Legend

The day after the Rays return, the line leaves again.

The movement in doing so was unusual after striking the day before, and made many who knew the circumstances laugh bitterly.

"Isn't something a little too obvious?

To say as troubled as it sounds, Sula leads the resistance.

Of course Sula is glad to have the power of the Rays.

But still, being so openly put into an attitude is not funny, as the one who leads the resistance.

"You can't help it. Because it's true that we're weaker than the Rays."

Sharia, who is in the same carriage as Sula, tells me so lightly.

As a beast tribe... rather than as Sharia's character, the strong opponents have a respectful side, and in that sense the Rays could definitely affirm that they are superior to Sharia.

"I know the area, too. … it's really different from being convinced to understand."

"Then why don't you try not to beat the Rays?

For Sharia, I'm pretty sure she admires being as strong as the Rays.

I don't just admire it, but I also naturally want to be the same strength.

I guess Sura, who hasn't been with Sharia that long, also understood Sharia's thoughts like that.

Above all, thinking about one thing yesterday... and thinking about when Ray and the others were gone, we come to the conclusion that it is still imperative that we be strong.

(I knew we weren't strong. I knew... but still, maybe winning the battle of Mejougo was naturally complacent)

Thinking about yesterday, Sharia opens her mouth to encourage Sula to feel that way again.

"Look, don't be depressed. It's true that we're weak now, but then we just have to be strong. Or can I stay weak?

"It's..."

Originally, the current Sula-led resistance is not that powerful.

Because a giant broke into the place where the main force was and lost most of its power.

Many survivors and those whose hearts were broken in the battle then... which is why young women like Sura are supposed to lead the resistance.

But just because we're weak at the moment, the situation is not so gentle that we can honestly be sweet about it.

"Not good."

"Isn't it? Then we should try to be a little stronger now. In the first place, we're on our way to the Gilm... the only border that exists in the kingdom of Mireana? It's not like the Rays will be with us forever until we get there. You know that, don't you?

"Right."

Many times before, the Rays have asked me about the situation around here.

With the guilds where expansion work is currently taking place, the Rays are a big force and should be back there by now.

Such rays are still acting with the Suras, I guess, because they still cannot be left entirely to other faces in terms of defensive force.

That's why we're supposed to hire escort adventurers by arrangement of the Zorgay Chamber of Commerce first to go.

I have been entrusted with this line of escorts, and I have no reason to regret it.

"Then you know what you need to do, right? Fortunately, it's a carriage when you travel, so just because you're somewhat tired from a break won't interfere with your escort. And... at the time Ray and the others are here, you don't have to worry so much about escorts."

Sura nodded back at Sharia's words.

"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Sulla blows away screaming and slows down that speed as she rolls down the ground.

"What's up? You're putting together a resistance to that extent? At this rate, the resistance will all feed the monsters before they arrive in the Guild. Besides, you're not the only ones to feed, including the ones you're protecting."

"Gu!"

To the words out of Ray's mouth, Sula rises with a spear instead of a cane, moaning at the pain.

If it was meant to be, Sura is in a position to lead the resistance and doesn't have to be on the front line.

But that's only what it is, and there's no way we can afford to let the present resistance play those who deserve to be at war.

That's what my parents told me to use, and Sula was also in combat training.

... As for Sura, I'm pretty sure she was willing to raise the morale of the other resistance at all by leading the resistance into combat training first.

"Not yet... not yet!

That's what Sulla says, standing up to Ray with the spear in her hand again.

Around it, Ray's companions Elaine and the other escort adventurers hired as resistance and personality free… and even the aspirations from the original, if only protected, former prostitute women participated in the training.

If ever, it was time for a break between lunch and departure.

That's for napping after lunch and enjoying chatting with friends in other squads.

Today, however, most people did not chat, and suddenly they were blinded by the simulated battle that began.

"That's sweet. What are you going to do with them taking your weapon so easily?

Elaine wraps her weapon up in the air using a long sword mirage and making sure to tangle and take out the protruding spear pattern.

"The attack itself is slow. Sharpness and stuff like that can increase the speed of a single blow a little bit... and talk about when you can attack in a row."

Vihera plays a wielded stick, lightly armored.

"Look, there's a blow to the water coming from behind you, okay? Oh, don't you have to be wary of the dirt under your feet? There's a blow of the wind coming from up there, but what's your response?

A marina that uses one spiritual magic after another to attack multiple people and definitely makes them dance in pain if they lose their mind.

"Mmm."

It was Beaune who gently dodged a spear blow into the inside of his opponent's intermission and instantly stuck a blade of white clouds in his throat.

Like these, those currently on this scene were doing a little mock warfare and trying hard to develop their strength somehow.

Around here, one thing from yesterday after all...... I guess just because the Rays aren't around has also affected the darkening of the line of atmosphere itself.

The feeling that we were not relied upon as escorts by the Rays, even if we were there, was enough to make the resistance and escort adventurers aware of and arouse their own impudence.

(Don't try so hard)

It gently creases up under its feet with a dusk spear while avoiding the blow of the spear released by Sura.

