"[Prison]

　Glaux the Owl Golem, who was continuing the battle with Leopardo, is locked inside the wards with [Prison]. It would be troublesome if I saved Guillen and let him escape into the sky.
　I descended to the ground and headed down to the Colonel and pulled out the rapier that was stuck in my stomach. He looked pretty painful, but he deserved it, already. You're reckless.
　I'm going to cast a recovery spell on him as it is.

''[Light, come, Goddess Healing, Mega Heel]

　Grains of light poured down and enveloped the colonel's body. In the blink of an eye, the wounds pierced by the rapier were healing.
　Even so, the blood he had lost was not returned, so the colonel who stood up, was yodeling.

'You're reckless. If it wasn't for me, you would have died, right?
'Guillen is a perverted bastard who likes to hurt people and kill them slowly. I knew he would miss the kryptonite. He has the worst character, but this was still the second most powerful man in Leve........ I can't catch him otherwise.

　I do think he was strong in his own right. But he hasn't quite reached Yae or Hilda's level, and I think he's lower than the leader of the group, Rain-san, and the deputy leader, Norn-san and Nicola-san.
　.........To be honest, I think Guillen is lower than our common knight. I was going to hurt the colonel's pride, so I didn't tell him, though.
　Well, maybe it's wrong to compare him to those who are being shagged by the Sword God every day.

'And besides, I had to distract Guillen from the prince's side.

　When I suddenly looked towards the upstairs guest room, it seemed that the lieutenant and the sergeant were trying to get the prince to retreat to the back of the room. But..........

'Well, it seemed to be in vain. It was you, wasn't it?　That mysterious wall of defense. Thanks to it, I was able to fight without worrying about the prince's danger. Thank you.

　Have you noticed. I've deactivated it now, but until a moment ago, he had deployed [Prison] around the guest room. It seems that his goal was to assassinate Emperor Gardia, and there was a possibility of that feather bomb being shot at him again.

''Your Majesty!　Are you okay!

　A group of knights heard the commotion and came to the rooms and gardens of the castle. Seeing us unfamiliar to them, they drew their swords and increased their vigilance.

''Your Majesty, are these men...?''
It's all right, it's just my guests. They saved me in a tricky situation. The main target of my attack was that man over there.

　At the emperor's voice, the knights let down their guard against us and instead caught Guillen passed out in the garden with his face contorted.

'Are you sure?　That.
"You have targeted the Emperor of the Empire. He will not escape the death penalty. That's a public execution by guillotine, too. I think that would be a better way for the people of Leve to receive the end of the traitor.

　The Colonel replied in an emotionally charged voice as he looked at Guillen, who was being dragged away.
　I guess I'll have to get him to throw up about Isengard as well, so it wouldn't be a good idea to kill him right here, though.
　Seeing Guillen being taken away, Glaux in the [Prison] goes wild. I felt somewhat sad for Golem, who tries to serve as a master even with something like that.

''[Gravity]
"Gee!

　The weighted magic made Glaux unable to move. After applying the load at once, Glaux stopped moving. It must have entered a dormant state.
　Releasing the [Prison] ward, I touched my hand to the chest of the owl-shaped golem and let the magic flow.

''Open.''

　With a bash, there was a sound like air escaping, and the chest opened from side to side.
　I thrust my hand into the built-in spherical gel-like object and took out the cube floating there, the G-Cube, the heart of the Golem.
　This won't make Glaux start moving. For now, I'll just give this G-Cube to the Colonel. However, the colonel seemed to be thinking about something while receiving the G-Cube.

''What's the matter?''
'No, I was wondering if Guillen... or rather, if Isengard would do something like send Guillen just to kill the Emperor.
''What the hell is that thing?!''

　As if to interrupt the colonel's voice, one of the knights raised his voice loudly and pointed to the western sky.
　There were countless small dots floating there that looked like a swarm of locusts. .........What the hell.

''【Long sense】''

　I skipped the vision and zoomed in. What I saw there was a golem that looked like a smaller version of the Glaucus I had just stopped. The baby owl golems were flying through the air towards the Imperial Palace.
　The little owls dropped a series of grenade-like objects in their hands, one after another, towards the imperial capital. As they fell to the ground, they began to cause large explosions.

''You, Isengard!　You've mass-produced Glaux's war machine, the Soldat!

　A soldat, a military machine soldier. Was it a golem that could control many by itself? It was the type of golems used here in the Empire.
　It's a pretty useful golem if you're pushing it with numbers. Did Isengard analyze Glaux and develop the flying type war machine soldier 《Soldart》?
　Oops, this is not the time to be impressed by such things.

''Come, O Darkness, my quest is for a radiant warrior maiden, Valkyrie.

　A number of war maidens with pure white wings that I had summoned fly out from the magic circle drawn in the gardens of the imperial palace.
　Armed with silver armor and silver swords, they are flying in the sky like knights in the sky, lining up one by one.

''This, what in the world is this........''
It's my summoning magic. Everyone, please.

