Even if you succeed in jobless reincarnation and time magic, you must live life to the fullest.

Behind the moat lies a forest.

While forests can provide some cover, they can also become an obstacle for large-scale marches, as they are also home to monsters.

It can be considered a strategic location that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

No wonder Ariel's people are struggling here.

To win a battle of this magnitude, the only way is to overwhelm the enemy with forces several times larger than theirs.

But Ariel couldn't openly offer her help.

As a result, the situation remained deadlocked with no progress.

Inside the castle walls, soldiers can be seen everywhere drilling and on duty.

In terms of numbers, it is approximately five thousand people.

It is indeed an astonishing force.

Moreover, this is without considering Saint-level mages.

Judging from Ariel's cautious attitude.

If you include Saint-level mages, this is probably a super fortress guarded by tens of thousands of people.

I hid in the clouds.

They completed the reconnaissance without anyone noticing, and then proceeded to the army stationed on the other side of the forest.

……

The troops stationed on the other side of the forest were also conducting drills at that time.

I descended from the sky and landed in the military camp.

This immediately caused widespread panic, with many people shouting "Enemy attack!" and "Help! Someone come quick!" and then surrounding me.

"Where is your commander?"

I inquired.

No one answered my question.

Everyone stared at me nervously, then pointed their weapons at me.

That's really troublesome.

"Call your superior over here, and hurry up, I'll be waiting here."

"..."

Someone quietly left.

Soon, several men who looked like officers came out of the tent.

Then they looked me up and down from what seemed like a safe distance.

It's completely meaningless, though.

"I have important information to give you."

As I said this, I took out Ariel's document from my bosom, revealing only a corner of it.

I saw the emblem of the Kingdom of Asura on the document.

The unit commander was taken aback.

"...Okay, then follow me."

The unit commander looked puzzled.

But he immediately led the way forward, taking me away from the encirclement.

……

The unit commander led me into a place that resembled a operations conference room, and then dismissed the servants at my request.

"Alright, now it's just us here."

The unit commander stared intently at me.

"May I ask you to remove your armor?"

"No."

I answered him very decisively.

"...How can I trust someone who doesn't even show their true face?"

"You don't need to believe me."

I have no intention of being polite to people on the battlefield.

all in all.

I plan to finish this quickly.

So I showed him the documents that Ariel had given me.

After he finished reading it, I asked him a question.

"Have you finished reading?"

"finish watching."

Do you have any questions about this document?

"……No."

Upon hearing this answer, I burned the document with fire magic.

The document contained very little information.

They just asked me to come here as a support.

No position was appointed.

The corps commander stared blankly at the documents that had turned to ashes.

"Alright, let's skip the unnecessary communication for now."

I cleared my throat and got straight to the point.

"Are there any nobles or similar figures in the fortress across the street?"

"……No."

The platoon leader quickly calmed down and caught up with my pace.

"So, we can just completely destroy the fortress, right?"

"That's true... but it's not that easy."

The unit commander looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"That fortress used a lot of anti-magic stones during its construction, making it difficult for even high-level magic to work. As for holy-level magic, the opponent has more than five holy-level mages, so there's no way to deal with it."

"I know."

"That's good. In that case, you'll follow my instructions..."

"There's no need for that. I can destroy the fortress by myself."

"What did you say?!"

"Give me a portrait of the enemy general's face."

287. Training Results

After obtaining the portrait.

I turned around and left immediately.

"Icarus, unfold your wings of light!"

"Yes."

With its wings fully extended, Icarus can reach a maximum speed of Mach 5.

Of course, moving at that speed would undoubtedly put a great strain on my body.

Icarus, traveling at Mach 0.8, quickly carried me back to an altitude of 3000 meters above the fortress.

at this time.

The fortress below is unaware of my arrival.

The soldiers are still training as usual.

……

Magic is omnipotent.

This statement can be understood from various perspectives.

If you spend the time to study it, magic can indeed do many unimaginable things.

But on the other hand...

In this day and age, magic has fallen into decline.

From the Second War between Man and Demon to the Battle of Laplace.

Countless races around the world are constantly fighting amongst themselves, and the loss of civilization is extremely serious.

Only six basic spells are widely known.

This has led to the current era where swordsmen are far more powerful than mages.

But anyway.

In war, mages are more important than swordsmen.

Even a swordsman as skilled as the Sword God could not destroy a fortress single-handedly.