The battle against the horde will take place in the plains near the village of Helimia.
　The adventurers and knights are divided into two separate groups.
　The Knights are on the left wing and the Adventurers on the right wing.
　The commander of the adventurer's camp is Louis.
　He'll handle all the details.
　All I have to do is kick the monster around.

　We're waiting on the front line of the adventurer's camp.
　Kurt is reading his grimoire without a care in the world, while Fear is shaking and swallowing human characters in his palm.

''Are you okay?''

"Hmmm, Hmmm ...... Revel, what are you going to say, you know, I don't know. Wow, wow, I'm this, this street, oh, I'm calm ......

You look pretty shaky, though?

"I don't like it. ...... It's called a warrior shake. ......

You're lying!

　Fear was freaking out like crazy.
　It was a deadly battle, for sure.
　No wonder she was so frightened.
　...... But I'm sure she'll calm down when she gets her hands on a weapon.
　It would be much more effective to pick up a gun than to write and swallow people's letters.

Shut the f*ck up. Guys, be quiet.

　Agito, who was leaning against a nearby rock and meditating, complained .

'A, Agito-san ...... how can you sleep at this time ......

I didn't sleep.

'Agito has always been able to sleep anywhere.

　Carina snuck out from behind a rock.

'I knew you were asleep. ......

I ain't sleeping.

　Over the past year, Agito has become less and less angry.
　Maybe her mind has changed, or maybe she's just tired of being angry.
　All I know is that Feer is less frightened of Agito than he used to be.
　The proof is that they're still talking naturally.

"Agito even falls asleep while he's eating. How could I not fall asleep in this situation?

Yes, ...... is awesome. So you're still sleeping while you're talking or something ......?

　Agito's brow was gradually creased.

That's quite possible.

Yeah, no, but you don't think so: ......

I told you I ain't been sleeping!

　It was like he was running out of patience.
　Agito opened his eyes and yelled at them.

I'm sorry!

　Immediately, Fea bows her head and apologizes.
　Even Agito can't seem to stand being made fun of.
　Maybe Feer doesn't mean to make fun of me, but...

Oh, she's up.

You gotta be kidding me.

Teh.

　Carina closes one eye and sticks out her tongue, but Agito lets out a sigh and doesn't respond.
　And then she came toward me.

"The fight is about to begin, but I won't lose to you.

　Threateningly, Agito said in a low voice.
　This declaration was familiar every time.
　Even after a year, Agito still comes to fight me at every turn.

　...... hmmm, it's about time.
　Just when I thought that, Kurt closed the grimoire he was reading with a slam.
　As it is, Kurt stands up and stretches his body upward, tilting his head up and down and side to side.
　Kurt and I seemed to be the only ones who noticed the slightest change in the atmosphere in this moment.

　After a while, a horde of demons began to appear on the horizon.
　The adventurers readied their weapons and prepared for battle.

All right, let's do this!

"We'll kick the shit out of you, you monster!

　All the adventurers around me are enthusiastic.
　Here on the front lines, many of them are very motivated.

"I'll have a greater fight than you.

　Agito holstered his sword and announced to me.

'I'm counting on you.'

　Honestly, I'm glad to see you're building a rivalry like this, because it makes me feel like I can't lose.
　It makes me feel like I'm a force to be reckoned with.

"...... oh, hey ...... what the hell is that? ......

'Seriously, ......, there's a mixture of those things in the mix: ......

　The atmosphere of the enthusiastic adventurers has changed drastically.
　I see that there are some powerful enemies among the demons.
　Among the honest demons, the one with a strong presence is the manticore.
　It's an S-ranked rival we struggled against a year ago.

A manticore is going to get us killed. ......

"It's no match for ......." "It's no match for .......

　Morale among the adventurers has dropped considerably due to the presence of the Manticore.

　...... Now, I think it's time to go.

Kurt, you're up.



Yeah, I know.

　I asked Kurt to protect us all.
　So I can focus on laying waste to the monster.

　And the next second I'm out of the crowd of adventurers and running toward the monster.
　And then the manticore is running, too, drooling from its mouth.
　It seems to think I'm its prey.

My bad.

　I used the Stout Sword and cut off the Manticore's head on its head.
　I soon realized there was no need to use the Hard Sword Change.
　Because right now, the manticore was not a threat to me.

"In a swarm of demons, it seems the one emitting the most magic is in the center.

　I wonder who controls these demons once we get to the center.

Well, it's worth a shot.

　I was convinced that I was alone, and moved through the crowd, slaying the demons.