While the monsters and monsters are fighting each other, Gargados, who is led on the other hand, is also beginning to gain an advantage in the battle with the blood-headed hound, a city-destroying monster. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The sheer number of attacks, even those that could penetrate the walls, were smashed countless times on the bloodhound, and the long process was finally beginning to pay off. Even though the appearance became more terrifying, the frequency of the Bloodhound's attacks and the speed at which it regenerated were noticeably slower than they had been at the beginning.

It was almost time for the final stage, and Gargados, who was so thoughtful, stepped on the dirt under his feet.

Yes, it's harder than you think. The surface layer was thinned by the rain in the morning, but it is now semi-dry.

Since this is the case, you can use this trick. Gargados plunged his greatsword straight into the ground, and the nearly one-and-a-half-meter-tall giant sword rolled up a huge block of dirt larger than a human and swung it towards the huge monster in front of him, a trick that only his strange power could use.

The blood-headed hound, noticing the black object at the attack, instinctively swung out its tentacles under its abdomen and whipped at the black mass.

In an instant, the sky was full of sand and dust.

"Poison bait!!"

The thief whose name was called out of the shadows behind the bloodhound, threw several daggers into the monster's eyes. The dagger was knocked out by the tentacles in mid-air - but one of them broke through the tentacle's defensive circle and plunged into the bloodhound's right eye.

“――！”

The words turned into commands, and the dagger exploded instantly, blowing through the monster's entire right eye. As the blood-headed hound whose sight had been stripped of it let out a scream—purple vines wrapped around its hind legs—it was the magician Gusared who attacked.

After summoning vines to restrain the monster's movements, Gusera immediately activated the trump card that had been set up by the thieves on his behalf.

Pale light flashed all around, and the blood-headed hound was surrounded by a rune-formed barrier in the center. , the Thunder Enchantment, made up of eight inscribed magic items, is the maximum firepower that Gargados and their squad have in possession.

Red thunder was born from the center and raged indiscriminately within the barrier.

The lightning bombardment blackened the ground beneath his feet, and the incessant wails of the behemoth could be heard. The bloodhounds frantically struggled, but their limbs were entangled in the purple vines that kept coming out, and they couldn't move. The monster's skin was split open by lightning, and the blood and flesh as black as the monster were flipped out from the inside, and the flesh flocculated into fine dust and dissipated into the air. Even such an attack was not enough to kill this monster with super vitality, but it did consume its vitality.

With his sword in both hands, Gargados burst into the barrier with explosive acceleration the moment it vanished, slicing off the forelimbs of the blood-headed hound.

The beast, which had lost its forelimbs, fell to the ground, its mountain-like body slammed into the ground, causing a loud roar. The dying Blood-Headed Hound's body began to change violently again, and the torn flesh of the whole body was torn apart even more - the black flesh took shape, and countless tentacles flung it in all directions with whips that could break steel.

――。

――。

From behind came the priest's magic of assistance. The flesh that flew out was gone the moment it came into contact with the magic. Seeing the right moment, Will took his shield and sliced between Gargados and the bloodhound, blocking the pus from the monster. Gargados leapt from behind the warrior, the other end of the monster's blind spot, and by this time the magician had already wrapped the blazing flames around the greatsword in his hand.

Approaching, followed by a frantic hack-and-slash.

Forelimbs are severed, claws are severed, and torsos are broken, leaving countless sword marks on the ground and walls. Gargados buried his sword in the monster's neck with an astonishing motion—cutting off its head. Even if a monster is almost immortal, if its head is cut off and its limbs are cut off, it will still surely usher in death.

The beast finally stopped struggling and collapsed to the ground. Soon after, the demonic beasts that had lost the supply of their master's magic power also fell to the ground one after another, and their vitality was so drastically depleted, which was also a natural end.

"-- it's our victory!"

Gargados raised his weapon and yelled at the crowd.

"Oh-!!"

There was a loud cheer among the adventurers. They believed that the bloodhounds were already the strongest enemy they could face in this battle, and that the rest of the battle would only be smooth sailing. And the thought of the rich bounty brought by killing such a city-destroying level monster made everyone's face full of smiles.

Of course, there are also those who still maintain a serious face, and Goering uses his short sword to kill the demonic beasts that are still not dead, and at the same time gives orders to the adventurers around him.

"Don't let your guard down, those demonic beasts are not out of breath yet, don't let go of any of them and deal with them all."

On the other hand, Alan woke up from pain. The cheers reached her ears, and she felt a splitting headache.

