Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
The Curtain that Describes the Battle

After taking a few deep breaths, Rosenmarie attacked. Vertical, diagonal and horizontal slashes, as well as thrust forces. He tensed his senses to prepare for any attack.

However, Olivia does not use all of those options, and uses an attack that Rosenmarie does not expect at all.

(- !? The sword throw!?)

Olivia pushed her left leg, and threw her sword in a smooth motion as a whip. The black sword came to Rosenmarie with the sound of a gust of wind, and he quickly turned around to dodge it a few millimeters away.

(Almost just. It almost stabbed me.)

Rosenmarie's a little relaxed.

"A crack."

"What-what!?"

Olivia suddenly appears before him and kicks with her right foot, making Rosenmarie's sword float. He then moved in one flowing motion to punch his left hand from his waist. Rosenmarie immediately crossed her arms to block, but that did not slow down Olivia's punch at all.

A loud thud flashed across his mind, and Rosenmarie's arm bent at an unnatural angle. At the same time, Olivia's fist landed on her chest. A powerful blow spread throughout his body, passing through his armor as if it was just paper.

"Ugh!"

As Rosenmarie staggered from the blow, her chin was hit, filling her vision with stars. After dropping her with this combo, Olivia stepped on it mercilessly with her right foot.

After dropping her with this combo, Olivia stepped on him mercilessly with her right foot

“S-Sial !!”

“Haha, both of your arms are broken, and you are still very excited. It's worth it that your Odic strength is so high. But it's time to end it. Ms. Rosenmarie von Berlietta, I thank you. I can give good food to Z again."

His voice was accompanied by the squeaking sound of Rosenmarie's armor. The only thing Rosenmarie could do was stare at Olivia.

At this moment, Rosenmarie heard frantic footsteps and a familiar voice.

“Your Majesty! We're here to save you!"

He looked towards the source of the sound, and found Gaier and his men shooting at Olivia. Olivia dodged the incoming arrow and retreated.

"Pardon us for being late, Your Majesty."

“Gaier... You're alive.”

“Ya Mdm, I managed to survive.”

Gaier raised Rosenmarie with an awkward smile. The excruciating pain made Rosenmarie grit her teeth. Gaier was also unharmed, his arms were dyed blood red.

"Where are the others?"

“Sorry for my incompetence. The basecamp unit has fallen into enemy hands. But if His Majesty is still alive, then we will rise again— Do not let the God of Death approach His Majesty!"

Gaier carried Rosenmarie on his back, and instructed his subordinates.

“—Mari retreat. It will hurt, but please hold it. "

“T-Wait! That girl! I have not avenged General Osborne!"

His mortal enemy was right before him, so how could Rosenmarie escape?

“We lost! What else can you do in your condition? I also feel annoyed about this, but please reconsider."

Gaier had a firm attitude about him. He was right, and Rosenmarie couldn't argue with him. Suppressing the anger in his heart, he said:

“... Backward.”

Gaier nodded slowly, and ran into the forest…

“Ehh !? Waitaminute! I'll be troubled if you escape!"

Olivia thought there would be drama, and watched it enthusiastically. But if this continues, Rosenmarie will escape. Olivia wants to chase after them, but is stopped by an army from the Crimson Knight.

There were 30 of them, and each of them was ready to fight to the death. This was the most troublesome enemy to kill. He had to actually walk over their corpses to pass by.

Olivia breathed a heavy sigh.

******

Imperial Army, Main Base of the Farnesse Royal Invasion Campaign, Fort Kiel

Upon learning of the news of the Crimson Knight's defeat at Listerine Castle, General Felixus is summoned by Marshal Graden to Fort Kiel.

“Sorry you have to make this trip.”

“No, you are too good.”

After greeting each other, Felixus sat down on the sofa, and a female servant poured a cup of tea for him in a graceful gesture. This was the Empire's specialty, and the tea that Felixus liked. It was the best-selling luxury item on the international market, and contributed greatly to the Empire's export business.

Felixus thanked the officer, and took his cup. They stared for a moment. The attendant's cheeks then turned bright red, and after bending over, he quickly left the room. His reaction confused Felixus, and Graden asked with a silent face:

"Felixus, how old are you?"

"Twenty-one ... Why do you ask?"

“You are twenty-one. It is time for you to have a family. The daughters of many great nobles like you, but you rejected their proposal. No news of the love scandal from you either. Have you thought of someone?”

Graden rubbed his chin curiously as he stared at Felixus' face.

"—Hah? What did you say all of a sudden? "

Felixus was puzzled by the sudden topic, and Graden shook his head with a long sigh:

"It's okay, just ignore it as a mumble of stupid parents. Instead, let's talk about Rosenmary. I heard he was seriously injured, so how's he doing? "

"The doctor said that it was not life-threatening, but he would take a rather long time to recover."

Rosenmary broke both of her arms, and her organs were also severely injured. If the wound was more serious, he might not have survived.

"I understand."

Graden heaved a sigh of relief, and leaned heavily on the sofa. He didn't say it clearly, but he might be very worried about Rosenmary's condition.

"But with that, the campaign against the northern part of the Kingdom will be slightly delayed.”

The Rosenmary army retreated at a wide distance, stationed near the northern border, centered around Fort Astra. Currently, Rosenmary Gaier's aide was the commander acting as his successor.

“It is useless, because no unit can replace Crimson Knight in such a short time? It was like a half-way myth story. "

Graden said as he looked at the documents on the table. On it was a battle report of Carnac sent by Gaier. It detailed the reason that led to the Crimson Knight's defeat, and the information relating to the Death God Olivia.

“Colonel Gaier is an amazing person. From what I know, the report is true. "

“She is a wild girl's aide Rosenmary, so she must be good? According to reports, she was just a teenage girl. "

For a summary of the report, they were played like violins by Olivia and her unit from start to finish. Especially the part about Olivia, no ordinary human could match her, and her name struck fear in the hearts of the Empire's soldiers.

But looking at this from another perspective, Olivia has an aura of heroes and kings in the past — might even be stronger than them. It is only natural that Graden criticized this report as a myth.

However, Felixus did not doubt the veracity of the report. The reason for that was because he saw her during the signing ceremony of the prisoner exchange. From then on, he had always been afraid that things would become like this.

(To injure Rosenmary who has such a high Odic power, Olivia must have extraordinary strength. Also the strategy to bind 30,000 soldiers and defeat the incredible Rosenmary. Is that his ability too? Or someone else ... No matter what, Olivia is a threat to the Imperial Army.)

The shadow of the girl was still on Felixus's mind, and he told the doubtful Graden:

“Field Marshal Graden, the results have spoken. Let's strategize with that information as our basis."

After Felixus said that, Graden nodded with a serious face:

"That's right. Now that I think about it, the Swaran Kingdom attack on Fort Peshita failed due to the intervention of the Death God. You're right, Felixus, it would be foolish to ignore the facts. By the way, what does Chancellor Dalmes think of this?"

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...To Be Continue's...