Chapter 16.2 (1/2)
「Nao-san, Can I leave this to you？ 」
「Understood」
Nao is closing her eyes and then enters a meditative state.
Nao has superior perception skills. It is one of the abilities that she learned after coming to this world.
Whether what or where, it’s the kind of ability that will let her know the enemy even if that guy can’t be seen with eyes.
Reiji, Shirone, and Kaya can also use this ability. But, other than Reiji, the two have their perception limited to the radius of 8-9 metres, while considering Nao whose perception almost reached a radius of 2 kilometres.
In the first place, generally, they would know nothing but the fact that something is there. When she focuses her mind, her perception will rise to another level, to the point that she can figure out the form of the enemy.
Naturally, even her perception ability has its own weak point. There’s many things that she can’t feel, such as formless magical power, and she can’t sense the other party in case she is sealed inside a barrier.
Though there’s a barrier made of magic erected around this temple, she can sense the enemies since they’re also inside the barrier.
「It seems the number of the intruders surrounding the temple are just thirty」
I’m tilting my head after hearing Nao’s report. The goddess had also descended into this temple, so the defense is even tighter than usual.
There should be around 300 knights on the duty for today. So they might be able to arrest those thirty intruders immediately.
「….We meet these guys sometime ago. They are the ones called spartoi」
Everyone is surprised after hearing Nao’s report.
Spartoi was a demon that we met when we fought in Nargol.
If I’m not wrong, their strength depend on the capacity of the magical power of the one who summoned them.
「Does that mean the demon king is coming to attack us？ 」
Rino is saying so with an anxious tone.
「Nao-san, if it’s spartoi, the one who summoned them should be around」
If it’s really spartoi, the summoner should be around.
The spartoi should vanish as long as that guy is defeated.
「Understood！ ！ 」
Nao is concentrating even further.
「….I found someone who has a different appearance from the others」
Nao identified another intruder who is not a spartoi.
Maybe this guy is the one who summoned the spartois.
In that case, it’ll end as long as this guy is defeated.
「This figure is kni~… NO WAY, THE DARK KNIGHT？ 」
Everyone is thinking the same thing upon hearing Nao words.
「Could it be that Diehart is coming for us？ 」
Nao stops her meditation upon hearing Reiji’s word.
「Maybe… I think it’s possible」
「Could it be that his target is…. Rei-kun？ 」
Reiji hasn’t recovered yet. He’ll be defeated miserably if he fight in his current condition.
「No, he’s going for another person」
Reiji is standing up with his weapon while saying so.
「WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING！ ！ 」
「Maybe Rena is in danger！ 」
Reiji is saying so while he’s trying to leave the room.
Certainly, Diehart came after receiving the news of Rena’s descent.
The probability of him aiming for Rena is higher than for Reiji.
He must have heard that Rena made the preparations to send us back tomorrow.
「NO, YOU CAN’T WIN AGAINST HIM！ ！ 」
Sahoko is embracing Reiji to stop him.
「Yeah, you can’t go！！ You’ll only get yourself killed by going there！ ！ 」
There’s no need to put his life on the line for Rena’s sake. He should just abandon her.
But, Reiji is shaking his head in denial.
「My bad, I’ll go. If Rena is in danger, I’ll go to help her, and if everyone of you is in danger, I’ll come to save you guys too」
Reiji is about to leave. He’ll put his life on the line if it’s for the sake of a beautiful girl.
That’s why everyone is here by Reiji’s side.
「NO, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN’T GO THERE！ ！ 」
Sahoko’s putting more strength into her arms.
「Sorry, Sahoko. Allow me to go there…」
But, Reiji won’t even heed to her pleas. He couldn’t shake off Sahoko who is embracing on him.
「You should know yourself about your current condition, right！」
Sahoko was the weakest in term of powers amongst us. But the current Reiji can’t even shake her off.