Chapter 67: The distant road to freedom
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The thumping vibrations and the voice calling my name in my ear gradually brought me to the surface of consciousness.
Just before I passed out, I had felt a fierce chill, but now I feel warm and puffy.
'Kenjin, Kenjin, hang in there, don't die, come back.......'
The tearful voice heard in my ear must be that of the chairman of the committee.
It seems that she is being held in a way that she is leaning against the chairperson.
Healing magic is flowing in from the chairperson's palm, which is placed against his stomach.
Come to think of it, since she was stabbed afterwards, her back should be sticky with blood as well, right?
'Yuka........my clothes will be stained with blood.......'
'Stupid, stupid Kenjin, Kenjin is obviously more important than clothes, stupid...'
The chairman of the committee hugged me tightly.
Oh, I want to stay like this forever, yes, I can't.
I put my hand on the black bracelet in front of me to release it before I raised my body.
''Ah........''
The classmates around them begin to buzz as they look at the chairperson who let out a small cry of surprise and raised her free left arm.
''Wait.........Tadaka, your bracelet.......''
Shit, Mr. Chairman, how did you get it off?
'Really? Chairman, you're not wearing a bracelet....
I felt lightly dizzy as I raised my body with the help of the committee chairman.
Although my wounds have healed, it must mean that I won't be able to get back to the blood I lost.
Or rather, the blood that flowed down to my ankle is almost clotted, and it's niggling and uncomfortable.
''Kento, you shouldn't push yourself, you'd better still lie down.......''
Well where are we?
"I just entered the Devil's Forest but I don't have to worry about my pursuers.
Fred, what do you mean, you're not worried about being chased?
"I've raised the drawbridge... and I've rigged it so it won't go down for a while.
Well, I'll stop once in the middle of the forest and I'll take off everyone's bracelet there...
"Copy that... and tell Zahe and the others...
I noticed that my classmates in the carriage were looking at me with suspicious expressions.
''Kokubun.......are you okay?''
Are you seeing things or...?
"Oh no....just rest...
I couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that my conversation with Fred must have seemed like a soliloquy or a ramblings.
I asked him to make room next to the chairman, and leaning against the back of the carriage, I told my classmates briefly what had happened so far.
'So the first five and the second fifty are all alive then?
A different country ... finally get to enjoy a different world?
I'm sorry but don't get carried away.
When I told them that the boys I rescued earlier caused a ruckus and are now being detained and forced to work, my classmates let out a sigh, as if they were dumbfounded.
If I hadn't said anything, you guys would have been in trouble.......but I didn't say anything about it.
Your homeroom teacher, Mr. Sato, is also troubled.
So, Kokubun-kun, what are you going to do now?
I'm going to get them all safely to Volzard, and then I'll negotiate with Camilla.
That's, of course, negotiating your way back to the world, isn't it?
'Yes, and if I can take it home, I'll take up some precious metals and other items in the form of compensation...'
Do you think it will work?
I don't know. I don't know. It was that Camilla.
When I mentioned Camilla's name, my classmates gave me a pained look.
''Kokubun, wouldn't it be better to kill that d*mn princess?
No, it's not just the princess. They killed all the knights.
I swear, I will never forgive those guys.
Fifty-five people are still alive, but Funayama is dead, right? Let's get some revenge.
When one person gives a radical opinion, one after the other agrees with it.
Everyone seems to be unhappy with the way Rustock is treated in the garrison.
'By the way, Kokubun, what happened to the knight who stabbed you?
Well, we knocked him out, tied him up, locked him up, and...
Yeah you're an idiot, they skewered you, didn't they? Why don't you just kill him?
'Yeah, I know exactly what you all mean...'
Currently, we haven't been able to confirm whether there is anyone other than Camilla who has information on the summoning and repatriation techniques, and that we have avoided the situation of bloodshed as much as possible in order to make negotiations go smoothly. I told them that the people of the city would be in danger if the Demon Forest was activated and the knights were gone.
'I don't know... after all that, don't you think I didn't kill him when I could have killed him at any time?
They are normal but they're not normal.
'Sure....'
Anyway, I've been focusing on facilitating the negotiations, but I wonder if it could be counterproductive in some cases.
"I mean........can we get home properly in the first place?
I'm sorry, that was another one of my priorities for the rescue, so I don't know yet.
I don't know what's going to happen now...
The air in the carriage felt like it had sunk at once at the murmurings of the girls, who felt like they had leaked it.
'But if you go to Volzard, you can get a decent meal and a warm bath.
After all, I feel the power of food and baths is great, my classmates who had been lying on their faces looked up at once.
''Oh.......seriously, we can finally get rid of the bad food?
Bath I can't wait to get into a warm bath.
'Oh no.......I didn't call you to advance the mission.......'
'Ooh! Don't tell me there's no food?
Bath. Hey, where's the bath?
Wait, wait ... I'll get back to you.
The power of my classmates who packed up on me as soon as they heard I might not have food and baths was as powerful as the rock ogre.
'Mart, go and tell Mr. Donovan that things have changed and I've brought the mission forward, so go and tell Volzard that I'll be taking my classmates by evening.
Wafu, of course, my master.
My classmates are rolling their eyes at Malt, who replies by peeking his head out between my legs as I sit down.
I'm feeling better thanks to doping myself up with pills that help me recover my magic power and multiply my self healing.
''Well then, I'll take off the bangles in turn.
Oh, yes! Now that's real freedom!
My classmate's bangles were removed while we were riding in the carriage, and when we stopped near the center of the forest, I removed the bangles of all the rest of them as well.
''What the hell, I thought the demons were going to ooze out because of the demon forest and threats.
Really, really, really. This is just a normal forest.
While waiting to take off the arm bands, the classmates look around the forest with a beatific look on their faces, but the reason there aren't many demons is because Reinhardt and the others kept them cleaned up.
''Don't go too far, there were salamanders in this area just yesterday.
Salamanders... are you sure they breathe fire?
He said it's several times more powerful than Takayama's magic and he's going to vomit like it's inexhaustible.
"Seriously....there's a guy who does that...
After removing everyone's servitude bracelets, everyone seems to feel liberated from the bottom of their hearts, and the air in the group seems to be calmer.
