"... you suck"
"Oh, a thousand fiery knights defeating the demon with five bodies. If that thing attacked you, wouldn't you lose Alheim?
"Twenty demons the demon king once obeyed, surely? That means there are ten Demon Kings there. It's the end of the world, Alheim."
"... seriously"
Luke and Lucin were hiding in the woods, roughly three kilometers from where Prince Apristos V's private army was forming, to see what was going on.
They heard Rifa talk about Hart being brainwashed and taken away, and they came after Hart's magic so far. And I made sure Hart appeared a knight of fire.
"What do we do? Do you want to hit Hart a little and go back to your sanity or what?
"Through the defense of that thousand fiery knights? You can't. I've seen that knight throw a spear, but I couldn't even follow it with my eyes."
"Right. I saw that knight work together to defeat the demon, but there were no gaps, and the offensive was perfect."
"Bye."
"Ah."
"" You're done. ""
Luke and Lucin laughed on the spot.
"Ha, hey, that sucks. Do people laugh when they get so pinched?"
"No, you're just going to have to laugh at this. 'Cause ten Demon Kings is the enemy, right? That's impossible."
"Definitely"
"I don't know, Hart's too strong. A demon king."
"That."
"Can't we just keep running away to a country without Hurt?
"He can use the transfer, can't he?
"Ah."
"Pfft."
"" Ha-ha-ha ""
The two continued to laugh for a while.
"Phew, tell the King's Capital about this situation for now"
"Oh, let's do that"
Luke and Lucin followed the scene.
Hart has been watching how it goes.
The ex-general's orders were enemy restraint.
So Hart didn't move the spot, even though he noticed the two of them.
─ ─ ─ ─
"Is that true? That Hart has become an enemy."
"... Yes"
Luke and Lucin returned to the royal castle and briefed King Elf and the ministers in the conference room on the situation they had seen. Tina and Rifa are waiting in separate rooms.
"Chip, that's why you can't trust people! Easy to brainwash!!"
"Shut up! It was my Elves who put a slave bracelet on Hart. No more, no more overriding shame!
The ministers became quiet with the voice of King Elf.
"Look, Rifa's story is that Master Silf was forced by Hurt to return. You know what this means?
"Forced return of Master Silf!?"
"No way"
"If Master Silf is hostile to this country!?"
"That's right. Being forced to return would also make the opposite possible. In other words, Mr. Sylph, forced by Hart to summon him, could attack this country without any help."
In the words of this Elf King, a hasty look appears on the ministers.
But that's not the only problem.
"The matter of Master Silf is also a problem, but there is another problem… Hurt has emerged quite a few Flaming Knights"
"What is the Knight of Fire, that magic that defeated the General of the National Army in a militant tournament?
"How many? Ten? Twenty?
"Don't be stupid. The General of the National Army lost a lot of magic!? If there were twenty of them, I wouldn't be able to beat them!
"... a thousand."
"─ What?
"In addition to the private army of Prince Five Thousand, we have confirmed the appearance of the thousand fiery knights Hart has made."
It made a bumpy noise and the minister responsible for defence fell.
From now on, I seem to have lost my mind because of the pressure of having to fight that overwhelming enemy.
Everybody, listen up.
King Elf speaks to the ministers.
"First, pull Hart away from the former general. If you're not ordered, Hart's not supposed to do anything."
"Oh, is that possible?
"If you can't, this country will perish. Do whatever it takes. And because of that failure, we will now let all non-combatants flee the country"
"Are you letting the people escape? Isn't it safer to stand in the king's capital? There's a magic barrier on the Wall of the King's Capital, and it should hold up."
"I can't do that. Hart easily destroyed the magic barrier placed on the battlefield at the martial arts tournament."
The strength of the magic barrier erected on the wall of the Wang capital was equal to that of the magic barrier erected on the fighting bench. In other words, the magic barrier of the King's capital makes no sense before Hurt.
"Salion."
"My Lord, what is it"
When King Elf called, Deacon Salion appeared from nowhere.
"You ask Tina, and the Lukes here, to help you figure out a way to keep Hart away from the former general. Our National Army will only be able to use it to the extent that it is. You're the only ones I can count on."
"I'm in awe. Dear Luke, Lucin, Tina and the others are waiting for you in the separate room. Let's go over there."
"Ah."
"Okay. Now if you'll excuse me."
In the conference room where Salion and Luke and Lucin left off, there was a discussion of where and how to get the people away.