Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
Blood Rain

[Lunar Calendar Year 995.]

The peace that lasted nearly 40 years has ended, as the Dodedirica Continent is once again engulfed in the flames of war.

The war was started by a great nation in the north. The emperor of the Arsbelt Empire, Ramza the 13th, suddenly declared that he would conquer the entire continent of Dubedirica, and immediately invade his eastern neighbor, the Kingdom of Farnesse, and start a war.

In the beginning, only two great countries, the Empire and the Kingdom were at war. But the flames of war quickly spread to the small countries around them, and ended up dragging the entire continent as well.

The Lunar Calendar Year 997.

With the war spreading to all the countries on the continent, the stalemate between the Empire and the Kingdom reached a turning point. The Empire captured the largest fortress on the central war stage, the impregnable Kiel Fortress.

After that, the Empire used the fortress as Bridgehead, and forced the small countries around the kingdom with rewards and punishments, devouring them at an alarming speed.

The Sutherland Confederacy, located in the south of the continent, always emphasized their neutrality. But with the change of situation, they colluded with the Empire in secret. Using the excuse of a very poor harvest in the southeastern region of the continent, they drastically lowered their food exports to the Kingdom.

It triggered a large-scale famine throughout the Kingdom, and resulted in riots. The Kingdom relied heavily on imports for food supplies, with seventy percent of the Kingdom's food coming from Sutherland. This made matters worse for the Kingdom that was unable to produce enough food to sustain itself.

At the same time, the Kingdom increased the food gathered from the citizens to feed the soldiers on the frontlines, which triggered more unrest. The kingdom suppressed the unrest with the troops, which in turn increased the unrest again, resulting in a vicious cycle. With the pressure of civil unrest from within and foreign military threats from outside, the Kingdom's power was quickly destroyed.

The Lunar Calendar Year 998.

Reports of the struggles of the Royal army were sent to the capital one after another. The kingdom was unable to exert efforts to launch an effective counterattack, and was barely able to defend the front lines. The Empire's siege of the Kingdom was slowly tightened, and the reigning King of the Kingdom of Farnesse, Alphonse Sem Garmund, made a painful decision.

He sent the capital's last line of defense, the Kingdom's elite military force, the First Army to retake Fort Kiel.

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Fort Gallia is located in the south of the Kingdom, with the Est mountains separating it from the capital Fizz. (Fort or Fortress means Fortress)

It was the main fortress on the defensive line of the Kingdom of Farnesse, and the closest fortress of the capital. To the southwest of Gallia Fortress and southeast of Kiel Fortress, is the Kaspar castle that has been captured by the Empire.

The villages and towns around Kaspar castle have fallen into the hands of the Empire, and the army is guarding the main roads all the time. As they set their sights on attacking Fort Gallia in the future, they had to be wary of the movements of the Kingdom.

And now, Captain Samuel who was in charge of the main security checkpoint on the Canaria road noticed a girl heading for the Kingdom.

The girl was about 15 or 16 years old. His figure was very thin like a door, and he was wearing a reddish-brown blouse, so he might be from a village. His silver hair swayed with every step taken by his slender legs.

"Oh, this is a good discovery ...." Samuel muttered admiring the beautiful face of the girl, the thing hanging on her waist caught his attention. The sword sheath on the girl's waist seemed too expensive for a village girl. The black sword sheath was covered with an intrinsic pattern with gold and silver.

Something like this could only be found in wealthy nobles or powerful veterans. Just the sheath alone could already produce a large amount of gold coins, if sold. After all, it looked normal for an ordinary village girl.

Given the expertise of the scabbard, the sword must have been incredible. Just imagining a sword in it was enough to make Samuel lift the corner of his lips. For a moment, he suspected the girl was a bandit, but quickly dismissed the thought.

It was common knowledge that the Imperial army had control over the surrounding area. Although they were not soldiers from the military, the bandits would not dare to show their faces here in broad daylight.

