Maou No Utsuwa

And the second outing on the same day.

The Royal Army is facilitating the launch of the Hildegands Horse Riders without any attack on the fort. No change, it's obvious we're setting a trap.

For a while, tow the front lines of the Royal Army to explore the overall movement. We're watching the waves of motion to determine where the commander is.

It is because it is a great army that I see it. Finally, Hildegand is starting to see a little of that.

"It moved a little!

"Exactly!

Tyrone gives his consent to Hildegand's voice. I got inked. Finally, it turns into a serious attack.

"Okay, I'm going!

"Mobile Magic Corps! Prepare to attack!"

On the decree of Matthias, the magicians of the Mobile Demon Guidance Unit begin to chant in unison.

"Let go!

A huge mass of flames struck the front line of the Royal Army. And landed. Many enemy soldiers are knocked down with a blast. And a hole in a large, empty formation.

There was no immediate disturbance of the formation.

"Let go!

And now Marie's decree resounds.

Magic was unleashed behind the large, worn formation. The soldiers of the kingdom are greatly upset by the unexpected magical bunk attack.

And even more gigantic flames penetrate deeper into the formation.

"I'll stop with this! Back off!"

"Mr. Marie! Thanks!"

"I don't want any thanks! This is a battlefield!

Marie went back to the fort where she released two shots of her own maximum magic burning.

"Did you get it!?

"Unfortunately!

"Can't you!?

"I couldn't seem to kill you! I'm out!

One place on the front line. From behind it, deeply dictated by three successive magics, the Knight of the Kingdom came forward. It's the Eagles.

"Don't be ridiculous! If you have a knight, come with your sword!

One knight comes forward, shouting out loud.

"That's the trap?

"Don't stop the horse! Stop and you'll be magical!

"Ah, yes!

On Tyrone's advice, Hildegand rushes back to his horse's feet. Naturally, you can't stay in one place. You'll be walking away from the egos who came out.

"Hey! Stay! Wait!

Seeing it, the Knight of the Kingdom began to scream again.

"What do you want to do!?

"Come on!?

Still Hildegand doesn't know that one of the kingdom knights is Egoli. I would not have been able to grasp the intention even if I understood.

"Wait! Her Highness Lady Hildegand! I'll sign you up for a one-on-one duel!

Not surprisingly, Egoli has applied to Hildegand for a duel. This is a very convenient story.

"I refuse!

Without any hesitation Hildegand rejects it.

"What!? You cower!

"I'm not going to jump into a trap!

"It's not a trap! I'm applying as a knight!

"What's the guarantee it's not a trap!?

"It's..."

Egoli, who didn't think he could throw this kind of question, quickly gets stuck in words, without thinking of an answer.

"A kingdom is one that uses palliative hands! Can't we even fight a war without doing that!?

"Don't fool the kingdom!

"What's wrong with deceiving a duel and fooling those who embed their opponents!

"I'm not fooling you!

"So what's the proof of that!?

"Bet on your honor as my knight!

"What about you!?

Finally, Hildegand realized that his voice sounded familiar to him.

"It's Igori Mikhailov, the knight of the kingdom! That would sound familiar!

"... Oh! I get it! Of a rivalry!

"That's right!

"After doing the trick, Kamui shamed me for getting hit by Kotempan!

Just like Kamui and Hildegand has a good provocation. It's a little different where you feel natural.

"... don't fool around!

"I can't trust you! Do you know what you did in the confrontation yourself!?

"And apart from this!

"... Then get out front! Come to the position of arrow and say the same thing on it!

…………

"If you can't do that, you don't even have to think about it!

"Okay! Get out front!

"Then we go first! Back off!"

A horseback riding squad, running to the right and to the left in front of the kingdom formation, descends toward the fort in unison, by Hildegand's decree.

"... brilliant"

"Did I do something!?

"That's not provocation, what is it?

"Oh, is that so?"

"Unconsciously?

"No, I did a little imitation. I don't like that kind of interaction, so I was thinking about what Kamui would say."

"By reason. Because you're a genius when it comes to pissing people off."

"... you are"

"Didn't you know?

"I never got angry. It was... fun."

"... brilliant"

"What?

"No, anything"

He was an innocent Hildegand, very unlikely to come to a duel from now on.

The Hildegands, who descended from their horses close to the fort, were waiting for the Egoli to walk in.

"I wish I could come on horseback"

"Isn't that mean? To show you that you're not afraid of this one."

"It's unnecessary intent. Waste of time, waste of health. You're just wasting it."

"Well. So you can really get a duel?

"I'll take the duel. But do you need me to leave?

"No!

Rank is the one who answered Hildegand's question with momentum.

