The Hero Who Saved the World Was Reborn As A Beautiful Girl
Episode 11 Flood Monster

- Lapis's point of view

“Will be destroyed..means there is not a single person left.

"That's true, but it looks like everyone will be annihilated."

One day after work, we heard that an incredible guild meeting was going to be held, so we gathered in the conference room and heard from guild master Clique that the party that went to investigate the dungeon had been destroyed. Just as they entered the basement, Karin and Ciel were both at the entrance, and I heard various complaints that such a party went inside, she said, but I didn't expect it to end like this. The faces of the people gathered were dark. Can't you do that too? After all, the party that was annihilated this time was the strongest party in this guild, and on top of that, they even joined the support of other guilds, too, so it is safe to assume that the demand to subjugate the king is actually impossible to achieve. In other words, it meant that the flood of monsters could not be prevented.

“Master, what are you going to do?

“Isn't it better to advise residents to evacuate..?”.

"That's also good, but why don't you gather adventurers as a fighting force regardless of rank? The soldiers here won't be able to protect us alone."

Staff members give advice for preventive measures. I wish I could say something, but unfortunately I can't make a good move. That's because I've always been the only one in a hurry...

"Everyone, please calm down. This report has been submitted to master, and we have requested the support of the various guilds to increase our strength. I am in the process of asking the village and the village to cooperate. When the real battle came, only soldiers and adventurers had to remain in the city."

Everyone was relieved to stroke their chests. The process is quick and precise. As expected of the Creek. While I was secretly impressed, Miranda-san raised her hand.

"Master. Do you have any information about the enemy? They weren't just killed, were they?"

Creek nodded, cleared a little, and continued.

"I have a little bit of information. According to the information that the party members who were annihilated before they died, the enemy was an undead. At the very least, he's a ghost.he's gonna be king, so I wonder if he's a lich or a vampire."

"That's it!?"

"Lich or Vampire!"

"How did you beat that!"

As the place became noisy, I was confused by the reaction of the people around me. Lich - the highest ranked monster among the undead of the undead type. Cleric can fall into darkness and become undead, and necromancy users can become lichs of their own choosing. Both of them used high-level magic, and were powerful monsters that could kill normal humans with just poison coming out of their bodies.

and vampires. Needless to say, this is a vampire. It has a special ability that can transform its body into any living thing or into a fog. He was strong and had a sturdy body, and with just his physical abilities, he should not be able to face ordinary adventurers. And the vampire's most annoying ability is her endurance. As long as the coffins hidden somewhere were not destroyed, they were almost invulnerable and showed resilience. Conversely, if the coffin is destroyed, anyone can defeat it.

These two are monsters that I have fought several times during my active career. When I was immature, I had a hard time fighting it, but now only monsters I could defeat easily, and in the past it was an enemy that even people other than me could defeat. But well.if you look at the adventurers at the moment, they are formidable opponents.

“To fight them, holy attribute magic...in other words, recovery magic and purification magic are the most effective, but currently, the, we do not get the cooperation of the pastors as we want.”

"No... Which church is it?!"

"So far, the temple of the war god Gale and the temple of the fertility god Faltira have promised cooperation. I haven't received it."

A river that looks like it was bitten by a bitter insect. Everyone is equally unhappy. Even I, who had not lived in the city for a long time, could figure out why I could not get the cooperation of all the temples. The temple that had promised to cooperate was a sect temple with many believers in this city, and besides, there was only a temple with few believers. In other words, one of the reasons was because of the number of small priests, and the other reason might be because they did not want to risk their lives to cooperate with a city that did not treat them well.

I don't know.... If I take the initiative and work together at a time like this, I think my reputation will increase and the number of believers will increase ... Is my way of thinking wrong?

"For that reason, we cannot expect too many pastors. I think I'll decide. Listen."

