Ee, Teni Shippai? Seikou?

A group of demons through the fortress guarded by the adventurers was approaching the peripheral town of Mailgrad.

Many of the fortifications had prevented the invasion, but still more and more demons headed for the town, not to mention thousands.

It would also be a matter of time before this exceeds 10,000.

In order to protect the city from such demons, it is the Knights led by Lord William who are in the final line of defense.

It is not so much a knight as a manifestation of a title, but only a position of being part of the organization responsible for the defense of the town.

"Don't talk about staffing."

William, who spans Nightmare Horse, looks around with a harsh look at the Knights lined up a few kilometers from town.

That number is about two thousand.

To say a word with the Knights, their roles are diverse.

A defense force that first guards the perimeter and protects the town from demons.

Crusade Squad mixed with adventurers to intermingle Jana Forest demons.

Guards guarding the security of the whole town.

Gendarmerie, the executive unit of judicial control.

There are other detailed roles, but the main ones are more than that.

There were currently only guards and gendarmes left in the whole town that could keep the peace at a minimum, and almost all of the Knights were in formation on this occasion.

"We have also completed the placement of the slave squad"

"Uhm."

William nods to Eagle Deep in response to his men's report.

A few hundred meters ahead of the Knights was a formation of personnel dressed in simple equipment.

They are criminal slaves who have committed crimes in Mailgrad and are subjected to labour.

Among those who have broken the law in this country, those who are heavily sinned may be enslaved.

Those are called criminal slaves, they are labored by the gravity of their sins, and if they finish their sentences, they are released.

Some have committed minor crimes and have not even fallen into slavery, but such criminals are currently cooperating with the security forces responsible for policing the entire town.

Since more than 80% of the guards and gendarmes participate in this defense force, it is to make up for the missing hand.

"Gentlemen of criminal slavery! Grant amnesty to those who survive this battle!! Depending on your work, you can drastically shorten your sentence!! Redeem with your hands the mistakes you have made with your hands!!

'Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The criminals generally responded favourably to William's flights.

The line and equipment of criminal slaves are distinguished by the crimes committed.

The sinful ones are there in good gear and in the rear, and the sinful ones are in coarse gear and in the front.

Also the criminal slave is engraved with a slave crest, which is endowed with a magical effect.

Thanks to that slave crest, they cannot resist the Lords and Knights.

In this battle, it is forbidden to flee in front of enemies and to arbitrarily attack allies, and breaking it will result in a penalty.

The whole body stiffens for a few seconds with some pain, but you can easily imagine what would happen if this penalty were activated before a ferocious demon.

They have no choice but to fight for their lives because of their own future.

"Slave Squad, Forward!! Drive one or more demons away!!

In William's decree, amplified by witchcraft, the criminal slave unit began to advance against a herd of demons.

It is pointless to ask them to act collectively, so this is the only order they give.

All you have to do is get the individual to struggle.

"Vista, I'm sorry. Pull me out to the Lord."

Beside William was Vista, dressed in butler's clothes.

He also spans the nightmare hose again, and his clothes look more uplifting than usual because of the chainmail he wears underneath.

"No, if anything happens to the town"

Vista, the old butler who separated words once there, loosened his expression with a hoot.

"Nevertheless, I wish I hadn't had a boy"

"... right"

Take Vista's words and William answers them in a small voice to him.

Henry, now William's son and Alana's brother, had gone to King's Capital to train.

"If I'd been here, I'd probably have been impotent"

"Yes, there's Alana on the front line."

William doesn't have a good grasp of his son's unusual feelings for his sister.

But I know as much as Henry admires Alana, so it's easy to imagine that she would be forced to try to look good on her esteemed sister.

Vista, by the way, has a pretty good grasp of Henry's emotions, but so far he's taken a static stance that it won't be a problem within Hazel, a childhood tame and dedicated samurai, being the starting point for his emotions.

(It's a troublesome thing about Boy's sexuality...)

Henry's abusive feelings and behavior toward Hazel are not normal, but Hazel's abusive preferences for receiving them are also not within the scope of the usual interrogations.

