The Spectre took …… Princess ……?

Why ……?

I mean, where did they come from in the first place?

That ball of water …… was broken at that time.

That wasn’t broken by accident,…… it was broken on purpose by the princess to seek help. ……!

I never realized it……!

“Shimu! Where the princess is! What kind of people those Spectre are!!”

“”Ouren-sama!””

“! Uchikage! And Tenda, ……! You ……”

The two of them had appeared from the edge of the room.

Uchikage seemed to be unharmed, with no significant injuries.

But …… Tenda’s left eye was gone, as if it had been gouged out.

“Tenda! Are you okay? Where’s everyone else?”

“I’m fine! The others are badly injured, but they are all alive!”

“Baltic-dono from the Kingdom of Garrot is here too! I will explain the situation first, please come inside the keep!”

“Understood!”

It would be a situation that requires genuine urgency, but it would be suicidal to rush in without any information about the enemy.

Let’s do as the oni say and go in and have them explain the situation to us.

Alena will lighten our load and we will go in from the edge.

Lacc will stay outside.

I will prepare plenty of meat for it later.

Once we get inside and go downstairs, we see that the place is full of wounded people.

Everyone seems to have avoided critical injuries, but there are a lot of broken bones and gashes.

There was the smell of blood in the keep.

Alena was not used to it, or perhaps she was holding her mouth and looking uncomfortable.

Well, that’s no surprise.

This is not a sight you can see unless you are used to it.

I’ve been eating a lot of monsters, so I don’t have much of a problem with it.

Soldiers from the Kingdom of Garrot seem to be doing most of the treatment.

Thank you…….

“Ouren-sama. Where is Reizen-dono…….”

“I thought it was urgent that I leave him…….”

“I think it is a wise decision. He is not suited for this war. ……”

“Why?”

He’s a walking wall, so to speak.

But with his defense, it’s not wrong to call him a walking fortress.

Even when Tenda attacked him, there’s no physical damage, although there was some attribute damage.

I don’t understand why he is useless in this fight or even in the battle with the devil.

Before I could ask Uchikage about it, Tenda answered me.

“It is because they have …… defense penetration.”

“…… The same skill as me huh,……. But that guy’s excellent in the martial arts too, you know?”

” Close combat is their forte, it’s dangerous…….”

The key to fighting against Spectre Oni is to attack them from a distance.

They only have close attacks, but if they get close to you, you can assume it’s over, he said.

First of all, The Spectre Oni are the upper class of ordinary Oni.

Their attack power, durability, and stamina …….

They are superior in most of their abilities.

The only two things that ordinary Oni have over Spectre Oni are agility and magical power.

Generally speaking, Oni can’t use magic very well.

They can only use their magic skills for recovery.

In fact, the only thing they actually do better than the others is their …… agility.

It takes ten Oni working in unison to kill a single Spectre Oni.

Winning at that level is difficult. ……

Even if they have the same attack power, they are different in their nature.

Even if it’s Reizen, it seems that he can do nothing because he will keep struggling against one S[ectre Oni. ……

In short, any shield is pointless.

The compatibility with Reizen is the worst.

……Well, the reason I didn’t bring him here is nothing but urgent. ……

I didn’t think this was happening, and if I had heard that Spectre was attacking, I would have brought Him with me at any cost.

Is it good luck …… or ……?

I’m not sure, but that’s what Uchikage, the Oni, says.

No doubt he is right.

“Raiki-sama. I’m coming in.”

“……mmm.”

As soon as he hears the voice from inside, Uchikage opens the sliding door and enters.

This is the second floor of the keep …….

There are many sliding doors in this place, dividing the various areas.

The main part of the room is occupied by patients with serious conditions, but one of the rooms seems to be occupied by a Raiki, who is reading through various tattered books.

He was reading various battered books, not noticing us, just reading.

Among them was Baltic.

“Long time no see, Baltic. ……

“……It’s been a long time, Ouren-kun. I didn’t want to meet you like this if possible. ……”

“Me neither.”

“Oh, Ouren-sama!”

When Raiki heard my voice and name, he finally looked at me.

I guess he was concentrating so hard.

“Thank……. thank….. god- you are coming….!”

I’m sorry, but tell me what’s going on here. What happened? Where is the Spectre? Where has the princess been taken? And why?”

“I’ll tell you everything from the beginning: ……. First of all, please sit down. ……”

There were so many books scattered about that there was no room to sit down even if I was asked to.

I had never seen Raiki like this before.

He seemed to be very agitated.

I moved the books away and sat down on the tatami mats.

I can’t take a break.

There are many things I have to do right now.

“First of all, let me confirm this …….”

“What is it.”

” Could you save the princess ……?”

“Obviously I will.”

I agreed to that when I heard from Shimu.

That’ s a given.

“Please, continue.”

“Okay, ……. “

Raiki’s eyes became sharp.

He took a pause in his tone of voice as he commanded on the battlefield.

Sensing this, Uchikage and Tenda, who were standing behind him, got down on one knee on standby.

Baltic too, was serious as he took charge of the situation.

Alena also read the situation and sat on her knees, ready to listen to the conversation.

“….. Well then, I will start to explain it all to you….”

After saying that, Raiki explained what had happened so far.