Volume 6 Chapter 70 (1/2)

Chapter 70 - Past

The subjugation force arrived at Gioni two days later than scheduled

Arisan was du the town

「The place is already battered」

The outer wall that was created by piling up stones wasThe buildings too, the wooden buildings were burned, while the stone or brick buildings were destroyed

The fields stretching out around the toere also devastated, it felt like the town, or more precisely the whole Gioni had been driven to a corner until a state of utter destruction

But, there were still people re, there were people hiding in the houses that were still barely re at the welcoht, we took too long to arrive here It would be great if we rushed here quicker」

Sophisan was a daughter of a feudal lord noble She was born froht, but it was still a house of a sht be renation

「To begin with it's wrong to take several weeks like this It wouldn't be like this if only the palace sent help right away」

「It's just like Aria said Besides, the gathered soldiers are also problematic」

The cause of the slow march in the first place was because of the participants lack of training

I could hear the Second's sigh

『Lyle, silence the two of the truly frustrated is……the residence of this town』

I warned the two of theher

「Both of you, it's better to not say that right now It's the people of this toho are feeling frustrated」

When the two became quiet, the Fourth looked at the situation

『People fro away to here They escaped to a town that has wall』

The houses and buildings outside the ere mostly destroyed coree

The Fifth was questioning so

『The situation is different from e heard ……If it's like this, is it just like e predicted?』

A person who seeher-up of the town rushed out toward the arriving reinforceht

「Knight-salooe Morris-san dealt with the man

「Aa~, can I ask your naistrate had run ahile the other higher-ups either ran away or died in battle There is only her-up who introduced hi the craftsmen of the town

There was one store in this ss of the craftsmen

It seemed there was also an inn, but it didn't have the space for 400 people to stay there

「We have come so it's already safe We have this riff so rest assured──」

Then Patto-san's co? The one leading theriffon!」

Patto-san's scream made Nore

She yelled angrily froriff leading the monsters!」

「The, there's no way it's like that Even the riffon, the letter was also definitely h they had risked their life sending the letter, the reinforceriff

Patto-sanof wanting to cry was also the saht our opponent would be a hippogriff

It was a bolt from the blue

──The royal capital

In the palace, the nobles working in the palace including Ralph were

Everyone was baron or viscount, and each of theathered inside a roo about the true objective of dispatching soldiers to Gioni

「The case this tian the talk with that sentence The surrounding was also ether in satisfaction

「The htful」

「With this the capital will also becoht chance to decrease the nuriffon attacking Gioni and not a hippogriff since the beginning

The report of theaway from the town and the request that was sent to the palace by risking the er's life informed them that fact They knew it, and made use of it

Ralph opened his ation force is annihilated and the town destroyed, we'll dispatch the knight order as the actual subjugation force If there is anyone who you wish to become independent, please make them participate It will be a chance to obtain achievement that allow theation force to be annihilated

The reason was because they wanted to decrease the number of house of noble in the lowest rank

A baron nodded with a s to o independent I'll ation this tiation force was annihilated, it was sodo a territory under the direct control of the royalty

There was no feudal lord ould coriffon was subjugated by the knight order in regular arht order's reputation would increase because they subjugated such dangerous ation force

For the people in this place, the current subjugation force and the place called Gioni only had that ht that it wouldn't be a particularly great loss

The territory of the kingdoe numerically wouldn't be really much

「I wonder if there will be people who deserted」

「There riffon will let thee the in the face of the enehts and soldiers──and the volunteers they sent there were gone

A lot of noble house would vanish from the case this ti the opened up spots

Ralph

(With this the nuisance brats will also vanish If Doris can ht person later, this proble away the unnecessary people altogether, that was how they were thinking of this──

In a half-destroyed private house within the town of Gioni

We parked Porter beside it and started preparing to camp

Shannon talked to riff, and then depressed when it's griffon?」

I was exasperated at Shannon's question

Certainly hippogriff was troublesoriffon was extreriffon is?」

「It's siriff isn't it? I know because I saw it in a picture They're like relative right?」

Certainly the two le head and wings

But, griffon had──a body of lion instead of horse Their size was also bigger than hippogriff They were ferocious and also sriffon, they would be treated as hero

There was how great the difference between the two riff's superior version

I explained about griffon, but Shannon didn't seeht isn't it?」

「I' you they're similar but different Or rather, you only saw the picture but didn't read the words huh I'll tell on you to Mirandsan later」

「Wait Don't tell Onee-saed with tearful eyes Shannon couldn't see from her birth so she couldn't read letter But, now that she beca to read and write

She should be punished for skipping her study

「No good」

「Uu~……Lyle you idiot!」

「I' idiot But, it's you who'll be scolded」

When I sent her a s smile, Shannon was,

「That face, souy is also a gigolo as expected after all You two are completely like each other」

「What did you say!」

Shannon ran ahen I got angry

I sighed

The ht now there was a mountain of probleation corpse had dropped rock bottom In addition, the faces of the townspeople toward such subjugation force were filled with disappointht away to retreat was also really bad

