Th-That's... i-it'll be okay now!"
"Why?"
"I'll use "Divine Might" and attack the Demon Race woman from the beginning. That's why, if everyone could cover me..."
"But, won't she know a troublesome attack is coming with such a long chant? Even our enemies will have their own plans, right? Besides, we don't know if those were all of the demonic beasts she has."
Even if Kouki said it'd be okay, Kondou and gang complained while beginning to doubt Kouki's ability, and were looking at him with doubtful eyes. With this, even though Kouki could not help but take responsibility to make sure they win. They would not calm down because of the fact that they had almost died as a result of the enemies' unbelievable strength and number.
The main cause for them to heat up were because Ryuutarou had a low angry point while Kondou and gang were being belligerent by objecting constantly. Gradually, Ayako, Yoshino, and Nomura tried to stop their quarrel, but a dangerous mood began to drift around.
As such, Ryuutarou began to ready his fists while Kondou readied his spear. Tension immediately filled their location. Kouki shouted, Ryuutarou!, and grip his shoulder to stop him. However, Ryuutarou could not be stopped and veins popped on his head while glaring at Kondou. Even Kondou and gang were partly obstinate about it.
"Everyone, please calm down! No matter what you say, we can only bet on Kouki to survive! We must defeat the Demon Race woman even if Kouki was at the time limit of his "Limit Break." We can only do that since she won't let us escape. You understand that, right?"
Shizuku entered between them and frantically tried to persuade them to calm down, but it didn't work either. Swaying while standing, Suzu seemed to not want to hear what Kondou said even if he apologized. Finally, Kaori thought she needed to restrain everyone and began to prepare her restraining magic... when they heard something.
"Grrrrr..."
"""" !?""""
A growl. A growl so familiar, so low that came from the bottom of abdomen. The appearances of Chimeras and the four-red-eyed wolves crossed their minds. The dangerous mood immediately dissipated and everyone stiffened. Even the smallest breathing seemed to resound, and their breathing became smaller. Their gazes turned towards the passage camouflaged as a wall before them.
Whoosh! Fwiiish, Whooosh! Fwuuush!
Sounds of scratching and rough nasal breathing could be heard from the wall. Someone was gulping. Even trace of their smells should've been erased by Endou, so the demonic beasts shouldn't be able to perceive that Kouki's party were inside no matter how strong they were. Even though they thought so, they were tensed and unpleasant sweats flowed.
Some time was still needed before they completely recovered. Suzu was not in condition to fight, Kaori and Ayako had used too much magic to heal the others and had hardly recovered. The vanguard group were almost fully recovered, but the magic users in the rear group only had recovered half of their magic power. The healing potions they had also been exhausted, so they still need to wait for sometimes to recover at the earliest.
They could not overlook the holes in terms of roles created by Kaori and Ayako as the healers and the barrier user, Suzu. That's why Kouki's party were hoping they would not be found out now as they watched the wall separating the outside and the hidden room.
The demonic beasts wandered outside for a while, but their presences gradually began to fade before long. Thus, silence returned once again. Even so, everyone was standing still for a while, and breathed great sighs of relief when they knew the demonic beasts had completely disappeared; some of them crumpled on the spot. The extreme tension made their sweats overflow like a flood.