He confronts an ogre, an ugly looking demon.


    The ogre is a demon that exceeds two meters in length and is a human-shaped demon.


    The figure is huge, bigger than a normal person, so it is intimidating.


    He was holding a club-like object in his hand, and he swung it wide and brought it down to crush me.


    But I avoid it lightly.


    The bigger the figure, the slower it moves.


    When I avoided it, I positioned myself next to the ogre and slashed off my arm in the same fashion.


    I don''t know if the ogre has a sense of pain or not, but it''s screaming a yell as it restrains its chopped off arm.


    I''m not going to miss the opportunity, and I thrust my sword into his forehead.


    When he pulled it out, the ogre''s body fell to the ground.


    ''''Haha, haha...!


    There are five dead ogre bodies lying around me.


    There are several other different demons in the mix, but some of them aren''t the ones I killed.


    I can''t even tell which ones I killed and which ones were killed by different people anymore.


    Away from my seniors and that girl, I''m left alone and fighting the demons all the time.


    No matter how much I slayed and killed, demons would appear one after another with no end in sight.


    At this rate, I''ll run out of energy...!


    I managed to drop down to the center of the city and had to take a break.


    Just as I was about to run towards the center of the city with that thought in mind - the sound of an explosion could be heard.


    The explosion seemed to have happened in the middle of the central city, and even though it was about a kilometer away from here, the sound of the explosion sounded loud and the ground shook from the explosion.


    ''''What happened...!


    There was an explosion, flames and smoke rising.


    Looking at its position, that''s where the residents were evacuated.


    ''''No way, the line of defense has been breached!


    There must have been a lot of soldiers gathered there to prevent the enemy from advancing.


    If that was breached, the evacuated residents would be...!


    Besides, if they breached that place, they would finally let the enemy enter the royal palace.


    What we soldiers must absolutely protect is the inhabitants.


    That lesson was said by the Commander of the Order, Commander Jeremias, and he followed it up with these words.


    ''It was His Majesty Leonardo Carlo Begonia who said this. That man said to protect the inhabitants more than he said to protect himself. We must protect His Majesty, who really cares about the people, and we must protect him at the same time, because His Majesty himself is in this country. This is because His Majesty himself is also a resident of this country.


    I was impressed by his words.


    The current king, His Majesty Leonardo''s determination to care for the inhabitants is also the determination of Commander Jeremias.


    When I heard that when I was an apprentice, I really wanted to become a soldier to serve this country.


    That''s why he shouldn''t be allowed to break through there!


    It would cause even more damage to the residents, and there''s a big single road over there that leads to the royal palace.


    I don''t know if it was really breached by the current explosion, but there''s no doubt that something happened.


    We have to hurry up and head over there...!


    Whipping my tired body, I ran down the road where the demon''s corpses were lying around.


    Killing and sometimes dodging the demons I encountered, I arrived at the place where the explosion had occurred.


    The place had already turned into hell.


    The screams I had heard before I approached, and the corpses lying everywhere.


    There were corpses on the road to come, but this place is no match for that.


    There are more corpses of demons, but there are also many corpses of residents.


    ''''d*mn it, d*mn it...!


    My vision is getting blurry.


    I seem to be shedding tears without knowing it.


    I can''t do anything about it.


    These thoughts fill my mind.


    Even if I kill the approaching demon, the people killed by that demon will no longer return.


    ''''--!


    While I was swinging my sword in this hell, I saw the girl from earlier out of the corner of my eye.


    She was sitting on the ground in front of a crumbling house. Her profile was in my eyes, but she wasn''t dead yet.


    ''''Retreat!''''


    After slaying the demon in front of me, I approached the child.


    When I went to the child''s side, I sat down and saw what he was doing.


    He was holding the hand. The senior soldier''s.


    The senior soldier was lying there. His eyes were wide open and he was not looking anywhere. His eyes were open, but they were not catching the light.


    He was bleeding from his mouth. Something large is sticking out of her stomach.


    The girl was holding the dead senior soldier''s hand.


    ''''Huh!　You!　We can''t stay here!　Let''s get out of here!


    ''....Sis, this guy...''


    He looked up at me when I called out to him.


    He seemed to remember me.


    ''I''ve stopped moving...''


    ''　Let''s go!


    I say, and turn to take the girl away.


    -- A moment later, I feel something behind me.


    I turn around and swing my sword.


    Then the sword hits something and blows it away.


    ''d*mn I didn''t think you''d notice me.


    There was a man there.


    The man had my sword in his stomach and was bleeding.


    From the clothes, and this guy''s red eyes, he''s a soldier of the Lynda Empire.


    Apparently, he was trying to kill me from behind, but it looks like he was hurt badly by my sword.


    I turn my back on the girl and shout as I point my sword at that guy.


    ''Retreat!　I need to get this baby to a safe place!


    Oh?　Then you''ll have to kill me before you go.


    How is that going to win me over?


    "Don''t mess with me, I''m not gonna let a girl like you beat me with a wound like that!　That was just a surprise hit to me earlier!


    Then the man lunges at me.


    He swings at me with his sword in his right hand, but I catch it. I don''t want to shed or avoid it, because I don''t want to hit the girl.


    But even if he''s a guy, he''s in a wounded state, plus I have more strength than most guys.


    I take it easily and push back.


    The opponent loses his stance.


    ''''d*mn........!


    And then I step back, holding the wound in check.


    I can tell just now, I''m stronger than this man.


    Even if I wasn''t wounded, I''d probably be stronger than him.


    ''You see, you can''t kill me. Get out of there fast.


    As I say this, the man stares at me and gestures to think about something for a bit.


    ''''Well you, why didn''t you cut me when I just lost my stance?''''


    Huh!


    Don''t tell me you can''t kill someone?


    I couldn''t say anything to the man''s words, and a disgusting sweat ran down my back.


    Then I remembered, Eric''s words.


    ''Have you - have you ever seriously wielded a sword?''