'A thousand in front of them and two thousand behind them!

　The Tolkien's Toluega cry echoes through the forest.

　Bassa, bassa, bassa.

　In the skies above them, the Shumurian Dragon Horsemen's Dragon is flying.

　The role of the interpreter, Turkia, is to convey the report of the Shumurian dragon squadron that conducted a reconnaissance from the skies to the Tolga army as well.

　The 'Toluga Warriors' who were advancing forward stopped and readied their respective weapons.

　Gasp!

　At the same time, the red pattern on its entire body shines brightly.

''Ah-la-la-la-la-la-la!

　With the warriors' shouts, their bodies swell up a size - the magic of body strengthening.

　I also hold up my "fairy sword".

　I was standing on the battlefield as a member of the group of adventurers led by Kirt-san.

　There are about 40 people in the adventurer's group.

　In the battle the other day, about 10 people were injured and killed, including Illtimina, in the battle.

(...............I'm not going to lose!

　Pushing aside the sadness that lingers in my mind, I focus on the battle at hand.

　Ten seconds.

　Twenty seconds.

　And thirty seconds after Turkia's cry, the earth begins to tremble and I hear the demons' yells.

"!

　In the next moment, the Great Black Monkeys flooded out of the trees in the forest and attacked us.

　It was like a black tsunami.

　The Tolga warriors stood up to it head on.

　Flesh and flesh, and the sound of clashing steel.

'Men, let's go!　Let the 'Trougha Warriors' show the 'strength' of our Shumurian adventurers!

　Kirt's voice, which often comes through on the battlefield.

　The group of adventurers are 'Oh!' I replied with a heroic yell.

　I scream as hard as I can.

'Oooh!'

　With a shout, he ran out with everyone else and swung the Fairy Sword at the "Black Great Ape" that was approaching in front of him.


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　He slashes flesh and cuts off bones.

　He slashed and killed countless "Black Great Monkeys".

　I was also wounded.

　The demon's fangs, the claws, my flesh was slashed to pieces.

　But that's because Solstice, who is right behind me, will quickly heal me with her recovery magic.

'Come on, go!'
Yeah!

　In response to the girl, I confronted the horrible demons again.

　As I left, she would heal the other wounded as well.

　Poe was the only non-combatant who was protecting Turkia, the only non-combatant.

　Turkia was desperately shouting at us to tell us about the warfare that was being informed by the Trougas' army, and to tell the Trougas' army about the new hand we were letting them know about.

　Mr. Kirt has been leading the group of adventurers in defeating the 'Black Great Ape'.

　The Truga Warriors fighting alongside him were also shining red and were defeating the Black Great Ape with tremendous strength.

　They are originally the same as the Demon Blood People and have superior physical abilities.

　They have been strengthened by the 'Physical Strengthening' magic. I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

　Currently, we're pushing them.

　But.

(How many of them are there?!)

　No matter how many times they were defeated, the 'Black Great Monkeys' were appearing from deep in the forest without end.

　It's like a never-ending nightmare.

　Ha, ha, ha.

　Their breathing is disrupted.

　As the time to fight progressed, the way the 'Black Great Ape' and the others fought changed as well.

　''Bohu, bakaan.

　Suddenly, there was a sound of ripping air and the head of the 'Toluuga Warrior' in front of me was blown off.

(Huh?)

　The blood returns to my cheek.

"Throwing stones!

　Kirt's warning was echoed.

The 'Black Great Monkeys' not only attacked me directly, they also attacked me from a distance while hiding in the trees.

　''Boboong!''

　This time, a purple flame is spat out, and one of the adventurers is caught in it.

(Flame breath!)

　The various attacks of the demons were taking out one by one.

　In an attempt to break the situation, the Toluga Warriors charged forward, aiming at the Black Great Ape, which was hiding behind the trees.

　At that moment.

　It's throbbing.

　The trees in the forest came crashing down, and the warriors were caught up in their fall.

(!?!)

　The timing is too good to be a coincidence.

　No way.........

(Was the 'Black Great Ape' setting a trap?)

　I can only assume so.

　My prediction became a certainty with the passage of time.

　A rockfall.

　A pit.

　And many other traps as well, as we moved forward.

This is ... luring.

　Even Kilt-san recognized that fact, while being astonished by the demon's too high intelligence.

　First, he fought directly, where he deliberately made us push him into us and lured us to a point where we were trapped.

(Just like a human!)

If you think that the Black Great Ape is just a "slightly intelligent beast," you're wrong.

　More and more 'toluga warriors' will be killed or injured.

(d*mn it.)

　There are about three times as many enemies as we are.

