In the mountains at night, retreats and footsteps echo.

What, when I thought, the signs were already close. When I thought it was the enemy, I was already surrounded.

It wasn't until afterwards that they found out that the only sound they were making was simply a warning signal sent this way.

There are four signs surrounding it. Not behemoth, no.

Rayne the Adventurer put up with a brand new long sword, not the Halvard he was used to. In wooded areas lined with trees, Harvard, which is not a good pick up, is not an option.

The demons she takes exposed tension to Rain's attitude. Raven Tengu's Umaru menstruation still comes forward with a sword.

"Draw your sword. Rain."

I hear a familiar voice, and Rayne gets annoyed. It was Rayne's face, who also knew, who showed himself from the bush in front of him.

"Philhana......!

As adventurers they partied together and are clerics Philhana Grambana who crossed to the New World. To her appearance, the other demons sighed of relief, but Rayne's nervousness could not be lifted. Because Philhana's standing and expression are different from what she knows.

A philhana would have been a girl who stood so far without a gap? Was she a girl who could stare at an old known opponent with a true face of so much cruelty?

Besides, most importantly, the pocket watch Philhana hung from her neck. It stops pointing to the letter '4', which is exactly,

"Someone you know, Philhana"

There's a man's voice and an elf swordsman shows up on the right hand side all the time.

"Sister Phil, I don't know because I'm vulnerable to emotions. I wonder if you're all right."

That being said, it was a girl even younger than Philhana who showed up on the left hand side.

I can see the demons upset at them for showing up suddenly.

But for Rain, despair was stronger than agitation.

Pilika South Kingdom, Bulk Family Three Boys Lesbon. Hired as his guide, Rain was also educated about the great men produced by the Bulk family.

Former Emperor's Watch Board Alliance (Dial Knights) Seat 2 (Too Ochrok) "The King” Dynasty Bulk.

It should have been a pocket watch, exactly the same thing they were lowering from their necks, that he was given by the Empire as the strongest one-man sign.

The Emperor's Watch Board Alliance, of the twelve strongest in the Empire, three are here.

Philhana was one of them.

It is obvious that the intentional appearance of all three is not a friendly purpose. In addition, there are still signs that he remains hidden.

"Mr. Philhana...... What do you mean?"

Chiharu Waluno asks without fear.

"Are you about to do us harm?

"I'm not trying to do you any harm. Our purpose is to protect you."

"Protection? Do we need to be protected..."

A voice of a young boy still said this to block the voice of the wallfield he was about to say.

"That's what I have."

The Lord of the Voice appeared directly beside Philhana. An unidentified man wrapped his whole body in black armor.

"In the Empire, we have information that the blood clan is trying to capture us demonized students and convert them to war power. Before that happens, the Empire will protect you. That's the logic, Wallfield."

Metallic, heavy, heavy footsteps. Only he didn't hang a pocket watch from his neck.

Who is this armor that calls out the name of Waluno? Rayne doesn't know. I don't know, but I could have made a prediction. They got away with their people. To rendezvous with that fellow, I am aiming for Verneus. Being able to match each other's appearances and names, I mean, that's what I mean.

"No way......"

"Furano-kun...?

Waluno and your sitting area squirm around your mouth. Black armor, neither affirmed nor denied.

"I don't intend to do harm if you are protected by adults."

"I'm not convinced."

Wumaru argues with the cuckoo hitting his heel.

"Don't make a big deal out of me, you mean do harm? It's frivolous, and all of a sudden you can't trust me."

"I will protect you even if you are slightly unscrupulous, for the original purpose of going home for two years and four groups."

The air is tingling. Apparently, those black armor and demons are in a friendship, as expected, but both sides disagree.

Protect them in the Empire because the blood clan is after their people. The Empire is aligned with the interests of the Imperial side because it can suppress the increase in the power of the blood clan in hostilities. The logic, once and for all, goes through.

But Rayne couldn't trust them either.

Rain and Lesbon are from the southern kingdom of Pilika. I know about the coup that happened in the kingdom, and about the forces thrown by the imperial side to crack it down. The fact that it was one of the Emperor's Watch Board Alliance (Dial Knights) that led it.

