Come on, let's take a bath.　Bath!
Wow.
It's heavier than I expected, Hanna.
Isn't that a terrible thing to do?


　Hannah flapped the wings on her back as Amy peeked out from behind her and shushed her, her face red and angry.


'Come on, Corina, come on!　And Amira and Leleia!
Hey, shut the f*ck up. I'm not going in there.


　Amy says in a light tone, to which Amira returns the annoyance. Corina and Leleia were silent, so Amy looked disappointed as she ran to the bathroom with Hannah in her arms. Hearing Hannah's screams as she moved away, Tsutomu called out to a depressed looking Corina.


'How was the Battle of Winter General?'
It's my fault.


　Korina, who is looking down, holding the talisman she carries around her neck, looks like a sister who is repenting, even to God, combined with the appearance of her monastic clothes.

　Then Oli, who had been watching the God's Table with Xeno's wife earlier, quietly handed Tsutomu a document about the two PTs' battle against the Winter General. Initially, Oli was engaged in the management of the Clan House, but now he has completely turned to watch the God's Table.


''Thank you, but you don't have to go this far, do you?
She's learned to do a lot of housework on her own now that she's got time on her hands.
...I see.


　Oli smiles at the apprentice who is diligently cooking, and Tsutomu takes the papers with a slightly dubious look on his face as he smiles at the apprentice.

　Tsutomu had studied Oli's background and had some idea of why she had joined the clan. However, she was able to do the job unexpectedly, so she was willing to split it off as long as she could manage the clan house, no matter what the purpose was, but lately, she had changed to be more involved with the clan members in a desperate manner.


(I don't know what to do.)


　It was almost half a year since the rampaging dragon attack, so it was time for the stampede again. At that time, Tsutomu was planning to put a word in for the nobleman about Oli, but he had a feeling that it would be better to check with her once.

　While Tsutomu was thinking about this, Oli opens his mouth, brushing his brown hair from his ears.


'As it turns out, the second stage of the Winter General wiped us out. Starting with Hannah's death, the PT collapsed, and eventually Corina, Hannah, Leleia, Amira, and Daryl all died in that order.
'So that's the order. Hmm, that means it looks like the hate management didn't work.
Yes.


　Corina replied to Tsutomu's words with a sinking look. The biggest reason for the second army PT's loss in the battle against the Winter General was the early death of the healer.

　Corina's support recovery itself wasn't bad. While providing protection against the cold with the blessing of the God of Adventure, he constantly wished Daryl for protection and Hannah for swiftness. The recovery of mental strength through holy wishes, which had been an issue, was also improving since he had practiced turning them efficiently.

　Furthermore, with regard to resuscitation, he was able to predict Hannah's death with his eyes that predicted her death, so he was able to revive her early. Besides, this time Korina was using a skill called the Resurrection Prayer to revive Hannah instead of the Resurrection Prayer.

　Resurrection is an upward-compatible version of revival, which allows you to recover not only your physical strength but also your mental strength, and your equipment will be restored to its original state. Although its activation time is long, it's convenient because, unlike Resurrection, it can be used to return to the front lines immediately.

　However, Korina is still not accustomed to managing the overall hate, and is still naive to first-time monsters. Like Tsutomu, the Winter General's attacks and tank hate skills like "Live Dungeon! She couldn't fit it into the knowledge of and fully grasp the Therefore, she had to manage it through experience, but Korina had underestimated the hate.

　And because she had made a full support recovery against Daryl, Korina had been targeted by the Winter General for taking too much hate. Korina could handle it better than Tsutomu in close combat, but against the Winter General, she was in a very bad position. And so she was cut down by General Winter.

　From then on, the fight was devoid of support recovery and she was forced to rely on the candy potion for recovery. Plus, her protection against the cold had faded with Korina's death, and several times she was stopped in her tracks by the blizzard attacks of her right sword.

　I'm not sure I'll ever be able to find out what's going on in the world. I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world. And after her own Amira pointed out to her that her movements had suddenly deteriorated, an argument ensued.

　In the midst of such an argument, Daryl managed to use the candy potion to endure, and Hannah, despite dying once, was still struggling with a great fight against the Winter General. However, the appearance of the horse caught Hanna off guard and she was caught off guard by a body hit and her head was stomped on, killing her instantly.

　After that, Amira and Leleia couldn't put pressure on the horse well, and the hate was dispersed as they took separate actions. Daryl took on the Winter General alone, but after being targeted by the horse that was acting separately, Amira was unable to move due to fatigue from sustaining too much dragonization.

　The horse bit her neck off and she died. After that, the motionless Amira was also trampled to death, and the last remaining Daryl, unable to do anything about the Winter General and his horse at the same time, died after persisting and was annihilated.

　Tsutomu crossed his arms as if in thought when Oli told him about such a summary of the battle.


