Lord Usato went to the battlefield.

Shoulder to shoulder with Lord Rose, he looked the same as he had in the previous battle, but it was completely different.

A strong back with a big mission on his back.

Seeing Usato-dong heading to the battlefield with "power" that was as strong as Rose's, I was determined to fulfill my mission.

 

"——You have to brace yourself......"

 

My mission is to protect the tent where the healing wizards of the Rescue Team are located.

The rescue team also played an important role in this battle.

I understand how important it is to protect them.

 

"Alc, did you hear that?"

"What?"

 

Respond to the voices of colleagues who are guarding the place together.

 

"It seems that there is a betrayal of an ally on the battlefield."

"Betrayal......?"

"I just came back and went back to the front, and he told me that he was suddenly attacked by his allies."

「……」

 

Is there a demon that manipulates people like Nea?

No, you can't put yourself in danger by sucking blood in the middle of a fight like a vampire.

Is it magic then?

 

"Anyway, you better be careful, the opponent is the Demon King Army. I don't care what kind of hand you use."

"Oh, I'll keep that in mind."

 

As I listened to my colleague's words, a blood-soaked knight from the Kingdom of Calmherio entered the door in front of my line of sight—mainly from where the black-clad Mr./Ms. of the rescue team passed.

 

"Hey, dude, is he okay?"

"What is the knight outside doing......

 

The knight's upper body armor was dyed bright red, and he walked towards us with an unsteady step.

My colleague and I run up to the knight, who seems to be in danger——、 but at that time, we stop in our tracks with a sense of discomfort.

 

"No, wait."

"Wait, he's badly injured no matter how you look at it! If you leave it alone, you'll die."

 

Ignoring the words of his agitated colleagues, he gazes at the knight's body.

He is covered in blood and appears to be injured.

But something is wrong.

The knight's hollow eyes can be explained by the fact that he is injured.

If you're covered in blood, it's because you're injured.

But where does ——— blood come from?

He was too neatly dressed. No, it was stained with blood, but there were no scratches or holes in its armor or the clothes underneath.

I put my left hand on the sword at my waist and distanced myself from the knight.

 

"May I ask you one question?"

"Alc......?"

"Excuse me, but can you tell me where you are injured?"

 

Where did that so much blood come from?

The more sober you become, the more you notice the strangeness of the man's appearance.

There is no way he could have walked this far with that amount of bleeding, and he would not even be able to maintain consciousness in the first place.

 

"Healing, magic...... Messenger"

"Yes, I understand that you want to call in a healing wizard to treat him as soon as possible, but first tell me where the wound is. Otherwise, we won't be able to get you through from here."

"Magic...... Healing...... Magic, magic."

「……」

"Heal, wizard, get out."

"Alc, this guy ......."

 

The man mutters to himself that he's a healing wizard, and his colleague puts his hand on the sword at his waist, perhaps sensing something wrong, but I wait for him.

If you make a ruckus here, you will involve all the rescue team members in the tent behind you, Mr./Ms..

If you're going to arrest him, leave this place.

 

"——Is that person injured?!"

 

I was startled by a voice from behind me.

From the entrance of the tent of the life-saving team's base of operations, a girl ———Kate Mr./Ms. who had been dispatched as a healing wizard appeared.

The man's eyes turned to Mr./Ms., but she beckoned to him as if she hadn't noticed.

 

"If you're injured, hurry up and get here!" Immediately heal with healing magic——"

 

The moment I heard the word healing magic, I didn't miss the man's right arm going around his back.

Before he can pull out his half-broken sword, covered in blood, I slam the hilt of the sword into his wrist and twist his left arm to restrain him.

While tying up a man who growls like a beast with a rope with a colleague, he calls out to Mr./Ms. who screams a little.

 

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"Go back to your tent right away! He's upset!"

"What!? Ha, yes!"

 

Mr./Ms. returned to her tent with the agility of a cat.

After seeing her off with his eyes, he looked for a wound on the knight who was still rampaging even though he was tied up, but he was not injured anywhere.

 

"It's all blood."

「…… Do you mean a sudden act of betrayal?"

"No, it's not."

 

Bring your face close to the knight's eyes and look into it.

He used to have blue eyes, but now those blue eyes shimmered with purple magic that covered the edges.

However, it seemed to be weakening, and the moment the flickering disappeared, the knight's body weakened and he fainted.

 

"Tell this information to Commander Sigurd right now, he is using magic to kill us. And the magic user is targeting this place where the rescue team is operating."

"Damn it, that's what you mean......!"

 

While another colleague is rushing to convey information to Commander Sigurd, I think of a solution.

