I was temporarily blocking the movement by turning the soil at Behemoth's feet into mud, combining the magic of my water, the magic of the shadow of Rifa, and the magic of Alfila's plants.
If it were true, I would have earned more time, but here, someone thought to be the main culprit of this disturbance threw magic over Behemoth's head.
It's black smoke with a lot of heat.
Unlike fire, it's a nasty attack spreading on the wind.
It was aggressively prevented by me and Rifa, but Behemoth, who had sealed the movement, escaped.
"Chisato, the fort....."
Behemoth strikes and destroys the fort for the third time.
Debris and fragments of a shattered crossbow fell on the ground, and I turned to Rifa and Alfila as I saw the sight.
"Mr. Alfila, let's move to the next fort."
I see. We need to get ahead of ourselves and get ready for restraint again. "
Our magical restraint should have worked for sure.
But I don't know if it's the same person. No... I'll take care of it.
"Rifa, meet Kite first. I'm sure he's escaping."
"Yes, I understand."
Let's get out of here first.
With Behemoth's speed of travel, we'll be able to get ahead of Fort Cristina.
Dear brave man!
?
When we try to leave, a girl rushes towards us.
Hmm? Someone I recognize.
A girl with brown skin and cream hair rushed towards me in a hurry.
"Kai was grabbed!"
"... eh, who?"
"Don't you know him!?"
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I don't know the name Kai.
When confused by the girl's words, Rifa, who was obsessed with it, talks to her.
"You mean Kite?"
"No, he called himself Kai... that? Speaking of which, it seems that the Son of the Wizard called her Kite...."
I'm sure it's you, Kite.
I get upset about what happened to him, and I listen to the situation while I calm down.
"Maybe he's got a talking shape shifter and a silver slime. You mean Tamer who fights weird?"
"Ah, that's him!"
"Kate, what's wrong with you? What do you mean they grabbed you?"
Well, actually...
She - According to Alca, just before the fort was destroyed by Behemoth, he was taken away by soldiers of the Demon King army.
This is an anomaly, but if there's no one else who's seen him like this... maybe he's the only one they've taken?
If so, he could have been singled and drawn to the center of this disturbance.
"Alfila, change of plans. Me and Rifa are not going to the third fort, they're going somewhere else."
Roger that.
Either way, it will be difficult to stop Behemoth's foot with a straightforward approach.
In the last fort, how much Behemoth will be depleted will be the battle. Then I thought I should use the insurance I left behind to intercept it.
"Reefa, will you come with me?"
Yeah, I got it.
Confirming that she had nodded to me, I tried to bring the horse, but before that, the referee in front of me turned his back and bent over.
"... where are you, Rifa?"
"Chisato, get on your back!"
Eh? Well, why?
I'm confused by Reefa who shows me her back and says something like that.
"I run on my back!"
Yeah, yeah.
I am afraid to put it on her back because I am serious about something.
Then the shadow stretches like a seat belt on her back and stays fixed.
"... what are we going to do from here?"
"Here's how."
Did you hold it in your hand beforehand, or press the button on the bottle of magic equipment?
Then the bottle overflowed with the magic of Kite's Pure Demon, enveloping Rifa's body. At the same time, it turns into something that unleashes the power of the monster, just like when her body saw it before.
Rather, my hair suddenly grew and it was amazing.
"Chisato, be careful, it might bite you."
"I'll bite you back. It's okay."
"I'm kidding...."
There seems to be good reason.
She's going to be able to move faster than a horse.
When we left this place to Mr. Alfila to move - and Alca came to warn us of his danger - he called out to us.
"Ah, um! I shouldn't ask at a time like this... is it Kai's real name!? It's enough to hide at a time like this!?"
Rather, I just remembered this kid, who pretended to be Kate and came to the interview without disguising himself.
I'm really curious about the relationship between this kid and Kate.
As I was scouting for answers, Reefa, whom I was hiding, turned to her.
"His name is Kate. Alihara Kite."
"--- Huh?"
"And I am the hero of the kingdom of Hendir, and Kite is my servant."
She casually raised her hand to Alca, who lost her word, and ran off with an unusual step.
A little late and a shocking voice that seems to be the screaming of Alca echoes, but it soon disappears too far away.
I speak to Rifa in fear as if I were on a jet coaster.
"You should have said that?"
"I was going to reveal it after this commotion... and more importantly, there's only one thief cat left."
"Is that me? Hey, it's about me, right?"
For the first time in my life, I was treated like a thief cat.
No, maybe no one's ever been thieved in their lives.
So I feel like I just got a little bit of it.
"Where are you going?"
"A lake beyond the third fort. I'm going to have to do something about it."
"... are you okay?"
"It's okay. I'm a brave man."
Make it into words so that you can tell yourself.
Maybe Kate is being dragged into the center of this commotion.
The characteristics of the big man who gave him the mysterious advice and the characteristics of the man who was on Behemoth are also consistent, and there is nothing irrelevant about it.
Kate, you must be fighting.
I'm sure.
Aren't you worried?
When asked, Rifa looks straight ahead and speaks.
"Because Kite is my squire. I'll never lose."
"... I see."
I don't have any basis, but I'm sure they'll convince me somehow.
Reefer herself, I really think so.
After all, I think I envy this kind of trust relationship.
"Speaking of which, you're lending me a squire, right?"
"... no, I didn't say that."
Oops, you can see the agitation with the movement of the chemist's ear.
"Yes, I'm sorry. Last night, I got word from Kate."
"Gunu...."
"We're friends!"
"I don't think it's a good idea to say friends at times like this! Cowardice!"
Spread fear in a conversation without other love.
From now on, I'll just be a little indifferent.
So I don't know if I can stop Behemoth, but if you and everyone in the Kingdom of Filgen are doing their best at this time - we have to do our best as brave men.