its sillent.

Sitting with Alice in the corner of Elf’s village, this moment was so quiet and serene that it was almost suffocating.

Am I so wrong?

Well, it’s not that I’ve done something wrong even if I’ve brought in such an extremity.

Moreover, she has a lot of work to do as a subordinate maid.

From the moment she came here, her work is accumulating in real time.

She came only because of my orders, did I be too indifferent?

‘Still, I’m for her… It’s difficult.’

Since she came here, it can be seen that she is exposed to danger.

If there is nowhere to hide, at least the safest place in the South, next to the World Tree, will be able to protect her.

“… .”

Alice is still speechless.

She was just staring at the front in silence.

It was a difficult atmosphere to talk to, so when I was embarrassed, I saw the elder who distributed arms evenly to the elves coming this way.

“Here you are.”

Aside from wearing armor and holding a bow, his face was much more relaxed.

It’s somewhat of an adaptation.

“Soon.”

“Yes. Then I wish you well.”

A third of the elves participate in tomorrow’s war.

And they come in alternately.

The elder will remain in the village just in case.

He has the most powerful power, so we must save his power.

When it can’t be done, when a twist is needed, it’s time for him to step out.

“young master… .”

When I got up, Alice called me.

Unknown emotions filled her eyes.

It contained so many emotions, but I could read one of them.

‘Please take me with you.’

she wanted to say that.

Please don’t leave me, please take me.

I would have taken her with me under certain circumstances, but now it’s different.

There are dozens of times when crises came after taking her to the North.

Especially at the end, if Beatrice hadn’t been there, she would have died whether I was dead or not.

Alice is obviously a competent maid, but that’s it.

There was no need or reason to take her to the war.

Rather, it can become a burden.

“sorry. I won’t ask you to know my heart that I don’t want to lose you. Please stay here.”

“… .”

“I’ll come back in the middle. Don’t worry too much.”

He put his hand on her head.

I think I’m too worried, I think I’m thinking too much, so I tousled her hair.

Worrying too much becomes poison.

I didn’t want to lose her.

“But don’t Selina and Beatrice participate in the battle?”

“Because they have the power to defend themselves.”

“… .”

They can protect themselves even without me.

Selina is an Aura user, and Beatrice is a 5th Circle mage.

Rather, they have to ask them to participate in the war.

However, unlike the girls, Elise had no distinctive features.

I couldn’t use a sword as well as Selina, and I couldn’t handle an aura.

It wasn’t like Beatrice used magic.

Considering that she died without being able to resist Ahar in the original work, her power is slightly higher than that of ordinary people.

“If you go, you have no choice but to be a burden.”

Her eyes widened at my words.

She lowered her head, her face hardened for a moment.

If I had said this much, you would have understood what I was trying to say.

“I am the burden… .”

she murmurs softly.

shocked face.

I had my head down and couldn’t think of lifting it up again.

“Then please.”

“… All right.”

The elder came out with strange eyes and looked back at Elise in turn and answered.

A face wondering about my relationship with her.

There was no reason to explain, so I ignored the question.

“… .”

Alice didn’t even raise her head until the moment I left town.

Rather, I thought it was fortunate.

It would be annoying if I followed you because I had strange thoughts.

-Humans are too complex.

Liems clung to me saying he was confused.

He put his chin on my shoulder and grabbed my clothes with both feet.

“Reems.”

– Why are you calling?

Liems put his chin on his shoulder and only turned his head slightly.

His breath tickled my throat.

“Maybe there will come a time when you need to step in.”

– Trust me and leave it to me! I win all!

Liems’ tail patted my back.

He let out a hot snort and confidently shouted that he could defeat anyone because he was great.

I laughed at that sight.

“Will you do this when that time comes?”

-… ?

asked for Reems.

What do you want him to do when he has to step up?

I explained several times to make Liems understand, who asked me if my words were difficult.

***

Dawn has arrived.

Except for the sentries on the wall, all the knights and soldiers gathered in one place.

With the castle gate in front, the Marquis Easton stood in front of the podium that everyone was looking at.

Behind him stood his vassals with hard faces.

“ah… I’m dizzy.”

As everyone was looking at Marquis Easton, Beatrice staggered to my side.

Her face was pale as if she had suffered quite a bit for half a day.

“Thanks for your work.”

Selina thanked her for her hard work.

Seeing how Beatrice suffered while sparring with the knights, she was looking at Beatrice with pity.

“Good job… It’s something you have to do, of course.”

Beatrice staggered, but smiled faintly.

Selina smiled at her.

“Good work. Your hard work will reduce the sacrifice.”

“… Only words?”

She looked up at me and our eyes met.

Her eyes met with a burning desire behind the tiredness.

I don’t know exactly what she wants, but I know she’s suffered.

“When I return later, I will do something for you.”

