66 Episode 66: The Patron Saint of Hidden Fields and Forests

"Area Heels"

I heal the inhabitants of the western village who were attacked and injured by demons.

"Ooh, the wounds are quick!

"What an amazing magic to treat so many people at once!

"Thank you! Dear Wizard!"

The villagers are excited to see their bodies after the treatment.

"No, there are people in the city who can spend as much as they want on restorative magic."

Yeah, well, a healing wizard I know recovered an injured man on a wide range like an idiot in an instant.

It's beyond the level of healing magic or cowardice that covers the entire battlefield.

Besides, only allies recover.

"Yes!? Really? ⁉"

"The wizards of other villages are amazing."

But for this number of people, the number of villagers is very small.

Oh, could these people have been the ones who missed the run?

"More than that..."

And then comes Mr. Carm, who was waiting for the treatment to end.

"You guys were building a hidden field."

"" "" "Ugh" ""

Villagers tremble at the remark of a hidden field.

"What's a hidden field?

If you're right, it's a hidden field.

"I've heard of it. It's a sneak field to hide from the heavily taxed lords and secure the food we eat."

Heh, is there such a field?

There was no hidden field in our village, so was it a good lord ruling?

"No, for us, hidden fields mean hidden fields from demons."

And, Mr. Carm supplemented Mr. Liliera's explanation.

"To hide it from the demons?

Oh, with that said, I thought you said that demons would attack you when the Sky King builds a large field.

"Yes, the fields of the village and the food given by His Majesty the King of the Sky are not enough to hide near the village and make the fields."

As good as it gets. It's because the food you're given isn't enough.

And the reason why there were so few residents of the West Village who helped was because they were in the woods to do field work.

"You're still in no danger of defeating Bahamut."

And Mr. Liliera says sadly.

I must have remembered when my hometown was doomed by demons and warcraft forests.

"It is forbidden to build hidden fields. Is there a reason you guys don't know?

"Also, I'm sorry, knight"

Mr. Carm scolds me, and the villagers drool.

"You know you'll be attacked if demons find the existence of a hidden field. I guess you've expanded the field with greed anyway, huh?

"" "Ugh!

The villagers groan at Mr. Carm's strange remarks.

"I wonder why you've expanded the field when it's forbidden to build a hidden field?

Speaking of which, yes.

A knight nearby tells us something strange.

"There's chronically not enough food, so you're blinded enough to create a small hidden field that you can't find in demons."

Heh, I'd say it's loose around here, or it's a warm decision.

Um, surprisingly, is Sky King a better king?

Well, not all royal nobles are bad guys, either.

"Nevertheless, if demons hit the fields, the crops in the corners will be wasted, as will the villagers who were working on the fields. If the place where the fields are made is close to the village, the village itself is in danger of being attacked, so it's basically forbidden to hide them."

"But this year's fields are unproductive, and with His Majesty's mercy, we don't know if we can make it past a year."

I guess the mercy of the Sky King is about a tribute from a town on earth.

"So you enlarged the hidden fields and found them by demons."

Mr. Carm puts his finger between his eyebrows and sighs.

But, well, don't worry about it.

"What does that mean...?

Mr. Carm gives me his hand and tells the villagers.

"The Lord of Morishima, who has tormented us for a long time, was crusaded by His Majesty the King of the Sky's broken heart and their cooperation in visiting us from the earth. And once the remaining demons of Morijima have been crusaded, you will be able to reap the blessings of Morijima nearby."

"Oh, my God!? Is that true, Knight?!?"

The villagers shout out their surprises when they know that years of food shortages will be solved.

"Um, that's not all. We crusaded many demons in Morishima. So it would be the surviving demon who left Morijima before our crusade began."

"Is that... I mean?

"There are no more demons in Morishima today than there used to be. And the remaining demons will also be crusaded by our Knights. In other words, even if we build new fields in the future, we will never be attacked by demons again."

The villagers boil down to Mr. Carm's words again.

"Whoa, whoa!!"

"Thank you, thank you"

"Now you don't have to build a hidden field, frightened by the shadow of the demon."