Because of the spelling lid on the cracking pan, it seems that it has not developed into a serious problem so far.

Still immature and quite problematic, Henry, but still an important successor candidate for Mailgrad.

Regardless of my feelings for Alana, I was spared to lose it in this battle because otherwise I am quite capable, be it combat or administrative.

(That said, if I die, I don't have an ex or a kid.)

In the front, a group of criminal slaves and demons had just come into contact.

Other cities don't have to, criminal slaves on the border have a lot of roughnecks, and a large number of ex-middle-ranked adventurers mix inside.

It is a battle that cost my life and my future.

Though it has been a riot, it seems that quite a few fights have been made against a bunch of demons.

"Huh!!

William booms the baldish in his hand to get him back in the mood! and waved one.

A Valdish is a weapon that combines a long-shaped knife with an axe, also known as a "half-moon axe" or "three-day moon axe" because of the shape of its blade.

William hoisted in heaven a baldish with a blade that was bigger than the normal one and a pattern about 10% longer.

"Knights, forward!! The Horse Riders storm ahead!! The infantry will continue later. No!!

"Ohhhhhh!!!!"

The Knights advance as they roar in response to William's decree.

Roughly two thousand knights, about two hundred are riding.

Approximately 10% of all horseback riding squads protrude from group to group.

If the opponent is a man's army, an attack such as using its mobility to stir it up with a side attack from a detour, etc. would be effective, but the opponent is a demon.

There was no tactics, no collaboration, just a bunch of people asking for numbers to move forward foolishly, and there was nothing to stir up.

"Shh!!

William, who was running at the head of the horseback squad, storms the group.

Running through the herd of demons, several demons were blown away if he swung the Valdish.

"Yarrows! Keep going lord!!

"You win our future!!

The criminal slaves, who fought demons ahead and were a little pushed and in a mood, breathe back by William's assault.

The style of wielding long patterned weapons at the mercy of power and slaughtering approaching demons from one end resembles Alana somewhere, but that should be it too.

Anyway, it was my father, William, who taught Alana how to fight.

"Hehe, I can't beat my daughter yet"

Unlike Alana, who draws the blood of dark elves, William, a human, lacks the amount of magic he holds.

I can't rely much on physical enhancement and martial arts by magic like my daughter, but he has enough muscle strength and moves to make it up to me.

Not without age-related decay, but he still had enough fighting ability to fight on the front lines.

"My husband! I'll give you everywhere!!

Vista, the butler, continued a little late for William, who drives his horse as he wields the Valdish.

What he manipulates is a special double sword.

The sword body is less than 100 cm long as a double sword, but the weight was short sword due to its narrow width, thin tips and pointed points, and more importantly, the blade was unusually thin.

Vista, with a long sword in her left and right hand, swings them silently.

Its thin blade easily rips the demon's hard skin with sharp cleavage, and its thin tips accurately poke at the enemy's weakness.

where he defeated about a hundred demons by special weapons and skillful sword moves -,

- Pakin......!!

and instead of the sharpness obtained due to its thinness, one of the long swords is broken, which was to lose its durability.

But Vista pressed the button in the broken sword pattern, embellishing the demon with the remaining sword without panic.

Then the broken blade fell off the pattern.

Then hit the unusually thick sheath with the pattern of blade loss lowered to the waist.

- Kachili.

Pulling the pattern Vista had in her hand, which gained a definite feel in her hand, a new blade was fitted there.

A spare blade is planted in the sheath that's falling back on his hips.

"Ohhhhh!!

"Ha...!!

Auga approaches Vista after replacing the blade.

Vista kicks gently in the belly of the nightmare hose with her legs and gives a signal.

The rider-inspired nightmare hose jumped lightly toward the Auga and through its sides.

"Huh!!

At the tip of a quick wave of a long sword that obtained a new blade was the neck of an orga boasting a giant body that wanted to reach three meters tall.

It was that ogre who was rushing over Vista as a prey, but he was definitely dropped of corn and neck.

"Not yet......!!

Without a blind eye to the dead demon, Vista began to wave her sword toward a new target.