Chapter 568: # 568 Desert Stampede, and join the fight.
āThatās why I was wondering if there was any magic or magic tool that could somehow seal off another personalityā¦ā
āThereās nothing like that convenient.ā
Thatās what the castleās living room said. I slurp out the words of the exhausted ende.
As usual, Liil and Ende seem to be getting along badly, and there are days when they canāt go home.
No, I guess Iāll be back when Lil comes to the castle with Alice, to be exact. This is how you talk to me today. [M]
Today, Alice is taking Lyle to practice dancing with her. My dad, who canāt go to see Alice, is wrapping a tube around me.
In the first place, Liil and Ende didnāt get along. Halās personality built into Liil just hates Ende like a scorpion.
āThat girlās main character is a girl named Lyle, right?ā Donāt you think that if you take Hal out of that personality, there will be no problem? ā
āYou know, I donāt know what happened to the original Hal who was in the [Crystal Realm [Freudia]].ā If she was dead, wouldnāt that personality be Melās brotherās memory, no, his own? Can you get rid of it? ā
āNo, no, no, no, I didnāt say to turn it off. Temporarily seal them off, or tell them we canāt put them to sleep or wake them up. Itās not Lilās intention to let Hal take over each time because of emotion, is it?ā
Hmm⦠I know what youāre saying, but arenāt you just talking about settling with Hal?
I thought Iād be able to hang out with him normally if I stopped appearing on the surface of Lilās consciousness due to my anger at Ende.
āI donāt feel like I can reconcileā¦ā
I canāt think of a word to say to Ende, who is madly nagging.
āWhen you got married on a winterās night, didnāt you get opposed by your brothers and sisters?ā
āEspeciallyā¦ā¦ I wonder if the Demon King at the cherry blossom was the only one to stare at meā¦..ā
Well, I wasnāt so opposed to being strangled. Since the cherry blossoms were completely on my side, the Demon King didnāt have any hands or feet.
āIf Mel goes in there, maybe she can talk to you for a bit?ā
āMel is also responsible for throwing away the [Crystal Realm [Freudia]], so I canāt say it too strongly.ā
āWell, I know how it feelsā¦ā
But it wonāt be solved for long, will it? Thereās a lot of things we have to solveā¦
āā¦ā¦ is it okay if itās just Ende whoās worried?ā
āHey!? Alice canāt even see me, so Iām in trouble!?ā
āI wonāt listen to that.ā Iām getting along just like Lyle and her sisters. ā
The white ende collapsed on the sofa.
Oh, no. I said something extra.
When I was worried about what to do with the fallen ende, I heard a ringtone from somewhere.
Endeās eyes were slowly recovering from the loss of vitality. I woke up from the sofa and started talking to the person on the phone.
What? Did Mel tell you to buy some ingredients for dinner today?
Piiiii, the disconnected Endeās gaze turned towards me, who was drinking tea.
āThe Guildmaster is on the phone.ā Thereās been a mass outrage in the Sandra region. ā
Gang runaway [Stampede]!?
I also take out my phone, unfold the map in the air, and zoom in on the Sandra region.
Search. A group of rampaging beasts and monsters.
Searched⦠searched. Show Shimasu
A red sign solidified on the map. I could see it slowly on the map, but it seemed to be moving at a tremendous pace.
How many are there?
3,2691 people, big and small.
Thatās a lot⦠Itās quite a massive rampage [Stampede].
On the map, there was a very large town ahead of the group. If you stay like this, youāll bump into me in less than three hours.
There is no longer a kingdom of Sandra that ruled this region. Currently, several city states are trading independently.
My reputation in this region, like that of Euron, is as bad as the collapse of my country. To those whom the Lord has enslaved.
āI think this town is built with the support of such former slave traders as well as Sandraā¦ā
And what about the guildmaster Lelysha?
