Volume 2 - CH 209

It’s been a few hours …… since I saw Houen and the others off.

Will those guys be ok?

Tiara said they’re over 10,000 and I hope their morale doesn’t drop when they see the difference in strength. ……

Well, we should do what we should do….

The thing for us who are still in the fortress is to prepare for the defense.

We are building a simple fence in the enemy’s direction.

I guess the strategy is to slow down the speed of their movement as much as possible, but if a big monster comes, it will be kicked out with a single blow. ……

I suppose it’s better than nothing.

I heard that they have managed to procure supplies and weapons.

In case of emergency, those who have houses near the outer walls of the fortress are being urged to evacuate.

This is all being done by adventurers alone. ……

Don’t you guys look more like knights than the knights themselves?

I mean, let’s leave looks aside, shall we?

That’s a big boost to the adventurers’ reputation.

And the adventurers are also beefing the knights.

Well, it can’t be helped, can it?

It’s their decision to not move after all.

I don’t know why they don’t act, but aren’t they too careless about this crisis?

Thanks to them, we have to do a lot of work.

I haven’t done anything tho!

Let me do something!

You know, as a decent person, it’s pretty hard to just sit back and watch!

Hey, Maria, give me a task!

“Ouren-kun, you are the key to our defense. You must be ready to move at a moment’s notice.”

Yes, I’m sorry.

I really want to say, [No, you overestimate me!].

I want to tell her so badly.

But there is no way I can say that when I see the glorious eyes of other adventurers.

Sigh-…….

How did it come to this?

I’m bored, so I’m going to try sharing my vision with the golem I gave to Houen. ……

Huh- It can’t……

Hmmm, I guess I can’t do it if I’m too far away from him.

Ah, I can’t seem to move it either.

Hmm, it seems impossible.

I guess I’ll have to deactivate it. ……

It’s not like it’s going to be much use to me if I have a golem like that with me.

Let’s go take a look around for now.

It would be easy to tell from the top of the outer wall.

But I know what it looks like with my haze.

But I want to see it with my eyes, so let’s climb up.

It seems that we have to use the stairs to go up to the outer wall.

Pretty common.

As I climbed up, I passed adventurers who were working hard to get to the top.

They all seem to know me by now, and always bob in greeting as they pass by.

I don’t feel bad about it, but I’m kind of standing out, aren’t I?

Never mind that, let’s take a look outside.

Looking outside, I see that the fence is already starting to be completed.

I was surprised at how fast everyone was working on it, even though it’s this large, but it seems there is someone with construction skills who is in charge of most of it.

He’s drinking mana potions with a very reluctant look on his face. ……

Hang in there, …….

The place where the enemy is supposed to come is that way or …….

If it were an army of 10,000 or so, we might be able to see them by now, but the forest is so deep in the mountains that it’s hard to tell.

Well, it will be three days before they arrive here.

We have plenty of time to prepare, so there’s no need to rush.

“Hey, you.”

“……”

But three days is a lot of time.

I’m not supposed to do anything until then, is that right, Maria?

So much free time, I’m going to die.

I mean, I feel like I’m going to be crushed by guilt.

“Oi?”

Ah, I wonder if Reizen and the others are in the dungeon by now.

I hope they are doing well.

I wish I was in the dungeon too, man.

“WOI!!”

Oh, that’s right, that’s right.

It’s been a while since I’ve heard the voice of heaven.

What’s the name of that skill again?

That skill with the really dangerous name?

Could you tell me about that one more time?

[Demolition ……. It is a skill that releases sediment and crushed rock all at once. Since it is uncontrollable, it can clear an area of land. The power is increased by five times due to the synthesis effect.]

Oh yeah, that’s it.

I still don’t know what that means.

I don’t remember what the skill was before it was synthesized, and I don’t know if it’s five times as powerful or not.

I don’t know if I can use it in this battle …… though it is probably a strong skill since it means that the whole area is going to be cleared.

Fortunately, the area around the Kingdom of Salettana is fairly flat and plain.

That should not be a problem.

“Hey, you white head, you hear me?”

“Who is the white head? It is white haired, you fool!

“A fool?! How dare you talk to me like that?

“No, wait, who the hell are you, old man? I mean, there are basically no good people who talk about others like that.”

“Wh…..! HA!!?”

I mean, seriously, who is this guy?

I think it’s wrong to call a white-headed person rather than a white-haired person, but I don’t think he’s a good person either.

But I’m intimidated when I first meet someone who suddenly starts yelling at me. ……

I don’t want to get close to someone like that.

“You ……!

“What’s wrong with you, ……? I didn’t do anything!’

“I called to you many times, but you kept ignoring me!”

“Eh, For real? I was deep in thought and didn’t hear you at all. My bad then.”

“F&#@! YOU !!”

What the hell!!

Infinite water manipulation!

“Nuoooooowaaaaa!!?”

“Ah-“

Oh shit!

This is on the wall!

What am I going to do now that I’ve flushed that old man outside!

I hurriedly peeked outside the wall.

I saw that the old man was falling.

He was falling down really fast.

The water might not get to him in time. ……

“Ooooops! [Wind pressure!]”

The old man shouted, and a gust of wind blew around him.

It was so strong that the adventurer around him fell down.

“Phew! You A$$HOLE!! That was dangerous goddamnit!!”

“Nah, you’re fine, aren’t you ……? What the hell is that guy?”

I’d like to cheer that he’s safe and sound, but …..

Seriously, what the hell is that guy?

He came out of nowhere and started yelling and attacking me. ……

I wonder if he is emotionally unstable.

Or rather……, what is he doing here,……?