"Xiao Mengxue and Liu Mengqi have been back for two weeks already. When exactly will the General return?" Looking at the empty house around her, Koujo Shizuka's eyes dimmed. It should have been lively here.
Now, only a few logistics personnel remained, logistics personnel with no combat ability.
"Shizuka, could you please go count the potions again? I always feel like we don't have enough." At this moment, Ning Zong, the head of the logistics department, said.
"Oh, alright." Koujo Shizuka nodded and walked out.
"Sigh, this is really 'it never rains but it pours'!" Ning Zong shook his head and began making some potions. Previously, he only needed to be in charge of supervision, but now every extra person was an extra pair of hands. The demand for potions was far exceeding supply, and if they had to buy them, it would be too expensive, so he could only make them himself.
Koujo Shizuka walked towards the storage room, familiar with the route. When passing through the hall, she seemed to see a familiar figure.
Suddenly, Koujo Shizuka's footsteps halted. She widened her eyes, looking at that figure, and before long, her eyes filled with tears.
"General!"
Koujo Shizuka rubbed her eyes, and after confirming it wasn't a hallucination, she couldn't hold back and lunged at her.
"Hmm? Shizuka." Kaede narrowed her eyes, looking at Koujo Shizuka who had lunged over, then caught her and held her in her arms.
"Wuu, General, why are you only returning now? It's been almost two weeks!"
"Huh? Two weeks..." Kaede was stunned.
"Yes, to be precise, it's been 13 days, 4 hours, 32 minutes, and... 14 seconds!" As she said this, Koujo Shizuka looked at Kaede as if pouting. "They came back a week ago!"
"Uh." Looking at Koujo Shizuka's appearance, Kaede was stunned. It had been a long time since she had seen Koujo Shizuka like this, and to think she had calculated it down to the second...
"Ah!" Suddenly, Koujo Shizuka cried out in surprise, then broke free from Kaede's embrace, her face turning bright red, her index fingers twirling against each other.
"Th-that, General, I didn't mean to..." Koujo Shizuka's face grew redder as she spoke.
"Hmm." Kaede didn't know what kind of feeling it was in her heart. Watching Koujo Shizuka's appearance, she reached out and pulled Koujo Shizuka tightly into her arms once more.
"Wuu." This time, Koujo Shizuka didn't struggle again, only feeling that her body had no strength left at all, her face becoming even more flushed.
"Just call me Kaede," Kaede whispered.
"Mm, Kaede... General."
"Tsk, if you want to call me that, then go ahead." Kaede narrowed her eyes and ruffled Koujo Shizuka's hair. "You've worked hard all these years."
"No, it's not hard work. Being able to take care of you, General, I... I am very happy." As Koujo Shizuka said this, her eyes blurred again.
"Hmm." Kaede nodded, holding Koujo Shizuka like that for a while.
Suddenly, Koujo Shizuka recovered quite a bit. Remembering what had happened recently, she pulled away from Kaede's embrace.
"General, something has happened!"
"Hmm?" Kaede frowned.
"After you left, some undead started attacking the city. At first it was fine, but now the undead have reached a considerable scale. And I heard that the Necromancer has a Level 5 undead under his command!"
"Level 5?" Kaede's pupils contracted. She was still at Level 2; this gap...
"Yes, yes. Everyone is at the city wall now, just in case," Koujo Shizuka continued.
"Hmm, are Akame and Kurome alright?"
"Akame and Kurome are very powerful; they are the main force of our guild!" Koujo Shizuka said with a hint of pride.
"That's good." Kaede also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shizuka, didn't I ask you to count the potions? Why are you still here?" Ning Zong said, then saw Kaede.
"Huh? Kaede, you're back!" Ning Zong said with a smile. They were very respectful and admiring of the person who had saved their guild.
They didn't know at first, but after learning about the strength of her two younger sisters, they were simply impossibly strong!
"Hmm." Kaede looked at Ning Zong, but didn't know his name.
"I am Ning Zong, the head of the logistics department, and also Shizuka's supervisor." Seeing the confusion on Kaede's face, Ning Zong knew the answer, but he wasn't angry. After all, she had gone off to do missions before getting to know everyone.
"Alright, I'll go check the city wall." Kaede was still a bit worried and said.
"Alright then, be careful." Ning Zong nodded and didn't try to keep her. He had heard that Kaede's strength was also very high, and she should be able to help a lot.
"General, be careful~" Koujo Shizuka also said.
"Hmm." After nodding, Kaede walked out. Looking at the desolate streets, she shook her head and then dashed towards the direction of the city wall.
"When will this ever end!" Liu Mengqi couldn't help but shout. At this moment, she no longer had her usual expression; she looked miserable.
"Who knows?" Xiao Mengxue was about the same. The armor that was originally shining silver had lost its true color from being used for too long.
"Yeah, this battle, no, this war..." Jiang Ya's eyes revealed fear. "If it weren't for them, we would have already suffered casualties, right?" As he said this, Jiang Ya looked at Akame and Kurome over there. They were also a bit disheveled, but overall they were fine.
"That's right, thank you so much." Xiao Mengxue knew that in this war, their side was considered fortunate to have no casualties yet.
"We are also members of the guild." Akame and Kurome smiled and said. This feeling of being able to be useful was also quite nice.
"But those guys are getting stronger and stronger." Akame frowned and said. Moreover, her weapon was basically useless against these types of undead; its only use was being a bit sharp?
"Yeah." Jiang Ya nodded. "Therefore, this war has entered its final stage. If we can't determine a winner soon, we're going to lose."
Jiang Ya was right. With the rate at which the undead were being strengthened, and the fact that there was no such thing as "casualties" for them as they kept wearing them down, it was really difficult to deal with.
"Yeah, the key depends on that person." No one didn't understand this principle. Just look at the city wall and you can tell; most of the wall was intact.
Then, in one place, a large hole appeared, with cracks around it.
Looking at this large hole, everyone fell into silence. This hole was smashed open by that Level 5 using its own hands, forcibly smashing through a city wall that they couldn't even leave a single crack on with all their might!
That battle was the most critical one. The undead rushed into the city wall, along with that Level 5. Fortunately, people from their side arrived, just two people, a man and a woman.
However, it was just those two people; one repelled the Level 5, and the other slaughtered all the undead that had invaded the city with almost no effort.
However, the situation was still very critical. The enemy's Level 5 had no stamina limit, while theirs did. In recent battles, she was clearly at a disadvantage. Although she hadn't suffered too much damage, it was obvious that if things continued like this...
"This is... one person changing a war!" Jiang Ya sighed with emotion. Before this, he had never imagined that one person's power could reach such a level!
No one argued. Akame and Kurome also pursed their lips. Although they didn't want to admit it, the battle of that Level 5... they simply had no qualifications to touch it...
And Kaede, who was rushing here, stopped because she seemed to have run into an acquaintance.
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