System vs Rebirth

"Ready?" Anna asked.

"Yes, Miss." The soldiers shouted in unison.

"Amazing, you've disciplined them in two days." Howard chuckled.

Anna had truly worked hard in the past two days. On the first day, she challenged them and measured their abilities. On the second day, she practiced together with them, but with much higher intensity than the rest. Not wanting to lose, the soldiers tried to copy her, only to fail miserably.

Even then, they realized that Anna was not a simple young lady; she was also a warrior. At the very least, she had earned enough respect to lead them.

"How about you? Your expression has mellowed a bit." Anna smiled, recalling how Howard was so adamant about not acknowledging her previously.

"I still hold onto my opinion though."

"It will change sooner or later." Anna pointed at the river. "Then, we'll be over there."

"Yes. The enemies might be stronger over there since it's a bit farther from the city. But you should be fine since the average ability of your group is higher than this one. If needed, I would stop the exploration and help you."

"If needed, that is." Anna nodded and crossed the bridge together with the rest of the group. The river was calm, but the flow rate was a bit high. If they fell into the river, they would be dragged until they could reach the side. Even then, it would be a challenge to go up.

Anna carefully scanned the entire area, wondering if there was something special.

'I don't feel any dangerous existences. There are several demons not far from here, but the soldiers wouldn't have any problems in dealing with them.' Anna observed the area and noticed that Howard had begun to march.

"Miss, what should we do?" Grandel asked.

Anna turned to him, finding another person next to him. This person was the other Spirit Master who was tasked to follow her. "Grandel and Aerton will divide the group into two and move side by side. Grandel will take the left, and Aerton will take the right. I'll remain in the center."

"You're not going to fight, Miss?" Grandel asked, confused. Anna was so strong, so he thought Anna would lead the group at the front.

"I have earned their respect, but you two are more trusted by them. So, I will leave the commands to both of you. This is also an opportunity to measure everyone's individual strengths. I'll support all of you first before moving to the front."

"Understood."

While marching, Aerton couldn't help but ask, "She

"Interesting, isn't it?"

that the lord personally led the troops. Unlike her, who doesn't have much experience in the army, I'm more curious about

heard that the mistress is

As a lord, you need to have a

see

enough. We'll maintain our position near the river and

group will take the enemies coming from

nodded and started moving to the left while saying,

"You too."

taking their position, the group moved to the north. The area near the river was filled with

forest while

are you advancing in the woods? Won't it take considerable stamina to cross uneven

the woods are basically the demon's hiding spot. We have to search every nook and corner to make sure that there are no more demons hiding in this place. Besides, Grandel's job is not easy either

she could find all those demons. But she refrained herself since she wouldn't always go with the soldiers every

talent and status, but she didn't seem to be

disturbed when the scouts alarmed him. "Sir Aerton. We've spotted several demons ahead. There should be

it. Get into position and lure them here. Warn Grandel on our

Sir." The scouts immediately followed the order. One of them asked the soldiers to get into their position, the other moved ahead

eyebrows. The shield-bearers moved to the front while raising their spears. There were seven of them, followed

the first time Anna saw how the soldiers

a kind of specialist in their own field. So, they didn't need to gather their strength like this and just

be effective. After all, normal soldiers were not as trained and smart as the people in the

if they worked together in an orderly manner,

and looked at the horizon as if she noticed something beyond the

same time, the scout that Aerton sent earlier had returned and reported in a hurry, "Sir… it seems that Sir Grandel has found the enemies as well and is

that they were fighting at the same time, Aerton realized that he couldn't use the

from the left, but…' Aerton raised his hand. "Spread our rank and contain

letting any demons out of

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