Soldiers appear before Lutus and his bodyguards with long swords in hand.
　However, even though they are soldiers, their equipment is different and not unified.
　Still, if you look at those with arms in their hands, you will have no choice but to call them soldiers.

(If you were an adventurer, you might have made a deal.)

　Basically, adventurers are asked for money.
　Moreover, the adventurers of this country are by no means superior to those of the kingdom of Milliana.
　That's why, with a few exceptions, they should have accepted the deal if they could make money with ease.
　But soldiers are now in front of Lutus.

(Private soldiers of the nobility... No, it's not.) If there are so many soldiers, is it probably the national army? For that reason, the equipment is different. Then, they were dispatched on a non-regular basis.)

　The least salvation was the weakness of the soldiers in the country of Lavrellina compared to the neighboring countries.
　But perhaps because the soldiers were weak... and because they were too small to be as numerous as the kingdom of Mileana, they jumped at the means of giants.
　Nor is Lutus powerful enough to manage the weakness of the soldiers in the country.
　The only thing that could be done with the current Rutus was to gain time.
　Praying that the guards who entered the cave would be able to join them as soon as possible.

"Oh, gentlemen. What's the matter with these places?"

　As usual, wearing a mask, Lutus talks to the soldiers who appear.

"Soldier, what's the matter here?"

　Lutus spoke to her in such a friendly way, but with a long sword in his hand, the soldiers would not act as if they were so easily relieved of their guard.

"What about you?"
"I am..."

　Lutus tried to use the false name he always uses in soldiers' words, but he was stopped halfway.
　because another soldier next to the soldier whom Lutus was talking to held the spear.

"Soldier, why on earth... oh, because I have arms?" Don't worry... It's strange that I thought a thief or something had appeared, so I armed myself in this way. for as a merchant you must be vigilant."

　Basically, the breathless bandits don't appear around the jaya-dominated mejogo. ...however, there are exceptions like when Lutus used to do his job.
　Given that Jaya's presence is a semi-public secret, the soldiers in front of Lutus will naturally know about it.
　But if the soldiers thought Lutus was just a merchant, they might be able to gain some time without knowing what was going on.
　Of course, the purpose was to gain time, as Lutus understood it was impossible to avoid a battle with words alone.
　Fortunately, the first man whom Lutus spoke to was likely to take part in the scheme."The soldier next door was not unfortunately misled by such a thing.

"Forget it? It's an order to kill all the people in this forest. even if it wasn't Jaya's hand."
"No, but... look, these guys." You mean a merchant?"
"Well, he's the only one who says he's a merchant. In the first place, if you're a merchant, where is the product? Where is the merchant who doesn't have the product?"

　As it said, there is no baggage around Lutus.
　It would be hard to call Lutus a merchant when you see it.
　There were, however, numerous objections to it.
　For example, luggage is hidden inside a cave. ...it would not be impossible to misrepresent the presence of Jaya men and giants in the cave, unless the soldiers in front of them knew it.
　For example, being chased by bandits -- in this case Jaya's soldiers -- he managed to escape by throwing his luggage away with his comrades.
　For example, we went into this forest to find new products.
　For example, I was in front of this cave as a meeting to make an important deal.
　There are many reasons like that.
　But while Lutus hesitates about what to say, many soldiers emerge from the surrounding woods.
　Since the purpose is to kill the Jayans, perhaps they are in this cave, it is only natural for soldiers to come to this cave after surrounding the forest to prevention of escape.

(I suppose that the passageway leading to the mejogo was also held down.)

　While Lutus was thinking that way, he looked at the soldiers who were talking to him, asking what they were doing.
　The duty of the soldiers was to hold everyone's breath, even if they were children or old people.
　But why are you talking so slowly?

"Hey,"

　One of the new soldiers, perhaps expressing his dissatisfaction, calls out to his companions grumpily.
　The number of soldiers already here is close to twenty.
　In the presence of so many soldiers, Lutus thought of making time somehow...

"Young man, I can't do any more. Everyone but the young man who spoke to me doubted me."

　One of the bodyguards warns you in a special way that barely moves his mouth and still sounds like a lotus.
　If Ray had seen his current bodyguard... and if he had a doll or something in his hand, he would have exclaimed, 'Ventriloquy!'
　Anyway, the bodyguard's advice gives Lutus a moment to think about how to still make time, but he gives up thinking that even if he does so in the current situation, the number of soldiers will only increase.
　and as long as we do not have the power to deal with a large number of enemies, it is better to have as few enemies as possible...
　He nodded a little to his bodyguard's words and stepped forward.

