Makai Hongi

lay the demon.

Several peaceful days went by after we accepted the Reapers… Well, it seemed like that to me.
But my senses felt quite numb recently.

As for Painy, I asked her about her age, and she said that she was seventeen.

She also had a lot of mana.
Three times as much as me.

Considering I had gained a considerable upgrade recently, the idea that she could still have so much seemed a little ridiculous.

While it wasn’t as high as Corps Commander Nehyor, it exceeded that of the Taiga I had killed.

Currently, she was living with me.

As my older brothers had been turned into meat scraps on the battlefield, I was now the oldest of my siblings.

I had meant to inherit the house and continue to live with my family, but instead, they kicked me out.

They said that I was a Commander now and had subordinates.
Therefore I had to become independent.

Thankfully, there was an empty house in the village.
Though I did not feel very lucky at all.

Besides the house was empty because the owner had not returned from the battlefield.

If one hundred ogres go to battle, and half of them return, people would think that was a lot.
That was how high the death rate was.

Many families had their lines end completely.

“Why is the job a Commander so troublesome…”

Since I had left home and was on my own, I had to get a job and earn an income… Well, that would have been the way things would go usually.
But for some reason, I had become a Commander.

And I was now receiving a pretty hefty salary from the Corps Commander.

So I had no trouble living.
But that didn’t mean I could be lazy all day.

There was a lot of work to do as a Commander.

“Now I know that Guden left all of the work to his adjutant.”

Either Rig was very good, or Guden was the type who didn’t care.