The Tales of Draconic Warlock

(Magnus's PoV)

I followed the commander into the town. There are others as well but the number is quite low. Explore more adventures at m,v l'e-m|p y r

Before I did so, I sneakily pulled out my war badge and placed it on my armour, making sure that it wasn't fully visible to others.

There was a reason for that. It is so that no one will find out that I haven't worn it till now. If anyone says that they didn't see the badge on me, I can easily unveil the badge showing that it was always there, just not visible to everyone.

While I was among thousands it was well that if they can't see the badge but if it was still not visible, with only a few here, then it may cause some suspicion about me. So, I discreetly pinned to my vest, covering it with my overcoat.

This is the perfect way to make anyone doubt whether they saw my badge or not at the frontline.

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After the spell casters arrived, the commander didn't directly lunge into the town to save the personnel. He knew that they were important for the survival of the frontline but if we died before saving them, then all would be for nothing.

He is not afraid of dying or sacrificing us, but what he is afraid of is that our deaths may be in vain.

I can clearly see that in his eyes, or at least I think so. If not why would he be so cautious as we moved?

Seeing that I was 'weak', he put me at the rear as we advanced into the town. Everyone who volunteered are Tier-4 and Tier-5. I stood out like a sore thumb.

They are all old veterans, who saw a lot of battles like this and the reason why they volunteered.

The young have not volunteered as most likely they didn't truly understand why breaking the monsters that entered the town is very important or thought that their own lives are worth more than others to simply die by entering the centre of the town at this moment.

I can't find fault with them.

They should have their own reasons. Maybe if they die, there will be no one to take care of the family members that they leave behind. They may have small kids, who would grow up without their parents if they die here.

As I said before, I am not a saint and I don't expect others to be one. In fact, being a saintly person is stupid in the first place. If there are no people depending on them, that would be fine but if there is a family, then dying for others or to earn some money is the stupidest thing to do.

Who would take care of the family that they left behind?

No one. Not a single one would truly take care of the family that you left behind. If they do, that would be just to get the benefits of doing so. Without benefits, it would be rare to see someone genuinely trying to take care of someone else's family.

They should be saint-like beings to do so, but the chances of idiot saints appearing at the same time and place are abysmal.

If the world is filled with saints, then there would not be so many sufferings in the world in the first place. Sure there would be deaths caused by monsters, but many deaths in my kingdom don't come from monsters.

Only seventy-five percent of killings are due to monsters. The others are due to other humans. This is just an estimate based on the data known.

The real percentage may change when things if the causes of every death were to be known.

Just think about it. A few years ago, I was almost assassinated in the wilds. If I died, then I would have become food for the wildlife.

Even if my parents tried their best, they would not have been able to locate me and would have written me off as dead due to a monster. All unknown deaths in the wild are attributed to death by monsters.

Unless there was proof otherwise, those deaths have nothing to do with other humans.

You can understand now. Even with so many written off as deaths caused by monsters, a quarter of humans are dying at the hands of other humans. This is an alarming factor that can't be discarded.

Though most of those deaths are caused by wars with enemy nations, there are still murders happening every now and then. Some are done by evil people, but some are done due to envy and greed over someone else's good life.

The higher-ups knew that many more killings of that kind were happening in the wild but there was never enough evidence to prove such. There was nothing much to do without enough proof, except to issue warnings every now and then.

The kingdom is not a babysitter to watch over every small thing. They can only do things within their power, and expecting them to do more than they are capable of doing so is nothing but being foolish.

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Wait, why am I getting distracted in the middle of the battle?

Let's concentrate on that, or I might not know how I died and it would be rather embarrassing in the afterlife if I got myself killed so easily even after reaching Tier-6.

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"Hold", the commander signalled us to stop.

He should have something wrong with our situation. Even after half an hour of walk, we never came across any monsters, except for the fleeing people, who were running into the buildings to secure themselves or towards the frontline where most of the fighters are located and is probably safer when compared to the town.

Not seeing any monsters till now is very weird.

There could be an ambush waiting for us but luckily, a few shield warriors joined us, increasing our defence strength. If there is one, then those shield warriors can take care of that, I hope so.

Rumble!

SHIT!!!

"Run".