Chapter 33 (1/2)

Battle for the First Time

Training began the next day

That said, since the village’s men were also its labor force, they couldn’t afford to only train They could just devote earlyto it at best

The coach was Carlos Ria didn’t participate in training the group’s training Even in her previous life, she had nothing but the knowledge in her head

But as a knight, Carlos had personally experienced subjugating thieves Moreover, since he’s a knight, he had experience leading and fighting with soldiers

And even going by appearance, Carlos clearly looked like a knight so the villagers obeyed him

“Be that as it may, where did all these spears come from…”

“Magic”

Carlos answered the village chief’s question in a tone that refused speaking s like that

The five others undertook strengthening the defenses of the village itself

Cutting down the trees surrounding the hillock, their vieas improved Ria tried out her new katana on the tree trunks, cutting though rip on his axe, while Serge stored the luic to transport the harvest

Lulu and Maal were further away, setting up traps on slopes leading to the village Maal, who had hunted for her own village, drew things out of her h they wouldn’t be lethal, it th

“Hh the trial ell…”

Ria was dissatisfied She couldn’t create a better katana than Nagasone Kotetsu, the first one she created and one she’d personally held in her previous life Though it was the saasone Kotetsu, just sharper, she couldn’t tune it

Still, it was a re King, as expected froic

Since there were just tiny openings, Serge reinforced the fencing by covering it with a , with this it could block arrows

In the end though, the training was less

Midday after just two days, Ria sensed troops co from the distance

One of her Gifts was the Divine Protection of the War God, allowing her to sense the presence of h it was definitely a cheat since it prevented surprise attacks, this was the first time it had been useful

“Serge, sound the alarm”

“Roger”

When Serge inforers sounded the alaric The bell rang loudly, getting villagers out in the fields to seek shelter within the mud wall

When signs of the enee had already completely readied its defensive system

Everytheht, their faces weren’t painted with fear

(I wonder, is this the power of the Gift…?)

When she secretly used Identify, their abilities had went up across the board It was probably the other effects described in the Gift

(My soldiers…)

Her blood was boiling Even if it le after this, she didn’t feel guilty for it

This This was the nature of war To keep their dignity as people, to keep their independence, they had to fight

Looking fro

Maintaining a sufficient distance fro a speech

For soe had not paid tax up to now They were drafting the villagers as an alternative If they resisted, they would be punished for treason

If Ria knew the real reason, she would probably laugh with scorn at them

Due to their slave hunt failing,to come up with a pretext for it somehow

Trying to cos like rations, those that resisted were exterminated They lost soldiers in the process

Though she doubted they would escape fro out punishment with that pretext, it seemed a battle was inevitable

She reviewed their victory conditions

To the last, the Cordova soldiers had to doe and pin it as part of the country

It was already just to try and save the cooat Then all she had to do was kill the commander After that the officer would probably withdraw the soldiers

If they still didn’t retreat, she would thoroughly kill all of their commanders If just soldiers were left, they would run aithout taking leadershi+p

And another ie taken by allies

If possible, don’t let a single person be killed In order for that, she made the spears and the earthen as erected If even a single person died, it would be difficult to be seen off s

“First of all, should I kill that person with the loud voice…?”

Ria created an oversized Fireball, aiive his speech, and fired

After the knight turned into a pillar of fire, the battle began

Although Cordova’s arin with Because the earthen as reatly

(Poor horse…)

She didn’t regret killing the person at all Ju from the lookout, Ria leapt onto the earthen wall

The arrows concentrated towards the figure that suddenly appeared However, not a single one hit

Though the eak, the shots all went astray Maal used her spirit ic

Cordova soldiers clie A few of the bows from here found their mark Some of them were repelled by their armor, but it decreased their enemy’s numbers somewhat

Serge’s athered on the path Excalibur was shot horizontally, dissecting the entire eneround

The ene the road, they spread around to both sides at the gates

(Though it would have been serious if the eneician, but isn’t it an easy win like this…?)

Just how ?

Ria looked towards the enemy’s base

From the top of the lookout, he just continued to fire off Exploding Fireballs, simple work

Seeing the fleeting iic