CH 445

It wasn’t my intention to pit women against women, but since Makina and Fath-san were taking on women, we ended up splitting up into a battle of the sexes.

“Huh, only two against me? I’ve been underestimated.”

“We’ve got our own problems. Anyway, you’re one of the Ten Chief Priests, right? The greatsword user that was sent away, and the woman over there. These three are.”

I half-prepared my sword and asked the man on the horse a question. The man then opens his mouth, raising one eyebrow.

“…… Hoh, you know us? Even though our very existence is a secret.”

“What if I told you that we have one of your people, Aiatsubus?”

“What did you say ……?”

Now he looks at me with narrowed eyes. I looked him in the eyes and replied.

“I had a hard time with the skill like [Unstable]. It seems that they were trying to get Sandiola, but I was able to stop them. The woman over there seems to have a skill called [Rejected], but what skill do you have?”

“Well, it looks like you’re not bluffing! All right, my name is Kemuda …… Kemuda, the [Greed]! Be honored to be defeated by me here …… and die! You guys from the first to the fifth are to stay here, and the rest of you, disperse to the town. There are only a few of them, so you can crush them if you attack them at once. You can do whatever you want with those little girls after you capture them? Move it!”

Kemuda …… greed.

Is this a coincidence? He has the same name as in the previous world, it bears the name of the evil tree. The same goes for Aiatsubus, but the woman over there is probably Sherida.

While I’m thinking about this, Kemuda orders the soldiers to head into town, and dozens of them surround us. Even when they are armed and ready to pounce on us, I told them.

(T/N: I think what he’s talking about is this: https://serendipity-japan.com/tree-of-evil-7169.html You can translate the website to English. And I also just want to say that the names of the Ten Chief Priests that I translated here are different from the website because I just want to make it easier for me to remember their names.)

“Wait! I’ve heard that you’re not from Berias, but from the Everlide Kingdom! The prince and his close aide of the Everlide Kingdom are staying in this town right now. The prince has begged me not to kill you soldiers, so I don’t want to fight if I can help it! Pull back!”

“It’s just like what Lars-kun said! I am the Knight Commander of the Reflexion Kingdom, and my name is Eagle! We are ready to receive you. Please pull back.”

Eagle-san also called out to them, and the soldiers stopped moving and groaned. Well, I know it’s difficult to trust after hearing something like that out of the blue.

“Don’t talk nonsense! You guys know what will happen to you if you don’t listen to us, don’t you? If you don’t do what we say, you know what will happen to you and your family– Muooh!?

“Don’t worry, we’ll definitely take them down! So please don’t move!”

I cut in to stop Kemuda’s speech. As he’s on a horse, I’m using levitation to cut through, and the soldier in the lead makes a grunting sound.

“Uh, mmm …… H-However, if you aren’t able to defeat them, our family will ……”

I guess It’s not easy to get a nod when your family is being held hostage. Then I’ll forcefully send Kemuda away. 

“Kuh ……!? What kind of power is that for a wizard ……”

“This way!”

“You’re cocky for a mere knight!”

Kemuda, who is charging at me, but Eagle-san has been attacking him from behind, and he’s turned his attention to him. In the meantime, I shouted to the soldiers.

“!”

“……!!?”

A tremendous roar exploded just in front of the gathered soldiers, gouging out the ground and opening a large hole.

“I’m sorry for scaring you. But if you attack us, we’ll have no choice but to fight. Can you do me the favor of Prince Ryde and stay here quietly?”

“Mmm ……”

A soldier with a sullen look on his face snorted a little, then turned around and gave the order.

“…… The first to fifth soldiers will disperse to the town to cover the other troops. The leader will stay here. That’s it!”

“I-If you do that ……”

“Don’t just do things yourself! If you just follow us …… You’re persistent, knight!”

“I’m sure you’ve been told, Kemuda-sama, that once the battle begins, the leader of each squad should give the order with authority. So, as the leader, I’ll take responsibility and stay behind ……”

In a whisper, he told the other soldiers to ‘run away’. If we are defeated, they may be planning to flee to the country somehow. But in any case, even if they rebel here, they have no other choice but to believe that we’ll beat them.

“Thank you ……! Prince Ryde will show up somewhere sooner or later, so stay together. If you can, tell the soldiers who have already scattered!”

“O-Okay. ……! I’m not sure what’s going on here, but it’s worth a gamble if you can beat these guys …… Nevertheless, the prince ……  he’s is still alive?”

And the only ones left in this place are me, Eagle-san, and–

–Sarge was the only one left.

“Sarge, turn small and cover Makina. I and Eagle-san should be fine with this one.”

And then Sarge gets smaller and flies towards Fath-san and Makina, who turn around with a quick movement. So Kemuda, who had been listening to our conversation, slammed his spear into Eagle-san’s shield and rode off to get some distance. 

“You’ll be fine with just the two of you, you say? …… You little shit, I don’t want to hear any of your bullshit!! I will tear you apart and declare war on the Reflexion …… Women and children will be used as tools to bear children with the followers.”

“I hope you right?”

“What? …… Mu!”

Immediately after, I unleash a fire arrow to close the distance. There are no residents in this town right now, but I don’t need to tell them that. He doesn’t like fire arrows, so he tried to move on horseback, but I turn in the direction of his path and swing my Sargeblade.

“Hmph! Naive!”

“You’re fast ……! Eagle-san!”

“Yeah! If you live, I’ll keep you ……!”

Kemuda thrusts out a series of spears as he flanks the attack from me with his horse. I’m surprised at how sharp it is, but I can’t take it because it’s a blow that would break my auto protection.

So what to do? First of all, I need to reduce his mobility, so I prioritize dragging him down from the horse.

Eagle-san stands in the direction of the Fire Arrow that I shot that they evaded, and at the moment the horse changed course, he struck the shield against the horse’s head with all his might.

“Neigh!?”

“H-Hey, don’t freak out! Damn it ……”

The horse collapsed on the spot and fainted.

Kemuda fell heavily, but he landed well and glared at us, spear and shield at the ready.

“It doesn’t matter if I don’t have a horse or not. it doesn’t matter no matter how much you try, know that it’s you bastards who will die ……!”

“I’ll say it again, okay? I hope you’re right! !”

Right now, I don’t know what this guy’s skill are, but let’s go for round two!