The villagers say a word of gratitude to Mr. Carm and the others with a voice of joy.

"Nevertheless, you can't tolerate a hidden field until you've decided you've crusaded the demons completely. Hurry up and destroy the expanding fields."

"Ha ha!

The villagers rush to destroy the hidden fields.

Sounds like a tight life to me, but still nice around not telling me to break all the hidden fields.

"Then we are done with our mission. Shall we return to Sky Castle, Lord Rex?"

That's what Mr. Carm says and calls out to us.

But I wasn't going back to Sky Castle. [M]

"No, we'd like to stay here in the West Village overnight."

"What do you mean?

How could Mr. Carm? and tilt his neck.

"We have crusaded the demons that have attacked the hidden fields, but there may still be demons lurking nearby, and another demon may come from Morishima. So I'm staying the night just in case."

"That's... No, if Lord Rex wants to do that, I don't mind. Then let's say I leave a few of my men, too. You and Lord Rex will be escorting the village overnight."

"" "Ha!

Mr. Carm, who accepted my prayer, gives orders to his men to remain.

Still, it seems like there are a lot of people left...

Could Mr. Carm have wanted to leave people behind for a reason, too?

"Thank you for the village."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it"

As such, Mr. Carm entrusted us with the village, and we headed back to Sky Castle.

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"Thank you very much for protecting the village's hidden fields this time."

Then we waited for the villagers to destroy the enlarged part of the hidden field before we headed to the village to the west.

And the mayor of the village, who listened to the circumstances, will thank you in depth.

No, I'm not doing anything serious.

"It's a big deal, because you've protected the hidden fields, and I'm not gonna let the kids have a fling."

That's how not only the village chief, but the village adults also bow their heads with words of gratitude.

"Morijima demons have also been exterminated, and from now on, you can safely expand your fields."

No, technically, I just reduced the number of demons, and I didn't wipe them all out.

Well, isn't that what you're saying now?

"But I haven't exorcised all of Morishima's demons yet. The expansion of the field is not permitted without His Majesty's permission."

"Oh, I know that, Knight."

The remaining knights mock him, and the village chief rushes to raise his head.

But well. Mr. Carm, if the Knights raise their total strength and proceed with the demonic exorcism of Morijima, the demonic crusade will be completed in no time.

Feeling probed by detective magic, I didn't feel the presence of a demon like crossing the Bahamut.

All the magic items in Mr. Carm's possession are demons enough to defeat.

Maybe a few more demon crusades on Morijima will make the island safer.

"I can't give you a big deal, but I'll treat you as much as I can."

That's what the village chiefs said and gave us a treat.

It never tasted good, it never meant I could eat a cup of stomach, but it still only conveyed what the villagers were trying to do to entertain the best.

"By the way, the journey"

And the village chief talks to me.

"Yes, what is it?

"Well, I'd like to thank the Spirit of the Woods for helping us this time, but what will please you?

"Forest Spirit?

For a moment I wondered what it was about, but it was like a plant magic, a fast-growing forest plant used to defeat demons from the village chief's perspective.

"Uh, I think it's good with the right amount of water. It's a tree."

"Cheng Cheng, I understand! Give water to the tree spirits!

"" "Yes!!" "

The villagers respond well, and everyone puts water in the bucket and goes to the woods.

...... hmmm, well good.

I hope the roots don't rot.

"Crusade, glad you could help."

Mr. Liliera squeaks softly.

Mr. Liliera smiles and looks at the people in the village who take the bucket.

"Mmm, right"

Yeah, sure.

It's a good thing everyone's happy, isn't it?

This disturbance was a lot of crap, but if the villagers were helped as a result, maybe that's good.

Yeah, let's think so.

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"Ah, I knew you'd come"

At night, a herd of demons approaches toward the darkened western village.

No, it's technically coming towards a hidden field near a village in the west.

"I didn't know you were really coming"

The knights who were waiting with me raise their voices of surprise.

"Isn't it natural to come twice because you came once?

"No, Lord Rex said he had defeated all that, and I thought he still had his own demon."

