The situation in the central part, where mercenaries from both countries collided head-on, remained imperial.
Aldis's power is that it barely supports the front and is locally dominated by the kingdom. Of course, the mercenaries after Aldis escape are not weak. However, it was inevitable to be pushed because the original number was too different.
"I know, Aldis's strength is not as good."
"As soon as Aldis disappeared, it started to be pushed."
Konica, who is the only one in red, agrees with the words of Gio, a slender swordsman. Grecotly leaders of the Costers felt the pressure from the Imperial Mercenaries increase over time.
"But we're not newcomers of the time. We should be able to get through this."
Gresche nodded as Ralph, the best of the four, carried the ax on her shoulder.
"Of course, we will prove in our battles that our skills are sufficient in war!"
When the three respond to the leader's command, they cooperate closely to confront the Imperial Army.
In fact, their ability was real. Even if not as far as Aldis, he is strong enough as a mercenary. Even in Tria, it was said to be one of the youngest hotspots, and he showed in this battle what he was one of the best mercenaries.
But for the Costers, the hardest part of the battle is neither the enemy nor the strength.
"It's hard to do with someone you know."
Grechet's words murmured, expressing their feelings.
Mercenaries have little sense of belonging to the country. Many of the mercenaries usually operating in Tria have now joined the Imperial side. It was inevitable that the face of the strange face, which occasionally came into view, would be dulled by the hands of the attack.
"Hey! Tay, please! Overlook! You're a Mercenary from the same Tria !?"
It will be transmitted to the other party. As the Costers fight against the Imperial mercenaries, one of the mercenaries who have been defeated and cornered begins to beg for life.
"What do you do, Greche?"
Ralph looks confused and asks for his judgment.
"I'm a mercenary from the same tria. I don't want to uselessly kill someone who has lost the will to fight, even if I can't help slashing in battle."
"That's right. I will leave this place quickly because I will miss it."
In response to Grechet's words, he shows the way Ralph drives away.
"Wow, evil! I'm gonna wear it!"
Fortunately, the enemy mercenaries disappeared from the front of the Grechets.
"Well, he's survived. He was a sweet guy, hehe."
When the mercenaries are overlooked by the Costers, they settle in a safe place and look around the battlefield with a smile. In the surroundings, enemy and friendly mercenaries are mercilessly killing each other. Most were mercenaries who had never seen a face, but some were found in some places in Thria.
But they're different from the Costars. Even if your opponent usually sits next to the table in the same bar, it doesn't matter if you split up on the battlefield.
If you know it is an enemy, kill it. If you don't, you will be killed. But that's it.
"I'm strong, but that's just a stupid thing."
The mockery laughs with a feeling of appreciation.
When the mercenaries, who had all their fellows defeated, begged for their lives, Costers simply missed their enemy. It was a decent act as a warrior.
Obstacle: "It's just right. It's no wonder who died on the battlefield.
With a twisted smile, the mercenaries begin to call out to the tribal mercenaries belonging to the empire one by one.
"Would you tell me the souvenirs of the underworld that the story is different between monsters and humans?"
On the battlefield where the two arms collided, some mercenaries usually operating in Tria began to gather and gradually formed a group.
The tough times It was suddenly that Costers, who had been struggling from time to time struggling across the battlefield, hit by a wave of mercenaries.
Empire-side mercenaries who appear without warning attack with an overwhelming number of people. That number, 18 people.
No matter how much the Costers are above average, they can't compete with more than four times the number.
"Kyaa!"
Konia was the first to kneel.
Tonia Originally, Konia fights in an enemy-style battle with her small physique and agility, but on the other hand, she is inferior in pure sense. Anyway, if you dodge the attack, you were pushed in from being caught by the shield and your foot stopped. Aldis could do it with power, but it's a tricky trick for small women.
"Konia! Little shit!"
Ralph then receives an arrow on his foot. With one or two arrows, you could pay or avoid it, but you couldn't prevent four simultaneous fires.
In the same way, Geo who was attacked by three mercenaries from the front and back also suffers hand injury.
"Ralph! Geo!"
Grechet revealed his impatience.
