'Shit!　It's too early for you!

　A group of demonic beasts could be seen far ahead.
　I couldn't help but let out a swear word as I stared at them coming towards me at an abnormal speed.

　I didn't know exactly how long it had been since I escaped from the labyrinth city, but I hadn't measured the exact time.
　However, considering the distance, it should still have only been two hours or so.

　Nevertheless, there was no way they could imagine a magical beast appearing.

''Wasn't there a magical beast that appeared not long ago?!

　Rich was about to shoot tactical-class magic into the labyrinth city, and the words that Raust said to us are still fresh in my mind.
　As for the tactical class magic thing, I believe that Lausto made up the story, but I didn't think it was a lie until Rich showed up.
　The reason why I fled the labyrinth city at this time includes the fact that I heard from Lausto that Rich had appeared.
　He decided that if a magical beast appeared a short while ago, he would have time to wait for the next magical beast to appear.

　If they were lucky, they might be able to enter the city before the demonic beast appeared before that time.

　That's why I couldn't hide my dismay at the appearance of the hexenbiest, which was earlier than I had imagined.
　The same is true for the other humans, and the adventurers who are hurriedly preparing are clearly slow in their work with frustration on their faces.

　I realize at that scene.
　Running away from it now will only make the situation worse.

Why can't anything go wrong ......!

　I grit my teeth in frustration.
　The adventurers were only a decoy to me.
　Still, I didn't want to lose them for nothing.
　My assumption was that I would be using the adventurers as a decoy much further down the line.
　We can't lose our decoys here.
　And I couldn't afford to lose more than the adventurers.

''Well, Demon Beast!　You're going to protect us, right?

If this was going to happen, I'd rather be in a labyrinth city: ......

　The guild staff, as useless as they were in the sudden emergency, made a lot of noise.
　It's an extremely frustrating sight, but they are still the people who are absolutely necessary to escape to the city.
　In order to create a situation in which I could escape with the guild staff, I made a decision.

''All of you, take your weapons and get ready!　We'll fight while protecting the ones who aren't ready for battle yet!

　Some of the adventurers, who were already preparing for that word, twist their faces.
　But those adventurers finally said nothing and held up their weapons.
　I'm not sure what to do with it, but I'm not sure I can do it right now, and I'm going to look in the direction of the magical beast's arrival.

　It wasn't long before the ...... demonic beast appeared.

　The hobgoblins, which seemed to be more than a hundred in number, ran towards us while screaming out a yell.

''There are probably too many of them, ......!

　My face naturally grew stronger at the sight.
　There were five hundred adventurers over here, and we wouldn't lose in all likelihood.
　Even so, in this situation where we don't know when the magical beasts will appear from the labyrinth, the time consumption could be fatal.
　And how much time would be consumed if they had to deal with this number of demonic beasts for too long?

　...... Worst-case scenario, they could give up on the adventurers and run away with the guild staff by themselves.

　The thought of such an idea came to my mind, but my thoughts were interrupted by the magical beasts that were approaching me.

　The first thing that jumped at me was the hobgoblin at the front of the monster beasts.

''Cine!''

　With killing intent in its inorganic voice, the hobgoblin jumped at me without a hand.
　I swung my large sword at the hobgoblin as if to take it out on it.

''You guys are getting in my way!

　Rather than crushing the hobgoblin's head, the great sword directly cut both sides of its body lengthwise.

''Gigi!''

　The hobgoblins jumped at me as if they judged the moment I lowered my greatsword as an opening.
　However, that attack did not harm me either.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

''Geez!

"It's not working!

　I kicked the hobgoblin in the abdomen, surprised at the hardness of its armor, and kicked it open with my toes, protected by my hard shoes, and barked at it.
　The hobgoblins stopped moving and I slashed at them with my big sword.
　In response to this, more hobgoblins are gathering to me, but the unarmed hobgoblins are no match for me.

　With a single swing of my great sword, I tore through the torso of multiple hobgoblins, and all of my attacks were played back by their armor.
　The hobgoblins are slowly disappearing from my sight, and before I knew it, I was even able to check the status of the battle.

　The adventurers taking on the hobgoblins were not unscathed.
　There is a certain amount of dead people that can be confirmed just a little.
　That was also among the intermediate adventurers and above.

