Chapter 74 (1/2)

Demon hunting➃

We departed for Sai village the next day at dawn.

The knights went ahead, followed by me, Sana, Ange-sama and Allen-kun.

Brother and Alek-sama are of course with the members of chivalric order.

It's quite a large family.

”Looks like we'll soon be entering the forest where jellyfish demon appeared, be careful everyone.”

Everyone nodded to my words.

Of course, I conveyed that to the knights as well through my brother.

We arrived at the entrance to the forest.

The forest is grand and dim even in daytime.

We commenced our preparations.

We've been in the forest for ten minutes, but nothing has appeared yet.

It's quiet and creepy.

Why are there no birds chirping?

At that moment, the front of the knights group moved.

For some reason it's noisy.

We became alert of our surrounding.

I can only see trees around.

”Woaah!”

One of the nearby knights let out a loud voice.

While carefully approaching, I could see several people's knees shaking.

”What's wrong? Any damage?”

In response to my words, a knight made a pained voice.

”Li, Lillinsa, ma, run aw, ay, plea…”

The knight desperately pleaded me.

But I can't run away.

Looking around, some of the knights that were at the front seem to be kneeling.

Sana, Ange-sama and Allen-kun encircle me wary of surroundings.

I only noticed a transparent sprite when I came near.

And it seems another demon appeared where the formation was disturbed.

We became surrounded by demons.

Several kinds were waiting keeping their distance.

This time it's an unknown number of monkey, wolf, and bear types.

The bear should be challenging even for the powered-up knights.

Moreover, there are some suffering from numbness.

While the standoff continued, at last monkey types attacked.

We slayed them while defending the injured.

Monkey types are overflowing from the forest.

In contrast with that, little by little, the people afflicted by numbness are increasing…

This is slightly bad.

At present the people capable of fighting aren't tired but fighting while having to protect others is difficult.

Suddenly, something came flying when I began thinking about possibility of retreat.

Whoos.h.!.+ Whack!

Huh? What?

Looking closely, something is stuck in the tree.