Monster no Goshujin-sama

26

A group of more than twenty knights emerged from the direction Tetra Sickle, who had just been defeated by Lily, was rampaging.

I don't have time to stop or hide Asalina. The knights, approaching with comfortable feet, who did not think they were wearing full body armor, took a short distance from us and took their feet. And when he spreads all over the hallway and sets up a big shield, he pulls out his sword and points at the tip of the white blade.

The design of the armor looked familiar. It belongs to the Allied Knights to which Silan belongs. That's right, only the elite in the elite fighting monsters every day using the tree sea as a leftover spot, with no gaps in movement.

"... what is it, your husband?

"For now, let's see how it goes."

And I answered Lily, whispering with my mouth in her ear, whispering, and whispered.

At the same time, he gives instructions via the pass to hold the hair-upside down and alert refrain from forgiving him, and to have Asalina, who has stripped his fangs, pull him in as well.

Though they pointed their swords at them, they should not return hostility cheaply.

At that point, I can't open the application.

Though… it was not a delicate place in the first place to ask me if I could open the application.

"What do you mean, brave man! Explain! Why are you taking monsters and such!

It was one of the bloody knights who shouted, but the other knights were killing so much that they were about to be slashed now.

Most importantly, there are monsters in front of the eyes and nose that have been fighting for so long that this reaction is not natural either. Had I not been one of the transferees recognized as a brave man in this world, it would have already been a battle.

"No way is this raid of monsters because the brave...!?

It was originally a matter of concern, but it also hung the suspicion of the mastermind who forced the monsters to raid the fort. Although I just need to be pointed at the sword like this right now, that would also be a matter of time in this minute.

We have to do something about it. But......

"Answer me! Depending on your response, even though you are a brave man......!

"... I tell you, I have nothing to do with this raid. I can't do that in the first place."

"Are you going to give me a moment! This is more proof than anything that you're bringing a monster with you! The Expedition said so too! I was wondering if this was what people did! I didn't know you were right......!

I was going to be careful not to irritate you as much as possible, but it was a slightly hysterical rage that came back to me in the words of clarification. Instead, I even felt it heating up, and I narrowed my eyes unexpectedly to exactly the deafening reaction I would hear.

The situation sucked.

... Daimyo, it can be said that it has unfolded as expected.

Though this has happened, I am not so upset. Because I was ready for this to happen when I decided to reveal my powers.

There is nothing more to be desired than indulgence, poignant harmfulness, and disgust that can be showered.

And there was another thing I was prepared for.

That meant it was very difficult to prove your innocence on this occasion.

I'm wondering what I said and if you could listen. How did you explain what, to a human being with blood rising on his head with fear and anger, would be denied at the bottom of his words. In fact, I tried earlier but couldn't...... so this was already a pre-persuasion issue.

In the first place, they don't have any evidence to suspect either.

What is needed is trust cultivated over time, and all this, there was nothing I could do about it when I had just come to this fort.

Or, if it wasn't even for an occasion like this, I might have taken the time to try and solve their misunderstandings. However, the current situation was not one in which such a lengthy thing could be done.

Hence it is impossible to persuade. That's why I'm sorry to be attacked or detained, and it doesn't make sense where I've fought someone who's been pointing a sword at me because of a misunderstanding. After we drain each other, it would be the och to be swallowed up by the monsters that push us.

Then... is there no other hand here than to escape?

Shake off the knights in front of you, break through this fortress overflowing with monsters, and escape to the sea of trees. Getting there would also make rendezvous with Rose and Gabella possible. If it's just me and Lily, that shouldn't be impossible either. No matter, it's never a good bet...

But one thing that failed when I did so was that some of the suspicions were apparently directed at Kanahiko and Kay as well.

I myself, of course, grow parasitic crawling asalinas from the back of my left hand and embrace the balloon fox yawn, but if I cut off just this scene, I can't help but look like all of us here are leading the monster. That meant that it would be seen as the culprit of this fort raid.

Somehow, we have to solve the misunderstandings about Kanahiko and Kai alone.

Come on, from the way you're saying it, this bunch of knights are in contact with the expedition. Kanahiko and Kay would be safe first if they could leave it to them - and I decide the general policy.

But I couldn't actually put that into action.

"I'm not talking nonsense!

Anger echoes in the aisle.

I opened my eyes. Because Kanahiko, who hung his eyebrows, moved forward slightly.

"Raid the fort. No? You can't do that!

"Mi, Kanahiko...?

I found the upset spreading among the knights.

