As soon as I left the tent, I ran through the sky in Legs of the Forest Wolf looking for Ness. For a moment, I felt like I saw an oak in the woods, but I can't let Sign Sensing fly down there. I didn't have time to get down and look.

Further southeast from where we found traces, we saw the river. Not that big of a river, but the water that reflected in the sun's light and sparkled was so beautiful.

But it was a very difficult sight to say that the vicinity with its river was very beautiful.

Several adventurers were lying on the shore. The water ahead from the adventurer who lay on its side is a bloody red. Count three from the top. All three of them fell and didn't move in the river plains without being slightly mobile.

I descend beside those adventurers in impatience. [M]

"Hey...... hey! Are you all right!?

Knock dirty cheeks with blood and dirt, but no response. But apparently there was breath, reassuring from the bottom of my heart. but my body temperature is getting cold from exposure to river water. I held him from his side and pulled him up, and managed to carry him under a tree near the river.

When I carried the third under the tree, the first adventurer I carried opened my eyes to me with groans.

"Ugh... this is..."

"Hey, you okay?

"Are you… silver or…"

"Oh. No, I don't care about me. What happened? What happened?

The guy managed to wake up his body and said he was pompous while keeping his back in the tree.

"Oak......"

"You think it's an oak? But you guys are scouts, aren't you? How could you not have noticed?

"They... they ambushed me from the trees..."

On a tree... You know the sign sensing is hard to stretch up...?

"Mr. Ness noticed that it was critical... that the reaction was delayed and like this..."

"There were five ground squads. And the other two?

"Scattered apart... we fled to the river, but Mr. Ness and the other one... I don't know"

"Well... no, I'm glad you guys are alive. I'll call for help right away. Just a little more patience."

Saying so, the adventurer lost his mind as relieved. I was in a hurry to think he was dead, but he looks like he's breathing, so he'll be fine......

And I'm currently taking some adventurers from a camp that has become a dragonfly back to the river. I was surprised the camp was surrounded by dirt walls while I didn't look at it for a moment, but Virgil said it was a measure in the event of a failed residential exploration and an ambush. This is how the ground squad was devastated. I guess that decision was right now. We have to carry the ground squad inside the position where we got the horn, simple or not.

Beneath the riverside tree lay the adventurers, just like earlier.

But on its chest, everyone had a sword stabbed.

"Oh no..."

Knee power falls out and collapses. If I hadn't been able to carry the three of you then... no, that's not realistic. There's no way I can move around holding three big men.

But I think. I told you I'd call for help...

"Mr. Asagi, switch. This is the realm of orcs already."

"Damn......"

Forced to stand by the adventurer that brought him here. He's right. This is how the victim came out. This is enemy territory now. Skip sign sensing around, but no response around. Fly up, albeit slightly. There was no response on this tree either.

"Let's go back. Collect them and head to the camp. I'll be on guard around the area. They're launching an ambush from the trees, so be careful up there."

We went camping in a straight line after we saw the adventurers carrying the three of us.

On my way home, I had a reaction that hooked me up with sign sensing where it was time to camp. Gently extend your arms to stop the squad. Slowly I looked up at the tree and found a hidden oak in the branches. I saw it on my journey with Daniela. It was just like an oak, but I held a bow in my hand. That oak and I can see it.

"Enemy attack!"

An adventurer who lays the ground squad's remains on the ground in my voice and pulls out his sword. An oak descended from the tree around it with a sword in his hand.

"Shit, really from the top of the tree......!

"Will they do it, damn it!

An adventurer waving his sword in bad shape. I release "Ice Arrow" towards the oak on the tree. At the same time, the oak also releases an arrow, thus preventing it with the 'ice shield' produced on the palm that stretched it. There was no way to prevent the flying gear. It was magic I had in mind. Maybe someone's already thinking about it...... The magic name is "Ice Shield". Daniela will make fun of me again, so I'll ask you the name of the magic school standard later.

By being prevented from arrows, the oak sets up two arrows, but faster than it is released, and I jump out and fly up, swinging my sword up and slashing every branch of the oak on it. It didn't cut off the boulder, but I let one leg slash fly. The orc, which was no longer balanced because of it, fell and was slammed to the ground as it was and stopped moving.

