50
ゼアト砦の森付近では、バルバロトを筆頭とした決死隊がモンスターパニックを食い止めていた。
夥しい数の死骸が転がっており、その上を魔物と騎士が戦っている。質では騎士の方が上であるが数は圧倒的に魔物の方が多い。
ゴブリンを始めとした魔物の集団は、どんどん膨れ上がっており決死隊だけでは持ち堪えれそうにない。
既に何体もの魔物がゼアトへと向かっている。砦が防衛拠点としての機能を発揮して、突破はされていないがゼアトの出入り口である門は魔物の攻撃により形を歪めていた。
「おおおおおおおおっ!!!
これ以上は突破を許すな!
門が破られたらお終いだぞ!」
門を攻撃していた魔物をバルバロトが一掃する。しかし、どれだけバルバロトが奮闘しようとも魔物の数が多すぎる為、時間稼ぎ程度にしかならない。
最早、ゼアト砦が突破されるのは時間の問題である。
そこへさらに追い討ちを掛けるような報告が上がってくる。
「ゴブリンメイジとゴブリンナイトを確認しました!」
ここに来て上位種だと......!」
「トロールです!
トロールが現れました!!」
くっ......ここまでなのか」
ゴブリンにも職業の名前を持つ種類が存在しており、職業持ちはゴブリンの中でも上位種として記録されている。
ゴブリンメイジは名前の通り、魔法を扱うゴブリンで格上の魔物すら殺せるが近接戦には滅法弱い。なので、発見した場合は魔法を撃たれる前に接近して殺すのがセオリーだ。
そして、ゴブリンナイトは騎士と同じく甲冑を身に纏い剣を携えているゴブリンだ。こちらは近接戦を得意としており、遠距離から弓矢で射るか、魔法で殺すのがセオリーとなっている。
ゴブリンナイトと剣を打ち合う騎士は悪態を吐く。普通ならばゴブリンナイトは無謀な特攻はしてこないのに、今は理性を失い、ただ餌を求めて暴れている。
「ぐわああああああ!?」
「なっ!? 味方ごと魔法を撃ちやがった!」
ゴブリンナイトと剣を打ち合っていた騎士は突如飛んできた火の玉に包まれて地面を転がる。そして、ゴブリンナイトの方は火に包まれて塵と化した。
「こ、こいつら......!」
あまりにも非道な行為に騎士達は怒りを感じていた。
だが、モンスターパレードとは違い、仲間意識すら無くした魔物はどれだけ残忍なのかを改めて思い知らされた。
「トロールだ! 囲め!!!」
別の場所では現れたトロールの対応に追われていた。
トロールは、オーガよりも弱いとされているが実際はトロールの方が厄介なのだ。トロールには再生能力があり、魔法以外では殺すのは難しい。
魔法以外だと、トロールの再生能力は魔力を消費するので、魔力が尽きるまで殺し続けるか、再生できないほど細切れにするしかない。
故に魔力がある限り不死身のトロールはオーガよりも相手にしたくない敵なのだ。
「足を切れ! とにかく動けなくして時間を稼ぐしかない!」
懸命に戦う騎士を嘲笑うかのように次々とトロールが姿を現す。
最早、希望はない。ここにあるのは絶望だけだ。
そこへ更なる追い討ちとしてオーガが姿を見せた。一体、二体、三体と森の中から次々と出てくる。
決死隊は死を覚悟はしていたが、ここまでの事態になるとは想定していなかった。
自分達はここで魔物の軍勢に蹂躙されるのだろうと剣を落とそうとした。
だが、その時――
「諦めるな!!!
我らはアルガベイン王国の誇り高き騎士であろう!
魔物如きに我らが誇りが砕けてなるものか!
祖国の為、愛する者の為に剣を捧げたのだ!
なればこそ、誇りを胸に立ち向かう時だ!
この命、平和の礎となるならば喜んで差し出してやろう!