Kanahiko, who is in love with the Allied Knights Commander, must have had many opportunities to interact with his men, the Knights. In the process, many were in touch with their personalities, I guess. Being denied suspicion along with anger from the head had created a stray at the cutting edge of the sword in his hand.

"But Kanahiko did. But you, Jen..."

"Even Takahiro is the same! He's not like that!

"Oh, yeah."

Kay, who kept grabbing the hem of my clothes, also gave a mouthful to the adults' conversation.

"Takahiro is not that kind of person."

"Kay......"

There was something burning in the girl's eyes, even though she looked frightened by the frightening atmosphere.

The girl decides to protect her at all costs. Until now, I was supposed to be on my side of protection, and now I am better protected. I'm confused by the change of circumstances, and I lose the time to pinch my mouth.

A classmate of glasses staring at the formidable knights and a girl who is not even old enough.

Breaking that adhesive state was the voice of a woman raised across the knights queuing.

"Is that voice still Kanahiko?

"Kee, it's dangerous, Captain!

"I don't mind. Back off."

And they broke a line of knights, and a long woman in armor came forward before us.

Long, muscular and disappointing length for women with short pruned silver hair.

I met him once, too, a woman who was head of the Allied Knights.

"Right, Captain! You're safe!

Kanahiko, who confirmed his appearance, raised his voice full of joy.

A woman shrugs her shoulders and responds to a straightforward expression of affection that does not hide her joy.

"You're the one. Are you okay, Kanahiko?"

There were few words, but there was some relief in the woman's voice.

But it's also for a moment. He looked at me as sharp as an eagle.

"And for sure... was Takahiro Mashima"

An exploratory gaze is directed. Obviously she was suspicious of me.

However, unlike the other knights, she seems to have enough reason to just calmly exchange words with this one. He speaks in a cautious tone.

"You're dressed a lot oddly. Apparently, they were hiding something."

"... Regarding that, I apologize. I just needed to."

"Let's be. The grace of manipulating a monster is that you have something monstrous again. Trouble is visible, and it actually did."

"I hope you understand. Just can you correct one thing? I'm not manipulating them, and I can't do that."

"So it wasn't me who let the monsters attack the fort," he said?

He narrows his eyes so that he may discern me.

Throughout the exchange, the response is thin. It was clear that my words were not echoing hers.

When he looked at us alternately, Kanahiko with a hasty face opened his mouth.

"Believe me, Captain! Takahiro helped us!

For the first time, the woman's eyes shook to get lost when she heard it.

Apparently, Kanahiko has won the team leader's trust. The voice that appealed certainly had the power to just rock her.

But that's still weak.

There are no indicators that the captain believes in me other than Kanahiko's words. In strayed words, it would also lack persuasion for the knights under distribution.

... I still can't.

It wasn't a mistake in this situation that I made that decision, and if it stayed that way, me and Lily would have left this place.

That didn't happen because I heard impending footsteps from behind.

Along with the crouch and the sound of rubbing armor, the footsteps you hear are for a few people.

I looked back with a desire to pound my tongue.

Failed. We should have escaped sooner.

Being pinched doesn't make it easy to get away. It's the same as when I was pinched by a monster earlier, and I'm going to have to fight a battle. As far as possible, I did not intend to fight humans... and I looked back with regret and raised my voice low.

"... ah"

What I saw was a few Allied knights rushing over here - and the "white helmet" in it.

"... sister?

Pompous and Kay snapped.

When the knight takes off his white helmet, the face of an elf girl appears with long blonde hair wrapped up from under it. The far-sighted look must have belonged to Silan.

"What is this!

Thinking of the white armor as a monster's and dyed with blood, Silan grabs his helmet by the side and walks over here. Along the way, he glanced at the remains of a knight hit by Fire Fang for only a moment and frowned sadly, but never stopped walking.

……

From Siran's eyes, he became a shadow of Kay, and he did not see my condition. For the first time, approaching a distance of a few meters, the situation reflected in Silan's pale eyes.

The colour of confusion spread across his neat face.

"Takahiro...?

A trembling lip called my name. She looked alternately at my left hand Asalina and the refrain she held in her arms. In those eyes, the upset in their hearts is commonplace.

... As far as I could think, it was a reunion at the worst.

Before I realized it, I was biting my back teeth off hard.

Surprise, confusion...... I'm sure the next thing I can turn to is the glance of hostility and the cutting edge of a sword resting on my hips, because I've got predictions.

I'm not a stranger. He's the one who exchanged words and had a sense of intimacy and fondness. Even if I was just getting ready, it hurts my heart to think that they would hate me.

