Kaka. I've made a mistake. There were some very clever children.

　Shaking the earth and blowing away the wreckage of the base, a giant clay figure emerged from the ground.

　It was indeed a giant earth human form controlled by one of the four demon generals of the Demon King's Army, the Earth Vestry.

''I'm sorry, white wolf.
Sorry. You take care of this.

　Garnett is the first to get up and stand up for me.

　I don't care if I'm in between him or not, he's just going to be a target.
　I leave the vanguard to Garnett and keep him at a great distance for now.

"Well, it looks like a good way to warm up against the Norsemen.
Kaka. I can't believe how small we look.

　The upper half of the earthen giant's body completes its materialization in the form of growing out of the ground, and as it pushes the surface of the ground with its arms, it forms the parts below its chest one after another.

　A huge body, with one finger roughly equivalent to the height of a human being - quite frankly, it's not unusual.

　The amount of soil that can be sucked up is also extraordinary, and the ground around it rumbles and is drawn to the earth giant, making it difficult to even stand properly.

　Once its entire body was completed, it would probably reach twenty times the size of a human.

　This is clearly the trump card of the Demon General Vestry.

　The fact that the Demon King's Army is serious about this is unavoidable.

It's a good thing that they've already planted this in the ground for a long time. But this isn't a scale that can be cut down to size yet!

　Garnett closed the gap at once with his skill-enhanced physical abilities and ran up the arms of the earth giant that materialized to his waistband.

　And then he activated the magic crests of Mithril's sword and cut off both of the giants' arms from their shoulders with a slash of increased magical power.

''One more shot!''

　The slashes unleashed in rapid succession smash the giant's neck.

　Garnett immediately leapt to break free, but the remaining arm, which was still alive and well, was swung out as if trying to knock off a winged insect.

''Oraa!''

　However, Garnett instantly unleashed a slash of magic in the air, slashing it off his wrist before the giant hand could collide with it.

　Garnett managed to land lightly and held his sword alertly in preparation for a counterattack.

　The earthen giant had already lost one arm, one hand, and its head.

　However, it was clear to everyone that it was only temporary damage.

''Kaka. Immature and immature. It's as if it's not enough.''

　The part that was cut off and fell to the ground returns to the ground, and the lost part is restored from the section.

"Well, it's not going to be a simple matter.

　He carried his sword on his shoulder and put all his magical power into it.

'How about this: ......!

　A slash of magical power released from the vertically swung blade cuts both sides of the materialized earth giant's upper body vertically.

''Useless, useless .......''

　But that still didn't stop the giant from functioning, and he pushed each of the bisected halves with his own hands, joining them back together.

'Is it over?　Then let's get this one moving too!

　An earthen giant with only its upper body waved its arms.

　With just that, the surrounding objects were uprooted and reclaimed, and the remnants of the structure scattered with tremendous destructive power.

　Garnett activates the magic crests on his sword blade and deploys a magical barrier, while I [synthesize] the wreckage of the destroyed wall and the ground to create a wall and prevent the fragments from being tinged with killing power.

　Other knights and soldiers were also defending, evading and intercepting each other in different ways, but unfortunately two or three of them who couldn't cope with the situation were blown away and fell into a coma with just one shot.

'Fragile, fragile, lukewarm, lukewarm!　Did you think that was enough to stop us?

　In the meantime, the earthen giant generated its abdomen and hips while pushing the ground with both arms, as if trying to pull out its lower body buried in the ground.

　If such a huge body with regenerative abilities were to be unleashed, it would definitely be in a lot of trouble.

　If it were to be punched into the castle town's garrison or our encampment, even if it succeeded in defeating it, it would still suffer immense damage.

''We won't let them!

　Garnett pounced on the earthen giant again, and in addition, the other knights attacked from all sides.

　Each blow should have the power to easily crush a human-sized Stone Golem.

　However, even with their all-out assault, they could not surpass the regeneration ability of the earth giants.

　On the contrary, their regeneration speed seemed to have increased significantly more than earlier.

　Although the generation of the lower half of the body has stopped, but at this rate, this one would obviously run out of power first.

''(d*mn it, you mean the regeneration just now wasn't serious!

　I continued to watch the battle from a distance, continuing to revolve my thought process to find a breakthrough.

I'm sure you'll be able to see in your bones the reason why an old man like me is able to remain in the position of a magician,......　The four demon generals are not a single one of them, with no exceptions, unless they intend to cut down the army of a thousand if they want to defeat me.

　I hear Vestri laughing at me as he mocks me.
　Even the fact that he continues to deal with the regeneration alone without fighting back is just a sign of leeway.

　I can't see the person in question, but I have a rough idea of where he is.

　I stuck one hand on the ground and activated 【Analysis】 while drawing out the magic power of the magic stone in my pouch with all my might.

　The target of 【Analysis】 is the ground itself and the body of an earth giant directly connected to it.

　Normally this is a large scale 【Analysis】 that is not very large but lacks magic power, but with the help of the magic stone, I can barely make it happen.

''I don't see any suspicious shadows in the ground ...... inside that big thing... ...... tsutsumi!

　The inhibition is so severe that we cannot accurately [analyze] the interior.

　However, I was able to catch a glimpse of enough to make a decision.
　I could see the shadow of a human-sized foreign body swimming inside the earthen giant.

''Vestri is inside the Decapitator!　I'm changing my place at will!
"A subterranean skill!　But it ain't much help if the place keeps changing from one place to another!

　It's just as Garnett said as he spat out.

　Twenty times taller than the human body means that the volume is indeed eight thousand times larger.
　Even if you take into account the fact that the lower half of the body isn't formed, it's probably not more than four thousand times as large.

　It is extremely difficult to locate and attack them, since they are moving around in all directions in the soil with that much mass.

　Even if I grabbed the location through [analysis], it must have already been moved to another place by the time I told everyone about it.

We need a more fundamental ...... decisive means ......!
Kaka. Are you ready to go?

　The earth giant raises his right arm high and clenches his fist.

　If it was crushed by a fist blow like that, it would definitely die instantly.

　The attempt to slash off his right arm is also very unlikely to be in time before his serious regeneration speed.

''Then die!''

　Just as his right arm was about to be swung down, a short spear-like object that flew in from behind stabbed into his right arm, causing a terrific explosion at the same time.

''Muuuh!''
What?
No way, that was ......!

　While both Vestri and Garnett were startled by the suddenness of the event, I immediately turned around to realize what the covering fire was.

　Several reinforcements rushed in from the direction of the encampment.

　Sakura was holding the reins of the lead horseman, with Alexia straddling the back.

　And the one Alexia is holding in one arm is a large crossbow scorpion.

''Lord Luke!　I'm coming!
Okay, direct fire!　Noir!　The workmanship of the magic bullet is top notch!