"No, no, don't be so cautious. ... Huh? Oh, it's Mr. L'Arceno, isn't it's Mr. Larceno. Do you have a job, Mr. L'Arceno?"

　said Lutus, speaking to no one.
　Naturally, Lutus doesn't know if there is a man named Larceno among the soldiers.
　But... when suddenly he spoke to me like that, it was only natural for the soldiers to look at those whom they took for granted.
　Who is it? Is it you? No, no. Then you...
　In that way, many people turn their eyes to those close to them, such as who the words of Lutus were directed at.
　If there had been any knights here who had become accustomed to fighting, or who were superior to them, they would have shouted angrily at the soldiers who had turned away from Lutus.
　It's not necessarily the enemy... but what is it to look away at a suspicious opponent?
　However, some of the soldiers now assembled here are leading small groups, but none of them have become accustomed to actual warfare.
　In the first place, it is very rare for soldiers from small countries such as Levlarina to experience actual warfare.
　As long as they are connected to Jaya, if a bandit comes out, Jaya will punish them for invading their territory, and if they are attacked by neighboring countries, that is all they have to do.
　A rebellion would have brought soldiers to the scene, but there is no sign of such a thing happening these days.
　As a result, these soldiers, many of whom are almost completely empty in terms of actual experience, were born.
　All the soldiers turn their eyes to the eye of Lutus... the next moment Lutus thrusts out the long sword with the blade pointed down.
　a completely unexpected blow to the soldiers
　The blow was the first soldier to speak to Lutus.
　It wasn't nearly friendly to Lutus... but it was still a blow because they thought they would fight back if they thought they had been betrayed.
　The hand holding the handle of the long sword gives you a feeling of piercing through the flesh.
　Lutus frowns slightly at the feel, but it's only for a moment.
　move on at once
　It's only natural. It's the best opportunity for us to keep our opponents off guard.
　It is now paramount to take this opportunity to reduce the number of enemies.
　Not only did Lutus think so, but Lutus' bodyguards.
　The moment the soldiers are caught in the words of Lutus and look away, they launch an attack at once and for all.a long sword, a dagger, a spear
　They used such weapons to attack the soldiers at once.
　Several soldiers are killed in just a few seconds.
　the screams of one's companions, the blood on one's face, and the sound of falling to the ground.
　It was easy for the soldiers to imagine that they had been deceived.

"What are you doing?"

　The first to cry out was the soldier who held his spear as he spoke to the first soldier whom Lutus had killed.
　Regardless of being attacked, I guess it was completely unexpected that... that the soldier who was trying to talk to Lutus would be attacked.

"Do you know!"

　Leap backward, wielding a long sword at the man who screamed.
　It is impossible to hurt a soldier's body because it was a blow to the back, not the front.
　The point of the long sword barely scratches the leather armor's surface, but it's only a scratch.
　You can't break a bone in the shock, much less blow off the soldiers.
　But... the soldier was able to appreciate the sharpness of his long sword that had scraped off the surface of his leather armor.
　That's why I've got blood on my head...

"I'll kill you!"

　Screaming with anger and murder on his face, he backed away with his long sword in his hand... following the retus who was descending toward the cave.
　It was probably because the other soldiers recognized so clearly that they were their enemies.
　Returning toward the cave, Lutas chases after him with weapons.

"Young, hurry up and come here!"

　One of the bodyguards screams sharply, throwing a stone nearby.
　Originally, we would like to throw daggers, but considering the number of soldiers, there are far fewer daggers to throw.
　That being the case, the best thing to do was to use a number of stones around.
　...however, stone throwing is primitive but powerful enough to make fun of.
　In fact, some of the soldiers have fallen to the ground bleeding headfirst.
　Still, there are more soldiers arriving here than falling, so it's like water on the rocks.
　But they had time to go into the cave.
　Once you've gone into a cave, you don't have to deal with a large number of enemies at once.
　All you have to do is deal with the soldiers coming into the cave.
　Soldiers holding bows have also been identified, but this cave is a natural cave.
　It's the center that makes it easy for the giants to walk with some hand in it to move, but there are also rocks near the walls.
　That's a rock big enough to hide.
　If you hide there, you don't have to be afraid of archers.
　But if we were to be able to distance ourselves from our soldiers while we were hiding there, we would certainly struggle.

(That's why we need to struggle to some extent. To make us think that we can defeat without using a bow. ...and it's very likely that you'll think that way even if you're fighting normally.)

　Avoiding the soldier's spear, whose leather armour was damaged by a dagger he had just fired as he retreated, Lutus frowns slightly, saying he was in trouble.
　But it was I who decided to stay here and wait until the Reys came along.
　Then, in a way, the current situation is not wrong to say that it's self‐inflicted.
　a thrust that is kept in place while avoiding the tip of a spear
　When asked which is better for thrusting, most people say "spear.
　And it won't actually be wrong.
　But... it's only when you have the same level of strength, or if there's a slight difference.
　Lutus, like Ray, could not destroy an army by himself, but he was not a knight of the kingdom of Lavrellina, nor was he so weak as to lose to a single soldier.
　The point of the dagger cuts through the soldier's throat the next moment and cuts off his head.
　The soldier's body falls to the ground, spouting blood from his severed neck like a fountain.
　By defeating soldiers in this way, we could expect a side effect of depriving them of their foothold.

(But it doesn't mean that it will last forever.) Please, bring Ray to me as soon as soon as possible.

　With this in mind, Lutus took the opportunity of an angry soldier after his comrades had been killed and fired again.