First of all, we must send a warning to the black-clad Mr./Ms. who will bring the injured to us.

They pass through here quite often, so you can tell them right away.

 

"But what if someone is carried into the tent by being manipulated under the guise of a fallen wounded person......

 

The one who controlled the knight earlier was clearly aiming at this place.

He is the kind of opponent who will not hesitate to let you fight each other. It would not be surprising if they took advantage of their conscience in the rescue team.

 

"We should do what we can now."

 

It's hard to come up with a complete countermeasure, but we can put up a line of precautions.

I raise my voice so that the guards present can hear me.

 

"The Demon King's army is manipulating our allies and trying to harm the rescue team that is working hard for us here! Therefore, in order to protect them, I will now place guards not only outside but also inside the tent!"

 

I won't let Mr./Ms. of the rescue team get involved.

That's what all the guards here think.

I see my colleague nod at my words, and quickly decide where to relocate.

Back in my post, I look at the wall where the battle is being waged.

 

"I'm not going to let you get your hands on it."

 

It was the same with Hinomoto, but the situation is still the same.

I'm going to believe in him and put up my own fight.

———I'm sure Usato is still fighting for the injured.)

 

●

 

After entering the battlefield, I was running non-stop around the battlefield and healing the wounded, and I tried to help a knight who was lying on the ground.

Just as I was about to pick him up and take him to safety, he suddenly got up, picked up the sword that had fallen beside him, and swung it at me.

 

"Stop! I'm going to heal you now!"

"Heal, wizard!"

"Oh, you're delirious!?"

 

I frantically call out to him as I grab his sword with my gauntlet, muttering "Healing Wizard" in a, but it doesn't seem to work.

But he is clearly hostile to me.

If...... Is this what Mr./Ms. Uluru was talking about?

 

"Usato, this person is being manipulated by magic or something!?"

"Does that mean someone from the Demon King's army did this!?"

 

I grit my teeth at the sound of Nea's voice.

I can't wait for him to come to his senses.

I can't help it! I really don't want to do this!

 

"Wake up, wake up!"

"Gough!?"

"That's the one that would rather faint!?"

 

If he goes on a rampage, he will stun you with a healing punch.

Holding him unconscious as he fell forward, he immediately briefly explained the situation to a nearby knight and ran off after leaving him behind.

 

"——You're getting pushed."

"Yes, I guess the fear that your allies might be being manipulated is slowing down the people here."

"I guess that's the plan with that in mind......

 

It's a vicious but effective strategy.

At the same time as fueling our anxiety, we are slowing down the movement of the entire army.

Nea can do the same thing with her vampire powers and Necromancer's powers, but it takes a lot of time, and most importantly, she can't support me.

Considering that, it is considered that the opponent who is manipulating this ally is quite a talented person.

 

"If we don't do something quickly, the formation may collapse......!"

 

But there's nothing I can do about it.

As he grits his teeth at his own helplessness, he sees a flying dragon rampaging down to the ground in front of him.

We see a knight being trampled on by a foot with sharp claws, and another knight having his leg bitten by a mouth with fangs.

 

"Let me do more! Healing magic bullets!"

"——— huh!? Guhaa!?'

 

Knock down a soldier of the Demon King's army who was riding on the back of a flying dragon that descended to the ground with a healing magic bullet.

After confirming this, I slammed a sword kick into the shin area to save the knights who were about to be killed by the flying dragon, lost my balance, and plunged my right fist into the exposed abdomen with all my might——、

 

"Open your mouth!"

 

--Pound in a healing barrage fist.

Receiving the shock emanating from the gauntlet, Hiryu let out a cry of agony and opened his mouth.

 

"Uh, gu, ......!?"

"Usato!"

"Okay!!"

 

I immediately received the knight who was released from the mouth of the flying dragon, and I carried the other knight who had been kicked in the leg and left for a while.

 

"If it was a little late, I wouldn't have made it in time......!"

 

The flying dragon that the soldiers of the Demon King's army usually ride is more than five meters long.

Even though they are a threat just because they are bigger than humans, flying dragons breathe fire and are powerful.

…… In the meantime, we have to take the two people who are completely unconscious to a safe place...... Hmm?

 

"Hey, there's a healing wizard!"

"Where's that?!"

"Over there, over there!"

"I'm nowhere to be found!?"

 

In front of me are the soldiers of the Demon King's army, who are looking for the servant of the healing wizard.

If I continue like this, I will be found and attacked—I don't have time to take a detour.

 

"You're treated like a rare beast in the Demon King's Army."

"Nea, resist the pressure of the wind.

