During the last stampede, a quadruple line of defense was built in northern Ithaca. The sparrows were fighting on the first wall, one of them.


"Pierce it, Senka!


　As soon as the sharp chant came out of the sparrow's mouth, a long flame reminiscent of a spear appeared in the air. The fire magic of the second sphere glided through the air and pierced the target without a misstep.

　The target was the Hellhound, a magical beast that had emerged from the forests of Titis. As its name suggests, the Hellhound has limbs reminiscent of a hound's. It lets out a deafening scream and falls to the ground. It rubbed its body violently against the ground, probably in an attempt to extinguish the flames that engulfed its body.

　Hellhounds are considered dangerous even among veteran adventurers because of their ferociousness in attacking anything and everything, and their cunning in hunting in packs. It is also very vigorous, and a single direct hit from the Second Circle's magic was not enough to kill it.

　If left unchecked, the Hellhound might have put out the fire and risen again. But the sparrow wasn't fighting alone.


All right, I'll take care of the rest!


　The young adventurer who had been drawing his bow next to the sparrow - although he was much older than the sparrow - echoed the bowstring.

　The arrow struck the fallen hellhound with precision, and the beast twitched once and then stopped moving.

　The archer whistles and thrusts his fist lightly at the sparrow next to him.

　For a moment, the sparrow is unsure of what is being asked of her, but soon realizes the intentions of the bowman, and fearfully clenches her own fist to make contact with his.

　When the archer saw the sparrow, he laughed in a funny way.


Haha, you're a very reserved boy. Are you an adventurer too?

"Well, yes, I am, .......

I've never seen you in the guild before, though. With your current magic and your expensive equipment, I'd say you're an apprentice sorcerer who just graduated from the College of Wise Men.　Magicians are valuable, if you're willing to join our party--


　I'm not sure if you've seen this before, but I'm sure you've seen it before.


There!　There! If you have time to waste talking, shoot as many arrows as you can!

"Yes, yes, I understand, Sir Knight!


　The bowstring echoes at the end of his words, and one of the demons below him falls.

　The sparrow breathed a sigh of relief inwardly when she realized that the bowman's consciousness had left her. Even though she has gotten used to living in the human world, she is still nervous about exchanging words with a stranger.

　Sora has not yet returned from Onigashima, and Seal, Miroslav and the others have been incorporated into another unit. The only member of the Sword of Blood and Smoke in this support team was Suzume, and this fact also made Suzume feel nervous.

　Of course, she had no intention of being weak because of this.

　Sparrow was the one who was forced to participate in the request for this defeat, which she had not planned to do.

　Sparrow squeezed the magic wand in her hand and re-focused her energy. This wand, with its high-purity magic stones, was prepared by Miroslav for his apprentice, and was as good as the wand he himself used. However, Miroslav had never said anything condescending, so the sparrow was still unaware of this fact.

　Sparrow ruminated on her teacher's teachings in her mind, and began her next chant.


In order for magic to work, two things are essential: chanting and magic power.

"Magic power can be roughly divided into mana and odo. The former is the natural power that fills the world, and the latter is the power that an individual generates within him or herself. Normally, sorcerers use mana to perform magic. There is a limit to the amount of odo, and its purity as magical power is lower than that of mana. Simply put, mana is more powerful and can be used for more magic.

But it's a different story for the sparrow, who has a magic-generating organ called the horn. I'm not sure what to make of it, but I think it's a good idea. How to control this enormous amount of odo will be a challenge for you in the future.

When you have overcome this challenge, you will surely have the power to surpass me and approach the allies.


　I don't know if the last words were a joke in Miroslav's style or if he was serious. However, I was hoping that this would be the case, and I was going to make every effort to make it so.

　Otherwise, I would continue to be a burden to Sora for the rest of my life. I really didn't want to do that.

　Perhaps in response to these feelings, the sparrow's magic power was growing rapidly. The bowman next to her sensed the pressure, and sweat poured down his forehead.