It started with a large number of A-ranked monsters, such as the Nutrikelane, and the appearance of the S-ranked monster, Cyclops, which caused an emergency evacuation alert to be issued for the royal capital.

　With the White King's Knights and many adventurers traveling to the city, they were forced to struggle repeatedly, and everyone continued to fight with no end in sight.

''Cat Wind Rage (Cat Food)!

　Nem landed a blow to the Wyvern's face.
　But even though the impact was delivered, it wasn't enough firepower to call it damage.
　Nem's level was '10', which was in the middle of the entire guild in King's Landing, but among the remaining adventurers here, it would be faster to count from the bottom.
　Most of the remaining adventurers were struggling against the A-ranked wyvern.
　There was no way Nem would be able to defeat the wyvern without them.

''Nem!　Step back once, please!

　Sierra was worried about Nem and sounded impatient.

'I don't want to!　Nem can be useful too!
NEM!

　At that moment, a cockatrice attacked Nem from above.

'Nem!　Avoid!

　Toa's cries are vain - a cloud of dust dancing in the wind pressure.
　The smell of dust in bad visibility.
　The Toa looked desperately for Nem with his eyes in such a vision. Then his vision gradually cleared up.

'Nem!'

　Toa shouted to the shadow he saw in the dust cloud. But it wasn't Nem's.

'Eh, Sierra ... Sierra!

　It was Sierra, not Nem, who was being held by the cockatrice.
　Cockatrice's beak pinned Sierra's right shoulder, and her shoulder was petrified.
　But on the other hand, an ice-crystal rapier was piercing the cockatrice's neck.

'Sierra? .....

　Nem couldn't speak in front of Sierra, who had become his shield.
　Tears ran down her cheeks.

''Nem ... don't worry about it. The right shoulder is a little difficult to move, but I can use my left hand.
I'm sorry, sir...

　The Toa cut off the cockatrice's head and then ripped it off Sierra.

'Sierra, take this--'

　The Toa gave Sierra a dose of recovery medicine.

'Thank you,'

　But restorative medicine won't cure the petrification of the shoulder.

'There's no need to rush. You just need to do what you can, Nem, and do what you can do. I'm saying this, but I don't have the power to do it either. Although I am a White King Knight, I'm just dragging everyone down. I feel ashamed of myself. But nothing will change even if I regret it. On the other hand, however, it's just a waste of life to run around recklessly.

　Sierra stood up slowly.

'Nem is going to get stronger now. He will travel with Masamune and Toa, see the world and get stronger and stronger as he travels around the world. You don't have to force yourself to join them and lose your life. You just need to do what you can do.
"...I understand. I'm sorry.

　Nem wiped away a tear.

'Having said that, I'm sorry. I need to ask Nem one favor of you.

　Then Sierra looked at Toa with a divine expression.

'Toa, have you noticed. The state of these monsters.''
How is it?
'Yes, sir. 'The Nutkelaen we recovered earlier, but that one had no contents. So it was dead from the start.
That means...
That's right. In other words, if we are now dealing with a corpse, the cause must be necromancy magic. I hear it's an extremely rare form of magic, but it's the only way I can think of to do this. Perhaps Reinhardt is aware of it.
So, what do you want to do about Sierra?
So I'm going to ask Nem to do something for you.
For Nemu?
'Yes, sir. Probably, all that's left is Nem. I used my search and sensing, but I can't see any enemies, and I can't even feel any sign of magic. If this is some kind of recognition blocker, even if they are aware of it, they can't turn their attention to it. That's why I want Nem to find out where the enemy is.
Speaking of which, Nem has a keen sense of smell, right?
'I don't know about that. But I've had a whiff of it ever since I got here.
It probably smells like a monster.
'But I don't think it's a monster. I've always smelled like an old lady.
Do I smell like an old lady?　What do you mean?
'Sharon smells it at times. But I don't think it's Sharon.
You don't mean to tell me you're wearing perfume?　Nem, where does it smell from?

　Nem searched the area, closing his eyes and sniffing his nose.

'It's fine, just give me the general direction. Just give me the direction and I'll be fine with that.
It's that way.

　Nem pointed in a certain direction.
　It was in the direction of a small hill, just beyond the plain.



It's supposed to be around here but I don't see any sign of it. Do you feel anything?
I don't feel a hint of anything.