But that's something I can't do anymore.

I am the Lord who leads the monsters. I replied to Lily last night that I was not going to abandon myself that was the case. There is no lie in that feeling.

Then this is the result of my own choices.

All I can do is raise my gaze, eat my teeth, and see to the end. That was just it.

……

Silan, who stopped and cut his gaze from Asalina, was keeping an eye on Kay for just a few seconds.

Finally, he turned his attention to me dressed for Kay.

It's time for judgment. I prepare myself and look back into her eyes. A straight eye to be directed at. Clear pale eyes were filled with suspicion and animosity about the existence of me being able to follow the monster - there was no one there.

"... Silan?

Changes happen in front of me when I raise my suspicions unexpectedly.

What did you see in us? The colour of agitation disappeared from Silan's face.

A foothold that seemed lost turns into a solid one.

As the other knights who were accompanying him grabbed their feet, Silan approached one. He stood beside me in an extremely natural motion, not pulling out his sword, not putting up a shield.

And she turned her perseverance to the head of the regiment.

"Why is the captain pointing his sword at Takahiro?

"... that's abrupt"

Only slightly breathtaking, the captain frowned.

"You'll see, won't you? He's bringing monsters."

"So what is it? You don't think he planned this raid?

And I was astonished, and gazed upon the tidy side of Silan.

Obviously, that was because it was a dialogue about sheltering me.

"To find out, Takahiro was engaged with a monster."

Silan eyed Fire Fang, who exposed his body to the aisle, and my sword, which was stained red with his blood.

"If he pulls a monster into a fort, it can't be the kind of feather that fights that monster"

"That may be true..."

The captain frowned at the idea, but immediately shook his head to the side.

"That's not all that's weak. It is certain that the peculiar power he possesses is too suspicious in this anomaly. Even if you're a brave man, you can't refuse to miss it..."

"It doesn't matter if you're a brave man or not"

"... what?

The captain opened his eyes.

There was so much certainty in the dialogue Siran had spoken of that that he could be convinced of such a reaction.

"Lord Takahiro protected Kai. To that end, you must have exposed to the public the power you had previously hidden. I'm sure you knew this would happen. It's the height of the act, no evil, no shards."

Looking at the captain with a strong gaze, Siran put the word on his lips.

"Takahiro Mashima is a respectable man."

"Silan......"

That was the word she said at the break up, just before this happened.

Knowing who I was, she said the same thing to me.

Looking sideways at me for losing my word to surprise, a small smile appeared on Silan's mouth. That was such a fascinating look that I accidentally fell in love with it.

"... I didn't expect you to say that."

The captain was like me, or more than that, unable to hide his surprise.

She must not have expected a trusted vice president to say this either. I continued in a sharp tone.

"... does it matter that he is a brave man,"

"Yes."

Siran, turning to the captain of the regiment, still nodded without hesitation.

The resolute expression is filled with determination to somehow encourage the leader of the regiment to translate.

It was clear that she was seriously trying to convince the captain of the regiment.

"There is no way to turn Lord Takahiro against the enemy. We should join forces with him to break this dilemma. So..."

And so, for some reason, the words of persuasion that had been spinning sincerely ran out.

I get a good eyebrow of Silan's body. The voice of doubt rose.

"... Captain? Can I help you?

At the end of Silan's staring gaze, the shoulder of the captain, who was listening to her words, was shaking in small pieces.

"No, what. Right. I see.... heh, heh."

That was clearly a laughable gesture. That won't last long either. He couldn't stand it anymore, and the captain finally raised his voice and laughed.

"Right, right! Does it matter whether you are a brave man or not? That's you! This is a masterpiece!

That was such a fun laugh.

"So, Captain...?

Silan, who raised his voice of confusion, uses his eyes against me.

I'm sorry where you asked me for help, but naturally, I can't even tell why the captain started laughing.

However, the laughter echoing in the hallway was felt on my skin pushing the unpleasant air that was standing in this spot.

"Heh, heh. Sure, Silan, you're right."

The captain said with a laugh.

"The act of helping weakness even at the expense of oneself, far from evil. You're also right that it's hard to think about losing your position because of what you set up. There is no reason to doubt, and in addition to that, if you and Kanahiko were to bite at each other... this is apparently my mistake"

Eventually the woman, who pulled in a laugh, shook one arm.

"Hit the sword! This man is not our enemy!

A woman's voice full of majesty struck her in the ear.

The knights who heard the order lay down their swords in neat motion.

