And then──
In the distance, from up in the trees, 10 Elves carrying bows appeared.
That wasn’t all.
In succession, Elves were gushing out from the various trees of the forest.
20, 30, 40, 50……
Since it was nothing but people that wore emerald green clothing that looked almost indistiguishable from the many trees, he wasn’t sure if he was able to make an accurate count of them, but at the very least, it was certain that there was more that 100 people. It might even be 200 people.
It was more than the Feudal Lord predicted.
If this were the game, it seemed like a processing lag would occur even if the image quality were to be lowered. Concurrently, there was no way one would go against this many opponents.
Accompanied by Rem and Alicia behind him, Diablo and the Elven army stared at each other.
Among the Elf army, there was one person standing at the head that Diablo recognized.
Before, among the Elven elites that ambushed them in the 《Man-Eating Forest》 in order to take back Shera, that young man was there.
His name was──
「──You were called Selsio, right?」
「Y, yes……How kind of you to remember.」
With a nervous countenance, Selsio came forward.
Diablo spoke frankly and made a request.
「I want to meet with Shera. Can I have you guide me?」
「I’m sorry, but that isn’t possible. We have been ordered by Prince Kiira to not allow anyone to pass.」
──As I thought.
His words were something that supported Diablo’s conjecture. Shera was probably manipulated due to a magic that Diablo didn’t know of.
Rem gulped.
Alicia muttered 「Unforgivable」.
Diablo asked a question once more. He no longer felt like taking up too much time.
「Shera was manipulated through magic, right? Was it that pipe?」
Selsio expressed a distressed facial expression but──
「I cannot answer that!」
He obstinately refused to answer.
He probably was diligent and had a personality that didn’t make lies. That facial expression, that tone of voice, those eyes, they all informed them of the truth.
Diablo revealed his anger.
「You, so you knew about it and obeyed!? Do you think that making a fool that would manipulate his own true younger sister with magic into a king is something that would benefit your country!?」
「The future of the Elves, is something that the Elven King will decide! Kiira-sama, the one that will be the next king, decided that he must have a child with Shera-sama in order to enrich the country……We believe in future prosperity, and only obey the king……Otherwise, the country will break!」
Diablo roared.
「Using position as an excuse and abandoning the ability to judge good and evil is what you call a slave disposition, you damned fool!」
「It, it’s for the country!」
Selsio paired an arrow with his bow.
Successively, the other Elves did the same thing.
The sound of bowstrings being drawn could repeatedly be heard.
200 arrowhead were simultaneously pointed towards Diablo.
He called out to Rem and Alicia.
「Stay behind me.」
「Diablo-sama, there’s no way you can defend against that large amount of arrows, you know!?」
「……It’s fine. Let’s leave it to him. I also find it dreadful but……More than that, I believe in Diablo.」
Diablo raised the War Scythe overhead.
「So it’s for your country. In that case, you’ve made a mistake, Selsio! What you should have tried to not provoke wasn’t the Prince’s wrath, but mine!」
Selsio shouted.
「Firee!!」
200 arrows were fired.
The arrows that shrouded the sky looked like a black rain.
Diablo held out his left hand.
He chanted.
「《Volcanic Wall》!」
In front of him, the ground burst open. Flames jetted out. Those flames rose even higher than the trees of the forest, enough to make one question if it didn’t reach the sky.
The Elves raised screams.
The magic that was like a cataclysm turned those arrows that were fired by the hands of people into ash in an instant, even burned the surrounding trees, and blew away everything.
Within that forest that closed off people’s field of vision, only the ground in front of Diablo’s group had been changed into thoroughly burned rocks and soil.
──Ye~ah, this magic does a lot of damage to the plot of land.
It was a level 80 Fire and Earth attribute magic. Flames were made to spout out from the ground like an eruption and make a flame wall.