Arraune is a plant monster.
　It has a face and body much like a human woman. A single large flower blooms from the top of its head, with leaves and vines instead of hair.
　Although they look like women, Arraune does not have a gender and can produce offspring on their own.
　Their skin is of different colors. A great variety of colors.

　The goblins outside told them the horde of Arraune was approaching the south gate of the village.

"How long was Arraune around?
I don't know. But it's definitely not more than a hundred. There's a hell of a lot of them.

　All at once, Bellamus is worried.
　Delarosa and the others are out the south gate.
　Maybe she went ahead and debriefed with Alraune and the others.

　But going through the south gate doesn't necessarily mean they're going to meet. Furthermore, Arraune is a mild-mannered monster, so even if they were in a hurry, he wouldn't kill them.

　What brought them to this village in the first place, Bellamus wonders.

　They must be demons that live in the southeastern forest and basically stay in the forest, taking it easy.

　Is there a reason for that?

　They could talk, so depending on the circumstances, it might end quietly .

　Since no one but Bellamus would be able to speak, Bellamus decided to deal with Arraune and the others before he went to find Delarosa for now.

'Open the gate!

　It's coming from outside the gate.
　It was in goblin language. Bellamus hurries up to the top of the gate to see what's outside.

　Outside the gate, there's a large number of Alraune.
　Apparently, Alraune can speak goblin.

　There are far more of them than I expected, and I've lost count.
　There must be more than 500 of them.

　Besides the number of them, there's something else that bothers me.

　Some petals had fallen off the flowers growing from the top of his head and his face was emaciated and listless.

　Something must have happened to him in his home, Bellamus guesses.

"This is a hobgoblin village. It's nothing personal, but it's time for you to leave! Get out while you can, and you'll save yourself a lot of pain!

　That's what Alraune, at the head of the pack, with a large red flower on his head, warned me.

　We're being hunted down, or we're not in a position to choose our bets, it seems.

''I will not give in to such unreasonable demands.

　That's what Vellums replied.

'I'm not going to advise you again and again! If you don't come out soon, we'll launch an all-out magical attack on your village!

　Alraune is good at magic.
　Some demons are born with the ability to use magic.

　They are limited in the kind of magic they can use, but they can cast magic without chanting.

　Arraune was one of those monsters, and it was extremely troublesome.

(As expected, if we received a total magical attack from that many, the gate would break down too. I don't know if I have the magical power to defeat them all by myself now. I've got to convince them somehow. ...... I need to ask you something before I can convince you.

One question: have you seen a goblin kid?

　If Delarosa and her friends had harmed you, you wouldn't have any leverage.

No, I didn't see them. Open the door.

　You don't really have any idea what he's talking about.

　So let's talk some sense into it.

"You've got wounds all over your body, haven't you? You've got wounds all over your body. There are over 500 hobgoblins and hundreds more orcs in this city.
What?

　Alraune is surprised.
　The plan is to make him look strong and get him to leave quietly.

"I don't like fights. I want you out of here.
"Gu ...... running away here will only kill you. ...... We have to keep going! We just keep going, no matter how many of them are there! Everybody! Let's do some magic all at once!
(What?)

　I'm surprised Bellamus thinks so.
　He's not falling for the threat.
　It seems that Arraune and his men are under pressure more than we thought.

　And they're firing off a barrage of offensive magic.
　Depending on the color of the flower, Arlaune has different magic attributes. Water, fire, lightning, rock and wind... many different types of magic fly in.

　The barrier protects her, but I'm not sure how long her durability will last.

(It's difficult to take on that amount of ...... goblins by yourself, but if you fight with them, some of them will die. (We want to avoid that.)

　Vellums began to wonder if there was any way to end the fight quickly and without causing any casualties.