It wasn't long after that that the earth-shaking mass of demons appeared.
　First the wild animals were visible, then the wolves and the classic fantasy staples of green dwarfs and goblins.

"Forest wolves and goblins, orcs and trolls a bit numerous... but...
　After hearing Lionel's murmurings, the elves put their bows in check and cut the Forest Wolf's speed, and then Keti jumped out of the way.
'I'll take care of the trolls, I'll leave the goblins and orcs to you.
I'll stop the momentum.
　Advancing with the Lionel Great Shield, Paula also took control of the three-meter class golem and entered the battle.

''Luciel-sama, you should concentrate on remotely applying the heel. I'll crush any demons that come up here.
　When I said that, Doran stood in front of me with his great axe at the ready.

　Every time Keti passes a demon such as a forest wolf or a goblin, the demon dissipates its life.
　As Lionel swung his greatsword, the body of the demon larger than himself slid out and collapsed in a bright red blaze as blood gushed out.
　The golem blows the orc away with a jumping knee pad, and for some reason he doesn't have a supporter, but he touches his left elbow and raises his left arm high to signal with his index finger and pinky, then he runs out and knocks the demon down with a powerful lariat, and then moves into a giant swing with his opponent's foot. He then moves into a giant swing with his opponent's feet, knocking down trees and slowing the enemy's advance.

''Now I can be more useful than a dwarf [Spirits in the trees, answer my call and bind the evil demons in exchange for my magical power].
''The forest is the domain of the elves. I can't lose to the dwarf woman [Wind spirits, in exchange for my magic, be the blade of the wind that cuts through the evil demons].
'Wow, you two are awesome. I'm going to have to use my arrows.

　As Milfine casts her spirit magic, tree roots and branches scatter on the demon's legs and body, stopping its actions.
　When Lisian's wind blade passed through there, the demons were chopped up, and the arrows released by Cresia hit more and more between the eyes and in the body.
　Some of the demons broke through, but Kefin and the others dealt with them firmly.

　I'm going to cast a cleansing spell on the forest, which has become too bloody and smelly, and collect the demons that are the source of the smell.
I was thinking about the earthquakes while collecting the demons.
(Sure there are many demons, but isn't it strange that the earthquakes continue forever with this number of demons? No way...)
　I thought that much and casually looked around and noticed that there were obviously more trees around.

'Dolan, there are more trees around. It could be a demon.
What, but I don't recognize you.
　People might not even realize that Trent was in the mix in the middle of the battle.
　But I figured that shouting at this would upset a situation where I had the upper hand, so I racked my brain to come up with one solution.


'Dolan put this on,'
Ughhhh... that's ungodly.
　Dolan hesitated for a moment when he saw the nose plug, but he took it quietly and put it on immediately.
　When I took out Object X, the rumbling of the earth stopped.

It's a good idea to use this fantasy sword for a test run. Protect me with your Dolan shield.
　I strapped the barrel containing Object X to my body, changed my illusionary staff into an illusionary sword, assumed the moving tree was Trent, and decided to attack it.
　When I applied my magic, the sword glowed blue-white, and a red film formed on the outside of it.
''Well come to think of it, the flame dragon gave me something like a blessing for this as well, right?
　I muttered and slashed at the tree in front of me.

　The next moment I heard a "gyaaaa" and a decapitation, and Trent collapsed with a thump as blue-white flames came out of the place where I slashed.
　There was no feeling of slashing at all.

　What a cheat weapon I've got, I thought about that, but I cut more and more and collected it in my magic bag.

''That's an amazing performance.''
　Doran muttered that, not when he slashed Trent, but when he saw that he couldn't cut down an ordinary tree when he tried to accidentally cut it down.

　It's because I cut through Trent so easily, but I couldn't cut down a normal tree with just a few scratches.

　As I accidentally wounded the tree and was doing it with my heel on the tree, Doran meditated and began to speak.
'It's flawed as a weapon because it can only destroy demons, but if it's against a demon, it has to be incomparably strong... no, it has to be compatible...'

