Chapter 66 - v2c27 (1/2)

—Raust—

As we climbed to higher ground, we saw more than a hundred monsters charging toward Labyrinth City.

「What… is that?」

Marnell muttered in dismay.

He was quivering as he said that, but nobody pointed that out.

Everyone in this place could understand.

……In this situation, nobody can blame him for his reaction.

The monsters that were charging toward us were not composed of only orcs.

In addition to a large number of orcs, there were Upper-Layer monsters like hobgoblins, Middle-Layer monsters, and even Lich from Lower-Layer could be seen among them.

Even normally, this amount of monsters charging toward Labyrinth City would cause great damage.

Not to mention the possibility of them also strengthened like the hobgoblins from before.

If that happens, I can’t imagine how much damage they will cause.

In the face of such a situation, I opened my mouth in a daze.

「This is just like……… No, it’s impossible.」

I denied myself before I finished.

Judging that it absolutely could never happen.

I immediately cut off my thought and shifted them toward the monsters in front of us.

After coming this far, I can’t even take the option of fleeing from Labyrinth City.

Before the preparation for evacuation ready, the monsters would have reached Labyrinth City first.

There is no choice but to fight.

The moment I judged that, I decided to fight the monsters in front of me.

「Marnell, I leave the townsfolks to you guys!」

「Y-Yes!」

In my words, the adventurers went toward the townfolks in hurry.

Seeing them off, I secretly made up my mind.

We absolutely have to settle this before those monsters come close to Labyrinth City.

Although the city closest to Labyrinth City has walls, Labyrinth City doesn’t have one.

In other words, at this point, the monsters can enter Labyrinth City without any obstacle.

In the current state of Labyrinth City, it’s easy to imagine what will happen if they get inside.

No matter how many people evacuated, it’s certain that the townfolks would be harmed, in fact, all the adventurers in the Labyrinth City can end up getting incapacitated.

That outcome absolutely needs to be avoided.

I wasn’t the only one to make that decision.

「We will make our last stand here.」

Along with those words, intimidating air from Zieg-san who put his hand on the magic sword on his back swelled.

Zieg-san, despite being nervous himself, still opened his mouth to encourage us.

「I already told Layla about the orcs before I came here. The adventurers should be coming soon. If we can hold on until that, we will have the advantage in numbers.」

「We’ll be fine.」

Despite Zieg-san’s concern, Narsena wasn’t tense.

She didn’t show any fighting spirit, and yet it seemed like she was saying we could definitely defeat them.