All that's left is to arrive safely to Volzard, and we'll be relieved.
With the strength of Zae and the others' legs, they should be able to arrive a little past noon.
I finished removing everyone's servant's arm bands, so we proceeded with the carriage towards Volzard again.
Thanks to Reinhardt and the others preparing the road, the carriage goes smoothly without any big vibrations.
A little while after we left, Hurt, who I left behind to watch over Rastock, came to report to me.
'Master, those guys are starting to wake up.
Okay, Fred, go check it out.
Copy that.
Since Camilla and the others were the first to put them to sleep, they should probably be up already and start taking measures.
'Kokubun, are you okay? Like a chaser...
'Hmmm ... it's probably all right. We're halfway through the forest now, and Volzard's closer to us.
That's all well and good, but if I get brought back, hey.
'We have to make sure that doesn't happen. But to get back to Japan, we have to make them use the repatriation magic, and how to make sure that the repatriation magic is the right one... there are still a lot of things we need to think about.
We almost succeeded in reclaiming our classmates, but the task was not lost.
When confronted with this fact, the classmates were all thinking about it.
Seeing this, their homeroom teacher, Mr. Sato, opened his mouth.
He said, "Kokubun-kun, thank you for all your hard work up to now. It must have taken a lot of preparation and a lot of hard work to put your plan into action. Thank you, I thank you again, thank you.
Sir....
"Thanks, Kokubun, I really thought I'd never make it...
I really thought I was going to die, too, thank you.
Seriously, I'm forever in your debt, thank you.
Guys....
When everyone thanked me face to face, I felt as if I had been treated like a piece of shit, but now I was finally being accepted, and I was very excited.
Kento, you have been supporting me from the shadows for a long time, thank you.
Yuioka....
The chairman presented her with a kiss on the cheek along with a thank you, and the carriage, which had been quiet for a moment, was filled with various cries in the next moment.
'Geez, I thought it was suspicious calling each other by name earlier, but...'
'Wait, wait, wait, wait, I appreciate the help, but I'm not listening, Kokubun!
Yes, I don't accept that! No, we won't allow it!
Boys' vindictive cries, girls' chilling voices, murderous glances, warm glances, and many other things are pouring down on me, but the chairman of the committee seems to be holding my left arm without a care in the world and has no intention of leaving me.
At the same time, it makes me sick to my stomach to think about what will happen after we arrive in Volzada.
"Okay, you'll find out what you can do about it and...
"Understood, Master Kent your harem is just around the corner...
"Gee, I hope it's not raining blood...
From what Fred could gather, there were those who advised Camilla to pursue the attack.
However, without a system in place, and without knowing who they were dealing with and how large they were, it was impossible to decide on the scale of the chase, so in the end they decided to abandon the idea.
With this, the worries of the pursuers are completely gone, and all that's left is to go to Volzard.
In other words, the time of the direct confrontation between Manon and the chairman of the committee is closing in on us every second.......it really makes me sick to my stomach.
Yes, yes, sir.
In the past, you've been the sole bearer of this burden, but from now on, we're here to help, so talk to us when you need help with anything.
Yes, nice to meet you.
In the past, there have been people like Reinhardt and the others, and Klaus and Donovan, who we could talk to, but there were no adults who knew what we were going through, so I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Maybe if we got to Volzard and made arrangements for everyone to live, we could relax a bit.
Other than being stabbed by Pawl, the mission was going better than I expected, and that's when I thought that if we went a little further, we would be able to see the walls of Volzard.
Heldt, whom I had left behind in Volzard, jumped into the carriage.
'Master, it's bad news! A horde of goblins is approaching Volzard.
A horde? You don't think a horde is...
Yes, I think there are more than a thousand of them, just by looking at them.
'Milt, go get Fred and go and get Murt to guard Miss Amanda's shop, Reinhardt, go back first and hold them off for a bit!
Okay!
I'm off!
Yes, sir!
I didn't expect a demon of extreme size to come at this time.
''Alto! Tell Zae and the others to hurry up and let all the Kobolds surround the convoy and protect it!
Yes, master!
The speed of the convoy increased as Alto jumped out of the way.
''Kent-sama........you wanted to see me.......''
'Fred, the goblin outbreak is approaching Volzard, you need to get ahead of it and protect the city so we can get closer to the gate.
Copy that....
The carriage we are riding in is advancing in the fourth position from the front, so we can't see beyond the street.
'Carme, can you see the goblin herd?'
Right in front of you, my king.
I thought that was forest undergrowth...
No, there are a lot of...
When I look up from behind the Goshindae, I see a dark green object wriggling to fill the base of the grove.
It's hard to believe that there are a thousand or two thousand of them.
Even that is blocked by the forest, and only some of them will be visible.
Some of the other carriages seem to have noticed the herd of goblins, and there is a scream from the front.
'Malt, go around and tell everyone else in the carriage to hold on tight.
Yes, master.
The convoy picked up even more speed a little after Malt took off.
'Master Kent, the road is about to be blocked!
'Milt, call Reinhardt back and have him reap the goblins in the streets!
Yes, master.
Zae and the others quickened their speed, but they seemed to have gotten into a pack of goblins between them and Volzard.
'Master, I've told you,'
Mart, who's leading the way?
It's Zae who leads the way.
I told him to slow down a bit, because if he rode up on a dead goblin or something at the speed he's going now, he'd be worried about the carriage flipping over.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
Immediately after Marto went out to give the message, the convoy slowed down with a bang.
The slowing down caused another scream to rise from the carriage ahead.
Amidst the screams, the sound of early bells could be heard in the distance on the wind.
It should be only a short distance left to Volzard by now, but the chairman of the committee also has a blue face.
''Kento, are you okay?''
'Sorry, I honestly don't know. I just know that things are only going to get worse if we stay outside the walls, so I'm going to plow through the herd to get to Volzard.
'Master, we're going to run into a herd, and Reinhardt is reaping the reapers in front of us!
All right, Alto, side and rear, make sure they don't get through.
Yes, sir, master.
There's a storm ahead. Yikes! A tremendous crash sound could be heard, and then a wave of dark green came crashing down beside the convoy.
