The Abandoned Baroness is one of the Black Knight’s favorites

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The place where the settlement once existed was completely desolate.

Black smoke still rising and magical traces everywhere.At first, the Tibo Frontier Army was at war, and it seems that those who could use magic resisted, but I can see that they defeated them over time.

By the time the Knight's army arrived from King's Land, they had succeeded in letting the people escape instead of abandoning the land.Miraculously, there have been no deaths, despite all this damage.

Everyone who can use magic now works together and somehow stretches the border in the village ahead.

And the seven dragons desecrated the settlement, and the farmland, and the forest nearby, as they pleased.Two flames, two ice, two lightning, one wind.The damage that shouldn't have been so great on its own has been magnified by the combination.The only salvation would have been that the ice dragon accidentally stopped the wind dragon from spreading the fire of the flamethrower.

No matter how dangerous the night-time crusade is, the time it took to leave is wasted in view of this tragic situation.

"─ ─ This is..."

Gilbert unexpectedly leaked his voice, wrinkling between his eyebrows.Everyone else is breathing.

A magical knight who often crushes beasts, but no one, including Gilbert, has ever seen anything like it.The dragons wearing shining scales in the morning sun are somehow fantastic, so I can't hide any more confusion.

"─ ─ Operation started!"

The Knight Commander, who had led the magical knights here, gave instructions with a sharp voice that cut the air.And they that returned unto me by command shall rush to the side of their dragons.

Gilbert did not move from the Knight Commander's side, but gently touched the bracelet on his right wrist.The remaining knights on this scene, other than Gilbert, are those who are supposed to move after the battle begins.

The Knight Commander glanced at Gilbert.

"Forster, I've never seen anything like it."

"Me too."

Answering briefly, Gilbert focused on the magic traveling through his body.Loose and flowing like a giant river, the magic armband is used as a medium to build it up.Gilbert used more precise magic than normal magic.

What I built was a huge magic cage.Seven cages that block all magic and monsters.

"─ ─...... now"

I surrounded the dragon and dropped it from the sky.

I have the illusion that there was a loud noise.The magic cage has no substance, so I certainly didn't make such a sound.

In this cage, Magic Knights can use Attack Magic without hesitation.At the same time, the beast can't escape, and its attacks are not outside the cage, so there's no need to worry about the surroundings.

There are others in Gilbert who can make this bond, but no one has enough magic to maintain multiple bonds.Gilbert's mission this time is to maintain the border until all dragons are destroyed.

"... why have seven dragons gathered here?"

The Knight Commander murmured.Beyond that gaze, the magical knights were hitting the dragons with fire, water, wind, and dirt.After watching the field move a little, the knights who were waiting eventually joined the fight.

All that remains is the Knight Commander and Gilbert, who maintains the border.

"I can't tell if there's anything here that attracts the dragon or if it's the result of an act of some sort..."

I see.

As the sun rises, the dragon that is raging in the cage decreases from seven to six and five.

Magic knights can't just use magic.There must be more than a certain amount of magic.And you have to skip even more demanding Knights entry exams and continue training for more than a certain amount of time.Because those who meet that premise fight without taking into account the damage to their surroundings, it is like winning or losing without anything.

There were no more magical knights overwhelmed by dragons, and more than half of them were happy to cast great magic.

Clearing the cage from where it's no longer needed will give Gilbert more room to look around.After all, he was pretty mentally depleted to keep the seven cages.

There are two cages left. One was a flamethrower and the other was a thunderbolt.

Fire Dragons use water magic and ice magic to lower the body surface temperature, and the momentum of exhaling flames is weakening.In this state, the crusade will be over soon.

Rather, the Thunderdragon seemed to be struggling.However, it seems that there is no problem because those who have been crushed first are joining the support battle.

"Soon."

Gilbert was watching the war as he caught the captain's voice in his ear.

The knights in battle can only see the dragon in front of them.The evacuation of the people has been completed and only the Knights are here so there should be no problem, but for some reason Gilbert had a heartbeat.

"─ ─...... that's..."

In the Thunder Dragon Cage, many magical knights are practicing magic.It was then that a thunder dragon that sat on the ground and emitted an electric current was about to launch a uninterrupted blow.

There was something moving in the shadow of debris in the cage.

It is small, and it can be seen that it is not human from afar.

Its colour, illuminated by a perfectly bright light, is very similar to the familiar light tea.

"Nyaaa...."

Gilbert's eyes echoed those of the weakly squealing cat's dark green eyes.