Chapter 31 (2/2)

“Since we can’t stop you, it’s better to stay with you.”

With that said, Ria’s serious face cleared up.

Since the army was advancing towards them, they discussed how to deal with them in specifics.

“Now, there’s a problem.”

Ria raised a finger. Though there were several problems, she thought this was the most important one.

“Among us, has anyone killed someone?”

Right, that was it.

They were fighting against an army. In addition, this wasn’t in the Immortal Labyrinth. Honestly, though it was hard to think they would sustain damage here with their levels, it wasn’t likely they would be able to stop them so conveniently without killing them.

“I’ve exterminated a few thieves on the frontier.”

Seeing that Carlos was a soldier, he had experience. No one else. Even Ria, she’d only killed people with the premise that they’d revive in Labyrinth City.

“Serge, are you okay?”

Taking his previous life’s values into consideration, she called out to him in particular since she thought he would have an especially hard time killing people.

“Well, I’ll be shooting magic from a distance. I’ll get used to it. I’ll aim at the knights and not the soldiers as much as possible.”

Ten years of being reincarnated. In a world where human life was cheap, he’d have to get accustomed to it somehow.

After that, they planned their attack.

Their purpose was simply to secure the slaves. If they just released them haphazardly, it would probably be difficult for them to return to their original communities. They would take a lot of effort to send them off.

“Horses and food are absolutely necessary.”

Carlos and Ria set up the strategy. Serge also made an appearance.

“We should attack at night. I don’t want to hit you all on accident as much as possible.”

“I want the cavalry to be dealt with as much as possible. They might have a main force somewhere.”

They verified the minimum horse feed and food required.

“We’ll beat those guys down in one hit.”

In the case of Serge’s magic, it would take one blow to kill. Though he confirmed it with the magic Identify, their highest level was thirty. They wouldn’t be able to endure it.

As the sun went down, the light of campfires from inside the camp illuminated the night’s darkness.

Ria stood on the hill overlooking the army camp.

There was still some time until midnight. Although there were troops standing guard, they didn’t seem to be very vigilant. There were strong demons in the area, but they were careless. Probably due to their numbers.

“Alright, shall we go?”

Magic covered the warriors. Leaving the carriage and horses, Rudolph was left to guard. Already having moved around, Maal stood on the side the slaves were at.

They slowly descended the hill. They used magic on their armor so that it wouldn’t give off any metallic sounds.

Counting to ten, Serge and Lulu used Exploding Fireball.

The fireb.a.l.l.s exploded on the tents and sentry lights.

It was a one-sided slaughter.

The cavalry that tried to escape on their horses were sliced in two from Serge’s s.p.a.ce-time magic. Aiming at the groups of people that tried to band together, Lulu’s Fireball burst.

Running in, Ria’s group cut down the knights that attempted to take command. Though one person planned to leave, their circ.u.mstances didn’t allow them to keep count.

There was the smell of blood and entrails, as well as the smell of burning flesh. Plumes of smoke filled the area, promoting chaos.

“Savage!”

The enemies shouted. They probably recognized Gig’s appearance. The soldiers shouted, but Gig’s warhammer turned them into lumps of meat.

Carlos moved while continuing to check the surroundings so that he didn’t fall behind. Since Gig moved impulsively, he followed him.

Ria seemed to move as she pleased, choosing her opponents. Some were knocked down by her hands, the remainder being cut down.

Ria was surprised at how calm and strange she was.

Nothing here gave her elation from fighting. It was strange that she killed people like a machine.

She wondered why she didn’t feel any guilt. Though she was used to killing due to the Goblins and Orcs, maybe it was the same with humans?

She suddenly noticed.

Those guys didn’t treat the slaves as humans, so she didn’t treat them as humans.

If this were a battlefield, rather than having feelings of guilt, it was probably better to be in high spirits to drown it all out.

The soldiers in front of her eyes also had a life, even if she thought they could have families, her katana didn’t stop.

Though she could cut through their armor, she tried to hit their vitals and necks as much as possible. She didn’t have a hobby of making people suffer.

Not having decent equipment, the soldiers ran. Aiming at their backs, Ria shot fire arrows without holding back.

Their opponents aimed to flee after already losing their fighting spirit. They decided to let the infantry go. Even if they ran away, they were likely to die by demon attacks without food and equipment. They didn’t bother taking prisoners.

Less than an hour after beginning the attack, the battle ended.

They put an end to enemies that were suffering. They tied the two fainted knights up and left them.

The soldiers that had just fainted were lucky, they were left alone. Their objective wasn’t annihilation.

Coming down from the hill, Serge vomited after seeing the devastation.

Even Lulu held her mouth, but she managed to endure it.

As expected, Carlos endured it with a solemn expression. Maybe due to his race, Gig didn’t seem to have much trouble with what happened.

“Now then, it’s going to be troublesome after this.”

Ria muttered. There was no damage as planned. However, the problem was here.

While looking at the slaves that had been placed on the carriage, Ria sighed deeply.

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