Since then, we've been to the Second Boundary City, and our business trip is finally coming to an end. The last one we visited was the First Kizuna City. It hasn't been that long since the attack, but the repairs inside the city are well underway, and it seems to be recovering to some extent. The Boundary City is divided into the central, northern, southern, eastern and western wards, but the northern and central wards are the ones that were badly damaged. Other than those two areas, there was little damage, so they seemed to be able to manage their lives. Military bases and facilities were not so badly damaged. The worst areas were the civilian areas in the central district and the vicinity of Wangcheng, but even that seemed to be slowly recovering.


''........''
Shelly, be strong.
Because....


　That night. The night Shelly got drunk, to be exact, but the next morning she remembered the whole thing well. She even remembered exactly what she had done to me. I said I didn't care, but somehow Shelly still couldn't seem to break it off and was still tugging at it.


'Well, you'll have to moderate your drinking once you've learned from that.
'Ummm ... well ... I guess we'll just have to........


　And so we left our bags in our quarters as usual, and then went to the twilight.



　A flash. I cleaved the Invisible Sword 《Invisible Blade》 to the side and cut off the last demon's head as it was. Right now, I had joined the First Boundary City's squad and was hunting at level 2. Shelly and I, plus three other members of the squad, came together. This time, I was the only special class anti-magician, but things still went smoothly.


''Oh no, it's a big help. It's a lot different when you have a special class antimagician.
No. Thanks for everything, too.
But then again, you're also incredibly strong. You're both young, but you're amazing.
I'm sorry, sir.


　We then chatted for a bit and went straight back to the military base.


''...?''
What's going on, Julia?
No, it's not...


　Again. I have the feeling that someone is watching me. I took a precaution and activated the Twilight Sight, the Twilight Eye, a singular ability 《extra》. I perceive the magic element that exists in this world with my own eyes, but there was no sign of anyone there.


''Nothing, huh?''
Julia, they're already on the move.
Okay, I'll be right there.


　I had a feeling that something was up, but I just went back to the warded city.



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...Gone?
He's gone.

'Claire, don't be overconfident in your abilities. It's possible that your opponent also holds abilities we don't know about.
As usual, Clyde is very careful.
'You are too careless. However, I was too careless to run into you here.
So, are we going into the city?
No, we'll be here for a while.
Uh, I'm busy.
It's no use. There is no profit in entering the city without permission. And I'm not going into the city.
Oh, I see. I'm the only one who can. That's a bad idea.
Are you smart enough to know that?
''Honestly, I can do a lot of things on my own but it's tough to deal with multiple special class anti-magicians. Besides, it seems like that guy is around right now.
'Looks like you're finally able to think straight, too. You still have that old boorishness, though.
Well after that war, you learn to pull back, even if you don't like it. And I also learned that there are always superiors.
That's right. Even demons die when they die. That's why we do what's best for the best.


　Dusk, Level 2 of the danger zone, where there are two demons. One was a girl called Claire. The other was a man called Clyde. Both of them were dressed in long black coats and were staring in the direction that Julia and the others had left.


　After overrunning the ogre village that existed on level 10 of the Twilight Danger Zone, the two had gone to the First Warding City. It was to do a certain thing, but the two of them had been forced to stay here. However, perhaps by coincidence, they had just discovered Yulia and the others hunting. The moment Claire perceived Yulia, the two of them hid their presence. It was really just in time. Although there were only a few traces of their magic element, it barely caught Julia's perception.


　However, Claire's side was willing to go into battle separately.


''Do you think we would have won if we had gotten into a battle?''
''I'd like to assure you that we can win, but he, and the other woman who was there, were quite formidable. I think they might have struggled.
Speaking of which, is she a special-grade anti-magician too?
I don't see that on this one. It wouldn't be a special grade anti-magician.
So that makes you a first-rate demon?
Probably.
Wow.... humans are pretty high level too.
Hey, hide the bloodlust. You don't know if he's coming back.
Ha-ha, sorry, sorry.


　Claire was focused on Yulia, but she was just as focused on Shelly, if not more so. That woman was strong. She couldn't hold back the killing spirit that was flooding out of herself as she discerned that.


''Huh ... can't we fight soon?''
'Well I don't know. If things go the way we want them to, we won't have to fight.
'But you missed it last time, didn't you?　Besides, it looks like we're running out of time. I wonder if it will work...
Well, that's up to them.


　And the two demons would remain in place.

　It wasn't long before both Julia and Shelly would meet the demonesses.