- It breaks.
When Aldis felt the limitations of the sword's durability, suddenly a monster blew to the side.
Cut it out, monster.
The voice of the Lord was the commander of the Wisteria Mercenary Corps with a flying sword.
He was the most reliable man in this room.
"I don't think a half-hearted attack will work!"The attack will involve up to three people, including me, and the rest will cover the one who was about to be attacked by a monster! "
Roger that!
The companions who were standing up on Grace's command recovered their composure as well.
Prevents multiple attacks of uneven speed and weight with a barrier, and three skilled mercenaries, including Grace, slam into the blow.
The mercenaries on the scene managed to crush the monster with all their might, but they had a new casualty and a large number of wounded.
How many of you got hit?
I wonder if there are eight of them, including the first one who got hit.
One of the stockholders answers Grace's question.
"Tch, what the hell..." It's not just a research facility, is it? "
Even the five-country coalition had no information on what kind of research facility it would be conducting.
Of course, it is possible that something unexpected will happen.
But I guess Grace didn't expect to encounter a monster like this.
What do you want to do?
"...... Splitting up is a retraction."It is too dangerous to act in small groups if there is such a monster.We're holding up the entrance anyway, so you won't have to worry about getting away.Send out a message to the rest of the squadron to act as solidly as possible.I guess that's it... Find out from the researcher you captured what the monster was.Once you know who you are, you'll have a little more to deal with. "
Grace, prompted by the stock, gives directions on a regular basis.
But before the mercenaries could move at their behest, a strangely relaxed voice could be heard everywhere.
"Oh, is that so?" Then I can tell you. "
What's the matter!?
Suddenly, the mercenaries show vigilance and look around in search of the voice of the Lord.
“Who is it?!”
Where did it come from?
But no matter how much I checked my surroundings, I couldn't find anyone who looked like a voice lord.
As the confusion spread, a part of the wall suddenly turned upside down, and a number of strange boards appeared that glowed black.
And when one of the lattice-like delimited plates glows, the faces of the Ardisians reveal what they know.
Rhodelia's!
The same words pop out of some people's mouths in amazement.
On the board came the Ardis and the shallow army of the Rhodelia.
Because it was called the Fierce Butterfly Jerry.
"Damn it!"
One of the mercenaries reflexively threw a dagger at Jerry.
With the sound of hard objects hitting each other, Jeriah disappears, and only the cracked black shining board remains there.
"Damn, this is a mercenary..."
"Where the hell did you go!?"
Even after she disappeared, Jeriah's voice continued to resound.
"You can't have me in such a place."What was there was just a phantom.No matter how much you break it, it's useless. "
"Phantom...?"
"Oh, so don't do anything meaningless."
In response to the echoing voice, Jeriah's figure reappears on a different board than the one that broke just now.
As expected, this time no one tries to do anything.
As Jerry said, all I could see was a phantom.
There was no point in not scratching the customer after breaking the board.
"Well, let's re-partition - welcome to my laboratory."
Test site?
Grace wondered at the ominous sound.
"Yes, a laboratory for pets raised by my men."to see how much you can fight against mercenaries. "
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, that's what it means." You fought earlier, didn't you? "
"Pet...? Is that it?"
"Fufufu. I can't even flatter you for being cute, but you've been doing pretty good, haven't you?"We've accumulated a lot of test data, but we still don't have a lot of real-world data.It's just the right time for you guys to take on real-world combat. "
Mixed with Jerry's pleasant voice, you can hear a giggle from behind.
Grace stared at the guide's soldier.
The soldier shook his head many times to the side with a pale face.
Apparently, the Five-Nation Alliance was only plotted by Jerry.
"It's a very dirty way to give it back."Thanks to you, eight people died in a terrible way. "
Grace turned her gaze back and asked as she squeezed her emotions against the Lady General.
"... are you satisfied with this?"
"Oh, who said it was over?"
What?
"You scratched me on the face, you embarrassed me, and you thought you could forgive me if only a few people died?"It's a shame. It doesn't end, it starts with (...) or (...) or (...) or something like that. "
"What do you mean?"
"Fufu, this is what it means."
The other boards that had been glowing black until then glowed at the same time as Jerry's words.
”Giggle!”
Ok, help me!
"Damn it! Let go of me!"
"No! I don't want to die!"
At the same time, shouts and screams echoed into the room like a storm.
"What... is this!?"
Aldis turned a blind eye to the scene projected on the glowing board.
You can see the faces of the Wisteria Mercenaries battling the monsters in their strange shapes.
It was like a group of people who broke into the building from another entrance.
”Heheh! Melt!”
The mercenary reflected on a plate was captured alive by a translucent monster, melting his entire body.
The skin melts and the revealed muscles lose their thickness as well.
The exposed bones bubbled and became even thinner.
"Stop it! Don't come!"
Another board was filled with beetle-like creatures.
It was like being eaten alive and forced into the body from an open wound. Even Aldis, who was accustomed to human death on the battlefield, could not bear to see it.
Eventually, the mercenary remains a beetle and continues to be eaten even if it becomes a red and black meat mass.
Beetles devour everything, leaving behind the metal parts of their weapons and armor, and attack mercenaries in search of their next prey.
"Damn, there were other monsters!"
A familiar voice reacted to Grace screaming bitterly.
Is that the voice of the leader of the regiment?!
Viktor!?
Even politely, the figure of Viktor is reflected on one of the boards.
The Viktors were fighting a humanoid creature, as if their whole bodies were wrapped in rocks.
"I'm having a hard time encountering an alien enemy!"Five people have been hit.Please send backup if you can! "
Aldis first heard that Viktor was asking for help.