"Umaru, run"

Rayne told him in a low voice.

"... what?

"Call for help. No, I don't know what will happen if you call me... but with this difference in power..."

"That's not very wise."

An elf swordsman with a sword says without moving a single eyebrow.

"It's best for you to get caught by adults. I don't make it bad. Safeguard yourself."

"I don't see any survivors...... I don't really know how to add or subtract power..."

The girl on the left hand side meditated her eyes as she scratched her head. As he watches them, Umaru stares at the armor in front of him.

"Hey, volcano. I know. Ryuzaki told me. If you get caught, you'll be guaranteed your safety, so there was a guy who came with you. There he is, I see."

Hearing the words, Black Armor slightly stopped moving.

"The Ryuzaki people didn't listen to his words. Because the eagle tail was being killed."

"What are you trying to say, Umaru?"

"I'm talking about one of you, but I don't know if you can put your hands on another classmate."

Umaru sticks the tip of the long sword towards Black Armor and Philhana.

"Isn't that proof that coming in this intimidating manner has something to do with hindsight in itself? Hey, hey, Furano...!

"Negotiations are broken."

That's what the elf swordsman groaned.

"Enforce capture. But before that, Akira."

"... what"

"There is another sign, at a distance of no more than 3,000 meters from here. I walk with my footsteps off, but I'm not an adventurer. You, see how it goes."

………

Black armor turns a heavy gaze on the swordsman.

"Don't worry."

Like considering his emotions, Philhana said.

"I won't let them get hurt."

"... asked"

Black Armor said so briefly, quickly kicking the ground. Flames erupt from the back, accelerating the body of the armor.

"Wait, Furano!

A protective wall surrounds his perimeter at the same time as the walls scream. However, the wall created by Wall Noh was easily smashed with one fist of rapidly accelerating armor. Wumaru flaps his wings, chases him and tries to hold him back, but the black armor moves unstoppably. At the speed it was thought that the Umaru would exceed, but he was gently pulled off.

Umaru's body rolls down the slope. He pounded his tongue and stood up.

"Well."

Says the girl as she stretches out a lot. That behavior, which did not make me feel nervous at all, made us stiff together instead.

Elf swordsmen and Philhana also set up their weapons so as to match their movements.

"Well, for Archie's sake, I guess I'll do my best"

Around that time, Kokanai, Akeno and Shakkou had encountered the other group.

White horses, snowflakes, and dog gods. Some strange adventurers, dog gods strip their fangs off and continue to threaten them with a low voice roaring.

The dog god, who noticed the smell of his blood as soon as possible, tried to hide in the bush with the white horses, but that did not deceive our eyes.

"I'm not even gonna ask you anything right now."

Keep your arms together, Snow Nose says.

He said, "You're gonna get us."

"That's a quick story."

Shakkow responded with an offensive grin on his mouth.

Koganei couldn't see their faces. Now he can't go against that course of action as a member of the bloodline. If disobedience is noticed, the power of domination by the King will soon be extended. Once that happens, he's already lost his free will puppet as well.

So there is nothing more here than to work iniquity against the white horses and the snowmen.

"But the only thing I need is a unicorn and a snowwoman there. Dogs and humans don't care."

Said, the adventurer man has a bitter laugh. It seems to be a large liver, even though it is the eye of a ship's arm.

"Well, I guess so."

White horses also line up next to snow, fu come on, and wave tategami.

"I'm a unicorn. Isn't that pretty rare as a race? He's a top-class recovery officer."

"I don't know about the rarity of the race, but I woke up to a very strong Phase 2."

The two stay side-by-side and initiate a mysterious self-appeal. There was apparently no lie in that word, and Snow Nose had ice on his right hand and flames floating on his left.

I wonder what the hell you're going to do, and the white horse keeps grinning invincibly.

"I'd like to catch you alive. You'll want to catch him intact. But we're gonna blow our brains out here. I don't like dog gods and lesbons getting killed."

"Ho ho."

Shakkow also doesn't break his grin.

"So you think you can fight us because you're cute, but you don't know anything about it."

