As they prepared, they waited for the demon tribe to appear.
　The sun was beginning to set, and the city was tinted with the colors of the setting sun.
　The day designated by the snake demon tribe, Meena, was yesterday, so it's possible that it ended up being empty.
　However, the vigilance is not lifted.
　A difference of a day or two is often the case.

On a positive note, the extra day allows us to prepare carefully.
　And I didn't mind if I struck out.
　Much better than not believing Meena's story and letting the attack go by.
　It's possible, though, that Meena has already betrayed me at this point, and that she's given me false information in order to keep me away from the real point of attack.
　However, I can't do anything about it if I doubt it, and at this point, I've decided that we can still use each other's relationship.
　Deer, who was tending to his gun at the inn, yawned.

'There's no tension here,'
You can't blame me. I was all worked up yesterday.
That's a possibility, but we shouldn't let our guard down.
I know, I'm sorry. I need to pull myself together.

Dia slapped her cheek with both hands with a snap.
　Tart, who was also taking care of his gun, was pinching his cheek.
　It's probably because he was left alert all day yesterday and didn't sleep well.
　Instead, we took turns getting up at night to be dangerous.
　I'm used to it, and since I have [Super Recovery], I can only sleep for a very short time.
　Tart and Dia aren't very good at this kind of thing.
　I had been prioritizing bodybuilding and learning techniques, but I might have to get them used to these things soon.

''It's.......strange.''

Nevan blurts out.

'What's going on?'
'It's funny because there's nothing there. We have the elite of the Romarnung watching on all sides, but we haven't heard from the west on time.
I'm leaving the inn and heading west.
We don't know for sure that the demon tribe has appeared yet. Besides, if you don't hear from us on time, something from another base should be on its way to check it out, so it's best to wait a little longer.
'The elite of the Romarnung?　There's no way they're going to fail to contact us on time with only a little trouble. We should head there immediately.

Hang the [Crane Leather Bag] around your waist.

The rest of the equipment was already on.
　Tart and Dia nodded as they each put on their own special pistols that had been serviced.

It's just like you said, Lug-sama. I've been playing at peace.
It may be nothing, but just being able to confirm that makes sense.

And so, promptly we started running.

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We all froze and headed west.
　If the elite of the Lomarungs were to die without even being able to call for help, it would be more troublesome than we had anticipated.
　It was too risky to disperse.

''Looks like it was the right decision.

He didn't need to go beyond the outer wall to be certain that the elites had been killed by the demon race.
　After all, it was because hell was unfolding there.
　The King of the Hundred Beasts, his hordes were laying waste to his people.
　All the visible demons had no mane. In other words, they are not demons, but their family members.
　However, one cannot be careless just because they are members of the family.
　Their fangs bite into skulls like sugar works and their claws cut through flesh like butter.
　People ran for cover, wailing and screaming.
　Its height is a little less than two meters and its length is a little over three meters, making it a bit bigger than an ordinary lion.
　The wind range monitoring magic is used to examine the entire area around it, but the demons are scattered around in order to efficiently slaughter humans.
　It's tricky when they are scattered like this.
　As I was thinking of a plan of action, a female lion demon appeared behind the fleeing woman holding her child.

'Taka, help me!'

At any moment, those claws are going to catch his mother's back.

"[Gunshot]

In order to avoid hurting the people around me in the aftermath, I choose [gunfire], which allows for pinpoint firing, instead of [gunfire].
　The spat out tungsten bullet was right on target and slammed into the forehead of the female lion.
　However, a hard sound was heard and the bullet was popped.
　The female lion loses interest from the parent and child and stops in place, glaring at me.

''Quickly!''
"Yes, sir.

Apparently, helping people was a success.

And I found out about him.

'That body hair is stronger than steel.

Otherwise, it wouldn't sound like this.
　And there's another tricky point.
　My [gunshot] can lightly pierce through if it's at least a steel plate, and even if it's an opponent that's too hard to pierce, its overwhelming kinetic energy can still deal blow damage.

However, this lioness didn't catch the gunfire, she shed it.
　Her body hair collapsed under the impact, and the bullet slid over it.
　Perhaps that body hair has the hardness of steel, the suppleness of fur, and even a coating of oil and fat to make it slippery.
　The effect of bullets is not very effective, and slashes and blows are almost impossible to communicate with.
　It has a very nasty nature.

'They're coming!'

He gives a warning.
　The [shooting] earlier didn't do any damage, but he still found it irritating.
　He rushes in by himself.

''Gaaaaaaaaaah!''

Fast.
　The instantaneous muscles of the feline family gain top speed from the first step.
　Its speed is about 300 kilometers per hour.
　The distance between him and me is about 40 meters. Roughly, I can close the distance in 0.5 seconds.
There was no way he could chant [gunshot] in time.
　Moreover, it was protected by hard and slippery body hair.

I see, this unreasonable speed and hardness, even the elite of the Romalung shouldn't be able to do anything about it.
　But alas, this beast is licking me too hard.
　Even with its overwhelming speed and ironclad body hair, its movements are too linear.

I pull out the pistol I have hidden in the inside pocket of my jacket.
　It was originally created for Tart and Dia.
　It has such a complex mechanism that it cannot be created by chanting, and it is essential to carry it.

But instead, it can be used without chanting, and its power and accuracy are excellent, allowing it to fire continuously.
　Dia's was used as a self-defense device to reduce recoil and prioritize precision and continuous shooting ability.
　In the case of Tart, he doesn't have a good sense for shooting, so he decided to discard precision and prioritize power, assuming that it can only be used at ultra-short range.
　And mine is a balanced type. I wanted to achieve just enough power to make precision shooting possible.

