Sage Arte, accompanied by Princess Filia, was advancing at full speed into the basement of the ruins.

　It's a little overwhelming, and because of that, the number of adventurers who were seriously injured or died and dropped out increased.

　But some sacrifice was unavoidable.

　Besides, it was hard to defeat the demon tribe that was waiting for me at the end of the tenth layer, but deeper than the tenth layer, the corpses of the demon tribe could be found, but the enemies themselves rarely appeared.

　Anyway, it's important to finish the attack as soon as possible.

　The longer the attack takes, the more likely it is that unforeseen problems will occur and the more likely it is that the attack will fail.

　Since Arte was the executive of the Salvation Knights and an honorable sage, the majority of the adventurers were following Arte's command.

　The adventurers are supposed to follow him, and Arte himself thinks that's the way it should be.

　Now that Creon has been eliminated, the most outstanding adventurer in the entire invasion force is Arte.

　And yet, there were some adventurers who were rebellious to Arte.

　They were the guards of Princess Filia.
　Now they were a group that could be called the Filia's Guard.

　They insisted that the search for the missing Solon and Creon should be a top priority.
　The first of these was Notaras, who seemed to dislike Arte, and Arte disliked him as well.

　And behind Notaras and the others was Solon.
　Solon always irritated Arte.

　When Solon was the deputy head of the Knights of St. Sophia, he was in control of the management of the Knights.
　Arte thinks that he was really an eyesore, acting like a bigot, even though he was weaker than he was.

　And the most unforgivable thing was that Solon had taken away his favorite saint, Sophia, from him.

　So it's only a nice feeling to see Solon caught in a seventh layer trap and caught in a collapse.

　I don't want Creon to be gone in terms of a reduction in strength, and I'd miss the loss of a good adventurer.
　But in a way, if only Creon is gone, I have the advantage of being the first in the Order.
　Besides, for some reason Creon had been cold to himself lately.

　That's why I don't even think of going to help him.

　Princess Filia strongly insisted that Solon was alive and tried to go to the rescue herself, but that's not good.
　I have to have the Princess Royal Highness sacrifice herself for the resurrection of the Demon King.

　At first glance, it would also be a political issue to have the Imperial Princess Filia as a resurrection sacrifice, but according to Creon, he said that he had made a deal with the government to get permission.

　So, I reluctantly convinced the princess to send a rescue team and asked her to follow us.

　Either way, there is no doubt that both Solon and Creon are dead.

　The honor of conquering the dead city of Necropolis, which no one had been able to capture for the past few hundred years, would be held by Arte alone.
　And the vast amount of magic power that can be obtained through the resurrection of the Demon King will belong to Arte alone, except for the portion offered to the army.

　Arte will obtain an overwhelming power that no one has ever had before.
　If that happens, he will surpass the saint Sophia, the saint he had always admired, and maybe Sophia will come back to him.

　Arute couldn't help but smile, but her sister Flora looked at Arute with worried dark eyes.

''Sis. Are we........okay?''

I mean, we've been having a blast, haven't we?　And after the tenth layer, there were so few enemies.

That's strange. Why don't the demons show up at all?　Besides, the corpse of the demon tribe lying on the side of the path of the ruins, who defeated it?

'Well?　They say that demons cannibalize each other, and isn't that what happens?

　Even so, Flora still looked uneasy.
　Although Arte and Flora were twins, they had opposite personalities.

　At any rate, Flora is feeble-minded.
　Even when she was at the magic school, it was Arte's daily routine to help Flora, who was being bullied.

　Flora murmured quietly.

''Sis, do you remember the first time you met the Saintess?''

How could I forget? My first year at school, a saint saved us all.

That's when you met senior Solon, right?

　Arte furrowed his beautiful brow.
　That was true, but she didn't care about Solon, who was a saintly extra.

　But Flora didn't seem to think so.

'It wasn't the saint who saved us back then. It was Solon-senpai who saved us.''

　Flora said quietly as she gently touched her dark, lustrous hair with her fingertips.
　As he continued to lead the attack party, Arte remembered a little bit of the past.