"d*mn it, it's a little early,"

　Lutus exhales, breathing hard.
　The body already has several bruises.
　It goes without saying who made it. They are the soldiers of the country of Lavrellina, who are now fighting Lutus in the cave.
　In terms of pure skill, Lutus definitely outperformed the soldiers.
　However, there is no decisive difference in skill.
　That's just the difference that soldiers can make up for with numbers.
　That's why, in the battle, Lutus... and his bodyguards, though small, are getting hurt.
　It was only a scratch at the moment, but what would happen if the battle continued... it was obvious, of course.
　In other words, death.
　Of course, as long as the Lutus are superior in combat skills, the soldiers have suffered a great deal of course.
　More than ten people have already died and more have been injured.
　But it was still certain that the Lutas would eventually lose.
　The current battlefield is already completely in the cave.
　At first fighting was taking place close to the cave entrance, but was gradually pushed back by soldiers' pressure.
　Right behind the Lutus is already a Y-road.

(I should have asked him which way he went when he went to call for the Lays.

　It was a frustrating Lutas, but it was only natural.
　If you've stepped back like this and gone down the road where the Reys are... and you've got auxiliaries, there's no problem at all.
　However, if they go down to the place where they are not, they need to survive by themselves until they come through the enemy's flock.
　To be honest, it would be difficult to nod if you were asked if you could endure it for that long.
　That's why I don't know what to do right now... Lutus is at a loss.

(The first place they headed was probably where the jayas were gathering. But it's been quite a while since the Lays entered the cave. With that in mind, there is no denying the possibility that they have moved towards the giants. Above all...)

　The biggest question is, if Lutus goes down the aisle where the Rays would be, will the bodyguards who have called for reinforcements move properly in the direction of the Rays?
　They head to the aisle where the Rays are, and the guards who go to call for reinforcements are heading towards them, and when they hear about it, the Rays immediately send reinforcements.
　Without such a mix of actions, it is difficult for Lutus to survive.

(For Ray, I'd still like to think I'm worth it…) or they will be abandoned immediately.)

　Avoid the attack of the soldier who delivered a blow with his spear, and if he kept his distance, he would release a thrust with a long sword and penetrate his neck.
　At the same time, they pull out the long sword from the enemy while leaping backward.

"Wow!"
"d*mn it, Darreu!"

　Some of the soldiers' eyes are crushed by the blood that comes out of their peers' necks.
　Blood is a viscous liquid.
　If you're going to see something, you're not going to be as blind as water...
　What's more, in the kind of fighting that's going on right now... it would be fatal to be blind near the front line.
　In fact, Lutus' bodyguard, who never missed the opportunity, quickly approaches a blind soldier and wields a dagger to inflict a great wound on him.
　There was also an angry voice in the mouth of the soldier, who must have known the man whose neck had been cut off.

"Young man, if you don't step back, you can't deal with it any more!"
"I know! ... d*mn it!"

　It's hard to hold out here any longer.
　We had to pull back once and get ready.
　But if you make a mistake here, it will lead directly to death.
　In other words, you can't make a mistake.
　...however, even if you get the right answer to that choice, you'll still have to make sure that the bodyguard gets to Ray's feet, and then Ray comes to the reinforcements after hearing about him.

(What should I do? Which way should I go?)

　In the meantime, the battle between Lutus and the soldiers is still going on.
　For the soldiers, they are the ones who killed their colleagues, their comrades, their comrades.
　The Lutus are no longer orders, but they are absolutely unforgivable.

"You're persistent!"

　a long‐sword blow with an angry voice
　The blow, which contained the irritation and impatience that Lutus was experiencing... so it wasn't as sharp as ever.
　The blow, delivered out of impatience, is easily repelled, partly because soldiers used long swords as shields.
　If that were all that, what would it have done?
　But... since it was a blow out of impatience, Lutus's body lost its balance by a small step in the ground, which was nothing more than a normal step.

"Oh..."

　an overwhelming blunder that one can understand
　The soldiers probably understand that.
　He did not overlook the great opportunity which Lutus showed out of impatience, but shook the long sword he had in his hand. . . .

(d*mn it!)

　a fatal mistake resulting from one's impatience
　With that in mind... but I also instinctively realize that it is impossible to recover from now on.
　In the corner of my vision I saw the bodyguard trying to do something about it, but since the soldier's long sword was already on the verge of being shaken down, it was too late to do anything.
　It's over...
　The moment he was about to give up... he felt a sudden gust of wind.
　What?, he opened his eyes, and saw... a hole in the leather armour's place, and one of the soldiers whose fists were easily penetrated."
　And there's something warm and something solid on Lutus' face.

"What? What..."

　There it is.
　As he tried to mutter, Lutus felt another gust of wind blowing right next to him.

