The Hand of God System
Chapter 18: They Start Moving!

In the third-floor hallway within the village hall building, came the sound of hurried footsteps from a blonde and long-eared woman.

*But tap tap {Sound footsteps}

*Cklek {Voice doors open}

"Master! we got a problem!" Rena said in a hurry.

Ryuuji was surprised by the door of his room that was suddenly opened.

"Eh? what's up, Rena? why do you look so panicked?" Ryuuji

Rena immediately ran over to Ryuuji who was sitting at his desk with a pile of documents piled up as usual.

"Listen to me carefully, master! did the master remember the events of a few days ago? where does a soldier burn the forest in the north?"

"I remember that, General Bermoth Army isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right. The north was the majority area for the goblin race to live in. And 15 minutes ago, our demihuman who was guarding around the village found a goblin who was lying limp near the village, so we helped him."

"Then?"

"We took care of him, the goblin regained consciousness. We asked him about what happened, at first he did not answer, but a moment later, he told him everything that happened to him."

"What did he tell you?"

Rena sighed a little before continuing.

"He was talking about the overwhelming number of human troops that surrounded their village last night, all the families including his friends were killed without a trace. And they also burned the forest after doing that, doesn't that mean they are..."

Ryuuji's expression turned serious after hearing Rena's explanation.

"Flemish Empire."

Rena gulped her saliva hearing Ryuuji's words.

It was because he knew from Ryuuji that the Flemish Empire would come to this forest to take revenge.

But he did not expect that it would happen so soon.

"Have you sent a lookout group to check?" Ask Ryuuji.

"Already, I already sent them before I met Master, should they be back within 1 hour.

"So yeah, I hope they don't bring bad news." Ryuuji.

"I hope so too..." Rena tries to calm herself down by sitting down while waiting for news from the scout group she sent North.

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1 Hour later..

*Tok tok tok {The door sounds are knocked}

Rena, who heard that someone was knocking, came to the door to open it.

*Cklek {Voice door opened}

"?! Timbus! what happened to you?!" Shouted Rena.

A wolf demihuman named Timbus, was one of the members of the scout group he sent North.

But when he came back 1 hour later, his body was already covered in wounds and scratches all over his body.

"Mrs Rena, please forgive me, but I cannot examine further.. Because there are a lot of soldiers standing guard around the forest."

"Don't mind that, now come in first, I'll heal you."

"Thank you.."

Rena slowly helped Timbus into the room.

Timbus who saw Ryuuji in it, immediately forced himself to kneel.

"M-master, forgive me for visiting with my condition like this." Timbus said on his knees.

"N-it's okay, don't force yourself to kneel. Are you one of the lookout groups that Rena sent?"

"Yeah, I'm one of them."

"So yes, your body is covered in wounds...Rena, bring him closer to me."

"Eh? b-well" Rena helped Timbus to get closer to Ryuuji.

After getting close to Ryuuji, Ryuuji directly placed his right palm on Timbus' body.

"Healing." a green light illuminated Timbus' body and ejected some kind of green particles out of his body.

Slowly the wounds on Timbus' body disappeared one after another.

"Eh?" Timbus was shocked as the wounds on his body disappeared rapidly.

After 10 seconds, the wounds on Timbus' body were completely gone.

"L-yes, the pain is completely gone, Thank you very much Master!" Timbus once again knelt before Ryuuji.

"It's okay, it's not a big thing, let's stand up." Ryuuji raised the kneeling Timbus.

Then he directed her to sit on a wooden bench in the middle of the room for guests.

Rena and Ryuuji also took a seat.

"So? can you tell me what you saw at once what happened to you?" Ask Ryuuji.

Timbus clenched his hands as well as biting his lips at Ryuuji's question.

Indicates that what is natural is quite bitter before.

Rena who saw him immediately asked him.

"Timbus, where are the other members?" Ask Rena.

Timbus shook his head at Lena's question.

"M-they all sacrificed themselves to let me go home.

"?!"

"...."

Rena widened her eyes hearing Timbus' report, but Ryuuji who had expected him could only stay in his chair while waiting for the next explanation from her.

"Can you tell me the details?" Ask Ryuuji.

"Sure, that's why I dared to leave them, after all our job is to monitor. But unfortunately they realized we were, especially those 2 crazy people."

"Crazy people?"

"Yes, I'll tell you from the beginning..."

Timbus began to recount the events that occurred when he was sent north.

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"Sando! I smell human, and it's not far from here!" Said the wolf demon while running.

"Yes, I kissed her too, how about you Timbus?"

"Stay your distance, we don't know how sharp their instincts are. If we get caught, then we're done." Timbus

Inside the scout group, there were 3 wolf demihumans who were running towards the North, trying to find out about what was really going on there.

3 The wolves are named Sando, Roko, and Timbus.

The three of them had been friends for a long time, and because of their keen sense of smell, hearing and instinct, they were chosen by Rena as a scout group.

They are now running in the forest with trees that have been burnt by fire, and that has continued for 10 minutes, indicates that part of the forest is already controlled by human troops.

"The smell is getting closer! keep your steps down!" Timbus.

Roko and Sando immediately slowed down their steps.

After walking slowly for 5 minutes, they arrived at a large camp filled with various soldiers there.

The campground was very large, maybe the size exceeded the village even more.

Roko, Sando and Timbus hide in the boulder around the burning trees to keep an eye out.

They began to look around carefully, trying to find as much information as they could.

"It seems that this is not their core camp, their main camp seems to be located at the end." Sando said

"Yes, that means they've mastered it up to here, right? humans are really terrible." Reply Roko.

"St! at 11." Whisper Timbus.

Roko and Sando instantly turned their attention towards the direction spoken by Timbus.

And there, they saw a masked Knight with red armor coated in gold who wore a graceful robe in black.

The masked knight was talking to his subordinate soldiers.

"That's it..."

"Yes, it seems to be one of their leaders." Roko

"Whoah! aren't the clothes too fancy? take a look at how much gold is in his armor." Sando.

"We're not here to admire it, sharpen your ears to hear their conversation." Timbus

"okay!" Roko and Sando answered at the same time.

Roko, Sando, and Timbus began to sharpen their ears to hear the conversation between the Knight and his subordinates.