'From what I'm hearing, I guess I should have relied on Daryl for the hate. Since I'm just a tank, I can feel the monster's hate better with Daryl's experience.''
Yes.
"We'll be discussing what we've learned from the battle against the Winter General tonight in each PT, so you can talk about it with your teammates. I'll talk to you tomorrow about our future plans, but for now, I'm sure you'll be able to try again with the current PT.


　Unfortunately, I couldn't break through this time, but the selection of people for the PT itself wasn't that bad. When approached, the Winter General emits cold air and tries to block your movements, so it's not a good match for Amy, who is able to make a lot of moves and produce DPS.

　However, Amira's blows are heavy due to her large sword. For that reason, you can earn DPS by hitting a single target and repeatedly taking off, so she's a good match for the Winter General. Leia can also use the Salamander to attack weak points, and since she has the ability to use both perspective and distance, she'll be easy to use.

　Hannah, an evasive tank, is a great match for Korina, and Daryl is as good a tank as Garum. Amira and Leleia are two factors of concern, but even without them, this was a PT that had potential to win.


''I'm back!　Mike Langhouse!


　As Tsutomu was thinking about this, a commanding voice passed through the clan house. When Tsutomu turned around with a disgusted look in his eyes, there was Zeno, who had opened the door to the living room as if he was going to break the dojo.


''Hey!　You kept me waiting!
Hi. Thank you for coming all the way out here today.
'Hahaha!　It's all good!　My wife has convinced me!


　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this topic. And when he found Daryl sinking in the living room, he made an exaggeratedly surprised movement and then went to encourage him.


(Well, Xeno and Amy were stronger than I expected, so I can't say great things about Korina.)


　Tsutomu went upstairs to go to the bathroom, but the first bath had been taken by Garum. Tsutomu went back to his room, slightly shocked, and sat at his desk pondering this.

　Zeno is a moderately interesting human being, and one who is not as influential as Amy is. But I haven't rated his abilities as a tank that high since I saw the Mounted Golem battle. So I didn't expect Xeno to work as a tank that much, just to make the cold-weak Diniel function with Ember Aura.

　And Amy's ability to stand around and aim for bleeding by making a handful of moves also made it difficult to function against the Winter General. The continuous blows that she unleashes as if she were dancing with a Soucha Zan is brilliant, but the standing snowstorm weakens its power as well. Although his anti-personnel combat ability was high, he seemed to be at a distinct disadvantage against the Winter General.

　Therefore, Tsutomu only saw Zeno as a meat shield to buy as much time as possible during Garum's breaks, and Amy as a motivator for Diniel and a time-buyer in a time of need.

　But when the lid came off, the two of them were amazing. Xeno hadn't died once and was able to handle the role of a tank as well as Garum. His persistence, especially when Garum was seriously injured, was far beyond Tsutomu's expectations.

　If you look at the movements in normal practice, Zeno's ability is clearly lower than Garum and Daryl. It's hard to compare them in general since their standing is different, but Tsutomu saw that his expectations were lower than Hanna, the dodging tank.


(And yet, how could she endure that much?)


　Tsutomu knew beforehand that Xeno's movements would be slowed down to the extent that he was trapped with his wounds. And since he can't reach a place like the borderline no matter how cornered he is, that's why he was trying to recover as much as possible to make sure he was in the best condition possible.

　However, since there is a balance of hate, it is not possible to always shoot heels to recover. So Tsutomu cut off Xeno once around the middle of the game and switched to standing around and letting Garum gather hate and then raise him back to life.

　However, Zeno didn't slow down and lived, even though Tsutomu's damage calculation showed that he was already dead. It wasn't as if his movements were as good as the borderline, but Zeno still attracted the Winter General without falling. That was honestly strange to Tsutomu.

　With time, the hate would diminish, so when the time came, Tsutomu could hit the heels on Zeno. He even let Amy and Diniel take on the Winter General a few times, but it would still have been difficult to get through the Winter General without Zeno's help.

　Besides, Amy was good at coordinating with Diniel anyway. With fire arrows flying from behind her at a frightening speed, she leapt at the Winter General without paying attention to her back. She even held the Winter General down with Diniel for a precise attack on the area where the fire arrows had hit and lost their strength.

　He always put pressure on his horse and did not give it a chance to split up, and he also took credit for his personal attack by seizing his right sword and destroying General Winter's long-range attack method.


(I was expecting Diniel or Garum to destroy the right sword, but that was awesome. (I've been told I'm not very good at this.)


　Looking back, Amy's robbery of her right sword was brilliant, and no one else could have stolen two swords in that instant. If that was the case, the headline "Amy the Phantom Thief" would be on the front page of the newspaper.


(...Come to think of it, you said you stole something...)


　Recalling what Diniel had said during the Battle of the Winter General, Tsutomu checked his personal belongings to see if there was anything wrong with them. However, he didn't have that many personal belongings, so he would know if something was missing. But since there was nothing particularly wrong with his personal belongings, Tsutomu just nodded his head.