Regrettably, it is Shakkow's words that are correct. Where White Horse and Snow Nose ravaged at full force here, it can probably be easily powerless just because there are two Shakkows and Koganei. Even if Koganei didn't join us, there's Akeno, and from further afield, Cyclops is after him. If Shakkow blows up all the trees around here, it's all in Cyclops range.

Do they have the means to help? Koganei turns his mind around. White horses and snowflakes, even if caught, should be able to guarantee safety at Koganei's behest. But there would be opposition to keeping them corrupt with high rarity and ability, and if they did poorly, they could even have rebuffed Koganei's promise. Besides, the biggest problem is the dog god. He would be helping them, even the adventurer of the ship's arms, if he could, to help.

But there's no such convenient means.

I didn't know the limit would come so soon. Koganei bites his teeth small.

It was just then that communications from Cyclops entered the radio that Akeno had.

"I have discovered the Emperor's Watchboard Alliance (Dial Knights)"

Beyond the radio, Cyclops tells you so.

"I can confirm that four or three surround other blood candidates."

"Shit!"

Shakkow struck his tongue.

"What do you mean, three bodies!? They finally caught you!!

"The Empire didn't take any specific action against the bloodline."

Akeno also keeps his arms together, creating an imaginary face. That is to say, running demonized classmates by force, against the plans of the bloodline. It's not an unusual story, such as pulling out four Dial Nights, and three of them, just surrounding a monster, in itself, is an unusual story.

Until now, the Empire has had verses that have left the actions of the blood clan unattended. There were frequent skirmishes everywhere, but they were not perceived as a major threat. However, the balance of power will fluctuate considerably as long as this plan and the collection of Wang Pieces are completed. The Empire may have already noticed the actions of such blood tribes.

The white horses still don't quite understand what's going on. But the Cyclops report isn't over yet.

"The one remaining starts moving. Purpose unknown, but located approaching Skeleton, who owns the King's Piece '

"Koganei!!

At the right time, whether or not her words would end, the white horse shouted.

"You go to Utsurugi!!

"Eh."

Not a word to throw at the enemy. Koganei is confused for a moment by the unexpected words that popped out of the mouth of the white horse.

"If the King's Piece is taken away by the Empire, I know you guys will be in trouble! Hurry up and go!"

"... ok"

Koganei nodded. I couldn't afford to get lost.

Fuse the body with the elements of the wind lurking in wait. As his body melted into the wind, Koganei heard the next word the white horse had told him.

"Eagle tail doesn't resent you. That's all I wanted to tell you."

Without daring to respond, Koganei, who has turned into a wind, will be able to shine. I didn't drop that off until the end, and Shakkow yelled.

"Akeno! I'm going to the Dial Knights! I left these unicorns to you and Cyclops!

"Oh, okay"

Shakkou also kicks the earth and makes his body and float to the sky.

Akeno wrapped a black lightning bolt around his right arm, staring at the white horse and under the snow.

"Run away with Mr. Dog God, Mr. Lesbon. I'm going to go out with White Horse."

Around the snow, the cold air gathers in a visible way. Frost fell on the trees, and the frozen grass at her feet crumbled and scattered every time she stepped on it.

The dog god, turning the collar of the still hesitant Lesbon, rushed to a glance. Bishop's Akeno has a priori who once killed an eagle. But still, two good blood candidates are less likely to be killed than the dog gods. The behavior of the white horse and snow under it was what I bet on it.

After meditating slightly on his eyes, Akeno said:

"I'm the one who killed the Griffon named Eagle."

"Sounds like it! But I'm not trying to avenge you!

Hitting the hoof to the ground, the white horse wields a long stretched horn and intimidates.

"I'm just gonna do what he did, this time!

………

I sense the anomalies happening in the vicinity and Kyosuke rises. Rin's body, similarly perceived to be strange, was entangled and approached from east to west, ready for two signs.

The wind squirms. The atmosphere burns. The trees become.

Even though they did not speak the words as one thing, they were only eloquent to tell of the waves that were about to happen. Untold anxiety surrounding Kyosuke's body. It was indelible, even if Rin, leaning beside the parable, had exhausted all his words. My body trembled, I had a feeling.

