I thought there might be a day like this.

"Mmm..."

Having called the heads of the castle departments for an emergency, I was thinking in the hall chair.

Simulations have been made many times in preparation for disasters and raids.

However, it was a little unexpected that it was suddenly raided from the back of the woods.

Ear soldiers said they saw black smoke rising from the 'village in the back' as they patrolled the woods surrounding the castle.

I rushed to check from the rooftop of the main tower with a 'far-sighted lens (telescope lens)', but the smoke did stand up loudly.

Clearly not the same as normal cooking smoke.

Usually one of the ear soldiers acting in pairs (buddies) headed to the village in the back for reconnaissance, and one returned to the report in this way.

To the village in the back, is it about 7 or 80 km in a straight distance? It usually takes two days if you travel on foot because you pass the path in the woods.

The only way to get there right away is for me to use a spell.

Above all, first of all, my going to the scene must be the top priority and no doubt.

But is that all you need?

Is there anything missing or left to do......

We don't know who or how many of them are raiding the village. Maybe there's a big army lurking in the woods already.

We just have to avoid acting recklessly and spreading the damage.

The current Ziteias Castle's power will be more or less as follows:

Mage Crawler (Great Wizard's Wand Equipment)

Warrior rade

Cleric Warrior Torad

Detective Physica.

Warrior Zilk

Warrior Ted.

Warrior Deane (Divine Sword Equipment)

Knight Sandar

28/33 soldiers (5 on street patrol)

Warriors 10/10

War Ear Soldiers 7/10 (1 to the village in the back. The other two are on patrol around the castle)

20/50 Schulz Warriors (20 on street patrol; 10 on Schulz Village Security)

27 forest giants (duration one day)

Needless to say (except me) the best fighting power is the 21 level warrior's rade and the crawler who keeps the Great Wizard's wand.

Forest giants who create with spells every day as a workforce are also impeccable as a force of war.

I don't have any anxiety if I just defend the castle.

How best to place this force?

Damn, it's a waste of time being lost.

I (Geo) have never been more thankful than I am for my concentration.

It won't be long enough since I got my first report.

Rin's voice echoed as he managed to put together the proposed measures.

"Margils, we're all set."

When you open your eyes, everyone is all set, starting with the crawler.

This time, he called not only his body, but also Valvo of the House of Architecture (Dauron) and Sir Sandar, the Knight of Universal History.

I guess the situation is coming from the decree. Everyone seemed nervous.

"As far as I'm concerned, I want to give top priority to the safety of the village in the back. I'll tell you what I think first, so if you have any opinions, let me know."

Here are some of the actions I explained to everyone while organizing my own thoughts:

Crawler commands the castle as a whole.

Deposit phantom horses in Physica and send orders to travellers in villages and streets other than those in the back, the Knights of Calvinella. Villagers and travelers are evacuated to the castle.

Zilk commands soldiers and forest giants to defend the castle.

Deane leads the Schulz warriors to guide the protection and evacuation of the inhabitants of the Abyss and Medicine villages.

The rade rushed with me to the village in the back with a phantom horse.

Ear and eye soldiers keep the pericastle security net enlarged.

Sandar, Torad, and the warriors of the warring tribe shall stand by the castle and serve as reserve forces.

"That's it, do you have any opinions?

"Sure. It's important that you head to the 'village in the back' for rescue as soon as possible. … you."

One last word, Crawla said remorsefully.

It's certainly not very good to hear that I, the castle owner, am first on the front line.

"The Hall of the Lord. One... No, two, okay?

"Hmm? Oh, please"

A formidable old knight in sheet metal armor speaks.

"First of all, if we can move the giants individually, we'd better get half of them out of the castle and head to the village in the back."

"Hmm?"

The giant's power is awesome, but it's pretty hard to march through the woods. It will be a few days before we reach the village behind us, even as we continue through the trees.

"Oh... does that mean catching the eye of the enemy?

"Dear Left, I don't know who you're dealing with, but I'm sure you'd be surprised if a giant came at you."

"I see. Then let's rely on Torrad and Ted for that"

"One more thing though. Not Lord Reid. Bring me a (if you will)."

"Hmm?

Indeed, Sir Sandar's level is 12, arguably one of the finest warriors in this world (Sedia).

But you know it's inferior to the rade...

"No, it's fine if you just think about the fight. But without knowing who the enemy is, if the villagers were to rescue them, wouldn't they need an experienced tactician like some (if that were)?

I've never heard of Sir Sandar as a tactician. He did say he was a general in the northern kingdom (Shrendal).

The earlier idea was also brilliant.

"He's the right man."

Since the rade nodded with a serious face, I decided to accept the opinion of the Knight of Universal History.

"This spell creates and subordinates more demonic horses than chaos. Phantom Horse

"Whoa. This is a great famous horse!