Yeah, it's hard for people who can't use detective magic to figure out how many demons they have, so I can't help but think so.

"It was unfortunate of us to stay like this."

Set up your weapons so the knights can regain their minds.

"Do you want to intercept then? I will defeat the demon with great magic, so please take the leaked demon."

"Leave it to me!

"" "Leave it to me!!" "

Mr. Liliera and the knights raise their powerful voices.

"Then let the battle begin! Cyclone Break!!"

I unleash the magic of the storm and blow the demons away.

Because demons living on empty islands are basically just demons that can fly, it's more efficient to have extensive wind-based magic that inhibits your ability to fly and does damage while aiming at the whole thing.

A few of them were out of the magic range, so they headed straight for us.

Yeah? This is all my people got hit, and you're still on your way?

I wonder if it's a demonic habit to live around an empty island?

"Gentlemen, please!

"Yes! I'm coming!

"" "Ha!

Haha, it's kind of like Mr. Liliera's taking the knights.

"Now, we have to stop the demons we couldn't defeat."

I turn to the demons who survived by eating magic.

They're not as strong as Bahamut, but they're pretty strong.

Um, it's a little, no, pretty tight when Mr. Carm and the others fight in a state of mutual well-being?

Anyway, Mr. Carm and his ancestors were refugees who had originally fled the collapse of the empty island.

Looks like he chose to fight as a knight to protect people from it, but it's either a disaster that the magic items were so strong, or he's less skilled as a warrior.

Most of the miscellaneous fish were defeated from a distance by the light emitted from the spear, and they ignored the enemies who couldn't beat them like Bahamut but didn't invade as far as the empty island unless they got their hands on it.

In other words, because I fought only the winnable opponent, I didn't improve my practice.

"But Morishima never had such a strong demon again."

What's this all about? Could it have been outside Morijima before the crusade began?

But why wasn't it mixed up in the first herd?

"Ghhhhhh!!"

The demons attacked me while I was thinking, etc.

You shouldn't, you only think about it after you defeat it.

"Chase Sonic Lancer!!"

I follow the magic of the tracking ceremony through one demon after another. [M]

He, etc. can only fly, and is better at escaping than a normal demon, even if he is injured.

So let's definitely knock it down with the magic of the tracking system.

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"Huh, that was quite a lot"

Crusading the demons who came after the hidden fields, we return to the village to the west.

"But why have you attacked me? You broke the expanded part of the hidden field, didn't you?

Yeah, I think so.

The knights answer my question.

"Demons shouldn't be attacked unless the fields are of a certain size..."

I wonder why the demons came here and attacked us until they deviated from their own rules.

Besides, he didn't quit his hand on the attack despite the fact that the majority of his buddies were defeated.

"Is something going on?

"Let's just ask the village chief if there are any other hidden fields."

Yeah, the most likely thing is that there are other hidden fields.

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"No, I won't go that far, no matter how much. Not as good as Morishima, but there are demons near the village as well. So it's impossible to build a field too far away."

"Oh, well."

Empty islands are quarantined environments, and demons come in large numbers from Morijima only when they find a place where concealed fields and other bait are available in large quantities.

But that's not all, there's a good chance there's a hugged demon, and more importantly, there's a good chance that demons from places other than Morijima will live nearby.

You shouldn't, because the environment on the empty island is special, I had a hard time thinking about it.

"If so, could an external demon be targeting the village"

The demons we just attacked are not demons from Morishima, but maybe demons from other empty islands.

Thinking about it, the strength of the demon just now is also convincing.

"This is even after Morijima's crusade of demons, there's a good chance that demons will strike from somewhere else."

"Oh, my God!?"

The village chief blues his face when he talks differently.

Well, I know how you feel.

I thought it was okay to defeat the Lord of Morijima, but now I wouldn't mind if demons attacked me from elsewhere.

"Could this have been caused by defeating Bahamut?

"Huh?"

And at that time, Mr. Liliera said something strange.

"No, I was wondering if there's any chance that the other monsters in the territory might have been lucky enough to attack if Bahamut had been in territory around here."