Wind looms from the east and flames loom from the west.

From not so far away from here, a roar sounds as it slips through between the trees. A massive tremor rocked the slopes of the mountain more than once. This is the sound of battle.

There is a battle going on. Perhaps in a way that involves Kyosuke's friends. At that time, it was no longer clear that the two signs of approaching were irrelevant.

Its black armor, which showed itself as it knocked down the trees, but stopped Kyosuke from moving forward. At the same time, one gust of wind rushed to protect Kyosuke from his armor, still temporarily stopped Kyosuke before him. The wind instantly turns into a human form, and at that moment, in that space, three shadows, four will mix.

For a moment, a visitor arrived.

"Today, suke...?

Armor utters words.

"Eung"

Kyosuke called the name of the Lord of his voice. He then turned his gaze to the other side.

"Koganei"

Kyosuke's voice is far from anything that strikes and trembles at the joy of reunion.

And Ei Fugano. And Kokanai Akiki.

I wouldn't have thought this place would be face-to-face at this time. I should be relieved of the safety of a friend I haven't seen in a long time. But to do so, this situation stinks too kina.

Kyosuke is surprised by the signs of fighting going on around her. The tension was blatant, seeping into its voice as well.

"Ah, oh. Kokanai-kun Furano. Ohisa."

Rin also greets him a beat late.

Ei Furano, a man who hasn't seen him in a long time since one of the piecemeal metastases. Why does he look like such a boneless armor when it was Whisp? What does this situation have to do with me being here? Are there any other students who have transferred with me? Are they safe to fulfill? There are many things I want to ask you.

If you are Yoshiki Kokanai, Kyosuke also has some idea of the situation. In the New World, he was probably the one who helped me about myself and Umaru. I feel sorry for the fact that I was to waste about half his care in a duel with Jane Doe. Kyosuke also had something to say to Koganei, who dived into the blood clan's side and tried to do something about the situation, but for one thing, that aside.

"To Utsurugi, Mr. Princess Shui..."

Koganei also calls this name and turns his gaze toward Koganei.

"Besides, the volcano...?

"Why are you here?"

Eung groaned so hard with a plundering voice.

"That's my question. Eung, Kokanai, what's happening now? Is everyone all right?

The problem is, there it is first. The fact that Koganei is here could mean that other blood families are showing up here as well. If so, the fighting on the east side is undoubtedly due to it. But that doesn't explain the signs of the fighting taking place on the West Side.

What the hell happened to Eung? Why is Eung here? There's more to analogy than just having no idea.

"It's not safe."

It was Koganei who made it clear earlier. There is a slight rush seeping into his words.

"The dog god and the adventurer man got away. But I still have Mr. Snow Under and the White Horse. The target is Mr. Akeno. The one who killed the eagle tail. If we keep this up, maybe we'll get caught."

Kokanai's words referred to the fact that things were gone for him alone. We need at least Kyosuke's hand to help us under the snow and the white horse. Koganei, who went down to the military gate of the blood clan, can't take a bad hostile act. This current situation can also be described as quite dangerous.

Kyosuke stayed put and turned her gaze to Eung. After still showing some hesitation, he drowned, uttering words.

"Everybody,"

Eung's words shuddering like that. It's been a long time since I've heard his voice like this.

"I'm fine. Kyosuke."

"Right."

Kyosuke nodded. Ask your best friend something, and if he answers, it's Kyosuke Akagi who doesn't doubt it. That's what it's supposed to be.

He never points out Eung's words as' a lie '.

That is why Kyosuke was lost in this unnatural time and how to ask Eunuch about the clear anomalies that are happening.

"Hey, is that true?

I perceive the timing of that Kyosuke, and Rin steps in sharply instead. Eung swayed even more for a moment.

"Kokanai-kun, what you're saying about Furano, is that true?

"Neither do I know what's going on..."

Kokanai's words are cautious, but the tone is somewhat strong.

I'm not saying I know what's going on, but he also has some idea of the situation. Koganei, however, has not spoken of it himself and tried to rebuff Ei. Then again, Kyosuke looked at Ein.

