The Traveling Hero Won’t Let the Innkeeper’s Son Escape

The next day I told Gio about the village, a general meeting was just held by the villagers to deal with this year's 'demon hunt'. Because of the general meeting, which ends in about an hour, the shop is also temporarily closed and all the villagers are gathered in the church. The church was stuffed because even prayer time would not bring more people together. Ruth stood at the edge of the church and stared at the front, away from his father Rossa and his accompanying mother Celine, who would go up to the easily made altar.

When the mayor of the village, who stood next to Maxim, stepped out one step ago, the priest, who was on the sleeve on the stage, raised his voice and quieted once and for all in the church.

With that in mind, the village chief begins his annual story. After finishing that less meaningful story, I finally got to the point.

"There were predictions that there would be around twenty-five demons in this year's demon hunt."

Not long before the start of the demon hunt, it was the village's way to find out how many demons to visit and work out countermeasures. Demons appearing on the demon hunt end once across the mountain from about half a month. And then they come all the way to the village. Because the figure is regular as if it were manipulated, at first it was thought that there was a demon manipulating like a boss, but so far it had not been found.

(Twenty-five this year... That's a lot less...)

It seems that there were many villagers who thought the same way about Ruth, and the church is obsessed with them. There were more than forty demons every year last year, and I'm still worried that they're only about half this year.

"Village chief, isn't that too little?

Rossa, who was climbing on the stage, speaks for everyone. The village chief nodded deeply.

"Everyone would have thought the same thing. But no matter how many times I looked into it, my predictions didn't change. So this year we came to the conclusion that about twenty-five bodies. This must also be part of the effort that everyone has been making every year to push back without injury."

The village chief seemed satisfied with the conclusions he had drawn, and he nodded deeply many times. And I will announce the formation of the demon.

This year, it seems that there are about fifteen demons in the Danger E rank, about eight in the D C rank, and two in the B rank. There were so many E D C ranks last year, but since there are two B rank demons this year, the overall strength of the opponent is not reassuring though it has fallen.

"There are a lot of strong guys this year......"

"So... Alec's not here, but you're okay?

But when such a voice sounded like a chill, the village chief coughed heavily.

"This year the number of inhabitants of the village has only slightly decreased, and some will be afraid of losing their fighting power. But rest assured, this year the King's Capital, who learned of my anxiety, sent great support. I'd like you to meet Maxim Calaferty, the Knights of the King's Capital and the five elites of his SS."

"Ooh!"

The village chief's introduction brings Maxim and the others forward, making noise in the church all at once. After all, the title of the Knights Commander seems to be quite strong, and the uneasy look of the villagers blew up all at once. It seems that many villagers had never seen them before, and to see them at a glance, it was like a hero show.

(But that way of saying it... it also sounds like the village chief called Mr. Maxim and the others...)

It is as if the mayor of the village had conveyed his anxiety because he had conveyed it in the nuance of "The One of the King's Capital" without saying what was at the heart of it, and he could not help but hear that it had resulted in calling Maxim. Surely Alec went to the king's capital, so there is no mistake in "The One of the king's capital," but it is a purposeful rhetoric. But I can't even point it out because I'm not lying. After all, the village chief is Tanuki.

"They will be asked to assume the role of the rear raiders who were gathering the village's elite"

"Ooh, ooh!

The rear raiders are the troops that will raid the highest-level demons Alec and Rossa have been doing until last year from behind. Demons come to the village because they are mostly weak, so the villagers consolidate their protection and defeat low-ranking demons. And in the meantime, it's useful to have a high-ranking demon defeated.

Apparently no one disputed the village chief, and even a sigh of relief was heard in the church. Everyone must have been anxious that Alec was gone. They knew that the knights of the king's capital would take charge of the role, which led to hope.

"The placement of the others is pretty much the same as last year, I'll stick their respective roles in Central Square, so head on over to the preparations for the afternoon of confirmation. We'll all get rid of the demons this year and protect our land!

"Ooh!

As the church was engulfed with enthusiasm, Ruth dropped one shoulder, said 'the same placement as last year'.

After noon, Ruth took Maxim and walked through the village as many villagers began to act noisily to prepare for the monster hunt.

"No, I'm sorry I bothered you. But I'm so happy to have Miss Ruth show me around."

"Ha... I'm glad to hear that."

The village chief, who told Ruth that he would be free, has instructed him to guide Maxim. In fact, Ruth doesn't set up a trap or a trap, so if she says she's free, that's about it, but it's a bit easy for a boulder to say it in a straight ball. But Maxim seemed so happy that he was only saved.

(Mr. Maxim always smiles, doesn't he?)

I also feel like I'm glowing with a smile compared to the first one, but when Ruth calls out, Maxim laughs happily. Not only that, but since yesterday, it's enough to give me an active voice. As for Ruth, who has been in a slightly more subtle position in the village where Alec is gone, I was simply glad that more people were able to speak normally amicably that way.

I wonder if you can even sneak up on the technical instruction on sword moves that the members of the Knights are looking forward to if it stays that way. When that happens, I might be able to stutter Alec a little bit when he returns.

"And you're all used to dealing with the demons that come in groups."

"Every year."

"I thought it was normal to have a sword and fight demons, but I didn't think I was setting a big trap and destroying demons tactically."

"Normally, when you fight, you leave it to your personal skills, so there are a lot of injured people, so only some people with arms are supposed to do that."

Although they call it the 'demon hunt', in fact, the measures taken by Hashi village to combat demons are close to annihilation in traps due to absurd schemes.

