It took us about half an hour to drive the carriage. We had to push the horses pretty hard, but thanks to that, we managed to get there before the goblins arrived.

　In front of the gate, the soldiers of this territory were in a hurry to get to the gate. The hordes of goblins were already right in front of them, yet they hadn't even prepared to defend themselves yet. What were they doing?

　And when our carriage reaches the gate, the soldiers are startled and draw their swords. You don't have time for this.

"What the hell are you people doing?

Put the sword away!　Now is not the time for that!

　Towards the soldiers who are holding their swords and trying to surround the carriage, Alexia gives a dignified shout out to them. The moment they see Alexia's face, whether it was the same soldier as when Alexia came before, they salute with a surprised look on their faces. The soldiers around him who are seeing Alexia for the first time salute with confusion.

''This, this is Your Highness Alexia. It's dangerous here!　Evacuate immediately...

'I know that!　That's why I'm here. Where is Baron Mangs?

　The soldiers' expressions darken when Alexia asks them where Baron Mangus is. No way.........

''Could it be that he escaped?''

　When Alexia asked fearfully, the soldiers all nodded in unison. How dare they flee without their lordships, even though it was a result of their own actions.

　When Baron Mangs found out that a group of goblins had arrived, he fled ahead of them with his entourage and his mistress, without giving any orders to the territorial residents to evacuate or any other instructions. Apparently, the captain issuing the instructions also went along with this. So, nothing is ready.

　The only people left in the mansion are the wife, who is sick and lying on the floor, and the daughter, who is nursing her mother. It seems that the only thing left for the two of them is a family order that has been put in jail by the remaining maidservants. His successor's son is said to be at the school this year at the age of 15. That's the same age as Ferris.

　The reason why the householder is in jail is because he pointed out various problems caused by Baron Mangus.

''I don't want to think of them as being from the same baronial family.

　Kate, the son of a baronet's son, also has an irritated expression on her face. I'm also annoyed as a fellow aristocrat.

''All right. I'll give you instructions now. I don't have much time, so move quickly and efficiently!

　Alexia tells each soldier what to do. We're just going to have to watch it.

"What do we do, Ray?

　Aeris asks. It looks like Kate and Elea are there too. I look at the horde of goblins I can see from here. There are more goblins than we expected, I thought there were close to 2,000, but now there are about 3,000.

　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get it right, but I'm sure I'll be able to get it right. It's not a good idea to have a small number of soldiers, and the wall is only about 3 meters long. I'm sure it will be broken or climbed over immediately.

　When I was thinking about this, Alexia was coming over just as I was finishing my instructions to the soldiers.

"What's the matter with you, Alexia?

We're going to have to intercept them here.

　.........Seriously? Me and Aeris and the rest of the guys look at each other in surprise. We can't keep up with these walls.

''The reason is to keep the goblins glued to us while the lords flee. We're in the process of evacuating nearly a thousand of my fellow dwellers from the other gate without their belongings, but it will take a little while to get them out completely. In the meantime, we need to stop the goblins.

　Indeed, even if they escaped without stopping the goblins, with the speed of the lords, they would soon catch up with them. But there are nearly three thousand goblins. Compared to that, there are only a hundred of us. Would it be possible to kill thirty of them each?　While I was thinking about that, Alexia's story was going on.

The first thing we have to do is to hold out here until all of the territories can be evacuated. The goblins will also try to attack anyone they see first. Then, once the lords have escaped, there was a magician in the baronial estate who can use earth magic, so I'll ask him to close the gate on the other side with earth magic.''

　Hmmm.

Then I'll have another magician launch a spell into the sky, and when that signal goes up, we'll all be inside the territory.

　Hmmm.

The soldiers are to flee to the Baron's mansion, and me, Ray, and Aeris will fire the strongest magic from the top of the wall to destroy the goblins. Kate, you and Elea, you will cover the fleeing soldiers. We'll escape to the basement of the mansion and we'll be fine.

　When Alexia said that, Kate and the others nodded. This is certainly the least you can do now. There are many things to worry about, but it's better than nothing.

　It has been decided to lend the carriage we have been riding in to the remaining ladies in the mansion. That way even those wives who were incapacitated by illness could take refuge.

But if you unleash that kind of magic, the city will be devastated.

'I can't help it. You can't change a man's life.

　Well, that's for sure. This city can be rebuilt if there are people in it. If you're willing to sacrifice to protect those people, you'll want the building too.

"Do you think you can kill all the goblins that way?

'We may not be able to do everything, but if we can defeat more than half of them, all we have to do is run away. We'll manage to hold out for today, and then we'll form a strike force to destroy the ones that escape later. I think that's the way to go.

'Yeah. That's better than forcing yourself to fail.

　As I say this, Aeris and the others nod. As we speak, a group of soldiers are gathering at the gate, about twenty of them have gone to evacuate, so there are apparently about ninety left, and nearly thirty of them have climbed onto the wall, bows and staves at the ready, while the rest are looking at the goblins, their swords at the ready. The rest are looking at the goblins with swords at the ready and nervous faces.

''Huh, you guys don't need to be so nervous. Here's a man who kicked out nearly a hundred orc armies when he was eight years old.''

　Alexia says that and puts her hand on my shoulder. Aeris nods, and Kate and the others feel the same way. Come to think of it, during the Arcadia Papacy, Aeris and the others exposed me.

　I look at Aeris with a jittery look, and Aeris looks away as if she remembered that time. I pull on her cheeks.

'　Yeeeee!　Yeehaw!

　And slaps my hand crisply. Oh, it's glutinous and stretches well. It feels indescribable.

No, stop, you can't do that!　Stop it!

　Then Aeris bites me in the head with a chop. Ouch!　You don't have to hit me that hard. Aeris glares at me as she rubs both cheeks.

　Beside her, Alexia is giggling, and Kate is sending me evil thoughts. You hook up with Emma for goodness sake. Elea has been petting Ekla the whole time. I don't know what to say, but Elea likes to be cute.

　The soldiers around her are looking at such a situation with a slightly angry expression. Well, it's before a battle where their lives are also at stake, but if a child younger than them is joking around, they'll be angry too. However, it seems that they can't get angry in front of Alexia. Flirting with her like that.

'Your Highness Alexia!　The goblins are here!

　A soldier shouts this from the top of the wall. After being told this, we change our expressions and look in the direction of the goblins coming. There are a lot of them. At the front are the goblins, but there are many more in the back.

　At the side, Alexia pulls out twin bells from her item ring, and Aeris pulls out a mayfly from her waist. Kate also pulls out her two knives, and Elea also holds up the Barbatos she was carrying on her back. I also pull out a Rowga from the item ring.

　Goblins. We won't let you pass from here.