The 'Silver Great Ape' also seemed to have noticed a group of humans trying to get close to them.

''Gogia!''

　As the silver-haired arm was waved, the 'Black Great Monkeys' who were beside him left two of them behind and attacked General Roberto and the other Kingdom Knights.

　The generals' feet never stopped.

　Huon.

　The lead 'Black Great Ape' is defeated by a single sword from General Roberto.

(!)

　Strong!

　Maybe it was the power of the Tanatos magic armor's long sword, but that thick mass of muscle-like flesh was severed as easily as if it were cut with butter.

　As expected of a Shumuria's proud general.

　The brilliance of his sword can be seen even from a distance.

　His companions were easily killed, and the 'Black Great Monkeys' who followed him stepped on the tatara.

　The Kingdom Knights rushed into that group of demons.

　The seven 'Black Great Ape' were stranded by the 20 or so Kingdom Knights and the road to the 'Silver Great Ape' was wide open.

　General Roberto was alone and ran there.

''Giggles!''

　The silver-haired boss monkey looked impatient.

　He immediately directed the two remaining bodies to attack General Roberto.

　Two against one.

　Even I, who was in god body mode, had a hard time with the two 'Black Great Monkeys'.　

(Is it okay?)

　I felt a bit of anxiety, but what took place in front of me was a scene that blew my worries away.

　General Roberto was fighting more than evenly against the two "Black Great Monkeys".

　While fighting the one in front of him, he was constantly changing his position so that he would be on opposite sides of the other one, with the "Black Great Ape" in front of him.

　In other words, I'm always making it a one-on-one situation.

(Ah.........)

　I suddenly remember.

　The first time I went to slay goblins with Illtimina-san, I was taught that if you're going to fight a large number of enemies, you should try to fight them one-on-one as much as possible.

　The basics.

　That's what General Roberto does.

　And if it's one on one, General Roberto's military strength exceeds that of the 'Black Great Ape'.

　Zash.

".....

　As expected, the 'Black Great Ape' they were fighting was slashed on the torso and died.

　It was only a matter of time before the remaining one was also killed.

The "Silver Great Ape" was watching the battle situation.

　In the next moment, its human mask's mouth opened to an extraordinary size.　

(Ah?)

　Bobaan.

　Black flames were spat out from the open mouth, and it engulfed General Roberto and the 'Black Great Ape' who was fighting him.

(The whole crew!)

　I couldn't hide my astonishment at that act.

　The 'Black Great Ape' that was caught in the middle of the action had all the hair on its body on fire, rolling on the ground and writhing in agony.

　Eventually, he stopped moving.

　--the death due to burns.

　The corpse of the fallen demon was still burning with black flames.

　And the Shumuria Kingdom's proud general was unharmed, wrapped in a glowing magic sphere.

　The long sword of Thanatos magic armor in his hand - the Thanatos letters and magic stones engraved on the sword's blade shone strongly.

(The power of that sword!)

　Like Kilt-san's great sword, like Illtimina-san's white spear, the magical power of that long sword protected General Roberto.

　Hyun.

　With a swing of General Roberto's sword, the magic sphere disappeared.

The 'Silver Great Ape' had a shocked look on his face.

　To such a silver-haired demon, General Roberto started running again.

　There is no longer an existence anywhere that prevents its approach.　

''Gigia!''

The 'Silver Great Ape' shouts high-pitched and waves his huge arms around.

　''Zacun.''

　With a stunning counter-sword technique, his arm was easily severed and flung through the air.

　The returning blade is swung out.

　Hyukokok.

　One and one body stopped moving.

　And in the next moment, the head spilled out of the giant demon's torso with a plop.

　It rolled to the ground.

　General Roberto's hand grabbed it and thrust it high into the heavens.

''Oooh!''

　General Roberto shouted.

'Oh, oh!'

　The twenty or so kingdom knights who were by my side also shouted.

　With their voices, the figure of the general holding up the silver demon's head on the hill attracted the attention of both the people and the demons on the battlefield.

　A hot wind blows through the air.

(.......................Great.

　I couldn't help but stare at the scene.