Dolan, come back here. I'm in a fight.
　He called out to Doran, who was slowly being swallowed up in a whirlpool of thoughts, and as he knocked down a nearby Trent, he checked around and saw that the elven girls were on their knees, as if their magic had been depleted.

　Lionel and Keti were still smiling and laying waste to the demons, but I could sense that their numbers had dwindled as well.

'Let's join them first, and then we'll retreat a bit.
　I told Doran that, and we collected the demon's corpse while cleansing the route free of demons.

''It's about time you two retrieved them, then we'll go back out of the forest once we've retrieved them.
　When I shouted to Lionel and Ketty, the two of them started fighting wildly, and as they began to take out the demons with such force that they didn't miss a single one, the demons were scared of them and gradually ran away.

''Those two are still exceptional, aren't they?''
　I muttered to myself as I collected the demons and purged the battle area and announced that my magic power was depleted for the first time in a long time, so I left the forest to take a break.


''Luciel-sama, what did you do earlier?''
'I was just thinking about a few things Kefin, these woods are unsettled, aren't they?
Yes, sir.
　Milfine asked me, and I couldn't gather my thoughts together.

'Lionel, did you find any unusual demons?'
　I'm not sure if it's unusual for me to see goblins and orcs for the first time, so I asked Lionel about it.


　Lionel opened his mouth after a short pause, touching his beard, which had grown a bit recently, but as I thought, goblins and orcs were probably common.

'Maybe it was still shallow and there weren't many demons but it would be a scam if it attracted adventurers, right?
'I suppose it depends on what you say you want to attract but we may not be able to make that much money.
'We'll check with the Adventurer's Guild once we're back in Yenis.
It's better that way.

　After that, Kefin and the others were also leveling up in the labyrinth where the flame dragon was located, and apparently they were forbidden by Dorstar, the face of the group, to enter the uncivilized forest.
　As I was thinking this, I noticed that the elves were acting strangely.

''What's wrong?''
I feel like I'm being held back somehow.
The genie...?
'No, but for some reason I feel a little sad when I try to leave.
'I'm the same way. I've never seen anything like this before.

　The three elves told me that as they looked at the forest.
　I looked at the others, but none of the others felt that way.

''Well maybe there's something to it. But for now, let's take a break. All three of you are depleted of magic, right?
　We walked out of the forest as soon as we saw the three of them nodding their heads.



After the break, Keffin's and Yalvo's squads will exchange missions. Milfine and the others will rest until after lunch. Doran and Paula will help me dismantle the demons. Lionel and Ketty, you'll be preaching to Kefin and the others.
　When I told them that, Kefin and the others paled.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.


　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with them.
''Looks like there are a lot of magic stones with wind and water attributes and a lot of magic stones with no attributes.
'I see. I'd like to see the body remain, but this is a pleasant miscalculation.
"Bonus confirmed.
　Paula mumbles happily as she looks at the magic stone and her voice mixes in there
It's not just for you. I'm going to develop it too.
　Lythian lunged at Paula, so I left and Doran and I proceeded to dismantle it.

'Maybe there were a little too many demons in there?'
It's the only thing left to do, so it shouldn't be a problem.
Well, you're in charge.
I'm on it. Give me some more meat.
Yeah. Hey, time's up, we're going to barbecue here.

　Once the meat was submerged in hot water to remove the smell, it was mixed with spices and grilled.
　With that preparation, the elves could eat the meat, so we spent a pleasant barbecue time grilling the vegetables we had bought along with it in the net.

After finishing the barbecue meal and resting some more, my magic power was almost fully recovered.
　As I prepared to enter the forest again, I wondered whether or not I should leave the three elves resting in the carriage, considering that their magic power was running low, they seemed to have recovered their magic power and asked me to take them on a quest.
''Fine. But don't take it too far.
"Yes.
　This is how I would take the girls on another search.



　This decision called for an encounter that would affect Luciel's life, but that was in the far future.