The knee-high wild grass was brushed by the occasional gusts of wind,

continuously making various sounds that were irritating and disconcerting.

This was the Edelweiss squad's first reconnaissance mission.

The rookies rode their warhorses forward cautiously, their feigned composure an attempt to hide their inner nervousness.

After leaving the camp, everyone's movements became stiff.

"There's no need to be too nervous; we're still within the control area of our forces,"

Anemia looked back to reassure the rookies, "We won't be entering the no man's land for another day.

The operations before that will be much easier than our usual training."

Indeed, the conditions during wartime were not worse than during training, and in some ways,

they were even better than usual, but the rookies were still very tense.

The sound of the wind continued, as if it would never cease.

Gloomy clouds pressed down from the equally gloomy sky, weighing down on the rookies' hearts.

The squad guided their warhorses towards the mission area, maintaining silence from top to bottom.

Captain Anemia led the way, with the rookies following closely behind, accompanied only by the monotonous sound of hooves along the way.

This part of the journey allowed for conversation, but no one was in the mood to talk.

As the place that had been considered sacred since childhood,

and that had been envisioned in their minds countless times, was about to be right before their eyes, the rookies hesitated.

What is the battlefield really like?

Is it the place where they will achieve glory and fame, or is it the desolate place where they will meet their end?

With these thoughts, the rookies couldn't help but feel a growing sense of unease.

Over a year of training had already shown them that military life was vastly different from what they had imagined,

and the battlefield would undoubtedly be no exception.

The gleaming weapons in their hands would bring death to the enemy,

just as the weapons in the enemy's hands were equally sharp.

By evening, they arrived at the front-line outpost.