A Highest Rank in Another World!

A few kilometers away.

While the monster army advanced towards the capital unbeknownst to anyone, the armies of the two countries continued close to the border in their camp set up to accommodate thousands of soldiers.

Southlein's army had several tents that could be compared to the sizes of houses, where the highest-ranking soldiers slept. Common soldiers would have to sleep in smaller camps set up there.

In addition to the tents that served as a dormitory, there were also four other tents where the war resources were kept.

Two of them were full of previously prepared food. The food was being kept frozen by artifacts and also by magicians who had been hired just for that role.

There was no water around it either, so one of the tents was filled with barrels full of pure water. As water created with magic could not be drink, an army must bring a large amount for its soldiers.

Now the last tent was filled not with food or water, but with weapons. Yes, spare weapons that could be used in case one breaks down.

There was also a large number of arrows to replenish army ammunition if needed.

But none of these tents came close to having the protection that the main tent in the camp had.

Amid thousands of soldiers. To be more exact, 50,000 soldiers had a tent that was guarded by high-ranking soldiers 24 hours a day, and that was where the army commander stayed.

Homan Gardkin.

The man who was chosen by the king to command the entire army of his country. A man who was a bit old and had a lot of experience in battle.

"Sir, the enemy army has not moved yet." A soldier wearing simple armor entered. From his way of acting, Homan assumed that this was an amateur soldier.

That was Homan's greatest fear in this war. Most soldiers had no experience in battle, he could see that it would not be easy to fight in this war.

The soldiers weren't disciplined enough, and they hadn't trained their bodies enough. Homan even thought that if a B-RANK adventurer entered the midst of this army, he would be able to slaughter them all.

They were weak.

But he was doing his job, he would have to at least try to do something here and at least hold out until the king goes along with his main plan. He didn't need to win, but he wanted few people to die.

"I understand. Have we received any orders from the king? Any warnings?" Homan leaned his body back and placed his back on the chair.

"Not yet. From what I've heard from some friends, it looks like the king hasn't sent the second army out of the capital yet."

"Are your friends that trustworthy?"

"No, it's just that..."

"Okay, you can leave." Homan gestured for the man to leave the tent.

"Sir, Homan. What do you plan to do? If the king doesn't bring in the second army quickly we'll end up in trouble, you've seen those guys haven't you?"

"Ah… I did see it. They are a big problem." Homan brought to mind the image of eight tall knights wearing armor that covered their entire bodies.

Normal people wouldn't feel the pressure they emanated, but Homan managed to feel that those guys who were there could easily massacre his army. But Homan is grateful that they haven't attacked yet.

But there's never been a moment when he's not nervous about what might happen if they stay here doing nothing.

Homan paid attention to the surroundings and noticed some soldiers from his army outside his tent.

"Hey, do you think we're going to win this war?"

"Of course, those beasts are weak, have you seen their armor? It even looks like they took them out of the trash. HAHAHAHA."

"You are right. I think if I swing my sword at either of them, they'll be cut in half, I feel sorry for them."

"HAHAHAHA. Did you also see the number of soldiers? I think we have almost triple the number of soldiers, that will be too easy. But I would like to know why we have not yet received orders to attack."

"I would also like to know. I'm kind of looking forward to meeting some animal-eared woman. Do they have any hot women among those soldiers?"

"Dude, you are gross. Do you dare to have sex with one of these things?"

"What's it? They just have animal ears and tails, but aren't they cute? I would have sex with one of them without any problems, too bad I never had the opportunity."

"You taste weird."

Listening to that conversation, Homan realized how unprepared and disgusting his army was. Men who can't see the real strength of the army, and men who just want to rape women during the war.

'Is this some kind of joke? What kind of army am I commanding?' Homan thought as he listened to some more unpleasant conversations and happy people outside his tent.

The man beside him also had his eyes closed as he listened to everything.

"What unpleasant conversations, don't you think these soldiers will be the first to die?" The man next to Homan said. This man's name was Ferdson Namac.

He was a high-ranking nobleman, but he also worked for the country's army. If Homan had to say one thing about this man, it was that he was extremely powerful.

Even if he is a nobleman, Ferdson had a lot of training since he was a child, which turned him into a real monster. Homan wondered if he could beat Ferdson if they ever became enemies.

"For sure. You noticed, didn't you? Most of the soldiers in our army are practically ordinary people who used to live in the military city. They never even had a battle experience."

"Exactly, plus most of them have an unpleasant personality."

"I wonder how many things these guys have done using the title of a soldier of the realm."

"Just thinking about it makes me a little sick. But there's no reason to think about those nasty things right now."

"Anyway, these guys are just going to be cannon fodder."

"Exactly." Ferdson opened his previously closed eyes and smirked at Homan.

Homan returned the smile and then rose from his chair to go outside his tent. When he left, he found a crowd of armored men sitting on the ground or standing.

But most of them seemed to be enjoying themselves and not on alert.

They were all naive young men who shouldn't be in a war.

'What will happen now?' Homan could do nothing but look at the enemy army a few miles away.

Even though they were so close, none of them dared attack.

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Unlike Southlein's army, Beastled's army had some resource issues.

The king had not sent enough resources which left the soldiers' food somewhat limited, having only one meal a day. Some soldiers were already showing signs of malnutrition at this point.

The war started not long ago, but even before the war, they were already experiencing difficulties in their country.

Most of the soldiers here are lower class and live in the Beastled slums. They just volunteer for the army so they will get monthly financial support from the government, or that's what they expected.

Support was small, not enough for a family to survive the entire month.

So being all men, they preferred to go without food to feed their wives and children. We can say that it was a very noble attitude, but that it cost a lot, especially nowadays.

After months of suffering from military training as well as poor food, they were suddenly thrown into the middle of a war.

Those who were visually well were few. They were gentry who had earned respect through military conquests for years, so they built their families.

They gained a little more support, but even so, they couldn't be compared to high-ranking nobles. The high-ranking nobles who decided to come to this war could be counted on their fingers.

The total number of Beastled soldiers was 15,000 beastmen. It was a very disadvantageous number and they would instantly lose if they started a battle now. But of course, if not for the trump card they were holding.

An army of 70,000 monsters had been assembled by its king for a few months.

An army was assembled with the help of the best wizards who worked for the king. Whenever any mage left he would return bringing a large number of monsters under his control.

So the great monster army was assembled.

70 thousand monsters. Including, Goblins. Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, Land Dragons, Salamanders, Undead. Even had lower-class Fiends among the monsters gathered, it was a mighty army.

50,000 monsters were hidden in the back of Beastled's army, where an elevation prevented Southlein's army from seeing them. That amount of monsters even looked like an anthill seen from above.

But where were the other 20,000 monsters?

Of course, they were marching straight for the capital of Southlein, engulfing every town and city that got in their way.