"You didn't pray to me..."-Arlinus

"Woah. dude you're the one that said that you didn't trust me. and I did plenty fine on my own."-Me

"Hmph. Who do you think helped you slay the 3 elves huh? little bitch don't know compassion when it's right in front of him."-Arlinus

Stunned my mind goes blank.

"Yeah that's right bitch. Who's yo daddy now??"-Arlinus

"Well I don't really care if you don't pray to me or not but I'm gonna get you back sooner or later."-Arlinus

Day 27

I woke up and was terrified of the wrath of a god. But after breakfast I forgot about it.

For the entire week we battle everyday and there were many casualties and by the end of the week it was estimated that about 20,000 troops were lost and the enemy lost about the same amount. The elves brought about 30,000 troops to help the Democrats and it is estimated that about 8,000 have died so far.

We have about 25,000 troops left and reinforcements are supposed to arrive next week. The enemy army has about 70,000 troops left including the elves. I seriously hope that we get enough reinforcements or we are all gonna get fucked up.

I killed about 10 elves mostly by luck and got 10 gold coins after showing proof. I gained 3 more bows and a quiver of arrows, a couple knives, and cool looking bracelet. I want to learn how to use the bow and arrows effectively and how to throw and fight with knives.

I have been recently getting numb to the feeling of killing people. I try not to think about whether the man I killed has a family, friends, is a father or a brother. In fact I'm most just glad that I survive and kind of enjoy the battles.

I guess I kind of get proud of myself for being able to fight back now and not be a coward.

Day 34

I have recently been praying to Arlinus everyday and give thanks to him for letting me survive another day and pray to him for protection.

Today more reinforcements came I saw a lot of slaves and young children, but one stood out to me a skinny blonde kid with a girlish face who looks to be about 5 years old and has a collar on his neck, wearing a helmet that is obviously too big for him and who is barely able to carry his spear.

I ignore him.

The king sent a notice out to the adventurer guilds and they sent a lot of guys over. These guys are mostly here for the money and don't really care for our kingdom. I saw a lot of tough looking guys that look experienced in battle so I think that they will do fine.

All in all we got about 15,000 reinforcement troops and about 5,000 adventurers. Adventurers have various skills and about half of them know basic magic attacks like fireballs. I wonder if one of them will teach me...

Day 35

It turns out that the kid from yesterday is in the same division as I am. I feel bad for the kid so I inwardly make a note to myself to keep an eye out for the kid during the battle.

The battle starts. I lose track of the kid immediately because I was too focused on staying alive and killing my enemies.

After battling my way through dozens of enemies I see the kid again. The little brat is trembling in fear and I see that he pissed himself. I see an enemy soldier run up to him to put him out of his misery but I get pissed off at the guy for trying to kill a little kid like herself.

I quickly rush over and block the man as he jabbed at the kid with his spear and stab him in the left leg with my spear. He cries out in pain. I hit him in the chin with my shield and quickly stab him in the heart.

The little child looks at me in amazement.

"Hey stop standing there and defend yourself."-Me

The kid was slow on the uptake but eventually found out how to grip the spear and at least parry most attacks by the end of the day.

I was basically babysitting that little runt the entire time and wasn't able to find myself any elves to get some money.

We were back at camp and the kid was following me around everywhere and I got pretty annoying.

"Why the hell are you following me?"-Me

The little kid gets watery eyes and looks about to cry. I immediately feel bad while the cute kid begins to cry.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!"-Kid

"Sigh.. Look I'm sorry I yelled at you. Stop crying. Come on let's get you a potion and get you cleaned up. You smell like piss."-Me

He immediately shuts up and follows me again.

I take him to the healers tent and find him a low healing potion and he drinks it and his minor wounds close and heal.

"Hey kid whats your name?"-Me

"R-Ran."-Ran

"Okay Ran come on let's go get something to eat."-Me

He follows me happily and we both go get something to eat.

We both meet Caleb on the way.

"Yo Regis who's your new friend here?"-Caleb

"He's Ran. I saved the runt during the battle and he keeps following me around."-Me

"Hehe, looks like you found yourself a secret admirer."-Caleb

"Stop teasing me I'm hungry."-Me

We all eat together and make small talk and I learn a few things about Ran.

Ran is from the east coast of the Republican kingdom where he was born as a slave and his master sent him here because he was useless to him.

After we eat our fill I decide to spar with Ran to teach him how to survive and not die. He was a pretty quick learner and I hope that my lessons were not for nothing.

He decides to sleep next to me and I wonder what awaits me tomorrow.