Ostomaaja Kingdom.
Capital City.
Headquarters of the Knights of Color.
“The White Knight won! As expected!”
“I heard the Jade Knight won too. They say the enemy is employing guerrilla tactics, but…”
“That’s not all! When is our Blue Knights’ sortie? Our members are getting restless, eagerly waiting.”
Hubbub!! Hubbub!!
The Knights of Color, dispatched to three regions, achieved initial victories.
The White Knight and Jade Knight pursued the enemy.
The Red Knight, instead of pursuing, began constructing defense lines.
Upon hearing the news,
“Now is the time to strike!!”
In the conference room, each faction demanded their own Knights be sent out.
The discussions remained at a standstill.
“Silence! I have heard everyone’s opinions! For now, calm down.”
“…”
Commander of the Knights of Color,
Asylas Baffalo.
“Commander.”
“Yes, Vice Commander?”
Vice Commander Solty Barnaz.
“The invading army has not eased its offensive.”
“Mhm.”
“…”
The other knights echoed the Vice Commander’s words.
“Now, hurry and send me out,” they silently awaited the signal to sortie.
“The White Knight Varen, the Jade Knight Awak, and the Red Knight Damdan. Those three, along with their Knights, have significantly thinned out the enemy.”
“Yes, that is correct, Commander.”
Therefore, taking everyone’s opinions into consideration,
A sortie was decided.
“Ooooh! Ooooh!”
“Quiet down!”
“Ugh…”
“Sigh. Vice Commander.”
“Yes.”
“Leave the selection of reinforcements to me.”
“Understood.”
“The meeting is adjourned. Everyone, do not let your guard down. Soldiers with no escape are death warriors. We don’t know what they’ll do.”
“Yes, we will engrave those words in our hearts.”
***
Sirgilten Region.
Rayos, unaware that the Knights of Color Headquarters had fully mobilized.
*Gagagaga* *Dodododo*
The composite, multi-legged, humanoid creature, the “Centipede Chimera.”
It had absorbed and partially fused with the town’s residents.
It grew limbs from its long, long torso, and on its back were the faces of the assimilated residents and dispatched Colorless Knights.
“Kill me,” “Help me,” “Aaaah,” “Knight!”
These were the souls’ screams and curses emanating from Rayos’s body.
These voices were the power source for Rayos—the Centipede Chimera.
It absorbed half the town’s residents.
The rest it toyed with, drowning them in a milky fluid.
“Fuhahaha! This town has fallen! Now, for the main dish, the capital!”
*Gagagaga* *Gagagaga*
It crossed the stone-paved streets and followed the gashidou towards the capital.
The monsters avoided its absurd amount of magic power.
“Kiiiiaaah!!”
“Wait for me, beautiful ladies!!”
On the centipede’s head,
A single member of the unit led by Knight Rack appeared.
It grew into a beautiful woman who had undergone sex change.
Inside was Rayos.
The member’s soul was within the centipede’s head.
I had decided to stop taking detours.
“Th-they’re here!”
“A monster…!”
“It’s coming from the direction of the town?!”
“Is my son safe?! Damn it, that monster!”
Blocking my path were
The nearby garrison soldiers and volunteers.
They had created a fence with carts and brought all the weapons they could find from the town’s tool and weapon shops.
*Dadadada!* *Gyaaaaaa?!!*
Long-range magic bullets.
They struck the creatures on my back that I hadn’t fully absorbed.
“What?! Was that a monster’s cry?”
“Hey, hey, hey, hey?! Look at the monster’s back!”
“Don’t stop firing?! There’s no saving them now… GAH!”
“Are you even knights?!”
“That person is my son’s friend!”
Towards the humanoid face,
The volunteers ceased their attacks and started arguing with the Knights. Rayos did not miss this opportunity.
“I’ll crush you all!”
“Giiaaaaaaa!!”
*Dodododo*
Rayos—the Centipede Chimera’s charge.
“Baa! Retreat!”
“Hiii!”
With a roar, they were blown away along with the fence.
And those unfortunate enough to be on the left were pursued by its tail.
“Guaaaaaaaa!”
“Farewell! I have no business on a battlefield without women. Transforming is too troublesome. Considering the combat power at my destination, it’s wasteful to consume my magic here.”
Rayos broke through the defense line
And encountered the Blue Knights, who were en route to reinforce White Knight Varen’s White Knights.
“Huh?”
“Kiiishaaa♪”
“Water Bullet,
He noticed the approaching enemy in the dust cloud.
But the attack…
Did they only notice when the head was severed from within?!
From the impact, it exploded internally.
Damn it all.
*Dotata* *Dotan!* *Kashakasha!!*
Rayos’s body, now beyond his control, writhed on the gashidou.
He immediately attempted to possess its body from the head—
“Water Blade,
*Sppaaan!!!* *Zashushushushushushushushu……… Boto boto boto!!*
—Huh?! What was that speed?!
…My bodyyyyyyyy!
“Hmph, it was nothing.”
“Uoooooooooo♪!!”
Cheers. Cheers from the members.
Such a fuss over a mere large monster.
If one goes to uninhabited lands, such things are a dime a dozen, aren’t they?
“You all, we need to hurry!”
“Yes! Blue Knight! We depart for the area where the White Knights are in battle!”
“Alright, follow me.”
The Blue Knights pursued at full speed.
Rayos, in his Astral Body.
Completely dismissed as if he were a mere pebble by the roadside,
He became furious, his Astral Body glowing red like magma.
He glared at the departing figures of the Blue Knights, advancing along the gashidou he had just traveled.
“That bastard! I’ve memorized your face! I’ll bring the capital to the brink of terror, and by the time I return, your head will be mine—!”
His voice, as an Astral Body, could not reach.
The Blue Knight had earned Rayos’s wrath.
Convinced he had defeated the opponent, he felt no killing intent and heard no voice, completely oblivious.
He charged forward on the gashidou, aiming to drive the Sharshar Kingdom Army from the continent. Along the way, he encountered the defense force that Rayos had scattered.
After explaining the situation,
The survivors of the defense force erupted in cheers.
Overwhelmed with gratitude, they extended their hands for a handshake.
The Blue Knights were slightly delayed in reaching the battlefield.