"Hmm...... Me, am I ......? ”

When I opened my eyes, I saw the corpses of demonic beasts everywhere. The smell of blood in the scorching sun almost made her vomit.

"Wake up at last, Sleeping Beauty."

"What do you mean?"

Hearing the ridicule of the young man in front of him, Alan immediately frowned in displeasure. She subconsciously used her hands to find something on her head, and when she felt that the hood was still well covered on her head, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's the matter, won't you even say thank you to your life-saving benefactor?"

“…… Saved me? Yes! Alan finally realized why he was unconscious and the reason why the corpses of demonic beasts were all over the ground. Although the memory is a little blurry, if you connect the two, it is clear what happened.

"Thank you, thank you."

The person who was supposed to help others was rescued instead, and this kind of thing made Alan not happy at all, and she silently reached out to rearrange the hood to hide the embarrassment in her heart.

"Then let me ask you a question, those people, do you think they are strong?"

Looking in the direction of the young man's finger, Alan saw Gargados surrounded by other adventurers in the center.

"You don't know them?"

"No, I know. The Adventurer Team, one of only three S-Class Adventurer teams in the country. ”

The monster relied on the memories of the dead youth to reveal the identity of their squad in Gargados.

The young man's answer made Alan full of confusion, and it would be forgivable if he didn't know them to ask like this, but when he asked this question knowing it, Alan couldn't understand the intention of the man in front of him at all.

Probably sensing Allen's confusion, the young man shrugged his shoulders.

"I mean, to put it another way, can you beat that big, bloodhound?"

After a brief pause, Alan shook his head.

"I can't do it on my own."

“…… Is it. ”

The young man's voice sounded a little disappointed.

"So what exactly do you mean by asking such strange questions?"

"I'm just wondering what level of strength the best adventurers in humanity is. Do you know those who are above them? ”

As Alan pondered, another voice answered in Alan's place.

"If you only look at it from the perspective of the strong, Gargados is at most the last seat...... I guess they are the limits of what humans can achieve. After all, there are real monsters in this world, but they are only dressed in human skin. ”

Goering waved his hand instead of greeting, and looked at Alan who was standing aside.

"Looks like you're okay, newcomer,...... Uh, that's called Alan? Well behaved, I'm kind of impressed with you. ”

"No, thank you very much, Mr. Goering."

Looking at the uninvited man in front of him, the monster quickly retrieved information about him in the young man's memory.

"Goering, the captain of the A-class adventurer team, is rumored to be an archer with half elven blood."

The monster's extremely quiet self-talk was captured by Goering, who had a keen hearing.

"Oops, it's the first time I've seen a guy who isn't afraid of death." Goering leaned into the young man's ear. "You know me, but you don't know it's a forbidden language?"

(To avoid suspicion, all you should do is pretend to be Lyle Ralhorn as much as possible.) Then his attitude at this time should be...... ）

"Is the truth also a forbidden word, or are you the kind of guy who will have an inferiority complex for yourself?"

"Good." Goering's gaze sharpened. "You're the only one who dares to say that to me, because all the people who dared to talk to me before are dead—you know?"

"Oh, so what's the matter with you coming here to find me, isn't it going to be boring - to intimidate me or something?"

"I'm just here to say hello to the newcomer here, saying I'm here to find you, and you're taking yourself too seriously, aren't you?"

"Don't come to this set, the aura that has been staring at me before is yours, right?"

"It's amazing. Who the hell are you, someone who can sense my breath at that distance, it stands to reason that I don't know. You're wearing a C-level adventurer's nameplate, so you should at least introduce yourself to the high-ranking adventurers, don't you even know such basic etiquette? ”

(Tsk, is it generally imperceptible to this breath?) ）

Attracting attention in an unnecessary place is the worst case scenario for monsters.

“…… Lyle Raljos, a member of the C-Class Adventurer team, was only in the city last month. ”

"Hmm...... I've heard of that. If I'm not mistaken, it's a gang of pure thieves, and it's fair to say that they're good at detecting breath. Hey, Gargados, do you know this guy? ”

Goering called out to the giant man not far away.

Although adventurers are a profession that sells their lives for money, the only thing that can match their self-esteem is the knights of the kingdom, who are made up of pride all over their bodies. A team of thieves means that they don't have the ability to fight head-on, which is a far cry from the usual image of an adventurer. It's said that they lack the ability to fight monsters, but it's better to say that they're better at stealing chickens and dogs than fighting monsters.

In this case, most adventurers will naturally not give this kind of team a good look.

