The cries echoed from afar…
Footsteps approached…
From the depths of the dark forest, they emerged.
A horde of Rank C Monsters.
Come to think of it, there weren’t any Rank C Monsters among the ones I defeated earlier.
Were they a separate unit…?
In any case, I can’t fight in this state…
I tried to escape…
But it was too late.
A Goblin Archer sniped me, shooting through my leg.
Damn it! That hurts.
But I can’t stop…
I desperately tried to flee, but there was no way I could escape with an injured leg…
An Ushi-oni stood before me, raising its axe high, ready to swing.
However, the axe didn’t crush my head; it was stopped by a sword.
“Are you alright!? Boy?”
A man stood before me.
The sword he held in one hand was thinner than any sword I had ever seen, yet it was more reliable than any other.
He held his sword with a practiced ease, as if he had used it countless times, and said,
“Yeah. You seem fine. Well then, shall we annihilate these monsters…”
In that instant, the man vanished, and lightning flashed across the area.
Lightning struck repeatedly.
The Rank D Monsters were wiped out by that alone,
leaving only the Rank C Monsters.
Even they were mostly unable to move.
I couldn’t see what he did at all.
He was too fast.
Too fast for my eyes to follow…
Then, people on horseback arrived from behind.
“Captain! We’ve arrived! We hurried to help… but! It’s already over!”
All that remained were the corpses of monsters and Magic Stones.
The armor those people are wearing… could it be!
“Um, are you perhaps members of the Royal Capital’s Knight Order?”
“Huh? Ah, yes, we are. Are you Cain-kun?”
“How do you know my name…?”
“Eclair-san told us. I’m Kuuga Bark, the vice-captain of the 6th Knight Order. Actually, we just arrived in this town and were about to search for the Demon Lord’s Army when Eclair-san told me about the anomaly in this forest. We concluded that the Demon Lord’s Army might be here. So, we rushed over on horseback because you, who were supposed to be hunting Goblins, might be in danger.”
“I see, thank you for saving me from danger!”
“No, no, the captain defeated them all, so we didn’t do anything.”
“Speaking of which, who exactly is that person…?”
“Ah, that person is Ort Mekina. He possesses the Original Skill ‘Raijin’ and is one of the strongest in this country.”