Volume 2 - CH 39

As soon as I heard the news from the werewolf, I immediately mounted Rufina who broke into a run. Goblia and the werewolf could be summoned by my summoner skill if we were separated from each other while we moved.

It wasn’t long before we made it to the slime village. Things were going horribly. I fear it turned into a tough battle against the powered up enemy werewolves. I looked over the situation from a hidden spot.

“Wh, what are you doing Crest!?” Asked the werewolf.

“I’m looking for the ideal timing to launch a pincer attack on the enemy. Be quite for a sec.”

“A pincer attack… but the enemy is far more numerous? Aren’t there only four of us?”

“Don’t we have more over there?”

“How!?”

“Like this.” I used summoner right away, picking out relatively lightly wounded monsters and assembling them behind me. The surprised goblins and werewolves noticed me. They looked like they were about to shout so I put a finger to my lips. “Quiet. Drink your potions right away everyone. Right after that I’ll summon you to their rear. Launch a surprise attack from there.”

“S, summon?”

“Yeah. Like how I called everyone earlier. Three seconds. Get ready.” Once I put a time on things, everyone hurried to take potions from their pouches and drank them. I had fifteen monsters. However, their eyes were brimming with motivation.

“Here we go!” The moment I summoned everyone, they broke into a sprint. The goblins and werewolves drew near to the werewolves. The northern werewolves were shocked at their appearance from behind. Then, while all attention was focused on that chaos, I let loose.

“Do not falter! This fight isn’t over yet! Stand, and raise your swords! Follow me!” I swung down my sword and cut down one of the northern werewolves. A northern werewolf came to attack me in confusion. I dodged that attack and swung my sword with great power.

The northern werewolf collapsed, then I ignored their body and moved onto the next werewolf. I brought them down one after the other. Within that, I saw Orphe on the ground and Livia with her neck being held.

Anger boiled within me for a moment; It was directed to the guy who was hurting Livia. As if heat was overflowing from my body, I swung my sword with my body hot with rage.

That werewolf… he was probably the werewolf king. He stopped my sword. However, I put more force into it and blasted him away.

I held Livia now that she was freed, and she turned her face to look at me. “…Lord Crest. I knew you would come.”

“Drink a potion and rest while providing backup for the surroundings.”

“Yes.” Livia immediately put a potion in her mouth and faced the nearby fight. I got up and looked at Orphe. He hadn’t taken out a potion to drink yet.

“You alright?”

“…Sorry. I… couldn’t beat him.” He’s probably frustrated. He hoped to end this battle by his own hand.

“I’ll take care of it. Cover the surroundings too Orphe.”

“…Yeah, understood.” Though I say that, thanks to the success of the surprise attack… the battle shifted greatly to our favor. The werewolf king got up and came closer.

“Why is a human in this forest?”

“Well, there’s several reasons. Well then, I’ll be your opponent now.”

“…You seem to be strong, but you’re still just a human.” He took out a magic stone and put it in his mouth. The werewolf king’s eyes turned sharp, and he kicked off the ground. He closed the distance between us in an instant. However, it was still at a speed I could see. I swung my sword to match him. Our strength was roughly equal.

However, I was one step ahead in terms of swordplay. I swung to drain the power he could put into his sword, then as the werewolf king staggered, I brought my sword down.

As I cut his arm, the werewolf king’s expression turned grim. Even so, after letting out a howl to erase his pain, he swung his sword at me.

I dodged it with a crouch. He closed the gaps in his stance. The werewolf king stumbled back as if to escape. He lowered his stance to put power in his legs and glared at me.

“Don’t, get in the way…!!” The werewolf king swung down his sword. But I was already gone. Taking position behind his back, I slashed my sword. His arm went flying. The werewolf king watched it in shock.

A commotion rose up in the surroundings at the one sidedness of the situation. As the cheers from my allies and the cries of despair from the enemies mixed in the air, I kicked his body flying.

When the werewolf king fell hard onto his back, I pointed my sword at his throat. “Surrender. You no longer have any chance of winning.”

“…” The werewolf king used his remaining arm to stop the blood from flowing out of his severed arm. Noticing this, the surrounding tumult calmed down. Most of the northern werewolves were dead, unconscious, or already captured.

It would be clear to anyone that resistance was futile in this situation. Even still, the werewolf king tried to move his body so I cut that part of him.

“Ku, haha… How overpowering.” Laughed the werewolf king before collapsing.

“Kill me. I no longer have the strength to fight.” When the werewolf king said this, I let out a sigh. I put away my sword and glanced at his face.

“…I don’t intend to take the life of an opponent who’s surrendered.”

“I see. But I doubt everyone will agree with that. I’ve killed a lot of people.”

“…”

After saying that, the werewolf king looked at me. It was just as he said. The wounded slimes looked this way with eyes full of hatred. The slime queen came forward to represent them.

“Crest… He’s an enemy to us who killed our important comrades. Same with the northern werewolves. They’re all, they’re all… enemies.” Seeing her hate filled eyes, I bit my lip and nodded my head.

“…Still, there’s no need to needlessly kill. Furter north the vampires are also our enemies. If we can make more comrades-”

“I don’t know about the future. The slimes who survived live for the sake of killing the northern werewolves. If you are going to stop us, even if we have to fight, we’ll kill him.”

“…” The other slimes gathered as their queen spoke. …There are some things you just can’t compromise on. This face was communicated clearly to me.