Chapter 65 - Volume 4 (1/2)

Volume 4, Chapter 16: On the Battlefield, Part 2

“[Let there be Light!]”

Anteikowa’s Holy Magic was applied on Alfio’s [Holy Blade].

“Alright, Rock Cutter!”

Using the [Sword Skills] that he had acquired from an old man living in Shiguresu’s forest in exchange for 50 Chinese cabbages, Alfio slew the two horned giants.

“Al, here too!”

“Roger”

The commanding officer of the Daemon King’s army had crossed swords with Cheria, and was chasing her down with about 10 Daemon soldiers.

“Lightning Spear!”

Ophelia’s lightning struck at the bodies of the Daemon soldiers, sapping their muscles of strength,

“Fireball!”

Meanwhile, Athena’s fireballs burned up the Daemon soldiers who were immobilized.

“Yaa!”

Cheria’s saber pierced deeply into the heart as she took the life of the commander who was distracted by the spectacle.

“We did it, guys!”

“Yeah”

“…mhmm”

“Yes…”

“…………”

Their reactions were lacking as a reward for Alfio, who was working hard with a refreshed expression. Recently, even when he called out to Athena, there were times where she wouldn’t reply.

Whether in battle or while adventuring, she had relied on Alfio previously.

However, she would suddenly become cold when their bodies came into contact.

“…………”{Was it something I said!?}

It felt like his destiny had been twisted at some point.

Did it turn strange somewhere……?

Anteikowa admittedly turned pale from shock when they were being pursued by the guards in Kolkopo.

Cheria’s attitude became strange when they were searching for items in the Daemon King’s Castle.

Athena and Cheria’s eyes went wide when he told them that they were going to escape from the Daemon King’s Castle and were going to withdraw from the Daemon King’s territory.

Wasn’t it natural to punish those bastards who quarreled with you?

Wasn’t it natural to steal the things of one’s enemies?

Wasn’t it the basics of an adventurer to escape from an enemy that one couldn’t beat?

Isn’t that what all the protagonists in the stories do?

“…………”

Originally, he should have only come after he had gotten stronger. He was supposed to have been able to train on the way towards the Daemon King’s Territory. If he was strong, most of these things could have been forgiven.

And he should never have fought against the main force of the Daemon King army without gaining strength like this.

On their way back towards the human territory, Alfio got embroiled into the war.

In order for him to regain his position among his comrades, Alfio had to intervene in this battle.

“Al!”

When he heard Anteikowa’s voice and turned back to look, he saw tens of giants that were larger than the one that he had defeated.

“…R-ru…”

Let’s escape. Alfio wanted to say it, but he couldn’t speak the words through Athena’s silent stare.

Athena pressed Alfio to show off his power as a [Hero], so in a way, that meant that she still had expectations of him, but Alfio felt like he was already going to cry.

About 10,000 of the Daemon King’s Army was here.

Because there were only about 1300 humans facing them, rather than simply roughly crushing them with numbers, they deployed an elite force, 1,000-strong, to devastate them.

Alfio, whose aim was to build a harem for himself in peace, was not ready to die.

Nevertheless, he had raised his sword stubbornly at this time, and the rightmost giant had suddenly been blown away.

“………Eh?”

What appeared, was the figure of a [Warrior] clad in a navy blue surcoat on top of his silver armor.

“GaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

The giants became aware of the warrior, and turned their spears towards him.

A giant that stood over 5 meters swung with his club, but the warrior deflected it with the shield in his left hand, and slashed at the knees of the giant with a golden Magic Sword in his right.

The warrior who wasn’t afraid of the giants approached, slashed, and with movements that were faithful to the basics like a knight, he swept past them with his shield and kept swinging.

“Fuhn!”

With a single overhead swing with both of his arms, he sliced the last giant apart, club and all.

“…Roderick-sama…?”

From someone leaked out that line…… Behind Roderick’s line of sight, the appearance of close to one hundred Daemons nearly caused the Shiguresu Hero Party to scream out loud.

“[μυα]!”

The genuine [Spirit Language] that was not simplified by the elves echoed across the battlefield.

The golden sword raised by the youth let off a light, and he sent the majority of the Daemons flying with a single blow.

“Noel?”