Sword God in a World of Magic

Over the next hour, everyone started doing their work.

The officer was watching everyone from the hill, ensuring no one was slacking off.

Just ten minutes into the hour, the Rookies began to engage the first beast.

They were all attacking a single beast, which was only at the Early General Stage.

Of course, since there were only four Rookies that weren't doomed to mine stone the entire time, the fight was still relatively even.

The officer watched the Rookies attack the lone Early General Stage beast with disdain.

Four warriors were evenly fighting with a beast on their level.

That was way below the officer's standards.

He wanted powerful soldiers, not average ones.

But for now, he let them gain some experience.

After around two minutes, the beast died, and the Rookies rested.

"Get moving! Don't make me come down there!" the officer shouted loudly from atop the hill.

The Rookies looked with shock at the officer.

They had just killed a beast! Weren't they allowed even a second of pause?!

In the end, they went to the next beast with gritted teeth.

Five minutes later, they killed the second beast, and the officer shouted at them to continue going.

Over the next 30 minutes, the Rookies killed two more beasts.

While they were walking to the next one, the officer snorted.

"These idiots," he said just loud enough for the three Numbers to hear him. "I don't know if they are just not paying attention or if they can't see what's in front of them."

"Let one of them die," the officer ordered the three people standing behind him. "They have to learn."

"Understood," One said as he charged forward.

Zero and Two followed closely behind.

The Rookies were currently charging at a huge salamander. It was over three meters high and over ten meters long. It was redish-orange, and it simply stood motionless at one spot.

The Rookies closed in and got into formation.

Then, they attacked the same way they had attacked the other beasts.

Two of them charged at it from the front, wanting to get its attention.

However, the salamander didn't move.

When they saw that it didn't move, they attacked it with their weapons.

CRK! CLINK!

The heavier weapon managed to crack some of its scales, but the lighter weapon bounced off.

The Rookies immediately halted, their eyes wide with shock.

That wasn't an Early General Stage beast!

salamander noticed that it had been attacked, and its eyes focused on the two warriors right

BANG!

its feet threw one of the soldiers into the distance with a slap, breaking several of his

the warrior managed to block the attack,

its mouth and released a violent breath of fire, which engulfed

pain and rolled down the slope, trying to get

but all his

was covered in severe burns, but most of them healed in

The Numbers noticed this.

a warrior's body,' they thought

why that warrior had even survived. He had used up

had long since

been thrown into the

looked at all the humans near it and eventually focused on the warrior that had survived its

one that broke its

fled towards the hill, and he saw the

his eyes. "HELP!"

One extended his arm to

appeared

with a voice bereft

understand what One meant, he heard a

CRSH!

the warrior's upper body, chewing on it for a bit

other Rookies looked with horror at

of their comrades had

three Numbers with anger

could have

Monsters!

Murderers!

Traitors!

a

tactic, and they had already come

and looked

about the earlier warriors, but these three

Good!

and the salamander's instincts told

charged in with incredible speeds, and the salamander

BANG!

and tried to

more dangerous. Because of that, One kept his distance from the salamander at over ten meters. This would give

barely missed, and it jumped

perfectly outmaneuvered it. He was only moving when the salamander had already made

approach didn't work, and it released a searing breath of

the blazing fire,

the hill

a gigantic shield, which had been summoned from his

the

several seconds later, which

intensified its fire as it

the gigantic shield beneath

saw One charge

thing that had stopped the salamander's fire began to slowly

could only resist so

from the edge of

rapidly moving closer to

jumped to its left to evade the

"RAAAAAH!"

come from the place

on its goal, and it saw a man with a