As the alts moved around like a black whirlwind, fresh blood danced and the dark-green wall crumbled, but soon the goblins behind them were approaching.
"Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Giggling, giggling, giggling....
The cries of the excited goblins come like an earth-shaking rumble, mentally oppressive.
'No! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!
Help me, I don't want to be eaten!
'No, that many........we're done........'
I can hear screams coming from the front carriage and from the rear carriage as well.
They shouldn't be obsessed at the moment, but it's unlikely they'll be able to confirm if they're attached to any of the carriages.
The carriage has slowed down even further and is now at the speed of a jogger, but it still hasn't stopped.
I've been casting light-attribute attack magic, but I feel like I'm pouring water on a hot stone with a water gun.
''The wall! I can see the city!
Hey. Hey! Help me!
A voice I heard from before prompted me to look up, and sure enough, I could see the walls of Volzard beyond the trees.
''Sir! I'm going to come out for a minute, so keep everyone together.
Hey, Kokubun-kun, where are you going?
I'll make my way down.
You dive from the carriage into the world of shadows and move all the way to the front of the carriage.
At the front of the convoy, Reinhardt is wielding his beloved sword, Gram, but the goblins rush in just as he cleaves them.
So, just as Reinhardt cleaves them, I set up dark shields on both sides of the road to prevent the goblins from entering.
''Kent-sama!''
"Reinhardt, go ahead, forward!
"Copy that, Noooooooo!
With the road secured, the speed of the convoy increased.
After the convoy passes by, we put out a shield of darkness to close off the street and prevent them from being attacked from behind.
Alto and the others can pass through the shield at will, so it's safe to be left behind outside.
As the speeding convoy passed through the forest, the space between the forest and the city walls was filled with goblins.
The goblins that approached Volzard were attacked from the top of the ramparts and knocked down, but the goblins that followed rushed in to devour the corpses of their companions.
With this many goblins on the move, food must be in short supply.
If they smell blood, they don't seem to care if the meat is their own.
The screams of the goblins, the sounds of them devouring flesh and gnawing on bones, and the dense smell of blood lingering in the area, it's like a hellscape of screaming.
As we leave the forest, the pressure from the surroundings intensifies, and even though Reinhardt cleaves and I build a wall with my dark shield, we can't proceed as we should.
Maybe it's because I'm deploying the dark shield over a wide area, or maybe it's the effect of being stabbed in the stomach, but I feel like I'm about to run out of magic power.
Volzard is already right in front of me, but I feel like I don't have one more move to make.
If I deactivate the dark shield at this point, I might get swallowed up by a swarm of goblins if I'm not good enough.
That was when I decided that I had no choice but to use the booster that Cory-san gave me.
A fireball exploded in the middle of the crowd of goblins that filled the space between the convoy and the city walls.
After that, blades of wind and spears of water poured down one after another.
On top of the city walls, Takayama and the other classmates lined up, firing attack magic without a break.
But the convoy can't move forward at this rate.
Maintaining their dark shields, they moved to the top of the city walls.
''Kondo! Shoot at the side of the street, and if you keep it up now, you won't be able to move forward!
'Kokubu! All right, guys, listen up, target both sides of the road, one team firing, two teams chanting!
The pressure from both sides of the street has diminished, so if Reinhardt can only cleave the front, he can proceed.
In front of the castle gate, Fred is struggling to hold off the approaching goblins.
'Zae, stop on the left side of the gate so that the rear carriage can enter!
I understand you, my king!
There would be no way to open the castle gate in this situation, so the only way to enter the city was through the service entrance.
When Reinhardt reached it, he surrounded the gate with a dark shield in a semi-circle.
''Alto, take care of the remaining goblins in the shield without leaving any!
Yes, master.
Following the lead carriage, carriage after carriage came running in.
Due to the success of Fred, Artoo and the others, the goblins that were left behind inside the shield were swept away in the blink of an eye.
As if they had been watching the timing from the top of the city walls, the service entrance opened and the guard, Bert, appeared.
''Over here! Get inside the gate now! Hurry, hurry, hurry!
The classmates jumped off the carriage and rushed into the walls of the city to be the first to enter.
When they saw that everyone had entered Volzade, and the service entrance was tightly shut, they erased the dark shields that surrounded the gate.
I was able to reach Volzard, but as soon as I erased the shield, the goblins came rushing in.
If we are to survive, we must do something about this dark green tsunami.
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
The thumping vibrations and the voice calling my name in my ear gradually brought me to the surface of consciousness.
Just before I passed out, I had felt a fierce chill, but now I feel warm and puffy.
'Kenjin, Kenjin, hang in there, don't die, come back.......'
The tearful voice heard in my ear must be that of the chairman of the committee.
It seems that she is being held in a way that she is leaning against the chairperson.
Healing magic is flowing in from the chairperson's palm, which is placed against his stomach.
Come to think of it, since she was stabbed afterwards, her back should be sticky with blood as well, right?
'Yuka........my clothes will be stained with blood.......'
'Stupid, stupid Kenjin, Kenjin is obviously more important than clothes, stupid...'
The chairman of the committee hugged me tightly.
Oh, I want to stay like this forever, yes, I can't.
I put my hand on the black bracelet in front of me to release it before I raised my body.
''Ah........''
The classmates around them begin to buzz as they look at the chairperson who let out a small cry of surprise and raised her free left arm.
''Wait.........Tadaka, your bracelet.......''
Shit, Mr. Chairman, how did you get it off?
'Really? Chairman, you're not wearing a bracelet....
I felt lightly dizzy as I raised my body with the help of the committee chairman.
Although my wounds have healed, it must mean that I won't be able to get back to the blood I lost.
Or rather, the blood that flowed down to my ankle is almost clotted, and it's niggling and uncomfortable.
''Kento, you shouldn't push yourself, you'd better still lie down.......''
Well where are we?
"I just entered the Devil's Forest but I don't have to worry about my pursuers.
Fred, what do you mean, you're not worried about being chased?
"I've raised the drawbridge... and I've rigged it so it won't go down for a while.
Well, I'll stop once in the middle of the forest and I'll take off everyone's bracelet there...
"Copy that... and tell Zahe and the others...
I noticed that my classmates in the carriage were looking at me with suspicious expressions.
