Dionne began to explain the situation with Krugel and Lesen.

'We are currently building a shallow channel as a trap to defeat the giant-footed Hireo catfish (Nushi). It seems that the plan is to lure it into this channel, where the Nushi can't dive and change direction, and defeat it, but in reality, we think it's a guiding route to the Scale Tribe settlement.

　He said that this channel is the Deathlord.
　Next, they were also told the range of activity for the two of them.

　Basically, Lesen is in the city, and the problem is that if they don't take care of it secretly, it will cause a disturbance. Kriegel is in the middle of a construction site surrounded by his men, and his men are also in the middle of an Orin spider, so it's a problem if he gets away. And this one is actually alone.

　We'll have to give them a deadline.
　We should give them a deadline to get their attention....

'Mr. Mayor, let's goad them and invite them to make a mistake. Will you call Lesen and tell him that I will take care of the extermination of the nush and exterminate it at noon tomorrow as a thank you for the welcome?　He was a terrific exterminator for the alps, and he even assured me that he could get rid of it with a noosh.

　If the nushies are exterminated, Krugel will be forced to leave. If that happens, they'll have to start a different operation from scratch with another person. But the temple forces are also running out of money and don't want to spend a lot of time. And with a destroyer squadron of less than a hundred men, it's impossible to bring the city down.

　Lethen depends on the mayor's ability to perform.

''I see, if there's a chance of being exterminated, we'll have to be reckless. The guesthouse is too tightly guarded to assassinate Ryota-sama. Perhaps the plan is ahead of schedule we can still call in on official business hours. From what I hear, Resen will be working in the evening.

　The acting ability doesn't even seem to be a topic of conversation and doesn't seem to be a problem at all. It's a good thing he talks so quickly. The mayor immediately sent Lesen on an errand, and I decided to hide and observe, wanting to see his face.

　When Lesen arrived, the mayor began to inform him of my extermination schedule. He speaks happily, saying that the destroyer squadron will probably be disbanded, but the rewards will be bouncing. Lesen is also pleased on the surface, but he can't hide his agitation.

''Window flower, when Lesen leaves the pavilion, I'll ask you to follow her with a drone. Find out how he comes out.''

'Yes, I've already converted it to long-duration reconnaissance specs and can get it out at any time. I've also informed the housekeeping team that we're extending it to one night.

　.........As expected of a window flower, your business is done in any case at any time.

　After that, Lesen returned to his room, wrote a letter and sent a message to Krugel. The contents are my exaggerated abilities, the scheduled time of extermination, and the fact that it is difficult to eliminate them with the regular exterminators of the Alps. Therefore, I'm instructed to have the Nushies attack the Scales' settlement early tomorrow morning at all costs.

　They decided to start a conflict at least.
　The mayor and his son will be eliminated afterwards.

　About an hour later, Krugel's men show up to deliver their reply. He asked Lesen to arrange for anchors, harpoons, and strong ropes as much as possible, and also asked Lesen to come with him to discuss the revision of the plan and to receive the supplies.

　Incidentally, it was a straightforward plan to send a boat out into the swamp to provoke the Nushies and lead them to the village. It's quite risky, but they're going to force it out with a fast-footed cutter boat. Krugel is in charge of arranging the boat and sailors.

　Both of them were assuredly bitten by Mendale's diversion. He actually saved his daughter Dionne, and since he was the eye of a giant beehive in the city, rumors were spreading that he was a skilled exterminator. The higher the ratio of truth, the harder it is to detect a lie.

　Now that we know how the other side comes out, we get information from the mayor and judge the enemy's situation. Lesen's handlers are only one servant and two private soldiers. Kishina's is guarded by Security Forces personnel, and the employment of private soldiers is restricted.

　In addition, the security establishment's escort is only at home and on official business.

　Destroyer Squadron Strength. Krugel has 21 child soldiers and 48 recruited mercenaries. There are 33 others on miscellaneous duties, but they are civilians on construction and squadron auxiliary personnel. Since the mercenaries have been bribed, the total strength of the enemy is 70 men, including himself, and three boats are expected to be provided.
(16 rowers, 7 fighters, and the flagship is Krueger.

　Also, it seems to be true that Krugel is strong against aquatic demons. He is skilled in witchcraft and water magic, and has many achievements in harpoon fighting and throwing techniques.

　That's all the information we have on Kishina. I asked the mayor to disguise the accommodation and we headed to the armored car.


Inside the armored car.

　First of all, all the necessary information is displayed on the monitor and a strategy meeting is held.

　This time, Yukikaze will also be asked to participate in the meeting as an entity. After all, even though she is a fusion of thought crystals and a taiji, she still has a processing capacity second only to that of a window flower.

