Geez!　Whoa!　Pepe, pepe, pepe.........?
　Dirt!　Dirt in your mouth?

　It's me!

　.........
　Oh, shit. I thought I was going to die.
　My head.........or rather, my whole upper body was buried in the ground and I couldn't breathe!

　The adventurers pulled me up by my legs and I managed to save myself, but if it weren't for the help, I would have choked!

'Thank you!　Ladies and gentlemen, you have saved my life.　Thank you so much!
"Please keep your head down and watch the back...!

　.........Ah.
　The way the young adventurers were looking at me, the color of their eyes were like, 'That's an old man sticking out...! You know what I mean?
　We're being treated like a distraction by these young people!

I'm surprised to see you here, but the situation is really bad. It's the Demon King's Army. And that army is that big...!

　One of the young adventurers said as he surveyed the situation.

We need to contact the village and ask them to send more reinforcements. We need to contact the village and ask them to send more reinforcements. We'll defend it to the death, so the village chief should fall back to the rear.
No, no,

　That's not how it works either.
　I'm one of the people responsible for Rax Village.......and Mithril operations.

I'll negotiate with them first. We need to find out what they want. A discussion before a fist fight is the official manner.

　But..........
　.........what does this mean?

　As for me, I only thought it was the forces of the Chamber of Commerce led by Rittges that we would encounter.

　For some reason, the Demon King's Army has appeared instead.
　And it's on a huge scale.

　The fifty adventurers we sent to fight the Merchant's Association couldn't even begin to scratch the surface.
　How did that happen?

Zebiantes!　Zebiantes hey!

　First of all, I call Zebiantes, who will have the best grasp of the situation.
　I'm not going to be the only one who has a problem with that.

　The report of 'bad' that has been conveyed by magic must also be referring to this demon king's army.

　Anyway, thanks to that guy, I was saved thanks to him.
　And where is this Zeviantes?

Oh, there he is.

　It was very easy to find because it was flying in the sky.
　He was flying around in a good mood wearing the mithril wings that he and Sakai-kun had been studying.

'Ho ho ho ho!　It's okay!　He's flying around so briskly!
You're the best, sister!　We're going to be the wind together!

　There's a girl I don't know flying around with me.

　And one more person.....

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.　Someone help me, for goodness sake!

　Mr. Bestfred?
　What's that woman doing with you too?

"Oraaahhhh!　Are you coming down here?
Oh, shit!　It's Dariel!

　He finally spots me and drops right in front of me.

So, what's going on here?
Before I do that, I wish I had a thank-you note. I'm unusually good at my job this time.
Huh?

　Even if what I'm saying is correct, it doesn't really make sense when it's Zebiantes who's saying it.
　But I'm an adult.
　If the gutsy one doesn't take a step back........!

No, you did a really good job. I owe you so much for being here.
'You're lucky too!　Given the rare opportunity to praise this me!

　It's really rare.
　So?　Isn't it about time you explained the situation?

I'm so busy trying to find the perfect pose for my new Mithril wings that I don't have time to explain them to you.
Sister!　Now let's pair up with me and try a new trajectory!

　So who was that girl?
　And explain.

'You'll have to ask this old man for the details! It's time for him to start getting heavy and lazy around the waist.
Gopu!

　And then Best Fred threw it to me.

You're going to be accused of s*xual harassment if you cling to a lady's waist for too long.
Terrible!　Didn't you ask me to come with you!

　Here's another victim caught up in the Zebiantes' own pace.
　I'm sorry, Mr. Bestfred.

'It's quite..., Dariel. It was you who sent that demoness, after all. Well, you've saved me from that, but...!　You could have died...!
What's happening?　Do those demons have anything to do with the Chamber of Commerce?
''No, it's completely unrelated. Just now, adventurers from Campbell Street, led by the Chamber of Commerce, came from the other direction. We managed to subdue them and took a breather, and then that army...!

　I guess my prediction of the Chamber of Commerce doing something wrong was right.
　But the fact that the Demon King's Army is moving at the same time is completely unexpected. It's nothing short of unforeseen that you're so conscious of the Chamber of Commerce that you don't notice it.

What in the world is the purpose of this...?
''I just had a conversation with someone who seems to be a commander, and it seems that the goal is to retake the Mithril mine. That may be just as well. Even the demon race wants mithril so badly that they can't help themselves...

　But do you really want to raise an army now to get it back?

　There are many reasons why it's not a good idea for the demons to get involved in the human race under the current circumstances.
　That's why I thought that the demon king's army wouldn't move, and I was caught off guard.

　The Demon King's Army, which was never supposed to move, has begun to move.
　And at the same time that the Chamber of Commerce bared their fangs.

　Is this a coincidence?
　...a coincidence.

'Anyway, I understand the situation. Let's try to negotiate with the other side from me.
"Are you all right, Mr. Dariel...?

　''We'll just have to talk it over first.
　We came here with the intention of dealing with the Chamber of Commerce, so we didn't bring enough people with us to take on a legitimate large army.

　I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce can only mobilize the forces of the city's ragtag bandits, so....

　Well, it's not as if there's no one on the other side who can talk sense.
　It would be better if that kind of person was among that army.

Well........there's Lizete.

　An old friend who once shared a kettle of fish with me.
　You're lucky to have him.

All right, I'll go talk to him. All adventurers stay alert. Do not attack until I say so.
I wouldn't be too scared to set up against such a large army...?

　What a pity.
　If you're an adventurer from Lax Village, when the time comes, you should have the guts to cut them down to the ground with ten kills each.

It's been a long time since we've seen you.

　Anyway, I walk up to him in a frank manner to show that I have no intention of fighting.
　I'm sure Rizzet would be able to casually tell me what happened....

''Wait!''

　A sharp voice flies from the other side.

'Stop right there!　Any further approach without agreement will be considered a hostile act!
"What?

　It was actually Lizette's voice that said this.

　What's the matter with you, are you that cold?
　How dare you?

Dariel!　....I knew you would come. If the Mithril mine was in danger, you would be forced to come out, even if you didn't want to.
You think this was all about luring me here?　If that's the case, it's a huge waste of resources.

　If they wanted to see me, all they had to do was visit me as usual.

　A thousand men, a waste of human resources, and yet how much money and supplies are wasted when deploying troops?

Other people are the planners. ....You have fallen right into his trap.
What?
"And I wanted to ask you something that I couldn't resist. ........Dariel. Answer the question without any falsehoods...!

　Rizzet said.

''You're the one who sent the brave man to the Demon King?