　Nevertheless, the battle situation was not bad by any means.

''If there are five hundred of us, this is how it should be.''

　I confirm that and laugh.
　At least, I decided that this would protect the guild staff and the damage to the adventurers was within my expectations.

''Huh!''

　...... but my smile froze as the orcs appeared from behind the hobgoblins the next moment.

　A demonic beast orc that exists in the middle level.
　This is not an existence that I should be aware of, as I normally hunt in the lower levels.

''That's the Orc?　Don't be silly: ......!

　That common sense was shattered the moment he saw the orcs in front of him.

　The number of orcs was much smaller than the hobgoblins.
　There must have been no less than fifty of them.
　Nonetheless, I instinctively understand.


　This pack of orcs is far more troublesome than hobgoblins.


　At that moment, I reflexively shouted to Ruiz, the leader of the Wind and Fire Spirit, who is also a top-notch adventurer.

''Ruiz, let's crush that one first!

　When I shouted, Ruiz had already begun chanting to activate the magic.
　I'm sure that Ruiz has come to the same decision as I have.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　We were right in our decision.
　I can hear the screams of the adventurers who had begun to engage the orcs in front of us.

''What the hell, you orcs ......!

'Norzu!　Open your eyes!

　The war situation that should have been advantageous a moment ago changed in an instant.
　If someone didn't stop the flow, the guild staff could suffer as well.

''d*mn!''

　Realizing that clearly, I started running to the orc to change the situation as much as possible.

　Ruiz, who was chanting behind me, and Alex, the Great Sword of the War God, completed their magic just as I reached the orc.

''O Wind Spirit!

Tree spirit!

　The wind ripped through the bodies of multiple orcs, and the trees further restricted their movements.
　However, such a degree of magic did not upset the orcs.

　The orcs, whose movements were not restricted by the trees, ignored us and headed for the other adventurers.
　And the Orcs, whose movements were restricted, without losing any of their calm demeanor, began to peel off the trees that restricted their own movements.

''It wouldn't be the power of the orcs!

　In the blink of an eye, more than half of the tree's restraints have been removed, and Alex behind him screams at the sight.
　Normally, if it were an orc, Alex's attack, which could stop the movement for a few minutes, didn't seem to work on the orcs.

　Even so, in that moment of stripping off the trees, the Orcs were full of gaps.

''Oraaah!''

　I was already right in front of the orcs, and there was no way I was going to miss the opportunity.
　I cut off the arm of one of the Orcs that were peeling off the trees with my great sword.

''Boogie!

　The orc whose arm was cut off let out a filthy scream.
　It stared at me with eyes tainted with strong anger.
　In the next moment, the orc interrupted the stripping of the tree's restrictions and grabbed me with one arm that was left.

　However, there was no way it could hit me with a one-armed attack with restricted movement.
　The arm that was extended to me was cut off with a large sword and I laughed.

''Too late!''

Fugiiiiiiiiiiii!

　The killing spirit I feel from the enraged Orcs, foaming at the mouth, is comparable to that of the lower level ogres.
　But an orc that had lost both arms and was restricted in its movements was not my enemy.

''Die!''

　I slammed the great sword into the orc's neck.
　For a moment, the momentum of the great sword I swung at hit the bone and weakened, but I used my enhanced physical ability to forcefully slash its neck.
　I smile in triumph at the headless orc corpse that has stopped moving.

''Hoka no ningen tchigau.''

"Yakaidana.

　...... It was at that moment that the orcs broke through the tree limit.

　Several orcs, perhaps judging me to be a threat for killing my friends, attacked me at once.

''......!''

　Its attack was much faster than I had imagined.
　I was blindsided by its attack, which was no less than an ogre in the lower levels.
　Still, it was only as far as I could handle, as I was dealing with a group of orcs at the lower levels.

'Don't lick a warrior!'

　I crossed over multiple orcs while using my greatsword for attacks that could be fatal to my body and my armor for the rest.

　But that's the limit of what I could do.
　The orcs attacked one after another, leaving me on the defensive.
　As if to mock me, the orcs twisted their ugly faces.

''Konojoukyoude, Yokuhoerna.

　It was as if they were sure of their victory.