''Kokubun.......are you okay?''
Are you seeing things or...?
"Oh no....just rest...
I couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that my conversation with Fred must have seemed like a soliloquy or a ramblings.
I asked him to make room next to the chairman, and leaning against the back of the carriage, I told my classmates briefly what had happened so far.
'So the first five and the second fifty are all alive then?
A different country ... finally get to enjoy a different world?
I'm sorry but don't get carried away.
When I told them that the boys I rescued earlier caused a ruckus and are now being detained and forced to work, my classmates let out a sigh, as if they were dumbfounded.
If I hadn't said anything, you guys would have been in trouble.......but I didn't say anything about it.
Your homeroom teacher, Mr. Sato, is also troubled.
So, Kokubun-kun, what are you going to do now?
I'm going to get them all safely to Volzard, and then I'll negotiate with Camilla.
That's, of course, negotiating your way back to the world, isn't it?
'Yes, and if I can take it home, I'll take up some precious metals and other items in the form of compensation...'
Do you think it will work?
I don't know. I don't know. It was that Camilla.
When I mentioned Camilla's name, my classmates gave me a pained look.
''Kokubun, wouldn't it be better to kill that d*mn princess?
No, it's not just the princess. They killed all the knights.
I swear, I will never forgive those guys.
Fifty-five people are still alive, but Funayama is dead, right? Let's get some revenge.
When one person gives a radical opinion, one after the other agrees with it.
Everyone seems to be unhappy with the way Rustock is treated in the garrison.
'By the way, Kokubun, what happened to the knight who stabbed you?
Well, we knocked him out, tied him up, locked him up, and...
Yeah you're an idiot, they skewered you, didn't they? Why don't you just kill him?
'Yeah, I know exactly what you all mean...'
Currently, we haven't been able to confirm whether there is anyone other than Camilla who has information on the summoning and repatriation techniques, and that we have avoided the situation of bloodshed as much as possible in order to make negotiations go smoothly. I told them that the people of the city would be in danger if the Demon Forest was activated and the knights were gone.
'I don't know... after all that, don't you think I didn't kill him when I could have killed him at any time?
They are normal but they're not normal.
'Sure....'
Anyway, I've been focusing on facilitating the negotiations, but I wonder if it could be counterproductive in some cases.
"I mean........can we get home properly in the first place?
I'm sorry, that was another one of my priorities for the rescue, so I don't know yet.
I don't know what's going to happen now...
The air in the carriage felt like it had sunk at once at the murmurings of the girls, who felt like they had leaked it.
'But if you go to Volzard, you can get a decent meal and a warm bath.
After all, I feel the power of food and baths is great, my classmates who had been lying on their faces looked up at once.
''Oh.......seriously, we can finally get rid of the bad food?
Bath I can't wait to get into a warm bath.
'Oh no.......I didn't call you to advance the mission.......'
'Ooh! Don't tell me there's no food?
Bath. Hey, where's the bath?
Wait, wait ... I'll get back to you.
The power of my classmates who packed up on me as soon as they heard I might not have food and baths was as powerful as the rock ogre.
'Mart, go and tell Mr. Donovan that things have changed and I've brought the mission forward, so go and tell Volzard that I'll be taking my classmates by evening.
Wafu, of course, my master.
My classmates are rolling their eyes at Malt, who replies by peeking his head out between my legs as I sit down.
I'm feeling better thanks to doping myself up with pills that help me recover my magic power and multiply my self healing.
''Well then, I'll take off the bangles in turn.
Oh, yes! Now that's real freedom!
My classmate's bangles were removed while we were riding in the carriage, and when we stopped near the center of the forest, I removed the bangles of all the rest of them as well.
''What the hell, I thought the demons were going to ooze out because of the demon forest and threats.
Really, really, really. This is just a normal forest.
While waiting to take off the arm bands, the classmates look around the forest with a beatific look on their faces, but the reason there aren't many demons is because Reinhardt and the others kept them cleaned up.
''Don't go too far, there were salamanders in this area just yesterday.
Salamanders... are you sure they breathe fire?
He said it's several times more powerful than Takayama's magic and he's going to vomit like it's inexhaustible.
"Seriously....there's a guy who does that...
After removing everyone's servitude bracelets, everyone seems to feel liberated from the bottom of their hearts, and the air in the group seems to be calmer.
All that's left is to arrive safely to Volzard, and we'll be relieved.
With the strength of Zae and the others' legs, they should be able to arrive a little past noon.
I finished removing everyone's servant's arm bands, so we proceeded with the carriage towards Volzard again.
Thanks to Reinhardt and the others preparing the road, the carriage goes smoothly without any big vibrations.
A little while after we left, Hurt, who I left behind to watch over Rastock, came to report to me.
'Master, those guys are starting to wake up.
Okay, Fred, go check it out.
Copy that.
Since Camilla and the others were the first to put them to sleep, they should probably be up already and start taking measures.
'Kokubun, are you okay? Like a chaser...
'Hmmm ... it's probably all right. We're halfway through the forest now, and Volzard's closer to us.
That's all well and good, but if I get brought back, hey.
'We have to make sure that doesn't happen. But to get back to Japan, we have to make them use the repatriation magic, and how to make sure that the repatriation magic is the right one... there are still a lot of things we need to think about.
We almost succeeded in reclaiming our classmates, but the task was not lost.
When confronted with this fact, the classmates were all thinking about it.
Seeing this, their homeroom teacher, Mr. Sato, opened his mouth.
He said, "Kokubun-kun, thank you for all your hard work up to now. It must have taken a lot of preparation and a lot of hard work to put your plan into action. Thank you, I thank you again, thank you.
Sir....
"Thanks, Kokubun, I really thought I'd never make it...
I really thought I was going to die, too, thank you.
Seriously, I'm forever in your debt, thank you.
Guys....
When everyone thanked me face to face, I felt as if I had been treated like a piece of shit, but now I was finally being accepted, and I was very excited.
Kento, you have been supporting me from the shadows for a long time, thank you.
Yuioka....
The chairman presented her with a kiss on the cheek along with a thank you, and the carriage, which had been quiet for a moment, was filled with various cries in the next moment.
