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"Okay, hit him on the ground -!

"Okay -"

Following the instructions of the carpenter's parent, Minotaur strikes a large pile on the ground.

"Ha ha, that's just big, don't let the pile bury you in no time"

Parents seem pleased with the handiness of Minotaur.

"Are our people useful?

"Oops, I still have my hands on it, but it's getting a little better for my junior job!

Some demons, including Minotaur, are practically apprenticed to their parents.

They were trained to make use of the properties of their flesh, especially treasured in the work of making use of more than human giants.

"The fence is centered around him, so I've turned my empty hands around to help with other tasks."

As my parents said, fencing was less of a human being, and the ratio of other people performing other tasks was more.

"There are more demons this year than usual, but thanks to his arrival, the simple working hours have been reduced."

"I am most helpful."

There's not much for Rise and the others to do by the time the demon strikes.

We have to repair the walls, build a protective fence, make pitfalls to prevent the enemy from marching, and make preserved food.

What's more.

"Oh yeah, the prototype you asked for, but it's time to get it done. If there's nothing wrong with this, we'll continue mass production."

There was also an urgent need to create means of attack against demons.

"I got a lot of ideas from my brother and the lady, so if things started, it might be easier than last year!

Seeing his parents laughing at him gahaha, Rise was remembering his discussions with the guild chief the other day.

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"Besides, I've been trying to guess why there are more demons."

After a full demon hunting meeting, Trow began to talk about the abnormal growth of demons.

"Did you figure something out?

"Yeah, this year, it wasn't until last year. That's the key."

"This year and nothing until last year?

"Perhaps it would have been easier to understand if I had said the opposite. Until last year. Not since this year."

Letty tilts her neck to the abstract riddle.

"Uh... a livestock ranch or something?

"Too bad it's not a shapely thing."

Trow put his finger on the edge of the map laid on the table.

"Because the war is over."

"Huh? Why do you have more demons when the war is over?

Letty was puzzled by Trow's intentions without being able to read them, but on the contrary, Rise clearly understood their intentions.

"Right, the bodies of the war dead!

The troll nodded.

"Yes, until now people have died there in the war with their neighbors. Not only the battlefield on the front line, but also the location where the interception of enemy troops invaded through the front line, the corpses of men who died in battle they could not represent, and spies who had crept into the streets would have been used to feed the demons."

"And the demon kept the body as food."

In fact, demons are creatures that attack humans. And more than attacking, its purpose was to eat.

For Rise, a demon, he well understood that many of the demons feed on humans.

"Yes, until now, demons have been able to regularly secure food in wars, but since this year, they have asked for food elsewhere because of the loss of that food. I have now heard from the old stock people in this town about the time, but the generation of their parents, and the generation before them, the town was in crisis many times. And so they said that the story gradually diminished after the war began."

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The Rises feel complicated when they hear that more demons have been caused by the loss of war.

They must have fought to get rid of the war, but when they heard it would create further tragedy, their minds met immeasurably.

"Well, if we had been at war forever, the country might have perished. You didn't do anything wrong."

A troll follows the two who wonder if it was evil to end the battle. There will be room for adults around here.

"... well, we have to prove that it wasn't a mistake to bring this battle to a successful conclusion and end."

"Well, I'm sorry, but applying for Knights reinforcements will take months for them to come. Because the time it takes for the letter to arrive and the time it takes from there to have a meeting and go out the group and arrive is too long. I wish at least a few of you could have sent your men."

Letty apologizes for Trow's sincere apology.

"I can't help it without Mon. As far as I'm concerned, there are knights with a lot of experience in action."

"I'll do my best!

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And three days went by.

"Master Rise!

The purpy I was sending to reconnaissance comes down to Rise, who was helping me with the work.

"What's wrong? Did you make any movement in the woods?

"Yeah, a lot of demons came out of the woods."

A blur arises from the people who were around in Harpy's report.

"How long? How far do we get to town?

"Hmmm...... alot! The woods are spreading! Fast legs are about a day. I think it's gonna take a couple of days."

"No demons flying in the sky?

"I don't know if he was there."

"Are all the sprawled woods? Just one spot?

"Just one place."

"Has the direction of this town expanded?

"Mmm, a lot!

Rise, who heard the information, puts the exact numbers and circumstances into question.

(A sprawled forest must mean a bunch of demons. Probably a few hundred places in one swell. Whether all the other places are coming to this town or going to another town will change the situation)

"Harpy, I'm sorry, but I need you to find out if all the demons out of the woods are coming this way!

"Whoa! Leave it!

Harpy, who received additional instructions from Rise, flies out into the sky towards the Great Demon Forest.

"We have to hurry."

Rise snorted at each other and rushed to prepare for interception.