It is an unmistakable behavior, and no one even seeps dissatisfaction into their attitudes. Even if Kanahiko and Shiran's persuasion worked for them, it was a lot of dominance.

"I beg your forgiveness for the disrespect of the brave man and his sword."

When the captain turned to me, he spinned his words sincerely.

"If I may, will you accompany us? From now on, we plan to launch a counter-attack operation with the help of the Explorers. If that's possible, I'd be glad if you fought with me."

Lily and I looked at each other unexpectedly as we watched what was happening.

I thought we were going to get away with it, and I was afraid we might end up killing each other.

But I never thought I'd get an offer to cooperate.

Of course, this is a delightful miscalculation. No. Should it be called a valuable achievement won?

It's hard for us to get through the fort alone. We need to work together to survive. If it wasn't even hostile, there was no reason to turn us down.

I nodded at Lily and said yes to the proposal.

Kanahiko and Kay cheered, and Silan breathed relief.

Thus I was able to avert a pointless killing crisis through the efforts of Kanahiko, Kai, and Shiran.

We joined the Allied Knights and immediately began moving behind the fort.

Near me and Lily traveling on a small run, there are three captains, Kanahiko and Kai. The other knights accompanying him had taken a little distance to solidify their surroundings.

While traveling fast, I was briefed by the captain on the current state of the fort.

First of all, about the transporters other than us, but they were all safe in the center of the fort at the time of the raid. Lucky...... or should I say that me and Kanahiko are still unlucky? Whatever it was, if it was safe, it would have been a pleasure.

The Allied Knights, led by the Commander, apparently guarded the central section of the fort where the brave men were.

Soon, however, the war situation became unfavourable, and it was not long before Siran led a separate task force away from the main unit and began fighting with the monsters who had broken into it to near the centre of the fort. It seems that the two monsters we encountered were the ones we missed.

And after Siran and the others set out, a counter-attack operation was proposed that the captain had also spoken of earlier.

The proposed Explorer fights monsters, but there are more enemies than that, even if they have cheats. A decision was made that a cohesive force was needed, and the captain came to pick up Silan. Along the way, he encountered us, who defeated the monsters that Syran and the others had taken away.

I just got a grip on the general situation, and the next thing I know, I heard about the key counter-attack operation.

It's a counter-attack operation proposed by the expedition, but it seems there will be about three hundred elites twisted out of the army and knights who will continue to resist in all parts of the fort.

When it comes to the outline of the operation, it first ensures safety on the inner walls of the fort, which is now under attack by flyable monsters. Next, the monsters in the occupied outer walls are beaten from the top of the inner walls by the maximum magic of the expedition, and then moved on to sweeping the monsters that broke into the inside of the fort - something simple.

Though there is perhaps a part of the expedition's battle capability mandate, if successful, it will be able to almost annihilate the massive number of monsters remaining on the outer wall with a single blow.

Subsequent sweeps basically lead to soldiers and knights of the army following the expedition so that they don't stand in the front and get surrounded and crushed by the quantity. As a collaborator of the Knights of the Alliance, I decided to give this job a hand.

……

"What's wrong?

The captain, who finished his explanation, noticed my gaze and turned to me.

"You look strange, though."

"... yeah, well. I never thought I'd be able to work with this other human being after revealing my abilities."

"I'm sorry to say we're going to have to be limiting, even if we're going to work together."

The captain waved for the first time.

"As I said earlier, I'd like you to lay low about Lord Takahiro's abilities. Because it can cause unnecessary confusion."

"I know, sir"

The Knights of the Third Alliance have the will of the Commander who leads them well.

But imperial armies and knights are not. The captain had already advised me not to know what would happen if they saw my power.

Surely that would be true. If you make yourself a resident of this world, it's like the identity of the god you worshipped was the devil. If it's not a good time to be revealed, that's all that could crumble the front.

There were circumstances around it, and I asked Asarina to hide my figure at one end. Naturally, my combat ability is a gutter drop as it stands, so I will be able to help defend the fort to the best of my ability. Of course, I wouldn't be able to say that in some cases......

It was a hassle, to be honest, but I had no choice.

Though my suspicions regarding the raid on the fort are clear, it doesn't change that I am capable of following monsters. Still, I am only a foreign molecule in this world. That had to be well aware.

Vigilance was still perceived by the accompanying knights, although hostility was not the reason for it. I was made to shut up a little by my uncomfortable gaze, but even if I had something to think about, I could fight shoulder to shoulder with a common purpose on this occasion alone, so I was far from the worst I assumed.

