It's a terrible idea to go near that forest. People shouldn't go there, you know. Sooner or later, we had to leave the land. That's all. ......
I'm sorry ......, and I understand your concern. But could you please wait a little longer? I don't know how fast the gray soil will erode, but I think we still have a few days to spare. I'll try to stop it in those few days.
''When I say stopping it, I mean ...... even the Knights can't eradicate that demon. Lately, every time there's a demon, the gray land is spreading rapidly. It seems to have stopped now, but once or twice more demons appear, the fields I manage will be finished.

　Even under those circumstances, they have stayed here until now. I know I'm asking you to endure that much and wait a few more days, I know I'm asking too much.

　But I know that the root of this encroachment is that forest, but I can't touch it, and if we can even break through that situation, it will be for the better.

"...... Mr. Presha, Mr. Deethe. You can't go any further: ......
'Don't tell us to go home because it's too dangerous. It's true that I'm the captain and it's important that we fight Zirconia, but we don't know how much damage we'll do if we're left to our own devices. But if we leave this place unattended, we don't know how far the damage will spread, and if the demons start appearing around the fortress, that would be a disaster.
There's no way to know for sure. If there's one valid clue, it's that it's vulnerable to flames. We need to be careful not to damage our hardy crops, though: ......

　Deethe-san also proceeded as if there was no choice but to return.

I'm very sorry to say that I'm about to pack up and leave, but do you have anything to burn?　I need to use a fire arrow.
Yes, yes ...... are you sure you're going to head to that forest?　No matter how many people in the Order, it is too dangerous. Please don't take it easy. ......
''If you can't get a hand or foot in there at all, though, I'll consider retreating there. Giving up without even approaching it would be a knight in disguise.

　The man had nothing more to say in response to Mr. Deate's answer. He was never happy to leave this place, either.

　Not just this farmer, but many others who have been around for a long time, and they would be forced to make the same decision to leave the land they were used to living in.

(What the hell is going on in those woods ......?　No, that's no ordinary forest. (A forest of strange plants that grow in the grey land: ...... Still, plants are plants)

　If you have something to fuel your fire arrows with, you can use the matches I use to disinfect needles and such. I asked if they were widely available in the west, but he said I could buy them if I went into town - once this problem is solved, I'll ask Raquel for permission to go into town once.

'Well, ...... guys, are you ready?　We don't know when the demon will appear from here, so we'll walk to it. I've heard that even horses are vulnerable to those demons.
'Then we'll keep them here. Knights, take care of yourselves. ......

　The men would wish us well. We continue on foot, walking more cautiously as we reach a point where the land begins to turn gray.

　--We are still a long way from the forest. But then, as if to block our path, a sound like a rumbling of the earth begins to be heard - the soil ahead of us seems to be bobbing and rising in all directions.

　At the same time, something bursts out of the soil from several points. It was a nightmarish scene - flying out everywhere towards the cloudy sky.

''Whaaat ...... big ...... I can't believe how many of these demons appear at the same time ......
'The worm monster ......?　Either way, we have to do it: ......, haha!

　Presha-san boldly swung her spear and faced the demons that attacked her from the air with snake-like movements.

　Indeed, if it had such colors and moved like a living creature, everyone would be mistaken. That the enemy is an 'animal'.

(No, ...... this is not a worm, much less a snake. It's a plant that has changed to attack people, ......!)

"Kuh ...... what's the point, it's not at all responsive ......, yikes!
Mr. Presha!
"Presha ......, no, you're going to hit that girl with this .......

　A demon appeared from underneath her feet and tangled her legs, and Presha-san was suspended in midair - if this was the case, she could be knocked to the ground.

''Let go of me ...... this ...... Dite-san, shoot me!　Don't worry about me!
Lady Deite, look out!
Kuhn: "Kuhn: ......!

　One demon after another jumps out of the ground - Rendle-san pushes Deethe-san out of the way and narrowly escapes capture - while a second and third demon is entangled in Presha-san, and the It takes away your freedom completely.

(After all, it's an ivy-like plant ...... that has a will. Then there's no point in attacking that ivy. (There are other places to target it.)

　Even if the other party is a demon, if it's a plant, you can hear its "voice". Where does that voice come from?

　I finish my ears and concentrate. In the meantime, one after another, the demons are attacking us, crushing the ground and rolling up the gray earth.

　--Punishment to the humans who have abandoned the divine realm. In the name of the divine tree, I will bring them to judgment.

(I heard ......, that's the main body ......!)

'Mr. Deite, the demon in the back!　I want you to aim at the root of that thing!
"Huh ...... there's something in there ......, I believe you. ......!

　While dodging the enemy's attack, Mr. Deethe guards the arrow on the bow, draws it - and releases it.

"--Let go of Plesha, you fool!

　The arrow that ran through the air shot through the purple ivy, which, unlike the others, had barely moved - and then

'The tightness, was loosened ......!

　Preciousha-san, who landed on the ground, runs. Exactly with the speed of a carnivorous beast that catches its prey, she unleashes a full-throated thrust at the demon that Deete-san's arrow pierced.

''--Yaaaah!

　At the end, I leaped and speared out to thrust into the ground - and then I heard the decapitation raised by the owner of the voice from earlier in the day in my ears.

'...... haha, haha ...... awesome ...... I did what Dr. Glass said and we won...' ...
'Brilliant, Presha, at ......, but you'll have to wait a minute to look back!
What ......?

　As he was hoisted up by the ivy and restrained, it was supposedly so - Presha-san's armor came off, and the armor underneath, which he was wearing underneath, was also torn wide open.

'I'm so glad you didn't get caught .......
''Well, if you say that ...... you're going to leave a scar on Lady Presha's heart if you don't.
"Ugh ......, if you feel like something's wrong with you, it's ...... rubbing and tingling on your skin, and it sucks .......

　In this case, of course it would be me who would be in charge of the treatment - perhaps because the surface of that demon was rough, although it seems that Presha-san has received abrasions all over her body. It was no longer a time for me to be happy that I had managed to fight it off.