Since there are many types of demons with low rank intelligence in the first place, they moat and drop it there, and then light a fire. Since the second line is from, but the movement is often large and dull, we line up machines capable of releasing thick spears with stone throwers and trolleys and strike at demons. Up to this point, more than 90% of them fall into inaction every year.

"There are many different types of traps, but we change them every year so that they don't get dealt with by demons. I don't know if they have the intelligence to use their knowledge, but if they break through, it's a big deal."

"No, it's amazing just listening to you. I'm sorry to say this, but I didn't think we were strategizing that far in such a small village."

Maxim nodded as he was impressed to see the stone thrower being put out of the village warehouse and serviced.

"It's all Alec's suggestion. It's every year, though, and I know where it's coming from. Then we should squeeze our wits and fight more efficiently and safely, and then we decided to discuss it with the village chiefs and make something like that."

"... he's still a great young man"

Maxim seemed to experience Alec's awesomeness once again. In fact, even though Ruth has memories of his previous life, he never even thought about using these kinds of weapons to counter demons. That's why I thought Alec had the cheat ability to suggest throwing machines and such. Well, actually, I had the cheat ability to be a brave man.

"For this reason, rest assured that possession of the weapon is permitted by the King"

"Of course... but no one in the King's Capital thinks this is a big deal."

"... uh, can you shut up? Because if they take it away, we're in trouble."

"Of course I'll keep my mouth shut."

When Ruth put his index finger in front of his mouth, Maxim, who loosened his eyelids, did the same. Seeing this kind of behavior, I think Maxim isn't just serious, he's a really good person who understands the story. As someone who stands up there, there shouldn't be any perfect talent so far.

(Even so, why are you acting the same way, but this color is overflowing...)

Even though it looks refreshing, it feels strangely colorful for Maxim's behavior. I guess Ruth is never the only one who feels that way because a woman from the village who passed nearby saw Maxim and was crushed in the back.

When Ruth coughed lightly, she decided to change her mood and continue the conversation.

"The rest are demons that are highly intelligent or highly individually capable by witchcraft. Every year there are two or three of them left, so this is really the only total battle we have against the villagers."

"That's where we come in."

"Yes, in fact, we're going to have this one headed toward us while we're processing the first wave."

As a result, Maxim and the villagers act completely differently. It's so dangerous to get B-ranked demons close to the village in the first place that we need to set up a fight first and keep them away.

"Did Lord Alec do this role every year?

"Yes, in addition to Alec, I had a few other people with arms, like my father, but the basics seemed to be that Alec had tailored them."

Rossa said that Alec's movements were so bad that they almost tried to assist and recover that they didn't think they were doing much good.

"…… 'Best Friend' Alec is also very active in the village."

"Yes. They said it was amazing. It seems that even Bal's super curable abilities cut it off more and more, and the demons are reflexing it! I wish I could have seen it nearby."

Because Ruth is also a man, there is still a desire to see the strong with this eye. Especially since Alec's power is out of digit. I can't even be jealous. But even when I was out hunting with Alec, I rarely encountered a B-rank demon on a boulder, so I'm afraid I couldn't see the awesomeness of it. It is decided that I want to see magical reflections and such in real life.

Imagine Alec showing an overwhelming force in the game's protagonist likeness, and as Ruth spoke with excitement, Maxim began to cough big.

"Mr. Maxim? Are you okay, sir?

"Oh, excuse me, I have a little throat. Besides, I wanted to show you where Miss Ruth shared it."

"Ah... sharing, is it?"

Ruth's response was dull when she asked what she didn't really want to talk about. But not realizing it, Maxim turns his anticipating gaze, so he sighed small and opened his mouth.

"Actually, I don't share..."

"Huh?"

"No, it's not that I'm free, it's mainly about chores and luggage movement..."

Ruth may not have the work assigned to him during the prep period for the monster hunt. Because the men are told by the weapons and defense preparation team in charge that they "don't seem powerful and clumsy," and that during the preparation period they have also been kicked out by the women who cook meals for the distribution of all the villagers, saying that they don't want a man. In the beginning I managed to make an appeal to get a role, but also gave up in the third year. Because I found out that bad imitation would annoy Alec and Rossa, who are at the center.

For this reason, Ruth had no place, and sometimes the women told him to do chores, and it was mainly his job to carry food. There is also a means of going back to the inn, but most of the customers are down and Celine is basically there, so if she is bad, she will be kicked out of the room saying, "Get a job." I think for myself it's like having a father who has no place at home hanging out in the city.

But when he talked about it, he noticed that Maxim's face was such that he looked at the painful.

"Yeah, but I enjoy it. I can see a lot of work, so I can call someone if I think it's too late, and I can personally compete for the best time on how quickly to get the water..."

"Miss Ruth... no..."

It was my intention to follow up, but for some reason Maxim increasingly clouded his expression.

Of course I know what Maxim's trying to say, but there's nothing I can do as Ruth. Besides, no Alec has been waving me some work this year, so I'll look free because I'm getting more and more free. That's why I was a little happy that the village chief asked me to guide Maxim.

Ruth, come here for a second.

As Ruth was sweating at the unpleasant silence, she was called out by the women who were cooking the meal. I'm sure it's a chore for carrying ingredients.

"Oh, well, you got a job, so excuse me. Be free to look in the village."

"…… Oh, thank you."

Setting aside Maxim with a complex expression, Ruth rushed to the women.