About a month has passed since the disturbance in the Wang capital.
Arios' escape was told only to knights and some adventurers, and the search had been carried out.
The search for Arios, of course, was not only carried out in the Wang capital, but in each city.
Not only that, but the city that seemed irrelevant...... even the small village was examined with such momentum that it made me feel obsessed that I would never miss it.
The search hand extends to the village of Flam.
I can check all the houses.
I won't miss a cat child.
... but I couldn't find the Arios and the others.
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Arios and the others were in a cave near the village of Flam.
The knights and adventurers looking for themselves are approaching the village of Flam.
Arios and the others, who obtained such information from Monica, immediately left the village.
However, I am not prepared for a long journey due to unexpected circumstances.
The following destinations have also not been identified:
For a moment, I was looking for a place to rest, so I leaned into a nearby cave.
"I'm back now"
"Ah, Monica. Welcome back."
"How was it?
Leanne and Mina welcome Monica, who showed up.
To those two, Monica gave them a troubled look.
"Looks like the chaser is still staying in the village of Flam. I think it's safe here because it's just impossible to look all over the country without scraping... but I don't think we should move now. It's not like you don't have a sentry, and if you move poorly, you might find it. After that, I was wondering if Agus, who is investigating the area, would like to wait for you to return."
"Oh well... thanks, Monica. I'm so glad you're here."
"Yeah, really. We are magical specialties, so we are not suitable for exploration… please be bothered."
"No, never mind. If I can help you, Arios, I can do anything for you."
Monica laughs, as if this isn't hard or anything.
Leanne and Mina laugh, too, to be healed by such a grin.
They disqualify the brave, they chase the country...
For Lene and Mina, who lost everything, Monica equals a lifeline.
He's helped us, and he's been actively protecting us ever since.
It was an environment that I had no choice but to rely on.
"Is Agus here yet?
Look at the timing. Arios spoke to Monica.
"Probably. That's what it means to not be back here"
"Damn...... how much time are you spending just checking your surroundings"
"Do you have anything to look into around here?
Mina answers Leanne's questions.
"We have to secure a route for the escape so the chasers don't catch us. And, if possible, I want to make sure I have water and food. I have gained in the village of Fram, but I have never crossed many"
"It's so annoying... and, uh, we don't know why this is happening..."
"Now I just have to be patient. Someday, we'll be proven right."
"Right, right? We didn't do anything wrong!
I don't blame Arios for his sins, nor do I face my sins...
However, Leanne and Mina divert attention from reality.
This is a bad dream and I wake up one day.
And also, the time comes to take the path of glory as a brave party.
That's what I believed.
For fear of acknowledging reality, I was distracted, so I had no other path but to believe.
"Arios, do you have a moment?
"Yeah, what?
"Come here..."
Monica invited Arios to move to the entrance to the cave where Leanne and Mina could not reach her voice.
So Monica looks so serious, shows her lost, and then cuts out softly.
"The other day, it's about you, Agus..."
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Outside the cave...... a short walk saw Agus.
I'm not alone.
There was an adventurous man with me.
"... Arios is in a cave ahead. My people are with me."
"Heh, here's the thing... it doesn't make sense to find it"
"Even if you rot, you're a brave man. Its power is strong. Have you gathered people?
"Twenty adventurers, fifty knights."
"I don't care."
"Sure, it might not be enough when it comes to dealing with the brave. Adventurers are the best and the B-rank. But... that's why you're here, isn't it?
An adventurer man laughs niggly.
"You put the braves to sleep with your pills. And we control it all at once. Even if the medicine fails, there are three spare maneuvers. If we're ready for this, we won't have any brave men."
"Oh, let it be. I'll do my job exactly. Instead…"
"I know. I'll make sure you get it right up there."
Quick story......
Agus sold the Arios.
In exchange for his own safety, he sells information about Arios and the others and helps them catch him even more.
By doing so, he asked for a commutation of his sentence.
Agus has been distrustful of Arios for a long time.
Again and again, the rampage...
I don't skip the perimeter.
The clinging came to Agus and the others, always haunting their heads.
And... it's the case of Wang Du.
The runoff of Arios did not know to stay, but developed into a noise involving the country...
As a result, he was disqualified from being a brave man.
Not only that, they were to be punished for wearing rebel stigma.
There's no way I'm convinced of that.
I'm not the man who ends up here.
Unlike the short-tempered and shallow Arios...
Unlike Lene, who is selfish and thinks nothing...
Unlike Mina, who blindly believes in God and doesn't see things for herself...
I have as much power, knowledge and experience as I can continue to be active in various places.
I'm not going to fall in love with those people.
If it's to avoid it, I'll do anything.
What a shitty act of selling your people?
Do you mind?
I don't know, man, I'm determined to be the cutest.
