Unlike other masked men, he was not wearing a mask.

His first impression was ‘red’.

He was all red from head to toe.

He had long red hair and was wearing a robe with a pattern of fire on a white background.

‘Narrow eyes?’

His eyes were so thin that I couldn’t tell if his eyes were closed or open, and he was smiling at me.

“It’s such an honor to be able to meet someone I’ve only heard about through rumors.”

“… .”

Who is it.

These days, characters I don’t know have started appearing.

There’s no way I can’t remember him who makes a strong impression just by appearing.

‘crazy… .’

no that doesn’t matter

The important thing right now is that the person in front of me is exuding a force equal to that of the mercenary king.

That means he’s a sword master or something close to that.

If he was a sword master, it would be impossible to compete with only the strength of the party.

No matter how strong the escort knight was, it was not as strong as the sword master.

The difference between Sword Master and Sword Expert is so great that it can be said to be heaven and earth.

Even if he was halfway between the sword expert and the sword master, it was impossible to beat the sword master without miraculous luck.

“You seem to be talking well until just now, but why don’t you answer me?”

“… .”

Muttering in a sad voice, he took a step closer.

slow down. Involuntarily, I took two steps back from him.

Just coming closer made me choke on the feeling of tightness in my throat.

“Well, I don’t think we are in a position to have a conversation. So let me make a simple suggestion.”

“… proposal?”

“Oh, are you willing to talk to me now? Here’s your suggestion. Not a bad suggestion for you either.”

He stopped in place and held out his right hand.

“I know you have Princess Daria. Hand her over to us.”

“Shut up!”

Scared to finish his words, the crown prince shouted from behind.

I look back at him and see him glaring at his red hair with an angry face.

“Well… I didn’t tell you The third one is missing.”

damn

He snapped his fingers at the crown prince.

Wow!

A huge explosion hit the crown prince.

I didn’t react at all.

No, it wasn’t a matter of reacting or not.

An explosion occurred at the same time as the fingers were snapped.

There was no way I could stop what happened in the blink of an eye.

I don’t have that level of skill yet.

‘The Crown Prince… Fortunately, it seems to be fine.’

The crown prince was slightly burned, but was not seriously injured.

Before the explosion occurred, his escort knight threw his whole body to protect it.

“Ugh… .”

The escort knight let out a groan.

Instead of protecting the crown prince, his entire upper body was covered with burn marks.

“Five. did you block that? I said I adjusted my strength, but it’s amazing.”

He muttered with a slightly surprised face.

“You guys… !”

Pew!

There was a small explosion in the face of the crown prince who was getting angry.

“Quaaagh!”

The Crown Prince screamed while holding my face.

As I watched it, the hand holding the cotton became stronger.

didn’t see it again

If that attack had been directed at me, I might have gotten stuck.

‘If only there was a hatchling… !’

What I can’t respond to is that he has at least 6 circles.

It was a pity that Hatchling wasn’t there at a time like this.

If there was a hatchling, at least I wouldn’t have given up the attack so easily.

“Now, since the intruder is gone, shall we talk again?”

Despite having blown a person’s face, the expression of the red hair did not change.

Rather, it seemed refreshing, as if it was cool inside.

“How far did I say? Well… Oh, yes. Hand over Princess Daria to us.”

“… What can I gain by handing her over?”

“… ?”

He tilted his head and made a puzzled expression, then clapped his hands as if he understood.

“ah! Yes. If there is something coming, there must be something going. I forgot that.”

Sorry, he bows his head.

“see. What I can give you… I will save you.”

“what?”

“Was it difficult for me to speak? I thought it was easy to say. I knew you weren’t that stupid… Well, I have to understand. We will send you safely from here.”

“This is an unconventional price,” he laughed.

I couldn’t say anything about it.

In exchange for handing over Daria, they say that only I will be spared.

Not everyone here, just me.

I had only one answer to that suggestion.

“go away. Do you think I’ll accept that nonsensical offer?”

“Ugh. Was my suggestion strange? I thought it was reasonable.”

He made a face that he really couldn’t understand.

“Then I can’t help it. I thought it would be different from you… stupid is the same please just die I will take her on her own.”

“Let me ask you one thing.”

“Yes?”

“Why are you taking Princess Daria with you?”

I felt strongly that this was dangerous.

The flames that had risen in his hands were raging as if they would burn the surroundings at any moment.

You can’t just suffer like this.

He carefully collected the aura on his leg without even noticing.

As a mage sensitive to mana, there is a risk of getting it even if the amount of aura increases even a little.

I pulled the aura thin like a thread and moved it to my leg.

“Um… Don’t you know yet? Well, maybe it is. Her power is hard to recognize.”

Fortunately, he didn’t notice it.

His confidence that I could win no matter what caught him off guard.

“I will briefly explain. She has great power, and that power is too great for you to bear. She suits us just right.”

“If it’s a place bigger than Serion Kingdom… Is it an empire?”