　At Reinhardt's direction, Hilda and Edward had arrived at the top of a small hill.
　From there they could see the battlefield, but not too high up, and although they couldn't see the town, they could only see the defensive wall and the royal castle.

It looks like you've missed your guess.
Let's go back. Cyclops is a tough nut to crack.

　The two of them could see the White King Knight struggling on the battlefield.

''That sounds better. But if you want to take a look at what's going on, this position is the perfect place to do it.''
Yeah.

　And that's when the two were about to descend the hill.

''Penetrating Malice (Larmia de Anima)!

　Sensing a sign of magic behind them, the two of them turned around at the same time.

''Gahaha! --

　But I realized too late.

'Edward!'

　Hilda shouted to Edward in front of her. But at that point, Edward's body had a large wind hole in it, and as hollowed out, his heart and lungs were gone.

'Goo-ho! ...is very strong..................... .....

　Edward spits blood from his mouth and collapses onto his face.

'Edward!'

　Hilda ran to Edward and quickly healed his wound with a recovery spell.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize it was so late...
Don't talk! ..............Ed, Ward?

　But there was already no magical response and Edward's breathing had stopped.

'No, no, magic is really a wonderful thing. You can destroy human flesh so easily. Don't you think so, Madame Fran?
Yes, Master Guido.

　They appeared in front of Hilda.

'I didn't expect it to be this easy. I suppose you could say that rumours are rumours.'
Master Gid. I'm not feeling very well, my dear.
'Me too. Although, the S-rank is a bone of contention even for me, though. Nichehehehehehehehehehehe!
Sure. Ohohohohohoh!

　Gid and Fran laughed with an ugly expression on their faces, while next to them, Yun was showing his disgust.

''-- 《Binding Thunderbolt (Binding Thunder)!

　Hilda released two thunderbolts that bounced like whips without emptying.

'Oops!　Try to avoid it or something~

　But Gid jokingly jumped to the side with a small leap and dabbed at Hilda's magic.
　Fran teased her with the fan she was holding in her right hand.

'Kill this woman and there are five left. It's a mission like a child's errand boy, isn't it?
Master Gid, that's not true. It's easier than running errands for children.
'Well, well, well!　You've lost one, haven't you? So, let me ask you--

　Gid looked at Hilda with a scowling smile.

'-- That man is dead, isn't he?
The Resonant Sphere of Resonance.
Hilda's eyes settled.
Ignoring Gid's question, Hilda released a light ball.
The light ball gouged out of the ground and closed in on Gid and Fran.
But Gid grinned at the magic in front of him and slowly held up his hand.

''【Fire Cale (Fire Shield)!

　A huge shield of fire appeared in front of Gido.
　The shield stopped the magic released by Hilda with the contact.
　The momentum was killed, and the light ball did not move as it was attached to the shield.

'Let's burn the light and other things with fire!　Geeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

　Immediately after that, the shield fire covered the light ball and bounced back to the right side where Hilda stood.
　The momentum of the fire-filled holy ball was so great that part of the hill was scraped off and disappeared.
　Edward's body as he lay there was caught up and partially damaged.

''Oh?　Your aim was a little off, wasn't it?
'Is that a check? .........'' glared Hilda.
'No, no, I really did hit it stupidly and missed it. And that's not the point, Fran. I'm tired of it, it's time to kill this woman.

　At that moment, Guido's figure disappeared.

''Guhaha!''

　Hilda was beaten away by Gid in that instant.

'Fran. Can we use that man's body?
That's difficult. I guess I just need more time to fix it.
It's not going well. All the things I had in mind are disappearing, one by one, one by one... a knight fighting the corpses of his fellow knights. I thought that this kind of thing might be fun, and I was fantasizing about it, but...!

　Guido kicks in without missing a beat as Hilda is trying to regain her position.

'Oh ... what you did with me,'

　The impact of the kick sent Hilda tumbling down the hill.

'Oh dear, she's gotten away,'
It's your fault you're playing around.

　Yun looked severely irritated and said to Guido.

''It's annoying, isn't it? However, you can't make any more mistakes. I was going to kill you here, but that's okay. Fran, shall we go back to the battlefield? They're getting weak by now. Let's use all the rest of the monsters as well.
All right. Then I shall be a flower on the battlefield.
"A single flower...
''Yun, you don't need to say anything else. Instead, you should stay here. You will only slow me down if you come.

　Yun glared at Guido.
　With that in mind, Guido left the hill, leaving Yoon at his side.