「Eh!? Wh, what are you……Diablo-san?」
And then, Demonic Beings appeared.
The guards of Fort Bridge Ulg raised voices that resembled screams.
Diablo turned his eyes to the point across the stone bridge.
There was a black group.
They were calmly approaching.
That lot was a group that possessed features that were in some respects similar to beasts.
For example, some would have faces like that of an ox.
Some would have hooves in place of hands.
Some would be unbelievably huge.
Some would have a skin color that was dark blue.
That group, despite all of them having disconnected appearances, they shared the common point of having an atypical appearance.
Would the one at the lead be the commander?
It looked like a knight that had his whole body fortified with pitch black armor. In its hand, it held a large, cone-shaped jousting lance.
It was riding alone on a Demonic Beast. It was a Demonic Beast that resembled a dragon whose size was about that of a horse.
——So it’s a Dragon Knight.
In the game, there seemed to be unique tamable Demonic Beasts that even Players could ride.
Since Diablo didn’t reach out to the Mount skill, he didn’t have experience with it, but it was said that among the Players, there were some that rode Wyverns.
There wasn’t a time where he didn’t think that he wanted to try riding one at least once.
——For the time being, right now, I need to overcome this situation.
Since he unintentionally said something great, there’s no way he could just escape now.
The Demonic Beings had drawn close enough that they were at a distance that bows and arrows could reach them.
The guards of Fort Bridge Ulg, ineptly fired arrows.
However, it looked like those arrows didn’t give any damage to the Demonic Beings.
「Guooohhhhh!」
The Demonic Beings howled.
As a counterattack, they hurled fireballs.
An explosion occurred.
A portion of Fort Bridge Ulg collapsed from the enemy’s attack.
The guards that nocked their bows and arrows tried to get out of the way before they would get caught up in it but……
Diablo said this to Shera.
「You stay here. If you’re nearby, it will be hard to use my magic.」
「G, got it! Um……!」
「What is it?」
「Diablo, be careful out there.」
Something like being worried about by someone right before heading out to battle, this was a first for him.
Mysteriously enough, his chest became hot.
His face had become hot and he couldn’t even reply to her.
He turned his back to her.
Right now, he felt like he wouldn’t lose even to the Demon King.