だが、貴様ら魔物如きに我が命はそう易々とくれてなるものかああああああっ!!!」
――門をたった一人で死守していたバルバロトが声高らかに飛び出した。
返り血で染まった鎧を身に纏い、血に濡れた剣を携え、バルバロトは魔物が集まる中心部に躍り出る。
修羅の如くバルバロトは暴れる。敵しかいない戦場はバルバロトに全ての枷を外させる。
全身が血に染まり真っ赤になったバルバロトの眼光はギラリと次の獲物に向けられる。
身体強化を施しているバルバロトのスピードは理性を失った魔物には捉える事は出来ない。
一つ、二つ、三つと魔物の首が宙を舞う。その光景は恐怖であっただろうが、騎士にとってはとても心強いものとなった。
折れかけていた心に再び炎がつき、闘志を帯びた瞳で騎士達は魔物を見据える。
『我らはここに在り!
誇りを胸に!
剣を振るおう!
いざ、往かん!!!』
決死隊は自身の最期をこの場所と決めた。最初から決まっていた事だが、心のどこかに援軍を待ち望んでいる自分がいた。だが、バルバロトの奮闘を見て、その思いは消えた。
援軍など不要。
我らが強さをここに示そう。
理性を失った魔物と熱き闘志を宿した決死隊の最後の攻防が始まる。
獅子奮迅の活躍をしているバルバロトは複数のオーガを一人で相手していた。
オーガはバルバロトを殺そうとするが、バルバロトの速さに翻弄される。本気のバルバロトに手も足も出ないオーガは次々と殺されていく。
バルバロトは一旦オーガを狙うのを止めて、トロールへと向かう。
トロールは厄介な再生能力を持っているが、オーガほどの力はない。それでも、オークなどに比べれば力は強い。捕まったりすれば、忽ち握り潰されて殺されてしまうだろう。
だが、今のバルバロトを捕まえるのは至難の業。トロールでは捕まえる事などできはしない。しかし、トロールも一筋縄にはいかない。
バルバロトがどれだけ斬り刻もうと、再生して元に戻るのだ。
「だから、なんだと言うのだ!
ならば、再生出来ぬ速度で斬り殺してくれる!!」
トロールがどれだけ再生をしようとも、バルバロトは再生を上回る速度でトロールを斬り刻む。何度も何度も斬り刻み、トロールの再生する速度を完全に上回ると、バルバロトはトロールを細切れにして見せた。
有言実行とはまさにこの事である。バルバロトは速度を落とすこと無く、次のトロールを細切れにした。
圧倒的な強さを見せつけるバルバロトに決死隊の騎士達も触発されていく。
魔物と決死隊の戦いは激しさを増していった。
Ch 50
Near the forest of Fort Ze'at, a death squad led by Barbaroth was staving off a monster panic.
A great number of corpses were lying around, and the   monster and knights were fighting over  there . The knights were superior in quality, but the demons were far more numerous.
The goblins and other  monsters were growing in numbers, and the death squads alone were not going to be able to hold them off.
A number of  monsters were already on their way to Ze'at. The fortress is functioning as a defense base and has not been breached, but the gates to Ze'at have been distorted by the  monsters attacks.
"Oooh !
"Don't let them break through any further!"
"If the gate  will breaking , it's over!"
Barbaroto  wiped out the  monsters that had been attacking the gate. However, no matter how hard Barbaroto fought, the number of  monsters was too large, so he could only buy time.
It was only a matter of time before the Zeato fort was breached.
Then a report came in that seemed to push us even further.
"Goblin Mage and Goblin Knight confirmed!"
They came here and said they were of a higher species: ......!
"Trolls!"
A Troll has appeared!"
Damn it, ......, is this it?"
There are some types of goblin that have occupational names, and the ones with occupations are recorded as the top species of goblins.
As the name implies, goblin mages are magical goblins that can kill even higher-ranked monsters , but they are extremely weak in melee combat. So the theory is that if you find one, approach it and kill it before it shoots magic at you.
The goblin knight is a goblin who, like the knight, wears armor and carries a sword. They are good at close combat, and the theory is to shoot them from a distance with a bow and arrow or kill them with magic.
The knight swears as he clashes swords with the goblin knight. The goblin knight would not normally go on a reckless suicide , but now it has lost its  mind and is just raging for food.