'Geez, I thought it was suspicious calling each other by name earlier, but...'
'Wait, wait, wait, wait, I appreciate the help, but I'm not listening, Kokubun!
Yes, I don't accept that! No, we won't allow it!
Boys' vindictive cries, girls' chilling voices, murderous glances, warm glances, and many other things are pouring down on me, but the chairman of the committee seems to be holding my left arm without a care in the world and has no intention of leaving me.
At the same time, it makes me sick to my stomach to think about what will happen after we arrive in Volzada.
"Okay, you'll find out what you can do about it and...
"Understood, Master Kent your harem is just around the corner...
"Gee, I hope it's not raining blood...
From what Fred could gather, there were those who advised Camilla to pursue the attack.
However, without a system in place, and without knowing who they were dealing with and how large they were, it was impossible to decide on the scale of the chase, so in the end they decided to abandon the idea.
With this, the worries of the pursuers are completely gone, and all that's left is to go to Volzard.
In other words, the time of the direct confrontation between Manon and the chairman of the committee is closing in on us every second.......it really makes me sick to my stomach.
Yes, yes, sir.
In the past, you've been the sole bearer of this burden, but from now on, we're here to help, so talk to us when you need help with anything.
Yes, nice to meet you.
In the past, there have been people like Reinhardt and the others, and Klaus and Donovan, who we could talk to, but there were no adults who knew what we were going through, so I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Maybe if we got to Volzard and made arrangements for everyone to live, we could relax a bit.
Other than being stabbed by Pawl, the mission was going better than I expected, and that's when I thought that if we went a little further, we would be able to see the walls of Volzard.
Heldt, whom I had left behind in Volzard, jumped into the carriage.
'Master, it's bad news! A horde of goblins is approaching Volzard.
A horde? You don't think a horde is...
Yes, I think there are more than a thousand of them, just by looking at them.
'Milt, go get Fred and go and get Murt to guard Miss Amanda's shop, Reinhardt, go back first and hold them off for a bit!
Okay!
I'm off!
Yes, sir!
I didn't expect a demon of extreme size to come at this time.
''Alto! Tell Zae and the others to hurry up and let all the Kobolds surround the convoy and protect it!
Yes, master!
The speed of the convoy increased as Alto jumped out of the way.
''Kent-sama........you wanted to see me.......''
'Fred, the goblin outbreak is approaching Volzard, you need to get ahead of it and protect the city so we can get closer to the gate.
Copy that....
The carriage we are riding in is advancing in the fourth position from the front, so we can't see beyond the street.
'Carme, can you see the goblin herd?'
Right in front of you, my king.
I thought that was forest undergrowth...
No, there are a lot of...
When I look up from behind the Goshindae, I see a dark green object wriggling to fill the base of the grove.
It's hard to believe that there are a thousand or two thousand of them.
Even that is blocked by the forest, and only some of them will be visible.
Some of the other carriages seem to have noticed the herd of goblins, and there is a scream from the front.
'Malt, go around and tell everyone else in the carriage to hold on tight.
Yes, master.
The convoy picked up even more speed a little after Malt took off.
'Master Kent, the road is about to be blocked!
'Milt, call Reinhardt back and have him reap the goblins in the streets!
Yes, master.
Zae and the others quickened their speed, but they seemed to have gotten into a pack of goblins between them and Volzard.
'Master, I've told you,'
Mart, who's leading the way?
It's Zae who leads the way.
I told him to slow down a bit, because if he rode up on a dead goblin or something at the speed he's going now, he'd be worried about the carriage flipping over.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
Immediately after Marto went out to give the message, the convoy slowed down with a bang.
The slowing down caused another scream to rise from the carriage ahead.
Amidst the screams, the sound of early bells could be heard in the distance on the wind.
It should be only a short distance left to Volzard by now, but the chairman of the committee also has a blue face.
''Kento, are you okay?''
'Sorry, I honestly don't know. I just know that things are only going to get worse if we stay outside the walls, so I'm going to plow through the herd to get to Volzard.
'Master, we're going to run into a herd, and Reinhardt is reaping the reapers in front of us!
All right, Alto, side and rear, make sure they don't get through.
Yes, sir, master.
There's a storm ahead. Yikes! A tremendous crash sound could be heard, and then a wave of dark green came crashing down beside the convoy.
As the alts moved around like a black whirlwind, fresh blood danced and the dark-green wall crumbled, but soon the goblins behind them were approaching.
"Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Giggling, giggling, giggling....
The cries of the excited goblins come like an earth-shaking rumble, mentally oppressive.
'No! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!
Help me, I don't want to be eaten!
'No, that many........we're done........'
I can hear screams coming from the front carriage and from the rear carriage as well.
They shouldn't be obsessed at the moment, but it's unlikely they'll be able to confirm if they're attached to any of the carriages.
The carriage has slowed down even further and is now at the speed of a jogger, but it still hasn't stopped.
I've been casting light-attribute attack magic, but I feel like I'm pouring water on a hot stone with a water gun.
''The wall! I can see the city!
Hey. Hey! Help me!
A voice I heard from before prompted me to look up, and sure enough, I could see the walls of Volzard beyond the trees.
''Sir! I'm going to come out for a minute, so keep everyone together.
Hey, Kokubun-kun, where are you going?
I'll make my way down.
You dive from the carriage into the world of shadows and move all the way to the front of the carriage.
At the front of the convoy, Reinhardt is wielding his beloved sword, Gram, but the goblins rush in just as he cleaves them.
So, just as Reinhardt cleaves them, I set up dark shields on both sides of the road to prevent the goblins from entering.
''Kent-sama!''
"Reinhardt, go ahead, forward!
"Copy that, Noooooooo!
With the road secured, the speed of the convoy increased.
After the convoy passes by, we put out a shield of darkness to close off the street and prevent them from being attacked from behind.
Alto and the others can pass through the shield at will, so it's safe to be left behind outside.
As the speeding convoy passed through the forest, the space between the forest and the city walls was filled with goblins.
The goblins that approached Volzard were attacked from the top of the ramparts and knocked down, but the goblins that followed rushed in to devour the corpses of their companions.
With this many goblins on the move, food must be in short supply.