All in all, it was a business for the measure one woman showed.

"You're really gonna fight with me, aren't you?"

"Were you suspicious?

"... to be honest, a little"

"Ha. Be discreet. No. That's fine. Care and boldness are equally necessary to protect what is important."

The woman laughed in a creepy way.

That attitude is favorable and I can't feel any separation. That was a little strange.

"How could you trust me?

And I asked, and the woman cleverly lifted a frown.

"You have nothing to doubt. That's what I said earlier."

"Yeah. Thanks to Kanahiko and the persuasion Syran gave me. I really appreciate that. … but that would be only the reason I stopped wondering"

I, who lead the monsters, am an abomination in this world.

As an extremely simple reason, in order to fight shoulder to shoulder with me, you must first do something about this physiological aversion.

"Oh. I see. Is that where your doubts lie?"

He was convinced that I was in doubt, and the captain nodded and answered one.

"It's a simple story. For my trusted man hath been saved by thee.

"... I don't remember myself"

When he saw me frown and bewildered, the captain laughed with pleasure.

"I guess. Do you have consciousness?"

Saying, she glanced back slightly.

There was a figure of Silan leading a squad of lords to alert them to raids from the rear.

"Silan...?

"Yeah. I'm a clean hearted daughter. I have also interacted with my father and brother, and I have known them since I was young. He grew up to be a good knight who had a higher ideal than anyone else, spared no drilling for it, endured any ordeal and was dedicated. I fought alongside my arr and my back, and many times I was saved my life. In doing so, I put my trust in her and entrusted her with the Deputy Director."

There was warmth in the words spoken by the captain.

I guess the emotions between them aren't just between bosses and subordinates. In the harsh land of the Tree Sea, it was my own experience of how important the bonds raised were.

"... but it was only if he was a good knight that he suffered. It was overthrown by a reality that I couldn't help, and I still couldn't just give up, and eventually became insanely eager to wait for the coming of the brave. I couldn't do it."

Hearing the captain speak in a confessional tone, I remembered Silan moaning that he was powerless.

- It's not enough. In this body. No matter how much you work out, your people die one after the other without failing to protect you.

I guess the woman in front of me has been watching her tomorrow. It must have been hard to see him suffer if he thought he was an important comrade.

The captain continues.

"We live our days by dwelling in our hearts and supporting our faith in the brave men who bring salvation. We can live here today thanks to the great work of the brave. If so, it would be extremely natural for us to always be aware of it, show respect and give thanks to those who bring salvation to the present and the future".

It's a somewhat religious value, so there are some parts of modern Japanese like me that are hard to understand, but in short, what I'd like to say would be to thank the people who lived so hard in the past. If that's the case, I could understand it.

"The brave are our support. Therefore I will not deny my heart seeking salvation, either. But that must not go too far. Too much faith clouds your eyes. Do not overshadow you with our fantasies."

A certain belief was felt in the figure of the head of the regiment speaking in that way.

"I only look at things that can't be done without a shadow, and I don't really see what's there - it's a terribly dangerous act. If we do that, we could make a huge mistake sooner or later... so, Lord Takahiro"

The captain called my name.

"I am grateful to you. You let Silan say," It doesn't matter if you're a brave man or not, because you saved my life. "

That's what she laughs at. I lead a monster who is a terrible disaster to humans in this world should have been an abomination to her as well. And yet now he's got a grin that has nowhere to be included.

I see, is this the woman that Kanahiko is putting in?

"What do you say, Takahiro?

Kanahiko, who accidentally notices a flushed gaze, asks me why I'm so good at it.

I also know you want to brag about being a good woman, but unfortunately she's at the moment, not that she's Kanahiko's lover or anything.

"... I think it's Tsubaki's way, but keep up the good work"

"Suddenly, my best friend pitied me!?

While we had that conversation, we arrived at the rendezvous point.

But there was no such thing as an expedition there already.

"That the operation has already started!?

The captain's anger echoed in the great hall.

Only a few soldiers remained in the hall, which was the meeting point.

The old song man entrusted with the soldier was fading his face to the sword screen of the captain.

"Yes. By order of General Green."

"You said you started the operation without waiting for us? Did you do it to my name, you piece of shit? Do you know what the situation is...?

Apparently, something went wrong.

One of the knights rang to the groaning captain.

"Captain. Speaking of which, from earlier on the General..."

"... oh well. Right. Is he being caught up too? But it doesn't change the abomination"

"What will you do, Captain"

"... I guess I'll just have to go after him. We can't lose the brave ones in case. We need to gather the maximum strength of the fort."