　Kirt, who was standing next to me, suddenly shouted out loudly.

''Robert Wogan, the general of the Shumurian Kingdom, has struck the head of the enemy general!　The straws have won!　Everyone, raise the battle cry!

　What?

　As they were startled, everyone in the surrounding adventurer group and kingdom knights shouted out.

''Oh, oh, oh!''

　They each raised their weapons to the heavens and howled.

　If you look, Illtimina-san was also raising her white spear and shouting loudly.

　...............

　My heart was uplifted and I too raised my sword and shouted.

''Ooohhhh!

　In contrast to us, the 'Black Great Monkeys' were looking at their boss monkey's head in stunned amazement.

　Astonishment.

　Despair.

　Such emotions floated on the human face.

　-- The battle from then on was one-sided.

　In terms of numbers, the 'Black Great Monkeys' still outnumbered us by about 700.

　However, with the defeat of the general, the demons' will to fight was thwarted, as if their defeat had been confirmed, and conversely, the morale of the Fifth Pioneer Group was boosted.

　This determined the outcome of the battlefield.

　In the face of our offensive, the demons scattered and fled.

　The resisting demons were swallowed up by our wave of momentum and killed one by one.

　As a result, it calls for a further wave of victory.

(Both General Roberto and Mr. Kirto knew this was coming.)

　That's why it's a battle cry.

　They give themselves and their opponents the illusion that the victory is already decided, and they make it a reality.

(.......................That's what taking the general's head is all about.

　Not a few, but a flow in a large scale battle.

　And that's what General Robert did, he pulled it off with aplomb.

(That's the Shumurian general!)

　I was able to experience firsthand what it's like to be a part of it.

"Merle.

　As I was thinking about this, Illtimina-san came over.

　Her white spear and armor were both stained purple with return blood.

(No, is that the same for me?)

　Everyone is dressed like this on this battlefield right now.

　Solstice, Poe, and even Turkia, who wasn't fighting, have been stained with mud and blood.

　And Iltimina-san, looking at the battlefield.

There's no need to pursue it further.

　I said.

　There was no more 'Black Great Monkey' beside us.

　We could only see the backs of the demons that were trying to escape in the distance.

''Yes,''

　I nodded.

　To be honest, I was pretty tired.

　Even though we had won, our opponents were more than twice as numerous as we were. It took more energy and stamina than I had imagined to resist them.

　Phew.........

　Iltimina-san strokes my hair as I exhale loudly.

''You did your best.
Yes.

　We laughed at each other.

　Solstice sat down on the ground and blurted out, 'I'm so tired~'.

　Poe pats the girl on the shoulder, encouraging her to 'do well'.

'Minna, awesome...'

　Turkia was looking at us, who had chased away a thousand 'Black Great Monkeys', as if impressed.

　........It's a bit embarrassing.　

　I look back towards the town.

　The Tolga soldiers on top of the outer wall were also cheering at the retreating "Black Great Ape".

(Good.)

　I was able to protect the people of this town.

　That fact sticks with me.

(Come to think of it, where is Mr. Kilt?)

　It was a melee at the end as well, and I couldn't see where she was going in all directions.

　I looked around the battlefield.

(Ah, there she is.)

　A short distance away from here was Kilt's back, shaking her silver hair.

　She seemed to be watching a group of demons moving away from us.

　We were trying to get closer to her.

(Hmm...?)

　I noticed the anomaly.

　The movement of the fleeing demons was strange.

　The 'Black Great Monkeys' who had been running away in a scattered manner had suddenly stopped in their tracks.

(Huh?)

　Kilt-san must have noticed the anomaly as soon as possible - his golden eyes followed the movements of the demons without guarding them.

　The anomaly continued further.

''........What is that?''

　Beyond the fleeing 'Black Great Monkeys', there was a large cloud of dust dancing in the air.

　Illtimina-san also narrowed her eyes.

　Everyone in the pioneer group began to notice that dust cloud.

(............)

　There was a lot of 'something' in the dust cloud.

　It was getting closer and closer to us.

We had won the battle with the Black Great Ape, but it seemed that we could not rest yet.