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"Hey, did you hear?　I heard that the Fontana family has officially declared war against the Percival family."

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"Yes, I heard. But is it true?　Because it's almost winter.　Even if they declare war at this time of the year, they won't be able to lead their armies to the battlefield until next year when the snow melts.

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"Yes, it is. Even the Percival family brass seems unsure of their intentions. They're saying it's probably staged.

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"Staged?"

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"Yes. Of course you know that the Percival family has been at war with the Reinsatz and Memento families. They left the army before winter. They haven't turned back completely yet, but in effect the battle is almost over for this year. So, by declaring war against the Percival family, they are thinking of just leaving the fact that they joined the war before the end of the year."

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"Hmmm. I wonder if this is more of a political game than an actual fight. Maybe they just want to get a record of working for the royal family by the end of the year or something.

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Maybe. Well, we don't know what the great ones are thinking. We just have to keep an eye on things like this and get paid for it.

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　With that, Jane walked away from me.

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　She and I have been diving together in the labyrinths of this labyrinthine city.

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　If it were true, we would have gone on with our usual routine of diving into the labyrinth during the winter, defeating demons and returning with materials and magic stones.

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　But that was cancelled because one of my friends who was going to dive with Jane got injured.

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　Thus, I accepted the request to climb the walls surrounding the labyrinthine city and stand guard.

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　I have been a labyrinth dweller for a long time now.

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　I lost my parents when I was a child and I have nowhere to live.

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　As a woman, the only way for me to survive was to sell my body, or to dive into the labyrinth and earn my own money.

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　Normally, few people would choose to dive into the labyrinth because of the danger to their lives.

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　But I chose it.

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　Things turned out well, and now I am living with a group of like-minded people in an all-female search party.

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　I'm as strong as any soldier because I've dived deep into the depths.

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　So even if someone gets injured and can't dive the labyrinth, the search union offers them jobs other than diving in the labyrinth.

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　But there are times when I wonder what to do.

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　This year, the Percival family, the rulers of the territory that includes this labyrinth town, has been at war with the great nobles with whom they were supposed to have an alliance.

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　For this reason, the powerful people who had been hiding in the labyrinth received a request through the search union.

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　They were asked to go to war.

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　This has led to many explorers being sent out to fight, and now the labyrinth is in a bit of a manpower shortage.

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　The number of demons, which would normally have been reduced thanks to the searchers who went inside, has increased, and our search party is now in danger.

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　If the war continues to drag on, it might be better to reduce the depth of the search.

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　But then we will earn less money.

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　Ah, maybe there's a good man somewhere.

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　I'm ready to start a family, but I don't know if I'm too late.

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"Hey, what's that?　Lyushka, can't you see what that is with your [far-sightedness]?"

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"Oh, I'm sorry. What's wrong, Jane?

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"Don't dawdle. Look over there, Lyushka. Do you see something over there?　It's like something is glowing. ......"

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　I was on guard duty on the outer wall of the city and I was thinking about something and Jane got mad at me.

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　Oh, no.

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　If she thinks I'm slacking off and not doing my job, I might not get the job done.

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　It's not only my problem but also everyone else's.

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　In particular, I have acquired the magic called "far-sightedness" as a result of the "ability release" I received at the search union.

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　If I had this【Far Vision】, which allows me to see things from afar, and I had missed something out of the ordinary outside the walls, there would be no excuse for me.

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　Thinking this, I look in the direction Jane's finger is pointing.

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　Jane was right, there seemed to be something glowing pale in the distance.

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　I activate my "far-sighting" and look there in a hurry.

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"What is it, ......?"

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"What's wrong, Lyushka?　What do you see?"

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"I don't know. ...... Is that an animal?　Is there a white animal with horns in the many lights?　But there are so many. I've lost count, but there definitely seem to be more than a few hundred. And that is a person riding on top of a white animal. Could it be a troop mounted on a messenger beast?"

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"Does that mean cavalry or something?　But when I got the job, I didn't hear that any unit was scheduled to come to this labyrinth town today. ......"

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"Yes, I didn't hear that either. You should contact the other soldiers just in case. ...... but that cavalry is really fast. They are getting closer and closer.

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"...... wait a minute. Didn't you just say "white messenger beast"?　You said it was a white beast with horns, didn't you, Lyushka?

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"Yes, yes. Yes, Jane. I think all those cavalrymen are the same white messenger beast."

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"Isn't that it?　A white devil. I've heard there is a white devil in the north that kills everything in sight."

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"Oh, is that the Fontana family?　Don't you mean the demon knight who kills not only the nearby nobles, but even his fellow knights?"

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"I don't know the name, but I think so. Hey, you're already in my line of sight. They're coming this way!　They're going to attack here. ......"

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"Lies ....... I thought you said that the Fontanas had only recently declared war. If they really wanted to come to Percival's territory, it would have been much later.

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I can't keep going like this. Hurry up with the beacon. You blow your whistle too, Lyushka.

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　I remember the whistle Jane handed me when she urged me to take the watch duty in a hurry.

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　It was a small whistle, but reputed to make a good sound, hung from a string around my neck.

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　I hurriedly put it to my mouth and blew on it.

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　Jane did the same.

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　But it is too late.

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　In no time at all, the group of white devils had approached us, and were now right next to the outer wall of the labyrinthine city.

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　We were completely unprepared for their movements.

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　After us, other whistles started blowing from the top of the wall, and soldiers started running out.

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　But the cavalry was moving too fast.

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　Only one of them jumped out of the group, which until then had been moving in perfect unison in spite of its large number.

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　Then a man jumped down from the beast and howled so loudly that it hurt our ears on the wall.

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"Woah woah woah woah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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　The next moment, the man became huge.

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　He grew in front of the hard doorway in the outer wall that protects the labyrinthine city.

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　And that was not all.

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　He is holding a stick that is even longer than his huge body.

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　Did he have such a long stick when he was riding the beast?

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　At the same time, I observed the tools they were carrying, as is my habit as a searcher.

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　...... That's a magic weapon.

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　They are expensive, valuable, and extremely powerful weapons that are sometimes made from materials brought back from the depths of the labyrinth.

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　I have seen a few magic weapons in my search history.

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　So I can assure you.

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　That weapon is bad.

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　I think it has the highest magic power of all the magic weapons I have ever seen.

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　...... Maybe it's made of dragons?

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　No, no.

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　You would never see a weapon made of such a material, even in this labyrinth town.

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　So I could only watch the man's behavior with a sort of unconcern.

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　Then, the huge man swung down the black stick or club in his hand.

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　I can't believe what I am seeing with my own eyes.

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　The outer wall of this labyrinth town is meant to prevent invaders from outside, but also to prevent demons from leaking out of the labyrinth in case they get out.

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　For this reason, the outer walls and the gates are said to be very sturdy.

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　And yet, the gate was severely dented by the Titan's first blow, the clasp was snapped off by the second blow, and by the third blow, the gate was blown backward in a huge heap.

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　Thus, without even a proper defense, this labyrinth town was allowed to be invaded by the enemy.

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