If they smell blood, they don't seem to care if the meat is their own.
The screams of the goblins, the sounds of them devouring flesh and gnawing on bones, and the dense smell of blood lingering in the area, it's like a hellscape of screaming.
As we leave the forest, the pressure from the surroundings intensifies, and even though Reinhardt cleaves and I build a wall with my dark shield, we can't proceed as we should.
Maybe it's because I'm deploying the dark shield over a wide area, or maybe it's the effect of being stabbed in the stomach, but I feel like I'm about to run out of magic power.
Volzard is already right in front of me, but I feel like I don't have one more move to make.
If I deactivate the dark shield at this point, I might get swallowed up by a swarm of goblins if I'm not good enough.
That was when I decided that I had no choice but to use the booster that Cory-san gave me.
A fireball exploded in the middle of the crowd of goblins that filled the space between the convoy and the city walls.
After that, blades of wind and spears of water poured down one after another.
On top of the city walls, Takayama and the other classmates lined up, firing attack magic without a break.
But the convoy can't move forward at this rate.
Maintaining their dark shields, they moved to the top of the city walls.
''Kondo! Shoot at the side of the street, and if you keep it up now, you won't be able to move forward!
'Kokubu! All right, guys, listen up, target both sides of the road, one team firing, two teams chanting!
The pressure from both sides of the street has diminished, so if Reinhardt can only cleave the front, he can proceed.
In front of the castle gate, Fred is struggling to hold off the approaching goblins.
'Zae, stop on the left side of the gate so that the rear carriage can enter!
I understand you, my king!
There would be no way to open the castle gate in this situation, so the only way to enter the city was through the service entrance.
When Reinhardt reached it, he surrounded the gate with a dark shield in a semi-circle.
''Alto, take care of the remaining goblins in the shield without leaving any!
Yes, master.
Following the lead carriage, carriage after carriage came running in.
Due to the success of Fred, Artoo and the others, the goblins that were left behind inside the shield were swept away in the blink of an eye.
As if they had been watching the timing from the top of the city walls, the service entrance opened and the guard, Bert, appeared.
''Over here! Get inside the gate now! Hurry, hurry, hurry!
The classmates jumped off the carriage and rushed into the walls of the city to be the first to enter.
When they saw that everyone had entered Volzade, and the service entrance was tightly shut, they erased the dark shields that surrounded the gate.
I was able to reach Volzard, but as soon as I erased the shield, the goblins came rushing in.
If we are to survive, we must do something about this dark green tsunami.
The thumping vibrations and the voice calling my name in my ear gradually brought me to the surface of consciousness.Just before I passed out, I had felt a fierce chill, but now I feel warm and puffy.'Kenjin, Kenjin, hang in there, don't die, come back.......'The tearful voice heard in my ear must be that of the chairman of the committee.It seems that she is being held in a way that she is leaning against the chairperson.Healing magic is flowing in from the chairperson's palm, which is placed against his stomach.Come to think of it, since she was stabbed afterwards, her back should be sticky with blood as well, right?'Yuka........my clothes will be stained with blood.......''Stupid, stupid Kenjin, Kenjin is obviously more important than clothes, stupid...'The chairman of the committee hugged me tightly.Oh, I want to stay like this forever, yes, I can't.I put my hand on the black bracelet in front of me to release it before I raised my body.''Ah........''The classmates around them begin to buzz as they look at the chairperson who let out a small cry of surprise and raised her free left arm.''Wait.........Tadaka, your bracelet.......''Shit, Mr. Chairman, how did you get it off?'Really? Chairman, you're not wearing a bracelet....I felt lightly dizzy as I raised my body with the help of the committee chairman.Although my wounds have healed, it must mean that I won't be able to get back to the blood I lost.Or rather, the blood that flowed down to my ankle is almost clotted, and it's niggling and uncomfortable.''Kento, you shouldn't push yourself, you'd better still lie down.......''Well where are we?"I just entered the Devil's Forest but I don't have to worry about my pursuers.Fred, what do you mean, you're not worried about being chased?"I've raised the drawbridge... and I've rigged it so it won't go down for a while.Well, I'll stop once in the middle of the forest and I'll take off everyone's bracelet there..."Copy that... and tell Zahe and the others...I noticed that my classmates in the carriage were looking at me with suspicious expressions.''Kokubun.......are you okay?''Are you seeing things or...?"Oh no....just rest...I couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that my conversation with Fred must have seemed like a soliloquy or a ramblings.I asked him to make room next to the chairman, and leaning against the back of the carriage, I told my classmates briefly what had happened so far.'So the first five and the second fifty are all alive then?A different country ... finally get to enjoy a different world?I'm sorry but don't get carried away.When I told them that the boys I rescued earlier caused a ruckus and are now being detained and forced to work, my classmates let out a sigh, as if they were dumbfounded.If I hadn't said anything, you guys would have been in trouble.......but I didn't say anything about it.Your homeroom teacher, Mr. Sato, is also troubled.So, Kokubun-kun, what are you going to do now?I'm going to get them all safely to Volzard, and then I'll negotiate with Camilla.That's, of course, negotiating your way back to the world, isn't it?'Yes, and if I can take it home, I'll take up some precious metals and other items in the form of compensation...'Do you think it will work?I don't know. I don't know. It was that Camilla.When I mentioned Camilla's name, my classmates gave me a pained look.''Kokubun, wouldn't it be better to kill that d*mn princess?No, it's not just the princess. They killed all the knights.I swear, I will never forgive those guys.Fifty-five people are still alive, but Funayama is dead, right? Let's get some revenge.When one person gives a radical opinion, one after the other agrees with it.Everyone seems to be unhappy with the way Rustock is treated in the garrison.'By the way, Kokubun, what happened to the knight who stabbed you?Well, we knocked him out, tied him up, locked him up, and...Yeah you're an idiot, they skewered you, didn't they? Why don't you just kill him?'Yeah, I know exactly what you all mean...'Currently, we haven't been able to confirm whether there is anyone other than Camilla who has information on the summoning and repatriation techniques, and that we have avoided the situation of bloodshed as much as possible in order to make negotiations go smoothly. I told them that the people of the city would be in danger if the Demon Forest was activated and the knights were gone.'I don't know... after all that, don't you think I