āYou asked for a crusade.ā Even though Sandra had an Adventurerās Guild, it wouldnāt be nice to be crushed here. ā
We need a crusade. But even though you have the Dragon Knight Dragoon, isnāt it too heavy to be the Ende alone?
āItās okay. He said heād ask to join the crownsā Black āandā Red ā.ā
Norn and Nia.
Norn, the master of the āBlackā crown noir, and Nia, the master of the āRedā crown rouge.
Both of them signed up for the Adventurerās Guild, and I lent them my overgear.
With the addition of Endeās [Dragon Knight [Dragoon]], and the adventurersā skillfulness, would we be able to cope with a swarm of 30,000 demon beasts?
āYou can also participate in winter nights.ā This request can be joined by any adventurer who is above the red rank. ā
āHmm, the legin rave is adjustingā¦ā
āI donāt have any problem participating physically, but Iām hated by people in that country, so come onā¦ā Itās a little hard to see whatās going on. Many adventurers are from the local area.
I could join the Black Knight [Knight Baron]⦠but itās been a long time since Iāve been able to move my body. Iāve been obsessed with making artifacts lately, and I havenāt fought much.
If you wear a silver mask as an example, you wonāt find out who it is. The Silver Ghost Samurai Silver Gun is back.
I also wanted to get my thoughts back before the battle with the āEvil God Apostleā.
Well then, letās join in. Letās get in touch with Lelysha-san. ā
Suddenly, the silver masked demon samurai might be surprised to join, so I sent an email with a detailed explanation to the guild master, Lelysha. Thatās it, thatās it.
Then Iāll call Norn and Nia, and theyāll be outside the gate in two hours.
Roger that.
Ende answered and walked out the living room window. Thatās why I told you to use the doorā¦!
While complaining to Ende, I also decided to go back to my room to change my clothes.
I didnāt even notice that there was a small shadow shining over it.
āāā
Rendezvous with Ende, Norn, and Nia at the gate of the city. Norn and Nia had the crown Noir and Rouge with them.
There are no members of the bandit group āRed Cat [Akaneko]ā on Niaās side. Only the deputy chief, Est, and his golem, Akagane, were there.
What about everyone at Red Cat?
āTheyāre not red ranks, so this time theyāre answering machines.ā Iām the only one with a red rank, so Est and I are the only ones.
Oh, you havenāt reached the requisition rank yet. Well, that canāt be helped.
Norn doesnāt have an anthropomorphic Golem, Mr. Elflau, for the same reason. Elfrau said that she was an anthropomorphic type specialized in nursing care, and that Elka, Nornās sister, was unsuitable for combat.
ā⦠I donāt care, but I donāt dress like you.ā Are you out of your mind? ā
I was already wearing a silver mask and woven into my armor, and I received harsh opinions from Norn. Isnāt that weird?
āI have a bad reputation in the Sandra region. This is a disguise for not buying unnecessary grudges. When you look like this, call me a silicone.ā
āWhat did you do to my bad reputationā¦?ā
āAhh⦠I crushed the country thereā
Huh� I can see that it was not only Norn, but also Nia and Est.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! I I just paid for the fire. [M]
I didnāt seem to get an explanation, so I quickly opened the [Gate] to Sandra.
Wow!?
A man from the guild staff was already waiting for him at the promised place when he left the [Gate].
This is one of the small oases in the Sandra Desert. The adventurers who had received this request for a crusade were supposed to gather here once. There were already a few adventurers gathering around the oasis.
We were contacted by Lelysha-san, so a man from the staff rushed to us in a hurry.
To the gold-ranked adventurer Ende, the red-ranked adventurer Norn, Nia, Est⦠and Silogane-sama, right?
The adventurers greeted me with a greeting that said, āGold Rank.ā Currently, there were only three gold-ranked adventurers in the Adventurerās Guild. It was Galen, Ende, and me, the first king of the Knight Kingdom of Lestia.
Hilda and Yae were close to becoming gold.
Earlier, the official deliberately blurred his rank as a silver tree. Looks like the guildās got you covered.
