While the soldiers began to go back to the village's center while being surrounded by kids and young men trying to inspect their weapons, the majority of the villages started to clean up the bodies of the monsters. Alon told the soldiers riding horses to keep watch around the village, and Edmund was following him with his arms crossed and looking up as if he were contemplating something.

‘Edmund, what are you up to?’ Alon gave Edmund a pat on the back.

‘Oh, well, i was thinking that you guys need better tactics, this try and error thing will get someone killed, None of the monsters had bows, so it was easy; i’m not going to even talk about the dungeon.’ Edmund looked at Alon.

‘How are you able to do that? I’m curious about how you can talk to people like this.’ Alon struck Edmund on the back of the head.

‘Ouch!! I’m trying to help you, Alon, and I’m just being honest about it.’ He massaged the back of his head.

Alon's hands were on his hips, and all he did was nod his head from left to right. Edmund, on the other hand, was confused as to why the captain did what he did.

Ariadne was discussing it in the chief's home. With Eliza by her side, she was seated on a chair with one hand on the table and her sword resting against the back of the chair. The guard of the sword was used to lock it into place. The village chief was sitting on the other side of the table with her, with a Shafran old man to her side. The two of them couldn’t believe that was her weapon.

‘What is this village's main product? On my way here, I didn’t pass any farms’ Ariadne tapped her finger on the table as she spoke.

‘We did our mining right there on the mountains, but after the monsters showed up, we hadn't been able to go there for two months.’ The village leader responded.

‘ I’m asking this because I am here to learn and help your village thrive; the monsters are using the mine as their home?’ She asked.

‘They are not inside of it; they are right by the border with Velvent.’ The village chief looked at Ariadne sadly.

The door was open, and an A-Dam woman quickly got close to the village chief

‘The soldiers killed every monster, so it is over.’ The woman whispered next to the chief.

‘Well, duchess, the battle is over; your soldiers did a good job.’ The chief smiled.

‘My soldiers follow my will, so it was an obvious result.’ Ariadne extended her hand to Eliza.

This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

‘Your highness, here.’ Eliza placed a black fan in Ariadne's hand.

‘Eliza, tell the soldiers to continue their work.’ She looked at Eliza.

‘Yes, your highness.’ Eliza left the room.

‘I’m going to assist this village in dealing with the monster issue. It is strange that no one knew about this mine; it is quite the gift.’ She gave the elderly lady a friendly smile.

‘We kept this hidden because we were afraid the kingdom would take our land.’ The chief mumbled.

‘I understand; let us keep doing so until we can defend the duchy against both the kingdom and Velvent.’ She began to use the fan on herself.

‘What?’ The chief whispered.

Eliza saw Alon outside as Edmund boarded the wagon to charge the batteries.

'Alon, the duchess want the soldiers to resume what their were doing.’ Eliza bowed to Alon.

‘Ok, we already were going to do it.’ He replied.

'Thanks,’ she smiled.

‘Ethan charges the batteries, and the others keep erecting the street lights with the aid of the villagers.’ On the radio, Alon spoke.

The young soldier came running to the wagon and Edmund help him getting in.

’Ethan, let me help you with this.’ He smiled.

‘Edmund, you know what? you are not that bad.’ Ethan began inserting the batteries into the charger.

‘I’m going to ask you because i know you really like Leah. Do you really want to be a soldier?’ Edmund putted a hand on Ethan's sholder.

‘What? I want to help, this is the only thing i’m good at, it has nothing to do with Leah.’ Ethan answered in an angry tone.

‘I’m saying this because i think you don’t understand what a real war is like; I’m not even talking about killing A-Dams or Shafrans from the kingdoms; we will have no problem with them, but in the dungeon...’ Edmund rubbed the young soldier’s head

‘Dungeon? I have heard you mention them at Leah’s dad's workshop. It is because there are monsters inside them?’ Ethan paused and looked at Edmund.

‘Look. The hero entered the dungeon alone, but he had superhuman strength greater than that of the duchess, and on top of that, he had magic beyond imagination. Now look at yourself, Ethan.’ Edmund looked into Ethan's eyes.

'If what you are saying is true, how we are going to conquer it?.’ He turned his head away and kept working.

‘Well, not me or the duchess alone, but an army will be needed.’ Edmund gave batteries to Ethan.

‘I joined the guard to protect what the duchess is trying to build Edmund. If that includes entering this dungeon, so be it.’ The young soldier said.

‘Must be nice fight for something you really believe.’ Edmund sign.

‘I don’t understand; you don’t believe in what we are doing?’ Ethan looked at Edmund, confused.

‘To be honest Ethan, i don’t really want to be doing all of this things, but if i’m not, i feel a sense of guilt that is soul crushing.’ The young man took a deep breath.

‘Don’t feel like this, look at this rifle right here, it turns all of us into mages, that was you, be proud.’ Ethan looked at his rifle, leaning next to the recharger.

‘Thanks but this is nothing, we will need more; i even have a new prototype i want to test.’ Edmund pointed at a piece of metal by his side.

‘What is that?’ Ethan asked.

‘It's a rail cannon; you put this thing here on it to fire.’ Edmund grabbed a large block next to the box and showed it to Ethan.

‘What a strange format.’ The young soldier looked at the object, puzzled.

‘It can fire once because it uses all of the energy on this piece, and this part right here goes flying to the target; that is why it looks like this.’ He detached a cylindrical chape from the block.

‘It's kind of heavy.’ Ethan said while he held one of the blocks.

‘Well, there are things in the dungeon that are immune to magic; that is why we need it, and this will serve as a base for other things in the future.’ Edmund smiled.

‘Hum, that is something the capitain should know, don't you think?’ He scratched the back of his head.

‘It's just for testing; I don’t think we will need to use this; let’s just finish the recharge.’ Edmund grabbed another battery and gave it to Ethan.