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In the darkness of the night, our horses run without received any light from the moon.

Now, we already arrived to a large river intersection that looked strange.

Our horses had been parked in a place further away from this secret military operation.

Relying on my night vision, I could see the darkness clearly, I observed several areas around me that were filled with wild animals that were active at night.

My eyes occasionally looked at Sebastian's small map and matched the natural signs listed on the small map. Based on the position given by this small map, we were currently on a main river belonging to Earl Timoti which branched into several tributaries that flowed to each of Earl Timoti's territories until passing through it.

I immediately gave a small code to Mio and Evelyn who were preparing to move in this darkness.

At this time, we were moving silently after our horse journey was attacked by monsters and wild animals that were active at night.

By parking our horses in a place far away and guarded by a herd of stealth slimes, made the military training felt by several noble girls feel like a real military situation.

What differentiates this military training from a real military situation is the ability of wild animals and monsters that are used to hunting at night.

Between being the hunter and being hunted by them, it depends on Evelyn and the other noble girls who can adapt to conditions like this.

Shuuttt...

Syyuutt...

My hand movement is directed at the wild animal that has a body size like a wild boar that has sharp horns on its head.

I've read about this wild animal. In one of the encyclopedia books that discusses the most delicious monster meat, this wild animal is the highest peak that is included in the top ten most delicious meats that can be found in wild areas like this.

A sharp-horned boar that has a territorial and lives in groups. That will be quite a challenge for Evelyn and the other noble girls.

My nod of confirmation at the target of this attack is directed at the sharp-horned boar.

With slow steps and a blocked view of the wild forest bushes, I could see Evelyn and the other noble girls' stealth technique that wasn't too bad.

Without leaving an excessive sound trail, it made them one step closer to the target that was ready to be killed with a single surprise attack.

However, ability and actual practice were often unbalanced.

"Hyyaaattt!!" with a scream that broke the silence of the night in the wilderness like this, I heard Evelyn and several other noble girls screaming before attacking.

For some reason, I could feel the entire gaze of the stealth slime herd staring stupidly at Evelyn who innocently shouted before attacking.

"I feel amazed and surprised at the same time," I muttered a little to represent the feelings of the stealth slime herd who had done something like that before.

A surprise attack that announced their position before attacking.

Seriously?!

Do they want to attack by stealth or attract attention?

I couldn't stop thinking about this, could it be related to the training they often did at Earl Timoti's residence?

Right now, I could give a clear assessment and say they failed the sneak attack training.

While enjoying the sudden battle, I hide in one of the shady trees together with Mio.

"Mio, do you think this training should continue with this failed sneak attack?" I asked Mio while observing the battle that was happening due to Evelyn's screams that attracted too much attention from the sharp-horned boars.

"Haha... they are still beginners at this, Lily-sama," Mio replied to my question with an awkward tone and scratched her cheek with her finger.

"I know they are beginners and it seems like the problem lies in the training given by Earl Timoti himself," I replied with a light sigh after seeing their attack techniques that were messy because they often changed sword techniques.

One of the things I was worried about was that change of sword techniques. A bad battle response that went beyond their limits because there was too much information in their muscle memory.

From behind a shady tree like this, I observed Evelyn's sword movements that looked stiff and couldn't penetrate the sharp-horned boar's defense.

Should I intervene in this or let them have a long, tiring fight like that any longer?

Prrinngg!!

Taanngg!!

Evelyn's sword touched the sharp horns of her prey. It gave off sparks that were visible at night along with their screams that began to attract many aggressive wild animals at night.

I didn't want to carry their corpses on my way home. So I ordered Sirius to move from the shadows to attack the sharp-horned boars with small attacks that limited their movements.

"Sirius, help them..."

[ As you ordered, Supreme Commander. ]

With a reply filled with such obedience, Sirius immediately moved and attacked from the shadows. Several attacks given by Sirius targeted the movement of the sharp-horned boar's legs and made them lose their balance in delivering heavy and deadly attacks.

"Hyyaaattt!!"

"Taste this dirty pig!!"

"You will die soon with my ultimate attack!"

The longer I heard such screams, the more impatient I felt, and wanted to kill all the sharp-horned boars that were attacking Evelyn.

It seems like I should focus on silent attack training and fighting etiquette without launching provocative attacks on wild animals that don't understand human speech.

