The ice dome, which was obstructive, disappears and the cold cut air overflows, while the warm air flows in.

Thorns hardened with blood and dirt collapse, and Norzuri's remains fall to the ground.

The sound of the battle has not yet stopped, and the firepowder of the firebomb that landed is drifting through the air.

Look around with exhausted bodies to the extreme.

For some reason, we were surrounded by knights and soldiers with weapons and tools for civil work.

- Oh, no, it's not.

They were struggling to destroy the ice dome.

"Le, Mr. Luke!

"Good! Are you all right!

"Where is that dark elf..."

"Wait! Look at that! The Demon King's army executives are dead!

Confusion eventually turns to stunning, and the voice of joy and praise sounds exalted.

But now I don't have the energy to live up to it.

It's the best you can do while continuing to [repair] the scattered damage while still standing on your feet with all your strength.

"Lord Luke!

Sakura, free from the ice wall, rushes over.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you..."

"What are you talking about? If it weren't for Sakura, I'd be dead soon."

Looking down at Norzuri's wreckage, I recall the contents of the earlier battle.

I would have been killed by him at least three times.

The first time is just after the battle begins.

If Sakura hadn't bought me some time, I would definitely have been held to the roots of my breath before I took out the scroll.

The second time he was beaten through an operation using a scroll, when he was punched in the fist that didn't go unnoticed.

If Nagi hadn't crushed one of Norzuri's eyes just before the battle, he would have had his heart crushed by that blow and died instantly.

The third time after being severely injured after being broken through an impromptu ice barrier.

If Norzuri hadn't thought about waving Garnett so hard that he was trying to stab me in the stomach as it was, he would surely have been killed without any resistance.

Furthermore, even before the ice dome was deployed, there would be no more than three moments when it might have died.

It was a battle like stepping on thin ice.

So much so that I don't want to go through it again, if possible.

"Sakura, Garnett, please. Get him to a safe place."

"... ok"

I don't know if there's a safe place in the position or anything, but it's still better than leaving the stunned garnet like this.

"Everyone! Tell them everywhere you've taken Norzuri! Raise your allies' morale and break your enemies' morale!

Under someone's command, the knights and soldiers scatter all over the position.

Perhaps, once this information is spread out, there will be a settlement for an offensive battle around the position.

Norzuri was undoubtedly the most powerful force on the part of the demons in this battle.

If that is taken over and reinforcements from the Hollow Bottom Fortress are imminent, the continuation of the fight can only result in wasted losses.

- With that in mind, a thunderous roar echoed on the other side of the position and the ground rocked violently.

"Looks like you've settled over there too..."

Those are the two demon spears Dustin has, an attack that unleashed that one crack.

I guess that's what you mean when you can't hear the fight at the end of that thing.

"(... bad for the head of base... but I have my limits too...)"

The wound has been [repaired], but it cannot be restored to depleted health or lost blood.

While I sincerely apologized for not being able to complete the [restoration] of the position equipment and the walls, I let go of consciousness by trying to fall into the ground.

It wasn't until I regained consciousness that I learned the end of the battle.

The Demon King's army will begin to withdraw shortly after that.

They say the positions on the human side were able to get out of the crisis without further damage.

The remains of Siege Golem and Norzuri were transported to the Hollow Bottom Fortress, apparently for expert investigation and analysis.

Does the Golem need to do an analysis of Norzuri, an organism anyway? When asked, he replied that he wanted to find out if any special enhancement formula had been applied.

If you ask me, the Demon King's Army is the ones who turned the brave Falcon into a chimera with the Dragon.

It's not surprising that there was a secret to Norzuri's strength.

- But what was told wasn't all convenient reports.

That position was to be used as a base for an operation to control the demonic mines.

The main purpose of the operation was to cut off the resources of the demonic tribe, but at the same time a number of other purposes were to be fulfilled.

"Investigate what resources you were mining and determine the Demon King's Army's technical level from its use"

"Bring the Dwarves on your side who are forcing slave labor in the mines and use them to gather further information"

"Using the Awabara Mine as My Thing"

All of which, if successful, would undoubtedly favor the Bureau of War.

But I just sent a reconnaissance team to the base and they say the mine has been blown up across a wide area.

The mine's associated facilities were destroyed without leaving any clues.

At the bottom of a small valley just a short distance away, the bodies of the murdered Dwarves were said to have piled up in heaps.

Operation Scorched Earth - There was no longer any doubt that it was an operation to crush it if it was taken away and used.

It was an operation that was not uncommon in wars between humans.

If the enemy is going to take away a village with wheat fields, burn down the fields before them and give no wheat to the enemy.

That has been the norm in war.

In addition to that, thorough evidence obliteration and mouth sealing had been carried out this time.

You must have slaughtered the mine slave Dwarves because you knew they shouldn't have.

Again, it turned out to be a reminder of the spitefulness of the Demon King's Army -

- I received a report from the Golden Tooth Knights about the night after the battle.

The Knights praised me for the work of this battle to let go, and it also turned out to be a big story like it was a reward for a grace award.

The specific decision around there was that they would have to wait for the Knights headquarters to contact them, so they couldn't say anything about it yet today.

"We're going to have a feast to celebrate our victory, how about Lord Luke?

"No, I appreciate the offer, though. My people have returned to the ground first, and I have placed an order for dinner at the Spring Pavilion."

"Then another opportunity. Still, Spring Young Leaf Pavilion is a good store, isn't it? The meal was delicious and the sign daughter was adorable... excuse me, I was silent as a knight"

Quit Hollow Bottom Fortress and return to Green Hollow Town.

On that road, Garnett was waiting for me on his own at the ramp leading to the fourth level of the "Sun Clock Forest".

"Oh, my God, I told you to go home first"

"I'm your escort... and you're not the one who could have said great things. Sakura told me everything. I guess I just passed out and you protected me."

Garnett's expression is dark and his voice sinks to such an extent that he has never even heard of it.

"I feel sorry for you and I can cry. If he takes the fall in battle, he can't take care of him."

You're not really going to cry - hurried to peek into his face, Garnett looked back at me with dry eyes.

"What the fuck?"

"... I'm not going to console you, but even brave men get hit when they do. This time, you caught a bad eye, and I caught a good eye. That's all we're talking about."

"So...?

I didn't think so, I grabbed Garnett's golden hair and messed with me as I was.

"Whew!? What the fuck!

"I'd be in more trouble if they looked at me like this. I always have you, so I can act with confidence."

"... well said. You tried to leave me today."

"To be honest, you were pretty nervous then, too, huh?

Get your hands off Garnett's head and walk out the ramp toward the ground.

"Shall we go home and make dinner soon? I'm asking Sylvia this evening, so it should be extravagant."

"... ooh"

Garnett kept walking right behind me the whole time before I got back to the White Wolf store.

As if to say I don't even want to be seen in my face right now.