SIDE: Kite.

What the hell is going on here?
　I was stunned to see the demon attack and the fleeing nobles spread out in front of me.

''I don't know . But Marquis Leons seems to know.
　Speaking of which, he said something about seeing a bunch of demons coming out.

"So the Empire is behind this?

"No. The Empire wouldn't have bothered to do this. Because with two dragons, they could clear the city in an instant?
　Surely the Empire could have brought down the kingdoms if it wanted to.
　Then he wouldn't put himself in danger like this.

"So, would someone from the ...... kingdom betray you?

That's possible. Maybe they thought they couldn't beat the Empire, so they started a rebellion.

So you're saying that's what they're after, Elaine?

Maybe. ......

d*mn. I don't think I have a sword at this point.
　I want to protect Hélène, but I can't defeat the demon without my sword.
　Should I run and get Hélène?　No, that might be blamed on Elaine later on .
　What to do: .......

''Brave master, please use my sword. My men will now bring the sword of the heroes, so until then, please use this ......
　As I was struggling, a knight held out his sword to me.

"All right. Thank you.
　Thank God. This will be the first place to fight.

Kite, please. You're the only one here that can fight this. You're the only one who can.
　Right: ....... There were knights of the kingdom here, but they've mostly escaped .
　True, you're usually a great guy .......

''Of course . I've managed to ...... hmm?　A music box?

"What is this ...... demon attack ......?
　As the sound of the music box, which was not supposed to be heard in this screaming party hall, the people in the hall, including Hélène, began to fall down in a flurry .

''Elaine!　...... Is this just sleeping?
　I hurriedly hugged Hélène to check on her as she collapsed, and she was slumbering in her sleep.
　Thank God. She's not dead.
　This music box has a power to put people to sleep.
　Did Gert give me a spell to counteract the effects of the spell?

d*mn it.　And now, to the music box in the coma. They took it out of the underground city!
　The screams from earlier had stopped and the party hall had suddenly gone quiet, but Leons' voice echoed through the party hall.
　He knows something, too.

'Hey!　Leons!　Explain this situation to me.
　I forgot about the honorific and came at Leons in a strong tone.

"I don't understand that either. What I do know is that your head honcho used a stupid magic item in a place like this. You don't care how many nobles die?
　Top of my place?　You mean that idiot king and his balding prime minister?
　d*mn ...... They were originally going to kill Elaine.

'Shit!　If it comes to this, I'll do it!

'Oh, that sword: ......'
　Faster than Leons could try to stop me, I drew the sword the knight had given me.


　SIDE: Leons.

　Sword of Madness...... These are all the three wicked tools I saw in the underground city.
　But you can't give a brave man a crazy sword! Who would have stopped it if we weren't here?　Really, you're an idiot.
　I swore at the kingdom while kicking a brave man who had gone berserk.
　But still, couldn't the electric shock be nullified by disabling the status quo?
　I bent and stretched my right leg and waited for the paralysis to heal.

We can't kill the heroes and ...... this is an incredibly troublesome situation. Well, we're all asleep, so it's a good thing I can go off at will.
　In order to attack the Demon Summoner, I had to use a lot of techniques that I couldn't even show the kingdom.
　Thank goodness for the music box.

''Master. Sorry I'm late!



No, that's okay. In the meantime, why don't you two keep an eye on that hero over there. Be careful, okay?　He's got ten times the status now.
　It's probably impossible to beat the brave man now, so buy me time to kill the first monster in the line of fire.
　I'll take care of the heroes after that.

I'll take care of the hero.

''Good. In the meantime, let the golems evacuate the nobles: ....... Shelly, use your magic to reduce their numbers. Don't worry about damaging the castle.
　As I said that, I used the power of the holy sword to summon Shelly's staff and handed it to Shelly.
　When it comes to pushing numbers, magic is the most effective.
　Sherry has grown a lot since the time we were attacked in the underground city, so she'll be a much stronger asset than she was then.

"Lina, this will keep the princess safe and give you and Hermann some cover. Maybe we'll need Lina's holy magic to counteract the electrocution.
　This time he summoned Lina's wand and created a magic item with a state invalidation ability and gave them both to her.
　The state invalidation is to wake up the princess.
　Maybe I have a feeling that the heroes won't stop running amok without her.

Okay. I'll take care of this one.

Yeah. It's all yours.


　SIDE: Herman.

"Yes. We can't let this thing beat us. I'm gonna beat you.
　The master put me in charge. We'll take care of the hero.

Yes.

Gruaaaah!
　The brave man, who had been kicked by his master and slammed into the wall, let out a loud yell as he escaped from the wall .
　It's just like a demon. ...... While I was thinking this, the brave man suddenly disappeared.

Alma!
　The brave man had gotten behind Alma with unexpected speed.
　That's right. Speed was Alma's selling point.

You're okay!　Worry about yourself!
　As he avoided the brave man's attack with his transparencies, Alma hurriedly took his distance .

''d*mn it ......, I can't let the slash fly in this small and crowded area .
　I'd like to keep my distance and fight. .......
　Besides, my slash will kill a hero.
　I'm going to have to put him to sleep with Alma's poison, even if it means electrocuting him.

Alma!　I'll take the bait!　Let me sleep with the poison when I have a chance.

Yes, sir!

Let's go to work!
　I unleashed my non-attribute magic and faced the hero.

　Even though he moves fast, his magic eye makes it easy to avoid him.
　The tricky part is the electric magic on my sword and clothes. Touch it and you'll be momentarily paralyzed.
　With a brave man's speed, he'd be able to send my head off in that instant.
　Since you can't use slashes from long range, this is a really hard opponent to fight.

But he's unconscious, so it'll be easy to fit him in.
　I see. He's at high status, but he's not as smart as he used to be.
　With this, even a simple bait-and-switch plan would work.

　And just as I thought, the brave man was easily lured by me and attacked from behind by Alma, which should have been .......
''Huh?''
　Amazingly, Alma's attack was blocked by a wall of light.

　We rushed to keep our distance.
I see. So that's what your new skill is.
　d*mn. How do I beat it if that one doesn't work?

Herman!
　As I was thinking of a way out, Alma shouted my name.
　What's the matter?　Ah .
　I wasn't looking with my evil eye, but there was a hero in front of me.
　Just in time. I was able to avoid the hero's attack through my lucidity.

　This is...
'Ten times the limit ...... ten times the limit, and now the brave are a hundred times more brave or ......'

Uh-oh.

"d*mn it, ......, there's no room to fight back.
　They're too fast. We're finally using transparency to avoid them, and in this situation, we'll be the first to die.

We'll just have to hold out until the clock runs out.


　Breaking the Limit ...... I believe you said you can use it for up to five minutes now.
　For five minutes, you can just barely withstand .......

　Then continue to withstand the attacks of the brave ......
Do you think they're out of time?
　He waited for five minutes, long enough, but the brave man didn't show any signs of slowing down.

'No, the time limit has been increased tenfold.

'Ugh, lie ...... So you're going to keep dodging attacks for another forty minutes?　I can't. You'll run out of magic before that happens!
　That's true. We don't have much magic to begin with.
　We'll only have about ten more minutes at best.

"d*mn it. ......
　The master asked you to do something and you end up not being able to do anything about it?

(Sorry I'm late.) Listen, both of you, as you fight.

(Master Leena!
　While we were pinned down, a telepathic message came through from Master Leena.

I will now explain to you how to defeat the hero.