The operation to capture Necropolis is being carried out from three different paths at the same time.
　In addition to the main unit led by Creon, the Commander of the Salvation Knights, two separate units are advancing the attack, and one of them is the second unit led by the guardian warrior Galerus.

　Galerus was a former cadre of the Knights of St. Sophia and the second son of the prestigious Count family.
　His ability as a shield was one of the best in the Empire.

　All of his subordinate adventurers were also excellent, and they were not inferior to the main unit.
　However, Galerus' squad was also struggling to capture the ruins.

　They had already lost twenty percent of their adventurers at the fifth level.
　It was a good thing that they were transported to the rear with serious injuries, but some of them lost their lives.

　In the midst of all this, Lillorquez, the deputy captain of Galerus's squad, had a bitter look on his face and was talking to his confidante, Mirea.

　They have come to the narrow branch of the road, away from Galerus and the other adventurers.
　He didn't want them to hear the conspiracy.

　Having finally defeated the fifth level boss, the adventurers slumped and each leaned against the wall.

　Some of them were asleep, perhaps from exhaustion.

　Lillorquez was unhappy with such a situation.
　He was young, having just turned twenty, but he was originally the head of the Golden Seal Order.

　The Gold Seal Knights were one of the oldest adventuring groups in the Empire, and for a hundred years, people from Lillorquez's family lineage had been passing down the leader's position from generation to generation.

　The golden seal is the symbol of the Order given by the Emperor when it was formed, and Lillorquez still wears it today.
　It is a prestigious knightly order, but it has been in a severe decline lately, and because of the lack of funds, it was unavoidably absorbed into the Order of Salvation.

　So, as Lillorquez, it's no fun to stand on the downwind of Galerus and others.

　He thinks that he, as a former Knight Commander, is the one who should be the squad leader.
　This is because this squad includes quite a few, quite a few members of the Golden Seal Order.

　If you want, even the position of deputy head of the knight's squad should be handed over to you, not Arte and others.

　The girl, Mirea, also agreed with Lirorquez's idea.
　Mirea was the daughter of Lillorquez's servant and a childhood friend who was two years younger than him.
　As a member of the Order of the Golden Seal Knights, she had supported Lirorquez all along.

　Mirea wrote through her beautiful green hair and stared at Lirorquez with her golden eyes.

''Lirorquez-sama. After all, this strategy of attack is reckless.''

　Lillorquez nodded at those words.

(It's time...)

　Originally, Lillorquez wasn't motivated by this strategy, but after seeing his former subordinate, a member of the Golden Seal Knights, dying, he felt that he should actively cancel it.

　If this continued, both he and Mirea could die.

''However, those Garrels won't agree with me if I say that we should cancel the attack operation here, right?

''Then let's kill Galerus and his entourage. We can just pretend that we were inadvertently defeated by the demons. That way, the command of this squad will be transferred to Master Lillorquez.

And then we'll pull out all the rest of the guys.

　With that arrogant Gallerus, killing him wouldn't hurt my conscience.

　As a result, the main squad and the other squad would be cut off from the retreat, but it didn't matter.

　In the end, what was important to Lillorquez was his friends in this squad and Mirea.

''Millea I have something important to talk to you about when we return from this mission.

What's the big deal?

　Mirea nods her head.
　Lillorquez confesses to Mirea and eventually intends to make her his wife.

　There was no one else to support Lírórquez both publicly and privately but Mirea.
　Lyrorquez was convinced that he had the right person to support him both publicly and privately.

　Just then, he heard a noise from nearby.
　When he turned around, he saw his guardian warrior, Galerus.

　Galerus was a large man dressed in a large armor of steel.
　It was Lillorquez's impression that he was a man with the aristocratic arrogance on top of his strength.

''What can I do for you, captain-dono?''

　Lillorquez asked Galerus, but Galerus only smiled thinly.
　With a bad feeling, Lillorquez quickly put his hand on his sword.

　But it was all too late.

'The traitor should die, right?

　Next to Galerus' words, Mirea let out a small "Ah" and collapsed.

　Garellus' sword was thrust deep into her chest.
　As Galerus drew his sword, blood flowed from Mirea's chest without stopping, and then, after a few jerks and twitches, she stopped moving.

　Lillorquez understood after a moment.
　'Mirea is dead,' he said.

'Galerus you.........!

　Enraged, Lillorquez swung his sword at Galerus.
　The next moment, Lirorquez was pierced through his body by Galerus' sword.

　Spitting up blood, Lirorquez thought to himself.
　What on earth was wrong with him?

　It's okay for me to die.
　But Mirea, who adored me, was also killed.
　I remember the day I was a little girl.

　Millea had nursed Lillorquez all the way to bed with a fever.
　I can picture Mirea looking at herself with concern.

(She'd been so devoted to me all these years...)

　Until the end, I couldn't do anything for Mirea.
　Garrels calls out to Lillorquez, who is filled with regret, from above.

"Don't feel bad. "Don't feel bad," he says, "it's your fault for trying to betray us. You don't realize it, but we've been listening in on the magic bracelets developed by Arte all this time.

I didn't think it was worth it.

In fact, you can't kill me with your own strength. However, under Creon's orders, you were supposed to kill me in the heat of battle anyway.

Why...?

You're the only one who could unite the Gold Seal Order's members against us. Those without power are miserable. You will die without being able to defend anything. The best that can be done is to let your men be sacrificed in this battle.

　Lillorquez was about to raise his voice in frustration and curse Galerus, but he couldn't speak anymore.

''You'll have to watch me play a big part in the afterlife. I'll be the new deputy head of the Salvation Knights, this Galerus.

　The deputy commander should have been the sage Arte, Lillorquez thought in a daze.
　But it doesn't matter now.

　I'm going to die.

　He thought he heard Mirea's voice.

'It's okay. We'll be together in the future.'

　I wonder if that's really true.
　Maybe there is such a thing as an afterlife, but if Mirea is still next to me.

　I will be saved.

　That's when Lillorquez's consciousness was cut off.