Looking back, I saw the adventurers struggling, so I turn back and join them. It was usually a combination with Daniela, but even with the adventurers I didn't know I could fight for it. But my body was a little bumpy and I was neglected to feel the signs behind me, so that became my homework for the future.

"Is this all...?

"Ha, ha... Oh, shit, I twisted my leg in a hurry..."

"It's almost a camp. Come on."

Walk out again, carrying an above-ground squad instead of an adventurer who walks his sword instead of a cane. I didn't think the body of a powerless human being would be so heavy by now. I'm sure living humans balance with nature, so it reduces the burden on those who bear it. Corpses unable to move themselves fall into shaking and inclination. Sweat dripped off my forehead every time I rebacked it. But I'm the one who took this life. Not a single complaint could have come out.

After walking for about 30 minutes, I saw an unfamiliar dirt wall. It's a camp. There is only one entrance if you circle from here to the valley side.

"Almost..."

"Ha... ha... finally..."

"The water is drinking..."

"If it's water, I'll give it to you later..."

"Boulder silver so..."

Everyone, including me, is already breathing. It is a forcible army that does not pinch a single break, but also battles. It's a helo on the boulder......

And someone comes from the front. I thought it was an oak, but apparently an adventurer... and it was Angelica and the others.

"Oh, Master Asagi!

"Angelica... good thing you guys got here safely."

"You guys, that means... Huh!

Angelica is breathtaking to see the adventurer I carry.

"Ground squad, hit... Ness and the other one are missing"

"No... No, go inside right away! You guys!"

Lauriers carry the ground squad to Angelica's voice. Entering the camp with Angelica lending her shoulders, a bonfire burned inside, which looked exactly like what she said was a battlefield position. The walls are reinforced from the inside and can be sturdy.

"Asagi!"

Daniela found me stunning and ran.

"Daniela, I'm sorry... the operation failed"

"Say what, if you live, you can fight"

"Oh yeah... Ness and the other one, I can't find them... they're probably still fighting somewhere. We need to go find him soon..."

"It's already sundown. The search begins when the sun rises. And..."

Daniela stares at the entrance to the camp.

"Oh, the ambush begins... I need to let Virgil know"

Let's go to Virgil.

Daniela will line up on the other side of Angelica and support me. It's like a wounded soldier. I just don't have the strength and I'm hello... but I felt a little good hitting my chest.

Virgil is thinking arm in arm. In the bad news I gave, I carve the frown wrinkles deeper than the valley.

"... should I at least be glad that I was building a wall that helped"

"Sorry, my frivolous judgment has left them dead"

"No, I can't carry three men. I should have attached some before you jumped out. It's my mistake."

Two people try to take responsibility. but is blocked by the sound of Daniela tapping her desk.

"I don't have time for such pointless exchanges. The dead shall not rise, and the dead and the living shall fight. Wouldn't you?

Virgil and I snorted silently at the words. That's right. The ambush that's about to start... No, it's not an ambush anymore. We must prepare ourselves for the raid. We don't have much time.

"It's impossible to explore your place of residence from now on. So we chase back the oak as we travel to this position. If we do well, we may be able to follow that oak to where we live."

If it's a Virgil operation, we might be able to figure it out. Fortunately, raids from all directions were prevented thanks to the dirt walls we had made. It could collapse, but every time you fix it with dirt magic, you'll be fine. It's reinforced, too.

"I have one suggestion for that..."

"You got something? Asagi."

"Oh, if we build a wall along the wall from the entrance and make a narrow road for him, I think we'll figure it out even if the oak slips in. New walls won't reach from the oak. If we build our scaffolding at heights and attack them from above..."

"I see, that's a good idea. Besides the dead oak blocking the road even further."

Virgil nods and adds to the operation I proposed. Yes, we can attack this unilaterally, and if the oak gets clogged, we can't attack the inner wall. All you have to do is fight while protecting the outer walls. You can watch the gap and let me kick their ass outside.

"If that's what you decide, let's make a wall quick. I'll leave the crime scene to Asagi and Daniela."

"Whoa. I'm gonna build a fine wall!

"It's the dirt wizards who make the walls, though."

There's a laugh in the tent at Daniela's scratch, and the air soothes. Come on, it's a showdown with Orc. Is there anything more I can do to make anyone die? We're the winners.