"... Eung"

"... I am"

Eung shouted out of his black armor.

But right after that,

"Oh wow!!

"Come on!"

As for the hammer, it was Philhana's fist that took the blow waved down from above.

With the blessing of God, it is her iron fist that dwelled the miracle. Even if that were Luke's blow, which would smash the earth and blow the waters of the lake, that fist would not have a scratch on it. Even if instead the shockwave that occurred knocked down the surrounding trees and created a giant crater at Philhana's feet, Philhana would not move fine dust either.

The mountain presents itself in a flash like a trail of collapse. Literally, the “rooted” twisted down trees tumbled down the slopes.

"You're still a bloodline!!

Set up your sword with one hand, and Lambart screams.

Luke's assault was carried out in the midst of the demons' capture efforts. Make a flash of gaps and the demons try to escape. Melodias tries to create a temper from her arm to stop it, but soon afterwards, her arm sprinkles with blood and flesh.

………

Melodias Killer, the underbeast brave, glanced at the slopes of the mountain on the other side. The created temper is spent to regenerate the erased arms, and the girl's eyes look out for the unseen enemy lurking in the mountains.

"Sister Phil, Brother Lan, no, I'll take the other one!

I'll tell you what, Melodias freshly kicks a crumbling slope and flies to the other mountain. Meanwhile, the demons escape. But it was a reasonable decision. If you're saying that there's enough snipers lurking to accurately blow Melodias' arms and all that powerful means of attack, that's because he was the top priority and the opponent to deal with.

Spread your wings, Raven Tengu jumps into the sky. Lambault chased the sword in one hand. The cutting-edge quickly draws a crest to the universe, which becomes a tight spell to tie up Raven Tengu's body. Lamberto Gordan manages to execute the unscrupulous order to avoid scratching. As he stands, he follows the escaped demons to the mountains.

"I'm Luke's Shakkow!!

A giant man screams in his bright red eyes, letting him be seen as a fierce slayer. In a head-to-head power comparison with his strength, Philhana returned the words.

"The Emperor's Watch Board Alliance (Dial Nights) Seat 4 (Four Ochroks)!“ Iron Fist Virgin "!!"

"She's a strong woman. It's worth crushing!

Philhana gradually pushes down as Shakkow puts his strength into both arms. With each other's hands held, the feet of the Iron Fist Virgin sink into hard soil. Shakkow smiled at his mouth.

but Philhana glanced at him from the neck to the top.

"Ohhhh!!

Gain momentum and slap your forehead against Shakkow's jaw. An explosion sounded, flashing and shockwaves. The head thrust of the Iron Fist Virgin all over the corner of the Beast King's Peak scatters a shock wave enough to change the terrain again. Shakkow happened to let go of his hand and blew away as he slapped and broke the trees.

Philhana pulls through both legs buried near her knees and chases after her blown Shakkow body. Philhana's fist was lit with a strong light.

"Rah!"

Into Shakkow's body, which remains blown away, slams into the chase. Shakkow took that blow with his arms crossed and kicked the trees as they were, finally offsetting the momentum. Again, with Philhana's face turned, Luke's shakkow's, round-tailed, rigid arms burst.

The next blow was the luxurious body of the Iron Fist Virgin. Again, in the same way, Philhana's body blows away as she snaps down the trees. With all the reparations earlier, Shakkow caught up this time and slammed Philhana into the kick of the chase.

Shortly after Eung was about to say, he snapped down the trees and the girl's body rolled over. No, it's not a raw thing called rolling over, etc. That's exactly what it was, coming through the shell and going deep into the ground as it was. He bled from all over his body and his clothes were dirty in the soil. The girl, who seems to be imminent death, wakes up his body and rises up.

The girl, Kyosuke and Rin, looked familiar.

"Phew, Mr. Philhana..."

Rin groans so hard. As he finally realized with that voice, Philhana looked back and grinned.

But toward Philhana, I could still see a giant man poking his fist in as much as a shell. Philhana smiles and takes her fist with one hand. I immediately turn my gaze back forward, squeeze my expression, and punch my payback punch in the face of the giant man who's poking at me.

