67-67. Force analysis

We stood on top of the defensive wall once to see the enemy's strength, and looked at the brave army outside.

''This ... this is ... more than I imagined.

Yeah, that's right.

That's a lot.

A large number of troops were besieging Vafol.

They said it was tens of thousands, but there was definitely going to be that many.

I thought that the army was human, but in reality, it seems that there are many beastmen.

There seemed to be many beastmen, especially the wolf beastmen.

I wonder if they are using soldiers from the area they occupied.

If so, maybe morale isn't too high.

If they find the brave men and defeat them, they are likely to flee immediately.

But in this number, it seems very difficult to go to the brave and defeat them.

Looking at the soldiers outside, I climbed down the barrier with a very uneasy feeling.

''What do you think?''

I asked Meku, who seemed to know more about the military than I did.

I'm sure there were far too many of them, but most of them were beastmen and probably not very loyal. But there's a good chance that they have taken your family members as hostages, so they'll be willing to fight to the death.

Hostages...

Even so, they will flee as soon as the brave man dies. Fear of the brave man is one of the reasons why the beastmen follow him so meekly.

Can you take down a brave man?

I don't know if I can lure him out like I did last time, but the fact that he leads such a large army may indicate that the brave man who came this time is a cautious character. He may not be an easy man to fall for.

'It's not so much a personality thing as it is that we killed one of your guys and that's why you're afraid of us?

It's possible. Well, he's getting cautious anyway, isn't he?

How hard is it to lure him out?

But my limit level is 1 and seemingly weak.

That might reassure me and lure me out.

Anyway, as long as I can defeat the heroes and win, I might be able to make it.

When we get back to Rico's house, something is wrong.

Many soldiers were surrounding Rico's house.

There was a gatekeeper, but not that many soldiers.

'What's that?'

Are you one of Rico's soldiers?

You're on the defensive?

Anyway, let's listen to the story.

Hey, I've got something in there.

I was told not to let anyone in.

I know a guy named Rico.

We are not the soldiers of Saint Rico.

What?　Then whose.

It's Master Almerfy.

Who's that?

Don't you know. You're one of the Seven Wise Men.

"Seven Wise Men?

"...you're kidding me, aren't you?　Or are you an outsider?

A stranger.

In a nutshell, the man in charge of this town's politics is the Seven Wise Men.

That sounds like a pretty great guy.

This town is collegial, isn't it, this town is collegial.

'Why are we besieging Rico's house?

I can't tell you that. Anyway, I can't let you in here, so go home.

What to do. For the record, I don't think I'm here to do anything good.

What do you think they want?

Well maybe, but I'm afraid you're trying to get Rico to join the brave men.

What?

You're not going to go that far wrong with the idea of talking. You don't know if you'll win a battle, so you'll first demand that Liko go to the brave men in discussion. Considering Liko's character, he should have known that she would drink. If he refuses, he'll use force, whether it's one or the other.

I see.........

Even for one of the Seven Wise Men, Rico's presence should have many advantages, but when he weighed it against the destruction of the town, he decided that it was better to offer it up.

In some cases it wasn't, but if my prediction was correct, I had to go to Rico's side as soon as possible.

''Mek, Raina, we're going to force our way through.

They nodded at my words.