You only have 0.5 seconds to reach your opponent, but if you shoot fast enough, the change will be worth it. After all, it's a move I've repeated tens of thousands of times in my previous life.
　Quick draw, divine speed double shooting.
　Of course, even though its power is superior to that of a gunshot, it's impossible to achieve the power to pierce his hard, slippery body hair with a pistol-sized weapon.
　But that doesn't explain why I can't defeat it.
　That's right, if that hair is too much trouble, I'll aim for the parts that don't have it.
　The part of all living things that can be the kryptonite of any living thing is the eyes.
　A spit out bullet would pierce the eyeball and crumple the soft and vital organ behind it, killing it instantly.
　Nevertheless, the momentum of the leaping projectile was not enough to kill it.
　He catches his head with the bottom of a boot planted with metal.
　........it seems that was the right decision. The steel body hairs are like needles, a skewer if you catch it with your hand.

'I'm going to call out the scattered demons while reducing their numbers as much as possible here!

The herds of the demon race Riogel have scattered to slaughter many humans.
　In other words, we are unable to resuscitate the females that are triggered by the males' touch.
　We want to reduce their numbers as much as possible while we can.

''That would be good.''

Dia nodded and burned the female lion's body.
　If you're going to revive her by touching her, then you can turn her to ashes.
　That way you can't recover.
　A new female lion appears, realizing from the smell that her companion is dead, and stops slaughtering the townspeople, glaring at us, calling out to her companions with a cry, and two more demons appear.

Because my friends were killed earlier, they are filled with hatred and at the same time, they are wary of me. Otherwise, they wouldn't have immediately attacked me and called my friends.

........As expected of a pack. It has a high learning capacity and leadership.
　They thought that three of them were enough, and they finally started to move.
　Spreading out and rushing, the one coming towards me runs while trying to avoid being aimed at the zigzags, while the remaining two bodies aim at Tart and Dia.

It's not just a matter of hitting them, but also of aiming at their eyes, which is impossible to do with precision shooting.
　However, there are plenty of cards to kill him, though.
　Not letting the zig-zag aim means there's a waste of movement, which means there's more time to reach... and more time to chant magic.
　The chanting is completed when there's one more step to go.

''[Wind Cage]

The original wind-attribute magic created by me and Dia.
　It is a magic that fills a space with carbon dioxide in a radius of several meters in front of it.
　Any creature that sets foot in this space is instantly deprived of the oxygen in its lungs and suffers serious brain damage, leading to coma and death.

It doesn't matter how hard your body hair is, as long as you're a living thing, you can't escape.
　Easy to use, my favorite.
　We're all done here. What about you two?
　I look at Tart and Dia and lift my cheeks. It's something that has grown up dependably.

''【Wind Bullet】. Eh, Rougu-sama, we did it!

I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this topic.
　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one. And then, without fail, the next moment it stopped moving, the knife pierced its eyes.
　It's a fine thing to grow up. As far as stabbing him to death exactly, he is becoming a great assassin.
The 【Wind Bullets】 is a magic that Dia developed, a magic that can be chanted in an ultra-short period of time.

Even though it is a super short time, while chanting, it is not possible to strengthen physical abilities with magic. Aiming to counter with magic in a situation where one's bare physical ability and defense has been discarded, requires extraordinary guts and concentration.
　There aren't many knights in this country who can do this.

And it seems that Dia chose a simpler way to win.

''【Flame Muddled Stream】.......You can't escape from that.

I know that the flames will work with the cremation I just saw earlier.
　That's why I released a torrent of flames with such enormous magical power that there was no space to avoid it.
　That much magic, it would take quite a bit of chanting time. Probably, they had already started chanting from the time they were on alert.
　It was only because of their advanced technology of predicting the future and adjusting the completion time of the chanting that they were able to capture demons moving that fast with their magic.
　I can hear the sound of clapping. It was Nevan's, who dared to watch the game from a position one step back from us.

''I knew that Lug-sama was strong, but I was surprised to see that even the two squires were strong.
I wouldn't have brought them here if they were a liability; Tart and Dia are my most valued assistants and assets.

Not long ago, they would not have brought me here and I would have worked on my own.
　The girls have continued to grow up and I finally feel comfortable letting them have my back.

'Hmmm, that's lovely. That relationship. And that maid over there. How can you become so strong with that level of talent? I'm suddenly very interested in you.
Talent is important, but it's not everything. For that matter, the real deal is finally coming.

There's a reason why they killed so vigorously.
　The enemy had spread out and slaughtered the inhabitants.
　Defeating the scattered monsters one by one would make no sense, and the enemy is overwhelmingly faster than you, so it's not realistic to chase them down.
　The humans will be killed off while they are doing so.

That's why we don't chase them, we call them in.
　If it has the characteristics of a feline, it has a good nose. Yes, you'll notice the smell of burning flesh of your mate. And because they're a pack, a family, they're not going to tolerate us.
　I was right about that.

There is a response to the wind surveillance magic. A number of signs are heading our way. And at the center of it all, there's a singularly large presence.

''It's a life-threatening chase. Let's run!''
Yes!
We had a trap point nearby, right?

That's why I set up here.
　Here, at this point in time, we can get to the point where the trap is before it catches up to us.

"Nevan, it's time to get out of spectator mode. You're an asset, aren't you?
'Oh dear, I'll have to work if you insist. It's a pity, I would have liked to know more about you all.

The enemy has already picked up our scent.
　They haven't been able to see us yet, but they'll follow us closely.
　It's going to be tough to hit them properly this many times. So we're gonna make sure they're trapped.