“Whatever it is?”

“If only I could do it.”

“… I definitely heard that.”

shrugged.

I have no intention of speaking twice.

If it’s not an unreasonable request, I’ll listen to anything.

I’ll have to live instead.

Beatrice, as if reading my thoughts, turned her head and looked at Marquis Easton.

Marquis Easton stood still for an hour after calling everyone out.

Is it not difficult?

He kept his first posture and closed his eyes.

As the night was lit with torches, the clouds that blocked the moonlight lifted and Marquis Easton opened his eyes.

Marquis Easton glanced at the front.

“The time has come.”

His heavy voice spread all over the place.

With that one word, the atmosphere changed.

It’s hot, and it’s creepy.

“It’s time to tell fear to the little dogs who used to stick their teeth into us every day.”

Heat rises, heat rises.

“Are you afraid of dying?”

“no!”

“Are you afraid to die?!”

“no!!”

At the cry of Marquis Easton, the knights and soldiers began to shout in sympathy.

Their booming voices leaked over the castle and out of it.

Birds flying in the sky, birds sleeping in nests in trees, and chain-like beasts were startled and fled at the shouts of the indignant soldiers.

“You can lose your family. I could lose my comrades and myself! Would you give up on that? will you run away no! We will fight back! And I’ll let you know! What kind of existence we are, what will happen if we oppose it!”

“Those picky elves, those powerful spirits will help us, two masters will fight with us, and wizards from the 5th circle close to the archmage will support us!”

“Guardians of the South! Demons of the battlefield! slaughter them! Show us our fears! We will win!”

Ohhh! Their shouts echoed, and Marquis Easton drew his sword.

Dawn began to break.

The moon is covered by the sunlight, and dawn rises in the sky.

Marquis Easton’s sword rose high.

The sharp blade of the sword glistens in the sunlight.

thud! thud! thud!

Soldiers stamp their feet. Their faces were flushed red from the sun.

“Open the gates!”

The gatekeepers, who had been waiting for the sound, opened the gate wide.

Beyond the gates, I saw savages who were approaching at some point and encamped.

Their eyes opened in surprise at our shouts.

A face that did not expect that the gate would open so quickly, no, that it would open.

A few of them take stock of the situation and scramble to get their weapons.

Looking at all of that, Marquis Easton lowered the sword he held high in the sky.

“Charge!”

soldiers run

The great thing was that hundreds of soldiers rushed at the same time, but the battle lines did not break.

Next to the soldiers, knights rode on horses.

“They are coming!”

“War!”

“It started!”

The savages were not taken aback. Rather, it moved as if it had only been looking forward to this moment.

no weapons?

They ran away with their bare hands.

Even if they don’t have a weapon, their whole body is a weapon.

A fist harder than a rock hit the soldier’s face.

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Kwaaang! A soldier whose face was slapped by a barbarian flies far away.

I evaded the soldier and swung the cotton.

Chow!

Blood splattered on his face. The body of the savage, whose upper body was split, collapses.

“die!”

After that, the savage swung his ax, pushing away the corpse of his comrade.

I put an aura on the unknown and raised my ceremonies as much as possible.

The barbarian’s body split vertically with the axe.

From the side, I could see the soldiers charging at the savages.

I rushed after them and swung my sword at the savages.

Aww!

kill!

Ha ha ha!

The laughter of savages, the screams of comrades.

A lot of people died in a short time.

No matter how much he swung his sword, he could barely look around the battlefield when the blood soaked his body completely and filled it with a sticky feeling.

Soldiers and barbarians banded together, brandishing their weapons at each other.

The knight’s sword cut through the barbarian’s throat, and the rangers’ arrows and daggers aimed at the barbarian’s forehead.

The barbarian’s glaive cut off the leg of the rider’s horse, and their teeth bit the soldier’s neck like a beast.

The road to hell.

If it really existed, I thought it would look like this.

I thought it couldn’t go on like this.

You shouldn’t consume too much manpower from the beginning.

The hundreds of savages here were merely scouts.

Their main unit is separate. A real force of thousands, maybe even 10,000 units.

To deal with them, you need to finish the first battle quickly.

I looked around.

No matter how savage people think that strength is everything, there must be an executive who leads them.

If he dies, morale will be broken. Their leader is the strongest among them.

‘Although it could be the other way around.’

It’s good to try anything.

Take a look. Barbarians facing soldiers.

As a result of looking around like that, I was able to find a guy who looked like an executive without having to search for a long time.

The guy who was overpowering the three knights with a broad laugh.

I ran towards him.

“Dogs of Easton, what is this! That’s just about all of you guys!”

“Keugh!”

“Don’t be pushed! If you push it, it’s over!”

“Narrow the encirclement!”

The ax that did not shrink even in the siege of the knights swung towards the central knight, cutting off the weapons of the knights.