āI heard about it, but you can really use transfer magic.ā Iām surprised youāre a gold-ranked adventurer. ā
Ah, wellā¦
Ende was dumbfounded by the staffās words of admiration. I used Gate , but I wasnāt lying because Ende could use transfer magic.
So thatās all the adventurers Iāve been asked to do?
āYes, 94 Red Rank Adventurers in Sandra Region.ā
About 100 of us. Even though there were many goblins, kobolts, and other miscellaneous fish, it seemed crazy to try to deal with a herd of demon beasts that was three hundred times larger.
But the Red Rank was a top-notch adventurer. Iām sure you have the strength to do that. Moreover, this request for a crusade is premised on the participation of Ende and the Norns. No problem.
āI mean, itās hot in hereā¦ā Iām sorry, but Iāll let you cool off until the battle begins. ā
When Norn said that, he took out the [Storage Card] from his pocket and shook it, and a lion-type overgear, Leonoire, appeared in the desert.
Looking at the amazing adventurers, Norn quickly entered the cockpit with Noir.
āNo, thatās cool because thereās a cooling function in the overgear, but come onā¦ā
Ahh, letās do the same thing.
Like Norn, Nia summoned Tiger Overgear, Tigar Rouge, and began to board. These free men⦠ā
The adventurers who saw Leonoire and Tigarouge had a somewhat reassuring look on their faces. I guess I was a little anxious after all.
I heard that many of Sandraās adventurers were former slaves and gladiators.
I donāt think the ex-slaves would resent me for letting them go, but I think they were right to disguise themselves because it was weird and noisy.
āToruā¦ā¦ How far are the swarms of beasts coming?ā
āDonāt be here in 30 minutes.ā
I answer Ende while looking at the map on my phone. Ende also summoned the Dragon Knight [Dragoon] from the storage space.
Behind this oasis is a large town. There are guards in the city, but I donāt think Iāll let a demon beast pass through.
Even if I leaked a few dozen of them, the town guard could take care of them.
Well, letās get ready.
As I watched Ende climb into the Dragon Knight [Dragon], I took out two large and small crystal swords from [Storage] and pointed them at my waist. It stands out if itās Brünnhilde⦠If itās me, thereās a risk of getting caught.
Crystalline weapons are only made in a few other countries that have acquired Freysā Kakura, so you can avoid it.
And then I summoned Amber.
Lord [Aji], whatās that look likeā¦?
Amber turns to me with a confused look. āYouāre trying to do something strange again, arenāt you? āThatās what Iām talking about.
āI was wondering if I could stop the group rampage [Stampede].ā I thought Iād ask Amber to hang out with me just like she did with Yeosheng. ā
I see. I donāt mind because I havenāt had enough exercise lately.
Insufficient exercise, hey⦠Well, if you eat and sleep in a castle and donāt know if youāre a tiger or a cat, youāll be under-exercised.
It was me who swallowed the word āā¦ā.
Hmm?
I suddenly felt my gaze and turned around.
There, Sandraās adventurers were preparing for the group rampage [Stampede], taking care of their weapons and concentrating their minds.
There are some people watching us. Was it their gaze? It seemed more like a vigilant gaze than a curiosity. Well, you know what?
T-Thatās right⦠ah, the silicone. Looks like the first ones are here.
Endeās voice resounded from Dragon Knight [Dragoon]. I leaped up from the oasis with Fly and stared into the desert from the air, I could see the sand and smoke rising in the wobbly heat.
[Long Sense]
When I checked with my eyesight, countless demonic beasts were bursting toward me.
Sand Goblin, Desert Scorpion, Basilisk, Sandcrawler, Lizard Man, Desert Buffalo, Sandshark⦠and many other beasts I donāt know.
Like Sandsharks and Sandcrawlers, beasts and monsters that could move through the sand were slamming into the ground.
There was a difference in speed, and it felt like a long, vertical spear, rather than spreading like a wave.
