11-3. You are always one step behind.

The habits of longevity wasps.

One of them is that when one bee is caught, it sprays pheromones so that other bees rush to rescue it.

In the real world, there was a trap that took advantage of this,

“Okay. The bait is secured.”

I will use that method from now on.

Captured one of his subordinates, Armored Bee, and imprisoned him in a cage-like form with Mardol’s glass magic.

Then the other worker bees will come to help him.

─Weiying.

Fortunately, the Armored Queen Bee didn’t seem to notice us. She put the sugar flowers brought by the bees into a barrel on her back, leaving her huge body suspended in the air.

“Now. Mr. Cainell, Miss Ariel.”

I signaled the warrior couple on the opposite side with a hand gesture.

Because some of the bees flew up in search of their captive companions. Don’t miss the timing.

“Okay! Mr. Helm!”

“Let’s go, Ariel!”

「Shine Fire Works!」

A joint plane that fires directly at the group of worker bees flying in this direction.

Like firecrackers used in fireworks, the moment when they explode is determined by the sword blown by Cainel.

‘This is why Ariel’s nickname is not red or red.’

A wizard of light flames.

Ability worthy of a warrior of light.

It’s a fitting title for her, who uses her magic that embodies her fireworks display as her specialty. If this is the case, I think we will use the ultimate skill together.

─PupperPuffPung!!

An explosion that bursts in many colors.

This is also a combination of gold, blue, and red. The hair color and eye color of the warrior couple are mixed.

Colorful flames raged and hit Armored Rain.

“Weiyiing-!!”

A colony looking confused. The black fog-like bees dispersed and returned repeatedly. A gap appeared in the troops protecting the queen.

“Mr. Mardol. Do you know what’s next?”

“Yes, Licht.”

「Howling Wind.」

Auuu!!

As the heavily armored glass knight swung his sword forward, a howling wolf sounded like a sound wave bursting.

In-game, this is a skill used by Emperor Locke, a fraudulent skill that has the effect of inflicting a stun debuff on the opponent.

..I can’t learn because I use mana.

‘The swordsmanship that the original Licht learned.’

It’s fortunate that Wolf Fang, who is a type 1, only uses his body. I used Mardol and Wolf Fang to run out of the grass and aim for the beehive that Quinn was carrying.

“Be careful. Licht.”

“Yes? Full of loopholes….”

As if Mardol sensed something, he warned me to be careful.

Why? There’s enough time to fly the empty space. He took a Drake-style pose and stopped.

‘Something is missing. Think.’

It was then. There were obviously many of the queen’s escorts who fell to the floor after fainting, but I felt something creepy. It seems to be lacking in numbers.

I looked back with a sense of no way.

The sound of a bee flapping its wings that strikes the ear like an explosion. This meant only one thing.

‘Did the queen split the troops into two from the start? You knew we were here.’

Things went terribly wrong. Another group of armored rains came back to protect the queen, leaving me and the glass knight defenseless.

「The empty space.」

It is embossed with an armored rain on the front and a queen on the back. First of all, I had to aim for the queen with no physical resistance. Armored bees are difficult for me to deal with.

─Too Gaga Gak!!

But as Quinn’s dark eyes glared, as soon as her remaining forces recovered, she deflected my wind pressure. After that, the reserve forces attacking from the rear.

I can’t avoid this. Suffered….

「Mirror Shield.」

Ah, I wasn’t alone now. Mardol built a glass wall around me to keep the bees away. Looking at it like this, glass magic is a real scam.

“Thank you. Mr. Mardol.”

“I was in a hurry. Licht.”

“..That’s right.”

In the midst of a melee with just one wall left, I sighed. After all, I shouldn’t have looked down on 6-star monsters.

Looking at the troops surrounding him, he was lost in thought.

‘It feels more intense than the game….’

Queen’s intelligence is too high. As we set up a shield like this, we were preparing to charge right away. My body, the size of a house, trembled.

“Mr. Mardol. Can you stand this?”

“..Probably. Stronger than that guy.”

The sight gave me goosebumps and I asked the glass knight a question, but he nodded his head as if not to worry.

─Boom!!

The queen attempted to headbutt the transparent crystal wall. I couldn’t pierce Mardol’s glass magic. Even so, the boss monster that bumps into itself several times without stopping.

“Are you really able to hold on?!”

“..I don’t know.”

There were several bangs, bangs, and the glass began to crack. Apparently, the grass attribute and the earth attribute are not compatible. I thought of a solution while rolling my head as much as I could.

“Mr. Helm!”

“Licht, Mardol! Are you okay!”

The other two members also jumped out of the grass and the situation became a mess. It shouldn’t be like this. You don’t know who the queen will be aiming for.

“Kynel, launch Shine Strike! The target is the wing of Queen Bee!”

“Ariel, you aim for the Iron Hive! I’m going to burn everything!”

If this is the case, Queen will have no choice but to choose. Because of her gigantic body, she had to deal quickly when her legs were tied to break the glass wall.

