Legend

The platoon leader went in the direction of the voice that called him.

The other knights stopped exploring the area and turned towards their voices.

When I arrived at the place where the knights who called me.....

Is this the cabin?

The platoon leader muttered as he looked at the hut in front of him.

If you look at it, it's just a cabin.

The knight who called the platoon leader opened his mouth in a bit of trouble.

“Yes, I think it's just a shed. Probably a hunter or something in the woods would use the cabin. I just thought I'd better call in the squad leader just in case."

Besides telling me to call as soon as something happens, it's not strange to find a cabin and call the Lieutenant when you think it's a little suspicious.

I'm not talking about it... but the captain didn't think I'd be called for finding the cabin.

(It's not a bad thing to be prudent.)

I think so, but in the meantime, I decided to look inside the cabin, opened the cabin door... and stopped the movement.

"This is..."

Platoon leader?

The knight who summoned the platoon leader asked in horror.

The other knight, who was acting alongside the knight, is perhaps even mad at him for having found such a cabin.

But... the platoon leader opened his mouth without worrying about the eyes of those two knights and the knights gathered.

"This is the winner." That's a good idea. "

"... eh?"

In addition to his compliments, he shouted that he could not understand the knight who had called the platoon leader.

If I was angry, I still didn't think I'd be praised.

What's the matter, Platoon Leader?

One of the knights gathered asked what had happened.

Although the other knights did not utter a word, they were wondering what was inside the hut.

"Look at that."

The Platoon Leader leaves the place open for his men.

I thought it would be easier to see it with my own eyes than to explain it to myself.

Following the platoon leader's words, the knights approached the door... and looked inside the hut.

"... eh?"

From the mouth of the one who saw the inside of the cabin first, the voice that fell out of the way rose up.

And the others looked in the midst of the hut, and lifted up their voice in astonishment.

Compared to the exterior of the cabin, it's quite spacious.

It's only natural to ask why.

"This is magic, isn't it?" No, it's a magic item, to be exact. I saw a magic tent when I was an adventurer. The exterior is a normal tent, but it's quite spacious.... it's similar, isn't it? "

The knights who were listening to the explanation nodded frankly.

In this way, since there is a hut that is completely different in size from the appearance in front of me, there is no one who would oppose it.

”But... this is...”

The platoon captain was troubled to see the hut in front of him again.

There is no doubt that this hut, which is being expanded, is not just a hut.

But at the same time, if I was told that this cabin was responsible for the high rank monsters, I couldn't nod honestly against it.

This cabin is suspicious, but the Squad Leader's conclusion is that it has nothing to do with fighting high ranked monsters.

(Or if a summoned or tamed monster is protecting this hut, and a high ranked monster is coming for that monster or for the hut... is that possible? No, it's impossible.)

I expected it to be assembled by myself, but I immediately decided it was impossible.

In the first place, if there were high ranking monsters in a place like this all the time, it would be strange if it hadn't been discussed in advance.

Didn't the people you saw get killed on the spot, so the intel didn't spread?

I thought so, but then there were more missing people, so it would be strange if the Knights didn't have any information on the matter.

"This cabin is suspicious. It's very suspicious, but it should be considered separate from the high ranking monster this time."

"Is that so?" But there was this cabin where high ranked monsters fought with each other. That's why I don't think this cabin has anything to do with it. ”

Although the knight said that he was not satisfied with the platoon leader's words, the platoon leader shook his head to the side.

"It's not strange to think like that. But... yeah?"

The platoon leader suddenly stopped talking as if he had noticed something.

And then I turned my gaze to someone.....

"What the hell is that..."

With a disgusted expression, he muttered.

It's a black sphere.

A black sphere about 50cm in diameter floats in the air and approaches us.

Originally, I would not be disgusted to see such a presence.

However, as soon as I saw the black circle in front of me, I felt a disgust that should be called instinctive.

It's not just the platoon leader.

All the knights who saw the black sphere were the same.

"Monster... right?" No way, there's no animal. "

One of the knights muttered as he stood his sword.

There is also disgust in the words.

The other knights were holding their weapons as well.

"But as for the monsters, they don't seem to be attacking us." No, I don't know if it's a monster in the first place. "

"At first glance, there is a monster in the form of a gas." That said, it's subtle whether it's okay to call it gas or not. "

The body of the black sphere cannot nod honestly when asked whether it is a gas or not.

The other knights nodded in agreement with the platoon leader's words.....

”Ugh... ahhhhhhhhh!”

One of the knights suddenly rushed out with a spear that could not stand the disgust.

The cause of my disgust is this black sphere.

Then kill the black sphere.

I was acting with such thoughts in mind.....

"Stupid bastard! Go back!"

The platoon leader shouted, but the knight who charged didn't seem to hear it.

I just run with the desire to erase my disgusting existence.

The platoon leader cried out to himself, looking like a knight who had lost me in the middle of the night.

Cover me!

He was a half-running subordinate, but he had no choice but to abandon him.

Or someone who could calculate more ruthlessly might have discarded his men to see what a black sphere looked like.

