Becoming a wet nurse is not the end of the story.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"No, Aria, you must not be reckless when you get to the battlefield."

Hearing Lin Xueyin say this, Ailiya realized that the other woman was worried about her, so she smiled gently and said, "Don't worry, I'm a veteran of many battles, nothing will happen to me."

"It's precisely because you've been through so many battles that I'm worried. Even generals can die on the battlefield; don't you even understand that?"

Lin Xueyin tapped the panel on the other person's chest again in dissatisfaction, then quickly placed it in front of her and carefully blew on it.

"Don't worry, in this battle against the orcs, we're mainly focused on defending the city. Our cavalry rarely leave the city, so there's nothing to worry about."

"Don't lie to me. I've looked at a map of Sunset Pass. Although it's a formidable pass, the area outside is flat plains. If there are no cavalry to deter them, the beastmen would probably dare to attack Sunset Pass with all their might. In that case, even ten formidable passes would be flattened."

"Can't you be a little naive? Really..."

"Okay, okay, I got it. But, Arya, teach me how to ride a horse."

He chuckled again, opening his palms to hold the reins with Arya, but his face held a resolute expression.

"You're just a lowly priest, what are you doing learning to ride a horse? Stay in the back... You, you wouldn't be thinking of...?"

"Yes, I want to become a cavalryman with you, fight on the front lines, and be your attendant priest."

Lin Xueyin's words surprised Ailiya so much that she almost dropped the reins. She quickly patted Ailiya's head to calm her down.

"Xueyin, you know, if Princess Irabel knew that I taught you to ride a horse and then let you go out to war with our cavalry, I'm afraid even if I survived, I would be beaten to death when I got back."

"Huh? What does that have to do with Irabel? Does my going to war with you bother Irabel in any way?"

Lin Xueyin, pouting, seemed determined to learn to ride a horse. However, as Ailiya, who cared about Lin Xueyin's safety, she could not agree to such a thing and could only politely decline.

"Are you going to agree or not? If you don't agree, you'll be eating dirt for dinner tonight."

Thinking that Lin Xueyin would cook a meal for her separately every night, Ailiya could only cough twice. However, she still didn't budge on the most basic thing: she was unwilling to agree to teach her to ride a horse or let her go to the front lines with her.

"Xueyin, if you keep pressuring me, I'll write a letter to the princess right now. I think the princess still has a way to summon you back to the capital. By then, you won't even be able to see Sunset Pass."

"You... Arya, how could you do this? Can't we still have fun together?"

"You're going to the battlefield, the front line, a place of life and death, a place of blood and tears. It's not a place to play around. You'd better stay in the back and behave yourself."

"Hmph, you look down on me, thinking I can't go to the battlefield? Don't forget, you didn't say that when we attacked Lone Wolf's Cave together."

"Yukine, why are you bringing up the past? I had no choice back then, and besides..."

"And what? You tell me."

Aria gave the little girl a few hard taps on the head, then stopped talking. Since the girl was silent, she couldn't do anything about it. But riding a horse and going out to fight with her was just a pipe dream.

Seeing that Aria was now responding to her with silence, Lin Xueyin was so angry that she raised her little fist, but when she saw the other party's plate armor that gleamed with silver light, she calmed down and gave up.

Hmph, if you won't teach me, someone else will. If that doesn't work, I'll go to Ikux. He'll definitely agree to my request and let me go to the front lines.

Volume Three: The Orcish Invasion - Chapter Two: Beyond Sunset Pass

On the vast plain, countless military camps were densely packed, covering the entire expanse. Within these massive encampments, everything was orderly, and the distinctive banners of the orcs fluttered in the wind.

In the center of the camp, a male orc clad in leather armor stared intently at the majestic pass in the distance with his scarlet eyes, a mocking smile on his face.

"The invincible pass of the human race is probably about to be flattened by our orc alliance."

"Hahaha, of course, that's a must. With the help of our barbarian and vampire tribes, Sunset Pass is just a piece of cake."

The beastman was not reassured by the other party's words. On the contrary, he was very wary of the two races' sudden arrival to help. Although it was a three-race alliance, the vampire race was more friendly to the demon race most of the time, while the barbarian race had close trade relations with the human race.

"With your help, we will definitely be able to conquer Sunset Pass, and then we will enter the heartland of the human race and obtain a large amount of human territory."

Outside the camp, people were having all sorts of conversations, while inside the central camp, the orc commander was also talking to his subordinates.

