Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

An army of ragged armor is traveling down the highway. The road on the opposite side of the royal city has not been improved yet. Even better, the army is now in the mountains near the border. The restoration is completely untouched, and troop soldiers pushing the wagons are struggling considerably on rough roads.

"... I never come out."

Rion mutters dissatisfied. Immediately, the beast defeat has begun, but the vital beast does not appear at all. Without any success, they were approaching the border.

"After all, there were too many. I said that."

Rion's dissatisfaction turned to the accompanying Kiel. This is not an eight. Ignoring Rion's opinion that the demon beasts should be widely deployed in small groups, it was the Band ド ゥ s, including Kiel, who marched together with a hundred horses.

Earlier, it was a matter of what Lion had proposed to participate in the first place, but it was because of his circumstances that, despite being a monster opponent, he did not want to miss out on a real battle.

"Soon we'll reach the border. We shouldn't irritate our neighbors, so we should consider turning back soon."

After watching Rion's complaint brilliantly, Keel warns to turn back.

"What is the border?"

Rion asked her question without saying anything about her attitude. Rion did not want to hear the apology, but did not complain. It's just bitches.

"Nothing special. A stake indicating the border stands."

"Are there no soldiers to protect the border?"

"If you leave such a person, you will only receive unnecessary doubt from the kingdom."

"……Really"

If it weren't, Lion's intention to come across the border and see if it would be an opportunity to come into contact with a neighboring country, even if it was impossible, was not fulfilled. With this in mind, Rion had participated in the defeat of the beast and said that he should act in small groups.

Rion felt the annoyance of his status as a lord.

"Stop the unit"

On the other hand, Keel is accompanied by a large number of soldiers to prevent such a free movement of Rion. This time the result was what Keel wanted.

The command to stop the march echoes around.

"... defensive formation"

"If it's a break, would it be better to step back a little?"

"Because it's good, take the defensive formation. The direction is ... right."

"right?"

Turning to one side is not for a break. Moreover, the right side of the highway is the direction where the mountain slope continues. The meaning of Rion's instructions is unknown to Keel.

"Be quick! No time!"

"However!?"

"Take a defensive formation toward the diagonally right and left direction! Anything is fine!

Rion gives instructions to the army himself, as Kiel does not act fairly. Since there is no experience led by the army, the command is decayed.

"Attack !?"

"The enemy is not a monster! Don't be careless! Hurry!"

Ignore keel's surprise. Then, after a fierce flight, Rion emerges in front of the soldiers trying to form a defensive formation, staring at the mountain slopes.

"... Lord? What is it?"

"Whatever comes up, it's surprising! Those who attack will wonder what it is!"

"What is coming !?"

Rion's statement denies being a monster. Keel is becoming increasingly incomprehensible.

"I don't know anything. All I know is something that is not a person."

"Now?"

Keel cannot know exactly what Rion's words mean. People of this era think of the world of fairy tales, including evil spirits and demons.

Rion knows that too. He turned his consciousness into combat without further explanation.

"Sara, Dine. We're F. We're in an assault position."

In response to Leon's call, Sarah and Dine appeared in a way that others could recognize. As usual, it looks like a dragon of fire and a walkie water.

"... Go, yeah, yeah!"

In response to Leon's command, Sarah and Dine jump forward. Sarah and Dine sewing through the trees split into many bodies and grew in number. The keels and the soldiers of Bandu's army are stunned at it.

After a short pause, several flashes ran through the forest.

"Come on! Prepare for the intercept!"

Almost at the same time as Leon commanded, the enemy began to be visible through the trees in the forest. It appears to humans to have a small body, armor and sword, but moves invisible to a trained soldier.

And most of all, the face that came out had an ugly face like a wild boar or a pig, obviously not a human. In the memory of Ryo, it is a group of demons called goblins.

"Nah ... what is that?"

The sway spreads among the soldiers in the appearance of the demon seen for the first time.

On the other hand, Leon was slightly relieved when he recognized the figure. Goblin is by no means a strong monster. But for a while. Goblins are not the only attacks. Rion is convinced of the existence of other demons.

The magical movements that Rion, Sarah and Dine reacted to were not those of the approaching goblins.

"Calm down! It's an enemy that you can beat without problems if you fight normally!"

Still, the goblin that has appeared must be managed first. To do so, calm down soldiers who are upset by the appearance of unknown creatures.

Rion goes further. Goblins attack all at once, Rion who has jumped out. With his sword in hand, Rion cuts off one after another.

"Even my sword can be beaten easily! Fight quickly without being scared!"

The first thing to return to calm after the words of Rion was Kiel, the party leader. Immediately, he ran up close to Rion and began to sword the goblin.