Samuel patted the shoulder of a young soldier beside him named Cliff. Samuel pointed at the girl and said, "Cliff ...! This is your first mission. Do a security check on the girl."

The beautiful girl in sahut is Olivia "......" Olivia doesn't answer she ignores Cliff and continues to walk along the way. Given the distance, she must have heard Cliff, but Olivia was indifferent.

"Hey Cliff. Be more gentle when you are talking to a girl. Didn't your mother teach you that?" Sahut other soldiers.

"That's fine. How could you scare her with that rough tone of yours?" Aim for one of the other soldiers.

Seeing Cliff ignored the girl, the soldiers around started teasing Cliff with ridicule. Cliff, upset by his comrades, walked behind the girl, and Cliff grabbed her shoulder and said. "I said stop, didn't you hear me ...!?"

"Ehh? You called me?" Olivia pointed to herself with her round and beautiful eyes wide open. Olivia didn't seem to be lying because she looked so surprised.

But Cliff didn't think so. Encouraged by anxiety Cliff stepped closer threateningly. "Are you kidding ..? Did you see another girl here? "

"Ehh ~, you can't tell the difference between a man and a woman huh? I can see there's a lot, you know." The girl then pointed to a female soldier who was also conducting a road-blocking inspection.

The subject looked at Cliff and Olivia in surprise and said, "Ehh ...? Do you have any needs with me?"

Thinking he was being played with, Cliff flushed red with anger and embarrassment, he grabbed the girl's collar as he said, "How dare you mock an Imperial soldier! Do you want to die? This area is under the control of the Empire, the failed Royal army cannot help you!"

With her innocent expression, Olivia again said, "Oh ~ so you are the Imperial Warrior Master. Sorry all men in armor look the same, so I don't know. It would be great if there were books to distinguish armor."

Olivia returned to her innocent expression but she was very serious while checking her armor Cliff. Olivia showed no fear at all, and her dark eyes firmly showed that very clearly.

"Haha. Wow, well, this is interesting. This girl really has guts turns out." Samuel muttered then raised his hand to hold down Cliff who wanted to pull out his sword. But Cliff kept hold of the hilt of his sword, and continued to give off a menacing aura.

"Please don't stop me, Captain! He's obviously mocking us. Allow me to execute him on the spot right now!" Cliff looks pissed.

"Hey, don't let that affect you. I've never killed a civilian woman, nor will I let you do it. Looks like she's a good woman, this is the only rule of armor in my unit, and one I'm proud of. So remember well." he said, impressed wisely, but in his bath he also said, "But I have raped many women." Samuel thought of the conquest as sexual as the ri of the village, while Olivia yawned from boredom.

Samuel greeted the cute girl by saying, "Sorry to stop you, but the sword sheath on your waist looks very precious, so I was curious about your purpose of visiting the Royal capital. This place is full of 'starved animals', and it is very dangerous. Do you want me to come with you?"

As Samuel said that, the soldiers laughed sinisterly. They ignored the cold gazes of the few female soldiers who left. One of them even mimicked the Wolf-style clawing and howling action, thus making more laughter.

"So so. ... I don't need a companion, because I'm on my way to the Kingdom to enlist as a soldier. So don't block my way, okay?" she said the beautiful girl then commented on the sweet smile.

For a moment, Samuel did not understand what the girl was saying. Cliff stood there stiffly, and the soldiers around them were dumbfounded. Samuel was sure his expression was no different from the expressions of the other soldiers.

Olivia said, "Ah ~, it's tiring." without further ado she immediately continued her journey.

"Damn you ....!!" Cliff yelled at Olivia, he yelled and slashed at Olivia with his sword. But at the same time, Cliff's right arm that was still holding the sword was cut off and flew into the air.

It was Year 998 of the Lunar Calendar. The endless sky was indescribably splashing blood into the backdrop of the streets in Canaria.

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...To Be Continue's...