“uh… does that happen Well, it doesn’t matter. I’m going to die anyway.”

He raised his hand, saying there was no point in saying any more.

Flames danced in his hands and grew in size.

‘Timing, timing is important.’

Aura strengthens the thigh and calf muscles.

I found the timing to swing the sword while giving strength to the hand holding the cotton.

“Now, stop dying.”

He held out his hand to me and spread it wide.

Flames raged in his hand and were about to shoot at me.

‘now!’

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Kwaaang!

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Kicking the ground as hard as he could, he charged and swung his cotton ball.

Whoa!

There is no feeling of cutting.

Ignorance cut through the air in vain.

“Oops!”

Pulling back, he was surprised.

“Very fast… !”

Quaang!

Without stopping, he moved forward and swung his nameless.

The ground that supported my feet hollowed out, and the cotton cut through the air.

“Calm down!”

Having narrowly escaped obscurity, he raised his hand.

The condensed fire in that hand turned into a huge ball and hit me.

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Kwaaang!

Rolled sideways to avoid the fireball.

The ground that the fireball hit directly cracked and created a huge fissure.

If you were hit by that, you would have died or been in a moribund state.

“You are stronger than you think. I never thought of this.”

Moving, straightening the crumpled applicator, he looked at me.

“Come to think of it, there was a saying that you, Raymond, are a talent that the mercenary king likes. At the time, I didn’t think much of it, but experiencing it myself is amazing.”

He said with a strangely excited face.

“I can’t stand this again, but it’s a big deal.”

As he muttered lowly, a red mask from a distance approached and whispered to him.

“Ah, I see what you mean. Of course I intend to take it.”

“But how can you leave such a talented person alone?”

“I want to have more fun.”

Even though I was in front of what the two of you were talking about, I didn’t care about me and had a conversation.

Normally, he would have jumped right in and swung his sword, but he couldn’t do that now.

I couldn’t find any gaps in him who was so carefree.

There were no gaps anywhere.

Rather, it seemed that I would be defeated if I attacked.

“… But since when did you throw up on my words?”

damn Blazing-

In the middle of a conversation, he narrowed his brows and snapped his fingers.

Flames shot up from under the red mask and engulfed it in an instant.

“Take it away.”

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Kicking the charred corpse aside, he turned to me.

“Then should we finish what we were doing?”

Fire gathered in his outstretched hand in the air.

The fire gathered in one place gradually created a certain shape.

‘window?’

A long, sharp spear.

A spear of fire was in his hand.

“I will make another suggestion.”

“… ?”

“From now on, you just have to attack me successfully. It doesn’t matter which method you use. You can get help from others. Whatever you do, if you succeed in attacking me, I will withdraw.”

He said, pinching his index finger and thumb.

I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

The guy who just tried to kill everyone now gave me a chance to live.

“… !”

Moreover, the opportunity was not negotiated between the same side, but an independent action.

“How can I believe that?”

“Even if you ask me to trust you, you won’t believe me. But do you need that trust? Even if you don’t do this anyway, you’ll die the same way.”

“… .”

That’s not wrong.

Dying this way, dying that way, dying is the same.

If you’re going to die anyway, you have to hold on to even the smallest hope.

“I want you to keep your word.”

“As you like.”

He took a pose with a bright smile.

Horrible flesh emanated from his body.

‘Was the wizard right?’

His posture holding the spear had a sense of stability to the point of being perfect.

To the extent that if he hadn’t used magic and hadn’t held a spear of fire, he would have been mistaken for a spearman.

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Kwaaang!

he disappeared from sight

He hurriedly lowered his head.

Roaring!

A spear of fire pierced the place where the head used to be.

‘I have to live for now.’

I gave up my thoughts and swung my nameless.

Roaring!

Nameless passed through the spear of fire.

The flames grew enormous in an instant and poured into my face.

“Damn it!”

I hurriedly pulled back and escaped the fire.

‘You can’t try to block the window.’

It has the appearance of a spear, but perhaps because its essence is fire, the cotton could not block the spear properly.

Rather, if I tried to stop it, the fire would consume my body.

I had to dodge the window rather than try to block it.

‘I’m at such a disadvantage.’

As a magician, he was also a master of spearmanship, and he was fraudulent.

It was difficult to do just one thing, but he was doing two things at the same time.

“What, is this the only thing?”

He poked at the spear to try harder.

He swung his cotton ball while avoiding the spear, but it still cut through the air.

‘Is there no way?’

In the first place, this was a fight in which the opponent itself did not become.

If he had made up his mind, I would have burned to death right here.

It was because of his whim that he was able to stay alive until now.

I couldn’t see any way.

At this rate, it was obvious that I would lose.

At least if there was a way to stop the fire, things would have been different.

“It’s boring. Let’s finish it now.”

A spear of fire pierced his chest.

I didn’t have time to dodge, so I tried to block it with cotton, but the flames that passed through the cotton became huge and attacked me.

– Humans are dangerous!

Roaring!

The fire burned fiercely.