The captain exchanges conversations with the knight.

Silan rushed up to us looking at it a little further away.

"Looks like there's been some trouble."

"Sounds like it.... General Green, is that the guy we were greeting when we first came to the fort?

"Yeah, it's the head of the Imperial Army stationed at this fort."

"What was the captain saying earlier that he was being caught up with?

"The fort's defense is under the jurisdiction of the military."

"... isn't it a little harsh to be taken responsibility for the imminent fall in this situation?

Whoever was at the top, all those monsters pushed in, couldn't have avoided a critical situation. Although it may be that the head of the organization is also responsible for its work.

"No. That's true... because it's also true that there was an impropriety in defense"

"... one of the bouncing bridges"

"Yes."

It's about a bouncing bridge that was supposed to go up had clumped up along the way in the seconds that more than a dozen Allied Knights had earned risking their lives trying to get out into the Tree Sea.

Without that, I might have been able to buy some time and get my defensive stance in order. Sure, that could be considered a problem caused by the army that keeps the fort's defense. Silan looked slightly bitter.

"In fact, the Imperial Knights were eating a lot of push-ups."

"... if you are rubbing the inner circle"

"Exactly. It doesn't depend."

"It's not about Siran apologizing. So, when you do, what? Does that mean he put the Knights of the Alliance outside the mosquito net in order to get a little more handles to restore his honor?

"It doesn't just seem to have taken more soldiers than planned. The general must have been in a hurry. Because I was held accountable in front of the brave."

"Even if you just survive here, you're ruined."

The impression I was hearing was that the Knights of the Alliance should be the sharpest to crusade monsters in the Tree Sea. I guess the position isn't very strong because the Imperial Knights, who were similarly entrusted with the tree sea, but conversely, that also means they have a lot of experience in action.

That's why we decided on the operation.

I don't think it maintains normal judgment.... No. Or did you mean that you were still just sure you could definitely win?

- Brave, huh?

"The plan is to destroy the monster with the magic of the fifth staircase of Yoshiki Watanabe of the expedition."

Reminds me of a little boy student with a cane. All in all, Warrior has excellent physical abilities and magic, but he seems to have a wizard cheat. By contrast, the cross is more like a warrior, the fourth staircase seems to be the limit, but it still remains a terribly powerful magic.

No matter how much cheat you say you have if you want to deal with the biggest magic, you need time to concentrate on it. It is the job of the soldiers and knights who follow to buy time for it. That would be enough of a decision to scratch and fill the soldiers on this occasion, even if there are no Alliance knights.

"... no. Wait a minute. What happens to the other metastasizers here? You didn't leave me in a place where my guard was weak, did you?

"No, Takahiro. I don't think so."

It was the captain and Kanahiko who cut the story out and came back to answer this question of mine.

"Apparently, all the brave men were followed by the Explorers. Many people were reluctant to leave the expedition, so many of them would have followed, even if this hadn't happened."

"You'd be surprised how well taught you are."

Kanahiko shrugged his shoulder, saying the same spicy thing.

"Well, I certainly don't know what you think is safest near the expedition, but I don't."

"Takahiro. We're going to go after some of our first friends. Can you come with me?"

"Okay. If that's the case, you'd better hurry."

I give back my snort and try to run out with the knights.

- Lily grabbed my wrist.

"Wait."

The look on her face I looked back at is harsh.

In his hand, a wooden spear was gripped.

"It took me a little while to identify..."

Lily, who snorted, shakes her spear.

Soon after who took it, Lily threw a spear.

"... be!?

The spear, thrown with serpentine force, pierced the face of one of the soldiers who was in the hall.

His head bounced like a tomato, and the soldier's body blew behind him with that momentum and threw his limbs out onto the floor.

It was only for a moment that those who were in the room were stunned.

"You!

With anger, the sound of sheath running continuously. There was a whirlpool of hostility in the hall, and...

"Quiet!

- The reprimand of the captain slapped the knights in the ears.

That frustrates hostility. A bewildered gaze is turned from the knights, but the captain was frowning at the fallen soldier.

To her like that, Lily shrugged her shoulders and thanked her.

"Thanks for putting it together. I wish I could have told you earlier, because if I exposed who I was, I would have been exposed here and there would have been damage."

A voice of surprise was raised by the knights who followed the sight of the captain.

It was because the figure of a soldier pierced by a spear thrown by Lily had turned into a monster that solidified the shadow painting of a man with only his upper body.

