Legend

The city of Gilm on the border, in front of its main entrance. There was now a great multitude of people gathered there.

Soldiers, knights, adventurers. And numerous carriages. And lovers, family, friends, etc. to drop them off.

It looked exactly like sadness in the way of those who cry and hold back, those who are inspiring you to work hard, and those who aren't even trying to hide your worrying expression.

Yes. Finally, today, Dusker, the Larks border uncle, leads the army into battle for the war.

It is rare for a man who is a lord to appear in battle, but Dusker himself is a warrior of war, and even more so because his experience and instincts are crying out that this war is not the same thing as previous skirmishes. Several ploys that have been set up in the city of Gilm, which is only the border, as well as warcraft soldiers and a number of magic items that I have never seen. Vigilance towards them led him to take part in the war, with the exception of the least amount of combat power currently freely available in the city of Guild.

Of course, they instruct the other neutrals to give out whatever force they can. Furthermore, he preached on the dangers of this war even to the face of the aristocracy and kings in the city of Gilm, demanding that they give as much strength as they could.

(The aristocrats listened to me. Even for the nobility who was in this city, it looks like he meant half of it. But the Kings...)

Turn your gaze to the army you are leading with your thoughts in your heart.

800 adventurers, 500 knights, 3000 soldiers in general including volunteers. A total of about 5,000 people, including other chores, were all Dusker led.

Given that the population of the city of Gilm is around 100,000 people, it can be said that the remaining force in the city is the minimum required. Is it unique to the city of Gilm to extract all this power and still have enough power to defend the city?

It would be the region's fault that many adventurers are still on the periphery. Knights and volunteers are also on the periphery, but are therefore more fortunate in martial arts, and more skilled than normal. But...

(Not enough. If the Bestian Empire is serious about destroying this country, this degree of force will soon be swallowed up. Still work with the aristocrats and kings...)

He groans inside and turns his gaze to the Knights Commander.

Captain of the Knights, who takes that gaze and nods small. At the same time, he raises his voice just sounding to his surroundings.

"Listen! I have more to say than this, Lady Larks Borderline Bird Dusker!

Exactly should I say the man who is entrusted with the chief of the Knights to protect the city of Gilm, whose voice is 5,000...... No, including those who are coming to see me off, it was heard in the ears of all those who are over 10,000. And wizards with emotional expressions.

Yes, the voice emitted by the Knights had reached the ears of all who were there by the magic of the wind. However, there is no doubt that such things as the power and enthusiasm that dwell in the voice are the Knights Commander, but the weight of the late is on it.

A similar magic was used by the Knights Commander to Dasker, and his voice was spoken directly to the ears of all who were on the spot.

"This battle is an indisputable act of aggression by the Bestian Empire. Many will know, but they have always wanted the harbor... the sea. Indeed, the harbour brings various riches to that country. That is the same thing that brings about the strengthening of national power at the same time. But that's why this Mireana kingdom, our home country, can be invaded by the Bestian Empire? No! No! No! No matter how much we try to get what we want, can we allow others to invade other countries to get it? This is no good! We're going to fight to protect our country. It's not a battle against monsters, as is often the case around here. For people to dye their hands at the act of killing the same person. But don't hesitate. If you hesitate to kill your enemies, the lives of those who live in this country... friends, parents, children, and loved ones will be in their hands for as long as you hesitate. The enemy is the invader. Besides, it's an invader against our country. Say it again, don't hesitate. My friends, my children, my beloved inhabitants! You live on the border of the kingdom of Mireana. That is, because they are the most powerful men in this country!

Sin calms back to the sounding Dusker voice. But the next moment...

'Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Everyone on the spot... raises his voice, including adventurers, knights, soldiers, and those who come to see him off.

"I'll do it! We'll definitely try to protect this country!

"That's right! All the people of the Bestian Empire are dead!

"To this country...... and I will never let this city get its hands on me!

"I will put them together with my sword and slaughter them!

"Then I'm with this bow!

"If it means a widespread attack, there's nothing against magic!

Dasker nods satisfactorily at such a voice coming from around him. As they waved their hands wide aside, those who were gradually excited and noisy also calmed down again.

"Okay, Larks Leaders, let's go!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

With that voice, he turns his back on the call to be raised again, and the Larks Army, led by Dasker, moves on to the battlefield.

Approximately half of the adventurers are leading the way. I am already accustomed to alerting my surroundings because I have been doing requests on the periphery from day to day. Especially if someone can detect signs of enemies like bandits, archers, and rangers, it's possible to detect them before they attack the monsters. At the same time, Ray and Seto have also been assigned to this group. Somehow the feeling of Seto, a griffon, is much sharper than the adventurers. Furthermore, the presence of Griffon serves as a kind of insect repellent for monsters. Still, there are monsters like Goblins that come under attack from time to time, but they are cleaned up by adventurers the moment they come out.

Going after the adventurers is a bunch of Dusker knights and carriages. If it was meant to be, I would have to load and transport a large quantity of supplies to the carriage, but this time almost half of the supplies are stored inside Ray's mysteries. For this reason, this group had an overwhelmingly smaller amount of supplies loaded in the carriage than normal, and it had succeeded in marching without fatiguing the horses pulling the carriage as a result.

Note that there are other knights on horseback in this group. Originally, it is a horse to pull the carriage, but because it houses the body of the carriage itself in the mistering. Because carriages can carry injured people in addition to supplies, and there are many uses so that with a large number of carriages it is possible to carry supplies to places that Ray alone cannot turn.