"I see. Is that so?"

"I have to pay back what I owe you"

"Do you have any connection with that kingdom knight?

"You don't know Tyrone. A little while when I was at Imperial College. That being said, Kamui refreshes... Ah"

And that's the day I built the wall with Kamui again. It was also a wall that collapsed in an instant, and it actually collapsed.

"Um?"

"It's nothing. But I felt a little worse."

"Are you all right?

"Again, should I leave? That might refresh you."

"Are you in the mood?"

"Yes."

"But are you okay? Don't they feel confident that you were straining them on purpose?

"I'm not proud of you, but we didn't mean to neglect our efforts either. It's a good opportunity to see if that effort was right."

"Really?"

"You're here."

There finally came the Knights of the Kingdom of the Egories.

"You kept me waiting."

"No, not at all"

"... I'd like to get started, are you ready?

"Yeah, no problem"

"Then it's a battle!

Pull out the sword hanging on his hips, and Egori comes forward. And from the Hildegand side, the rank comes out as a matter of course.

"Did I sign up for a duel with Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand?

"I didn't say I'd take it"

"Dastardly"

"If you beat the rank, you can take it"

"Still must be cowardly"

"Anyone can, then, before you. Somebody get it out. So the terms are the same."

"That's a lot of confidence."

"There you are. We take it for granted to beat the rank. You don't know what a fight is until you try it."

"I did it once with him."

"So?"

"... would be good. It's a waste of time, but it's just the right thing to do to warm up."

"Is this all you walk and it still doesn't warm up? You have a very cold body."

"That's the word!

Regardless of his body, he was a pretty hot ego on the head.

"... brilliant"

"What?

It was an egoli on Hildegand's unconscious provocation, but it was just not foolish enough to go straight to the duel.

He is breathing heavily and repeatedly with his sword down sloppily. So you calmed down, put up a sword.

"You don't have the courtesy to apologize for keeping me waiting, do you?

Rank throws the word of provocation at that egoli.

"For that matter, we can live long. As much as I want you to thank me."

Igori also returned the rank Taunt with Taunt.

"I see. Thank you, then."

"Why, myself?

"Oh, didn't you try to keep yourself alive longer on your own?

"... you're so full of mouth"

"No, I'm a lousy talker. If it sounds like a no-valve, I guess I'm in an uplifting mood. With the joy of defeating you."

"... then I'll let you down soon"

The sword that stood in the middle section, Egoli had it in the upper section. From there, stretch out your sword to pierce heaven even further.

"Kiyee yee yee!"

Aegori rushes out with all his might, with a high roar. At the moment in time, a sharp punch from the top waved toward the ranks. It was the rank that I avoided by flaunting it, but the sword that was drawn back to the place I avoided fell in an instant.

Moreover, the sword of Egori, which is wielded even further. The ranks are on the defensive side. I avoid fatal injuries, but there is a constant sound of metal wearing armor.

Rank avoided by jumping back the last heavily waved sword. So once, Egoli made the mistake.

"I'd say I've avoided it a lot, but so far. I'm not taking it off next time."

"You......, what have you done so far?

Rank asks strangely to Aegori, who confidently says so.

"What?

"I've been asking you what you've done since you lost to Kamui"

"... I've even polished myself"

"Have you been polishing?

"I haven't forgotten that humiliation. To regain lost honor, sharpen your sword and learn tactics. Beyond the original thousand generals, I have been a general and have made a bloody effort to defeat that man on the battlefield one day"

"I see. So."

"Give it up. You're not far from yourself. That's all I've done."

"An idiot! Be as thoughtful as you think!

Rank yelling falls on Egori, who confidently said away.

"What!?

"General!? That's what!? Tactics!? That's as much shit as it is!

"Don't be ridiculous!

"You're the one who's kidding! You think you can catch up with Kamui on such a halfway thing!? Swords, tactics, status!? You can't even see Kamui's back if you want so much!

"Don't be ridiculous! You don't deserve to deny my efforts!

"I'll show you that now. I've spent all my time trying to get rid of my status, my tactics, just to hone myself as a swordsman."

To put it this way, the rank is that the helmet is even trying to take off its gray armor.

"... what?

Egoli stares at it blindly without knowing what he's trying to do.

"The true value of my sword lies in the attack. I've thrown away even my defenses, and that's all I've been polishing. That's what following Kamui's back means."

Eventually, the rank, which had become only knightly clothes, turned to Egori and said away with dignity. Remember Kamui's teachings, the confidence that he has honed his sword with all his heart makes him say this in rank.

