New equipment

"Is it so necessary?"

"That's what I think."

Stewart smiled as if amused when Edward spoke his sincere thoughts. Then, he rose from his seat and opened a drawer in his desk. He pulled out a thick stack of documents and placed it in front of Edward.

"Read this."

Edward quickly picked up the stack of documents and read it. After reading for a while, his eyes began to widen.

"This?"

Isn't it similar?"

Stewart smiled as Edward stared at the paper.

"I wrote it myself."

"This is."

Edward stared at Stewart. He seemed to find his blank stare interesting.

The things Stewart wrote also included a blueprint for the Northern armed unit. First, he wanted to unite the forces of the Kingdom of Austria and the Duchy Flower to expand the area outside the wall that is very close to the abyssal plain.

Then, he would attract merchants to the Kingdom of Austria and make his merchant association, thus forming a unique force in the north using the resources of the abyssal plane to strengthen the Kingdom.

The contents of the documents mainly wanted to attract people who had the same interests as them. For example, they would ally with Duke Raion and the Counts in the north of the Kingdom to make a military force strong enough not to be ignored by the abyssal plain.

"You and I have the same thoughts."

"To develop the Kingdom, we must attract the attention of Duke Flower's merchants before we attract the attention of the King."

"Once we can do this, we will be able to eliminate the entire abyssal plane region from our border and we can compete with the central power of the Solar Empire."

"The crises the Gods say will be very strong."

"It is necessary to prepare for the worst."

"Amazing."

"You seem to have been preparing for this for a long time, it doesn't look like you've only been preparing for a year or two."

"That's right."

"I've reviewed and completed those documents during my time here. So I think it's been more than five years."

Stewart smiled when he heard Edward's assumption.

"By the way, I have a question. Nobles and officers don't usually think like that."

"Don't talk about it, the heir to the Duchy Flower will be here in a few days and you'll have to talk to him."

"That..."

He had acted as if he didn't think so much, but Edward merely smiled at the laughable situation.

"At first, I thought it was because you were only young. But after hearing your background, I'm now convinced."

"You have grievances against the current Royal Family."

"Not at all. My loyalty to the Kingdom is absolute."

"Bullshit."

Stewart looked directly into Edward's eyes.

****

Running, Heinz's entire body is filled with sweat like rain.

Since yesterday he searched, chased, and fought for more than 24 hours a day, and he began to feel physically overwhelmed.

The secret use of simultaneous tracking spells was a decisive factor in the decline of physical strength.

The remaining enemy is about 15.

At worst, we will have to deal with all of them and, if we are lucky, we will be able to defeat two or three people like now.

"It's painful that there are still so many left."

"I don't see Roland anywhere."

During the chase, Heinz felt the fact that the Black group's raiders were quite careless.

Those who were ex-mercenaries or knights have it clear, but I kept seeing that they didn't even erase the traces of movement.

Because they ignore us.

Exactly.

Black completely ignored the students of Anthos Academy. Even if it belongs to the Duchy, they think they've never had any real experience.

After the attack on Roland, there were only two people left to complete Group 2. The same goes for an ambush.

Keep glaring at me. I will make you repent properly. All the instructors at Anthos Academy are former soldiers of the red fortress.

It was the greatest weapon they despised themselves. It was also the reason they were not afraid of them even when they were without physical strength.

Heinz ran for another hour. This time, he moved to look at the ambush, but his footprints were still being taken regularly.

In addition, the tracks began to show wagon tracks. Heinz, who paused, looked at the site.

The men who attacked Roland joined the others here.

It will be much easier to catch up with Roland in the future. The ground was uneven due to the sleet that fell last night, and it was impossible to move quickly.

For a while, I followed the wheels of the wagon and came out of a strange path in the woods.

It was a forest path that led to the land of the abyss 500 meters from the Kingdom wall.

A well-placed camp entered the abyssal forest path.

The camp continued along a single path into the forest.

So how do we start?

Heinz began to search for Roland everywhere.

An unexpected event occurred during the mission and the search for the ransom about looking for the Count's son was no longer an important matter.

So what is the most important thing in the rescue mission?

Needless to say, it is personal safety and the safety of the rescuers.

"The most important thing is not to let Roland kill them."

And now, about three hours after the attack.

It had been quite some time since the attackers had taken Roland.

But Heinz still believed Roland was safe.

If Roland had died, he should have caught up with Roland by now.

Everything Heinz learned about the Black group's information and what kind of group it was that guy told him.

An illegal militant group that is very extremist and has a strict hierarchy. The cult they hung out with in the Kingdom was even crazier.

A complete pecking order.

That was exactly what Heinz was paying attention to.

The reason Roland was thought to be safe so far was that Black likely didn't have anyone 9-star.

"A little longer."

Thirty minutes? An hour?

That's probably what it comes down to. It was time for the attackers to return.

In other words, it was the last chance for Roland to unleash his full power.