Once he gave them the details of the plan, Billy saw them frowning. They knew that he could pull that off, but it seemed a bit weird for a plan. Still, they didn't have much of an option if they wanted to cross the state without having to fight so much.
"Well, if you can do that so many times in a row, that will save us a lot of time," Beatrice said. "We will be counting on you then."
After that was decided, they went to sleep, but half of the people there stayed awake to avoid ambushes. Until now, they didn't find any signs of the people of Cegia state watching the war, but they couldn't be careless.
On the next day, they started to fight as soon as the sun rose, and they noticed that the number of monsters had increased. Either the summoner had planned that, or he was getting impatient, or the other fronts were losing their fights. Billy was pretty sure that his friends had already arrived at their positions, so the third possibility was unlikely. Billy didn't have time to confirm that, so he wished that Icarus would inform him of that.
"That asshole is probably trying to show off and impress Lucyna…" Billy thought.
Putting those thoughts aside, Billy was fairly certain that they were afraid of him getting stronger. It was hard for Billy picturing then trying to obtain more power to become a problem after all how he helped them. Besides, Billy was fairly confident in his ability to read other people. Lucyna wasn't power-hungry, and Icarus was too calm for his own good. Despite that, Billy wasn't willing to trust them with new powers. Putting any signs of humbleness aside, Billy believed that he was the one who worked the hardest in that world to obtain power. He used the system, his own training, and his brain to achieve his current power level. As for those two… they lacked two of those aspects. Besides, it was pretty obvious that all of their obtained powers might fall into someone else's hands. Instead of trusting those that might drop their guard, Billy would do his best to avoid such situations.
Regardless, that day, they crossed the border, but they didn't find anything unusual, Billy even used Flash to check things further away, but he didn't see any signs of patrols, guards, or travelers. It would be risky for ordinary people to be in that area during the war, but even so… Billy felt suspicious. Despite that, the group moved forward and camped at night, and then Billy left them behind. Svan and Beatrice had asked to go with him, but they couldn't match his speed.
It didn't take long for Billy to reach the first big city on their way. It was only fifty kilometers away from the camp's position. The city wasn't massive, it probably had less than twenty thousand inhabitants, but the walls were thirty meters tall. Soldiers in that world had quite the strength if compared to Earth, but only a few of them could jump that high. Only those who survived many battlefields or explored dungeons for years could reach that level. In any case, the city had two gains, the south and north gate, and those were Billy's first targets.
Even from far away, Billy could see some guards due to the torches on the walls. Their numbers weren't that high, so Billy would be able to take them out easily. With just the use of Flash a few times, Billy reached the walls and then, with a single jump, landed at the top of the walls and between two guards. Billy didn't make any noise, but they still felt his presence… Despite living peacefully in times of war, they were quite good. Still, when they turned around while drawing their weapons, they still got hit on their temple with some stone Bullets. After that, he buried them up to the necks in the walls.
Billy hurried to deal with all the guards on the walls, and they suffered the same fate before they had the chance to ring any alarms. The difference was that immense… Regardless, once Billy finished with the guards, he began to work on getting rid of anything on the walls that might help people from the city climb or go down. He also modified some columns with his Earth magic to prevent ropes could be tied to them. After that, he moved to the gates and then closed them with his Earth magic. He went as far as turning the earth into iron and made that also go quite deep underground. If someone wants to leave that city, they would have to make new gates. That will probably take a few days. Climbing the walls will also be a pain, and even if they do, the horses will be left behind. Any pursuit force would be bound to be extremely slow.
Billy wondered if that would be enough when he prepared to leave… In the end, he decided to make some Earth Golems and make the people there think that they would move if they got too close to the walls. Ten meters, all Earth golems were pretty fearsome, after all.
After just two hours, Billy returned to the camp and made Svan and Beatrice wonder if he truly could have succeeded that fast… They only confirmed that the next day when they passed through the first city, and they didn't find a single guard in the walls. There were no signs of them trying to open the gates either… Billy hadn't considered that, but they might take a few days also to consider opening a hole in their walls.
"You truly are something else… How many did you kill?" Svan asked. "No one, at least not yet. It is hard to tell if the guys I buried will manage to escape."
Svan gulped when he heard that… Billy truly was terrifying…
