That night, we were given a grand welcome in the mountain village of Hoodoria, which thrives on dungeon exploration.
DOGOOOOOON!
"Gyaaaaaaaaah!?"
He uses his penis to blow away the intruder who broke into the inn and tried to cause trouble to us.
The outer wall of the inn was blown away with great force, and the intruders fell to the ground and became immobile, but I didn't care.
"Alicia, give Carrie a healing spell."
"Yeah...
"Eh, Erio…?! Besides, everyone else should have been eating the drugged meal along with me, so why…?"
Carrie-san, who was able to move thanks to Alicia's
"Sorry. Carrie had already had some alcohol and was losing her senses, so I can't tell you the details."
So I gave Carrie a brief explanation of what had happened at the banquet.
*
"...Elio, wait a second..."
"...There's something that's bothering me..."
At the banquet, Alicia and Sophia whispered to me from either side, and they continued:
"I'm not sure, but... there's something strange about the food..."
"...I also... feel a strange smell...that I normally wouldn't notice...
"...What?"
It was most likely the special danger sensing ability of the Holy Knights that allowed them to detect even the presence of black mist, and also the detection by Sophia's enhanced sense of smell, which had been unwillingly powered up.
I had always felt a little uneasy about the behavior of the rat-beast girl Patch, so I immediately stopped eating. There was no way I could doubt what these two were saying.
I would have been happy to question Patch and the others there, but
(It would be troublesome if he denied it, and if he has some ulterior motive, the quickest way to deal with it would be to make him reveal his true identity...)
It was determined that:
Alicia secretly casts Sacred Purification on the food, and then pretends to go to the bathroom while sneaking a Pepe clone into Alicia and Sophia's mouths, thoroughly eliminating the risk of poisoning.
I also used the "Sex Room Creation" skill to send the food I put in my mouth to another dimension, fooling Patch and the others.
And so I pretended to be asleep, praying that the poisoning of my food was some kind of mistake, but--
"Unfortunately, it seems the whole village really was our enemy."
Where has he been hiding up until now?
Nearly 100 thugs were gathered in the square overlooking the inn.
With weapons in each hand, they saw us and yelled, "Hey, the medicine isn't working!" and "Just finish him off! Kira's going to kill you!", then attacked us.
It was obvious that they were trying to harm us.
"I don't know what that means, but... for now, I'll tell you after I defeat everyone!"
"…〈Physical ability enhancement [maximum]〉"
"...
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"""
The screams of the thugs echoed through the moonlit village.
*
"Wh-what are those monsters?! The medicine should be working, right?!"
Mesga Kira (27 years old), a leader of the Strong King faction who had been planning to enjoy tonight's attack away from the inn, shouted with a pale face.
This was only natural, as the approximately 100 subordinates he had deployed to be on the safe side were blown away like rags.
The ease I had from a moment ago was now gone.
Even taking into account the fact that he was a rat beastman, his young body trembled and his eyes widened in shock.
One of her subordinates came running to her with a pale face.
"This is terrible, Lady Kira! The elite troops meant to subjugate and control the village are being treated like trash!"
"You can tell just by looking, you useless weakling male!"
"Gyaaaah! Thank you!"
The subordinate screams with joy after being kicked.
Kira asked angrily as she kicked the subordinate some more.
"So, how many people have been killed so far?! I have prepared a lot of potions to make slaves last longer, so anyone who's still breathing should use them and return to the battlefield immediately! We need to push forward with numbers, with numbers!"
In order to continue collecting materials in this village, as ordered by the leader of the terrorist organization, the demon Sigma.
And in case something happens, so that I have enough time to escape, at least for myself! Keira shouted.
However, an unexpected report came from one of Ranger's subordinates, who had excellent peripheral awareness.
"But still, not a single person has been killed. They all seem to have been hit by the sword..."
"Huh!?"
That means those kids are going easy on us now.
Kira was even more horrified at the thought of 100 elite soldiers being unilaterally crushed.
But the next moment, Keira, who had surely heard the tragic news, twisted her expression and said, "I see."
"...Oh, I see. So that means all of them are just bottomless kind-hearted people."
Then, with a nasty grin on her face, Keira shouted orders to the men she controlled.
"My slaves, kept for dungeon exploration! Time for overtime, everyone!"
*
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?""
The screams of the thugs who attacked us continued to echo.
It took some time to protect Carrie, who was a non-combatant, while also holding back on the enemy's attacks so they wouldn't die. But with a level 330 Incubus, a level 130 Holy Knight, and Sophia's stealthy high-speed combat skills, we were able to crush the enemy one-sidedly.
But then.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Leaving the unconscious people behind, the thugs dragged them away like a swarm of spiders.
They probably decided that simply relying on numbers wouldn't do any good.
But I have no intention of letting him get away.
"...〈Periphery Detection〉"
Although she doesn't have the ability to distinguish individuals, Alicia's skill of being able to sense the presence of others over a wide area was activated. We ran out into the dark night, not wanting to let even one of them get away. But immediately afterwards...
"... Is something coming? ...!?"
We were startled as we saw shadows surrounding us, replacing the thugs.
For they were ragged men wearing heavy collars.
"Ouch, it hurts!"
"I haven't even gotten my recovery potion for today yet, why again...!"
"I'm already exhausted just from exploring the dungeon, so please stop!"
"What…?!"
The men's faces were contorted in pain, but they continued to attack us with all their might.
Even if they tried to fight back, it seemed like a single blow to knock them unconscious would be fatal.
Just as we were starting to have a bad feeling that this could not be,
"Help meeeee!"
"Sorry! All the adventurers who stopped by this village, as well as the original inhabitants, have been controlled by that rat beastman brat... by Mesga Kira, a high-ranking official of the , and they are being used as pawns in his dungeon exploration, so they can't resist!"
"That woman... she deceived us and put on a slave collar...!"
"...!"
on second thoughts...!
I expected this since the raiders were trying to put slave collars on us, but villagers and adventurers are being enslaved...!
Moreover, when we heard that Patch was a leader of the Strong King Faction and that he was forcing these people to explore reckless dungeons, our hands gripped our penises tighter.
These people are pure victims.
Then I can't hurt you.
And that's when we changed tactics to try to detain them as gently as possible -- and that's when it happened.
"Magic troops! Fire them!"
"What…?!"
A powerful magical power erupted all at once, drawing in the slaves surrounding us