R4STWH - Chapter 117
Chapter 117
'Why is she here?'
It seemed she had awakened properly according to her inherent aptitude, but it seemed that she had just been left behind, without having taken control of the family.
Judging from the looks of things, it seemed that the Tenaclad and Lakdel knight orders were defending the fortress under Gerent’s command.
'That old man said he had awakened as a commander-type, right?'
Gerent, who had passed on the head of the family position to Elias, had entered the dungeon alone without anyone’s help and obtained a title.
Whenever I entered the dungeon with Elias, he would stay to protect Tenaclad, and whenever we returned, he would disappear to somewhere only to return stronger.
The old man, who reminded me of a huge mountain since the first impression I got of him, was even stronger now that he had awakened and was holding his ground on the city walls, making it difficult for even A+-rank monsters to recklessly attack him.
However, since Tenaclad was such a large city, it was difficult for Gerent's knight orders alone to cover the entire outer city walls.
Even if only one monster leaked through the occasional openings, dozens of ordinary soldiers who had not yet awakened would die in an instant.
Moreover…….
'A mid-boss has also joined.'
The city walls started to crack with a crackling sound as a boss-level monster, which had been released belatedly from the dungeon, started pounding on them.
The old man was yelling himself hoarse as he urgently gave some kind of order, but it wasn't an issue that could be easily resolved.
“Let’s go over there.”
As I patted Ermitar's back and spoke, he lowered his altitude while flapping his wings irritably.
“Stop now.”
Landing on the city walls with that large body would cause it to collapse.
I slung the saintess, who had forgotten to scream because she was watching the war situation, over my shoulder.
“Huh? Uh-uh? What, what are you going to do? Lady Ilesha?!”
“We have to get off. you’ve rested enough, so it’s time to work now.”
“Huh? Rested enough, euuuuaaaaack……!”
When I jumped down with the saintess, Elias also jumped down with Crow in his arms.
“W-wait a second, Duke?! Ugh……!”
Even though he was the commander of the Holy Knights, Crow didn’t struggle disgracefully.
Gravity was pulling strongly on their ankles, but it wasn’t so weak that they couldn’t resist even that much.
Thud!
After landing steadily, I put down the saintess, who was almost on the verge of fainting.
“Are you crying?”
“Huuuuuuh…….”
It seemed that I had to leave her alone for a while so she could calm down.
“Your Excellency!”
“The Duke has arrived!”
The knights and soldiers who had discovered Elias cheered loudly.
Unlike them, Gerent seemed to have gotten a brighter look after seeing me.
After the disaster started, I had been trying my best to keep my abilities from being known to the outside.
It was a well-known fact that a divine oracle had been issued about an existence that could lead the world to destruction, and that Elias, who had entered Ermitar’s lair to meet that existence, had brought me out with him.
In the midst of all that, the disaster had started as the dungeon appeared, so it was no wonder that there were those who suspected me.
It was because the timing was excessively coincidental.
If they went beyond suspecting me and tried to kill me by framing me as an enemy of this world, I might have no choice but to harm many people.
So after consulting with Elias, we had been trying to cut off any information related to me.
Those who had awakened with my help, including the Tenaclad and Lakdel knight orders, had no choice but to know, but other people would probably only be guessing that I had a similar level to the saintess.
'If I step forward now, I won’t be able to hide it anymore. But…….'
Anyway, I had already stepped out of the situation that I could control.
Now that I didn’t know what Zero and Yumi, who had gotten rid of even the Emperor, might do at any moment, I wouldn’t be able to protect anything using the same methods that I had used until now.
Now that it was like this, the best thing to do was to show an overwhelming power so that no one would even dare to oppose me.
As I took out my personal axe from my inventory, a translucent window suddenly blocked my vision.
Qualification Verification (2)
A second special quest for a trans-dimensional refugee who cannot belong to any world! Protect the major strongholds that have started to be destroyed and prove your belonging.
Tenaclad Defense (0/1)
Defeat Monsters (0/500)
Defeat Boss-level Monster (0/1)
Protect the Saintess of the Amern Order (0/1)
Success Reward: Influence in World E-17ACEM increases by one step (Current: 5/10 steps)
Failure Penalty: SS-rank monsters spawn randomly in the field
Will you accept the quest? YES / NO
It was a place that I would have protected no matter what, but this was a good development.