If Lin Xueyin saw the mouth with a broken fang here, she would know that this commander was the beast prince whom she had beaten so badly that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

"Your Highness, you really have a way with things. Did you know beforehand that the demons would definitely not attack us?"

"Haha, of course not. However, I had two plans beforehand. First, I would bring a large army to the border, forcing the human race to hope for peace. Then, I would take advantage of the demon race's gathering of a large army to make them mistakenly believe that we also need peace. After making some excessive demands, I would make them think that we have no intention of negotiating, so that they would rack their brains to come up with reasons for peace."

Amidst the admiring gazes of the crowd, Nadakors continued to recount his previous plans.

"Since the other party has come up with a good reason, they will naturally try to deceive us first. This way, they will give us some real benefits. Once we have the benefits, we will naturally have the initiative. If the demons attack, we can unite with the human race to resist. If the demons don't come, we can use these benefits to attack the human race."

"Your Highness is indeed thoughtful. However, what if the demons attack us when we attack the human race?"

War is not something that can be fought in a day or two. What if one side gets bogged down in a quagmire of war against the human race, and then the demon race attacks again?

"Don't worry about that. Before I came, there were already envoys from the demon race here. They also hope that we will attack the human race."

"What? What is going on?"

This completely unexpected answer left the surrounding orc generals bewildered. Why would the orcs be ordered to attack the humans? What if this was a trick by the enemy?

"What, are you worried that this is a conspiracy by the demons? No, they have no need to use such a tactic. In fact, they even signed a ten-year peace treaty with us specifically for this purpose."

The news that a ten-year peace treaty had been signed with the demon race was so unbelievable that everyone looked at each other in disbelief, followed by a burst of elation. But what excited them the most was yet to come.

Then the prince said that in order to enable them to successfully attack Sunset Pass, the demons had specially equipped them with thousands of Nightmare Horses and corresponding equipment, enough for the orcs to establish thousands of Nightmare Knights.

There are also some demon siege engines that can ram the city gates. If they are combined with our own siege ladders, then taking Sunset Pass will be just around the corner.

The reason we temporarily halted our attack on Sunset Pass was because we were training our cavalry and getting them familiar with the siege engines. Although this would allow human reinforcements to arrive in time, if we could gather and annihilate the human forces, we would encounter much less resistance once we entered the human territory, and we could even expand our gains.

"Reporting, Your Highness."

"Speak? What is it?" Seeing his scout quickly approach him, Nadakors smiled. It seemed the enemy reinforcements had arrived. Now, all that was left was for his cavalry and siege engines to be in position before he could take the city gate and breach the human race's Xima Empire.

"Your Highness, enemy reinforcements have entered Sunset Pass, and tens of thousands of human cavalry have entered the main camp in front of the pass, and... and..."

"And what? Tell me quickly."

The scout glanced at the generals around him, who also wore strange expressions, and continued.

"That human woman named Lin Xueyin is also among the reinforcements... Your Highness, please calm down."

Upon hearing the sound of a chair shattering, the generals and the scout lowered their heads, not daring to look at the ferocious face with a broken fang.

"Lin Xueyin, Lin Xueyin, she's here! That's wonderful, that's really great..."

After glancing around at the generals who had already bowed their heads, and at the trembling orc scout, Nadakors suddenly burst into a maniacal laugh.

"Calm down? Hahaha, what anger do I have to calm down? I'm overjoyed about this. I originally thought that even if we conquered Sunset Pass, it would be unlikely that I could get revenge. But this woman actually came here on her own. It's like finding a needle in a haystack."

After calming his inner rage slightly, he continued, "You don't need to do this. That woman has a grudge against me. Isn't this a perfect opportunity to get revenge?"

"Your Highness is wise."

"It's not that I'm brilliant, it's that woman is too stupid. But that's precisely why I have this opportunity. Remember this: capture that Lin Xueyin alive. I'll make her wish she were dead."

"Yes."

After a series of discussions, the attack plan was finalized. As the generals filed out, Nadakors grinned menacingly.

Lin Xueyin, you trampled my dignity into the ground back then, and now I'm going to crush it all to pieces. I wonder if you're ready, my human slave.

Unaware that she was being targeted, Lin Xueyin was walking into the human race's formidable pass with the main force. Looking at the soldiers standing ready inside, she felt a sense of security, but she didn't seem to see any signs of a major battle.