didn't kill him when I could have killed him at any time?They are normal but they're not normal.'Sure....'Anyway, I've been focusing on facilitating the negotiations, but I wonder if it could be counterproductive in some cases."I mean........can we get home properly in the first place?I'm sorry, that was another one of my priorities for the rescue, so I don't know yet.I don't know what's going to happen now...The air in the carriage felt like it had sunk at once at the murmurings of the girls, who felt like they had leaked it.'But if you go to Volzard, you can get a decent meal and a warm bath.After all, I feel the power of food and baths is great, my classmates who had been lying on their faces looked up at once.''Oh.......seriously, we can finally get rid of the bad food?Bath I can't wait to get into a warm bath.'Oh no.......I didn't call you to advance the mission.......''Ooh! Don't tell me there's no food?Bath. Hey, where's the bath?Wait, wait ... I'll get back to you.The power of my classmates who packed up on me as soon as they heard I might not have food and baths was as powerful as the rock ogre.'Mart, go and tell Mr. Donovan that things have changed and I've brought the mission forward, so go and tell Volzard that I'll be taking my classmates by evening.Wafu, of course, my master.My classmates are rolling their eyes at Malt, who replies by peeking his head out between my legs as I sit down.I'm feeling better thanks to doping myself up with pills that help me recover my magic power and multiply my self healing.''Well then, I'll take off the bangles in turn.Oh, yes! Now that's real freedom!My classmate's bangles were removed while we were riding in the carriage, and when we stopped near the center of the forest, I removed the bangles of all the rest of them as well.''What the hell, I thought the demons were going to ooze out because of the demon forest and threats.Really, really, really. This is just a normal forest.While waiting to take off the arm bands, the classmates look around the forest with a beatific look on their faces, but the reason there aren't many demons is because Reinhardt and the others kept them cleaned up.''Don't go too far, there were salamanders in this area just yesterday.Salamanders... are you sure they breathe fire?He said it's several times more powerful than Takayama's magic and he's going to vomit like it's inexhaustible."Seriously....there's a guy who does that...After removing everyone's servitude bracelets, everyone seems to feel liberated from the bottom of their hearts, and the air in the group seems to be calmer.All that's left is to arrive safely to Volzard, and we'll be relieved.With the strength of Zae and the others' legs, they should be able to arrive a little past noon.I finished removing everyone's servant's arm bands, so we proceeded with the carriage towards Volzard again.Thanks to Reinhardt and the others preparing the road, the carriage goes smoothly without any big vibrations.A little while after we left, Hurt, who I left behind to watch over Rastock, came to report to me.'Master, those guys are starting to wake up.Okay, Fred, go check it out.Copy that.Since Camilla and the others were the first to put them to sleep, they should probably be up already and start taking measures.'Kokubun, are you okay? Like a chaser...'Hmmm ... it's probably all right. We're halfway through the forest now, and Volzard's closer to us.That's all well and good, but if I get brought back, hey.'We have to make sure that doesn't happen. But to get back to Japan, we have to make them use the repatriation magic, and how to make sure that the repatriation magic is the right one... there are still a lot of things we need to think about.We almost succeeded in reclaiming our classmates, but the task was not lost.When confronted with this fact, the classmates were all thinking about it.Seeing this, their homeroom teacher, Mr. Sato, opened his mouth.He said, "Kokubun-kun, thank you for all your hard work up to now. It must have taken a lot of preparation and a lot of hard work to put your plan into action. Thank you, I thank you again, thank you.Sir...."Thanks, Kokubun, I really thought I'd never make it...I really thought I was going to die, too, thank you.Seriously, I'm forever in your debt, thank you.Guys....When everyone thanked me face to face, I felt as if I had been treated like a piece of shit, but now I was finally being accepted, and I was very excited.Kento, you have been supporting me from the shadows for a long time, thank you.Yuioka....The chairman presented her with a kiss on the cheek along with a thank you, and the carriage, which had been quiet for a moment, was filled with various cries in the next moment.'Geez, I thought it was suspicious calling each other by name earlier, but...''Wait, wait, wait, wait, I appreciate the help, but I'm not listening, Kokubun!Yes, I don't accept that! No, we won't allow it!Boys' vindictive cries, girls' chilling voices, murderous glances, warm glances, and many other things are pouring down on me, but the chairman of the committee seems to be holding my left arm without a care in the world and has no intention of leaving me.At the same time, it makes me sick to my stomach to think about what will happen after we arrive in Volzada."Okay, you'll find out what you can do about it and..."Understood, Master Kent your harem is just around the corner..."Gee, I hope it's not raining blood...From what Fred could gather, there were those who advised Camilla to pursue the attack.However, without a system in place, and without knowing who they were dealing with and how large they were, it was impossible to decide on the scale of the chase, so in the end they decided to abandon the idea.With this, the worries of the pursuers are completely gone, and all that's left is to go to Volzard.In other words, the time of the direct confrontation between Manon and the chairman of the committee is closing in on us every second.......it really makes me sick to my stomach.Yes, yes, sir.In the past, you've been the sole bearer of this burden, but from now on, we're here to help, so talk to us when you need help with anything.Yes, nice to meet you.In the past, there have been people like Reinhardt and the others, and Klaus and Donovan, who we could talk to, but there were no adults who knew what we were going through, so I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.Maybe if we got to Volzard and made arrangements for everyone to live, we could relax a bit.Other than being stabbed by Pawl, the mission was going better than I expected, and that's when I thought that if we went a little further, we would be able to see the walls of Volzard.Heldt, whom I had left behind in Volzard, jumped into the carriage.'Master, it's bad news!A horde of goblins is approaching Volzard.A horde? You don't think a horde is...Yes, I think there are more than a thousand of them, just by looking at them.'Milt, go get Fred and go and get Murt to guard Miss Amanda's shop, Reinhardt, go back first and hold them off for a bit!Okay!I'm off!Yes, sir!I didn't expect a demon of extreme size to come at this time.''Alto! Tell Zae and the others to hurry up and let all the Kobolds surround the convoy and protect it!Yes, master!The speed of the convoy increased as Alto jumped out of the way.''Kent-sama........you wanted to see me.......'''Fred, the goblin outbreak is approaching Volzard, you