“Elias, I’ll take charge of the east city wall. Please take charge of the south side.”
He nodded once while staring at me blankly.
“Okay. Be careful, Ilesha.”
“Of course, it's our home we’re talking about. I have to cherish it.”
Was my words unexpected?
His eyes widened a little before curving gently. The slight worry that had been lingering had disappeared and was replaced by joy.
“Then I should be careful as well. If I don't want to have a scratch on it.”
Elias, who had bowed down and lightly kissed my cheek, headed for the south city wall first.
It was the place that his younger sister Clea had been holding up, but looking at how tired she looked, it seemed like she would run out of mana soon.
Because Clea had been doing a wonderful job, there weren't many knights there. That meant that the moment her mana ran out and the spirits were reverse-summoned, that would be the place that would collapse the fastest.
As expected, soon after Elias joined, Clea, who was exhausted, collapsed and the spirits disappeared as well.
If we had arrived even 5 minutes later, Clea would have lost her life in vain. It was a relief that she had managed to hold on.
'The old man still seems like he can endure it.'
I entrusted the saintess to Crow before heading towards the east city wall.
Thud! Thud! Thump!
The source of the vibrations was a purple bear that was mindlessly pounding on the city wall.
As befitting of a mid-boss from a dungeon that had been enhanced to A+-rank, its leather was thick and tough, making ordinary attacks useless.
The knights who could handle mana had to step forward, but since the monster was in the middle of the monsters that were swarming all over the bottom of the city wall, they were in a situation where they couldn't do anything.
The solution at times like this was simple.
You just had to jump down on top of its head and,
Whoosh!
Chop off its head with an axe.
As the severed head flew away while spraying blood, the monsters around it as well as the knights and soldiers on top of the city wall stopped moving and followed its trajectory with their eyes.
“You shouldn’t look away.”
Our side was allowed to do that, but the enemies in front of me were not allowed to do that.
Because they would soon be in the same state.
Swish!
More than ten heads were severed again and flew into the air.
-Krrk……?
Even with nothing but blind hostility left, the guys instinctively realized that something was wrong and started to take a step back.
To be honest, it was a bit excessive to take out this axe in order to defeat the monsters that had emerged from the A+-rank dungeon.
But as I had resolved, now was the time to show an overwhelming power, so this kind of vicious-looking tool was necessary.
Even if my body wasn’t very visible, buried as it was amongst the swarm of monsters, this huge axe would be very visible. That was why I was purposely making tendrils of mana that were shining brightly flow out of it.
“I’m going to kill the guys who run away and bother me even more painfully.”
I warned the monsters, as I shook off the blood from the axe lightly.
“If you bravely attack me, I’ll kill you so fast you won’t even realize it.”
I added a bit of enticement as well.
Even though they were easy opponents for me, if only one of these guys were to escape, an entire village would be massacred.
“Are you not coming?”
So, I couldn’t let even one of them escape.
“Then I’ll go.”
I left the guys who had stuck to the city wall to others, and started clearing only the monsters from below.
I chopped their heads off and split their cores.
It was just a little annoying doing simple work so flamboyantly, but there wasn't anything difficult.
Even if my stats were restricted, they were A+-rank and not even S-rank.
If I had gotten even a single scratch while fighting these guys, my comrades would be making fun of me for the next 10 years.
The distance I was covering gradually increased.
It was because the guys who had been swarming in a group had started to scatter away from me.
'This is a bit troublesome.'
It was inconvenient in times like this that I didn’t have a mage like Yumi. If she had been here, she would have created a barrier so that not even one of them could have escaped.
But since she wasn't here, I had to do well on my own.
While swinging the axe with one hand, I took out whatever weapons I could get my hands on from my inventory and threw them at the guys who were showing their backs.
'It’s about time that the boss appears.'
In order to track the presence of the guy who had left the dungeon last, I spread my mana thinly and widely beyond the battlefield.
And the guy that I found was,
'What is this bastard doing?'
He was running away like crazy.
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