　Instead of replying, the war maidens raised their swords high and began attacking the child owls that were coming towards them.
　Flying through the sky like swallows, they cut off the baby owls one by one with their swords in their hands.
　The baby owl also tried to fight back, but its movements were slower than Glaux's and it seemed to be able to only attack monotonously. That's the weakness of the military machine soldier 《Soldart》. They can only accept simple orders and can't move flexibly.
　Perhaps that little owl must have been tasked with only bombing the imperial capital and the imperial palace. If that was all, there would have been no problem, but it looks like they weren't expecting an airborne battle.
　The baby owls were shot down one by one, and when the last one was eventually cut in half up and down by the War Maiden, a cheer went up from all over the Imperial City.

''[Light, come, equal healing, area heal]

　Just in case the area that was bombed, I put a wide area recovery spell on it. Since we don't want the fire to spread, we've also used magic to make it rain.
　The people in the imperial capital seem to think that the angels did it for them. Well, that's fine.

''That many golems in the blink of an eye.......

　Despite the stunned colonel, he projects the map on his phone into the air. The entire map expands around the former Leve region.

'Search. Isengard soldiers, knights, and golems that seem to belong to the country.
Search complete. Displaying.

　Stototototot.........
　Quite a few pins fall on the map. I knew it.

''Isengard's soldiers are invading the Galdio Empire, aren't they? Hola, in the direction of the old Rave Kingdom.
What?　Without a declaration of war?

　His Majesty Emperor Galdio, who rushed to the garden, raised his voice as he looked at the map floating in the air.
　No, the declaration of war was supposed to be made by Guillen, who was dragged away earlier, wasn't it?　I didn't even have time to do so and left.

But this seems to be going in a strange direction........ Normally, they would be heading this way, towards the old Rave Kingdom's royal capital, wouldn't they?
''Isengard's target is probably the 'Ruins of Green'. Fortunately, there aren't many villages or towns in that direction. But the ruins have an excavation team and a battalion of troops stationed there...

　Those newly discovered ruins? First of all, they want to destroy the battalion stationed there.
　Isengard's numbers are overwhelmingly greater than ours. At this rate, it's only a matter of time before they take over the ruins.

Hmm. I'm going to stop it for now.
What?

　Emperor Galdio lets out a silly voice in response to my muttering.
　And it's kind of annoying to have Isengard do whatever he wants. And he threw a bomb at me.
　Well, it's not so much that I'm calculating to sell my debt to the Galdio Empire, but...

What do you mean you're going to stop me?
'The army of Isengard. I'll fly over and have a little chat with them. I hope I'm making myself understood.

　Well, I guess it's up to the commander over there. They may be surprisingly knowledgeable about what they're talking about. The top guy is a crazy old man, but that doesn't mean his subordinates are all crazy, either.

You can't stop them!　It's an army of tens of thousands!　I don't know how big of a wizard you are, but no matter how much you think you are...!
Oh, don't worry, I've dealt with tens of thousands of them a few times before. The terrain may change a bit, but I'll fix it later, so please don't worry about that.
''Wha........?

　Leaving His Majesty the Emperor in a state of exasperation, I jump up with a [Fly] to the Valkyrie and the others who are waiting in the sky. ''That's right.

"I think the Isengard infiltrator who was controlling that bombing golem is inside the imperial capital, so I think we should tighten the security.
Okay, okay....
Well, shall we get going?

　Looking at the map, there doesn't seem to be much room to spare, so let's hurry up.
　Accelerating at once, we flew through the skies of the Galdio Empire. The Valkyrie and the others are following us from behind, but they seem to be lagging a bit behind.
　It's a shame. Should I have repatriated them once and summoned them back to the scene? Well, at this speed, they'll be arriving soon, so I'll have them put up with it.
　The Green Ruins is located in the southern part of the old Rave Kingdom. As the name suggests, the ruins exist in a forest, but it's not a very large forest.
　Once you step out of the forest, you'll find yourself in a wilderness a little off the road, and looking at it from the sky, several tents have been set up. This must be the garrison for the excavation team and the battalion that is guarding the ruins.
　And beyond that is the Isengard Army.
　It seems that the edge of the war has not yet been opened. Just in time.
　But there are so many of them. There are about twenty times as many of them as Gardio's army. There are only about a quarter of the human soldiers, though. Most of them seem to be Soldat golems.
　Well, if they weren't just going to occupy the ruins, but also head straight for the imperial capital, then this many soldiers would be necessary.
　They probably wanted to attack the imperial capital, which had been damaged by the bombing of the baby owls, all at once.
　When the Isengard army saw us coming from the sky, they suddenly began to make a commotion. If a suspicious man with an angel appeared, they would be surprised.

"Ugh, shoot him!

　And then suddenly it started raining blitzes. It's not so much that it's raining, it's that I'm being shot at from below.
　It's the magic gun 《spellcaster》 that Golem and the others are equipped with. All of a sudden?
　Hey, hey, let's talk about it a bit.

"[Ice Breakthrough, Freezing Pointer, Ice Needle]

　All of the blitzes were flung off by the ice tsura. As it was, the tsurara rained down on the Isengard soldier's head.

''Hi, hi!

