Chapter 349: The Skirmish with the Oni Tribe “Chargeeeeeeeeeee!” “Kill them, kill them allllllll!” The foreign tribesmen who had crossed the river charged at the vanguard.The ones rushing forward with primitive weapons such as stone axes and stone spears were those known among the tribes as the Oni People. With red skin and horns sprouting […]
Chapter 348: The Border Fortress After the unexpected bounty of their march—the nourishment of giant buffalo steaks—the advance unit resumed their progress northward toward the fortress. The surplus meat was frozen solid with magic and packed into wagons with the rest of the supplies. The portion that could not fit was smoked for preservation and
Chapter 347: Giant Ox Steak The giant buffalo hunt had come to an end. Altogether, Rest and the soldiers had taken down fifteen giant buffalo. With each beast weighing about 3,000 kilograms and roughly a third of that being edible, they had secured about fifteen tons of meat. “This feels like a bit too much,
Chapter 346: Giant Buffalo Hunting A brief respite during the march. Together with Isis, Rest set out to hunt a herd of monsters near the highway—Giant Buffalo. As the name suggested, they were enormous buffalo. A short distance away, buffalo the size of elephants were leisurely munching on grass. (With cows this big grazing like
Chapter 345: A Moment During the March The vanguard was divided into several groups as they advanced toward the border fortress. Some traveled on horseback, some on foot, and others rode in carriages… the methods varied, but their destination was the same. A thousand men. Small in number for an army, yet the sight of
Chapter 344: The Vanguard and the Ogre Brother Rest and his five escorts joined up with the vanguard. At the rally point outside the capital, nearly a thousand soldiers had already gathered. “Oh, it’s Lubase.” There among them was none other than the “woman-hating Sword Saint,” Wilhelm Lubase, with whom Rest had shared drinks after
Chapter 343: Resolve for Battle “Take care, Rest…” “Rest-sama… please, be safe…” A few days after the war council. Rest was already set to march north on an expedition. The preparation period for war had been extremely short, but Rest’s role was only with the vanguard. Until the main army was ready, he would be
Chapter 342: Drinking with a Friend And so, amidst all the tension and pressure, the war council finally ended. The participants dispersed, and except for a handful of nobles, most left the royal palace. “It’s been a while, Clover.” “We just saw each other at the party the other day. Hardly a long time, Lubase.”
Chapter 341: The Invasion of the Northern Tribes In the great forests stretching across the northern reaches of the Kingdom of Iwood,several different tribes lived—tribes that from time to time had threatened the kingdom. The last invasion had been before Rest was even born.Now, after twenty years, the tribes were on the move once again.
Chapter 340: Salvation and Sudden Calamity Viola and Primula. Rest, who had nearly been assaulted by the women he loved… somehow managed to escape disaster. The shrill, maiden-like scream he let out brought Viola and Primula’s parents—Albert and Eilish Rosemary, who were staying overnight at the mansion—running to the scene, where they managed to stop