"What? Oh, wait, wait--"

 

Having regained the injured person, I stepped on the ground with all my strength and released it at once.

Thanks to Nair's magic, I was able to resist wind pressure and air resistance, and I pushed forward, forward, with the feeling of leaving behind the sounds around me.

 

●

 

"——The wound has healed, please take the two of you to a safe place."

"Oh, thank you!"

 

I was able to safely break away from the front line and leave the two wounded in the care of the knights in the rear.

The place where we are now is one step before the front line, where there are people who have been entrusted with supporting the rear.

It's safe to stay here, but I have to get back to the front line immediately.

 

"Nea, can you go?"

"I was in a terrible situation earlier, but I can go......

 

…… Do you have the roots of sprinting right in front of the enemy?

With a wry smile on his face, he tries to run to the front——、

 

"——"

 

At that moment, I felt an inexplicable chill that I had never felt before.

Killing qi like it was directed at Koga in Hinomoto.

However, it is incomparably sharper than him, and it is also gruesome cold.

Without a doubt, I sensed that something was approaching, and at the same time I unfolded my gauntlet and changed the direction of my run in the direction of the chill.

 

"Usato, what's wrong!?"

"Nea, ...... me resistant to slashes!"

"Why—"

"Hurry up!"

 

Surprised by my desperate voice, she gives me resistance to slashes.

As he continued to run towards the front line, he noticed that the number of soldiers in the Demon King's army was decreasing.

If that were the case, I would think that this side was winning, but for some reason, the expressions of the knights who were passing each other changed from joy at having the upper hand in the battle to fear of "something" ahead of me.

Gradually, the knights stop in their tracks, with their weapons raised, and find themselves looking in the same direction.

As he tries to move in that direction, he is caught in a hurry when a knight from the Ringle Kingdom flies towards him, bleeding from his chest.

 

"Oh, are you okay!?"

"Gu, Usato-sama......"

"Don't talk!"

 

...... his torso has been torn apart along with his armor!?

He immediately tried to cast a healing spell on the wound, but the moment he poured his magic into the wound, it was drowned out as if it were dissipating.

 

"What!?"

 

Healing magic doesn't work.

No matter how hard he tried to apply healing magic, his wounds could not be healed.

The knight who grabbed my arm as I tried to administer the healing spell looked at me in frustration and called out to me, his voice trembling.

 

"His sword is cursed, and I can't afford to lose you now...... Leave this place immediately...... Wow."

"So don't talk ......."

「……」

 

The light faded from the knight's eyes, and the hand that held my arm loosened.

Quietly lowering his corpse to the ground, I punched the ground with all my might once before calling out to the other knight who was standing by my side.

 

「…… The effect of not accepting healing magic should disappear over time."

「…… Huh?"

"If you are injured and can't use healing magic, please stop the bleeding before transporting them to the lifeguards' base, where there are enough bandages and tools. If you can, please call the black clothes here and tell them how I have instructed them to do it."

"Okay, got it! What are you going to do, Usato-sama......?"

"I am...... We will stop the enemy in their tracks."

 

Before the knight can call for restraint, he proceeds in the direction where the stinging killing energy is released.

 

"Nea, hurry up and bring the leader."

 

To be honest, I don't want to match Rose with the person I'm going to face from now on.

But if we don't do that, the number of victims will increase.

 

「…… I get it."

"I'm going to ask you before I give a, okay?"

"Don't tell me it's not auspicious...... I'm going to keep the magic of resistance, okay?"

"It's helpful."

 

I see Nea fly off my shoulder and look forward.

There was a demon standing among the fallen knights.

Dull blonde hair, twisted horns, brown skin.

Unlike the other soldiers, the man in armor and cloak held a blood-red sword in his hand.

He ——— Nero Argens looked at me and rolled his eyes slightly.

 

"...... white clothes"

"Nero Argeens, isn't it?"

"Do you know my name?"

 

A wielder of wind and swords, equal to or greater than Rose's.

Despite the fact that he is not ready to fight at all, he has no chance at all.

You can see it with your own eyes.

You can't beat me.

But we still can't afford to pull it here.

If you leave him alone here, Mr./Ms. will fall prey to the cursed sword. If that happens, even we, the healing wizards, will not be able to afford it.

In order to prevent this from happening, I will stop him in his tracks with the intention of dying.

 

"Oh, I see."

 

He nodded with a gentle voice that seemed out of place on the battlefield as he kept his gauntlet unfolded.

 

"Are you Rose's apprentice?"

 

The moment he muttered this, Nero casually raised his magic sword and released a blade of wind.

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...... Usato's irritation gauge goes up and up.