Legend

The determination to make that decision instantly without hesitation was also a testament to his title of the Flash.

But of course, Rei and Elena didn’t see the need to consider Theorem’s proposed deal.

「Why do we have to let you retreat? As you can see, there’s two of us here and just one of you.
In this current situation, it wouldn’t be too hard to capture or kill you.」

Rei replied to Theorem as he walked over to Elena step by step.

Elena agreed with Rei as she watched to make sure Theorem didn’t make any strange moves.

Theorem glanced at the two of them.
Despite being in danger of dying, he spoke up with a faint smile.

「It’s true that I was struggling to handle the General Princess.
I also won’t be able to win against the two of you.
But have you forgotten? I’m the commander that leads the Demon Soldiers.
As a result of the process to turn a human into a Demon Soldier, some of them have experienced a sharp decline in ethics and intelligence.
However, to prevent the secrets of Demon Soldiers, our trump card, from being stolen by other countries, some measures have been put in place.
……That said, this was all done hastily because of the Demon Soldiers that were captured in Gilm.」

All thanks to you.
Although he didn’t voice those words, Rei could tell what Theorem wanted to say to him.

「……What have you set up?」

「What do you think? Maybe I don’t have anything prepared, maybe it will be something fatal.
Of course, you are the ones who will decide, not me.
But……I recommend not regretting your choice.
You might kill me, but Count Arius will be killed by the Demon Soldiers……how could I not thank you for that?」

He’s bluffing.
That was Rei’s first thought.
However, he had no evidence and could only base it on his intuition.
Set was also close to Count Arius.
Even though they hadn’t met for long, the incredibly friendly and sociable noble, Siminar, was also there.

But unless they could prove that Theorem was lying, there was nothing they could do to him in that situation.
To make matters worse, when Rei and Elena had gone to the dungeon to perform the Inheritance Ceremony, the giant mantis monster, created by the Bestir Empire’s alchemists, that they had fought had disappeared without a trace after they had killed it.
They had seen it happen with their own eyes.
Because of that, they couldn’t just treat Theorem’s words as some random bluff.

「What do we do? As for me, I think he’s just bluffing as final attempt, but I can’t guarantee that.
In the worst case……」

At Rei’s words, Elena frowned slightly.

Elena’s guess was that Theorem was lying.
However, for the same reasons as Rei, she had no way of proving it.
She couldn’t make a careless decision.

The two of them spent 30 seconds considering.
That time ended up being decisive for Theorem.

「……Theorem-sama, are you okay?」

What appeared with those words was a robe wearing mage with the lower body of a spider and the upper body of a human.

「Ah, somehow.
By the way, sorry to call you over so early, but can you do something about them? Especially the one with the large scythe.」

「It’s impossible.」

Gilgos replied to Theorem without any delay.

「Given his enormous magic power, I will definitely be pushed back in a magic fight.」

Despite saying that, Gilgos didn’t seem to be upset about it.

Just from that, it was possible to tell how strange Gilgos was considering that most people who could see magic power would usually fall into a state of panic or confusion after feeling Rei’s magic power.

「Well.
Seeing that Gilgos has come this far and you have yet to make a move, can I consider the deal to be accepted?」

「……It can’t be helped.
Leave.」

Rei unintentionally turned to look at Elena at her words.

In response, she shook her head at Rei to say that there was nothing they could do.

「I see, we’ll pull out.
Gilgos, signal.」

「Yes!」

At Theorem’s words, Gilgos used some fire magic to shoot a signal as he pointed his cane to the sky.
Maybe it was something like a flare gun to signal withdrawal, a circular flame burned with a flash in the air before disappearing.
Seeing that, Theorem left on his warhorse.

Following after Theorem, Gilgos left Rei and Elena.

Before he left, Gilgos turned to look back at Rei, as if watching him, leaving a strong impression.

(Most of the other Demon Soldiers look like humans with monster like elements added on top.
But that man, Gilgos, has a distinct human and monster parts to his body.
He must have used a different method to other Demon Soldiers……if I think back to this moment in the future, I will probably wish I had killed him right here.)

「……What do we do now?」

Seeing Theorem leave, Rei called out to Elena beside her.

「Well, it depends on the decisions of the higher ups.
As it is, the battle coming to an end……will probably not happen.」

「You mean we can’t just stop at repelling the Bestir Empire’s invasion?」

「The main army was ambushed, the Royalist faction suffered a lot of damage and the chief commander is Count Arius from the Royalist faction.
Furthermore, the Bestir Empire’s army was also devastated by Rei’s fire tornado and the following fighting.」

「Do they want to attack the weakened enemy and earn merit to cancel out the losses of the main army being ambushed?」

「Probably.
Any how, let’s go over to Count Arius right away.
No matter what judgements we make, there’s no point in talking about it here.」

Saying that, she reached out a hand to Rei from on top her warhorse.

Rei looked at her hand for a moment before realising Elena’s cheeks were faintly red.
Grasping her hand in embarrassment, Rei got on the warhorse as well.

「Normally, the positions of the man and woman would be reversed.」

Rei’s embarrassed voice disappeared silently into the field where Elena and Theorem had been fighting fiercely until a short time ago.

Fortunately, the only one who heard that was Yellow, flying above them.