CH 83

The target of those who have attacked is the people who have been kidnapped, and as long as we don’t know where they are targeting us from, the more we are on the back foot, and the more disadvantageous it will be for us.

Moreover, considering the way they do things, they have no consideration for the damage to the surrounding area. They would be willing to burn the forest to the ground to achieve their goal.

This forest where Nina’s house is located.

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Gray was headed for the spot where the second fireball had just been fired. There, a robed man held up his staff and was about to release his next spell.

“Kuku… I found you!”

“Huh?!”

The man in the robe was surprised by Gray’s face that popped out, and he hurriedly switches his magical target to Gray and releases a fireball at him.

Then, Gray released a water ball against the flying fireball, and with a violent sound, the area was enveloped in water vapor and visibility suddenly became poor.

The man in the robe takes advantage of this and tries to run away with his back turned. At that moment, however, the man’s body fell to the ground like a puppet with broken strings. After a short delay, the man’s head made a dull thud and fell to the ground.

I would like to keep them incapacitated and extract information from them if possible, but as was the case with the abductees, physical restraints are not very useful when dealing with wizards.

Of course, there are tools that can neutralize magicians, but unfortunately I don’t have them. Or rather, it’s not even sold to the general public.

Other than that, it is possible to get it at so-called underground auctions and black markets, but unfortunately Gray has been banned from underground auctions due to various things in the past.

And Gray is the kind of person who wouldn’t bother to restrain him.

(Okay, next… it would be nice if there was someone other than a magician.)

Gray magically scouted the area and ran to the next target. He decided that if the other side was aware of the situation anyway, he should attack aggressively and reduce the damage as much as possible.

He then spots a man in robes who is casting a spell on the kidnappers in the square and closes the distance between him and them.

(Tch, is this guy a magician too? I’m pretty sure there’s another one around here…)

Just as the magician was about to enter the sword’s range, another man jumped out from the side and wielded a longsword against Gray.

“Hup”

Gray repelled the attack with his sword and stepped back a bit to glare at the man with the longsword who had attacked him.

and

“Kuku…… let’s get this guy for now.”

Gray grinned evilly, and the two men, seeing this, backed away in a cold sweat.

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“It’s over.”

“Oh, thank you for your hard work.”

After annihilating the robed wizards, I dragged the man with the longsword I had neutralized back to the plaza, where Emilia, who had returned earlier, had also captured a large man with a big frame who was using a hammer.

Several others were using melee weapons such as maces and spears, but there wasn’t enough time to incapacitate them all.

After I left the man I had dragged to Emilia, I went around to see if there were any fires in the area.

Dead trees and dry fallen leaves on the ground burn immediately.

“What about the kidnappers?”

“Some of them are still breathing…but honestly it’s just a matter of time.”

“I see.”

By the time Emilia returned, the kidnappers had been shot with magic several times and almost all of them had been wiped out.

I could still manage if I let him recover……but if there’s one guy left, that’s enough. So I decided to let only the man with the eye patch recover from healing magic and potions.

He seems to be unconscious now, but as soon as he regains consciousness, I will ask him if he recognizes these two men.

before that

“Oi”

I approach the two new people I brought with me, calling out to them.

“You’re going to tell me what you are and why you attacked us …… and you’re going to answer all my questions.”

The longsword man and the big man didn’t respond to my words, instead they glared at me.

“… can’t you answer? There is no time to take it easy anymore.”

If these guys attacked us, there is a good chance that the enemy already has information about us.

Then there is no time to carefully interrogate each person.

“So… I’ll make you want to talk right away. Kuku…”

I slowly pulled out my sword in front of the two of them.