"Hmph, I don't know at all. Feed! Does anyone know where this guy came from, Lyle Raljoth and the team of adventurers named by him. ”

After a while, someone in the crowd raised their hands.

"I know their captain, and I've had drinks with him before. As for this poor-looking guy...... If I remember correctly, I was thrown across the river because of a pestering magician, and it was at the rat tavern near the river. Ah, I remember yelling at me to at least touch my boobs or something. ”

Hearing this, Gargados frowned and accosted a magician in the crowd.

"I didn't expect this guy to be quite funny, it's far from the image of a thief with a gloomy face. Hey, Linna, do you remember this guy? ”

"God knows, I threw drunkards who are not afraid of death into the river, if not a thousand, but hundreds, and I can't remember what so many fools look like."

The female magician answered the question with a look of displeasure, and it seemed that the young man reminded her of bad memories.

"That's right." Goering glanced at the magician's chest and nodded. "Now that I've confirmed my identity, I'll get straight to the point and ask, what are you doing here? If you had been drafted by a conscription order, I had not seen you among the people who had left the city in the morning. It's not that I'm boasting, but I remember the faces of the people I've seen clearly, and there will be absolutely no omissions. ”

(Convocation order?) What is that? ）

I feel a little unnatural about the direction of the topic, but the monster who lacks the judgment of the facts decides that it would be better to tell the truth about things.

"Our team was hired to find out the body of the dangerous monsters lurking in this abandoned town, and there were two other teams that were hired, namely and."

Unlike those who have just moved their stronghold here, they are all well-known teams of local adventurers, and they are also adventurers who are good at infiltration and reconnaissance.

Gargados noticed something unusual.

In normal chronological order, since the kingdom* military and the church are ready to deal with the vampires, it will definitely take more than five days to mobilize troops, no matter how fast they are. And the operation must have been carried out after the existence of vampires was ascertained, and at this point there was no point in entrusting the adventurer to investigate.

"I remember that the kingdom didn't have a special concealment department in charge of this situation, that is, the elite troops equipped with special magic items made by the Magic Province."

Goering touched his chin with his fingers, responding to Gargados's question.

"Indeed, I have heard rumors. In this case, it would be a commission from the Knights, but I have never heard of the Knights entrusting the Adventurers' Guild with such a mission. ”

Goering has a deep relationship with the Adventurers' Guild, so he knows more about internal affairs than the average adventurer. Moreover, the knights of the kingdom have always looked down on adventurers, and it is impossible to imagine that they would do so.

So Göring could only continue to ask questions of the youth.

"Hey, your name is Lyle, right, who entrusted you with this matter, is it the king **** or the consul? And the rest of your team, where have they gone? ”

“…… It is a commission from the church. As for the rest of the squad, we were all wiped out. Of the fourteen people in the three squads, I was the only one who survived. ”

The task of the king **** is entrusted by the church. Sensing that they were about to be drawn into trouble, Goering and Gargados glanced at each other, and in a short split second they came to an agreement.

There are some areas that you should not get involved in, and it is better not to know too much, and few people who are involved in this kind of thing will have a good end. But it backfired.,Among the adventurers, someone even directly said the speculation.。。

"In other words, this so-called top-secret operation was leaked by this crappy adventurer? So the terrifying magic fluctuation - it must be the vampires, they have been prepared, digging traps and waiting for us to jump! ”

Chaos spread through the crowd, like stones thrown into a calm lake, causing countless ripples.

"Tsk, those big guys above are using us adventurers as consumables."

"Hey, although we are working for money, we will not die in vain."

"Since that's what else to fight, don't care about any bullshit summoning orders, let's retreat quickly."

"Gentlemen! Gentlemen, please calm down and listen to me. Priest Wells pushed through the crowd and dragged his somewhat tired body over to them.

"Ha, what do you say? The task of Wang **** was actually delivered to the adventurer by a priest, no matter how you think about it, it's not normal! You're just a gang of people who are in cahoots. ”

"Pay attention to the proportions of your words, I can fully interpret your words as contempt for the Holy See - I think Bishop Puneda, as an inquisitor of heresy, must have been saddened that he had to expel his proud believers."

"This, this, I'm ...... Me, me! ”

The Church has absolute authority among the people. Even non-devout believers dare not easily challenge the authority of the church. Because to be labelled as such a person is to be sentenced to death - death in society. No job can be done because no one wants to hire someone who is labeled. Not being able to live means dying. The guy who was expelled from the church, there are only two options waiting for him. Either they went incognito and hid in the slums, or they left to get out of the influence of the church.

