The wasteland in front of Barse city's east gate!
「It seems this is the last of them.」
I said as I plopped on the ground, wiping the beads of sweat that came out
like a waterfall. Monsters kept coming out of the sea forest of Silke like
surging waves.
With the other hunters' and my cooperation, the small fries had been
exterminated. As for the monsters from the deep forest, we left them to
Wolfman and Knight Leader Arnold. Just a while ago, Knight Leader
Arnold had slain the last one-eyed giant, thus confirming our victory in this
defensive battle.
Now, we only had to deal with the other small fries, such as goblins and
kobolds. Low-rank hunters were more than enough to deal with the likes of
those monsters.
Everyone was exhausted at this point. Even with the fastest carriage, that
youth, Kai Heineman, might need around one day to reach this place from
Luserhall. I felt relieved since we had managed to overcome this crisis
without having to use the final trump card, that youth.
「That seems to be most of them.」
The muscular, middle-aged man with blue hair and stubble beard voiced
Ilsa's heartfelt feelings as he approached her.
「Yeah, you must be exhausted too, Knight Leader! Please take a rest, and
leave everything else to us!」
I tried to prop myself up with a cheerful smile, but it seemed my body was
really at the limit. Thus, I fell back on my rear.
「Hahaha! You guys did a good job! Don't force yourself! Leave the matter
of dealing with the aftermath to me and Wolfman.」
Knight Leader Arnold suggested that while looking at the tall man whose
face was covered in a wolf mask and who was wearing wolf fur. Wolfman
kept looking in the direction of the sea forest of Silke even now.
The knight leader and Wolfman had been fighting non-stop for the last few
days. Even after we had almost won, they kept fighting. That made me
wonder whether they were humans like us.
（Now I realized just what kind of an existence is the so-called S-class
hunter.）
My goal was the superman who hailed as an S-class hunter, the target of
envy for every hunter in the world. Honestly, I had no idea that there was so
much difference between our powers.
Upon a closer look, I realized that these two men were standing at such
terrifying heights. Maybe, that was also how large the gap between them
and the top of the world was. I chewed my lips upon feeling the
incomprehensible in my heart.
「Understood! I shall withdraw along with everyone.」
I propped myself again and bowed to Knight Leader Arnold.
「Yeah, I'll leave that matter to you.」
Knight Leader Arnold lightly nodded as he spoke.
「ARNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!!」
Suddenly, Wolfman's scream resounded in the wasteland. I turned around
toward the source of that scream and saw that Wolfman had already
assumed his stance, his gaze still fixed on the sea forest of Silke.
At the end of his line of sight was a goat-headed man wearing foreign
clothes.
「That one is… bad news.」
This was the first time in these few days that I had heard Knight Leader
Arnold speak in an anxious tone.
Arnold then drew his sword, lowering his center of gravity as he focused on
that goat-headed man.
These two men had never raised their guards like this even when they were
fighting against the monsters from the deep forest. Does that mean this
goat-headed man is far more dangerous than the one-eyed giant? I mean,
he doesn't seem to be that powerful…
「EVACUATE! Take everyone to the gates!」
After saying so, both Knight Leader Arnold and Wolfman sprinted toward
the goat-headed man. Thus, the clash between two of humanity's strongest
and the goat-headed man began.