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"Is that the devil? He really does have horns. And he's big, too."

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　Upon receiving the report, I immediately went to the border of the forest north of Vulcania.

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　I thought that perhaps the soldiers had reported that some powerful enemy had appeared and that "demons had appeared.

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　But I was wrong.

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　It really seemed that demons had come out of the forest as reported.

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　The ogre was taller than a man, and its entire body was covered with stiff muscular armor, with horns extending from its head.

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　It reminded me of a monster called "ogre" in stories.

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　However, according to the report, the knight of Barca did not seem to be damaged at all by the [ice spear].

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　The defensive strength alone is higher than that of a big boar, and from its appearance, we could expect it to have terrifying physical strength.

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　We have to conclude that this is too dangerous to be left to others.

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"Mister Ars, that may be a legendary creature from this land, that it may be.

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"What do you mean, Gran? Legendary creatures?"

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Yes, that it is. You know the story that when they were settling this forest in the past, there was a big boar attack and the settling ended in failure, don't you?　But there is another variation on that story, that there is."

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"Wow, I didn't know that. Is it possible that it was not a big boar but an ogre that came out of the forest that caused the abandonment of the settlement?"

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"That is true, that it is. And think about it, that you should, Mr. Ars. If only a big boar really came out of the forest, shouldn't the knights of those days have been able to deal with it by means of attack magic? If they couldn't do that, then I don't think it is wrong to think that there was an opponent to whom the attack magic didn't work, that I don't think."

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"I see. Maybe that demon is a predator of the boar. Then, as more and more boars leave the forest, the ogre chased after them.

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"Well, it doesn't matter, that it does, Mr. Ars. Go and exterminate that demon as soon as possible, that you should.

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"Oh, oh. You're not going to fight with us, Gran. I don't care, but why are you so excited?"

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"What are you talking about, Mister Ars? If we can get materials from that ogre, we may be able to create something new, that we can. How can I not be excited?

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　Gran, who is standing next to me observing the ogre through binoculars from a distance, is breathing very hard.

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　I see.

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　That's why you're excited.

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　Whatever.

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　I can't just sit out here with the temperature dropping like this.

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　I put away my binoculars, mounted Valkyrie, and ran to the demon.

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"Ice spear."

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　Riding on a Valkyrie, I approach the demon at top speed and release an attack spell.

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　I had heard the reports, but I tried to see if the magic was really impenetrable myself.

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　A pillar of ice as thick and long as a man's arm appears from my palm and shoots out.

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　The ice spear hit the ogre's body without missing its target.

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"It really doesn't work!"

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　Oni guarded the flying [ice spear] with his two arms that were raised like logs.

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　Not a scratch was left on his muscular body.

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　The big boar was very durable, but this one was even more so.

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　When the demon saw me attacking it, it struck back.

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"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

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　A loud demon.

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　Then its muscular body became even larger.

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　The muscles all over his body rose up, making a creaking sound.

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　It is as if the raised muscles have turned into metal armor.

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　Then, with a roar, he punches down with his strong arms.

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　Valkyrie quickly avoids the punch, which is quite fast, and it flies through the air and hits the ground.

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　Dogon!

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　The ground where the punch hit the ground sinks into the ground as if it were gouged.

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　Is the punch alone that powerful?

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　If you were to get hit by something like that, you would probably die.

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　There's a scary guy close to me.

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Then how about this one?

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　The demon that hit the ground rushes over to where the demon is getting up.

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　This time, the attacker gets closer than before.

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　He poured his magic power into the nine-tailed sword in his hand and attacked.

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　Instead of using the "magic injection," he controls his own magic power and pours more magic power than usual into the nine-tailed sword.

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　However, the effect is not as expected.

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　I have been trying various ways since then to make a black flame to the Nine-Tailed Sword like Pesci, who was said to be the next head of Uruk.

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　However, it does not seem to make sense to simply pour more magic power into it.

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　The result was that the length of the sword of flame that appeared simply became longer than usual.

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　It seems that there is an upper limit to the output of the Nine-Tailed Sword and the Thunderbolt Sword, although the output increases if more magic power is poured into them than if only [magic power injection] is used.

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　It seems that even if he poured all his magical power into the sword, the black flame would not come out from the nine-tailed sword, nor could he shoot down the thunder with the thunderbolt sword.

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　I can't help thinking that it would have been better if I could have used the black flame.

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　Well, what we don't have can't be helped.

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　While I am checking the 9-tailed sword in such a way, I observe the demon that attacked me.

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　It seems that this demon does not seem to be damaged so much by the nine-tailed sword's flaming sword.

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　This demon may have the physical ability equivalent to a human leader.

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　So, I put away the nine-tailed sword once and use another magic sword.

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　He picked up the iron sword I named Granbarka.

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　It is a Japanese sword type magic sword made from the tusk of a juvenile boar, which I and Valkyrie have raised by pouring a lot of magic power into it.

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　It was originally a small weapon, but it grew to a reasonable length by itself and changed into a sword shape by the magic power we took in.

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　The characteristics of the sword are that it is hard to break and easy to cut.

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"Graaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

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"Scattershot."

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　As I approached the demon with the iron sword in my hand, it shifted to the attack position again and struck at me with its arms swinging widely.

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　The force of the punch seemed to cause serious damage even if it just grazed him.

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　So, instead of blinding the demon, I cast a [Scattershot] spell and attacked its eyes.

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　Unlike the skin, it seems that even the ogre felt pain when the stone entered its eye.

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　For a moment, the demon flinched and made a gap.

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　Then, I quickly approached the demon and attacked it with my iron sword.

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　The response was so easy that you could almost hear the sound of a crack.

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　The demon's body, which had been completely undamaged by the attack magic and the nine-tailed sword, is now scarred.

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　It seemed that this iron-and-iron sword could be used to attack the demon safely.

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"Okay, that's it.

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　Then, after repeating the same attack several times, he succeeded in cutting off the demon's head.

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　As one would expect from a demon whose body is cut into two parts from the neck up and down, even a demon with a strong body can't seem to get away with it.

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　We succeeded in defeating the demon without incident.

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"Good work, that you did, Mr. Ars. Now, I will take responsibility for that demon, that I will bring it back.

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"You're here early, Gran. Oh, well. Take good care of him.

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"You asked for it, that you did, Master Ars. I must leave Vulcania now, that I do. I hope you will continue to exterminate ogres, that I hope.

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"...... Yes?　Are there still demons?"

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Of course. Do you think that there is only this one demon in this big forest, that you think so?　That can't be true, can it?

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"Wait a minute, Gran. He's the only demon that came out of the forest, right?　Don't you have to go out of your way to defeat demons that might be living in the forest?"

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"That's not how it works. The fact that they came out once may mean that the boundary between the forest and the ogre's house is close, that it may be. If so, the residents must be worried because they do not know when the ogres will appear next. Then, it is natural to know where the ogres live and to exterminate the ogres living there, that it is.

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"Perhaps I'll do it?　And you're going to find these demons and exterminate them?"

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"......I'm asking you back, that I am, who can deal with that ogre other than Mister Ars, that I can?"

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　You've got to be kidding me.

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　I'm a busy man myself.

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　But Gran's right, there's a chance that the rest of us will get killed out of hand.

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　I don't have a choice.

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　Let's invite my brother to join us and explore the forest...

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　And so, despite defeating the ogres that appeared in Barca, the problem of the ogres did not seem to be over yet.

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