I knew the monsters known as' doppelgengers' lived on the surface of the tree sea, a lecture I had received from Kay about monsters.

I know it's roughly predictable if you're a RPG addict, but this guy has the ability to copy what his enemies look like.

So whoever goes to Doppelgenger is going to be killed by the 'other self' who looks the same as himself.

In a way, it is similar to Lily's fiction, which is Mimic Slime, but there are many differences.

You don't have to prey on the subject first. Also, only in terms of appearance, the copy is made perfectly.

On the other hand, only the appearance of the subject can be copied, and not the ability.

More importantly, unlike Lily, it is impossible to be disputed by people because they have no will.

Naturally, it couldn't have meant sneaking into a fort or anything.... Until now.

"I had no idea..."

"I guess the little spirit's ability to detect can't be detected without hostility? Then I have no choice."

I comforted Silan, who groaned in a slightly depressed manner.

"Whatever, this will explain one of the bouncing bridges as well"

"... after the iron door was broken, the soldiers around the gate were ravaged by monsters first. Even if the soldier was disputed and the monster was in the way, not a single one would survive knowing that fact. We're hit."

It is more than likely that the same is happening in the main points of defence than it turns out that Doppelgenger is thus distracted among the soldiers.

On the contrary, things were quite serious because they might even be disputed in counter-attack operations headed by expeditions.

After Lily confirmed that there was no other doppelgenger mixed between the Allied Knights and the other soldiers who remained there, we immediately started moving.

Sadly, it seems the monsters on the road were cleaned up by the expedition, and the trip went smoothly. As soon as possible, I had to catch up with them who were supposed to be conducting counter-attack operations. Failure to do so could frustrate the operation that shapes the fate of the fort......

"What is it, your husband?

It was Lily running beside me who called out.

She looks carefree and peeks into my face.

"You look difficult, though."

"No, I didn't think you'd like it."

"Don't you like it?

And I answered Lily, blinking and leaning her neck.

"We are being pursued to deal with the current situation. The same goes for the Doppelgenger thing earlier, but it's turning in the back. At least this far, you'd better think things are going exactly as the enemy thinks they are."

"Well, yeah."

"This is a story based on those assumptions... don't you think it's a little too timely for such an emergency to happen as soon as we get here?

"Wait a minute, Takahiro"

Silan, who was listening to us, pinched his mouth.

"Are you saying that the visit of the brave men is cut off and that something is happening now?

"It's possible"

The point is, Kay's disappearance is the same as it was in the commotion. As soon as our transferees began to stay in the fort, a large number of monsters never before struck. Doubting causality there wouldn't be so strange.

"Oh, and it seems unlikely that this is just a monster rampage any more than Doppelgenger was infiltrating. This raid on the fort has' enemies' who are masterminds. And if things are going as the 'enemy' thinks they are so far, the current flow may not be good"

"Say?

"If we transferees are involved in the purpose of the 'enemy', then naturally he'll know the expedition is here, right?

"... No way! He said he has even assumed to rely on our brave men!?

Syran opened his eyes wide when he realized what I was trying to say.

"Oh. If so, it's pretty bad. The counter-attack operation with the expedition as its axis is certainly effective. Normally. It's just suspicious when this happens. If we know there's a bunch of guys on the expedition, we're gonna have to take care of that."

"No way, no..."

"Of course, it may be too much for me."

I put that down for once because it looks like Silan is in shock.

In fact, a good part of what I'm saying is only speculation.

The first assumption is that we are the transferees, and the question arises as to what we can do to accommodate the 'Um' expedition. Anyway, they have cheats that are extremely powerful in this world.

In my previous experience, I have a habit of assuming the worst. So this could just be a worry.

But I also don't think I've ever gone beyond assuming the worst.

Just be discreet. That was exactly what the captain had just said.

I run up the stairs that lead up the inner walls with the knights, and I spin my thoughts.

If I were you, how would I set up a cheat holding measure?

The person who caused this incident has the ability to be near me. So it's not hard to assume the circumstances in which he was placed.

Think, think, think... The conclusion I made was' impossible '.

Originally, I was thinking about my abilities, but my ability to use monsters as a force is militarily unfavourable. Whatever you think, you still have the possibility of overshadowing the situation with cheats.

Alternatively, if you concentrate your monsters where there is only one cheat holding, you may be able to kill for sure, but there are countless people on their side who are fortified and brave here.

If you want to crush cheat holding in a situation like that, that's what you have to do if you don't create a situation where you can't let them demonstrate their abilities...... no.