"Leave the rest to me,"

　And at the same time, I heard a voice like that.
　What's more, a person wearing a robe feels as if he or she is passing right next to him or her.
　It would have been easy for Lutas to understand what had happened.
　But now it's a life‐threatening life.
　That's why I couldn't sense what was happening to me now.
　But things don't wait for Lutus to act or recognize him.
　The intense impact blows the Lotus away.
　At first, Rutus didn't know what he had done.
　Still, I turned around with my natural energy, thrusting my hand to the ground... and it was red that I came into view.
　To be exact, blood.
　And pieces of meat, bones and internal organs were scattered around.
　It was caused by the person whom Lutus wanted to come... by the nickname of crimson...

"Ray!"
"Oh, dear... I think it's usually the heroine who helps you at times like this!"

　With the words, Ray wields his death size.
　If it weren't in the cave... some soldiers would have been able to avoid it at once.
　But this is a cave.
　It has enough space for giants to move, but it is still finite in size.
　And Ray's weapon is a scythe with a handle length of 2m and a blade length of 1m.
　Furthermore, in addition to his death size, he has a spear in his twilight, and in terms of the range of attack, it is almost impossible to escape being targeted by Ray in this cave.
　The soldiers in front of us are really limited in scope, especially as there are soldiers behind us.Only a few decades ago, the soldiers' victory was already a matter of certainty.
　Even though the soldiers had been harmed, they thought it was acceptable after all, and that they could win.
　In fact, the idea was never wrong... if only Lutus and his guards were fighting against the soldiers.
　That's where Ray came.

"For the time being, stay back a little by little."

　To put it short, Ray resizes at the soldiers.

"Oh, my God!"
"What is it, what is it, what is it?"
"Leglio! You bastard!"

　A sudden flash cut the soldiers in half.
　Furthermore, the spear Ray threw before he attacked... several lives were lost in the throwing of the broken spear, which was stored in large quantities in the mistling, instead of the twilight spear he now holds.
　For the soldiers, Ray would be nothing but a god of death and epidemics.
　But in the face of these soldiers, Ray opens his mouth, leaning forward to defend Lutus.

"I don't know what the soldiers have come here to do... but they have come here as soldiers who risk their lives." Then I think it's natural that it's a battle? ... Well, I don't really like killing people either. If we were to retreat like this, I wouldn't chase you."
"Don't be silly! Attack us and go home? Who do you think you are you?"
"Who shall I say?" Don't you know who I am when you see this weapon? I thought my name was famous in its own way. I'm a little disappointed."

　The soldier who screams at Ray now turns red with anger and resentment when he thinks he is completely despised and mocked.
　But even though this soldier doesn't know Ray, it's only natural that some people know Ray's name...

"Ray? ...why is there such a place as this an idiot, a notorious adventurer of the Kingdom of Milliana!"
"Isn't it up to you?"
"No, the crimson ray seems to use a scythe taller than he is."
"The scythe..."

　Called a scythe, soldiers look at Ray's death size.
　It's a real scythe and looks like nothing else.
　And a scythe is very difficult to use, and no one normally uses it that way.
　But Ray, in front of the soldiers, holds the scythe with only his right hand... and even his crimson spear in his left hand.
　It's not very much, but it's not something that can be used by a small person like Ray.
　But the soldiers see with their own eyes that they actually use it more than enough. by the death of one's comrades
　If that's the case, it wouldn't be strange if you realized that Ray... that the little man right in front of you was an adventurer nicknamed crimson.

"Isn't this... really Ray with crimson?"

　One of the soldiers who is well versed in the affairs of neighboring countries mutters.
　Originally, the voice would not have been heard by anyone under the cover of the voices of their peers.
　But... Ray's hearing never missed the murmur.

"Correct. You seem to know a lot of things. Then, for the time being, shall I keep you alive? The others... if they are to withdraw quietly, may I overlook it?"
"Don't be silly!"

　One of the soldiers screams.
　They are soldiers of the glorious country of Lavrellina.
　They are attacked unilaterally and overlooked by compassion.
　Such a thing could never have been tolerated.
　...Rabrina is a great country, and it is a great people who live there.
　Although it has succumbed to the kingdom of Milliana by numbers, it should have been overturned in the near future.
　Soldiers who had been taught so by the upper echelon believed it.
　It must be pure.
　But now, because of its purity, Ray has no choice but to step back in front of him.
　Because we are excellent.
　They say that they cannot retreat in the face of people from other countries who are inferior species. But... that kind of situation had nothing to do with Ray.

"...I see,"

　With one word Ray, who had moved right in front of the screaming soldier, was sticking out his twilight spear in his left hand.
　a thrust at a speed that is appropriate to call the speed of speed
　Soldiers who believed in their excellence... or who believed blindly in themselves, have their heads smashed and the flames of life extinguished.
　Then, using the reaction of returning the twilight spear to hand, a death-size blade wields the bodies of several soldiers in half turn, halving them in two.
　At the end of his eyes he sees Bune attacking the other soldiers... Ray kills himself with the spear of death and twilight, as if by the blood of the enemy soldiers.
　It's worthy of the nickname of crimson.