Chapter 180: Settlement

“By the way, Brother, the one launching slashes at the front of the Ducal Knight Order… could it be?” Looking in the direction of Sophie‘s gaze, there was indeed a familiar figure launching slashes and taking down many monsters.

“Brother Eddie! Why are you here?” “It really is Edward-san. He seems to have gotten stronger again while I haven’t seen him for a bit. I thought I had gotten stronger, but he’s gone even further ahead.”

As Letty says, my brother seems to have become remarkably stronger. Launching rapid-fire slashes, sending them out in a fan shape… It’s just, how should I put it? It’s superhuman.

The Ducal knights are strong too. The massive monster horde, pincered by the Fairchild Family Knight Order and the Sheffield Ducal Knight Order, is visibly dwindling in number.

Then, Father and my brother pincered the Magic Tiger that was trying to retreat. The Magic Tiger attacked with claws and fangs with an agility that belied its massive size, but the two dodged its attacks with synchronized movements.

My brother launched fan-shaped sword strikes, dealing damage to the Magic Tiger little by little. Father did not fire his light-attribute Light Sword, but waited for an opening.

Gradually, the Magic Tiger‘s movements dulled. Seeing this, my brother gathered a bit of power and launched a sword strike like a thick spear at the Magic Tiger‘s leg.

“Giyaaaaa!!” The Magic Tiger screamed in pain.

Then, when the Magic Tiger stopped moving, Father finally unleashed his ultimate technique. A pillar of blinding light struck the Magic Tiger directly.

“That’s Father’s Divine Light Pillar.” “Father’s ultimate technique. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.” When the Magic Tiger collapsed with a thud, an exceptionally large cloud of black smoke rose up.

The Magic Tiger leading the massive monster horde had been subjugated. Having lost their commander, the monsters immediately began moving in disarray and were soon routed.

“We did it! We defeated the monster horde!” “Woodpole is saved!” The Woodpole family knights raised cries of joy.

“With this, everyone in the territory is saved. Thank you, Sophie.” Mabel hugged Sophie. “I’m so glad, May.”

Before long, once things had settled down, the two knight orders slowly approached us. The first to approach was the Sheffield Ducal Knight Order. At its head was Lord Luke.

“Lord Lucas Sheffield, thank you very much for your aid this time.” Baron Woodpole stepped forward and expressed his gratitude.

“No, no thanks are necessary. I merely fulfilled my duty as a Ducal house. The invasion of this massive monster horde was a crisis for the entire Albion Kingdom.” The young lord spoke matter-of-factly.

“However, the reason our house, which is basically responsible for the north, came to the west is also because we heard that our benefactor, Lord William, was fighting. If you are to offer thanks, it would be better to say them to Lord William.” No, saying that puts me in a bind.

Lord Luke approached me and smiled. “It’s been a while, Lord William. Were you injured?” “Thank you for the aid, Lord Lucas. Thanks to you, I am uninjured.”

My brother peeked out from behind Lord Luke. “It’s been a while, Will. Father informed me via carrier pigeon that you were trying to hold back a massive monster horde with a small number of people, so I requested reinforcements from Luke.”

“Thank you, Brother. Mabel‘s family home was in crisis, so I wanted to do what I could as a friend.” “Valuing friends is a good thing, and I hear Will‘s exploration companions are very strong, but you shouldn’t be reckless.”

“Indeed. Lord William is a treasure of our country. I would like you to value yourself more.” Following my brother, even the young lord gave me a piece of advice.

“I apologize for causing worry. I didn’t realize a massive monster horde was this much of a threat. In the future, I will make sure not to face them with small numbers.” “Yes. If you do that, we won’t have to worry.”

If I fight a massive monster horde next time, I’ll gather more combat power. To that end, I’ll increase the number of Golems. Fortunately, we were able to obtain plenty of Mana Cores.

My brother then spoke to Sophie, and Sophie hugged him and thanked him. However, it seemed Sophie was also gently scolded by my brother, as she looked a bit dejected.

Still, I think that by being reckless, we were able to prevent damage to the Woodpole territory in some part. I think being reckless was worth it.