Jide, Jide, you can go to ......

Screw it. I'll get you out of here. I'll take care of the rest.

''Oh no!''　No!　Aiya is the size of the Weyla Empire's army!''

　Coughing, Sheila crawled out of the mud wall to stop Zied.

　Quena seemed to agree with Sheila.

''As expected, we can't overlook it. The reason for beating Fonv is to protect the guild's name, the Charisma Party. If that guild is about to be directly harmed, we can't just sit on the sidelines.

　His voice is gentle and admonishing.

　The intimidating aura from earlier is hiding in front of the two of them.

''Then I'll fight you, too.''

"'Me too!　I don't want to fight the Guild, I want to fight Zied!

You're an idiot. You can't even stand up, let alone fight. Don't push it.

But then you'll have to go to ......!

　Kåñëa eats it up.

　In fact, the two of them are nearing the limit of their strength. Kåñëa's magic power is on the verge of depletion, and Sheila is bleeding and damaged from her wounds.

''Don't worry. I won't lose in a place like this.

'...... are we so unreliable?　Are you useless as your party ......?

　Quena says with eyes like an abandoned cat, holding back tears.

　Feeling like she's bullying a small animal, Zied can't stand to stay and lightly scratches her cheek.

'No, it's not. You guys have done enough. On the contrary, I'm asking you to take care of the rest because we're part of the same party.

　Kåñëa was not convinced by Zied's words.

　It felt as if it was a line prepared to persuade him.

　Sensing this, Zied continued.

'Don't you see?　I consider you guys to be party members. That we're supposed to be a force to be reckoned with. So I'll take care of this one. I'll take care of this so that we can work together again on our next assignment.

......!

"'Jide ......!'

　They would be recognized as members of the same party.

　It was a painful pleasure for Kåñëa and Sheila to do so.

''Alright, then go ahead and return.

　Jide puts his hand on their shoulders and utters the word 'transition'.

　Quena and Sheila are pensive, but there's a sense of happiness that comes from being recognized somehow.

'I'll be waiting for you,'

'I'm cooking!'

　After the two of them said their thoughts, Jide flew them to the royal capital of the Kuzela Kingdom, the designated destination of the transition. The young man with glasses also flew to the man in the stall.

　Jide then turned to face Ruina again.　

　From the warning, Yui had his sword at the ready for Jide.

''It looks like you really intend to fight each other.

Of course. Just for the record, how many armies does the Weyla Empire have?　I've come up to ten so far.

I don't think I need to know, do you?

Why?

Because: ......

　Ruina was puzzled by the sound of pure Jide's voice.

　But she dares to answer.

''It's fifteen. That means that two-thirds of the Empire's total army is gathered here.''

It's a big family.

'Ah. I was hoping that Fonv, who was lying there, would give us more traitors. So it all ended up being overrun, though.

I guess so.

　Zied's detection magic showed that the armies up to the Tenth Army had taken up positions around them.

　From both mountains, the numbered inscribed military banners representing each of the legions and the national flags representing the Weyla Imperial Army filled the entire surface.

　There were people even to the distant horizon of the one road.

''Now, this is the number of enemies you'll be dealing with from now on.''

　Louina says intimidatingly with her arms outstretched. Countless soldiers spread out behind her. The sight is the king who controls everything.

　However, Jade doesn't seem to care and extends one hand.

''It's a pain in the ass to have to deal with five more legions from now on.

...... I didn't know you could be that grandiose after seeing so many of them.

Well, that's okay.

　Jed brings his thumb and forefinger together.

"I'll let you choose who to play with, at least.

Huh? You want a one-on-one?　War has no such laxity--

　At the same time as Luina's words, Jide snapped his fingers.

　There was a crackling, light sound.

　Some of the mountains echoed. But it lingered in his ears for an oddly long time.

　Suddenly, I felt a pain that squeezed my left chest, as if Ruina was holding my heart.

''Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ......!

　Unintentionally, Ruina suppresses her left chest.

　If you're not careful even for a moment, you'll lose consciousness. Such a moment lasts for about ten seconds.

''What did you ......?''

　Louina looks up.

　Just an inorganic mask looking around.

'Surprisingly, you stayed.'

''!''

　Unintentionally, Ruina also looked at the whole area.

　The troops that were in the mountains, the troops that were behind her.

　The number of national and military flags they were flying had clearly decreased. More than half of them.

'...... what!'

'Dear Ruina, the magic: ......'

　Yui, standing in front of her, blurted out a blur.

　It looked like she was trying to explain, and Ruina urged her to continue by making eye contact.

''The soldier's magic power was stripped away by his own magic. ...... thereby depleting the fallen soldier, magic power depletion.''

What's that ......?　So you're saying that you've erased the magic that people have?　No magic, purely your own magic, ......!

　As expected, Ruina couldn't understand it either.

　I've never heard of such magic. I can imagine several similar things. However, Ruina doesn't know of any creature that can accomplish such a feat with a mere manipulation of magical power.

　While they were having this conversation, several people flew in from a distance.

''You monster!

　Second Army Chief Iratu. Behind him is the Deputy Military Chief.

　The army chief and vice-chief class attacked from the other direction as well.

'You're late,'

　But Zied easily defuses them.

　When half of the attackers fall to the ground, Ruina opens her mouth.

'Wait!　Enough!

　There was frustration in his voice.

　It stopped moving with a snap.

'We'll pull back this time. No more injuries.''

But ......!

　The Second Army Chief Iratu tries to argue with him.

　But he can't follow through on his words.

　I can't think of a way to defeat the masked monster.

　His head naturally hangs down.

　But that wasn't the problem.

'Who said I could pull up?'

　Zied told him curtly.