"... it"

The word of rank is the mystery of the ancient Eastern swordsmanship that Egori was trying to extremes. Throw away your defenses and bet everything on just fighting your enemies. Egoli will see one end of the spinal cord.

"Ha!

With temper, the roaring Rigid Sword strikes Egoli. Even a pair of swords could only fall back on the power of the hesitant sword.

Rank's sword just goes after it even. Rank where you don't have time to breathe and keep waving your sword. Egoli just goes back.

Still, the Sword of Rank doesn't stop. When I was in a hurry for it, it was Egoli's last.

He was an eagle with his own sword to the ranked sword that was swung down, but he couldn't even stop pushing it at all, and was slapped by his body as it was.

Where Egoli's body stopped moving on the impact, the blade of rank shook down like rain. It doesn't matter if you have a helmet or armor.

The knocked sword, the helmet, the armor changes its shape. Egoli eventually falls off her knees.

"Hmm. To this extent. This doesn't make it possible to measure the difference from Kamui."

"Rank! Back off! Enemy attack!"

Matthias' voice echoed there. From the front line of the Royal Army, a horse riding squad was coming at me with a horse noise.

"Shit! Are cowards cowards everywhere they go!

In response to that voice, he screams as the rank throws up and throws away as he falls back.

"Get on the horse! Down to near the fort! The Wizards!

Matthias demands an attack on the Wizards.

"We won't make it! Anyway, leave this place!

Hildegand took control of it.

The Horse Riders are not the only ones who have attacked me. The kingdom knights, who were in the place of duel, also pulled out their swords and attacked them. You wouldn't think of enemies. Buy yourself some time to throw your life away.

"Just those on horseback, back off! Once, back off and give me backup!

Yelling, Matthias trumps the kingdom knight who tried to attack Hildegand.

"Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand! Back off first!

Teiron, too, shouts loudly as he falls back to Hildegand.

"But!?

"Because it's good! The enemy is after you!

"... ok! I'll take the distance! Get under me! Get under me!

If the enemy's goal is himself, Hildegand decided that falling back here would lead to overall safety.

"Don't make me chase you! Put up a defensive fight!

Those around us act as a priority to protect Hildegand, regardless of what Hildegand thinks.

"Arrows! Coming!"

It was not the enemy arrows that attacked me. It's an arrow released from the fort. Though almost everything passes over my head, I don't feel good.

"Too relentless! What if I get missed!?

"Don't complain! Excellent timing!

In fact, the kingdom's horseback squad, which was approaching just to the side, has been shot by arrows and rolled off horses one after another. If the previous horse had fallen, he would have succeeded in stopping the horseback riding squad altogether.

"Not yet! Coming!"

Just because you fell off a horse doesn't mean all knights were injured. Safe kingdom knights were on their way, regardless of the falling arrows.

"Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand will be right back! Bear it!"

The number of kingdom knights coming towards is never small. Exactly when most people decided to be prepared to make a few sacrifices, it happened.

One imperial knight leapt among the kingdom knights pushing forward.

The sword swung like a whirlwind ravaged the knights of the kingdom. Arm ahead of elbow dances to the universe. The helmet blows away with the bloody bumps that blow up.

"... Nicholas"

Matthias figured out who it was.

"Son of a bitch... you finally woke up"

Rank continued, squeaking smugly.

"Now, I know how Nicholas feels. It's hard for me to do that."

"He's weak. Wow, my neck's bouncing again."

Matthew says Gilberto follows it. All of them have seen Nicholas' efforts since college.

Rank is not the only one who has even polished his sword. Many who have followed Hildegand have.

Of these, Nicholas was the only one who could not achieve the results in action inside.

Nicholas, who was recognized for his talent by Kamui, was afraid of the strength of his talented self. That came here and I finally decided to be ready. I guess it's because of the push.

"Mobile Magic Squad!... Let go!

Hildegand's decree echoes around.

There is no way a kingdom knight who has lost a horse can rival a horseback riding squad led by Hildegand. Just to show some resistance, he pulled back to the front again.

◇ ◇ ◇

"You were in danger."

Everyone was nodding at Hildegand's first voice back at the fort.

"I'm sorry. He neglected to look out for his enemies."

Tyrone makes a quick apology.

"That's us, too. But that's unusual."

"No, I was blinded by Lord Rank's sword. It was a brilliant attack."

"Right. Rank, it was brilliant."

Turning his gaze to the ranks, Hildegand honored the good fight.

"No."

Respond with a short rank in light of it.

"With that said... Nicholas, your work was wonderful too. Are you hurt?

"Yes! I'm not hurt..."

Nicholas was dyeing his whole body bright red with enemy returning blood.

"... wash it off quickly. Not like that."