There were also soreed, but Morris-san somehow stopped it, which led to now

There was no way to win against griffon That hy talking about running aasn'tof our position, that was a badfor us to run away

It was also fine if ere annihilated It was fine even if the toas destroyed It was fine even if we ran back If we ran back to the capital, surely they intended to uessed various things fro us false infor it was fine to say that the situation was the worst

But──

『Griffon With this Lyle too will become a full adult huh』

『Griffon, nice!』

『I want to obtain the h price』

『I didn't getdohen I was alive』

『As expected griffon extermination cannot beLet's stuff it Let's riffon Lyle defeated as stuffed animal for decoration!』

──The mood of the ancestors was horrible

For Walt House that seldoation was treated as proof of adulthood

That's not it It's wrong This is wrong

Thinking with co at the level where you had to resolve yourself to die when so like that came out

The Second sounded frustrated

『If Lyle can take co it into one-on-one However, if it's Norma in command then it'll be difficult isn't it?』

The Sixth denied that opinion

『On the opposite there's also the possibility of Lyle's group getting pushed aside Well, she's an idiot who tried to run away in this situation, so isn't that possibility be the higher one? ──Hed

It see scenery

『This scenery, it feels like I've seen it soht……co of Gioni there was a se at my era……』

『What's with you? Perhaps you once came here in the past?』

The Fifth addressed him, so the Sixth spoke after a pause

『……ah』

It see, but suddenly he fell silent The ancestors also got curious seeing the Sixth like that and pressed him with questions But, the Sixth wouldn't open his mouth

Arisan came to where I was

「Lyle, I found someone ill show us around the town」

「Thank you very much A local person is valuable after all」

It would be a great difference whether we had a guide or not

Anyway there wouldn't be any way to for the current situation

Arisan scratched her head

「No, I don't kno I should say it but……co behind Arisan was a really suessed?

「Could it be you're the guide?」

The kid nodded nervously

He had tanned skin The scratch on his exposed skin stood out

「Most of the , he said that he is a son of hunter It seems he know a lot about this area from his father's talk」

「Err……that's」

I was at a loss for words The inside of the Jeas completely silent must be because they had realized just how severe the present situation ithout a doubt I was thinking so

The kid bowed at me

「Ni, nice to meet you My name is Luka I'll do my best so please hire uide, but I never even i would co about what to do, the Second and the Third were──

『……Dewy』

『Dewy-niisan……how』

They muttered a different name from ”Luka” with a sad voice

The kid's name was Luka

His father as a hunter died He took the request to beco ation force under Normsan's lead, so we couldn't find anyone else except Luka

It see brother──Dewy had very similar appearance with him

However, the two of them were reluctant to speak about the circumstance

It was a relief that the voices inside the Jeere quiet

I walked behind Luka

「Over here, Lyle-sama」

「Lyle-sama……you can call ood Kasan toldmoney then I have to doto protect hishis back figure made me felt ashae It was really vague

If I was asked whether I was as earnest as hi, he was even o Yes, compared to the me when I left from the house, this boy was definitelythe way, he even knew in detail about which wall had broken or which part was brittle

「This part is repaired every tiht」

「The bridge here is fragile, so it'll be dangerous when several adults are crossing it」

「Ye, yeah」

「Over here──」

「Ye, yep」

When I asked, it see in the town It was great that I was able to learn various things, but so ht bearound the town, the sun was already setting

At first I wondered if one silver coin would be alright but…… of his living from here on, I handed hiht for me to receive this many?」

「It's fine, just take it Your mother……take care of her」

「Yes!」

I saw off the boy as going hoetically, then I returned to where

──The city's inn

The knights and the athered there

There was also Lionel's figure a them

Everyone was disheartened The more they listened to the present situation, the more they learned how bad the situation was Their complexion was also bad

Lionel was terribly flustered inside his heart

(Lies So like this is absolutely a lie Because, they said that it's a hippogriff! Even though I heard that it'll be alright because there's a ten-knight squad leader with us!)

Where did the infor, or there was a ht that several tie of the town and the surrounding area, it was unthinkable that it was a lie

Nor

Morris was continuing the talk in her place

「Several hippogriffs are obeying the griffon?」

「That's right! Don't make me say it over and over!」

The attitude of the townspeople was also getting worse That was because the knights they thought were coriff?」

「You think I know We once saw four at the same time But, as for their accurate number……」

The men of the town And then thearea

Many of the people who fought bravely died, while the reht

Lionel tried to ask his question, but then,

「I, it's bad! The griffon is outside!」

When everyone hurriedly rushed out, there was a griffon swooping down on the town's outer wall and looked down at Lionel and co

When they looked up to the sky, there were six silhouettes in the evening glow that seee)

Lionel was surprised by the griffon's size Although the outer asn't as big as the royal capital's wall, he still needed to look up at it But that wall looked sriffon opened its , then it spread open its large wings and fleay

It led the hippogriff and went away to the distance

(Sca, scary……that's a griffon)

A monster that came out in story and fairy-tale Those who defeated it would be called hero In front of such monster, Lionel's body was paralyzed and couldn't move

It seemed Norma was also in the same state