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Head to the woods near Dayton Village.

The forest entrance is narrow, but it is deeper as we go back, the stronger the demon behind it.

The companion is Mr. Louise to the party members. Then came Lew and Karen as representatives of the village, and the hunter's uncle as an adult. I didn't want to bring them here because they would be even more foothold, but the adventurers who were in the village also wished to accompany them.

"It was originally a crusade request we received. It may not help, but let me at least see what's going on."

That's what I said. I followed you on my own.

Well, I don't have a problem with that for being behind me.

"This isn't what I was hearing."

Sylvia shrugged when she noticed the abnormality of the forest from [Detection].

I also noticed an anomaly in the labyrinth manipulation by calling the surrounding map. The map only shows the places I visited once, but the map is complete because I run around the woods when I was preparing to fall the village chief.

"What's wrong with you?

Seems Lew hasn't swallowed things up at all.

Even the adventurers lay down their weapons feeling bad signs even if they don't know the details of the situation.

"No demons"

"Are you paying me out somewhere?

"No..."

Take a peek at where the reaction was.

Horn rabbit carcasses are left unmade in unseen places such as beyond the trees.

Moreover, the condition of the carcass showed signs of being stranded by something, and only a delicious place was eaten among the meat. Human beings don't eat like this in vain.

There's some kind of demon out there.

"Apparently you came from the other side"

Illis turns his gaze to the back of the woods when he realizes the proximity of the demons.

Faster than strengthening my eyesight to see the back of the forest, I could hear the sound of it.

"What, this feather..."

I came to a place they could even see while one of the adventurers was whining.

Holdby.

A bee-shaped demon with a length of one metre and a larger body than a normal bee, a demon with the characteristic of piercing a poison needle and paralyzing it and preying on it where it can no longer move.

The Horn Rabbit carcass I just saw is an accomplishment that was grabbed and devoured by Holdby.

Since it is not a threat if it is not noticed, it is easy to deal with it alone, but the problem was its number.

"Hey, there's over a hundred of them!

Lew is screaming at the looming hordes of Holdby, but we already knew the great number from the sign detection.

"Oh, there's no way I can deal with that number of demons!

"I can't!

"Let's get out of here!

……

Adventurers who have lost their will to fight except for one who is trying to defend them by shielding them silently.

Is this the limit in E-rank Adventurers?

"Please keep your mouth shut for a moment"

Holdby comes in range while he does.

If we were this close, we wouldn't have a problem.

"Freezewind"

Cold air released from the hands of Illis heads to Holdby.

Cold-aired Holdby frosted on his body, falling from what he was leading to the ground in turn, to the limit of reaching 20 meters ahead of us.

"What did you do?

"These guys don't have a way to travel together besides coming straight in from the front, so it's pretty easy to hit a range attack."

The magic of freezing a chilled opponent.

Holdby, who had been properly received and his body frozen, was frozen to his wings and fell to the ground without even being able to fly.

"This is amazing magic, too."

"Not really."

It is only the ability to freeze small ranges such as freezewinds compared to the finest ice magic used by Illis.

"As far as I'm concerned, I wonder if the next guy will care."

"Next?"

The adventurers didn't hear it with Holdby's feathers, but they were concerned about the footsteps ahead of Holdby flying in.

"Look, I'm here"

"Become...! Blade Roach (Swordmantis)!?"

A roach, bigger than a man, emerged from behind the forest.

The two sickles held by Swordmantis are sharp and can be easily amputated, such as a person's body, just by touching them. It became known as Swordmantis because it stood with those two sickles like swords.

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"Can I do it?

"I hope whoever did it is the same..."

"I did it."

The moment I heard my reply, Ira was rushing out to Swordmantis.

- Kinkin!

The sickle of Isla's holy sword and Swordmantis collides and a tall sound rings.

It just feels like swordsmen are fighting each other when they only hear the sound.

"Ira."

"What?"

Cracks ran to the ground as Isla dodged the slaughter from Swordmantis's sword.

Apparently, it's no lie or exaggeration that Swordmantis' attacks can easily destroy a person's body. It's the first demon I've ever encountered, so Swordmantis' offensive power and so on are the only rumors I've heard from people.

But we have to be careful before Mr. Louise has a gaze.

"Anyway, the most expensive material Swordmantis can sell anywhere else is a sickle. Don't hurt yourself too much."

"Hey, what are you--"

Copy that.

Lew, the village chief, was trying to blame us for caring about the state of the material when he said he was in front of a powerful opponent like Swordmantis.

But Swordmantis' hand is severed from the roots as Ira, ignoring the noisy Lew, runs past Swordmantis's side as she waves her sword.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Ira hangs from behind Swordmantis.

I don't know if I'm able to understand people's words. Still turning towards Ira, staring at her as she could see that she was angry.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in cluttered fish like you don't even realize you've been killed."

He's also slashed Swordmantis' torso right after he slashed off the sickle.

Swordmantis' upper body, swayed while turning around, falls to the ground.

"This is the strength of A-rank adventurers..."

He was breathtaking about Ira's prowess when two of his adventurers and avant-gardes quickly defeated Swordmantis, a powerful swordsman.

Recover the sickle obtained by cutting into the storage ring.

"I'd like to check again, but only beast demons really live in these woods."

"I've never been in there myself, but I've never heard from my father, who was in charge of crusading demons in the woods, that demons other than the beast system have surrendered, and that insect demons have never approached the village"

Reminds me of a story my father told me about Mr. Louise's question.

A Swordmantis who was quickly defeated, but a monster who rarely appears. If Swordmantis had appeared in the village, it would have been ravaged meaninglessly, such as the village's defense.

You think of that sight. Lew's expression is blue.

"Why is this such a dangerous village?"

"This is the border, that's what it is."

The ancestors, nevertheless, may have pioneered.

The Lews are being made to struggle because the parents who don't actually know the struggle didn't tell us exactly what to do.

"I can't escape, so I have to live in the village."

"If we go to the city like you..."

"I don't know about that."

If we go to the city, we may be able to escape the perilous border.

But there's no way there's room in the city for all the villagers to live. Many villagers who were not accepted by the city will be played.

"You put yourself in a responsible position, hoping. You're going to take responsibility until the end of the day."

That's enough talking to Lew.

Turn your gaze back into the woods again.

"What's up?

The adventurers don't seem to notice, but there are signs of imminent arrival from the back of the woods.

"What's really going on in these woods?

What showed up was a beetle demon that had grown to about people.

He skewers his opponent in the corner as he flies. Its power is such that it penetrates metal shields and so on.

It will form a herd and loom.

"Well, we're in a feeding state. You can move whatever you want."