Either one must give up his current position, possessions, and connections, and live anew in a completely unfamiliar place. This is also almost impossible for ordinary people.

The simple threat was enough to make the adventurer who had just raised the question immediately shut up and said no more.

"Don't worry, as long as you listen to my explanation, you will understand, all this is a misunderstanding, it's all this guy's conspiracy." Wells pointed his finger at Lyle.

"We don't have a lot of time, though, and while the big army is still fighting, let's get things done quickly - tie him up first."

"Hey, hey! Wait a minute, what are you trying to do?! ”

Seeing the rush of adventurers, the monster thought for a moment and decided not to put up any resistance. After all, he doesn't have the ability to kill everyone now, so it's better to observe the situation honestly.

Priest Wells watched with satisfaction as Lyle was restrained.

"If you think about it, there have been no less than dozens of operations led by the kingdom to annihilate monsters, and although the church participates every time, it is as auxiliary as all adventurers. We are clergy, and apart from the reputation of the Holy Spirit in heaven, we do not value mortal power and desires. Acting without permission over the king **** or something, this is not the behavior that a priest should have. Naturally, our church doesn't do that. ”

Priest Wells wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve, took a breath and continued to speak.

"What's more, this is the first time in 20 years that vampires have reappeared, and it's not trivial. No matter which side such a dangerous monster and such a dangerous state of affairs are on, what reason did the Church or the Knights of the Kingdom have to risk the leakage of their actions to hand over such an important matter to the adventurers...... It's rude, what about low-level adventurers? Our church has demon hunters, and Wang **** has the Third Knights, they are all extremely elite troops who specialize in hunting monsters. According to this man, he was hired by the church to scout the monster, but in fact, our operation had already begun at that time, and it was based on the premise that the monster's body had been identified. It's impossible to think that such a thing would hire him, right? ”

Seeing that the crowd was silent, the priest of Wells thought that the time was almost up. You can't give them too much time to think deeply and put their own opinions into it in one go.

"If you want to make a request to investigate monsters, you usually report to the lord first, and then the lord will submit the commission to the adventurer's union in his name, which is the correct process. Therefore, how can our church bypass the king and the lord and ignore the procedure to entrust the adventurer? I'm right, Mr. Goering. ”

"Ah, well, that's the right process."

Goering's voice sounded a little hesitant.

"In that case, the only thing left is the possibility that he is lying."

"But," an adventurer in the crowd asked. "Why is he lying?"

"Hey, give me wait! I'm not lying, it's obviously -! ”

Priest Wells shoved the rag straight into Lyle's mouth, trying to defend himself.

"Liars don't need to be listened to. It doesn't matter at all about his purpose, does it? The fact that he would behave in this way proves that he is an enemy, a vampire believer, or has been brainwashed, which is why he deliberately releases false information to obscure our vision. In any case, that will definitely not be useful news for us. ”

Gargados sighed.

"And Priest Wells, what do you think would be the best thing to do with him?"

Gargados's voice paused, and the sound of magic exploding came from a distance, interrupting his speech.

"-After all, we don't have that much leisurely time to judge him now."

"I agree with you, Mr. Gargados. It is better to tie him up in a hidden place first, and then submit it to the arbitral tribunal when the matter is over. Set up a simple exorcism barrier to protect him from stray bullets. ”

Naturally, no one had the courage to oppose the proposal put forward by the priest of Wells, and it was quickly agreed by the other adventurers.

Alan followed at the end of the group of adventurers, and before leaving, glanced at the young man named Lyle. She didn't feel like a bad person.

Then, the ground in front of him tilted - he was tossed to the ground by the sudden impact.

It is simply impossible to understand what is happening.

The sky swirled, and in an instant, the field of vision was pitch black. The roar cracked her eardrums, and hot and moist liquid flowed through the corners of her eyes, and it was the splash of rubble that cut her forehead.

The hood was blown off, and Ellen's short white-blond hair was messily stuck together from bleeding.

"What the hell is going on?"

Alan's voice stopped abruptly.

The scene in front of us changed abruptly.

Suddenly a black wall appeared where many adventurers had stood, protruding as if they were about to pierce the sky—spears made of rock and earth, covered with spikes, hung with what looked like human remains.

That's the adventurers who were caught up in it, and all of them-!!

A silver bell-like laugh came from above. A girl dressed in an elegant costume is as light as a butterfly, her toes lightly tapping one of the spikes.

You can see the eyes that shimmer with an ominous crimson light on the puppet's neat face.

"-That's!!"

Alan felt his throat choke and struggled to spit out the next sentence.