Volume 2 - CH 344

Chapter 8-16. The war is about to begin.

With the intervention of Oni from the village of Oni, the defense construction was completed.

It has been a week since then.

Although it was thought that the construction would not be completed in time, the people were very happy that the construction was completed so quickly.

At any rate, now they could defend themselves to some extent no matter where the attackers came from.

All we need now is for everyone to move as planned.

Now, here’s a question about the skills I’ve created.

It is winter.

With each passing day, the snow piles up, and the temperature is naturally low.

Therefore, at night, the water in the barrel freezes.

Despite the measures taken to keep the water from freezing by covering it with a lid, it was only a temporary solution.

But the water does not freeze completely, and only the surface layer is frozen.

Though it is possible to use it by punching and cracking, the water bullet gauntlet, the skill I created, is very hard to use in this season because you have to put your hand into the water to replenish the water while it is still attached.

Nonetheless, this is the only weapon available to us at the moment, so we have no choice but to make it endure somehow.

The date of the expected attack is only a week or so away.

Since we don’t know the detailed date, we will have to strengthen our patrols in about three more days and change the water every day.

The workload has increased, but this is a battle.

We must not try to take it easy.

That’s why I and Uchikage are taking a break.

We’ve talked a lot since then, and it seems that the village o fOni is safe now.

Most buildings have been repaired, and there is only some minor work left to be done.

When I heard that, I felt relieved.

It was amazing that they were able to fix such a damaged place in such a short period of time.

I guess they must be very efficient at their work because they are so strong.

“But I never thought they would attack this place ……. What in the world was the devil thinking when choosing this place for the invasion?”

“If we knew, we wouldn’t have any trouble, would we? I’ve been living in Bamil territory for the past month, and there doesn’t seem to be anything that the devil is interested in or considers dangerous.”

“I don’t sense anything dangerous either.”

His intuition is right on the money.

It’s a good thing he hides his eyes and focuses on detecting signs of danger.

And yet, there is nothing in this Bamil territory.

There was nothing that even humans, let alone the devil, would be interested in or consider dangerous.

The Bamil territory, which has just been restored, is still relying on support from the Kingdom of Garott to keep it alive.

Currently, there is no time to conduct such research or create specialty products.

And yet, the devil is targeting Bamil territory.

All for the purpose of destruction.

I even wondered with Houen what the point of this was, but we settled on the result that there is little to be gained by destroying this.

Are they merely trying to enjoy the destruction ……?

If so, there would be a contradiction in the statement of the Atrak that Houen encountered.

There has to be a purpose.　

We don’t know what it is. ……

“No idea. ……”

“It’s a curse placed on the devil: ……. If we can figure this out, then maybe we can make progress.”

“I don’t see how that’s possible. …… The reason for the attack on the kingdom of Salettana, the devil’s statement, Lequam and the devil, the magic crystal, Atrak, and the first white snake and others. We only know about the relationship between Lequam and the devil, and about the magic crystal.

“You are right, we don’t know anything crucial.”

“Right? What I want to know the most is the purpose of the devil. Next is the relationship with the first white snake and the others.”

Of course, I am curious about what Atrak has to say, but I still want to give priority to investigating the two things I mentioned earlier.

If we can understand their purpose, I think it will lead to what Atrak said, it is not that they don’t want tell us, but that they cannot tell us.

However, since he, the devil, is saying that, perhaps it will be difficult to hear it from the devil themselves.

The fact is, Atrak died trying to tell us something.

Perhaps the telling might trigger something that triggers some kind of confirmatory curse.

Well, this is also a matter of my own guess. ……

“Then, what is the purpose of this ……

“The precondition is to protect Bamil territory, and while we’re at it, capture the devil. They said it was for our own good, but I don’t think it’s the right thing to do.”

“I agree with that. Then, shall we restrain the devil and exterminate the other monsters?”

“That’s good to be true, but …… something you say so easily. Is everything alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine. That’s what I’ve been doing. You can count on me.”

Saying so, Uchikage played the rake with his fingers to make a sound.

His confidence is quite high.

“I’m counting on you, then.”

“Leave it to me.”

Meanwhile, Bamil’s territory became a little noisy.

I looked in that direction and saw several flags flying.

Those are …….

“Those are the flags of the Kingdom of Garott, aren’t they? It looks like reinforcements have arrived.”

“How nostalgic. I remember seeing those flags when I was a snake.”

“I remember that too.”

That’s when the Zenki-village was in a pinch, wasn’t it?

Well, I didn’t actually fight, so I didn’t do any harm.

But the former king of Garott was a piece of shit

He tried to bring down the Oni village just to show off the strength of his kingdom. ……

That’s not something you can do very often.

“Come to think of it, I wonder who’s leading that army.”

“I wonder who it is. I’m sure it’s not Asure-sama, and Bart-sama is too frail to come.”

“Let’s go and see. I’m curious.”

“Sure.”

For the future cooperation, it would be better to know the face of the leader.

Let’s see, …… it’s the gate over there.

Then, let’s go say hello a little bit.