Uncle Ben showed no reaction when he saw me.
He had clearly lost his mind.
There’s no doubt about it. The same thing that happened to Norja had been done to him.
“Benlinerve…… you… don’t recognize us?”
“Benlinerve…… even if I can’t see him…… the aura he’s wrapped in is clearly different…… so, he’s been got… is that it?”
Seeing his horrifically changed form, Espie and Kojiro both had complicated expressions.
“Oooohh, that’s right! We had this powerful military asset!”
“Guhahahaha, we do! One of the Seven Heroes just like ya… The Archmage Benlinerve!”
“Boss Hakuki beat him, and now he is the most loyal and powerful artillery, obeying all our commands!”
And the ogres, our enemies, grinned with delight at the sight of Uncle Ben, who had lost his mind and become a convenient existence for them, as they regained their fighting spirit.What a nightmare……
“Hey, Benlinerve! Our comrades got taken out all of a sudden! Heal them!”
“…… Ďoṟuṟaġuṧuťoa ṋaṋ ḋeṁo aṟu…… Ancient Healing Magic, 【Matukiyo】”
“O, oooh, oh, ……!”
And Uncle Ben immediately carried out the ogres’ orders.
“Whoa, amazing! My wounds are healed!”
“Hehe, the injury from that brat’s punch is gone…….”
“Okay, I won’t let my guard down this time! I’ll kill ya all!”
Uncle Ben quickly chanted a spell in a monotonous voice, bathing the ogres lying on the ground in magical light. One by one, the ogres rose to their feet as their wounds healed.
“Th, this is… ridiculous, there were over a hundred fallen ogres! And he healed them all with a single spell…? Even I couldn’t cast a spell of that magnitude.”
“My goodness…… and what magic power…… This is Honey’s childhood friend, Fu-kun’s father… and one of the Seven Heroes.”
The ogres we had been swiftly beaten and sent flying rose to their feet, thanks to Uncle Ben’s absurd magic powers.
This had definitely become a real pain.
“Tch, I went to the trouble of beating them all down… but no matter how many times they get back up, I’ll knock them down again!”
“That’s right, Brother. No matter how many of these grunts come at us, we’ll take them all down!”
“But it’s annoying to do it over and over… we have no choice but to beat Benlinerve up.”
That’s right, if the enemies keep recovering and coming at us, we have no choice but to stop him from doing that.
To do that……
“There’s only one person who can do that… and that’s me!”
Fast!
“Koujiro!?”
We hadn’t noticed until now, but Koujiro had slipped past the swarm of ogres and had somehow made his way up behind Uncle Ben.
This is……
“ Mineuchi Battō(Blunt-Edge Draw Slash) ―――――”
“…… Wind Barrier, 【Giga Reflect Wind】”
“Ghuh!?”
But, before Koujiro’s sword could reach Uncle Ben, he activated a spell at high speed.
A barrier deflected it.
“No Chant, 【Mega Fire】, 【Mega Thunder】, 【Mega Wind】 “
“Tsk… Enshōhō Giri(Swallow Slaying Slash)!!”
And immediately after deflecting the attack, Uncle Ben fired a barrage of intermediate-level spells, each with a different attribute, at Koujiro.
In an instant, the entire area was enveloped in heat, and then lightning struck and a violent storm raged, enough to paralyze the air.
The spells themselves were intermediate, but their power was massive……
“Oh dear… It seems checkmate won’t come so easily…….”
But, Koujiro nullified all those spells with his sword.
“Wow, that’s amazing……”
“These are the champions of humanity… the Seven Heroes ……”
“The strength of our sworn enemy… who defeated our Demon King Army…”
The exchange lasted only for a moment, leaving the surrounding ogres staring blankly in astonishment.
This was the clash between the Seven Heroes.
“Koujiro!”
“Onii-san, you all should leave this one to me! It’d be hard for you kind-hearted ones to fight him, wouldn’t it?”
