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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
One of the most common differences between armies and adventurers was the difference in equipment.
This was also due to the difference in the opposing adversaries.
In the military, which was mainly human against human, most of the equipment was made of heavy metal to protect against sword attacks.
On the other hand, adventurers, who were used to dealing with monsters that attacked quickly with their bodies, often preferred lightweight armor.
Of course, this was a generalization, not all of them are like that.
There were military personnel who wore light armor, and there were also adventurers who wore heavy armor.
The regular army that appeared in the town of Eiren was equipped with the royal gear of heavily-armed infantrymen.
It would be almost impossible to pierce their armor with a sword.
Naturally, they were equipped for man-to-man combat.
They usually guarded checkpoints, but Kousuke wondered what they would do in the event of an escapee.
“Are you listening to me, you!”
The voice brought Kousuke back to himself.
He looked at the owner of the voice again.
Surrounded by an army of two platoons, Amidio was in a pompous attitude, perhaps convinced that he could no longer escape.
It was the first time Kousuke had seen Amidio, but he gave the typical impression of an aristocrat.
His physique was not fat, as was often the case.
In fact, it would be better to say that he was rather slim.
However, his attitude was very temperamental.
The words he was shouting at Kousuke from a while ago also sounded like something he expected to hear, so he couldn’t help but ignore it.
“Well…. So, what was this about?”
Kousuke’s attitude brought laughter from those around him who were watching the situation.
Amidio, who had a blue streak in his face at the response, gave up on any further explanation.
“All right. That’s enough. You’re just an adventurer with no brains… Hey, go get him.”
Amidio instructed the captain of this regular army who was standing beside him.
“Are you sure about this? You declared the right of resistance earlier, didn’t you?”
The right of resistance literally means the right to use force against unjust capture.
It would be a problem because even the real bad guys use it, but without it, there would be those who would carelessly wield the privileges of nobility, so it was established.
“Hmph. I don’t care. Don’t tell me you can’t catch them with this difference in numbers?”
“Yes, sir. Hey, guys. Don’t let your guard down, okay?”
The captain’s words were the signal for the regular army to move in to capture Kousuke and the others.
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“Here they come.”
“Oh, yes, they’re here.”
“Here they are indeed.”
“They look so heavy!”
Kousuke and the others commented as they saw the regular army coming toward them.
The last one was Wanri.
“Well, let’s resist as much as we can.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then, I’ll let you guys take care of it.”
Taking Kousuke’s words as a cue, Mitsuki and Peach began to move as before.
“…. Hmm? Just the two of you…? What? Don’t try to face them alone! Surround them with more than one person!
The captain’s order was quick.
Immediately after seeing Mitsuki and Peach easily sink a few soldiers each, he gave them precise instructions.
Both of them had a certain amount of difficulty in setting down soldiers covered with full body armor like the adventurers did.
Of course, if they used magic, they would not have to go through such hardships, but they refrained from using it because of the possibility of accidents in some cases.
“Hey. Let’s go.”
Realizing that surrounding the two of them would not have much effect, the captain called out to his men around him and started to move.
“Hey! Where are you going? Protect me!”
The captain heard some foolish arguments coming from behind him, but ignored them.
He had several of his men as bodyguards.
Above all, there was no need to follow such orders.
The only order they had was to capture the adventurers.
While Mitsuki and Peach were surrounded by soldiers, some of them were moving toward Kousuke.
Although the two were both aware of the movements of the soldiers, they did not dare to go to Kousuke’s place.
They considered themselves to be only in charge of attracting soldiers.
With a clatter, several people, including the captain, came close to Kousuke, right in front of him.
“You can give up and get caught like an adult.”
“Oh no. I’m sorry. There are circumstances that make it impossible for me to accept.”
Kousuke answered the captain’s words with a smile on his face.
If the regular army had made a move, it could no longer be a confrontation between an adventurer and a nobleman.
That’s what he was aiming for.
“I see. Well, then, let’s see… Bwah! Evade!”
At the captain’s command, his entourage tried to take evasive action, but it was too late.
More than half of the men who had been following them had been knocked down by a body blow.
The heavy armor they were wearing was a disadvantage, and once knocked down, they would have a hard time getting back up.
“A Demon Wolf…?!”
The captain frowned as he looked at Nana, who had defeated his men.
It was this kind of quick-moving wolf-like monster that the heavily armed soldiers had the most trouble defeating.
Their stature exceeded that of any other demon wolf they had seen so far.
However, it couldn’t have been slow, considering the body blow it had just made.
“Firmly, brace yourself… Muh!?”
“Ah, too bad.”
The captain was about to give instructions to his men, but when he saw the attack on him, he decided to deal with it.
When he looked at the attacker, he saw that it was the girl who had just been standing right next to Kousuke.
The captain tried to deal with the attacker immediately, but the girl suddenly acted strangely.
She suddenly dropped to her knees and placed her hands on the ground.
“… What are you imitating… What?!”
While the captain was taken aback, Wanri quickly changed into her fox form.
“I see. So it’s the kind of thing that can change. I’m sorry to say… Muh!?”
Before the captain could attack Wanri, instructions came from elsewhere.
“Wanri, you don’t have to deal with him! Go around him!”
It was Kousuke who gave that instruction.
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“Should I thank you for saving me the trouble?”
The captain walked up to Kousuke and asked him.
Kousuke, on the other hand, gave a vague smile.
“Well, I don’t know. I don’t think it’s too early to be reassured.”
Kousuke said and quickly gave instructions to the fairy who was standing by.
“Ah, what, a spirit user. This is going to be a challenge.”
It was a word that he never thought he would not be able to defeat.
Incidentally, the captain assumed that what Kousuke was using was a normal spirit.
He never dreamed that he would be dealing with a legendary being like a fairy.
Although spirits had great power, they were not invincible.
Especially for spirits who were used by people, there was a limit to how much they could stay in existence.
… At least according to the common sense that the captain had heard.
“…May I ask your name again?”
The captain asked Kousuke, who continued to summon fairies without any interruption despite his incessant attacks, which were blocked off by the fairies.
“I’m Koh here, in case you’re wondering.”
“Here, huh?”
The captain couldn’t help but chuckle at the reply, which was clearly a fake name.
He couldn’t see the face of the man with the full-face helmet covering it, though.
“You got it. Well, it’s about time to end this farce.”
“What? Muh!?”
The captain groaned in surprise again.
He felt the movement of a large scale magic force a short distance away from where the battle was taking place.
“A magic circle, you…?”
Since the magic had already been activated, there was nothing he could do to stop it.
Furthermore, right after they felt the magic power, they thought that a magic circle appeared for a moment, but the next moment, the magic circle disappeared and everything was over.
The captain was relieved that the magic was not an attack against them, but he was surprised at the result of the magic.
After the magic circle disappeared, about ten people appeared.
It was then that people appeared who would bring the fiasco to its conclusion.
