,

politics, which is why I'm wearing a mask. I have no interest in being scouted by any

that had just introduced himself, Zero, was around 185 centimeters tall and had long

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

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

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

back was a long, slightly curved sword 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

take on the name Two. I'm here for the money, and I'm wearing a mask because I don't want my former colleagues to know

soldiers threw curious glances at

very identity that a masked

What was his plan?

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

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

of soldiers

from the front. "Now that we all know each other, I will be telling you about your job and your new home for the

battlefield and what had happened in it ever since the Ice Wyvern had taken over the

minutes into the explanation, the group left the Wild

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

this group of people definitely

hour later, the group passed

hour later, the group

to talk to each other while the officer briefed everyone

some of the weaker-willed soldiers stopped

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