"Yes. Oh, uh, thank you, Mr. Rank"

"Hmm? Did I do something?

"Thanks to Mr. Rank. Seeing Mr. Rank's battle, I was confident that there was no mistake in what we had done. I had the courage to step into the enemy because of it."

"Right...... That's the same for me. It's getting stronger. Yes, I could feel it."

"Right. Everyone is getting stronger. That's okay to be confident, isn't it?

"Yes, but not yet. Not if we stop here."

"... right"

To Nicholas' inquiry, Hildegand returns the word of admonition. Where we're going is still ahead. And the goal must be to go further.

"Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand..."

"Eh."

Suddenly, into the eyes of Hildegand, who looked back in surprise at the voice hung from behind, was the figure of an intermediate who stuck himself in a black outfit and nodded small.

Matthias and Rank step forward to defend Hildegand.

"Who is it?"

Matthias asks about his identity with a hard eye.

"I'll tell you the order."

While he appeared, he spoke with his voice facing down.

"... what?

"We have located a separate unit of the Royal Army. From the southernmost part of the kingdom, we are planning to invade the Empire."

"The South or the South?

"No, the path is further south. Looks like we're headed for the southern border."

"What!? That's..."

Matthias wasn't the only one who came up with a rushed color for the intermediate report. So did Hildegand and the others. There was nothing in my mind about the possibility of a battle on the southern border.

"You're in trouble. I didn't expect the southern border."

"What did the Imperial Knights do?

"Nothing about that. First, I want you to tell Her Royal Highness the Hildegand."

"... what do you mean?

There must be some reason why Hildegand should take precedence over the Knights of the Empire.

I'm assuming you're moving to the south.

"Is that an order?

"No."

"What do you mean?

"... my role is only to preach"

"Master Hildegand?

Matthias asks Hildegand for his opinion if he can't help asking him any more.

"You can't leave here. It is my duty to draw the lead of the Royal Army."

"The main unit, led by King Alexandre II, will leave here shortly. I thought the front line was already down."

In the wake of Hildegand's words, the interlocutors have provided even more surprising information.

"What!? Hey, Lord Tristan! How's the Royal Army?!?

In response to the intermediate words, Rank called Tristan, who was loudly above the gates of the fort.

"The front line is pulling! What's this all about?

Tristan's answer was to corroborate the information in between.

"Come on down! The Imperial Intermediary is here to report!

"When!?

"Anyway, come on!

"Okay!

"Could you give me a moment? I want others to hear it."

In polite words, Hildegand tells them to wait.

"Ha."

I guess he came down in a hurry. Without having to wait much longer, Tristan appeared on the spot. The other borderline lords are with us.

"Continue reporting"

"Ha. The main force of the Royal Army is likely to abandon breaking through this fort and head north."

"How did you figure that out?

"It's information from the sneaking people in."

"... yes. You had someone like that. If that's the case, we won't have to protect this place anymore."

"But is it definitive information?

Matthias' concerns are also natural. It is fully possible that it is a measure to let you be alert by pretending to have pulled back.

"It is...... Can you give me some more information on the south?

"Ha. Nicolai Seedorf, Prince of the Kingdom, leads the southern invading army of the Kingdom. A total of 30,000. While taking in the Southern Frontier Lords, we think we're going north sooner or later."

"That's... Was the aristocratic army in the north?

"I thought you were going to point the Empire's eyes north and poke the thinner south"

"... why do you think the main army headed north, not south?

"To draw the eyes of the Empire to the north unchanged."

"But I know where the Southern invaders are. Do you still need to turn north?

"The kingdom does not realize that this information has been leaked"

"Yes...... Anything to know about this?

"Only those in the Empire are here now."

"Why did you come to tell us that first?

"We don't have time. Waiting for the royal capital to respond, the southern border territory could be held back entirely by the kingdom. From here, close in position"

It's only five hundred.

"I wish I could bring the Southern Border Lords together, just like here."

"There was Mr. Serene in the south. Can't you do it, Mr. Serene?

"... Lord Serene Erickson cannot sum up the Southern Border Lords. Please check with the neighborhood lord who's here."

"Dear Hildegand, What happened between us?

Here, Mathias finally realized something strange was going on between them. There is no way that a man of the Empire could have known about Serene, even if he had, this word could not have come out.

"Lord Tristan, Lord Raoul?

Without answering Matthias' question, Hildegand turned his gaze to both of them.

"... Serene was too close to Lord Deefleet. It is significant that I have stopped my movement as a peripheral lord on the way. Few people think Serene's actions are in the interest of the Western House."

This certainly does not sum up the Southern Border Lords in Serene.