　And the orc's attacks were becoming more and more intense.
　But even under these circumstances, there was no impatience in my heart.
　I dealt with the Orcs' attacks calmly.

　It is true that a warrior is an attacker who deals damage to monsters.
　But that's not the only role of a warrior.

　They are also used by fellow wizards to cast magic.
　To prevent the attackers from attacking the wielder.

　The most important role of the warrior is to take on the attacks of the magical beasts and buy time for them to win.
　Therefore, I laugh at the orcs.

'Shut up. You're the ones who are going to lose!

　When I didn't break my composure, the orc's face contorted and he tried to say something more.

　But before the words can be spit out of its mouth, the orc collapses to its knees.

　The fallen orc wasn't the only one of them.
　A few of the orcs that had been attacking me intensively suddenly fell forward.

''There's a gap.''

　And the one who appeared from behind the fallen orc was Marthbal, the great sword martial artist of the God of War.
　At the sight of him, I couldn't help but put a smile on my mouth.

　A martial artist does not inherently have the ability to strengthen his or her body.
　The reason why adventurers give them preferential treatment is because of this firepower.
　No matter how good a warrior is, he or she would never be able to defeat these orcs in a single blow.
　But with the skills of a martial artist, they could bring them out of combat with a single blow.

　That firepower can sometimes change the outcome of a battle.
　Yes, like now.

''Boogie!''

　His companion collapsed suddenly and Maasval appeared behind him.
　In the next moment, the orcs, judging Maasval to be a threat, turned around and tried to attack Maasval.

　But that was a bad move that you should never make, as far as I can think of.
　After all, they were exposing an opening to me.

　Raising my physical power to the limit, I shouted as I swung my great sword down to the orcs' necks.

''Die!

　With a full-force swing of the great sword, the blow from the side of the sword ricocheted off the head of one orc and stopped halfway down the neck of the second one.

　A human would have been mortally wounded by the attack, but the second Orc did not fall.
　That orc, on the contrary, stared at me with angry eyes and raised its arms.

''Tch!

　Before that attack could be swung down, I let go of my greatsword and took a big step back.
　I have a spare dagger, but it won't be able to give the orc much of a wound.
　What the hell should I do, a hesitation takes over my head.

　It was then that I heard Alex's chanting from behind me.

''Gouflame!　Burn it out!

　In the next moment, a gargantuan flame passed right over me and wrapped itself around the orcs.
　Seeing that, I couldn't help but put a smile on my mouth.
　The magic invoked by Alex was the strongest magic that was effective even when we once had a joint party to defeat a super-difficult monster beast.
　No matter how much it mutated and how powerful the orc was, there must be nothing that could be done about it.
　Just as I expected, the torch burns the orcs!

Boogie-iiiiiiii!

'Boogie!　Boogie!

　The orcs that were scorched black by Alex's magic are dying with all their strength.
　I make sure that none of the orcs we weren't dealing with moved.
　After that, I picked up a large sword with a slightly charred and hot handle.

'Since this wasn't a quasi-magic sword, you're about to have to go buy one again: ......

　For a moment, the thought of yelling at Alex crossed my mind, but I pushed the feeling into the back of my mind that it wasn't the right time.
　Then I looked around me.

　Currently, the battle situation was not good.
　Most of the adventurers below the intermediate level were unable to compete with the orcs, and many of them had died.
　Still, the situation wasn't the worst.

''At this rate, we can defeat the orcs safely. ......

　The fleeing adventurers are being killed by orcs, unable to resist.
　The damage is not small.

　But thanks to the adventurers' distraction of the Orcs, our top-notch adventurers have been able to fight off the Orcs steadily.
　The guild staff are scared, but there is not a scratch on them.

''If that's the case, I'll be able to get the guild staff to safety.

　I let out a breath of relief as I looked at the party, including Ruiz and his friends, the wind and fire spirits, who were steadily fighting off the orcs, and others.

　...... But I should have realized at this time.

　With the current state of affairs with so many demonic beasts appearing, it's not at all surprising that a demonic beast greater than an orc would appear.
　No, it would be strange if they didn't show up.

　When it's too late, I realized this fact.

"......!　What!?

　The vibration of the ground is incomparable to the previous ones.

　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get a good idea of what you're looking for.

''Oh, ogre ......!