There are many enemy mercenaries in the area, all of which are aiming to hunt the lives of Greches and others. We could win if we fought with the same number, but it would be difficult if we could get over by this number.
Grace was forced to accept their defeat. At the same time thank you for that luck. This is because the imperial mercenaries surrounding them all had a familiar face.
Yi: "I will surrender. I will treat you as a POW because I will not resist. I would be grateful if you could miss it because you are a friend based in the same town."
A familiar mercenary living in the same town. It would be uncomfortable to slash the reluctant Grechets with them. Among the enemy mercenaries you can see the mercenaries that Costers missed earlier. Similarly, they could miss the Grechets this time, and if they surrender even if they can't do it, they'll definitely treat them as prisoners.
Grechet thought so.
But enemy mercenaries show that they are wrong. No one took down the weapon. The tip of the arrowhead, the point of the sword, and the heavy blade of the ax are pointed at Grechet as soon as they can attack. Inferior What appears on their faces is not the tragic determination of having to hold their friends in their hands, but the specter of mocking the Grechets.
"Hey, I heard you said," I'm grateful if you miss out on your friendship. "
One of the enemy mercenaries recreates Grechet's words while looking around the other mercenaries. Immediately, laughter sprang up from the surrounding mercenaries.
"Is it a fool?"
"What did you say that you were spoiled?"
"Let's sleep and say it"
Grechet is impatient with an unexpected response.
"Wait a minute! We're mercenaries from the same tria? Did you miss this earlier?"
Grecot appeals to the enemy mercenary, finding a mercenary that Costers missed earlier.
"Oh, I'm with you earlier, so I've saved my life."
"Well--!"
"But that's a different story? Did you miss it?" I didn't like the eyes of Temeye from that point on.
"Now!"
Grechet loses his word for apparent hostility as he returns from his passionate opponent. Other mercenaries also open their mouths to Greche.
"Because my little name was sold, I was worried!"
"That's such a good feeling-"
"I've been banned from the commercial guild because of you!"
"That's ...! I don't think an exaggerated report would be for the client--"
"I messed up the request that people tried to receive from the side!"
"Because it wasn't enough to pay and ask--"
Grechet refutes each one of the charges against the Costers, but none of the words reach the mercenaries.
Alas, "Let's do it, we're all looking at you."
"... What are we going to do?"
Inconvenience "I don't have to do anything else. This is the battlefield. We and you are enemies. It's not strange that anyone can take your opponent's life. You've killed all of you, and it's just a job done in combat? "
"That's why you don't have to bother to kill each other ..."
"Hahaha! Are you a idiot? Are you mercenaries divided into enemy and ally?
"That's like that ..."
"You were lucky to have followed me on the kingdom side, I guess the same camp couldn't help getting lost in the fierce battle."
The appalling Greche has no word to return to the mercenaries.
Konia is broken down by one of the mercenaries, and Ralph and Gio are injured and difficult to fight. Grechet is intact, but not so proud of as much as she can beat any of the seventeen mercenaries.
"Well ... why? ..."
For a moment, the thought of why this happened, but now it was more about how to get through this crisis. However, effective measures do not come to mind. Of course, the enemy wasn't kind enough to wait for Greche's idea to come to an end.
"Then, let's end it. It's impossible to be in the middle of the battlefield forever."
The words signal that the mercenaries set up their weapons and begin to cast magic.
Extremely "Participate in the war and be killed by enemy forces.
A mercenary attacks Grechet with a wide double-edged sword.
Of course, Greche is not going to be silently killed. Hold the shield and parry the sword, and swing the sword with your dominant arm to counterattack.
An opponent who would not easily lose if one-on-one. But if it's one-on-one. Mercenaries were slashed one by one from the left and right, instead of the enemy who took a step back.
"That!"
Grechet takes a step towards the mercenary on the right and strikes his sword and swaps his position with the enemy around the sword. Retired Kicked off the enemy's body and flew ahead of the approaching mercenary sword from the left.
Grechet tries to look at the next enemy, looking sideways at an enemy who collides with his friends, and suddenly suffers a burning sensation on his back.
I was killed.
At the same time, he throws his body forward and dodge the pursuit.