　In other words, we're on an even playing field for the first time when we have three times as many battle results as the demons.

　But this situation right now.....

　Just as I was thinking this, Her Majesty Ameldus, the Empress who had been standing on the battlefield with us until now, raised her bloody sword and announced heroically.

''Everyone, don't stop!　We have only one goal: to get the head of Mujarna the Monkey King!　Be a tusk that never stops, and thrust your fangs into the neck of the fellow at the top of the Demertus Mountains!

　Torchia translates those words for us.

(Well....)

　The original situation was unfavorable, and His Majesty knew that.

　On top of that, we have one aim.

　To break through this horde of 250,000 demons and defeat the enemy general, 'Mujarna the Monkey King'.

　That was the only plan.

　Mr. Kilt also shouted.

'You heard me!　Forward, band of adventurers!　You don't have to defeat all your enemies, just move on!

(Yes!)

　I nodded strongly.

　If we can see the path to victory, then all we have to do is fight desperately to get there.

　In fact, I later learned that the 80,000-strong Toluga Army had formed an assault formation with The Heroic Pardewan in the lead.

　The words of the two female heroes inspire us.

Even though we were being attacked by the 'Black Great Ape' and the others, we desperately moved forward.

　Many people drop out of the race.

　But our feet don't stop.

　Before we knew it, we found ourselves in a melee, not knowing whether we were at an advantage or a disadvantage.

　Still, we were desperate to move forward.

　It was at that time.

''Guo-On!''

　From above, I heard a dragon's cry.

(Huh?)

　Looking back reflexively, I saw what looked like a single rope tangled around the dragon's body.

　No, that's ivy.

　The dragon knight cuts off that ivy with his sword.

　But from the ground around him, a number of ivy with stones strapped to the tips were thrown at him from the ground and twisted into his huge body.

　The dragon and the dragon knight resist.

　But then a stone throwing attack was added to the mix, and the dragon knight received a direct hit from one of them.

(Ah!)

　From the saddle, the dragon knight falls from the saddle.

　At about the same time, the dragon, which was entangled in the ivy and lost its flying power, also fell towards the ground.

　Zuzun.

　The sound of a heavy fall echoed across the forest.

　I was stunned.

(That Shumurian dragon cavalry was dropped...?)

　Not only me, but also the people of the surrounding adventurer group couldn't help but stand there.

The Shumurian Dragon Cavalry is, in a sense, a symbol of the 'strength' of the Shumurian Kingdom.

　The Shumurian people are the only ones who have a strong sense of that.

　One of the symbols of that "strength" has now been dropped by the Black Great Apes that inhabit the Dark Continent.

　Even that Kirt-san was stunned.

　Even Solstice was stunned.

Lie.

　He held his hands over his mouth and muttered.

　What just happened just now had that much of a shock to our hearts.

　And even though we are in this situation, of course the attack from the "Black Great Ape" doesn't stop.

　Before we could recover, we were subjected to the onslaught.

(Kukaku)

　Dropping the dragon seems to have reversed the momentum of the Black Great Monkeys.

　Our group of adventurers, the surrounding 'Toluga Warriors', are being divided one by one and each one of them is being defeated.

(Oh no, oh no, oh no!

　This trend is the worst.

　I desperately resisted by waving my 'fairy sword', but there was nothing I could do about it.

　Kirt-san, Solstice, Po-chan, and Torchia are getting further and further apart.

　Clunk!

What?

I managed to catch the stony tension of the "Black Great Ape" with my "silvery white cuirass", but I was flung wide open.

　I fell and rolled on the ground with a rumble.

''Hey, Marl!''

　Solstice's cry could be heard from beyond the swarm of demons.

(Kook)

　I got up in a hurry, but I was completely isolated.

　No, I wasn't the only one.

　Most of the adventurers and toluga warriors on this battlefield had been isolated.

　Is this another tactic of the 'Black Great Ape'?

　In the distance, I can see Kirto-san's fighting form.

　Perhaps deciding that it would be difficult to rebuild, Kirto fluttered his silver hair and shouted audibly to everyone present.

''All of you, get to the top of the mountain!　Any one of them!　One of you must reach the 'Monkey King' and kill him!

　A desperate voice.

　The war situation had gotten that bad before I knew it.

(To the summit........!)

　I look up.

　We have a long way to go here, maybe the fifth or sixth station.

　But someone has to go.

　I put all my strength into my legs and head that way.

"Hogya!

　Soon, a group of "Black Great Monkeys" attacked me.

　I breathe in and out.

　And then.

Get out of the way!

　Shouting loudly, he stepped toward the demons who were in his way.