Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

― ― ― Shortly after the destruction of the gate, Aima

As she broke through the gate, Diaz rushed into the fort and stopped immediately... Aima, who was diving into Diaz's armor, suddenly stopped and asked Diaz a question.

Is something wrong?

"Ah, no... isn't the structure of this fort just like the troupe hotel you stayed in before?"

Even though it looks exactly like that, I thought it was strange that I couldn't find the door that was supposed to be here. "

That said, Diaz gently strokes the wall covered in brand new bricks...... Eima looks up and explores the sounds around her, assuming that there is something for Diaz to say.

"Ah, Diaz, perhaps there is a space beyond this wall, rather than a room...?" You can hear footsteps that sound like some people are moving.

When that happens, this wall is probably..... "

In response to Aima's words, Diaz waved his battle axe, shaking down the wall as hard as he could, saying that no further explanation was needed.

Then, the iron door that I saw in the guesthouse appeared, and Diaz reached out to open the door...... but it didn't open, and Diaz immediately smashed the door with a battle axe.

Then Diaz rushed out to the hallway leading beyond the door, and said, "Wait!” Aima continued, pointing to the opposite wall.

"Let's destroy the other side of the door. If we destroy it, Joe and the others will go there."

If you hide the side roads like this, you're sure there's some kind of trap in the openly led front courtyard...... so you don't go to the front courtyard, and you'll have to leave the word 'danger' on the ground. ”

Then, Diaz honestly followed the words, first breaking the opposite wall and door, and then engraving the letters with an axe on the cobblestone leading to the courtyard... then proceeding to the hallway where he tried to proceed again.

The scene at the end of the hallway was almost identical to the one of the team business lodging I had stayed in before.

There is an arched part to support the ceiling, and if it's about Diaz's height, it won't be able to pass through the arches without bending a little... There are some weapons and armor in the hallway, and even something like a rough bed... It's a little difficult to run around because they get in the way.

That's why, slowly, while checking for the presence of traps, I proceeded to watch out for the surroundings...... Aima's ears grasped a slight breathing sound, pulled her face out of the armor, and then whispered it to Diaz.

(Two ahead, hiding behind that pillar.

Beyond the door just a little further, it looks like there are some people hiding in the room, so please be careful)

In response, Diaz nodded silently, and while holding the battle axe, he first approached the pillar... to tell him that he was aware of it, and then slammed the pillar with the handle of the battle axe.

Then the enemy soldier, who was hiding behind his back, showed up and ran straight ahead with his sword up...... Diaz waved his battle axe across the side and slammed one of them against the wall with the lion's face, not the blade of the battle axe, and then slammed the other one with the battle axe in the same way.

(Wow, for a moment, I saw the illusion of enemy soldiers being slammed against the wall.

If you can hit me with that much force... ah, but you're still alive.

...... nnh... you could have slashed it with the blade at the moment)

Looking at that, Aima thought about it, and Diaz, who had kicked down the wooden door, advanced into it and slammed the enemy soldiers who were hiding in the room and trying to ambush them one after another, knocking them all into a coma.

"Um... Diaz, why are you holding back?

Looks like I've been trying not to kill you for a while... "

When she saw that the battle had partitioned for the time being, Aima shouted...... Diaz, who had smashed the enemy soldier's weapons one by one with his battle axe, returned the words.

"Before you broke in, Mont said that he would let these people work and pay compensation, right?"

I don't like slaves or anything like that... but I think it would be a bad idea if a little money went to the victim.

I don't have any damages for killing them... I'm going to capture them as long as I can.

Then it's up to Eldan to decide what to do with them... whether they're going to be executed or really put to work. ”

In response to Diaz's words, Aima, who had a complicated expression, returned only the words, "I see."

What Mont was saying was that he would only go to jail and recover his losses, but Diaz seemed to understand that as compensation for the victims.

Mont and perhaps Zhu Ha are trying to compensate for the loss from such a perspective as the revenue of the whole territory, tax revenues, and the economy... I think Eima once again thinks that the two of them and Diaz have a completely different perspective.

(If Diaz beats me like that in the first place, I'll break one or two bones, and I don't think I'll be able to work for a while... well, yeah, let's leave the rest to Eldan and the others.

In the first place, this case is caused by the mistake of Eldan and the others, so there is no need for Diaz to get his hands dirty.)

With that in mind, Aima listens to Diaz and collects intel to help him fight safely.

Even without such a small workmanship, Diaz's strength overwhelms the enemy soldiers. Even if the enemy soldiers could attack Diaz with a miraculous coincidence, the armor would prevent the attack, and even though it was unnecessary, it was unnecessary... The magic power in the armor was not infinite.

If they keep attacking us, we won't be able to attack anymore... I don't know if we'll be able to solve everything just by fighting in this fort, but I don't think we'll be able to save magic power.

(The magic power of armor... yeah, there's still about 80% left.

I'm surprised that just touching it can tell how much is left... I have to be able to control the magic power of my armor instead of Diaz, who can't feel it)

Oh my God, when Amma thought about it in Diaz's armor... the sound of Joe and the others in the footsteps and the sound of fighting in the back... echoed from the other side of the fort.

I heard the howling code from around here beforehand... and Aima listened and began to decipher it.

(Er... suppression, capture, suppression, suppression, capture...)