It takes one of the Seven Heroes to fight another.
And I admit, the thought of hitting Uncle Ben would be difficult.
Perhaps for this reason, Koujiro stepped forward in front of Uncle Ben.
“You were always the smartest of the Seven Heroes… This is my first time fighting you…… and what’s more, perhaps because of Hakuki, your magic power capacity, spell casting speed, and density have all increased significantly compared to the you I knew… Somehow… having our first battle turn out like this… It’s sad, isn’t it?”
Koujiro held his sword with a bitter smile and a slightly sad look on his face.
Even though he had volunteered, he still seemed to be feeling quite sentimental about it.
But……
“…… Support Magic, 【Haste】【Harden】”
“Hey!? Don’t tell me you can’t even hold a conversation!
Uncle Ben didn’t seem to care about such a thing at all, and took advantage of the momentary gap to strengthen the ogres with support magic.
“Uooooh, that Benlinerve guy is doing a great job!”
“Kakakaka! I’m overflowing with power!”
“Now there’s no way we’ll lose ta girls or brats!!”
Not only were they healed, but all the Ogres became much stronger than ever.
This is even more troublesome than before. Moreover, even if we landed a half-hearted attack, Uncle Ben will heal them in no time.
It would be great if Koujiro could quickly do something about Uncle Ben, but he’s not that easy an opponent.
“…Hmm… Hey, Espie. This…I think we have no choice but to put them down for good?”
“That’s true… for his education, I didn’t want to show my cruel side to Big brother, but……?”
At that time, Slayer and Espie whispered something in cold voices that they would never normally use with me.
It was something I tried not to think about too much during these kinds of battles and had avoided as much as possible.
“It’s fine. Honey, you don’t have to push yourself.”
“I have no objections…… even if the opponents are Ogres, they are nothing but beasts… They are different from Aka.”
Unlike me, both Shinobu and Larou’iph nodded as if they were “prepared for that”.
To put them down for good… that means……
“The enemy……”
“…must be punished… punished…….”
――――――!??
“Huh…… ah……”
At that moment, I heard someone’s voice, and Shinobu was the first to react.
“Shinobu? …… huh? That’s …….”
Two men with eyes that looked just as insane as Uncle Ben’s appeared from the depths of the village.
Huh? I’ve seen those two before too… I’m sure……
“Kesu-san…… Ashisotu-san……”
“Eh? Ah… I’m sure I’ve heard those names before…….”
That’s right, I’m sure it was in the town where I met Bro……
『They have come, after all…… child…… From here on out, your life is truly at stake…… do not let your guard down for a moment. Even if tis not the case…… In some sense…… to me, that one is far more troublesome than Hakuki……』
At that moment, Tre’ainar whispered to me in a serious tone, and everyone else and I were shocked.
“Wait… ah… that’s! Ha, haha… this is bad……”
“I see…… so that’s how it is… I also didn’t expect this turn of events.”
Espie and Slayer couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
“Th, that can’t be… something like this could happen…….”
“…… Heh, I never thought I’d see another legend of humanity here, one distinct from the Seven Heroes…”
Shinobu’s face was pale, and Larou’iph’s face was also twitching.
Yes, two men named Kesu and Ashisotu appeared from the back. Behind them, there was another man… an elder, slowly approaching us.
“Hey hey, I wish you’d stop joking around…… Goroukou(Venerable Duke)…… you surrendering quietly without a fight has come back to bite us…….”
Even Koujiro couldn’t help but laugh while fighting with Uncle Ben.
“…… Even you…… Granpa Mikado!!”
“…The enemy… must be silenced…….”
Hakuki was away and it was a letdown? No way!
This Elder suddenly showed up as our enemy.
『But even so……』
And then, beside me, trembling, Tre’ainar muttered the following words……
『Tis quite fortunate Hakuki is absent. Had he been here, you would be on the verge of defeat, would you not?』
“That’s true!!”
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