Aurora grabs a hammer, a very large piece of paper, and some nails, pounding it on a wooden wall with the help of Sophie as the three thousand humans stare quietly at them, between the soon-to-be strategic board, and the pink-haired young woman bottom.

Then with some ink, the general with a wooden brush started drawing some things with the casual help of her transformation skill, whenever Sophie's not looking, making the men curious. As soon as she finished the blonde girl started explaining the information in the sketch while pointing at it with the index finger.

"This is the initial formation that you'll be making the soldiers do, I suggest you approach so you can see and study," the men quickly took some steps forward surrounding the wooden platform whereas Aurora then continued speaking," initially we'll begin by each of you having 20 soldiers as I mentioned previously which will be this circle here," she points at it with the finger," we'll be practicing small skirmishes against the monsters and beasts that live in the forest in front of us, moving inside as a group of melee weapons and ranged weapons, for example, 10 men carrying swords and spears and then, 10 others carrying bows and staffs with one or two healers if we have any to keep everyone from dying."

The soldiers go in awe as they listen to the general's teachings and the soft child voice that comes from her.

"What we'll be doing is adventuring deep in the forest but not too profoundly, so you all can escape if necessary, the officer will tell the men to move in, move out, attack, defend, always making clear orders such as, you 10 in the front focus on this goblin, the 2 archers attack the ranged enemy, you two healers, heal the soldiers in front who are dealing with the goblins, you wizard blast the enemy healers with a big skill, since some abilities take time to cast."

"These will be the initial orders and once every single one of you masters the communication necessary to lead your group, we'll then start with formations, the ones who'll excel at both will rank up to captain then leading 100 soldiers and 5 officers, so some of you will guide those around you who don't get promoted," rivalry starts crossing the minds of them which was the intent Aurora wanted to create so that they pull through their mental limits.

"Every single one of you will recruit 20 soldiers from our army and start doing what I mentioned, any problems that occur, any difficulty the officers you encounter, you can come to talk with me and I'll sort them out, any internal disturbance will not be tolerated and again if one does happen, do communicate with me and I'll fix it, worst case I'll swap members from one squad to another as not everyone synergies well with one another."

"Do not be afraid of failure but do fear failing and doing nothing to fix it, I will not forgive those who treat the soldiers under you as tools, they are your family, parts of you, as you'll be the mind that leads the squad, they will be your legs and arms," Aurora claps with all her strength one time," never forget that I want all the squads done in 2 hours max and you can even team up with other officers, now go, those of you who may have doubts can stay behind and we'll discuss them," three of them remained behind and they approached the girl.

"Greetings general, I wish to know if you have any recommendation for an initial squad."

"I'd say three who specialize in melee combat two archers one healer and one wizard which sounds balanced, if you can make the archers or even a thief that can search for traps and intruders, in other words, what I love to call a scout. They can help the officers notice the enemies earlier giving you the chance to think on a plan, instead of reacting to the danger which would lead to more casualties," as Aurora speaks the man takes notes of the words picking her interest as not many soldiers know how to read and write, and even less of them spend their money on expensive things like paper.

"What are we to do in case we find a similar squad but a group of enemies instead, or even get outnumbered?"

"Make a line altogether and escape back to the camp, ask for reinforcements of close by squads and fight them, we have enough men to outnumber our enemies till the goblin king realizes that we're here destroying their numbers, however, seeing as no major force has arrived it means the monsters we've cleaned weren't even a part of his army, in other words, his camp is bound to be much deeper, from the information the crown prince received which was given by the head of the pink rose family the best assassin in the Lumen kingdom, it should still be very far from here."

"Understood general, I'll be preparing my squad," he then left and Aurora went into thought.

'I've chosen this area in specific because it is in the middle of the supposed beast kingdoms, so this spot in specific must not falter, what worries me is that the goblin king can go directly to a different section of the south border, can only hope the other two forces will be able to defend against them since I'm already taking the hardest location...'

'I doubt the goblin king would dare to move right away,? but I just hope me being here won't accelerate the war instead, and we get outnumbered by millions of his subordinates, I'll definitely need a bigger army at least 500 thousand to make a difference, but having a 20 thousand force that is capable of thinking on their own will certainly be an amazing core, and possible addition to one of the wings in the future,' she then notices a leftover officer who stays quiet waiting for his turn.

"You may speak," he bows and then says," greetings lady Aurora I was thinking if I could take the hero Sophie as one of my squad members," as he finishes such words we both look at Sophie who remained quiet this whole time watching over me.

"It would be a good chance for her to become stronger, but the choice is your hero," Aurora said showing that she was able to choose her fate within her army which pleased the pink-haired woman," sure I'll tag along and teach you some things."

"Thank you very much lady Aurora, and hero Sophie, please come this way I have some friends that will be interested in joining us today."

"Certainly," she then looked at Aurora and said, "do tell Romeo I went to slay some monsters, little sister," she said with a proud expression.

"I shall older sister," a smile appeared making Sophie expression happy as she was treated like family.

'What are the odds I'd end up babysitting these two? Not to forget they were both chosen out of who knows how many souls, was it on purpose? Did the goddess Aria know about me, and our fight? Did she know that if we joined forces we would be unstoppable? Maybe she picked them for the unique existence that is the sage class.'

'We need to torment and torture them Aurora.'

'That would certainly be very enjoyable, but the time has not come for that to happen sadly.'

'Ah... why must the master torture us so with such wait Aurora?'

'Worry not the time will certainly come, Iris did promise I could have their lives to myself so we just have to wait.'

'A promise... a pact... a contract... a soul bound with the Babel witch! You sure exceeded yourself this time around Aurora.'

'Just insurance you know that, since no matter how powerful I am every time, alone we always get sealed, losing our progress, and in this third time we have found Iris, who is now precious to us, our younger sister and the one that will bring out the full potential within us, without her we're a useless weapon.'

'To bring death to the world, to use the legendary tome... pandemonium!'

An evil smile appeared on her expression which she hid behind both hands.

'What will you do Aurora when Iris's soul gets big enough, awakening the one sleeping deep inside our own, that we have been protecting for ten thousand years?'

'When that time comes both you and I will become part of her identity as we originally were... disappearing.'

'That's kind of sad.'

'True, but such was the promise we made with her, that turned into a life pact.'

'Once she no longer sleeps... the tides will change, she might devour Iris.'

'It's alright I left insurance.'

'The cursed soul-bound Aurora?'

'Yes, that way our souls will eventually become one, and Iris enemies will only be able to bow and offer their lives, however, even with the witch awakening, it'll still not be enough to unlock that identity fully, we will need sacrifices, thousands of souls.'

'Just like in the old world where you...'

A man's voice interrupted her thoughts, "General!" She once more becomes expressionless removing the hands from her face," yes?"

"One of the archers in the watchtower as noticed a group of about 200 kobolds moving together through the forest in a direction bit further from our camp, so we believe they're not coming to attack."

Upon hearing that a smile appeared on the girl's lips,' souls Aurora consume them.'

"Let us go call 10 squads we're doing a skirmish!" She shouted making him run as fast as he can delivering the message.

'Once we destroy these, more will certainly come for us, it'll certainly become interesting from here onwards.'

'More souls, more, more, the offerings must go on Aurora!' A scary voice laughed madly inside the girl's mind.

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