If Ray had seriously unleashed that blow, there was no doubt that Sura's leg would have been broken. It was a blow, but she couldn't have done that much in training, and Sura had to fall to the ground without being particularly injured.

"Ku... ha, ha, ha..."

"Keep Sura around for now. It doesn't make sense to use your strength to the limit here. It doesn't taste good not to be able to move quickly when something happens because you can rest in a carriage."

Did you feel that dissatisfaction with the word made sense, and Sula leaves straight in front of Ray?

It was Ray watching Sulla like that, but he turns his gaze to Sharia, who came out in front of him to replace Sulla.

"So? Is it your turn next?

"It will.... you'll deal with them, won't you?

Sharia points her gaze at Ray like she's serious about challenging the fight, not something like mock combat or combat training.

For Sharia, the presence of Ray is similar to the wall that exists before her.

I'm not hostile, of course.

For some reason the collar of the slave came off and gave me food against myself hiding in Mejougo without knowing what to do in that situation.

I have no grudges, even if I am grateful.

But... Still, the presence of Ray is definitely a wall for Sharia.

And Sharia is not just a woman who takes a hard look at the wall in front of herself.

From my instincts as an Orc, I want to fight Ray. And he wanted to win, he thought from the bottom of his heart.

I don't suppose he guessed Sharia's thoughts like that, but Ray nods after storing his dusk spear in the mistering.

"Okay. Then it's Sharia's turn."

"Please."

If this were normal, I'd be pissed that I bothered to bare my hands to deal with myself, but Sharia, who knows how strong Ray is, doesn't think so.

In the first place, Ray had a spear of dusk because Sura was using the spear as a weapon, so it would have been better to fight with the same weapon anyway.

More than that, it was only natural for Ray to get his bare hands in front of Sharia.

Sharia used a weapon when fighting in Mejougo, but she was originally good at fighting.

Beyond that, it was still best to challenge Ray with his bare hands now.

"Come."

Ray whines, keeping his bare hands.

Sharia nodded at it, kicking the ground and stuffing her time with Ray.

Only the Beast Man, whose speed is clearly faster than that of a normal human being.

If you are an adventurer hired by Gimecam to escort you, the speed you will never be able to cope with.

It was Sharia's fist released straight into her own face, but Ray dodges that blow by lowering her right half just a little back.

It was Sharia's fist walking past the side of her face a few cm, but seeing that doesn't make Ray look particularly upset.

Ningro, even releasing a hook-spirited blow, like plundering Sharia's jaw... Sharia, who knows the power of Ray, manages to prevent Ray's blow with her left arm, not thinking her blow will determine a light battle.

A blow that would have been lightly mowed of consciousness if it had hit the jaw.

By preventing it, Sharia might think so in an instant, trying to poke a gap in the blow and release the counter...

"Huh?"

Before taking that blow, the blow you should have prevented increases momentum from it and blows your body forcefully.

Still, due to the high physical abilities characteristic of the Beast people, they rebuild their posture in the air and succeed in landing without imitation like rolling down the ground... they still cannot kill the momentum and will slip on the ground for a few meters or so.

"Just because you prevented a blow, don't let that distract you. Sometimes that blow is more powerful than I thought. A good idea is to avoid enemy attacks rather than prevent them. The blow I got now worked up, but I blew it like a push, so the pain wasn't that bad, was it?

There are no lies in Ray's words, and whatever some pain in Sharia's arm, it's not like she was seriously beaten and blown away.

Originally, it would have undoubtedly taken a lot of damage if it had been struck like blown up earlier.

But Ray didn't punch him with his fist, he fired the kind of blow he pushed, just like he did now.

"Yeah, yeah. It's okay."

With that said, Sharia makes sure her arms are in good shape.

I have mild blunt pain, but only a few hours… or a few dozen minutes, to the extent that I can be sure that the pain will go away.

Not to mention that Sharia is excited in battle right now and doesn't care about some pain at all.

"I'm coming!

Short screams and runs out toward Ray again.

Faster than earlier, but the type of attack remains unchanged.

Instead of doing extra small-time work, that attack, which was unleashed to hit your opponent as quickly as possible for a moment anyway, should still be said, avoided by Ray, who also fires a similar blow earlier as a counter.

That's what Sura and the others around her thought would turn out to be exactly the same as earlier... The blow Ray fired at the tip of her jaw moves Sharia forcefully to dodge it.

"Shh!

Who was the one who shouted briefly... but I'm sure everyone watching was surprised to see what was going on.

But that stunned voice is repainted by an even stronger stunned voice at the next moment.

Sharia was the first to try to put the fist she unleashed toward Ray back on hand, but it was grabbed by Ray's left hand and thrown at her discretion before it was completely back on hand.

If anyone familiar with Judo would have moaned that it was a brutal one bearing, a forceful throw.

Note that I grabbed Sharia's arm with my left hand, not my right, because my right hand was used for a blow to the jaw.

As such, the moment Sharia's back is tapped to the ground, Ray lifts Sharia's body up just a little and minimizes the impact she receives.

"Ho ho!

Still, he couldn't kill the shock completely, and Sharia's training ended with Ray's one on his back.