124 Episode 2 "Aldrin Great Forest".txt (1/2)

--Thirty years ago. It was soon after I decided to become a brave man.

I saw an army of monsters that filled my field of vision.

The monsters seemed to be called the Demon King's Army.

It seems that they make a clear distinction between the human form and the demons, and the rest are demons.

Following the instructions of the demons, the demons are rushing in.

The number of enemies is about ten thousand.

The royal army overwhelms the demon king's army in terms of numbers, but the quality seemed to be different.

Moreover, the Demon King's Army seems to be attacking simultaneously from various directions.

One of the trump cards of the kingdom, a selector or a sorcerer called the ”Great Magician” seems to be fighting elsewhere.

It's still going to take some time for the other countries that have alliances with them to arrive.

It seems that the war situation is getting worse.

Things like fireballs were flying in from all over the place.

People from the kingdom who came in robes were blocking the fireballs with transparent walls.

To counterattack, they are dropping chunks of water and lightning, but the demons are getting a little closer.

''d*mn, the dragon seeds are coming!　Warding them!

''Recall the selectors back here!　We can't hold them back much longer!

''Giaaaaah!''

It was hell.

People, dead.

Fresh blood was splattered and flesh was popping.

There were screams of death and vindictive cries everywhere.

''Brave Lord!　Please make a decision!

Do you intend to leave us to die?

The knights around me are begging me to fight.

But that's impossible to do: ......

It's not possible to take on a number of them,.......

I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it. There are ...... all of them out there!　How can we fight them?

It was scary.

There are these strange creatures that I've only seen in cartoons and movies, and they are spreading out all over the field of vision.

There's no way I'm not scared.

It's impossible. I can't fight it. I don't want to die. I'm scared, I don't want to die.

”Well, this is not good!　The dragon seed broke through the wards!

While I was in tears and trembling, the battle situation changed.

The demons attacked at the far end of the battlefield, that is to say, at the place where we are, too.

From there, it was one-sided.

Huge dragons spat out flames, turning people into charcoal.

Some of them were devoured while screaming.

A burning stronghold, people screaming.

I tried not to get caught up in it, so I just fled haphazardly.

But gradually the fire is spreading and there is nowhere to run.

The demons attacked us without mercy as we lost our escape route.

It's no use.

That's when I thought that.

''Haaaaaaaa--!''

With a scream of a cleaver, the blonde knight slashed at the demon.

With overwhelming power, the demons disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The golden-haired knight - Lucifina said.

''The wards have been completely destroyed. Unfortunately, the reinforcements will not be able to arrive in time. Everyone, please retreat now!''

While she was saying this, the demons attacked without mercy.

Sooner or later, the demon tribe, accompanied by the demons, also arrived.

I would have been in the way, standing there dumbfounded, unable to escape.

Lucifina took a stand and protected me.

Lucifina continued to fight, bleeding profusely from all over her body.

Her companions were being killed one by one.

The demons are not diminishing, but rather increasing in number by the minute.

Some of them realized they couldn't win and ran away.

Suddenly, Lucifina turned to me and said

''Hero-sama. I'm sorry .......''

What ......?

”I really shouldn't have gotten you involved in this mess without your knowledge. The problems of this world, we should have taken care of them ourselves.

Lucifina continued as she was wounded all over in the fight.

''So at least, I'll use my trump card now so that you can escape from here. With this, I think the Demon King's army will stop moving for a while.''

With that, Lucifina raised her purple sword.

''So, please run away quickly.''

Lucifina was covered in wounds.

She was bleeding in rags from all over her body.

It's not a minor wound. If it's done poorly, it could be fatal.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.

I'm sure you're not going to be able to get away with it, ....... Aren't you afraid?

Lucifina chuckled at my question and replied.

'I'm scared,'

'So long!　Why don't you run too!　You're so strong, you should be able to run away!

Spattered blood, human deaths, monsters.

I was screaming incoherently in a situation where my brain couldn't keep up with my understanding.

You have an immunity deal to protect me.

Lucifina can get away with it.

You don't have to resist here, you can just let them flow to the easy way.

But Lucifina shook her head with a calm expression.

''I'm afraid. But I'm even more afraid of losing something important to me. If I can save someone by fighting - I want to keep fighting until my last breath.

I didn't have an answer.

I didn't have any words to reply.

Now, hero. We're ready to play your trump card. Please run away quickly.

Oh, ...... what are you going to do about it? ...... After you use that trump card ......

'I'll run away too, while serving as Lord ....... I don't want to die, either.

It's a lie, I thought.

I have no proof, but Lucifina is about to die.

Wah ...... okay.

While noticing it, while noticing it.

I ran from the scene.

With my own cuteness, I did nothing and ran off, abandoning Lucifina.

...... always does.

Those words spilled out of my mouth as I ran.

'Amagatsuki Iori. You're always like that.

You just drift away, and you keep running to the easy way out, just to make it better.

Have you ever in your life not run away, even once?

Whether it was when I had a fight with a friend, when my parents died, or when a relative took me in.

I've always, always run for the easy way out.

I still do.

-- I want to keep fighting to the very end.

Would you abandon a woman who looked like she was about to cry and was strong enough to say so?

He saved your life twice, and you're just going to let him die?

Come to another world and you're just going to run away again?

What do you want to do?

I thought those words came into my brain.

I reply.

Of course it is.

You can't think about saving the world.

I became a brave man because I was carried away.

But now.

I'm going to...

”I want to save that person.

It was the day I got my first fight.

It was the first battle of the foolish man who would later be known as ”Heroic Amatsu.”

The first battle of the war.

Ri... Hey, Iori.

His voice brought me back to myself.

I looked next to him and saw Elfie looking at me with a worried look on his face.

Apparently, he had been thinking about it for a long time.

'...... What's up?　You've been looking dumbfounded for a while now, haven't you?

No, it's nothing. More importantly, what's going on?

...... Yeah. The Great Forest is in sight.

Saying that, Elfi pointed ahead.

Beyond that, there was a lush forest that stretched out in full view.

Looking down from the sky above, one could see that the entire large forest was warded.

It's probably to prevent attacks from above and also to prevent people from seeing inside through the gaps in the trees.

”...... Here is the Great Forest of Aldrin ......

”Ho......

Looking down at the great forest, Elfi and Berdia look deeply moved.

There aren't many forests that are this big, you know.

''...... How many subraces are there?''

I don't remember the exact number, but the typical races living at ...... are the fairy species (elves), the earth elf species (dwarves), the werewolf species (werewolves), the man-cat species (warcats), the man-dog species (wardocks), and the minor race (halflings).