Saying so, Creek took out a large piece of paper and attached it to the wall. It contains the names and roles of each guild member. For example, guild master Clique led the adventurers and directed the frontlines, Kamille-san was behind the supporting activities, and Miranda-san was the envoy coordinator of each unit. Wanting to know what my job was, I looked at my column and found the unexpected word written there.

"Um, Sir. My job is..."

"Ah. Lapis, I want to ask you to recover behind. As I just said, there aren't enough pastors."

"I don't mind, but I'm—"

Krieg held me back when I was about to say something. I'm sure Krieg knows about my sword skill, but is it because of my appearance that I'm not allowed to fight on the front lines and instead become a recovery agent behind the scenes?

“I know you're strong, Lapis. He might be stronger than anyone in this group. But this battle—no, this war is beyond your own capabilities. Rather than using a sword on the frontline, I will want to ask you to heal the wounded."

"Oh I understand."

I realized that my mouth, which was about to argue again, stopped moving by itself. If you forcibly apply for the front line here, you will probably get permission. If I use my strength, I think I can exterminate a group of monsters with a wide variety of magic attacks, but I can predict what will happen after that, he said, so I reflexively pretended to be sure.

After defeating the Demon King, what kind of treatment did I receive? You have experienced many things that are too powerful to be a target of avoidance. Now that I know good people and have a stable basis in life, losing it is even scarier. Treated as monsters by Karin and Ciel, and treated as swelling by Mr. Camille and Mr. Mirandas. Such a scene flashed through my mind and I could not open my mouth. Gokuri - my throat rang without me noticing. If anyone knows my powers, they might condemn my decision as a coward. But I never had the courage to do it.

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Guild and lord. After the announcement of the two, residents left the city one after another and fled to their respective evacuation destinations. They could not carry household items, so they could only carry valuables. Meanwhile, the nearly deserted city was constantly patrolled by soldiers 24 hours a day to deter fire thieves. Before the evacuation, the master announced that the fire thief would be sentenced to death, so I don't think they would steal unless they were very brave. If they are caught, they will be executed later or on the spot.

The army was busy ensuring the safety of the evacuated residents and maintaining public order in the city. During that time, neither the guild nor the adventurers played. Those who could use magic built the earth wall as a simple barrier, while the other adventurers moved to take care of their weapons and took out healing potions. As a guild employee, I was also busy with the job of storing precious materials.

"Karin and Ciel.. Are you okay?"

Two men who voluntarily fought on the front lines. I don't think the two of them will be defeated so easily now, as they have been training in the mountains, but I can't erase my anxiety. I told them to escape without hesitation if it was dangerous, but I was worried that the two of them might do something unreasonable. Moving my hands to continue working, I prayed that the two of them would return safely.

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- Ciel's point of view

We were on a small hill some distance from the dungeon. Adventurers with ranged attacks and a group of adventurers who were experts in melee attacks were waiting here. Inside the dungeon, a fast-footed adventurer remained as a liaison and continued the dangerous reconnaissance mission. Our turn came after they told us about the flood of monsters.

"You're nervous, Ciel."

"I know, but this is the first time I've fought in a group with this many people, and it's scary."

I know Karin's personality well because I've had many adventures with her. She is a strong girl who keeps smiling even in trouble to turn on her friends. Karin is stiff. I wanted to ease her tension somehow, but I couldn't say anything about anyone else, and above all, I didn't have any leeway in my heart. After all, the gold-ranked party has been annihilated, so I don't know how strong the enemy is.

(I wonder how effective our strength is against such a formidable opponent.).

I looked around and looked around. There were about fifty adventurers in total here. There were a few, but most of them were of medium iron rank. Among them, there was even a bronze rank consisting of adventurers. To be honest, I don't feel comfortable with that as a fighting force.

"Our role is to check and stop them, and the full-scale interception is supposed to be done by the city army and senior adventurers, so it's not too dangerous."

"I hope so, but..."