"Gu ..."
The wound is shallow. I can still fight. But ...
"Do you have any more?"
Enemy mercenaries raise Grechet with a distorted smile.
Many people are outnumbered.
Ralph and Gio are also fighting with injuries, but they lack the vividness unlike normal movements. No matter how hard you struggle, the wounds will gradually increase if you are constantly attacked from all sides. Within minutes, Grechet was breathing in his body and breathing on his shoulders.
The body does not move as expected. It is a battle that won't win even if it is perfect. I could no longer see the win.
"Bye"
An enemy mercenary who sees Greche's limits speaks to the end of the line.
It was at that point that Grechet had given up. The slight wind cuts through the hustle and bustle of the battlefield.
"Gua"
Suddenly an arrow pierced the enemy mercenary.
The bleeding blood flows down the arrow deep into the cervical spine. At the next moment, a blustard sword that appeared out of nowhere cut off his head with arrows.
A head that falls on the ground with gorori. Blood bleeds. Greche, who had been taken away, saw the owner of the Bastard Sword and muttered his name.
"Ted ..."
"Oh, I'm alive."
Grin laughs and shakes his bastard sword with his thick arm. Next to Grechet, an enemy mercenary fell further and fell to the ground.
"Te, Ted ...!"
There was a voice that squeezed out of the enemy. Awe The voice has obvious emotions.
A single arrow that cuts through the atmosphere of the place without any concern. The head of the enemy mercenary who forked Konia was located where the arrow flew. Unfortunately, an enemy mercenary whose left eye was pierced with an arrow screamed and turned around.
With no chance for the confused enemy mercenaries to recover, advanced wind magic attacks them. The sorcerers and archers who were aiming at the Grechets from a distance were caught in a violent wind that seemed like a breeze in the summer storm, and were cut through the body and breathed as insects.
Byakuya "Bee, 'no' !?"
One of the mercenaries shouted with fright.
What emerged in the danger of the Grechets was a party known as a talented group in Tria, "Midnight of the White Night".
In front of the upset enemy, Ted and others hunt their lives one after another. Orphelia's Kazekiri, Norris's arrow, and Ted's Bastard Sword killed each and every enemy mercenary.
Eventually, when Norris and Orphelia approached Ted's side, the enemy was only leaving the last one.
"Oh, oh, help me ... help me ... You're a friend of Tria ...?"
In an overwhelmingly dominant situation, an enemy mercenary turned around and begged for life. At first glance, it was the same mercenary that the Greches missed earlier.
Greche distorts her face with bitterness. The mercenaries they overlooked have now hunted down and ousted their plea, turned around and begged for life again. The conversation between Ted and the enemy mercenary continues, despite Gresche's depression.
"Yeah, sure, you know your face. You've seen it several times in the tavern."
"Yeah, yeah? Don't miss out here on roosting the same town!"
"But ----"
Ted raises his bastard sword with nothing.
"What happened? I'm the Royal Army, you're the Imperial Army, are you enemies now?"
"That's right! Friends !? Help--"
"Give up. Your decision to choose an empire is bad."
Blocked by enemy mercenaries from begging, Ted cuts off his words and head at the same time and discards them. Botori and the mercenary's head fall.
Grechet insisted on Ted, ignoring the words of his life's begging.
"Te, Ted! Even if you didn't kill anything ...! He was reluctant and lost his will!"
"Huh?"
Ted glares at Greche with an open face.
"What an idiot are you saying, are you? I'm in a war right now?"
"Even so! Where do we need to kill reluctant humans !?"
"It's an exquisite sweet chan."
With a big sigh, Ted glances at Norris. His eyes said, "I left it because it was troublesome."
Norris approaches the Grechets while giving her glance to the surroundings, and she is the best at opening.
"I can't help it. You'll get stuck in your back and die if you think that way."
"... what do you mean? Mr. Norris"
Slaughter "That's just what it is. It's not a praise to say that one-sided opponents are one-sided, but this is the battlefield. Do you think you are strong? "
"It's a matter of being strong or weak, it's a problem before! Isn't he a non-resistance opponent and a friend who lives in the same town even though he is divided into enemy and ally!"