And the next group is volunteers and soldiers from the general public. Sometimes this group is near the center of the forces led by Dusker, marching without any particular vigilance around them. The only exception would be the vigilance with which the elites placed on the outer edge would not be poked in the flank. And because of the very high morale, the voice of temper was raised from time to time even on the way.

Finally, the rear end of the army. The other half of the adventurers existed here. It is fatal to attack from behind without even thinking about it, especially if the attacked side is a volunteer, the damage caused by that confusion will be greater. And even monsters, if they are highly intelligent monsters, sometimes attack them from behind, so at the end of the day, they needed a credible force. The most prominent at the rear would be the Axe of the Thunder God, a Rank A party. Almost everyone in this army, not just Dusker, thought that if there was an axe of thunder gods, even if it was attacked from behind, it could be dealt with.

Of course there are other such things as Rank A parties in the city of Gilm. But when you become adventurers of that rank, the number is small, even if it is not as good as rank S. Many then naturally cannot return to the places where they are based in order to carry out requests such as the crusade of monsters that cannot be defeated by low-ranking adventurers within the Kingdom of Mireana, or the exploration of dungeons, the escort of nobles, and the securing of scarce materials in untouched lands.

All I could say was that Ray was lucky because he got to know Thunder God's Axe because he happened to have an orc settlement discovered at an unsolicited time.

Of course, there are some adventurers who have a deep relationship with Ray, such as the scorching wind and the power of a long time, but at this point they are not so prominent yet, so they are not very much up in people's mouths.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Next to Ray, assigned to the leading group of adventurers, Seto roars as he sees the growing groves beside the streets. Then, Ray could feel several signs leaving to escape.

(No. I guess he actually ran away, not like he ran away)

"What's going on? Could you have been thinking about the kids at the receptionist?

That's how Luno calls out as he walks next to Ray.

"That's not true. I mean, wouldn't you have noticed if you had a demonic eye that could see the magic directly?

Chirali, and asks Luno, who is walking next door with his gaze toward the woods.

Runo had no more scouts with demonic eyes that made it possible to see magic directly, and to some extent with bandit skills, so he was positioned further forward among the leading groups with Ray.

"Oh, it's probably Forest Wolf or something. It's a wolf-style monster that originally strikes a small group of people, but it also has a low rank..."

So Luno turns his gaze behind by cutting the words.

At the end of that gaze are human flocks, flocks, flocks. Even though it walks around the streets, it's progressing while sticking out of the road more than a total of about 5,000 people are traveling.

"You don't have the courage to deal with this number to the extent of Forest Wolf. That's gotta be a Rank A monster like Seto or something."

"Grrrrrrrr?"

It was Seto with his gaze behind him as he leaned his ankle toward Luno's words, but soon he went down the street again vigilantly around him.

"How was it better than that?

What do you mean, what?

"What, it's up to Lenora and Kenny, the receptionists, right? I've been watching you, haven't I?

Luno turns a teasing glance with a mean nibbly grin on his mouth.

Against such a Luno, Ray sighs and shakes his head in a small way.

"Nothing like this. Just be careful. He told me to come back safe."

"... I think it's big enough. Hey, Ray. Maybe you've already gotten used to it and forgotten, but make it Lenora, make it Kenny, the guild receptionist, which means you're extremely popular with adventurers, huh? You're worried about two such beauties, instead of being jealous if other adventurers find out, I'll buy you a grudge. That's how much we have to watch out for attacks from behind in this war."

I stroke Seto's neck vigilant around me, grinning bitterly at the words of Luno, who was released jokingly.

"Lenora doesn't feel like I'm a man. That's where a good, bad brother comes in. Kenny... well, I admit it's a special hobby of sorts"

"Badly made brother. Well, it sounds like you're in a lot of trouble, so I guess that's not wrong either."

There is a grin in Luno's mouth that growls so, somewhere, throwing a teasing glance at Ray.

In fact, it's true that Ray hasn't had time to name any of the problems he's caused, even though it hasn't been a year since he came to the city of Gilm.

……

Ray was aware of it again, and as he slipped away from his gaze, he just struck out that this was the end of the conversation and returned his gaze to the surrounding reconnaissance.

Since the number of people traveled in excess of 5,000, they did not end up in the city of Abu Ero that day.

If it was just the adventurers, the knights, or the people in the carriage, there would have been no problem getting to the city of Abu Ero, but somehow the most common soldier in the army led by Dusker.... and a volunteer.

Of course, even though I say volunteer soldiers, quite a bit of training is done at the time I volunteer. Alternatively, there are quite a few who are former adventurers. But still, the volunteers were volunteers, and it was only natural to slow down the march.

And in the end, we will be camping at night about 70% of the way to the city of Gilm and the city of Abu Ero.

periphery, so it is normal here for the night to be a place for monster bouncing. Fortunately, however, there are few monsters that would serve more than 5,000 troops... only a few wounded could have made it past that night.

... By the way, Ray is very busy working with removing dinner for 5,000 people from the mysteries, or tents for night camps, and it becomes a fact that the most tired person on this day is probably Ray, which also has to be acknowledged by the upper ranks of the army, including Dusker.

And as a result, carrying other military supplies in Ray's item box, as originally conceived by Dusker, would once be shelved.