　The soldiers stoned with their heads in their hands as the tsurara fell. [Speaker] Using the magic of the [Speaker], he calls out to the army of Isengard.

'To the soldiers of Isengard, let me tell you. Pull your troops out immediately and tell the Mage King that the attack on the imperial capital has ended in failure. If you proceed any further, you will suffer the worst and most shameful defeat in the history of our country.
"Uh, don't get upset!　This is an enemy operation!　It's a bitter bluff to confuse us and discourage us from fighting!

　The soldiers, who are buzzing at the voice delivered from the [speaker], are shouted at by their superiors. Muu. It's not wrong that they're trying to confuse us, though.
　I even brought Valkyrie and the others with me because I was hoping the angels would freak them out and pull them up. It didn't seem to work very well, though.

"I'll repeat. I'll give you one last warning. Pull your troops out. And let your commander make a sober judgment.
"Shoot...!　Shoot them down!　The weapons of Isengard are strongest!　Don't be merciful to the enemy!　We will eradicate the pigs of the lesser nations!

　.........be cool, you know.
　An old man with a kaisel beard riding on a large multi-legged golem gives the command with a blue streak on his forehead. Presumably, that thing is the Commander-in-Chief, but he is a rather eccentric old man, and it's hard to get close to him. You can tell at a glance that he's not someone you can discuss with.
　The rain of blitzes that flew in again is prevented all with 【Prison】.
　It's a deal breaker. Well then, feel free.

【Slip】 & 【Paralyze】.
"Nuh-uh-uh!　Kepe!

　All at once, the soldiers fell down on the spot and hit their bodies hard on the ground and were unable to move. I'm not sure if the impact of the ground is significant when it comes to the tens of thousands of people falling down. Should I have gotten off the ground?
　The golems of the Soldierat begin to move in order to save the soldiers who were stuck in the fallen position. Oops, this way for you guys.

[Gravity]
"Gasp.

　If you weight it to a certain level, the golems will shut down due to their safety features. It detects an abnormality in the body and goes into a dormant state.
　Because of this function, even a golem that has been unearthed after many years can be restarted without any problems.
　Now, now that we've neutralized it, of course, we have no intention of ending it with this.

''Come, O Darkness, my quest is for a green demon, Green Slime.''

　I descended to the ground and called the slime from the summoning formation. Green-colored mucus-like monsters crawled out one after another.
　There are various species of slime. They range from harmless to harmful. From the feral to the cowardly. Some are rare and others are ubiquitous.
　And this green slime... Basically, it is harmless and can be found everywhere. But it is hated by some people.
　This slime loves to eat plant fiber clothing. If an adventurer or other adventurers are attacked, it will melt their clothes and eat them. It eats only clothes and does not eat any armor or body.
　The slime is swarming toward the soldiers on the ground. To be precise, it's for the clothes they're wearing.

''Fugue, fugue!
''Hyah, hyah!''

　[Paralyze] The slime comes crashing down on the soldiers, who are paralyzed to the point where they can't even speak clearly due to [Paralyze], but are still firmly conscious. It must be quite terrifying for those who can't move.
　I snatched up one of them and carried it over to the Kaiser-bearded general, who was paralyzed on the multi-legged golems.

'Told you so, didn't I?　It's going to be the worst and most disgraceful defeat in the history of our nation,
'Phew, phew!　HUGOUGOUGOUGO!

　The green slime is dropped into the chest of the frightened old man with Kaiselbeard's chest.
　It's a good mood, and immediately the slime is in a good mood, and begins to melt the clothes of old man Kaiselbeard.

''Kukkuu. Do you want to continue fighting with all your clothes eaten?　It would be interesting to fight with armor and helmets on top of all the nudity, wouldn't it? History will remember the name 'Isengard's Naked Squad', I'm sure.
Whew!　Phew!　Phew!

　The old man with the kaisel beard glares at me, but I decide to let him in on another secret: "Ordinary green slimes, they only eat clothes.

Ordinary green slimes only eat clothes, but these guys are special. "Ordinary green slimes only eat clothes, but these guys are special," he said, "I made some modifications based on a book I found by a slime researcher. They dissolve something that belongs to humans and eat it.
"Huh?!

　General Beard's face turns pale at my words.

But it's not going to kill you, so don't worry. The only thing that will happen is that the hair on your body will be melted and eaten. It may be a bit inconvenient to lose your eyelashes as well. Maybe you'll still be known as 'Isengard's Skinhead Squad'.
"What the...?　Huh?　A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!

　After an hour or so, the slime's big dinner party ended. The soldiers, whose bodies had been made smooth, ran away with a blazing pace and retreated in a hurry to Isengard.
　Nearly all of the soldiers fled in the shape of a pervert, with their upper bodies in light armor and their lower bodies bare, and almost all of them had no hair or eyebrows on their faces. Moreover, they had no hair or eyebrows on their faces.
　A legion of skinheads with their lower bodies exposed came running down the street. It was a traumatic scene for some people.
　By the way, I don't know if those slimes are eating even the hair follicles.
　I hope they grow back, right?　Let's make him bald for now.