Beyond the village of Karn was a group of mercenaries.

The leader was a blonde and blue-eyed man of the most common type in the kingdom of Ri Jestij, with orange hair, who looked to be only about twenty years old, and wore rope armor—a simple light armor made of many metal strings intertwined over leather armor.

The captain, holding a long sword, looked at the roaring giant demon in front of him with an ugly face.

Ogre-like terrifying power, coupled with blazing speed.

On a human body, it is no problem to say that it is a steel-level adventurer.

But why is there such a powerful demon here?

"Isn't this just a small village?"

Peter Mock, the leader of the "Sword of Darkness" mercenary group who had accepted the task of escorting, glared.

"Even if it's a demon's lair, I believe it."

Beside him, a blonde man with a red headband on his head who looked like a ranger with a long bow and a slender short sword said in a flirtatious tone.

However, although his tone was frivolous, the nervous expression and movements showed that he was not really relaxed.

"Ruckruth, if it's really a demon's lair, that's not a good thing."

A short, handsome boy spoke up:

“Magic Arrow！！” (Magic Arrow)

The magic converged, and two arrows of light shot out of the little boy's hand, shooting towards the terrifying demon.

But—

"Roar!!

The tall demon waved its arms, its hideous claws swinging forward, and the two arrows of light only left faint scratches and almost no wounds on the demon's arms.

was easily offset.

Not only that, but the tall demon roared, gave up the captain, and rushed directly towards the handsome boy.

"Won't you...... It doesn't work!? Did you miss Nena? ”

Rucrut pounced, knocking Nina to the ground and rolling him away, taking him away from the demon's attack.

"Didn't miss!"

If he usually encountered such a situation, he might blush, but at the moment of crisis, the beautiful young man didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly said:

"Dyne! Peter! ”

Captain Orange immediately rolled sideways, came in front of Nina and Ruckerruth, clenched his sword in both hands and raised it upward:

"Fortress!"

With the use of defensive martial arts, a burst of light lingered on the surface of his body.

"Roar!!

Failing to hit Nina, the demon roared in pursuit, its long sharp claws smashing directly into the captain's two-handed sword.

Clang!!!

With a loud bang, the captain's body shook and he took several steps back.

And at this moment, another person, the middle-aged man with a full beard, raised his cane:

“Twi！” (Plant Entanglement!) ）

Dyne unleashed her magic, and the grass beneath the demon's feet trembled instantly, thickening and lengthening, wrapping like vines around the demon's soles, locking its legs like chains.

Entangled in unusually tough plant chains, the demon roared in frustration, reaching out its claws and scratching at the plants that bound him.

"Minor injury treatment!"

"Arm strength strengthened!"

At this time, Nina hurriedly chanted magic to Peter, the captain who was knocked in front of him.

With two rays of light surging over Peter, Peter stood up again.

Without time to say thank you, Peter clenched his sword and charged towards the demon.

Behind him, Ructler opened and closed his long bow, and the metal arrows aimed at the demon's eyes.

Boom!

It was the sound of arrows flying out, and the footsteps of Captain Peter's charge.

As a priest of the forest, Dyne also continued to use plant-entangled magic to restrain demons.

Behind them, a teenager with a mushroom hairstyle that covers his eyes is watching nervously.

However, they were fighting against the demons, and they did not find a single thing.

.......

Behind them, there were two people.

One of them, wearing a gray-yellow cloak with a cape the color of a rock, and underneath the hood was a lovely girl who looked about twenty years old, with good features and a feline-like appearance.

Although it is said to be as cute as a feline, it is not a docile and cute cat, but more like a more menacing ocelot.

She was dressed in revealing armor, which could not even be called the decoration of armor-

Entirely made of metal, but not in pieces, but in a myriad of iron pieces of various colors.

If you look closely, you can see the name on it.

They are all adventurer's nameplates, bronze, silver, mythril, orichalcum and even steel-grade brands.

It's a loot piece of equipment that doesn't have much protection.

The exposed lower abdomen and lower back, chest, and thighs can be said to be almost defenseless.

However, that doesn't mean she's not strong.

"It's strange that there are demons here, but it's only Mithril....... It's a little itchy. ”

The woman smiled coquettishly and groped her hands under her cloak. There was a click-and-click, and she held a weapon that looked like a trident with its handle removed.

"So what? How long are you ready to play? Why not just get your hands dirty? ”

At this time, another voice sounded.

It was an emaciated man.

The eyes are sunken, and the face is so bad that it doesn't look like a living person, which is very much in line with the statement that it is lifeless. There is no half hair on the top of his head, and not only that, but there is not even body hair such as eyebrows and eyelashes, and it feels like he doesn't have half a hair on his body.

The woman's flirtatious voice made the man frown.

"Don't worry, little Kaji~"

The woman's voice is still flirtatious:

"You also know that the group of people from the Wind Flower Sacred Book have infiltrated Yelantil, who knows if they will suddenly come out, if they want to do it, they can't delay it for too long."

"Then you should hurry up!"

The man known as Little Kaji frowned, not knowing if it was because of her contradictory words or because of her title:

"Clementine."

The woman's name is Clementine.

The former ninth seat of the Dark Codex, a figure who defected to the Dark Codex, a powerhouse in the hero realm.

The red-robed man who followed behind the other party like a dead man silently clenched his cane.

Although the other party couldn't help him, he couldn't help the other party without the help of the bone dragon without Yelantil.

"But what~"

At this time, Clementine put his hand into the cloak, groped under the skirt or somewhere, took out something, and continued to say in a coquettish and flirtatious tone:

"In case he dies, this thing won't be needed~"

"So, let's do it now~"

It was a tiara.

Countless small gemstones are dotted on the slender metal thread like spider silk, like a spider's web stained with water droplets, and the workmanship is quite exquisite.

In the center of the tiara, where it should be worn on the forehead, is a large gemstone that looks like a black crystal.

"The Crown of the Wise."

Kaji silently recited the name of the thing in his mind.