After all, Duanmu Huai had plenty of thermite bombs in his arms!

While Duanmu Huai was starting his arduous mission journey, the students who stayed behind were undergoing rigorous training.

Well, from their perspective, of course. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

After all, in their original world, they wouldn’t engage in battles with demon beasts.

"Hah—————!"

Huang’zen Kumiko shouted, raising the longsword in her hand, swinging it down forcefully at the monster before her. The sharp blade pierced into the hard-furred rat’s body, causing her to freeze momentarily at the sensation. But soon, Huang’zen Kumiko gritted her teeth and pushed forward, killing the hard-furred rat outright.

"Watch out!"

Just then, Kousaka Rina, who had been standing beside Huang’zen Kumiko, raised her hand. A barrier unfolded around her, and with a few clanging sounds, the flying spikes from all directions were stopped outside the barrier. As the distant hard-furred rat prepared to fire its spikes again, a skeleton soldier wielding a longsword and shield rushed over, slicing it into a pulp in a few swift moves.

"Are you okay, Kumiko!"

At this moment, Hideichi Tsukamoto ran over angrily, asking. As a necromancer, he didn’t have much offensive power himself and could only summon skeleton soldiers to fight. So during battles, as a man, he was forced to stand back, watching his childhood friend fight bravely at the front—honestly, he wasn’t used to it.

"Ah, Shuichi, I’m fine."

Hearing Hideichi Tsukamoto’s concern, Huang’zen Kumiko smiled and shook her head, then looked around.

"With this, the demon beasts around here should be cleared."

"It seems so."

Kousaka Rina glanced around and said.

"Then we can report back to Captain Meld."

Hearing Kousaka Rina’s words, Huang’zen Kumiko breathed a sigh of relief. Since the students resolved to fight, they had quickly begun practical training under Captain Meld’s guidance. Honestly, there was not much to say about it; like any adventurer, they fought demon beasts near the Royal City—although Duanmu Huai had already wiped out Andariel and her main legion, demon beasts mutated by evil magic power were still rampant, causing considerable trouble for nearby farms.

Thus, these students stepped onto the battlefield of real combat.

To be honest, everyone was quite flustered during their initial battles, especially when killing demon beasts—the sensation of a sword striking a living animal was quite unpleasant. So much so that Huang’zen Kumiko vomited right after her first successful attack.

After all, although she’s a hero now, she’s just an ordinary high school girl—who’s done this kind of thing?

But eventually, after several tries, Huang’zen Kumiko got used to it......

It can only be said that humans indeed have strong adaptive capabilities.

"Over here, someone is poisoned!"

"Ah, wait a minute!"

At this moment, a student’s voice called from behind, followed by another black-haired girl with glasses running over.

"No problem, leave it to me...... Purification!"

The girl spread her arms, and a halo expanded, instantly purifying several poisoned injured students nearby.

"Whoa, be careful, Takanashi!"

Seeing this, Hideichi Tsukamoto was startled, quickly commanding his skeleton warrior to evade.

"If your purification touches mine, my skeleton soldiers would be done for, okay?"

"Ahahaha, sorry......"

The girl who clasped her hands together apologetically to Hideichi Tsukamoto was named Kiyosumi Takanashi, also a member of the frontline battle unit. However, the reason she joined the frontline battle group wasn’t because she had combat abilities but because she possessed a very unique occupation—a Holy Woman.

Yes, just like Huang’zen Kumiko’s "Hero," the occupation of "Holy Woman" is also a cheat. If the hero is a bug on the offensive side, then the Holy Woman is a hack on the support side. Cures, assists, curse removals, attribute enhancements—none are beyond her reach, and Kiyosumi’s Holy Woman abilities are absurdly strong.

Hideichi Tsukamoto had suffered because of this. As a necromancer, he needed intact skeletons to summon skeleton soldiers. So there was an incident where Kiyosumi’s purification covered them, directly absolving Hideichi Tsukamoto’s skeleton soldiers, leaving him utterly speechless. Moreover, since even their souls were absolved, he could no longer summon that skeleton soldier and had to find another one......

Since then, whenever Hideichi Tsukamoto sees Kiyosumi he keeps a safe distance.

"You really treasure your skeleton guards."

Seeing this, Kousaka Rina, standing beside Huang’zen Kumiko, snorted lightly.

"I heard you even sleep with it at night? Aren’t you scared? Do boys all do this?"

"Ah, I worry too, but what can I do?"

Hideichi Tsukamoto sighed helplessly, realizing that a necromancer in reality is not like in games or anime, where they can casually summon and dismiss at will. Instead, once summoned, they’re pretty much bound to him.

Not to mention, according to this world’s rules, one only gains experience and levels up by performing actions related to their Heavenly Duty. So for Hideichi Tsukamoto, his skeleton guard is his experience source—after all, he gains no experience from fighting monsters himself.