Slashing the silver sword, I beheaded another goblin. Unlike before, it cut through till its bone with no resistance at all and even cut away the leather armour.
If I could fight like this from the start—-no, if all my covenants were released from the start, would that boy still be alive?
Thinking that, I could only sigh. I’m thinking unnecessary things. For now, I should just swing my sword to survive. Thinking anything else is useless.
I turned towards the nearby goblins. For some reason, the goblins who hadn’t retreated even after the Ogre was killed, took a step back.
“—–ruuah!!!”
Without any form, it was a simple rough attack. Its long sword broke and was cut apart from the shoulder.
The goblin who attacked my defenceless back, I simply used intution to hit him away with the handle of my sword. I could feel its bones breaking. The warmth of its flesh and pulse of its innards. All that was felt through my arm, which was disgusting.
Turning back, I stabbed my iron knife into its forehead. More goblins jumped from behind me. Turning again—-before I could swing my sword, they were pierced by arrows.
“Are you alright!?”(elf)
“Yeah, somehow.”
It was the Elf guy who had supported me.
Even though the snipers should be in a different direction….
Well, it turned into such a battle, the strategy has already completely collapsed anyway.
“Why did the third wave of support not come?”(renji)
“Orcs and Ogre were summoned out of nowhere. The Brave is currently facing the Demon.”
[Demon? Why would demons be……]
“Was it also that demon who gathered the monsters?”(renji)
“So it said. To lure out the Heroes apparently.”
A pretty crude strategy.
If it can summon monsters, it must be a middle or high class demon. But, it lacks in the brains department apparently.
If it wants to beat the Brave, goblins and Ogres won’t be of any help. They’ll need a monster strong enough against which Souichi wouldn’t be able to win at least.
For example—-the Demon Lord.
While I thought that, suddenly a huge magic circle appeared on the ground covering the whole area.
I looked below— Scarlet coloured magical energy was Aya’s colour. And the magic circle created by it was shining brightly.
“Wh, What!?”(elf)
“She really doesn’t know how to control her power. Seriously.”
“What!!?”
The Elf beside me was really panicked for once.
The power of a Hero. The magic of the Grand Magus. If she had been using that from the very start, there would have been no sacrifices at all.
But if she had done that, the adventurers would not get the chance to earn much. I guess, both the guild and the Academy must have told her to not take part actively.
But as a result, numerous victims were born. That boy—-Rob also died.
[Renji.]
“I know.”
The next moment, sharp roots burst out of the ground and skewered the goblins everywhere.
They died after being pierced by the roots in the arms, legs, body and the head.
That girl really makes quick work of even so many goblins. Opponents against whom I was fighting desperately, she killed them in an instant.
This is a God Slayer. This is the power of a Hero.—–the power of the cheat given by the Goddess. Unimaginable strength that’d make everyone envious of it.
But I don’t have it. The power to protect many, to save them. Cheers rose from various places. It seems there are still many alive……..I’m really glad for that.
[Only the demon remains now.]
Well, even that should be easy to deal with SOuichi there.
Moving through the skewered bodies of the goblins, I moved towards the place where the magicians were fighting.
For some reason, the elf came after me.
“What?”(renji)
“Where are you going?”(elf)
“……I was thinking of at least seeing this demon once with my own eyes.”
I doubt there’s anything there for me to do.