Well, itās easy for that person to intercept us.
Youāre here, arenāt you? Ugh, letās go first! ā
Niaās Tiger Rouge bursts out of the oasis with excitement.
Oh noā¦! Itās not just one person that protrudes!
Nornās Leonoir rushed out with a dazed voice.
Neither am I.
Endeās Dragon Knight, Dragoon, also lowers his heel and runs out of the desert in runway mode. āI thought you were going to take the wheel from the sand, but youāre running normallyā¦ā Did the doctor make any modifications?
Three planes flew out, and the adventurers began to charge into the desert just as the battle began.
I canāt be late either. [M]
It descended to the ground and straddled the amber that had become a tiger. When I pulled out the crystal sword, the amber began to run vigorously.
āSilver Demon Martial Artist, come to me with a suggestion.ā
Soon, Amberās legs pulled out of the adventurers and approached the Endes. Itās fast on the desert, but itās fast.
āAmber, if youāre wandering around the Endes, youāll get in the way, so letās wait here and hit the overflowing oneā
Your Will
Amber stops at the spot with a smoke of sand. Already in the front, Ende and the others who had stormed into the flock of demonic beasts had begun a relentless ravage.
From there, Sandshirk, who only showed a dorsal crest on the sand, came towards us.
The shark-shaped demonic beast swimming in the sand jumped out of my mouth to swallow me whole.
Get lost, Junior.
Sandsharks jumping out of the sand are blown apart by the shock waves emitted from Amberās mouth.
Small and large pieces of meat fell into the sand, creating a red stain.
Didnāt you ever eat a sandshark fin? Do you think itāll turn into a shark fin? If I threw it away, I would be angry with Lou and Arcia, so I collected it in Storage for now.
Oops, this time itās over here.
From the opposite direction of Sandshark, the Desert Buffalo charged in. Itās a fierce carnivorous cow with a vicious horn that lives in the desert.
Amber fluttered at the raging cow, and I slashed my neck with my crystal sword.
The headed cow rolled forward on the sand.
⦠why didnāt you bring this cow back to Lou and Arcia? āYouāre going to make me angryā¦ā⦠Iāll get it back. For now. For now?
Gaga gaga!
āI donāt need you.ā
Slash the sand goblin that jumped. I donāt want anything to eat.
Okay, Amber, letās focus on the one you can eat.
I think the criteria are strangeā¦
Amber ran out on the sand, twisting my neck at my words.
I jumped into the swarm of demon beasts that Ende and the others had missed and slashed from one end to the other. Donāt forget to use Storage to collect them in between.
I could wipe out the swarm of demon beasts with magic, but that would deprive the adventurers of their earnings, and I wanted to reclaim my thoughts on the battle.
When I was dealing with a demon beast that was attacking me, my sense of dullness was gradually being sharpened. After all, such a tingling feeling of tension is something that cannot be obtained through training.
Suddenly, the adventurers after them were starting a fight with a flock of demon beasts.
As expected of the Red Rank Adventurers, they always slaughtered the demon beasts one after the other without fear.
Because there were so many local adventurers, he seemed to know how to defeat desert beasts efficiently.
I was well prepared for poisonous beasts like the Desert Scorpion. Thatās a good one.
Oh, Est is fighting alongside Akagane as well. The two sides cover each other and show off the wonderful combination. It was Gorem and his master. The breath is perfect.
The adventurers are struggling to beat it. The girl over there is struggling with a sword like mine. Are you from Yeosheng?⦠looks like Eight Clouds.
The child wielding the axe spear [Halvard] over there resembles Frei, and the child beating the lizard man behind it resembles Linne.
Oops, it looks like Stef who just ran into me.
The child who is emitting magic over there is similar to Elna, and the child who is singing in a pleasant way is similar to Yoshino. Arcia and I were collecting two demon beasts that could be eaten.
Itās the only thing that looks like a coon thatās rambling on a powered suit. Hahahahaā¦