"Aaahhhh!""
"What? He shot magic at all allies!"
The goblin knight and the knight who were clashing swords were suddenly engulfed in a fireball and rolled around on the ground. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
"Hey, these guys are ......!"
The knights were angry at this , which was so outrageous.
But unlike the monster parade, they were reminded of how brutal  monsters can be when they lose even their sense of camaraderie.
"Trolls! Surround them!!!!""
Elsewhere, they were busy dealing with the trolls that had appeared.
Trolls are supposed to be weaker than ogres, but in reality, trolls are more troublesome. Trolls have the ability to regenerate and are difficult to kill with anything other than magic.
Other than magic, trolls' regeneration ability consumes magic power, so the only way to kill them is to keep killing them until they run out of magic power, or cut them into pieces so small that they cannot regenerate.
Therefore, as long as they have magic power, immortal trolls are an enemy you don't want to deal with any more than ogres.
"Cut off their legs! We'll just have to stall them and buy some time!"
The trolls appeared one after another as if to ridicule the knight who was fighting so hard.
There is no hope. There is only despair here.
Then, as a further blow to the knight, the ogre appeared. One, two, three of them came out of the forest one after another.
The suicide squad had been prepared for death, but they hadn't expected the situation to go this far.
They were about to drop their swords, thinking that they would be overrun by an army of demons here.
But then...
"Don't give up!"
We are the proud knights of the Kingdom !"
We will not let our pride be shattered by a  monstrs !"
We have given our swords for our country, for our loved ones!"
So it is time to face them with pride!"
"I will gladly give my life if it can be the foundation for peace!"
"But I will not give my life so easily to  monsters "!
--Barbaroto, who had been defending the gate all by himself,  cried  out loudly.
Clad in armor stained with blood and carrying a sword drenched in blood, Barbarotho leaps into the heart of the  monster's gathering.
Barbaroto  flailed like a shura. The battlefield, where there are only enemies, forces Barbaroto to break free of all his fetters.
Barbaroto's entire body is stained red with blood, and his eyes are glittering as he turns to his next prey.
The speed of Barbaroto, who has been strengthened, is too fast for the  monsters who have lost their reason to catch him.
One, two, three heads of the  monsters fluttered in the air. The sight must have been terrifying, but it was also very reassuring to the knight.
The heart that had been on the verge of breaking caught fire again, and the knights looked at the demons with eyes filled with fighting spirit.
"We are  alive !"
"With pride in our hearts!"
Let's swing our swords!"
Come on, let's go!'
The death squad has decided that this is where they will end their lives. It had been decided from the start, but somewhere in the back of his mind, he was still waiting for reinforcements. But after seeing Barbaroth's struggle, that thought disappeared.
"We don't need reinforcements."
"Let us show our strength here."
The final battle between the demons who have lost  their  mind and the death squad with their passionate fighting spirit begins.
Barbaroto, who is playing a lion's share of the action, was taking on multiple ogres by himself.
The Ogre tries to kill  him , but is thrown off by  his speed. The Ogre, unable to reach the serious Barbaroo , was killed one by one.
Barbaroto  stops aiming at the ogre for a moment and turns to the troll.
Trolls have a nasty regenerative ability, but they are not as powerful as the ogre. Still, they are more powerful than orcs. If they were caught, they would be crushed and killed in a heartbeat.
However, it would be extremely difficult to catch Barbaroth now. No troll could catch him. However, trolls are not so easy to catch.
No matter how many times Barbaroto  slashes them, they will regenerate and return to their original state.
"So what!"
"Then I  will slay  them at a speed that  they can't regenerate!""
Regardless of how much the troll regenerated, Barbaroto would slash the troll s at a speed faster than it could regenerate. He slashed again and again, and when he had completely surpassed the speed at which the troll regenerated, Barbaroto cut the troll into small pieces.
This is what it means to say and do. Without slowing down, Barbarotho sliced the next troll into pieces.
The knights of the Death Squad were inspired by  his overwhelming strength.
The battle between the  monsters and the Death Squad intensified.
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