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Kouki didn't understand, as the correct thing to say

Kouki couldn't bear to look at Moana's eyes by aze Moana too alsoand she was going to continue her story about the <Black People>

But, at that mo

「Hm? Kouki, what's the matter? Is your condition――」

「……Err, there are a lot of presences that way They are heading this ith really fast speed but, what is the possibility that they are your coht! At nine o'clock!」

Moana ignored Kouki's question and ile exception and without even a ed their formation to face toward the indicated direction There was no hesitation and also no one asking for confirhtest disarray was just like the group behavior that birds showed Moana's instruction was also extremely fast, but even uard unit was also enough of a show

「Kouki! Do you know their number and distance?」

「-, Yes! Their number is……16 Their distance is 80 e four-legged aniht whether they would understand when he spoke about the distance using the unit of meter, and so he restated it as the time until the contact with enemy

Moana's eyes opened wide Based froht to her, she had an idea of the existence that they could possibly encountered in this area

But, what she was surprised about wasn't because that existence was approaching She was shocked at the width of Kouki's detection range based that she deduced fro speed and the time until the contact with eneh, her surprise only lasted for an instant

「You all hear that! Assume it's the black wolf species! They will come to tear down our formation in their first attack! Neisan, Lilin, take the wind out of their sail!」

「「Understood」」

Spenser and others, the six soldiers unsheathed their sword Their swords were single-edged sith large curvature that looked like sha just froe sword

The man around his thirty as called Neisan, and the woman her late teen as called as Lilin, the two of theether in prayer behind the six soldiers They uard Each time the prayer of the tas released to the world, a part of the patterns visible on their cheeks and nape was shining

The monster of this unknoorld finally ca cold shile also drawing out the holy sword that was dangling fro the sunlight filtering through trees was so nificent that everyone spontaneously wanted to let out a sigh of admiration

Unconsciously Moana and Anneal took a second look

It was right after that,

Violent killing intent and black miasma rapidly approached fro Earth>」

「――<S Wind>」

Prayers of the casters reached the hearing at the same time The pattern painted on Neisan's cheek until his nape shined, and at the front the earth protruded out lyph-like pattern It was just like a wall of stone The wall of stone had thickness of thirty centiht of twoon the stone wall rang out in succession

Instantly, the pattern stretching fro doind that should be called as super localized downburst struck at the other side of the stone wall

gusha- Graphic sound and sony leaked out from the other side

Neisan's voice echoed evenearth, s Pellet>」

The stone as pulverized by itself and then its fragments shot out to the front like a directed explosive

Black s in one after another――no, those were black wolves clad in that black s a souard soldiers rushed out

「「I pray! This body is a sword――<Soul of Strife>!」」

That was a blessing art that raised physical ability It wasn't just a prayer, but a vow taken toward the power inside their body

The first step of the two soldiers dented the ground With that force they slaughtered with one slash two black wolves that only just stood up again so at the two soldiers that stuck out from the formation, more black wolves approached them, but Lilin's wind obstructed those wolves When the black wolves regained their balance, the two soldiers retreated to the forrowled in irritation As though to display their annoyance, they spewed out black sht away, the surrounding vegetations wilted as though they lost their vitality, they dried up co」

「We understand」

The <Black People> that was called as black wolf species was a species that specialized in cooperation and melee, their attack power itself was relatively low except a part of the species The soldiers firmly held the for wolves, while the rearguard's blessing art sniped frouard Spenser narrowed his eyes like a hawk and when he spoke to make confirmation just in case, everyone else nodded firitation

(……Their appearance is ht Is the difference between the two is that one emitted miasma and the other isn't? These wolves resembled the four-eyed wolf but, I don't feel as much pressure froh What's left, whether they have skill like characteristic th of the black wolf species Seeing that calhed in relieve

Fro ability just now, and the minimum accurate information they shared before this, she assumed that Kouki possessed a lot of battle experience, but even so she orried that he would panic when the time came that they faced the <Black People>

But, at that tie shadow appeared slowly behind the black wolves surrounding theht that the information that the queen went out of her country is true……』

It felt like the air shook slightly Clad in a miasma with thickness that was clearly different fro black wolves, it was a black ith a body built thatwith a voice that sounded like it directly resonated inside the head

「Eh?」

Kouki leaked out an astonished voice His eyes opened wide

On the other hand, Moana and her people didn't look surprised, they were glaring at the large black ith an expression as though they had bitten so norence and speech

Wasn't the <Black People> beasts without any reasoning? Wasn't they the same like monster, a disaster that was mankind's natural enemy……?