Looks like Joe and the others are doing well, too, with Joe on the upper floor and Lorca on the lower floor on the other side.

And Ryan and the others are coming after us... yes, we'll head upstairs from the stairs and let Ryan and the others take care of the lower floor)

"Diaz, let's head up the stairs, this fort's structural enemy leader is probably the deepest on the upper floor."

And it looks like Joe and the others are taking control of the fort and capturing the enemy soldiers. ”

Deciphering it, and immediately giving Diaz instructions, Diaz said with a slightly happy voice, “I see! That's what I said, and I ran to the end of the hallway where there would be stairs.

When he reached the staircase, he ran up...... Diaz stood in the hallway, slowly moving forward as far as he could to kill the footsteps and signs.

In an attempt to defeat Diaz, the enemy soldiers continue to hide behind him and aim for an ambush.

... it's not too small, but it's not too big to take advantage of in this fortress.

If you surprise them with an ambush or something, if you can at least intercept them from the front and back, you might be able to beat the hero of saving the country wearing shining armor.

It seems that she is aiming for an ambush with that idea, but Aima keeps trying to figure it all out.

There was no enemy soldier with such good ears and such a good head to go over Aima... so Diaz grew more and more dominating the fort.

That way, when you arrive in the deepest room, you will hear some footsteps and the wheels of the wagon in Aima's ears.

(... oh, it looks like some of them are running away from the back door of the fort.

Hmm... if you say this, Diaz, you're going to chase after the surrounding villages...

But I can't deal with the 30 people and a few of us who escaped, and it might be even more impossible to besiege them so that they don't get away with it...... Yeah, I'll keep quiet about this)

I heard it, but Aima thought like that and turned her ear towards the deepest room without saying anything.

Perhaps one of them was stood by noticing Diaz's approach. Rather than an ambush, it seemed like she was going to cut through the front and take the lead... Aima whispered this to Diaz.

"There's enough magic power in the armor, and Joe and the others are doing fine... don't be in a hurry, just do it the way you want."

That said... I kept my ears high and strong, trying not to be alarmed until the end.

- In the wilderness, not far from the fort?

Not long after Amma sensed the presence of the fugitives... the soldiers who had fled the fort were on the verge of destruction after some ambush.

Suddenly, arrows appeared from where there was nothing, and the arrows pierced the heads and throats of the deserters one after another... so that one of the remaining deserters could not speak out in fear and despair and remained dazed... and was shot by the arrows that appeared suddenly again and died.

I wonder if Diaz would lightly prevent such an arrow.

Thinking that such a voice suddenly appeared on the side of the desperate fugitive, the air that was drifting around was distorted and dripping as if it was melting... and how many men on horseback appeared.

”Ahh... I'm really tired of covering up this crowd with cover-up magic”

"The chief is covering the whole village while he's awake." I'm not saying such a pathetic thing with so many people. "

"Hey, don't waste your time, I'll start checking the loot."

The young people who started such a conversation by showing their faces had horns on their foreheads, and their faces had makeup reminiscent of flames... what a characteristic is the thick fur that seems to be wrapped around their brown skin for battle.

Zorg, who was standing in the middle of the demonic youths, swaying the ID of the chief candidate in his chest, looked around... and gave instructions to inspect not only the fugitive's equipment, but also his possessions and cargo.

Soon, one of the young people's voices bounced out.

"Hey! Zorg, look at this! He's got a box full of gold!

And this is like a bottle of wine! No, it's been an expedition for a long time, but I'm lucky! "

"... you can share the gold or the gold with the clan leader."

The gear is for everyone in the village... hey, how's the loading of the wagon? "

When Zorg returns such words to the young man, he gently hugs a box full of gold coins in love before placing them at his feet, and begins to strip the fugitive's corpse of his gear.

"The cargo... looks like military supplies, there are water barrels and sake barrels, and there's salted meat that feels like it's just being dismantled."

"I'll share the food with you. If you take this much food home, the sheikh will appreciate it a little bit."

These days, there are more and more maers and children, and they don't have enough hands... if you can buy food from others, you won't be able to do more than that. "

When Zorg returns the report from another young man... the surrounding young people return Zorg a sniffy smile.

Zorg, who was supposed to change the color of his eyes to gold before, gave instructions to share the gold, and he was going to fill the villages with food instead of gold... to satisfy the belly of those who waited in the villages for their return.

When I heard that there was a rebellion next to me, even though I was no longer an expedition leader candidate, I decided to go out and bowed my head to the expedition team and asked for help... "I'm talking about Kan-chan's Diaz, so I'll definitely send out a deserter, and if I aim at it, I can make money easily", and I made a splendid reading.

As before, if I went berserk around here as an expedition team, my neighbor Diaz might be annoyed, but if I were to sneak up on the fugitive, if I were to take only those supplies, it would be more of a backup... The result would be as Zorg read, so that the whole expedition could get enough harvest to be satisfied.

That's why the young people in the expedition said, "Maybe this guy will be a good chief? 'and' That Zorg has grown '.

Then Zorg noticed it and turned his gaze away, waving his hand around......

”... I'm not dazed, I'll carry you to the wagon I hid before someone found out”

And after that, I used cover-up magic... and vanished into the air before the other youngsters and left.