«The oni tribe…?!»
«No way, a new enemy…?!»
The soldiers of the Kingdom of Aiwood were thrown into confusion by the appearance of the oni tribe.
To them, demi-humans were still an opposing force.
The situation hadn’t improved at all. If anything, it was getting worse.
«There are humans here!»
«You! Are you allies of the ‘Curse Caster’? AAAAAAGH!»
And it was the same for the oni tribe.
To demi-humans, too, humans were enemies.
What’s more, this was inside the Curse Caster’s castle.
There was no way the humans here were allies. They judged them to be part of the enemy group that had stolen their loved ones.
«Don’t falter, brave warriors of the Kingdom of Aiwood! Scatter the oni tribe along with the golems!»
«I don’t give a damn if they’re the ‘Curse Caster’s’ allies or not! We’ll kill every last one of them! AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!»
Vareiya shouted, and one of the oni tribe roared.
A clash seemed imminent as the two forces faced off with the golem between them.
«Hold it riiiiiiiiiiiight there!»
But… someone stopped them from colliding.
That person weaved past the legs of the blocking golem and threw their arms around one of the oni tribe.
«Dad, no! Don’t fight these people!»
The one who stopped the fight was Rou.
A boy of the oni tribe stepped forward in front of his kin and called out desperately.
"Rou! You're alive!"
"Dad...!"
It seemed that Rou's father was among the oni tribe.
The mass of murderous intent that had been about to explode relaxed and dissipated.
"I was worried! Sara was captured, and then you disappeared... I thought I had no choice but to kill, so I launched a desperate assault..."
"Humans are our enemies! But these people are trying to help my sister. So you mustn't fight them!"
"Rou, what the hell are you saying?"
The oni tribe man looked stunned at Rou's appeal.
Rou continued to plead with his father.
"Anyway, cooperate with us now! Don't fight! At least don't fight until we save my sister!"
"No, but Rou..."
"ROOOOOOOOOAR!"
A golem attacked the father and son as they spoke.
While hugging his son, the father swung his club and smashed the golem.
It was astonishing power. Even though he didn't use any magic, he shattered the combat golem to pieces with sheer physical strength.
"Ah, dammit! I don't get it. I don't get it at all! But... we'll crush all the enemies anyway!"
"First, kill these bastards!"
"Kill the curse caster! Then kill the humans tooooo!"
The oni tribe warriors leaped at the golem.
Watching this... Vareiya and his men found their momentum dampened.
"There's no doubt they're the enemy... but it looks like this is the one we should strike first."
Vareiya shattered a golem with his spear.
"Leave the oni tribe for now. Everyone, deal with the golems!"
"Hah!"
The soldiers, receiving Vareiya's orders, also charged at the golems.
The situation was a classic case of strange bedfellows. Faced with a common enemy, those who had been killing each other just a few days ago began to fight side-by-side.
"Smash the golems!"
"Kill them!"
"I don't care if they regenerate! Just destroy them!"
"Uooooooohhhhhh!"
They smashed the golems.
No matter how they regenerated or restored themselves, they just kept on smashing.
"O-Ooh..."
As they kept up the destruction, the golems' regeneration speed began to slow down.
Was it a functional limit? Or perhaps an issue with the caster's mana?
The golems here couldn't regenerate indefinitely. The end of the battle was slowly but steadily approaching.
"...We wasted too much time. That bastard is going to get ahead of us again."
In the midst of this fierce battle...
While cutting down the golems, Lubeth clicked his tongue.
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