"My husband. Well, be careful, aren't you?

Sir Sandar admired when he saw the horse, created by me in the courtyard, wrapped in an aura like a black flame.

His youths and daughters, his squire, seem on the contrary meticulous.

"Don't worry. You guys can help Miss Morra."

"Maura, a lot of people are evacuating to the castle from now on. Take care to make sure everyone stays safe."

"Ha! There you go!

Maura bit her lips tight and still gave me a smile.

I stroke her chestnut head and do it, then cast a flying (fly) spell.

"After me, please."

"Don't worry."

Surrounded by a transparent force field by spells, I slowly begin to ascend.

When I exchanged just one word with Crawla, I flew south with the Universal Historical Knight across the phantom horse.

……

At the speed of the phantom horse and flight (fly), you will reach the 'village in the back' in an hour.

After receiving the report, I was able to leave in about fifteen minutes net... but I can only hope that this fifteen minutes will not be fatal.

"From the arrangement in the back woods, what you're raiding isn't just a bandit!

Lord Sandar, who holds the reins of a phantom horse next door, said aloud.

"Could it be a ghost?

"If you're a ghost, you don't use civilized hands like baking!

Sir Sandar said that if you are an ordinary bandit, a food mercenary, etc., it is natural to attack villages and caravans close to the streets.

"So who the hell is attacking me!?

"... maybe a wreck flowing from the kingdom of the west (Rainddal) or the military god kingdom of the south (Run Bart)!

If it was Sir Sandar, who was a general of a great power, he would also know the circumstances of countries we do not know.

That's what he says, so he might actually be.

"You're a jerk."

I shrugged small.

I'll put a list of spells I'm preparing (charging) on my head today.

1 level

[Invisible Carrier (Sprite Porter)] 2/2 (number of times left/number of preparations)

[Magic Arrow (Mana Bolt)] 2/2

[Protection (Protection)] 1/1

[Magic Shield (Mana Shield)] 1/1

[Sleep (Sleep)] 3/3

Two levels.

[Persistent Light (Permanent Light)] 1/1

[Hostile Breakthrough (Ditect Enemy)] 2/2

[Reading Mind (Telepathy)] 2/2

[Article Discovery (Find Object)] 1/1

[Phantom (Illusion)] 1/1

[Magic Key (Wizard Lock)] 1/1

[Secret Postcard (Arkane Postcard)] 1/1

Three levels.

[Unmagic (Dispel Magic)] 2/2

[Fireball (Fireball)] 1/1

[Flight (Fly)] 1/1

[Lightning] 1/1

[Arrow Stop (Protection From Missiles)] 1/1

[Phantom Horse (Phantom Hose)] 0/2

[Secret Rope (Arcaine Rope)] 1/1

4 levels

[Superior Law Enforcement (Greater Protection Circle)] 1/1

[Confusion] 1/1

[Spatial Jump (Short Warp)] 1/1

[Phantom Terrain (Illusion Terrain)] 1/1

[Concealment] 1/1

[Forced Transformation (Transformation Ather)] 1/1

[Flame Wall (Wall of Fire)] 1/1

[Curse Break] 1/1

[Magic Eye (Mana Site)] 1/1

Five levels.

[Stone Wall (Wall of Stone)] 0/9

Six levels.

[Iron Wall (Wall of Iron)] 0/7

[Invisible Devil (Invisible Demon)] 1/1

[Weather Operation (Weather Control)] 1/1

7 levels

[Monster Creation (Creative Monster)] 0/9

8 levels

[Persistence (Infiniti)] 0/9

Nine levels.

[Subspace Move (Move Outer Plane)] 1/1

[All Species Monster Creation (Creative All Monsters)] 1/1

[Complete Treatment (Complete Recovery)] 3/3

[Invincible (Invisible)] 1/1

[Meteorite (Meteo)] 1/1

[Transformation (Shape Change)] 1/1

[Time Stop (Timestop)] 1/1

The 5 to 8 level spells were almost exhausted.

It hurts to be pretty extreme way to prepare (charge) for construction......

"Hall of the castle!

Seemed to have reached their destination while they were haunting their minds with a much unreliable list of spells.

When I saw the Ulu Knight pointing finger, I saw a small village that cut through the woods.

About 30 simple homes and a narrow fence surrounding it.

It was surrounded by armed men.

Worn out like a stray, but certainly armed with spears and armor like some soldier.

To bad, some of the fences had already been broken.

The villagers seem desperate to defend themselves, but the thieves ride into the village one after another.

As it is, in the next few minutes the strength of resistance will also be exhausted and the village will be ravaged.

Thieves entering and storming the village and those around them.

We must defeat them while protecting the villagers... and defeat the humans.

Damn. I was hoping this would happen someday.

"What do we do next?

Not long ago, a GM voice echoed in the back of my brain.