"Ah, that's why I missed it with compassion, but I won't take care of being attacked again."
"Eh ... why is that ...?"
"I'm still there. I saw you guys just missed that mercenary."
The expression of Grechet is clouded in Norris's words.
"But you've returned your favors, and you're dead if we don't get help, you guys, but those rotten human beings just miss out and just attack again at the opportunity Is it? "
"Oh, that's ..."
"Again, this is the battlefield. Are you strong enough to uselessly affect your enemies, protect yourself and your fellow lives, and lead your army to victory?"
Grechet had no choice but to silence.
"If you're confident and able to survive without any injuries when you're attacked by that many numbers, I think that's a good idea. It's not a bad thing to just throw away the sparks without useless killing. But that's because of the overwhelming power, like Aldis, for example. "
so. With the ridiculous strength of Aldis, the mercenaries could shake off no matter how many attacks they made.
But even the Aldis did not forgive the enemy. Even if you have the ability to get rid of it intact, throw a ticket to the underworld as a return in return for someone who attacks with murderous intentions.
"But you don't have that ability. I think it's more powerful than the mercenaries around you, but it's a level by comparison. To be honest, it looks like you're stretching more than you can No
Norris keeps telling her, as if he was innocent. Pride Each word hurts Grechet.
"Do you know what it is? You just don't know it."
That was the last blow. Grechet clenches his teeth with his face down.
"I heard you were working with Aldis for a while, but didn't you emulate that?"
Norris stabs with a sting and a needle. Orpheria, who couldn't see, caught his mouth.
"Now, Norris. They need treatment."
"Yes, you guys go down and get treatment."
"Yes, yes ..."
Ted calls out to Grechet, who tries to answer back with no power.
"Well, Grechet."
"……what?"
Jealous "This is the only thing to remember. Don't look down on human emotions, especially malice. Mi, mi, resentment ... these negative emotions threaten your life much more than dispares. Don't forget."
"Yes ... I keep in mind ..."
Grechet's voice was almost gone.
Greed recalls Ted's words four years ago when he collided with Aldis. The mercenaries who attempted to steal Greche and Aldis's prey were destroyed by Aldis as bandits.
It is certain that Aldis's ability could be repelled without killing him. But, as Aldis said, that doesn't mean everything is settled.
This time, the mercenary returned his favors and stripped his fangs, despite the passion of the Grechets. Then what about the mercenaries who attacked as bandits four years ago?
What would have happened if I missed that time. Did you thank Aldis for his passion? Did he convert and change his mind to become a true human being?
No, probably not.
Such mercenaries should not form a cabal party in the first place and try to sneak a robber. He would definitely have had a grudge against Aldis and Greche.
Aldis might not be hurt even if it is turned in the form of malice. But the grudge must have been directed not at the mighty Ardis, but at their former mercenaries.
It's not for himself that Aldis hit back so hard and refused. It was to protect Greches and others. Grechet understands what Aldis was saying.
"I can't condemn this if I'm bad."
"I will definitely retaliate to us. This time, plan out more carefully. '
Concerns Perhaps the innocent malice for Aldis himself was heading for the Grechets. Without even noticing it, Grechet at the time blamed Aldis, resulting in a form of fight-by.
"Aldis has been thinking about us so much ... I'll do something for him ..."
Grechet was ashamed of himself who had not grown anything for four years.
The Grechets had previously unknowingly bought grudges from tribal mercenaries. As a mercenary, it can't be helped. The fact that a name sells attracts praise and envy as well as jealousy. Depending on how you interact with each other, you may leave a grudge.
The problem was that the Grechets were too vulnerable to it. Even if you're strong enough to hunt the dispares, even if you're at a glance from tribal mercenaries, you won't even notice your danger until you're in trouble and pointed out by others. Four years ago and now.
Norris's words, "I don't know how much," pierce my chest.
Dwarf I felt so aware of myself that I knew Aldis.
"Is it possible to catch up someday ..."
On this day, the presence of the name Aldis in Greche changed the meaning significantly. From a mighty mercenary with mighty power to a distant target that hopes to line up next to him someday.