But I can't expose my true face now.
　With the knocker's waistcoat mask on, I thrust the tip of my sword at him.

"Come on, Demon King Army. You can choose to challenge them or retreat. I'm going to challenge you, then I will fight in place of the knockers by righteousness.
"Sword.........?　You're a human adventurer...?

　Now I'm the center of attention.
　The commander demon tribe is also eyeing me with hostility.

"I see........　You're the one who sent these lowlifes on a roll, aren't you?

　He points at me.
　You think I'm a stooge for the humans?
　Well, that's just the way I see it, isn't it?

"Have you conspired to incite the lowlifes to steal the Mithril mine?　How vile!　It's an adulteration typical of the evil human race!
And even if you did, you're the ones who gave them an opening to take advantage of you.

　Of course, I had no intention of doing so myself.
　The conditions in this mine are too favorable for a breakaway move.

　The pressure from above is immense, and the discontent below is growing to the point of critical mass.
　If an offer to betray us comes from somewhere else, we'll take it.
　The groundwork has been laid for this, without a doubt, by you and your Demon Army.
　Oh, you mean the current generation.

"If that's the case, we won't tolerate it!　My mighty army of demons!　Strike down this race of humans!　And kill all the lowly tribes and show them the sinfulness of defying the demon race!

　commander demon tribe orders.
　The commander demon tribe commanded that he would be led by a hundred or so soldiers, but he was slow in his movements.
　And so it is.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.
　Killing non-combatants is an act of denying one's own existence.

　So even if it's an order, a person with a straightforward heart can't help but be puzzled.

　That's the point.

"Guffaw!
!

　The dancing swords split the skin of the demon king's army soldiers and cut out their flesh.

　I was impressed that they hesitated to attack Knocker, but still, soldiers are supposed to fight and die.
　Even though you're an incompetent boss, you guys who have to obey that guy are a pure threat.
　You must be neutralized.
　I don't want you to be injured to the point where you can lick it up.

'd*mn it!　Intercept!　Intercept!
That race of humans is the enemy for sure!　No need for mercy!　"Kill them all.
"Be careful, he's quite skilled at this!

　The soldiers in the Demon Lord's army are the lowest-ranking dark soldiers.
　I was this rank myself.

　You can't get away with it!
　The soldiers, without exception, turn their palms toward you and start chanting.

''I appeal to the four elements that make up the world, the attributes of fire...!

　It's a preparation for fire-based attack magic.

　I used to train and aim to be able to use different types of magic too.
　But it was impossible.

　Although I belonged to the demon king's army, I was actually a human, and I couldn't master the magic that only demons could use.
　All the efforts at that time were in vain.
　But now.........

I won't let you.
''Geez!''

　I slash and crush the magic chant in midstream.
　Although it wasn't fruitful, I've been drilled into the use of magic, the principles of magic, and I have a precise grasp of how to fight magic.
　The advantages of fighting with magic. The disadvantages of fighting with magic.
　What kind of action would a person who is trying to defeat an enemy with magic do under what circumstances?

　Maybe you know more about this than the person in question, me.

''d*mn!　Crushed before the chant is complete...?
''Switch to a shorter chanting spell!　It's rapid-fire magic!
No!　There are too many allies around!　You'll hit a friend!
You've got a huge advantage in numbers...　So that's why it's a bad thing...?

　There are enemies everywhere, front, back, left and right.
　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

It's not a good idea to use them for this purpose.

　As expected, when there are a hundred people, it's impossible to crush everyone's magic chanting beforehand.
　I'm sure one or two of them will be left out.

　The one who stood in front of me was one such person, an old-looking dark soldier covered both forearms with hard rocks.

''Enhanced with earth magic?''

　Probably a magical boost of muscle strength as well.
　A proper bite would break your bones and rupture your internal organs.

''Die eeeeee!''

　A rock fist struck mercilessly.
　I took it with my sword.

''I knew that aura was amazing.''

　I'd win by going head-to-head with a magically enhanced rock punch.

''Ughhhhhh!

　The aura-clad sword slashed through the rock fist beautifully and overwhelmed it.

　The human race was using such tremendous power to fight the demon race?

　I used to be an enemy, and I thought I knew the horror of this power.
　Now that I'm on the side that uses it, I'm once again shuddering at the horror of it all.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.
　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

"Goooooooooooooooooh!
It's not good.　Can't hold them!　And only one of this many?
He's too strong!　What kind of human adventurer are you?
You could have been in a hero's party!

　I used to be called the outcast among you, you know.
　Well, well, I was able to rampage in the bosom of the enemy and stir the ranks sufficiently.

　Thanks to that, the most important vital point is empty.

"Do Hi!　Dohhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

　The commander of this squad, the demon tribe.
　"This is the same demon commander who heckled the knockers.

"Oh, that's the way it's done.

　In an instant, he closes the gap between the two. The tip of the cut stops just short of touching or not touching the commanding demon's throat flute.
　A pitter-patter.
　No, did I touch it a bit?

　The commanding demon tribe was so freaked out by that that alone that they crumbled to the ground in a sitting position.

''Ohhihii........?''

　He was so scared that he started crying.
　A puddle of incontinence spread out from the ground where she was on her buttocks.

Pussy.

　Even I, the fiercely weak man from the days of the Demon King's Army, behaved a bit more stoutly, didn't I?

Don't move. If you move, I'll skewer your commander's throat with this sword.

　With that said, the surrounding soldiers are checked.

　Even if the hostages didn't work, all we had to do then was to kill all the enemies again.
　The other side seems to understand that, and the soldiers have completely lost the will to fight.

''Help me...!　Help me.........!

　And the commander demon tribe in question was in tears, begging for his life.

''It's not........!　I'm not a demon army........!
What?
"I just happened to meet Master Bashvaza of the Four Heavenly Kings at a ball. We got to talking and became friends. And he wants to assign me a job...?

　So it's nepotism, huh?
　What's more, they're hiring based on being close to each other without regard to merit...

　What kind of personnel management is Bashvaza-sama doing?

'What?　I'm a non-combatant?　Wouldn't it be shame to kill a man like that?
Yeah.

　Sighing heavily, I swung my sword.



　The ballroom's regular monk demon tribe, a scream of fear.

　It doesn't hurt. I just ran the blade over your head and cut off your hair.

"Heh, heh, heh...?

　The top of your head is now a nice bald spot.
　.........
　No, did you shave the scalp a little?
　This is going to take a lot longer for my hair to grow back.

'You'll go home and ask for my resignation, showing your bald head to Lord Bashbursa. The battlefield is a terrible place. The cowardly boxer doesn't want to go there again.

　The commanding bald demon tribe nodded buzzingly and crawled away on all fours with their hips slumped.

''........?''
Um...?

　Confused demon soldiers.

You guys can go home too. The fact that the commander has fled means that he has decided to retreat, right?

　It was an unwanted mission for them, and they must have been very embarrassed to be led by such an amateur.
　They followed my advice and left one by one.

　The battle was over.