38 . The Battle of Gehemoth Part 1



 The news was delivered out of the blue.

'A mysterious giant creature has appeared in the frontier small city of Gehemorse.
 It is moving southward, destroying the city of Gehemorse and heading towards our village!
 I, who had been asleep with Korok, jumped up at the news of the swallow man who had flown in from the northern fort, who had come by air from the northern fort.

 I had been detecting some disturbing activity in Batcombe and Gehmose for a while now.
....while destroying the city of Gehmose? I'm not sure what to make of this part.

 Nevertheless, since this monster is advancing towards Liberty Village, we need to respond quickly.

 I asked the swallow man who delivered the news to tell the guard captain, Gugsu, the same information and to hurry up and tell him to head to the northern fort.

 To my words.
Yes, sir!
 As soon as he replied, the swallow man immediately jumped out of the window.


 I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
For the time being, can we leave that measure up to you?
 I said a single word to Foldente, please, and I started to run towards the town hall.
 Just then, Aura, who seemed to have received a call about the incident from somewhere, was running with her hair full of sleeping habits, as if she had woken up in her sleep.
 As soon as Aura spotted me, she ran up to me.
 I stared at Aura.
Sorry to wake you up, but we need to head north. Can you do that for me?
 My words.
'Of course! Leave it to me!
 Aura nodded vigorously and ran off with me.

******** Here's a third party perspective.

 In addition to the guards stationed on duty at Liberty Village and Northern Fort, the guards
 Lil Pop, who had rushed in at a great pace, climbed onto the top of the fort and looked northward from there.
''.........What is it.......that monster?''
 Far ahead of her gaze, flames are rising from what seems to be the entire city, and she can faintly see something continuing to swell within it.
 To the guards, it appears to be nothing more than something moving.
'The head ... like a dragon ... like a lion ...'
 Even the shape of the thing seemed to be clearly visible to Lilpop.

 She didn't seem to have any idea what the monster looked like, and she was nodding her head incessantly.
''Huh.......there's a chimera.......''
 Sarah, who had just arrived, murmured absentmindedly beside Lil Pop, looking in the direction of the fire hand as she did.
'Chimera........is there one?'
Maybe, just maybe, but it's not very good.
Now that I think about it, the feathers are really bad.
 Beside the two of them who were discussing about the figure of the monster in the far distance, the dog people (dog people) of the guards, with their eyes blinking, looked at Gehemorse and the two of them in turn many times.
.....
 The dog-man tries desperately to look into the eyes again and again, but no matter how many times he tries, he can only see something large moving in his eyes, far beyond his gaze.

 but

I don't see it that clearly.
What? Can't you see? You're so ugly.
 On the contrary, the guards get a suspicious look from the two of them.
 With a confused look on their faces, the guards began to stare at Gehmose and the two of them again in turn, wondering if their own eyes were more strange....

''Yes, yes. You've arrived at a great place, but I'll save the monster for a while. We have a little more time to get there, you know.
 Foldente appeared behind the two of them and stepped up beside Sarah and Lil Pop, slapping his hand with a slap.
'More importantly...'
 As he said this, he pointed to the forest below the fort.
I need you to look after the customers, too, okay?
 Then he chuckled, as usual.
 
 The destination that Foldente pointed to.........

 In the dark.
 Despite the windlessness, the trees continued to sway unnaturally over a fairly wide area.
 The shaking was gradually and surely coming towards the fort, and moreover towards the fort.

''Ho........you are our guest, as the monster appears?''
 Lilpop re-holstered the magic gun he was carrying under his arm, and with a single motion, jumped down from the edge of the fort.
 But despite the jump, no noise was made at all, and Lilpop instantly melted into the midnight darkness.
'You're going to regret coming here at night... well, if you have time to regret it.
 Sarah, who was still on top of the fort, was beginning to chant while looking around.
 That, on the ground in front of her, a black magic circle had appeared on the ground in front of her, and it had begun to spin suspiciously.

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 The group that emerged from the woods was uniformly dressed in black.

 Under the cover of the dark night, they were advancing towards the Liberty Village fort, cautiously wary of their surroundings.
 They were all quite heavily armed, and together, they exuded a considerable killing spirit.
 The apparent leader of the group had already noticed that the Liberty Village Fort had become very noisy a little while ago.
 They are probably in a hurry to find a monster that has been moving southward, rampaging in the rear - in the streets of Gehmoos - and are advancing the group, analyzing it as they go.
 They are cautious, hiding in the dark.

 Roughly five hundred of them.

 It was thought that their troops were several times larger than the number of troops, as they were believed to include a considerable number of strong people.

 Once they reached the border of the forest, they all stopped once.
 They spread out widely, taking the form of facing directly towards the fort and moving to their respective positions that had been discussed in advance.
 Once the leader made sure that everyone was in place, he gave a small signal.
 Upon receiving that signal, they all rushed towards the fort at once.

 It was then.

 As if in response to their movements, a large number of black something appeared in front of the fort in large numbers and rushed towards them with tremendous force.
''Wha........what! This!
 The leader of the group retreated slightly, cringing at the sudden occurrence.
 That black something that suddenly appeared from the direction of the fort, in tremendous numbers and with tremendous force, crushing everyone at once.
 The majority of the five hundred people were swallowed by the black wave in an instant, but some of the stronger ones somehow wielded their hand weapons and tried desperately to resist.

 Nevertheless, they were outnumbered.

 After all, their opponents, whose identities remained unknown, were easily over a thousand in number, and the number seemed to be increasing.
 
 ........This is.......the only way to retreat.

 The leader, who had been desperately wielding his sword, somehow managed to shout a retreat, but there was no way to check if his voice was getting through to the rest of the group, as the surroundings had been swallowed up by the black wave.
 Anyway, I try desperately to retreat, trying to break away on my own.
'You weren't crushed by the bone man (skeleton), were you? You are interested, aren't you?
 In the direction of their progress, a small woman suddenly appears, holding what looks like a magic gun in her hand.
"Yeah, move!
 Towards the woman, the leader swings the sword in his hand to the side.
 From earlier, the black wave - which the woman said was a bone man (skeleton) - has been cut in both directions many times, a swing with great destructive power.

 The

 The woman grabbed the sword in one hand and grabbed it with the other without a care in the world.
Although not as sharp as Mr. Daiken, he had a reasonably sharp tachi-suji, didn't he?
 The whole sword, lifted the leader, and in one motion, slammed him to the ground.
'But it's still sweet.
 
 The mysterious group that was advancing toward the fort, the five hundred
 Most of them were crushed by the 2,000 hordes of bone-humans (skeletons) that Sarah had summoned.
 The dozens of strong men who hadn't been crushed, all of whom had tried to escape, were slammed to the ground by Lil Pop and captured.

'Well, it looks like the first wave has passed.
 While gazing at the scene under the fort, Foldente was chuckling as usual.

 From the tip of his gaze, the shadow of the monster that was swarming in the fire of the city of Gehmose was gradually coming towards the fort (here).