need to get ahead of it and protect the city so we can get closer to the gate.Copy that....The carriage we are riding in is advancing in the fourth position from the front, so we can't see beyond the street.'Carme, can you see the goblin herd?'Right in front of you, my king.I thought that was forest undergrowth...No, there are a lot of...When I look up from behind the Goshindae, I see a dark green object wriggling to fill the base of the grove.It's hard to believe that there are a thousand or two thousand of them.Even that is blocked by the forest, and only some of them will be visible.Some of the other carriages seem to have noticed the herd of goblins, and there is a scream from the front.'Malt, go around and tell everyone else in the carriage to hold on tight.Yes, master.The convoy picked up even more speed a little after Malt took off.'Master Kent, the road is about to be blocked!'Milt, call Reinhardt back and have him reap the goblins in the streets!Yes, master.Zae and the others quickened their speed, but they seemed to have gotten into a pack of goblins between them and Volzard.'Master, I've told you,'Mart, who's leading the way?It's Zae who leads the way.I told him to slow down a bit, because if he rode up on a dead goblin or something at the speed he's going now, he'd be worried about the carriage flipping over.Okay, I'll tell you what.Immediately after Marto went out to give the message, the convoy slowed down with a bang.The slowing down caused another scream to rise from the carriage ahead.Amidst the screams, the sound of early bells could be heard in the distance on the wind.It should be only a short distance left to Volzard by now, but the chairman of the committee also has a blue face.''Kento, are you okay?'''Sorry, I honestly don't know. I just know that things are only going to get worse if we stay outside the walls, so I'm going to plow through the herd to get to Volzard.'Master, we're going to run into a herd, and Reinhardt is reaping the reapers in front of us!All right, Alto, side and rear, make sure they don't get through.Yes, sir, master.There's a storm ahead. Yikes! A tremendous crash sound could be heard, and then a wave of dark green came crashing down beside the convoy.As the alts moved around like a black whirlwind, fresh blood danced and the dark-green wall crumbled, but soon the goblins behind them were approaching."Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!Giggling, giggling, giggling....The cries of the excited goblins come like an earth-shaking rumble, mentally oppressive.'No! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!Help me, I don't want to be eaten!'No, that many........we're done........'I can hear screams coming from the front carriage and from the rear carriage as well.They shouldn't be obsessed at the moment, but it's unlikely they'll be able to confirm if they're attached to any of the carriages.The carriage has slowed down even further and is now at the speed of a jogger, but it still hasn't stopped.I've been casting light-attribute attack magic, but I feel like I'm pouring water on a hot stone with a water gun.''The wall! I can see the city!Hey. Hey! Help me!A voice I heard from before prompted me to look up, and sure enough, I could see the walls of Volzard beyond the trees.''Sir! I'm going to come out for a minute, so keep everyone together.Hey, Kokubun-kun, where are you going?I'll make my way down.You dive from the carriage into the world of shadows and move all the way to the front of the carriage.At the front of the convoy, Reinhardt is wielding his beloved sword, Gram, but the goblins rush in just as he cleaves them.So, just as Reinhardt cleaves them, I set up dark shields on both sides of the road to prevent the goblins from entering.''Kent-sama!''"Reinhardt, go ahead, forward!"Copy that, Noooooooo!With the road secured, the speed of the convoy increased.After the convoy passes by, we put out a shield of darkness to close off the street and prevent them from being attacked from behind.Alto and the others can pass through the shield at will, so it's safe to be left behind outside.As the speeding convoy passed through the forest, the space between the forest and the city walls was filled with goblins.The goblins that approached Volzard were attacked from the top of the ramparts and knocked down, but the goblins that followed rushed in to devour the corpses of their companions.With this many goblins on the move, food must be in short supply.If they smell blood, they don't seem to care if the meat is their own.The screams of the goblins, the sounds of them devouring flesh and gnawing on bones, and the dense smell of blood lingering in the area, it's like a hellscape of screaming.As we leave the forest, the pressure from the surroundings intensifies, and even though Reinhardt cleaves and I build a wall with my dark shield, we can't proceed as we should.Maybe it's because I'm deploying the dark shield over a wide area, or maybe it's the effect of being stabbed in the stomach, but I feel like I'm about to run out of magic power.Volzard is already right in front of me, but I feel like I don't have one more move to make.If I deactivate the dark shield at this point, I might get swallowed up by a swarm of goblins if I'm not good enough.That was when I decided that I had no choice but to use the booster that Cory-san gave me.A fireball exploded in the middle of the crowd of goblins that filled the space between the convoy and the city walls.After that, blades of wind and spears of water poured down one after another.On top of the city walls, Takayama and the other classmates lined up, firing attack magic without a break.But the convoy can't move forward at this rate.Maintaining their dark shields, they moved to the top of the city walls.''Kondo! Shoot at the side of the street, and if you keep it up now, you won't be able to move forward!'Kokubu! All right, guys, listen up, target both sides of the road, one team firing, two teams chanting!The pressure from both sides of the street has diminished, so if Reinhardt can only cleave the front, he can proceed.In front of the castle gate, Fred is struggling to hold off the approaching goblins.'Zae, stop on the left side of the gate so that the rear carriage can enter!I understand you, my king!There would be no way to open the castle gate in this situation, so the only way to enter the city was through the service entrance.When Reinhardt reached it, he surrounded the gate with a dark shield in a semi-circle.''Alto, take care of the remaining goblins in the shield without leaving any!Yes, master.Following the lead carriage, carriage after carriage came running in.Due to the success of Fred, Artoo and the others, the goblins that were left behind inside the shield were swept away in the blink of an eye.As if they had been watching the timing from the top of the city walls, the service entrance opened and the guard, Bert, appeared.''Over here! Get inside the gate now! Hurry, hurry, hurry!The classmates jumped off the carriage and rushed into the walls of the city to be the first to enter.When they saw that everyone had entered Volzade, and the service entrance was tightly shut, they erased the dark shields that surrounded the gate.I was able to reach Volzard, but as soon as I erased the shield, the goblins came rushing in.If we are to survive, we must do something about this dark green tsunami.