That's why the opponent is so tough, isn't it?
Got it! Where is it?!
Jerry sends water to Grace as she tries to respond to a rescue request.
Oh, did you think I'd have that kind of time?
Suddenly, three figures fell from the ceiling of the room.
If that figure is the same as the monster that took eight lives earlier, you will naturally know its strength by deducing it.
Without time to stand up, the three monsters attacked the Ardis.
Then it was a miserable time for the Wisteria Mercenaries.
Despite struggling in one piece, it was simultaneously a triad.Moreover, the number of allies was lower than usual.
There's not enough work to get them working together.
I wasn't the kind of opponent who could fight one-on-one as a matter of course.
Grace is desperately resisting, but more and more monsters are falling victim to each other.
While the monsters rinse the blood of the dead, the Ardis barely take a breath.
Grace, we're going to be wiped out!
An old stock of mercenaries appeals to Grace as she sees two monsters motionless thanks to her sacrificial companions.
We have no choice. We have to retreat.
It was the soldier who followed me as a guide who intercepted the decision.
“Wait a minute. Does that mean we're breaking the contract?"
"You see the situation, don't you?I'll pay the penalty. It's a species with life.If you want to complain, I'll get out of here and I'll ask you anything you want. "
Grace slammed her words in a gesture of displeasure and the soldier pulled back unexpectedly.
"I just checked."I have a position, too.As expected, we cannot allow our mission to continue in this situation.Penalty will be incurred, but let's multiply it up so that we can get favor. "
"I'm glad you understand."
Grace replied in a nutshell, but did the soldiers notice?
It was like waiting for Aldis and the others, and Jeriah's story.
It was clear that the results of the plot to trap the Wisteria Mercenaries were in their current state.
And the Union of the Five was caught in the trap, or was carried by a single stick.
From Aldis's point of view, it was the five-country coalition that brought in the story without even noticing it as a trap.
That said, I can't help it now that I've said it.
Grace is right, there's no point in surviving.
"Everyone, do you hear me?! The Wisteria Mercenaries revoke this contract.Retreat at your own discretion! "
I announced my retreat, but that doesn't mean I can just run away.
"Oh my, are you surrendering already?" It's not sloppy, but well- "
Geria asks with an unpleasant smile as if immersed in pleasure as she looks at the pleasant sight.
"--Do you think I can escape?"
As Jerry said, the monsters were attacking regardless of our will.
It looks like the rest of the crew elsewhere on the board are trying to retreat, but only a fraction of them were able to leave.
Most of them did everything they could to stop the monsters from attacking.
"Rest assured, even if you die, the data you've gained from this battle will help you train some strange soldiers in the future."It's not a wasteful death because it can contribute to the development of technology, which is good. "
"Damn you!"
One of her companions casts a curse on Jerry, who sees people as experimental tools.
I would have done the same if I could afford to open my mouth with Aldis.
The Ardis left the room and retreated as they managed to stop the incoming enemy at an astounding rate.
The number of casualties in the process has already exceeded two digits.
Even in battles between humans, it was difficult to retreat.
If the enemy is a monster that doesn't show fear or fatigue, it's even worse.
When the Ardis finally reached the passageway near the exit, the living man broke in half of the way in.
"Hurry up! We're almost there!"
Now I don't even know where the monsters are coming from.
The Ardis ran through the aisle, too vigilantly watching their surroundings.
"Ah, wait a minute!"
What's the matter, Lou?
Suddenly, Luchel stopped.
"There's a kid over there."
Looking in the direction Rouchell pointed, they were definitely looking like two children.
It must have been after the other squads were fighting.
The walls collapse, and there is a clearing with holes.
Beyond the horizontal hole was a cell-like room, from which the two children had just emerged.
"Hey, I can't have a child at a time like this."
"It's not the end of the line now, is it?"
Once the mercenaries stopped, they blamed Lucille.
"But that's why you can't leave your child here!"
Isn't that a monster, too?
For a moment, Aldis made his body stronger.
Go ahead!
But Rouchell rushed toward the children without being frightened by his peers.
The children's limbs are shackled, and the only thing they are wearing is a crude cloth that cannot be called clothes.
I do not see anything but a prisoner of Ours.
Indeed, it would be strange for the general to set a trap that would make a monster look like a captive child.
But with that in mind, Aldis decided to go after Lucille.
Because the two children overlapped with their former self.
Like Aldis and Luchel, they may still be at the human stage.
If that's the case, there's no way we can leave it like this.
When I stopped by, the two children were about ten years old girls and about seven years old boys.
"I'll carry this child, Lou will take care of you."
Okay, okay, okay.
Leaving the little boy to Rouchell, Ardis takes the girl by the back and returns to his companion.
Even though Rouchell said 'go ahead', my people waited for Aldis.
Some people would call it sweet.
But Ardis is proud of this sweet mercenary group.
"I can't help it, you guys."I'll take care of you, so get out of here. "
With a bitter smile, Grace lightly patted Ardis' head in the palm of her hand, and Grace stepped backwards, as she had been told.
After that, Aldis barely managed to escape, encountering several monsters.
We retreated to a safe place, and arrived at a predetermined meeting point to find out the magnitude of the damage.
Grace and Aldis's crew have lost more than half of their lives, but the damage caused by the crew entering through the other entrances is even greater.
More than 70% of Viktor's squad had not returned, and only three survived to Derwat's squad.
Of the 158 participants, only 43 survived.
With nearly three-quarters of its victims, the Wisteria Mercenary Corps suffered enough damage to call it destruction.