If the keel moves, so will others. Soldiers take part in the fight against goblins one after another.

"Once I go down! な Don't let your guard down because you're weak! な Don't go too deep! な Don't think this is all of your enemies!"

Telling others loudly, Rion descends from the front. Kiel also followed Rion. Kiel has already figured out that ordinary soldiers can fight enough against goblin opponents.

"Lord, what is that?"

"If you elaborate it, it will be long, so simply say. I don't know if it's under the control of a demon or it's being manipulated, but it's a monster."

"Are you a demon?"

"It's not a fairy tale world."

When saying this, Rion was about to laugh. For Leon, this world is a fairy tale world.

"... really a demon"

"Did you know the existence of the monster in front of you?"

"No, it's the first time I've seen and heard."

"But he was. The demon is the same. Nobody has seen it, but he is."

"Yes"

Keel cannot be denied if this is said. Even so, his head already acknowledges the presence of the demon. But my heart doesn't accept me.

"There are many races in the demon. It's pretty weak. And now there's a stronger monster near here, or a devil if you're bad. What?

"……Yes"

"I seek out where it is. I'll leave the command of the soldier. It's better than me, right?"

"Hello! Please leave it!"

For the first time he was pleased to have been assigned to work by Leon, and Keel bravely returned to the front. Rion, who was there, immediately turned his consciousness into exploring the surroundings.

Rion pretended to be calm in front of the keel, but she was nervous about a variety of things in her heart.

First, what to do if a genie really is here. The demon is to be defeated by the main character Maria and her friends. In other words, you can't beat it right now.

Rion, who has resisted the world against Kamshala, is now simplistic, saying that there are things that cannot be changed. Such as the occurrence of a big event.

The event that defeats the demon cannot be defeated until the end of the game, the end. In that case, if you meet in this place, you have to escape, but there is no guarantee that you can escape. It can be said that the situation has been considerably cornered.

Even if there were no evil spirits, this situation was still a problem. The case of the devil was honest, and Lion was a stranger. Maria had done it for herself, and she had planned various preparations for the rest, but that plan was broken. Even if you are not directly, you will also be involved in fighting the demon.

This involvement is Leon's misconception, but he does not know. I don't know for the future.

(... is this?)

Something caught on Sarah and Dine's detection. However, this is also very weak compared to the magical power I first felt.

Still, Leon decides to return to the front. At the moment, no other entity is producing strong magic.

Rion's eyes on the front line are clearly different from the surrounding goblins. First, their sizes are different. A giant that is far beyond Rion's height and may reach three meters. The width is wide, and it is not enough to have three lions.

The most distinctive feature is their eyes. There is only one big eye in the middle of the face.

"It's a cyclops no matter how you look at it.

Apparently, the demon that appears in this world does not exceed Rion's knowledge, rather than Rion. As soon as I thought so, I realized that it was natural because it was a game world.

Before the battle, Leon has no tension. But soldiers don't. I am surprised at the appearance of a giant monster that is different from a goblin. However, the upset will soon subside.

"Additionally, there are weak points that are easy to understand. I've said that knowledge helps people."

Several ice spears floating in the air. It hit the cyclops all at once. Cyclops tried to knock it down with an ax in his hand, but could not beat all the ice spears that attacked at different times. Most of them were decoys.

My favorite was the eyes of the cyclops. An approaching one changed its trajectory and stabbed into the first of the cyclops while the cyclops were following the ice spear that hit his feet.

"Gugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!"

Cyclops, deeply wounded in his eyes, screams and rampages. However, no matter how violent you lose your sight, you can do nothing. Swinging axes and arms just cut the sky.

Then the magic of Rion attacks. Sara wraps Cyclops's face in flames, and Dine shatters her arms.

And Todome is Rion's sword. When you create many blocks of ice in the air and run them up like stairs, you can no longer swing your arms, but swing your sword swaying in the direction of the standing cyclops' neck.

Cyclops with their heads flying in the air and falling slowly. After the ground sound spread around, silence wrapped around.

"... Reshape the formation. There's no sign around, but don't let your guard down for a while."

Until the voice of Rion's command reaches around.

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"Failure ..."

It is far from where Lion is. One of the evil creatures, a man who became a human being, muttered deeply in a deep cave that was hidden in the kingdom.

"That's why I told you to stop it because it is useless."

Another demon speaks to the muttering person, smiling with a mockery at the opponent.

"Isn't the end of your approval?"

"I admitted the raid, but I said I should do it more thoroughly."

"I can't afford that right now."

"I know. So I told him to stop first. Is there an opponent who can magically defeat Richie Da Nang? が な い There is no way I can defeat it with a powerful monster like a cyclops."