Wait, wait, wait.

For one thing, isn't there any chance we can do something about it?

With that thought I learned the feeling of cold sweat flowing through my spine.

... That's impossible. There must be no. Even assuming the worst, that's too bad. If that's correct, counter-attack operations will definitely fail. Because you don't even need to take it in the first place, such as cheat holding measures.

"We're almost there!

I looked up. I can see the entrance and exit leading up to the inner wall at the end of the stairs.

"Lily, get ready."

"... yeah"

Feel my nervousness or Lily returns it in a hard voice. We wandered the entrance and exit with the knight, and went out.

I was in shape, but there are no monster raids.

"... Huh!

I was breathtaking.

Because I had tingling and a feeling that my skin would be drawn to it.

On this inner wall now, a vast amount of magic is converging. Whoever can feel the magic will be unable to help but fade away, perceiving how insane power is about to be wielded on this occasion right now.

Out on the inner wall, we rushed in a direction that felt the magic of great density. Because it was obvious that there was a protagonist on this occasion.

You already finished the exposures, there were no monsters around. Soldiers and knights are hissing instead. An elderly man who looked familiar - General Green, who keeps Fort Chile - was peeling his eyes when he noticed a group of Allied knights who showed up. In the vicinity there was also a figure of a metastasizer like me.

"Ah! Mashima-kun, Mizushima!

Three good Taiichi from "The Summarizer" who noticed this one rushes over. He and the three men and women who were also acting together in the Tree Sea came here.

"You're safe, I'm glad! I was worried about you!

"Sanhao, what's the situation!? Where is the expedition?!?

"Oh, that way then"

So I see the direction that Sanoko Taiichi pointed in.

Almost at the same time, a huge magic formation was deployed that reached us overhead.

Beyond the many soldiers, there was a glimpse of a small boy student staring down at the outer wall as he let a huge green magic formation unfold at the end of a luxurious battle wand he had put up overhead.

It's Yoshiki Watanabe from the expedition. By its side, Tatsuya the Cross of the Expedition, as well, has a wide range of straight swords in one hand and a red magic formation in the other.

"All right, I'm ready! Let's go!"

Strong enough, the great green magic formations glowed.

Soldiers and knights who were guarding their surroundings without alarm while the two Explorers built their magic were also nailed to the sight.

Naturally, too.

Because he was certainly nothing short of a legendary brave man.

I think I'm standing in a legendary situation right now - and even I thought of that. Not to mention if you're a resident of this other world.

This is what Kay told me, but the magic that humans in this world can use seems to be limited by the third staircase where we say it is. The magic of the fifth staircase is, in other words, what lies further beyond the realm of man's inaccessibility.

The boy has it in his hand.

If you want to do it, he must be able to pepper this fort. Rather, the omens of destruction were immense enough to make me anxious if it would not damage the fort, even if I knew it would be wielded by monsters.

"Think of the pain of those killed by you!

Watanabe said fried and waved down a brilliant wand of war.

That's just the hammer of God. The biggest and strongest blow is triggered, prepared over time by the bravest beings in this world.

The atmosphere trembles.

Fangshi Watanabe's specialty magic is wind attribute. It blows everything, just a violent breeze.

Just before that, something flew high into the sky. Pooh and lightly, like a toss thrown up by a child in a play.

The decapitated Watanabe's neck was flying.

"Huh?"

He doesn't know what happened either - he wasn't there, his head flying into space had a flashing look on his face.

That was too abrupt and a terribly unrealistic sight.

I watched and knew who did what. And yet, everyone was freezing their thoughts. Because it was something that should not have happened.

Oh, this is the worst.

Ten letters around Watanabe's neck had changed the magic aim in his hand from a monster looking down onto the inner wall.

I don't have time to run.

"- It's preventable. Yeah!

Was there anyone who could have responded to my cry?

The fire magic of the fourth staircase is activated and countless flame bullets are scattered.

It was as if the very sight I once saw when more than thirty balloon fox swarms struck me. No. If it's about power alone, it's far beyond that.

One of the landing points of the flame shells was the transferees, who had been solidified in one place. I could see Kudo Lu from "Bully Me" looking at a flashy looming fireball. He must not have thought his end of the day was like this, either, when he said that this world was' the strong can behave as they please '.

Regardless, the flamebullets poured down, without distinction, on the inner walls to the soldiers and knights who were solidifying to protect the expedition. There was nowhere else to escape.

Over a hundred flamebullets burst, turning it into a scorching hell on the inner walls of Fort Chile.