Me, Celia, and Dion were confronted by six mysterious men who showed up at the Knights base.

"Who are you people?

"Phew..."

I spoke to those in front of me.

In response to that word, the man in the hood comes wielding a sword.

Apparently, it's motivational.

"Slade!"

"Dion!"

Dion came out before me like that.

Dion pulls out his sword and confronts the man in the hood.

"Hmm!"

"Ku......!

Dion's body retreats to the power of the Hood man.

That alone shows that Hood's man's strength is not normal.

This could be dangerous for Dion, too.

"To this extent?

"Come on!"

"The Knights of the Sacred Way have also fallen..."

"Hey!"

Dion gets bounced off by a guy in the hood.

However, they were still at the stage of seeing things with each other, and Dion was lightly re-posturing.

In the meantime, I'm relieved and ask them how they're doing. Nor does the man in the hood look particularly exhausted.

"Huh... won't you pull it out?

"What?"

That's what the Hood guy said to me.

I haven't pulled the knife yet. That's because Dion pulled his sword out first, but when they say so, I hesitate.

I don't know what these men are thinking. That thought made me do that.

"You know me, don't you? You were supposed to be on my guard yesterday..."

"Become!"

"Heh heh, you thought I hadn't noticed?

Man's words surprise me.

Apparently, he knew about us. I didn't think you'd remember yesterday over there.

"I know what you're capable of. If you can pull out your sword, you can deal with it..."

The man in the hood, he's gonna stir me up.

Perhaps you want me to pull the knife out.

But riding this provocation is not a good idea. To the obvious provocation, it would only be a foolish trick such as riding.

"... what are you thinking?

"Hmm?"

So I laughed invincibly and decided to ask questions.

This one, too, shakes the opponent with spare time.

"No way, you don't think we're gonna start fighting here, do you?

……

"Then it must have been rampant from the beginning"

In the meantime, I've said what I can analyze now.

I don't care if this is wrong, for example.

Now, watching your opponent's reaction is your top priority.

"That's also true when we fought with Dion. You didn't mean it. I mean, you're not thinking about starting here."

"Hehe..."

To my words, the man in the hood laughed.

If this reaction, it could have been a picture star.

"I see... you seem to know. So that's it for the farce..."

"What?"

The man in the hood took it from his own body to the hood and the robe that accompanied it. Along with that, the five of us around us get rid of the hood.

And the six-member figure shows up.

"Hey, what?

The six seemed just human.

It's a group of five men and one woman. I'm not sure about the year, but is it in my twenties or so?

"Who are you people?

"We, the Dark Knight..."

"Oh, the Dark Knight...?

That's what the Hood guy says to me.

That was a word I had never heard. Dion and Selik react the same way.

The Dark Knights laugh at us like that.

"Hehe, we are so to speak, against you holy knights..."

"The Holy Knight?

"The Knights of the Sacred Way means the presence of light for us..."

I don't know what the man in the hood said.

But in short, it's our enemy. If that's all I know, it'll be enough now.

"What the hell would such a dark knight do?

"We are here to fight the Holy Knight."

"To fight?

"Yes..."

Apparently, the Dark Knights came here to fight us.

But perhaps that doesn't mean right on this occasion.

"I'm Frost, the icy Dark Knight!

So, the man in the hood named himself.

Apparently, the name Frost.

Plus, the Dark Knight keeps naming.

"I am Googhan, the Dark Knight of Rigidity!

My next name is Dark Knight with a big body.

Those arms are huge and likely to be quite powerful.

"I, Irnaga, the dark knight of the Viper!

What's more, the woman's dark knight.

She is a tall, detailed woman. Why does that face seem like a snake?

"I'm Boorus, the Dark Knight of Fire!

"I'm Bisoni, the dark knight of handsome feet!

"I am the Dark Knight of Thunder Elektra!

The rest of the dark knights also gave their names one after the other.

Apparently, each has some alias.

I don't know what that means. Is each also something of a specialty?

"Holy Knight! You'll get our challenging letter!

"A challenging letter......?

"Exactly. We, the Dark Knights, are going to five places in this town now. So pick five of you."

So Frost has said that.

What the hell are you thinking?

"If you don't come, we'll do harm to the citizens around us. You know what that means..."

"Knock..."

But in Frost's words, I'm in a hurry.

It is absolutely necessary to avoid harming our citizens.

"We'll fight five to five and let you decide by that number of victories. The fate of this town...!

"What!

The five dark knights, with the exception of Frost, jumped up at once.

Then the figure disappears.

I told you earlier, you must have gone to five places.

"You're not going?

"Hehe, I won't be in this fight... you holy knights have not yet reached the level of fighting me"

"What the..."

"So I'll let you see the high ground."

"Ma, wait"

At that moment Frost's body disappears.

Now all six dark knights have vanished.

But fighting them will be inevitable. We cannot leave them alone in the wild any longer than they are targeting our citizens.

"Slade......"

"Master..."

Dion and Celia have been talking to me about that.

In the meantime, we have to wrap up the story.

"Looks like we both have to head somewhere where the Dark Knight is anyway"

"Oh, I see."

"But who's going? Those six look pretty hands-on."

"Right..."

We get a little worried there.

The Dark Knights should be quite hands-on. For this reason, we need the strongest men that can now be gathered in the Knights.

"Then we'll be in charge."

"Huh?"

There were people walking to us like that.

Those I know well, too.

"Mr. Gogassa, Selik, Noir......"

"To me, the Knights Examiner, the third and fourth of the Fifth Squad. As a mentor, it must be perfect."

"Let's go to the Dark Knight with five of us with Slade and Dion."

"Yeah, that would be the best"

The three of them have spoken those words.

Indeed, its members are not convinced.

This would be the strongest force the Knights are proud of today, more than without a captain and deputy captain.

"Okay. Then let's look for the Dark Knight in each of these five."

"Yeah, I have a directive for everyone, so I'm sure we'll find it soon..."

"Yeah, you're not going to hide over there either."

I snort at Mr. Gogassa's words.

Perhaps the Dark Knights are waiting for us. For that reason, if you ask the knights to find you, they will find you soon.

This is how the battle between us and the Dark Knight began.