The 1,000 Black Great Apes concentrated only on the town at hand, looking for people to feed.

　That's why they were slow to react to the approach of the Fifth Settlers," he said.

''Gee!''

　By the time we noticed, it was too late.

　Our blades had been slammed into the flesh of those black demons.

　Gasp, dos, gahun.

　Purple fresh blood spurted out into the sky, staining the wilderness land.

　A complete surprise attack.

　With our attack, the first "Black Great Monkeys" we encountered were defeated one by one.

　We continue on our way to the black demons.　

Turkia!　Don't leave me!
Uh-uh!

　I waved my sword frantically as well, protecting the white haired girl.

(Brawl!)

　Mr. Kilt raises his heroic voice.

'Don't rest your hand!　Keep moving!　The enemy is in turmoil, now is the time to hunt down and kill the enemy in front of you with everything you've got!

"Oh, oh!

　The group of adventurers howled in response.

　From above, four horsemen dragons shower the gathering place of the 'Black Great Ape' with flames, adding to the confusion.

　The knights of the kingdom's knights run through the middle of them and defeat the "Black Great Ape".

''Gyaa!''
"Gah.....
"Geez!

　The rage and screams of the demons are the wood spirits.

　It was a battlefield where 400 pioneer members and 1000 black demons intermingled.

　And the townspeople on the city walls were confused.

　Suddenly, an exotic group of people appeared.

　It began to fight in front of their eyes against the horrible group of demons that were attacking them.

　Some of them even pointed the bow in their hands at us without a second thought.

　But.

Loa Tegrato!

　Turkia exclaimed.

(I believe Tegrat means 'ally'?)

　It reminds me of a girl's lesson.

　Turkia turned to the people on the walls and said, 'We're on your side! They shouted at me over and over again.

　The people of the town looked at each other.

　The one shouting is, without a doubt, a Toluga girl.

　And the exotic group is also not turning their blades against themselves, but are desperately fighting only against the 'Black Great Ape'.

''..........''
..........
..........

　The bow that was pointed at us was lowered.

Thank God...

　I was relieved and happy that you understood.

(Thank you, Torchia.)

　Thanks to her, too.

　It's an understanding that came about because the girl, who is probably not used to rough stuff, desperately summoned up the courage and appealed to me on this battlefield.

　With courage in my heart, I swing my sword further.

　Hukong!

　He slashed off the arm of the 'Black Great Ape' who jumped at him with a counter sword technique.

(Alright!)

　Even in the midst of the melee, we've learned a lot of things.

　First of all, the "Black Great Monkeys" we were fighting were very skinny.

　They are also small in stature, about two meds in length.

''Hungry.''

　I'm sure Mr. Kilt was not wrong in his prediction.

　But we can't let our guard down.

(Starving must mean he's that desperate.)

　For the amount of pretending to live, they might be more of a threat than the usual 'Black Great Ape'.

　And the numbers.

The Black Great Ape has a thousand of them.

　Simply put, there are two and a half times as many as here.

　It's because we're in a state of chaos right now that we're able to fight more than evenly, but I don't know what will happen if we regain our composure.

　I guess that's what Kilt said earlier, too, because he knows that.

　That's why.

(Keep the momentum going and you'll win or lose!)

　If we don't get it to that point, we may not win.

　And if we lose, the town will fall.

　A lot of people will die.

(No, no, no, no, no!)

　I swing my sword with a strong resolve.

　When the time comes, I'm ready to go into "god body mode" in front of the people of the settlement group.

　Of course, it's only three minutes of power, so I need to find the right moment...

　And so the battle continues.

　Iltimina-san's white spear shoots down the 'Black Great Ape' that is trying to climb the outer wall of the town, and the single thread of magic arrows of the Temple Knights with their staffs at the ready.

　The wounded are healed by Solstice and the wizards.

　Po-chan and the people of the adventurer group stand around as their guards.

''Ha, ha, ha.''

　I was starting to breathe uncontrollably, too.

　Half an hour had passed since the fight began.

　The number of black demons that were rushing in felt as if they hadn't decreased.

(Crap.)

The 'Black Great Ape' and the others had also regained their composure and were throwing stones and spitting black flames from a distance.

''This........''

　Bypassing the flames, I cut off the demon's leg.

　Hyukonk.

　He slashed off the head of the fallen one.

　But, using the corpse of such a companion as a shield, a new 'Black Great Monkey' attacked.

(Ku.........)

　In that moment.

Nuh-uh!

　sound of a dog chugging away

　Kilt-san came from the side and smashed the demon's huge body with the 'Great Sword of Thunder'.

''Are you safe, Marl?''

　Returning bloody good looks.

　I nodded, "Uh-huh".

　As it was, me and my beautiful master held our swords back to back.

''Things are getting pretty tough.

　Mr. Kilt said.

'But the battle will be decided once we defeat the boss monkey, the leader of this pack. You'll have to be patient until then.

　The leader...?

I see.

The Black Great Ape is a highly intelligent demon.

　And with such a large group, there must be a boss to lead them.

　So they're going to aim for the general's head.

(But where...?

　Just as I was thinking this, I noticed a group of about ten 'Black Great Ape' on a hilltop that overlooked the entire battlefield a short distance from here.

　One of them was about four meds in stature.

　Moreover, the fur on its entire body was not black, but shining silver.

It could be called the Silver Ape.

　Its eyes seemed to be lit with a calm radiance, more intelligent than any of the other individuals.

''Kirt-san!''

　I shouted.

　But Mr. Kilt understood, and he said with a calm face.

He said calmly, "You've found it. In the midst of the melee, you never forget that bird's-eye view, do you?

　You say that like you're teaching me how to fight.

　No, no, no.

(More importantly, we need to go take him down as soon as possible!)

　She laughed at my impatience.

She laughed, "He's already gone. The pride of Shumuria's warriors.

(What...?

　Then I realized.

Split through the group of 'Black Great Ape', I realized that a group of about twenty Kingdom Knights were heading towards the hill where the 'Silver Great Ape' was located.

　The dragons of the Shumurian Dragon Cavalry are also spitting fire and providing support to make their way to the hill.

　And the one at the head of those Kingdom Knights is

General Robert...

　He was the person who held the long sword of the Thanatos Magical Armament, the person who united our 'Fifth Pioneer Group'.