Chapter 49

It's about time the magic unit's attack reaches us.

Just as I was about to give the order,

the hooded man raised his hand.

Something is coming.

I sensed an unusual magical power and turned my gaze to where the soldiers were frozen, my eyes widening.

"It's... a dimensional rift!"

The soldiers screamed and quickly moved away from it.

As the soldier shouted, a spatial distortion, a dimensional rift, had appeared.

Monsters emerged from the dimensional rift, beings that had tormented us many times before.

For them to appear now...

I thought it was bad luck for a moment, but then I remembered the hooded man's action.

...Could he control the dimensional rifts at will?

If so, the enemy might be much more powerful than I had anticipated.

I swallowed this thought, not voicing it.

If the soldiers were to know that he could control the dimensional rifts, it could further demoralize them.

As monsters emerged from the dimensional rift, the speed of the half-humans' advance increased.

The roars of the monsters and the war cries of the half-humans reached my ears.

I immediately raised my voice.

"Don't panic! The soldiers near the dimensional rift, deal with the monsters! The magic unit, attack the half-humans immediately—!"

Just as I gave that order,

a black sphere was released from the half-humans.

I didn't know who had released it, but the next moment, a powerful shockwave, as if magic had exploded, shook the surroundings.

Thrown back by the blast, I immediately infused my body with magic to regain my composure.

Amid the dust and smoke, I could hear the half-humans' war cries mixed with the soldiers' screams.

I cast a wind spell to clear the area, and the battle had already begun.

...There was no coordination. It was just a series of attacks that seemed to show off their power unjustly.

The soldiers... they can't fight properly.

They were abandoning their weapons and positions, fleeing.

They were completely intimidated.

Anyone could see that the humans were at a disadvantage in the previous engagement.

"Haahh!"

I raised my voice and swung my sword.

I cut down a nearby monster and, with that momentum, swung my sword at the half-human.

It was a lizardman.

I severed his arm and kicked him away.

"You bastard! How dare you!"

Another lizardman lunged at me, but I repelled him.

"Don't waver! I'll clear the way!"

As I shouted, I unleashed the hero's strike.

It was a skill I had been granted.

It was an attack that simply released magic in a pillar-like form, but the magic I infused was released with several times the power.

A pillar of water-like magic burst from my sword and headed straight for the group of half-humans.

With this one strike, I had destroyed dimensional rifts and saved towns before.

I will launch a counterattack from here!

The half-humans, who had been screaming and fleeing, were suddenly blocked by the hooded man in front of my skill.

He drew the sword from his waist and cut through the magic.

"...No way."

I couldn't help but let out a voice.

A skill that had never been blocked before.

While I was stunned, the hooded man opened his eyes wide and smiled happily.

"Interesting...! This is interesting!"

He shouted like an innocent child and kicked the ground.

Fast...!?

He closed the distance in an instant, but I managed to interpose my sword between his and mine.

However, the blow was heavy, and I was thrown back.

Before I could regain my composure, the hooded man closed the distance again and swung his sword.

Though I was in an unstable position, I blocked it with my sword.

But I was knocked to the ground as if being slammed into the ground.

The impact of hitting the ground sent pain from my left arm through my entire body.

"...Guh."

I was kicked in the back as I tried to stand up, and a sword was pressed to my throat, immobilizing me.

I had been in many difficult battles before.

But this man... is incomparable to any opponent I've faced before.

"...Is this all you've got?"

His eyes, which had been full of interest, now looked at me with a lack of it.

It was completely hopeless.

The absolute confidence in battle that I had gained with my skill had completely disappeared in this exchange.

My body started to tremble involuntarily, even though I tried to stop it.

And then, the next moment.

"Milady Mina! M, more half-humans!"

It was a declaration of despair.

Reacting to the soldier's voice, I turned my gaze.

I immediately heard footsteps, so I knew they were coming from that direction.

However, the hooded man raised his voice in surprise.

"...Half-humans?"

He withdrew his sword from me and turned his gaze in that direction.

At the head of the group of half-humans that appeared with horses, there was a familiar face.

"Cre, st...?"

I was uttering the name of a dear friend.

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