''Ryota-sama, Krugel's base is south of the giant swamp. You're using the rice field at the canal construction site for the giant-legged Hireo catfish (Nushi). The road from the city to Krugel's base of operations is south of the swamp, making a large detour through the sewer swamp.

　First of all, a report on the window flowers.

　We heard that Lesen has started to arrange for supplies, but it's not easy because many of the shops have closed. The departure is expected to be late at night, so we'll have to postpone it.

　The huge swamp is located to the southwest of Kishina and is a gourd-shaped swamp that stretches from east to west with a wide variety of sizes. The sewer swamp is to the east. Krugel wants to lure the gnats with a cutter and take them to the scale settlements to the west before we exterminate them. We will probably go out at sunrise.

'Lord, please look at the topographical data. A hut on a hill near this settlement, we think it is the best sniper base. It was once an obsidian mine for the Scales, but with Xina's help, metal tools became popular, and now it's in ruins and in the mayor's files.

　Yukikaze's suggestion was next. A hill will give you a good view of the swamp and is easy to aim at with a shoot down. Besides, the imprint of the Simonov PTRS is incomplete, and sniping from indoors, where the sound and light can be suppressed, is ideal.

　A disused scale tribe hut would be easy to give up for a sign of an ally.

'Next up is Lesen, there's a place in the middle of the detour where we're sandwiched between the woods, visibility is poor, and the road is wavy and narrow. I thought it would be a good idea for Ryota-sama to ambush you on your way back to Kishina here, the carcasses will be burned at a remote location, and the woods are no problem for a motorcycle.

　The last one is a window flower suggestion, certainly a good place. The carriage can't run fast enough, and there's plenty of places for me to hide.

　The wreckage and carcasses would be in the woods, away from the road, where there would be no danger of fire. So I set a timed ignition device on the fuel and set it to burn at noon so that the flames would not be noticeable. The smoke should be dispersed by using the branches and leaves of trees.

　The details of the procedure were also worked out by Wadoha and Yukikaze.
　I didn't have anything to suggest, but the plan was decided.
　Yukikaze returned to the taiji and the operation began.


★The action begins.

　The Lethen have yet to gather things and are preparing for it.
　But we've reached a settlement of the Scales who own a hut in the hills.
　We have the credentials of allies and it should be an easy job.

"What does a human want with us in the middle of the night?

　He approached the scale tribe settlement near the hut in an imposing manner, so he wasn't too alarmed, and the lizardman warrior gave him a who-what (suku).

''I'm sorry to come to you at this time of night. I'm Ryota, the Alp Demon Exterminator. I'm here to exterminate the foot-filled catfish in this swamp, and I've come to ask your permission to rent a hut on the hill instead of a base.

　Next, he tried to show me the proof of ally on the back of his license...

'A different story from the usual exterminators... You can do what you like with that hut, or you can destroy it. Any decent exterminator will be welcome. There's another exterminator south of the swamp, but they're savages who don't even know how to say hello, and their behavior is so bad, you'd better stay away from them.

　It's a relief that he was easily recognized, even though it was a sudden and unexpected nighttime, and he didn't have to use Viville's name. But Kriegel's destroyer squadron doesn't like it.

　Moving quickly, the armored car is hidden behind a hut.
　The shed is about the size of a small detached house.

'It's big enough inside, assuming we drill a hole in the east wall to make a gun eye, the floor is in bad shape for a prone shot...'

　The muzzle of the gun is wide enough to fit inside the planned gun sights, but the heavy, recoiling Simonov and decaying floorboards are unlikely to hold up to it.

"Ryota-sama, the foundation seems to be well set. I think we can remove the floorboards and there will be no problem.

　Will the work be done in time for the ambush, making the gun eye and removing the floor?

'Lord, it's easy if I'm sharp. Let's chop up the floorboards and hide them behind the shed.

　I wondered if that was the case, so I put the snowflake into a long roll and let him handle the body as well. As a result, within a minute, the floorboards were carved and the gun eye was complete. Now it has materialized and is even removing the debris and cleaning up.

'Yukikaze, just remove the debris, okay?　It's only half a day, and until you clean up...
'No!　This is the place where the Lord plans to lay down for a long time. It needs to be cleaned up!

　 It's good for now, but my lifespan is finite, I'll have to fix it in the future. Well, I'll think about that for now, but the next step is to check the exterior. The walls were covered in vines, well hidden by foliage.

There's no need to disguise it. The aerial photo of the window flower showed only a shed?

It's a square shape. You can tell from the analysis that it's a hut. We've made the image clearer.

　I have a feeling that if an AI on par with Windowflower and Yukikaze will become widespread, there will be no job opportunities for humans.

''Then let's leave it to Yukikaze and we'll move to the ambush point.
'Yeah. We've got a little time, but we can rest there.

　That's why I decided to head to the point of Lesen's attack.