Everyone knew that once the battle really started, things didn't go according to plan. Karin might understand it in her head, but I think she wants to be convinced by making him confess it verbally.

“…………”

“…………”

Conversation interrupted. Other adventurers no longer had time to joke, so no one wanted to talk. There had been reports from the reconnaissance team several times since a while ago, but it seemed to be only a matter of time before the swarm of monsters had reached the basement prison's basement floor and would overflow out. If you come, come with Sassa! No, don't come! While such thoughts went back and forth, an adventurer came running from the dungeon with a loud voice.

"They're coming! They're right here! They're already outside! Ready to fight!"

The adventurers took out their weapons at once. I pulled my favorite stick and Karin drew her sword, preparing for the enemy's attack.

"……What?"

"earthquake?"

The pebbles under my feet jumped and shook the ground. Is there an earthquake at a time like this? I thought so, but soon found otherwise. This was because I could see a swarm of monsters that caused the ground to tremble coming towards us while increasing the vibration.

"Wow!"

"Hi!"

"You lied!"

Too many! Hundreds or two hundred monsters rushed towards us while letting out a terrifying roar. Bronze Ranked adventurers had lost their fighting spirit just because of this, and there were some Iron Rankers fleeing. At this rate, I won't be able to buy enough time and let them pass! In a panic, I raised my cane and jumped forward.

"Ciel!?"

"I'll use magic!"

If we don't slow them down in the slightest, we can't talk about it. I held the wand in my hand and pushed it forward, and started chanting magic with a unified mind. Thanks to Lapis-chan's training, I can now cast spells that are many times stronger than before, quickly and reliably. I chose fire magic. The small fireball burning at the end of the stick grew larger along with the singing, swelling to a diameter of about fifty centimeters.

"Fire! Burn them!"

As I shouted and poured magic power into it, the giant fireball that appeared at the end of my staff flew excitedly towards the herd of monsters. And then, a moment later, when it hit the leading monster, the entire area sunk into the sea of flames. Monsters scream and pass out. There seemed to be a lot of confusion as the monsters escaped while still burning.

"Oh!"

"Looky! Magic with such power was rare even in the silver rank!"

"What an amazing sister!"

I like to be praised, but I cannot afford to be happy. The monsters were burning and rotting like dead trees without raising their voices. With the current blow, there was a response that I could defeat quite a lot. However, the swarm of monsters did not care about such an ally and continued to move forward past the corpses.

"This is not the time to watch! We'll do it too!"

"Sure!"

"I'll do it!"

An adventurer who held a bow and shot arrows one after another. The witches hammered their own magic into the crowd of monsters one after another. But there was no sign of their feet stopping. While the adventurers who could attack from a distance desperately attacked, some legged monsters quickly approached in this direction, so Karin and the other adventurers who were escorting them slashed down to intercept them.

"Hi!"

"Geez!"

"You motherfucker!"

The enemy boss should be undead, but the monsters that came out were many. Perhaps all the monsters hiding in the dungeon had come out. The things that Karin and the others just cut down were things like Orcs and kobolds that had no unity.

While Karin and the others were protecting us, we desperately continued to attack, but the group of leading monsters passed through the small hill where we were camping. Neither me nor the other witches had any mana left, and his bow and arrows seemed to be running out. Some of Karin and others were seriously injured, leaving us with little strength to fight.

"We are at our limits! If we stay here like this, we will be swallowed up by that group and annihilated!"

"Retreat! Back off! Don't leave the wounded! Don't let anyone die!"

On the orders of the adventurer who acted as the leader, we summoned our remaining energy and began to withdraw from the place. I shot the remaining arrows at the monsters approaching from behind, and desperately fled while lending my shoulder to the injured adventurers. Perhaps because they hated to leave the main body of the herd, the monsters stopped chasing them once they got some distance, so we sat on the ground and heaved a sigh of relief.

There was a city where we were based in the direction that the monsters were heading. When I return, is the city still there?