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Signaled by a rugged male voice, the group of about forty people stopped.

This is the mountainous region of the Republic of Calvard, these people are clearly mercenaries, wearing heavy protective armor of different colors and styles, and the traces of knife wounds and gunshot wounds are particularly evident in the unique lustrous texture of metal, and the irregular brilliance reveals a taste of battle.

They carried gunpowder-style rifles and machetes, interspersed with spears and war hammers, and walked in a squad of eight men.

The smell of blood was evident on them.

The underneath the armor was damp with sweat and blood.

Each of them had a satisfied smile on his face, and the strong man at the head slammed the machete on his shoulder to the ground.

"Little ones! Come and see how the harvest goes! ”

Although he is a mercenary, he exudes a fierce gangsterism.

It's a special profession.

Deserter.

These people are all people who finally gathered because the mercenary group was disbanded, or because they couldn't do it for other reasons.

Yes, the armor and color are different.

In order to survive, he abandoned the dignity of a mercenary, and instead of fighting with powerful monsters or armies, he chose poor people. Turned weapons at unarmed villagers, plundered food, women, and turned from mercenaries to robbers.

"Disgusting guy."

In the mountains and forests in the distance, a brown-haired girl in milky white armor frowned and cursed.

She looks like she is in her teens, with slender hands and feet, and she has begun to take on the posture of a beautiful girl. Behind her is a triangular shield and an intricately structured one-handed sword, a weapon that exudes the taste of fortitude, just like the first impression of a girl.

Three days ago, the girl had been tracking the "troops".

They were originally hunters of several chasseurs in the republic, but for various reasons, they were removed from the chasseurs. But they can only kill, and they can't do the ordinary life of ordinary people from sunrise to sunset, so these scum gathered together and specially picked up the mountain villages, destroyed the villages, kidnapped the villagers, and then sold them to the Saiyaru Empire as slaves, in exchange for a lot of money to make a living.

Thinking about it this way, the abandoned village where the girl - Du Barry - was trained is probably also barren because of these scumbags.

What is even more terrifying is that the Republic of Calvard has acquiesced in their predatory behavior.

Yes, acquiescence.

Because these hunters are not stupid, most of them are removed because they are keen on killing, or lawless, and no one is removed because they are brain-dead.

It is impossible to win the fight against the violent institutions called the state.

So, they are very careful in choosing their enemies.

That's the "Orientals".

Calvard is often mistaken for the East.

However, this is wrong. East in the true sense of the word, further east in the Republic of Calvard.

Because of the continuous expansion of the Saiyaru Empire, the people of the East were struggling to make a living, and they had to choose to escape from their own country and run to the west, which also indirectly caused the number of Oriental immigrants in the Republic of Calvard to increase dramatically, and in addition, the Republic of Calvard is an eastern country in the "West", so it is mistaken for an Eastern country.

These immigrants quickly became part of the lives of the people of the Republic of Calvard.

The population boom brought a lot of benefits to Calvard at first, but the problems caused by the population grew day by day.

For example, the issue of employment.

For example, the consumption of resources necessary for life is too large.

For example, there is a shortage of housing.

All this makes the natives of the Republic of Calvard extremely painful: why should we, the good Calvard, be made a mess by these Orientals?!

As a result, a faction was born within the Republic of Calvard: "Anti-Eastern Immigration".

From the members of parliament to the common people, there were many people who believed that the Orientals had to be driven out of Calvard in order to make the country better.

This is the reason why this bandit group is targeting the Oriental villages.

At this time, the Calvard parliament was still in a chaotic phase, and the anti-Eastern emigrantist parliamentarians were more than happy to see the Oriental villages attacked.

And parliamentarians who support immigrants from the East are too tired to deal with the anti-immigrant onslaught and have little to do to protect the wounded.

As a result, no one came to the aid of these remote, high-status Orientals.

As the bandit group rested, a succession of Orientals were driven to rest by ropes, like a string of livestock.

"Forty armed men?"

Du Barry muttered.

"No, it's forty-three, notice in the grass in the distance, you can vaguely see three scouts."

Behind her, another girl's voice came. She was dressed similarly to Du Barry, but her hair was aqua blue with a slight wavy curl that swayed in a beautiful arc in the air.

"Is that so...... Sorry, Enaiya. ”

Du Barry honestly admitted her fallacy, in terms of eyesight, she is really inferior to Ennaiya, an archer.

"So, what to do? As promised? ”

Enaiya teased Du Barry, and when she heard this, the brown-haired girl raised her eyebrows dissatisfiedly: "Even if I hate him, I won't deliberately get along with him at such a time!" I'll do it well! ”

The puffing expression is really cute.

Enaia smiled lightly.

――――――

This was two years after the Iron Fleet had been trained.

That is, in 1192. This year is destined to be an unquiet year.

The outbreak of the war of aggression, which was later recorded as the Hundred Day War, triggered a series of drastic changes in later generations.

Meantime......

In the east of the empire and Libel's land full of gunpowder, the mysterious armed organization Iron Fleet has officially completed its training and began their first mission.

Deep in the forest on the other side of the diagonal line with Dubari, two people in the same costume were hiding in the deep forest.

The girl with a red ponytail pressed her forehead guard so that the metal edge could clearly appear in the field of vision, and her hands clenched the axe gun, the heavy weight made her feel extremely relieved.

"Don't be nervous. But forty-three. ”

Beside her, a deep male voice sounded softly.

Hearing the slight concern in the words, Aynes nodded and replied with a soft hum.

The last person is naturally You Tatsumi.

After two years of training, he has been completely reborn.

In terms of size, teenagers are just when boys start to grow taller, and the height that was originally similar to that of Anais is now faintly higher than a knuckle, and as time goes by, this gap will be even greater, right?

The black-haired boy was wrapped in steel armor, and what was surprising was that the four of them were all in armor, and the color was not the camouflage green used in the forest, and he actually hid his figure, in addition to the fact that the bandit group became a little careless because it was too smooth, the level of the four was also an important factor.

Under the devilish training of Arian Heard, the combat effectiveness of the four people can be described as reborn. Although they are all underage teenagers and girls, if the enemy is a guerrilla, except for the A and S ranks, I'm afraid no one can suppress them.

And, they're still growing.

Patiently waiting for the opportunity, You Chensi's dark eyes were closely focused on the actions of forty people. Make a fire, cook.

Although they are a rabble, they have been "working" together for so long, and there are still basic rules.

For example, the most basic strategy is to divide into two groups when eating.

However, they have forgotten something more basic than that......

That's ...... Human nature.

What do you do when you're hungry and someone across from you is eating?

The answer is that you will feel hungry, and even if you don't want to, you will still unconsciously look away. If you don't want to make such a rude move, you have to divert your attention with something else.

Looking at the wind is obviously not a good way to divert your gaze.

When the smell of food came out, the minds of the twenty people in charge of looking at the wind began to waver, and everyone unconsciously began to glance at the simple stove......

"Anaise, now is it, do it!"

"Hmm." (To be continued.) )