For the students, Duanmu Huai's bucket of cold water had managed to cool their overheated heads. Indeed, thinking about it carefully, they had come to this world with powerful attributes and abilities, but none of that mattered. What mattered was whether they could kill people.
Of course they couldn't.
After all, they were just students, and most of them were girls. They couldn't even kill a chicken in their daily lives, let alone a person.
Thus, after discussing it among themselves, the students once again gave Duanmu Huai their answer—they didn't like war, but they hoped to at least have the ability to protect themselves, so they wouldn't become a burden to everyone else. Although Maria, Ziten Irina, and Mary would stay behind to protect them, they still hoped to gain some combat experience and self-defense capabilities.
Duanmu Huai didn't mind. He let them do as they pleased. As for their training, Commander Merdle would be in charge of it. He couldn't be bothered with such minor troubles.
There were two things Duanmu Huai needed to focus on next.
First was the intelligence sent by Princess Liliana from the Royal Palace.
After Andariel occupied the Blood Moor, the kingdom's external intelligence and communication channels had effectively been cut off completely. It wasn't until Duanmu Huai killed Andariel and reclaimed the Blood Moor that the kingdom sent people out again to reestablish contact. Only today did the news from the front lines finally arrive one piece at a time.
Quite a few human kingdoms and cities had already been destroyed... Such news was meaningless to Duanmu Huai. He only cared about the whereabouts of the Demon Kings and Daedric Princes.
Fortunately, there really was intelligence on that front.
According to the reports obtained by the kingdom, there were currently signs of