The empty wounded soldiers' camp was Lin Xueyin's last refuge. Seeing everyone making preparations, Lin Xueyin also began her work. If she wanted to go on the expedition with the cavalry, she still needed to ask Prince Ikux for permission first.

Volume 3: The Orc Invasion - Chapter 3: The Orc Siege

That day, which I had prepared for but thought would pass peacefully like before, finally changed after a huge boulder fell.

A fierce war broke out again between the human empire and the orc alliance. This war was more intense than any before. Green-skinned orcs, dressed in simple leather armor that barely covered their bodies, brandished their haphazard weapons and launched an attack on the human Sunset Pass.

The deafening drumbeats and the roar of war echoed in the wind. Deep-seated hatred erupted at this moment. Boulder, iron arrows, and flames marked the initial probing between the two sides.

Green skin, gleaming silver armor, axes and iron swords, wooden shields and iron shields—blood gushed from their bodies. The shadow of death loomed over the entire battlefield.

The once quiet wounded soldiers' camp has now become busy, with batches of soldiers being carried here because of their injuries, and then quickly recovering and returning to the battlefield.

No one was afraid, and no one retreated. Everyone seemed to have made the worst possible plans for themselves, and they rushed towards the battlefield without hesitation.

Lin Xueyin, a priest who could be reborn in her physical body, was faced with one warrior after another who had lost their arms or legs, and the wails of their cries were too painful for her to bear.

By continuously using the Rebirth spell—yes, the Rebirth spell—this is the secret to regenerating these people's physical bodies, restoring these warriors to normal one by one.

However, the first thing they did after recovering was to express their gratitude, and the second thing was to pick up their weapons and head back to the battlefield, ready to die for their cause, or without hesitation.

Aren't you afraid?

"We are warriors, warriors of the human empire. We have our own glory. For glory, we can die, but we cannot retreat."

Blinking, Lin Xueyin, though not very familiar with the Empire, could understand that she could see a kind of faith in these warriors, an unwavering faith. Perhaps this was the main reason why the human race had been able to stand firm as a force on the continent.

A huge rock came hurtling in, only to be shattered in mid-air by a massive fireball. Small stones continued to fall into the pass, breaking some tents.

The priests seemed to ignore the attacks and continued their work, while the infantrymen responsible for protecting them placed their shields on their heads to block the falling rocks.

The movements were practiced, natural, and without the slightest hesitation, as if they were doing something instinctively.

"Master Xueyin, are you alright?"

Hearing the lovely girl in front of him thank him with a bright smile, the shield bearer responsible for protecting her blushed slightly.

"I'm fine. Actually, you don't need to do these things. I have a shield, there's no need to protect me with a shield." Seeing a trace of blood on his forehead exposed from shielding her from the stones, Lin Xueyin waved her hand and made the wound disappear without a trace.

"We're used to it. After all, your lives are much more important than ours."

This was a common understanding, but to Lin Xueyin, it carried a faint sense of sorrow. A soldier who had risked his life countless times was saying that his own life was less important than hers. How could this young man, who had always lived in a peaceful world, not feel a deep sense of desolation?

"Please don't say that. You were willing to risk your life for us, so you should be respected. Therefore, your life is no less valuable than anyone else's."

Unexpectedly, this answer caused the young soldier's handsome face to flush red again. However, this was war, and it was impossible for the two of them to leisurely discuss things like "human nature is inherently good," let alone understand the principle of equality for all.

Soldiers were constantly being sent over, and people continued to go to the battlefield. Some were alive, and some had already given their second life in battle, but they still persevered.

The orcs still hadn't made contact with the city walls. Their infantry, under the powerful onslaught of the human cavalry, struggled to maintain their formation and could only rely on their limited ranged attack methods to attack Sunset Pass.

Even so, the gap in combat power between humans and orcs still exists. Even when infantry are trying to encircle and annihilate a scattered enemy, there are still a lot of casualties.

Time passed slowly, and finally, after repelling the enemy's last attack, the sun shifted to the west, and under the fiery sky, the blood on the ground was so glaringly obvious.

Lin Xueyin and some priests came to the battlefield with only one purpose: to guide the fallen warriors back home.

Everyone prayed devoutly to their respective gods, but Lin Xueyin was so out of place. At this moment, her beliefs and those of the pastors diverged slightly.

Holy light, yes, it was holy light. Lin Xueyin believed in the ethereal holy light. As her prayers continued to flow from her lips, a pure light gradually fell upon her and continued to expand, eventually illuminating the entire world.