While Kouki was confused, Moana raised the corner of her mouth and replied back with a fearless expression

「We also scattered fake inforet found out, and we planned to h It seems your side have an excellent observer But, are you seriously thinking you will be able to kill us just with this number?」

『I'll take my chance There is no way I'll hand over the achieve the head of the queen to the other pack I'll present your head to the king, and lift my name, Niebla!』

UOOOOOOOOON A howl that was even accompanied by physical shockwave burst The black wolf that introduced itself as Niebla gushed out dreadful blackwith undulation of power that transetations at the surrounding that were instantly enveloped by black miasma withered up one after another

Naturally, that gled close to Kouki that their skin touched It wasn't because she was scared It was to protect Kouki's body

If thethings――that was to say their life, Moana and others wouldn't come out unscathed But, their state didn't look like they were enduring anything like that

「Everyone, pay attention to the re capacity of the miasma stone! Lilin, scatter away the er!」

Moana's instruction was given Moana's hand reached out toward her chest seely unconsciously There was a colorless and transparent cylinder shaped geem――miasma stone was faintly muddy black

「Kouki, sorry I should have handed this to you first Put this miasma stone on your body It will protect us fro like how there was an inside the body of <Black People> After extracting the miasma inside it for about ten days, it was processed and put on the body, that e, and by wearing it one could do activity even insideaffected

Moana wrapped a miasma stone pendant around Kouki's wrist At the same time the black wolves led by Niebla attacked simultaneously

Niebla too, he couldn't join the cooperation attack because of Lilin holding him back and could only run around outside the for that chance, Neisan's blessing art was decreasing the number of the black wolves by one, and then onesteadily

『Chih You are doing ith these number As expected from the elite unit of the queen-』

Niebla whispered with a voice filled with bitterness

Right after that, Niebla resolved hi even while the wind blades that Lilin released carved his body and caused blood to spray out

「He is co! Push him back and then kill hiave his instruction, at the saushed out explosively fro Niebla

「Guah」

「Whaatt!?」

「Dario- Fedri!」

The soldiers――Dario and Febri raised screaot bloay Because Dario was considerable young even auard, unlike the veteran Fedri, he was unable to defend right away and crashed on the ground so able to apply ukemi

The hole that was opened from the absent of the tas immediately closed by Spenser He blocked the brutal claws of Niebla using his sword and he held his ground trying to halt the rush's momentum

「Guh, you bastard-」

『You're in the way-』

Miased beside Niebla and took shape It was the shape of three huge claws

Lilin fired <S Wind>, but Niebla who blew up miasma upward and neutralized it didn't pause and unleashed the three claws in a horizontal swept toward Spenser

The other soldiers had their hand full facing the black wolves They couldn't ht away

「I won't let you」

It was queen Moana who cut in She slipped into Niebla's boso there, and struck her sword at his torso with a stunning slash

Because Niebla ie claws also shifted slightly Spenser also wasted no tiot off with only his protector's surface torn

『Chih As expected, ordinary ed in the miasma claws Spenser blocked that while Moana stepped toward Niebla

But, Niebla seemed to also have predicted thatfro caster!』

Niebla leaped over Moana's head and used the miasma claws he created hi toward his objective――Lilin as accurately slowing hi prayer in order to back up Moana late to react just for a ularto pray for defense, but whatever the case it was ie the attack

It would be most satisfactory if she lost only an arm――she resolved herself for that but the next ht barrier that shined radiantly manifested in front of Lilin's eyes Niebla's claws only raised unpleasant scraping sound gigigi and stopped before the light barrier

「Wha, what!?」

『What's this!?』

Lilin's shocked voice and Niebla's surprised exclaim overlapped

Niebla adroitly turned his body s stopped in front of the unknown technique And then, he looked for the person that was the source of this with his atrocious beast eyes running at the surrounding

It took a moment to specify the culprit

『You, what the hell was that just now?』

gururu Niebla raised a growl that was bri that

The person his gaze was directed to was naturally

「Kouki!」

Moana's shout that was filled with shock and gratitude because he protected her coaze, and then Niebla's beast eyes that were e intent were ied breathing leaked out repeatedly could be heard

Without any doubt, it was Kouki's breathing It wasn't that he was adjusting his breathing It even sounded like he was hyperventilating

It was obvious even from Kouki's expression that he wasn't in a nor that even caused both enemy and ally to feel dubious――

Kouki's expression was pale, as though he was fearing so was shaking a bit, while being pointed on the ground

It wasn't――being pointed to Niebla, to the ene this every tihts, opinions, and reports aboutand omitted words