The platoon leader wasn't that kind of personality.

Besides that, it was only natural to move to help the runaway subordinates.

The platoon leader's men also mobilized to help their rampaged colleagues.

I grabbed a weapon and followed my colleagues.

In this case, I didn't know this was a bad idea.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Die! "

The rampaging knight puts a spear into the black circle.

... no, I guess he meant to stab me.

However, the spear that touched the black sphere was absorbed into its body as black dust.

Huh?

The man who was rambling back to me was too unresponsive.

If this felt like piercing meat, for example, it would have been a different story.

However, the knight's hand, which pierced the black circle, had no feel at all.

In such a situation, the spear was slowly swallowed up by the black sphere.

I don't know what happened to the knight.

Moreover, since it was a thrust that ran at full speed, the blow weighed well.

It meant that the knight couldn't stop suddenly either.

A knight with a spear pierced into a black circle.

When I ran out of spears, the next time I touched the black sphere... I was a knight.

Now, if the knight hadn't run rampant when attacking, and if he had the ability to judge calmly, he would have slowed down before releasing the thrust, and would have thrown it instead of directly with a spear.

But I can't imitate it in a rampage.

Momentum could not be killed, and the knight plunged straight into the black circle.

"I... ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

Voices echoing around you.

Even if you are rampaging and losing yourself, the fact that your hands are turned into black dust and absorbed by the black circle will make you feel intense pain.

Or maybe it's not the pain, it's the screaming because it's a completely unknown feeling.

Whatever the reason, there is no doubt that the knight has returned to me.

I'm pretty sure... it's a short time, less than a few seconds.

Since it was in a state of being pushed in, I couldn't stop my legs and pushed them straight into the black sphere... The knight was absorbed by the black dust.

Back off!

The moment the knight saw the black dust, the platoon leader exclaimed.

I still had an instinctive aversion to the black sphere, but I managed to scream.

The knights who heard the platoon leader's voice were confused when they saw their colleagues being absorbed by the black dust in front of them, but they returned to me with the platoon leader's voice and immediately took a distance from the black sphere.

Some of them tried to attack the black sphere in a reflexive manner by killing their colleagues, but such people also obeyed the platoon leader's words honestly.

The platoon leader was relieved by the condition of his men.

If we were to go into battle in earnest like this, we would suffer great damage from the state we are in... On the contrary, I would have thought it would be odd if we were all wiped out.

There is no doubt that the meaning is unclear.

I don't know what happened to one of my knights.

I don't know, but it's definitely in danger.

"Be careful. When you touch that black sphere, it will turn into black dust!" I don't know what happened to those monsters, but they're very troublesome! "

When the platoon leader gives instructions, the knights of his men raise their weapons without contradicting the words.

No matter what, I was prepared to deal with it immediately.....

Huh? Late?

The speed at which the black sphere moves is by no means fast.

On the contrary, if the Knights really fled, they wouldn't be able to catch up.

That's not all.

The black sphere didn't seem to attack the platoon leader or the remaining knights, it was just moving around.

The rest of us will be completely surprised.

I killed one of the knights earlier... no, from the sight I've absorbed, I'm pretty sure they're hostile to me.

However, as far as I can see, there is no sign of hostility.

Anyway, the slow movement speed is not imitating something like coming towards us for some reason, but just jumping around the neighborhood appropriately.

However...... the platoon leader and knights were confused by the appearance of such a black circle, but the moment the black circle touched the tree, they were breathing in the sight of what happened in front of them.

When one of the knights touched it earlier, it turned into black dust and was absorbed.

I know that, but I didn't expect it to be anything but hostile to just a tree, or just touching it.

However, when I saw that part of the tree that touched the black sphere in front of me was absorbed by the black dust, I could not say that I was surprised at the sight again.

"I'm retreating... I don't know what this black sphere is, but maybe this is what created the scene"

The platoon leader told his men in a tense voice.

Actually, it didn't matter at all, but as for the platoon leaders, they came to investigate the destruction of the forest, and there was this black sphere there.

Not to mention, it has the ability to instinctively disgust just by looking at it, and above all, to absorb it as black dust just by touching it.

It was impossible to associate the destruction of the forest with the black sphere.

(Maybe the giant bird monster that destroyed the forest was absorbed by this black circle. What the hell is this guy? It's dangerous. It's too dangerous.)

I was a platoon leader who made a complete mistake, but I came to this forest without knowing anything about it, so no one can blame me for that.

"Look, that black circle is definitely a nasty monster." But still, the movement itself was slow. Besides that, it shouldn't be difficult to escape. "

"But, Captain, what if I come after you?" I don't know how slow it is to move, but I don't think it's going to do the best I can. Shouldn't it be better to take a blow to frighten them and then run away? "

But as far as I can see, you won't attack us unless we attack you.

"Do you want me to trust the monster's actions to be convenient for you?" then..... "

“That's right, I'm a little embarrassed to be imitated like that. So... let's do this."

Suddenly, an unknown voice came into the platoon leader's ears.