"Really? Ok. I'm heading south. Thank you, Herald. Please give my regards to the Lord. Or is this also a measure?

Without having to be pointed out by Matthias, Hildegand knew the nature of the latter during this time.

"Even if it's a measure, it's because of the border."

"You don't change, do you? Where are you now? Can't you hear this?

"No."

"What?"

"My Lord has returned to Nort Ende"

"" "Become!?

Exactly, if you ask me this, I can see who the others have sent between us. There was a surprise look on everyone's face.

"We keep this"

Saying this, the interlocutor offered Hildegand a single letter.

"From Kamui!?

"No, from Lord Otto, the deputy of Northende."

"From Mr. Otto? Do you know what's in it?

"You can read it, but in a nutshell, it's called resignation."

"Is that so?"

There is no point in having a deputy in Northende when Kamui returns. Hildegand was a little strange about Otto's discipline, which he had deliberately put out his resignation.

"Now, if you'll excuse me"

And while he was blinking, Mito disappeared from the spot.

"Between Kamui......, is it?

"I met him once. I remember on the way."

"Can you trust me?

"If you were going to trick me, you wouldn't be sending her over."

Mito is a woman on top of her facial knowledge. If a woman shows up on the battlefield, she will have doubts even if she doesn't remember her face. If you are serious about falsifying with the Imperial Between, it is normal to send others.

"Indeed."

"I think the information is definitive. But I don't know how to get him south."

"Protect the perimeter. Not at Kamui's request?

The answer to Hildegand's question came unexpectedly from Raoul.

"Lord Raoul? But why doesn't Kamui do it?

"Kamui is the Demon King. If you obey it, you think you obeyed the Demons."

"... right"

"That's almost there, too."

"... what do you know?

A thought-provoking word. But Hildegand couldn't hear what that meant.

"I'm not going to teach you now. Only the names of those who can be trusted on the southern border will be taught."

"Isn't that someone who doesn't trust you the other way around?

"Bye, good. Well, if this happens, I'll pull it off. We need to get our territory back."

"Oh, that."

Raoul left the scene, even if Hildegand could pull it off. When you look at the place where you are calling and gathering soldiers of your own territory, you see that you are serious about pulling them off.

"I will tell you the name of Lord of the Southern Frontier."

Tristan has spoken to the hurried Hildegand.

"You, too, after all?

"The Eastern Border Lords, especially us, are indebted to Kamui"

"Really? You also know the story Lord Raoul was about to tell you?

"Oh, I didn't wear Raoul, but that information is well known. That many people just don't realize it's true."

"... I don't know"

"What happened in the church capital?

"What?"

"Rumors are facts, not rumors. The Eastern Border Territory is also close to the Church Capital. There's a lot of people out there who know the truth. And the kingdom. Because even if the kingdom itself did not look into it, the Protestantism should have looked into it with blood eyes"

"... only the Empire knows"

"Right. Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand doesn't know."

"Really?"

"Dear Hildegand, we can't read a word."

Same goes for Matthias who doesn't understand. Only the Hildegands in the Imperial Capital don't know. Except for Marie.

"Kamui is a demon king and a brave man."

"Mr. Marie!

"I'm surprised you haven't noticed."

"Mr. Marie knew, didn't she?

"Of course. Ah, so is Prince Therese."

"Huh?

"I see you wanted to see this amazing face. I'm sorry to hear that. I can't see Hilda's amazing face."

"That's not the problem!

"Kamui is a brave man officially recognized by the Messenger of God. Now, do you ever follow a brave man and point your back finger at him?

I will use it if I can even use the title I have received. That's how Kamui does it.

"... so I went back to Nort Ende. Not as the Demon King."

"Again, I'm moving. Maybe it's more serious this time. I just don't know how it works, as usual. He's a troublesome man. Really."

"Even if it moves, it's still ahead of us."

Here again, Tristan pinches his mouth.

"Oh, this man is troublesome too. Should I say I don't trust you?

"I don't know anything about it. It will take a little longer for rumors that Kamui is a brave man to spread as a truth. So on the south, Kamui asked Her Highness Lady Hildegand."

"Well, that makes sense. Well, then we'll have to head south."

"I'm deciding that. But why?

"I need to sell you a little favor. I rarely get a chance to sell favors to Kamui."

"That's true, though."

"Okay, settled. The best way to get around is to make sure the Royal Army pulls them off."

"What is this place?

"Call for the Imperial Knights to be stuffed. Because that's all I can use."

"Okay."

The battlefield of Hildegand will move south. This is for the Empire and for Kamui. The overlapping of the two purposes is gratifying for Hildegand.

Because it eliminates any concern.