"Ah."

Maybe so if you ask me.

So now we have to deal with other territorial demons?

Um, I don't know the size of the enemy, and the base is unknown.

This isn't Morijima's demon crusade, then.

Besides, after we left here, Mr. Carm and the knights of the island couldn't defeat the demons.

Or there's a good chance that someone like that will show up.

Even though you asked me to, I was the one who defeated Bahamut.

I feel bad if I don't take care of him till the end when I get here.

"All right, let's get an escort ready."

"Escort?"

"Yeah, until we find the cause of the demonic raid and crusade it, we'll have an escort to protect this village."

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Non is the village chief in the west.

I made a hidden field to manage the food that was scarce due to the lack of food, but the demons found it and panicked that it was a crisis of abandonment of the village.

Fortunately, the village was successfully helped by the rescue of the knight and some awesome tree spirits.

If the hidden fields were destroyed, it would be the village's turn next.

Even luckier, although the hidden fields were somewhat broken, most of them were safe, and the injured were treated by the travelers who stayed with the knights.

Thank you so much.

Even more thankfully, the travelers and the knights told me to stay in the village and see how things were going.

I don't think there's a first chance of demons attacking me because I destroyed a hidden field for an enlarged amount, but I'm grateful because it still reassures children and young people.

The demon attacked me even if I thought so.

He broke the hidden field and attacked me for some reason.

What the hell!?

If only the knights had stayed, this time the village would have been destroyed.

Thank you very much.

Huh? I knew there might be demons coming?

Oh, that's so biocidal... it's terrible to drop it while you give hope.

Then the traveler said something like this.

"We don't know when the demon will come, so let's make an escort."

Do you want to make it instead of calling for an escort?

"Fortunately, just the right material is in the West Forest, so I'm going to make some"

Yes, the traveler said he was headed west to the woods.

Can you make an escort?

And in the evening, by sundown, the demons reappeared.

Wow, he really showed up again.

Non expected the knights to exorcise the demons, but for some reason the knights tried to move.

Why don't you fight the demons, Knight?

And that's when the traveler said.

"It's okay."

And when the demons approached the village to the west, the sole moved.

"Hey, what are you talking about?!?"

In the words of the young people of the village, Noh and the others saw the sole.

Something huge moved through the west woods and stood in front of the demons.

"Oh, is that... the tree spirits!?"

Sole was a tree spirit who helped Noona yesterday.

The Spirit is large and stretches out long and thick branches and roots to intimidate the demons.

The demons are attacked by the tree spirits who suddenly appear.

The body of the Spirit of the Tree, then, is not even freaked out by the demons' attacks, but instead pierces the demons who bit their own bodies with their thick roots.

A demon rushes to escape to the sky, but its long branches wrap around his body and beat him mercilessly to the ground.

"Come on, Wood Spirit!

Nong et al. cheer and support the tree spirits.

Then the demons' movements, which had only sporadic attacks there, changed.

Did the demons judge the spirits of the trees to be dangerous? They surrounded them and attacked them simultaneously.

No matter how many wooden spirits are attacked by this many demons at the same time, there is no winning!

"Don't worry"

Yes, the moment the traveler said, the body of the tree spirits glowed divinely, and the demons that struck blew up.

"All right, all right, that's pretty good."

"... hey, what did you do?

Travelers are talking to each other.

"No, I didn't know how many demons would continue to attack the village in the future, so I thought I'd prepare a golem so I could protect the village forever."

"Golem!? Is that a golem!?"

"Yeah, it used to be a regular tree, but I processed it a lot and remodeled it into a wood golem. Finally, you can embed magic items and stuff to accommodate both distances. Theoretically, a demon like the Bahamut of the other day would suffice."

"Because I'm not going to say the extent!

I don't know what you're talking about, Chimpunkampung, but apparently the spirits of the trees will continue to protect the village of Nona.

Oh, how thankful.

Non and all the others knelt down and worshipped the Spirit of the tree.

And I offered my sincere gratitude to the spirits of the trees for their journey in persuading me to protect this village.