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Chapter 4 ~ Masaru’s Battlefield

I sneaked around the backdoor while activating Stealth so to not be found out. Fortunately, everyone is busy treating the injured, so n.o.body realised I sneaked out.

The fortress wall is just around the corner after I leave the shrine. I can see injured persons are brought to the shrine from outside of the wall. A soldier who seems to be a gatekeeper saw me approaching, and I called out to him.

“What is the situation right now?”

“It’s a ma.s.sive offensive, but we managed to somehow push them back. So, the second wall should be alright for now.”

I feel relieved after hearing that.

But where is Sati right now? s.h.i.+t. I’ve got to find Sergeant dono.

On the way to the 2nd castle wall through the gate, another injured person was carried on the stretcher.

“Be strong. Just hold for it a little more. I will take you to the healer soon!”

I’m pa.s.sing them when I noticed that the guy is gravely injured.

The wound looks bad, it even bleeds a lot…

“The stretcher over there please wait for a while!”

Then I grasp the shoulder of the person carrying the stretcher.

“What are you doing! Don’t disturb me!”

“I’m a healing mage. I can cure him.”

I was wondering if I should conserve my magical power, but I can’t leave anyone who is likely to die in front of me.

“Okay, I’ll leave him to you. Oi, you will be healed now! Please hold on just a little bit longer!”

I should hurry. Start chanting 【Extra Heal】ーーーActivate!

The wound start closing, and the patient breath started to relaxed.

“Amazing. That ma.s.sive wound, it’s healed! Hey, you’re saved now!”

“It’s nothing much. More importantly, I’m looking for a person right now. Did you see Vauct dono and a small beast grill?”

“Sorry, I don’t know.”

At that time, I can hear loud *don* sound from the other side. My heart jumped.

“Isn’t that sound came from magic…?”

“I don’t understand. The sound might also come from battle between the monster and the mage.”

Magic? I’ve seen lots of arrow were shoot but there is no magic?! Sati!

“I need to go now. Bye!”

Looking at the 2nd castle wall, there is a place which is partly broken. The wall was in a big inverse-vertical U shape, wide enough for a pa.s.sage. I heard that the dragon is big, and the size can really fit a dragon. It seems that a wooden bridge has pa.s.sed over to the collapsed part of the wall and it became an instant pa.s.sage.

However, there is no way to observe the current situation from under here. Sometimes, arrows fly across the wall. I can also hear the demons war cry from here. I approached the rising staircase, when another injured man was carried off.

This guy, he is burned alive?!さつきの爆発か！pg. 64

The inside of his body is charred badly and he doesn’t seem to be moving. I checked on his condition and it seems that he is barely alive. His breathing is gradually becoming weaker too…

“Stop, I’m a healing mage!”

Start chanting 【Extra Heal】ーー

His breathing is getting weaker…just a few sec, please hold it! This is not the time for you to die yet!!

ーーActivate!

The burn this guy body is slowly easing. He groaned slightly.  But, it seems like Extra Heal is not enough to completely heal this level of injury. But this should be enough to extend his life for some more time…

“Great! I thought he is done for…」

“I’m glad that I’m on time. I’m sorry, but it seems that I’ve reached the limit of my magical power. Please make sure to go to the clinic after this.”

I drank the MP potion while reminding them. It was one out of three that I bring along. These potions are expensive too. I have used up most of my MP so it’s not like a sip of it is enough.

It is hard to prepare this kind of high performance stuff. It’s too expensive after all.

“This is enough. Oi, lets hurry.”

“Wait a moment.”

I asked them about Sati and Sergeant – dono.

“I know their whereabouts. I remember because one of them are very good with hers bow. They are at the second wing side, near the collapsed tower.”

Finally, an info!

“Thanks! I’m going now!”

“Oi, be careful! The a.s.sault might have stopped, but it might continue!”

That guy warned me while I take off. Staircase found. I run up. It’s unexpectedly wide on top of the castle wall. The pa.s.sage is so big, enough for five or six people to walk side by side.

I scanned my surrounding. There are numbers of soldier and knight shooting their bows. Sometimes arrows came flying towards us too, but it’s deflected by knight s.h.i.+eld. I can also see the harpies trying to fly past the first wall. Well first, I’ll go to the collapsed castle wall at the left.

Not here. I’ll search the other part.

I’m walking slowly after pa.s.sing the staircase…there! I can see Sergeant – dono besides Sati, and Elizabeth and Turks are there too. I’m glad that everyone is safe…

Everyone is holding a bow except Elizabeth. She was sitting against the wall and eating a pudding.

What are you doing here amidst the battle…?

When I ask Elizabeth about it, it seems like she and Turks went to meet Sergeant dono and Sati this morning and they joined together.

“Sergeant dono!”

“Oh Masaru. You’re done with the treatment?”

“I’m out of magical power, then I got worried and come here.”

“Masaru sama!”

“Sati, are you hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine. Sergeant dono is here to protect me. Elizabeth sama is also here.”

Sometimes there are arrows flying over, so I went and sit beside Elizabeth.

“Really, what are you doing here in the battlefield.”

I asked Elizabeth who is enjoying her pudding at the moment.

“It can’t be helped. My magical power has run out. There is nothing that I can do now except sit still and recovered.”

So that’s the case. Me too, when I run out of magical power during treatment, I will sit back and enjoy my Magi tea.

After that, Elizabeth took out a fried chicken and sauces.

Does this girl not feel any tension whatsoever…?

“More importantly, isn’t that Magi tea?”

She’s asking for what I’m drinking. So I gave her.

“Here, take this bottle.”

“Ara. Does it always taste this bad? Well, it still works so it’s fine.”

“How’s Nania san?”

“I left her at our room. Right now, she’s not in any state to fight. She’s still taken aback with what happened with Olba.”

I see. Olba san even want to invite Nania san to his hometown.

In my current state, it’s better for me to recover my magical power first. I don’t want to become a dead weight to the front liner as well. It’s better for me to hide here because it’s safe too. After my magic power is recovered, I can shoot magic as many as I want.

Sati glanced at Elizabeth fried chicken, and give Sergeant dono lunchbox that she had prepared earlier. I received two box from Sati.

“Fumu. This is good. Looks like the enemy has stopped attacking.”

“Are there any injured people. I can still use heal several times more.”

“Most of the people who are badly injured has been carried to the clinic. People around here should still be fine.”

“What actually happened?”

“The monsters were quite calm at first. Suddenly, they make an aerial attack as well from ground. The attack from sky is especially hard to fend off because it was from Wyvern and some other monsters. It really took us hard time to repel it.”

So, it was that bad…

“Sergeant dono is amazing! He managed to deal ma.s.sive blow in the battle just now!”

Sati explained while making an exaggerated hand gestures.

Mu. I also want to see first-hand the real capabilities of Sergeant dono.

“Elizabeth sama magic spell is also amazing!”