"It seems like this has become a training that tortures my mental and mind burden compared to them," grumbled a little myself who suddenly got a smile from Mio.

"I'm sure they will quickly develop under your direction like the stealth slime herd in the past that was stupid enough to understand a simple command," said Mio who tried to calm me down on the military training assignment that had been approved by Earl Timoti like this.

I nodded my head after hearing Mio's words.

Mio's words were not entirely wrong because the stealth slime herd was very stupid when I met them.

But at this time, I can understand those who work hard to study and try to understand every command I give. Especially with high curiosity and thirst for knowledge like Aiko.

"You're right, Mio."

"By guiding them to the right techniques, it will make them develop into female soldiers that Earl Timoti is proud of."

With those words, I began to organize my mindset and tried to be patient in training them.

Pinggg!!

Tangngg!!

Slaasshh!!

I directed my gaze to Evelyn who was starting to get tired of holding the sword in her hand. The sweat on her face seemed to show her body's fatigue that was not used to fighting until now in the face of attacks by sharp-horned boars in groups.

That would be her second lesson not to attract the attention of wild animals that actively attack in groups at night.

That valuable lesson would make her realize that acting carefully in battle was necessary, especially with enemies that were difficult to see in the darkness of the night like this.

In addition to having to fight without using a light source, they relied on their sharp eyes to attack and fend off attacks given by the sharp-horned boars.

Slaasshh!!

Tiingg!!

Several clashes of swords that flew high in the air immediately caught Mio's attention and immediately threw the throwing knives that were stored behind her military uniform skirt.

Staabb...

Staabbb...

Mio's knife throw pierced the head of the sharp-horned boar and saved one of the noble girls who almost lost her life. The fatigue from the long fight and fighting wild animals in such a group made me intervene in this fight.

Drawing the sharp blade from my cursed Odachi, I immediately used Sakura Dash and Sakura Vanish to behead the sharp-horned boar.

Swiisshhh...

Slaasshh...

With a light and clean slash, I managed to behead one of the sharp-horned boar heads that wanted to stab Evelyn's body from its blind spot.

"Are you tired of fights like this?" I asked in a tone that was slightly mocking her.

"It seems like you girls need to practice developing your stamina more than honing your various sword techniques," along with my words, I threw my cursed Odachi until it pierced three sharp-horned boar bodies.

Sluusshh...

Sluusshhh...

Sluuusshhhh...

"NGIIIKKK!!"

"NGOOOKK!!"

"KROOKK!!"

The scream of pain from the sharp-horned boar that was stabbed by my cursed Odachi gave a warning to the other sharp-horned boars that were attacking several noble girls.

Together with the attacks given by Mio from a distance, at least it managed to save several noble girls from the fatal attacks that would have occurred in their blind spots.

Sirius and several other stealth slime herd were also on duty carefully in dealing with the situation that had turned critical like this. Without the help of the stealth slime herd that had spread around me, this would have been a long and tiring fight for Evelyn.

"First of all, you should fix your bad habit of drawing attention to yourself with such unnecessary shouts."

"A surprise attack shouldn't draw attention and an example is like this..."

Snaapp...

Snapping my fingers with a loud sound, it made the stealth slime herd's surprise attack visible to their eyes.

Without any attention-grabbing shouts and a measured deadly attack, it had cut off the heads of the remaining sharp-horned boars around us.

The several stealth slimes that suddenly appeared made Evelyn and the other noble girls realize their abilities that were different from the stealth slime herd.

"At least, it should be a surprise attack like this," I said, adding clarity to the essence of the surprise attack that happened suddenly and deadly.

"If only you could do a surprise attack like this then it wouldn't attract the attention of other sharp-horned boars that made you all troubled like this."

"Just facing a group attack from sharp-horned boars like this can exhausted you quickly..."

With my words and small sarcasm, Mio began to leave her hiding place and began to set up a tent to rest.

"For now, we will spend the night around the sharp-horned boar's corpse. That will make other wild animals think twice before attacking us," with these words, I began to help Mio who was setting up a tent that would be a temporary resting place.

Brruugghh...

Several noble girls who were exhausted immediately set up their tents and drank water to relieve their fatigue after the long battle that drained their stamina.

With such a lack of physical stamina and a messy battle strategy, I couldn't help but give a light explanation of what had just happened.

On this night without the light of a campfire to warm their cold bodies, I corrected some of their big mistakes.