Ash immediately saw the look on Maria's face and quickly blocked her way.
"Hm?"
"My Lady, it's a bit harsh to assume that these mere soldiers will be worthy of crossing blades with you. Please reconsider since they were all once just lowly adventurers and wanderers. They're all simply too weak for you to test!"
"Well... I guess you're right. Hurry up and train them then! I don't want any weaklings in my army~" Maria said with a grin.
"Of course, my Lady, I'll immediately put them under the strictest of training so that they'll be able to live up to your criteria!" Ash hastily said.
He really wanted his Master to just let the new recruits go because if Maria did try to test them, the new soldiers wouldn't be able to last long and there was even fear that some of them might incur some l
