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!

and its eyes focused on the two warriors right in front of

BANG!

threw one of the soldiers into the distance

managed to block the

run away, but the salamander opened its mouth and released a violent breath of fire, which

screamed hysterically in pain and rolled down the slope, trying to get rid of

to get rid of the fire, but all

in severe burns, but most

The Numbers noticed this.

a warrior's body,'

the only reason why that warrior had even survived. He had used up all his Mana while he had been

other two Rookies had long since fled, leaving the first

that had been thrown

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

been the one that

fled towards the hill, and he saw the

in his eyes. "HELP!" he

arm

appeared

with

what One meant, he heard a loud

CRSH!

bit off the warrior's upper body, chewing on it

looked with horror at

their comrades

the three Numbers with anger and

have

Monsters!

Murderers!

Traitors!

Numbers waited for a

way here, they had talked about their tactic, and

and looked at the

hadn't cared much about the earlier warriors, but these three

Good!

for battle, and the salamander's instincts

in with incredible speeds, and the salamander focused

BANG!

charged forward and tried to

its attacks while staying at melee range, but this salamander was way more dangerous. Because of that, One kept his distance from the salamander at over ten meters. This would give him enough time

and it jumped

moving when the salamander had

the salamander realized that this approach didn't work, and it

fire, hiding him from

officer on the hill only

officer saw One crouched behind a gigantic shield, which had been summoned

the

dispersed by something several seconds later,

fire as it

gigantic shield beneath its stream

the salamander saw One charge into

thing that had stopped the salamander's

only resist so

blue light come from the edge of its vision, and

was rapidly moving

reflex, the salamander immediately jumped to its left to evade the

"RAAAAAH!"

come from the place where

focused on its goal, and it saw a man with a