“Okay! Mr. Helm!”

“Okay. Licht!”

It’s scary to say that they use magic and holy swords. When you see it like this, it’s a match made in heaven. I laughed a little in the helmet.

─Tooquaaa!!

The huge firecracker’s flame mass and the condensed sword energy flew and aimed at the queen. Perhaps embarrassed to see that, the Armored Queen Bee builds troops towards the beehive.

There is a gap.

“Mr. Mardol, now give me that!”

“..Yes, I understand.”

The skill the glass knight showed this morning. An unusual magic that creates crystal-clear alter egos. Did you say Mirror Mirage?

‘If this is the case, it will work to some extent because I’m using magic while throwing sword strikes.’

Now is the opportunity when the queen is unable to judge the situation. She prepared to combine a void strike with a repulsive thrust. The moment when the opponent’s weakness is clearly visible.

The troops on the right were empty. A patch that was made too hastily by erecting a barrier. I dug into it without missing it.

─Too go go go go!!

Heavy wind pressure concentrated on the right hand. I didn’t care about that, and I mixed 2 meals and 4 meals and poured it. Thanks to Mardol’s magic, the power of the chain attack has increased.

Pushuk. There was a sound and the queen fired a bee stinger, but the stinger was a skill that aimed at the opponent’s weak point and constantly cut it down. There’s no way that would work.

“Mr. Mardol. Be careful.”

“..Uh, yeah. Thanks.”

I even cut off the attack that was flying at the glass knight, and fired a series of sword strikes at the beehive on my back.

As if cutting away fruit, Armored Rain’s defenses shrunk.

‘It is now. I can see the shadow clearly.’

The situation I was aiming for began to emerge. Although it was difficult to break through physical resistance even with an air strike, there was a possibility with a magic swordsman’s skill.

It was only then that the light and shade of a fish became clearly visible.

—It’s a joke.

You cut off the full shadow of the queen carved into the ground. I finished off the 1st type of shadow slash and air slash, and cut the honeycomb and the queen’s body in half cleanly.

“..It worked.”

Looking at Armored Bee, who runs away in perfect order after the queen bee dies, I slump down on the spot.

“..Are you okay? Licht.”

As if he was worried about me, Mardol opened his mouth to me, who was sitting on the ground and feeling weak.

“..Yes, it is fine.”

“As expected, strong.”

It was amazing to see the strong fighting power of the glass knight firsthand.

I wonder if we could have saved our saintess if we had taken her with us when we fought Magic Hat in .

“It would have been difficult without Mr. Mardol. Thank you.”

The prince staring blankly at me. I smiled a little at the pride of having accomplished it in the black helmet.

***

Like that, around the time Richt and his party finished raiding the Armored Queen Bee.

“Answer the question.”

“I don’t know! Hero, this is the dungeon down here, this is a story I’ve never heard of….”

A white-haired woman wearing a magic hat was threatening a female student at the Grand Hearts Academy.

“Is her head not spinning? You’re not even a hero, so there’s no way you can break the power of the Demon King.”

“So I really don’t know.. Heuuu..”

A female student with orange hair shedding tears while crying.

She looked like an oni with her horn on her forehead, but despite her sobs, the students around her didn’t even notice.

“Ha. It makes it really boring.”

As if they didn’t exist in the first place. In a way that the crying of a desperate female student cannot be heard.

“Please… Please save my life. My friends too….”

“Don’t kill me. My husband hates it.”

Students from other academies were passing between the two. If there were two invisible people, it would be like this.

“Have you really seen anything unusual? A person with a holy sword.”

“..Ah, I think I saw it from the freshman side!”

As she tilted her magic hat, the magic hat kept asking the female student questions.

As if she was scared, her orange-haired oni mobilized her memory.

“..What?”

“Kinel. Her name was Kaynell. She had blonde hair, and had an unusual sword!”

“Aha, so that’s what happened?”

As if hearing an interesting answer, her gold eyes widened slightly and an arc line was drawn around her mouth.

“..Where is that hero now? It’s kind of fun now.”

“I heard you moved for group assignments. So now it’s done..? Please return my friends….”

“Okay. I will do as I promise.”

As soon as I heard that answer from her, her white hair fluttered as if her mood had improved. The orange-haired female student, who found hope, stopped crying.

“But you have to use your hands a little. Maybe it’s because my prince might be tempted by his looks.”

“..Yes? But, but… I’m sure he’ll save you if you answer….”

“Yes! Of course I’ll save you, right?”

She was preparing something for her, leaving the female student with a puzzled look behind her, her demon of truth mixing her trump cards.

“What’s good… I can’t kill you… Ah! Can I erase her face?”

As if he had a good idea, Magic Hat laughed ecstatically. As if she claims what she’s doing is normal behavior.

“aaa!! Somebody help me! Please save me!!”

The girl ran away and screamed at that creepy smile, but the other students around her didn’t even look at them.

“..No matter how hard you try, no one will help you, stupid.”

As if no one was there from the beginning.