Now it was the giant's turn to blow it away.

After dropping off the blowing giants, Philhana turns to Kyosuke again.

"Uh, you know. Mr. Philhana?"

"Uh, I knew you'd be there, right? You felt that way when you saw Karasma and the others..."

Again the giant looms under Philhana, who scratches his cheek with awkwardness. Philhana crosses her arms and takes the giant man's fist, but she can't kill off the shock and still blows it up. It's a reward for a blow that's too big.

Wasn't Filhana Grambana a new American adventurer who just recently became a gold rank? Now the giant man screamed as he chased after Kyosuke and Rin in confusion.

"What are you doing! Come on, high elf!

I could see Koganei narrowing his eyes to the words. That alone understands that this crude giant is a flavor of the bloodline. Probably Luke.

Luke further vomited words without hesitation or emotion.

"I'll leave the Dial Knights there to you! Don't ever give them the Wang Piece!

Who does that “Emperor's Watch Board Alliance (Dial Knights)" refer to?

Kyosuke took only a few moments to understand it.

Koganei sighs small and turns back to the black armor.

Black armor, only at that moment, took a stand against Koganei without any hesitation.

In the end, neither the rare hesitation shown by Ei Fugano, nor the rare care shown by Akiki Kokanai,

This crude, abusive Luke man sprinkled all over the place and smashed it up easily.

"Furano kun...... You made it to the Empire?

Rin's voice is not like trembling or disputing.

It was just like being struck by a shock and taken aback.

………

Eung doesn't talk about anything. However, the armor stared at Koganei and was in a combat position.

What kind of nation is the empire of this world? Kyosuke and Rin don't know each other very well.

I don't know, but they were asking about the coup that happened in the southern kingdom of Pilika. The coup was probably attended by the Cat Palace and Thought Kett-See. The intervention of the Imperial Army also meant that the coup failed and the Cat Palace was missing.

There is no certainty. But it's too shocking a fact to know on its arrow tip, which has prompted distrust of the Empire.

"That's what I mean"

Filhana returns, still flat, bleeding from all over her body.

"Utsugi, if you think about Akira, your best friend, come with us. I'll make you feel cramped, but I'll guarantee your safety."

"Don't say anything unsolicited. They're our pawns."

To Philhana's words, Luke disputed by stripping his teeth out. The two stare at each other, again, into a combat posture.

If we show any more gaps than we stare at each other, we forgive the attack. These two were no longer completely isolated from the air on this side.

"I don't trust the Empire"

Koganei says clearly.

"I hear about the coup in the South Kingdom, too. Furano, what happened to the cat palace?

"... don't say the word" trust. "Koganei."

So grunting Eung's voice conceives a grudging sound from the bottom of hell. Koganei held his mouth. If he gets poked there, Koganei can't argue. He also realizes that the most untrustworthy thing is his own actions.

Steam erupts from Eung's back and, at the same time, he slowly takes the stand. The flames eventually burn up like wings on the back after the steam erupts. It was as if it were reproducing the figure of Trinity Full Cross, who once shot down the King of the Necromancer in an underground labyrinth (Catacombe), alone.

"I should still have beaten you to death then!!

Eung screams.

"Now Kyosuke won't even stop me! I'm going to do the rest of that!!

"When it's all over, I'll let you beat him till you care! You can't be killed right now!!

A man who is making mistakes and a man who made mistakes. Two beliefs now stare at each other from the front.

Don't be silly.

Kyosuke has an unknown emotion in front of the two exchanges.

Always this guy, he's just being unsolicited. Why do you assume that you can carry everything in on your own and solve it? Why can't you say one thing: 'Help me'? Even the voices of two men screaming in front of me say that Kyosuke now only sounds like a scream for help.

Now I finally get it. This is what I saw from the outside.

What a annoying guy he was.

What an angry guy he was.

Rin, who has been sincerely attached to a guy like this, really loses his mind.

But yes. This anger cannot be suppressed.

Kyosuke Akagi is the first emotion I've had in my life.

It was, in short, anger.