This is exactly what he says. You can't defeat Rion with a goblin and a cyclops who can't use magic. At least a hundred or two hundred were needed if they were to hit with the cyclops.

However, there is no such power at the moment. They are also preparing for the day to come

"... I see. I'll admit my failure, but it should be clear that this guy is an important person."

"I know it all the time. I know I shouldn't do anything now."

"Why?-People who disturb our plans should be erased as soon as possible."

"It's a waste of handpieces. Now it's time to build up the power, and open up the seal of Demon as soon as possible."

Maria, the main character, is to defeat the evil spirit. This makes Rion misunderstand one thing. There are not only one demon, but several people called demon, including those who are here.

Their purpose is the resurrection of their god, the demon Demon, and Maria defeats the demon to prevent the resurrection.

"However……"

"Don't you think Baron, you, Demon will be defeated like a human?"

"I can't do that"

"Then you know that you don't need to be impatient. After Demon's resurrection, you can give it to the blood festival. No need to bother him, if Demon is resurrected, we will Power is much higher than it is now, and Danang's enemies need to take it after that. "

The worshiped genie Demon gives them great power. Dominate this world with that power. This is their ambition.

"... That's right. Okay, so let's say that Leon's kid would sacrifice the small fish for Demon's resurrection."

"It's good"

"Then, Canaan. Move right away. I'll tell Golan from me."

"Oh, leave it to me."

In order to break the seal of the genie Demon, a large amount of sacrifice blood must soak into the earth. They are trying to create a controversy.

The evil spirits will finally begin to move in full swing.

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By the way, Rion has been regarded as an important person by defeating the hero Maria by defeating Richie, one of the witches.

Naturally, he did not know that this was happening, he was grinning and caught up with the grudge, and was cleaning up after the battle.

"How is it?"

"I was asked to look around, but ..."

Keel answered Leon's question while tilting his head.

"A footprint is missing"

"Yes"

The situation is not over because the cyclops have been defeated. You need to find out where the demons came from. I don't know if it should be a nest or a settlement, but if it's in the forest, you have to crush it and get rid of the monster threat. There is no way for people to use the highway where monsters come out.

With that in mind, the monster followed the footprints left on the ground and entered the forest, but before deepening, the footprints ceased. If that wasn't the case, Kiel reported that he had to look around again.

"There were so many. Is there any chance that those footprints will disappear neatly?"

"I can't think of it with common sense"

"That's right. Then demons suddenly appear here."

"Is that possible?"

"There is only one thing I can think of."

While ordering the soldiers to investigate the footprints, Rion was exploring this possibility.

"that is?"

"Transfer by magic. I'm using magic from another place."

"... that magic?"

"I don't know, but I can't say that. Look at your feet."

"eh?"

Rion tells Kiel to look at his feet. At first glance, it seemed to be nothing, but there should be something for Rion to look at.

"... a line?

If you look closely, there are parts of the ground that look like scorched chars. It is quite widespread and appears to line up in some regularity.

"Do you know the magic circle?"

Lion asks Keel.

"House……"

Kiel is not ignorant. Magic is for a limited number of nobles. That knowledge is also monopolized by the privileged class and is not widely known.

"It's me too, so there's no proof that it's definitely the case, but there's no doubt that strong magic has been applied here."

Rion thinks that it was the transfer magic that was detected. In this place, which seems to be inside the magic circle, you can still feel the remains of magic.

"... If it were, it would be hard."

"I don't know when and where the demon appears?"

"That's right"

If monsters appear in the city of Kamark, it will be a mess. If that continues, the reconstruction of Bandhu will end halfway.

"I don't completely deny that possibility, but I'm probably fine."

"why?"

"Isn't it necessary to have a magic circle for the transfer? If so, just watch out for the magic circle."

"……surely"

If you can send it anywhere, you do not have to dare attack here. After learning that the troops had traveled down the highway, Rion thought that it was near this border because he was preparing. I'm not sure. Still, I think my idea is not wrong.

"Make what is drawn on the ground as detailed as possible in the drawing, and lay it out in the territory as an order. If you find something similar, report it immediately."

"Hah"

"And send messengers to neighboring countries. Tell them the appearance of the demon. It's good to actually see the creature's corpse, so if possible, send someone as it is."

"Hah. I'll arrange soon."

"I'll go back to Kamark when I'm done. It's time to rework my plan. I'll have to add a demon-monitoring mission to the demon beast destruction. I also need to patrol the entire territory."

"Yes"

Efforts for recovery will be greatly stumbled by the appearance of demons. That's a shame for Lion. But regret alone does not help.

Anyway, keep doing what you can. This attitude is no different from when he was a servant.