Knight reinforcements arrived from the capital to the south, where they were struggling against the overflowing monsters from the great forest.
Each one’s wearing armor with unique designs and holding different weapons. If this was Earth, the commander would’ve been worried over such complete lack of unity. But these are Kiryu. He’s an elite state knight belonging to the imperial knights. He’s precisely against a thousand, an embodiment of a one-man army.
「Are those the reinforcement of the imperial knights? They look good」
Ruu, a Kiryu with control over the lava attribute, who had come to cheer for Chloe while observing from afar, couldn’t help but groan. She understood the mana being formed, and refined at a single glance.
The imperial knights, keeping distance to not interfere with each other, successfully slay the monsters overflowing from the great forest. Of course, the great lords and knights of the south, who bear the duty to protect it are also struggling together, but the imperial knights were far more skilled than the territorial knights.
Even the powerful monsters that have always given us trouble are dealt with by the national knights, who respond flexibly and use a few ad-hoc teams to either subdue or repel them.
In the end, the female students who came from the girls dorm didn’t interfere from start to finish, and the monsters were taken out by the kingdom’s knights and the southern knights.
「I didn’t think that it could be solved so easily. Would you like to do some sightseeing in the south?」
Although this is the girls dorm team, they have com eto cheer us on, and so they can’t just send them home without making their effort worthwhile. Chloe and her family guided them through the South and treated them to dishes made with local fruits and spices.
While the knights were occupied with their bloody fight against the monsters, and while Alec and others were repelling the Dwarf King Surut and managed the Golden land, they were leisurely sightseeing in the south.
「We need to go back to the academy soonー」
Melody, who had been slacking off, was thinking about returning to the academy. Since she was on the Lord course and had much to learn, she couldn’t keep playing around forever. Unlike, Chloe in the Arts (NEET) course, or her big sisters who already graduated, her time is finite.
ーHowever, the leeway to keep saying things like that disappeared immediately
「Hmm, did something happen?」
Something was happening in the Great forest. Floating in the air and looking around, she sees an imperial knight collapsed, spitting blood flashing into her view.
「Huh?」
She hastily shielded the fallen kight and the surrounding knights as she moved him to the rear.
「Are they really that slow?」
The movements of the imperial knights, who were responsible for defense, was clearly lacking in brilliance compared to the first day. The sight of them somehow managing to retreat while struggling against the monsters increases her sense of unease and crisis.
(ーThis is bad. I don’t know what it is but something’s going on)
The anomaly that happened to the knight order supporting in the great forest.
It’s an attack from someone, on the height of exhaustion resulting from the long combat.
「Chloe! Hurry up and call the others! We won’ tbe able to handle this if this goes on!!」
「O-Okay! I’ll bring them right away!!」
After calling Chloe, Melody takes off In front of her are imperial knights, collapsed, spitting blood as if they’re on the verge of breaking.
「I need to hold off the damage at least…I’m going all out!!」
Focusing on the vast great forest and everything spreading beneath it, she fines her wind mana.
If she can regain time to rebuild the crumbling front line, that’s enough. After all, her reliable comrades are coming right away!!
「Take this!!!!」
She unleashed a giant wind blade, straining her entire body.
A strike that managed to reach the horizon drawing a straight line across the earth, the monsters were cut up, blown away, and hurled back to the depths of of the great forest.
「Haa, haa, I can’t…. Take care of the rest…」
As her mana runs out, Melody’s body falls. All the strength drained from her body and intense drowsiness swept over her.
The moment she closed her eyes and fell asleep, the girls and Chloe rushed towards her at incredible speed, she lets go of her consciousness with a sense of relief.
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Afterwards, with the help of the members of the girls dorm, they managed to maintain the front line and successfully recovered Melody and the fallen imperial knights.
The imperial knights were spitting blood, their mana’s disordered, and they were unconscious. The diagnosis is that an accumulating poison is eroding their bodies.
This information is conveyed to the capital, Ceres and Minette, who were in the academy, were transferred to the south.