You've won...

　Oshima ran out of HP and fell forward.

　I checked to make sure he was dead.
　His heart stopped beating. He was completely dead.

'Looks like I've beaten it.
Yay!
That's what I'm talking about.

　I'm relieved to have defeated him, but it doesn't end here.
　Even if you defeat the brave man, the war will continue.

"Tetsuya, we can't absorb this guy yet. We must make sure the enemy knows we've defeated a brave man before we absorb him.
I'll be fine. I'm not going to absorb this guy in the first place.

　Even though he was a villain, this guy was a human too.
　Absorbing a human was a bit of a distraction.

　Takei was going to absorb it, but that was only because the Abyssal King (Abyss King) had taken over his body, and he didn't really want to absorb it.

　Well, I understand that if you think about it rationally, you should absorb it. Because this guy's shield skills are definitely powerful.
　Even so, I didn't want to do the thing of absorbing a human.

　Meku sensed my feelings and didn't pursue it any further.

'Okay, the fight isn't over yet. Rico and the others are fighting. If they know that the brave men have been defeated, the enemy will be demoralized and will run away. Let's hurry up and head out!

　We hurried back to town.


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　The time goes back and right after Tetsuya and the others have gone to defeat the heroes.

　Riko and her subordinates were fighting the invading enemy forces one after another.

　Before the battle occurred, Riko thought she was prepared to fight, but when it began, she realized that her resolve was not as strong as it should have been.

　Enemies and allies alike were falling down, one after another, bleeding.
　Riko had seen more blood since she had come to this world than she had in Japan. He had even witnessed the corpses of humans who had been killed by demons. Although he felt that he had more or less developed a tolerance for it, he was still shocked to see the scene of battle.



　Riko slapped herself hard on the cheek.
　The current Rico was not a high school girl without the strength to fight.
　She has a level of 40 or more, and is one of the strongest in Vafol.
　It shouldn't be said that she can't fight.

　Rico's job is mainly to use magic.

　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to learn magic of a high degree of difficulty, you need to train for a long period of time. Riko, who has only been in the other world for a short period of time, is only able to use elementary attack magic.
　Even so, that doesn't mean she's useless; she has plenty of MP and is able to unleash beginner level magic quite a few times. Even though it is beginner level, it is highly effective when fired in succession. Especially against armies like this one, where there are many weak ones, the beginner's magic was effective enough to deal heavy damage.

　Rico managed to rouse himself, gathered his courage, and joined the fight.

　He tried to use the beginner level attack magic, 【Arrow of Fire ( Fire Lance)】, towards the enemy soldiers.

　Just before he was about to use it, a thought crossed Rico's mind, what would happen to the person who was hit by it?
　Rico shook his head. If you don't shoot here and the city is invaded, you will lose your loved ones. I won't be safe myself.

(I have to ... do it ... I have to do it!

　Rico made up his mind and fired 【Fire Lance】 at the enemy soldiers.

　The flaming arrows flew in a straight line towards the enemy soldiers and burned them.

　People were suffering from the attacks I fired. They are dying.
　Rico faced that shocking reality and still kept his heart strong and fought on, with a single-minded determination to protect the city.