If there were an occasion when you had to sacrifice yourself and others, one side or the other, no one or he would help himself.
So, nothing wrong with this.
It's a legitimate act.
Agus had that in his mind.
I sold the Arios and the others and considered myself a legitimate right to help.
... Is it because I was thinking about it?
Failing to be on perimeter alert, Sole, lagged behind in noticing.
"Gigabolt!
Thunder strikes sicken with a powerful voice, shooting Agus and the adventurer he was with.
Heavy pain ran all over his body, he could not stand and fell.
"Grr... what...!?
"Agus... too bad"
"Become...!? Ah, Arios......!?
Arios appeared out of the dark.
Arios is not the only one.
Leanne, Mina and Monica were with us.
"Monica told me. He was trying to sell us, wasn't he?
"Duh, why..."
"How did you notice that, you want to ask? Agus was a prudent man, and you were well prepared. I didn't even notice it at first. But... I'm more on my side than I can count on."
"Damn... but the siege should be complete by now. I didn't know you could get away..."
"Uh... the siege, the people that surrounded us? If they did, did they have you dead?
Leanne says lightly.
"I'm not lying about what Lene said. This one, too, because Monica taught me. Looks like he was going to ambush... but on the contrary, he ambushed us and just wiped us out."
"Stupid......"
"You were putting pills on us, trying to ambush us there, weren't you? I mean, with simple force, I knew it wouldn't make sense to collect as many of those miscellaneous fish as I could. So... what happens if you ambush us... don't you think we don't have to think about the consequences?
Agus completely loses his word.
In that head, why? The word was repeated.
How could you do this?
Where did I go the wrong way?
That triggered...
Agus' gaze turned to Monica.
"It's you... you!?
"Phew."
Under Agus' strong gaze, Monica laughs coolly.
"Arios...... the woman is dangerous! I... Grr!?
A blade pierces Agus' hand.
Holding that sword is... Arios.
"Beg for your life over this period? Will you stop imitating the ugly... you tried to sell us. Betrayed. This is not something to be forgiven... Come on, it's time for judgment"
Agus realizes that death is imminent in front of him with pain pierced through his hand.
I don't like it.
I don't want to die here.
I still want to live.
This isn't the kind of guy that ends up in a place like this!
Agus managed to move his body burned by lightning strikes and even crawled to try to escape.
But there are those who block it.
"Earthbound!"
"Holly Arrow!"
Leanne's magic intertwines the whole body of Agus...
I pierced my leg, like Mina's magic was no push.
"Leanne, Mina... wait, I...!?
"Wow - I missed it... I thought you were kidding me about selling us. Will you die here? Agus... I don't need you."
"You will no longer be able to atone for that sin, other than death. For our sake ahead, Agus… be our food here."
Looking down with cold eyes by his former companions, Agus remembered his despair.
Still, you can't give up your life and plead with Arios.
"I... I'm sorry! So no more......!
"Oh man, you are a bad foe... Agus, you are my enemy. What will the enemy do? You know that, don't you?
"Well, no! Me, me...!!!
"... too bad"
Arios really... says sorry from the bottom of his heart.
I even carried grief.
They disqualify the brave, they lose everything...
Still, I thought only my people stayed.
But it was a fantasy.
Agus was about to betray him.
There was more sorrow than anger about that.
"Goodbye, Agus."
"Ma......!?
Arios looked as cold as ice and snapped Agus' neck as it was.
Agus' head rolls.
……
Arios stared at it with a complicated face.
The sword is wet in blood...
Or it was like a tear.
But... it doesn't change the fact that Arios has his own people in his hands.
It doesn't disappear.
It was recorded as definite.
At that moment, the body, the mind... its soul was completely corrupted.
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Monica stayed on the spot, saying she would finish off the body.
Arios and the others are returning to the cave and starting to prepare to move.
Though the chase prepared by Agus has been withdrawn, you should assume that the information is otherwise leaking.
That's why I decided to leave the cave immediately.
"Phew... thank you, Agus. Thanks to you, Arios, I was able to humiliate your soul."
Monica laughs contentedly as she looks down at Agus' body.
It wasn't Arios or Agus who was setting it all up... it was Monica.
I don't know anything about chasers, that's all a lie.
Monica has Reese and other Demons on her side, so she pretty much grasps the chaser's movements.
I also knew Agus' betrayal.
But I dared to leave it.
I left it there to let him kill his people at Arios' hands.
And... everything carried what Monica thought, and Arios fell.
Is this what you mean when you can't stop laughing?
Monica spills a grin with Niyaniya...
Back to back with its neat appearance, it looked like a hell of a demon.
"Hehe, now we're ready. Master Arios... will you be on our side or... help us as a sacrifice to the Demon King? Heh, heh, heh."