We were heading to our assigned watchtower.
If they were noticed, the surprise attack would fail, so we moved inconspicuously.
Night was the best time to make a surprise attack, but they could also summon the remaining knights in the mansion after attacking the lookout tower.
There were advantages to nighttime, so it was hard to decide which was better, but we decided to conduct the surprise attack in the daytime to make it easier for Yuna-chan and the others to invade the mansion and for Prim-chan's older sister to find them.
"Is Yuna-chan and the others okay?" ()
"It'll be okay." (Yuna)
"Kumayuru-chan and Kumakyu-chan are here too, so it's okay." (Noa)
"Yuna is strong" (Prim)
Everyone trusted Yuna-chan. I trusted her, but I was also worried.
She had to take Noa and find Prim's older sister and convince her.
In the worst-case scenario, if a knight or lord found out, there would be no way to persuade them. Therefore, we needed to destroy the magic circle on the lookout tower that took away the mana, and make the knights in the mansion realized that this lookout tower had been attacked. This would also lead to helping Yuna-chan and the others.
"Besides, from now on, conversation is strictly prohibited. I'll leave the mansion to Yuna and we'll do our own work." (Blitz)
As Blitz said, we had to do our job properly.
If Yuna-chan and her friends could convince Prim-chan's older sister, this town would be able to escape from this life where their mana was taken away.
From here on, we proceeded while communicating with each other through hand signals.
Blitz and Glimos would take the lead, while Ran and I would check the rear and provide support.
This was our party's fighting stance.
Blitz, who was hiding behind a tree, gave a hand signal asking us to come over.
Glimos moved first, followed by me and Ran.
A little ahead was a door that led into the lookout tower. As per guild master's information, there was no guard in front of the door.
According to the guild master, there was a guard at first, but recently, no one came near, so there were no guards anymore. However, the door was said to be locked.
At first, I thought we were going to break the door and break in, but guild master had prepared a duplicate key.
It seemed that he was ready to carry out the operation at any time.
That was all, he was putting a lot of effort into this strategy.
If we failed, guild master and the others would be in big trouble.
The lords and knights didn't know our true identity, so we could just run away, but guild master and the others couldn't do that.
Therefore, this strategy couldn't afford to fail.
Blitz took out the key that guild master entrusted to him. Then, looking up, he trotted towards the door. And he put his ear to the door and listened. After confirming that no one was near the door, he inserted the key and turned it slowly.
It seemed like he was able to unlock the door, so he slowly opened the door and looked inside through the gap.
After confirming that no one was near the door, Blitz gave a hand signal telling us to come over.
Glimos, Ran, and I checked our surroundings and trotted toward the door. Then, enter the door that Blitz opened for us.
When we entered, there was a spiral staircase.
Guild master's information said that there was a room upstairs and that the knights were there.
Blitz walked in front and slowly climbed the stairs without making a sound. We followed suit.
As you went up the stairs, Blitz gave us a hand signal.
It looked like there was a knight ahead. As I slowly climbed up, I could hear voices talking.
"I'm bored, I wanted to join in the demon subjugation."
"There's nothing special about the lookout."
"That being said, it's not like there's going to be a monster attack."
"The monster attack isn't the only reason we're here."
"Yes, but who is going to attack this place?"
It made me want to say, "It's us."
"In the beginning, the Adventurer's Guild was noisy, but now it's quiet and they do what we say."
"Well, most of the adventurers have left the city, and the only ones left in the city are lazy adventurers who can't complain at all."
I heard laughter.
The adventurers probably left the city because you stole their mana.
My anger came out.
While looking through the gap, Blitz gave a hand signal, held up two fingers. One person in front, one person on the right. We then received instructions on who would attack where.
We nodded at the instructions.
Then, at Blitz's signal, we rushed into the room.
"What?!"
Because the men were sitting in chairs, their reaction was delayed.
I casted wind magic on the knight in front of me, and Ran did the same to the knight on the right.
The knights were hit by the wind's impact and fell against the wall behind them.
Blitz and Glimos each ran towards the knights as soon as we released our magic, pointing their swords at the fallen knights and preventing them from getting back up.
"You shouldn't put your sword upwind of a knight who is on duty, and you shouldn't put it in a place where you can't reach it." (Blitz)
Blitz said while looking at the sword leaning against the wall.
Even if the knights stood up, they could not take hold of the sword.
"What are you guys?"
"There's no way we're going to give out name. I'll just tell you that we're adventurers who came to destroy the device that steals magic from this watchtower." (Blitz)
The men looked shocked at these words.
"Do you think you can do something like that and get away with it?"
"I don't think so. But I wonder what will happen if everything is destroyed and the fairy disappears from this city." (Blitz)
Maybe Blitz understood what he was saying.
The man's expression changes.
"You guys, Rhone-sama…"
"We came to steal her." (Blitz)
"What can just four people do?"
"We're not the only ones. Many people are working under my direction." (Blitz)
Blitz said like a villain.
It seemed like Blitz was going to be the villain this time.
An adventurer of unknown origin stole a fairy and left the city. This was the scenario that Blitz came up with.
It seemed that this was for the sake of the guild master who remained in the city.
Even if we were able to take Rhone away, the crime of invading the watchtower in this town and injuring the knight would not go away. If guild master and his friends became responsible, he might have to leave this city.
We were leaving this city, but this city needed guild master and the others.
What they needed were guild master and others who thought about the city, not us.
So, Blitz decided to take full responsibility.
We listened and agreed.
Then, the knight who could not resist was tied up with earth magic, and Blitz covered their mouth with a cloth.
"What happened?"
A man came down the stairs.
However, Glimos reacted faster than anyone else and slashed at him.
Before the knight who was calling out could react, he was slashed through the top of his armor and fell down the stairs, and Glimos followed him down the stairs.
We left Glimos in charge of the man who fell under the stairs, Ran and I watched over the stairs, and Blitz coverer the knight's mouth. It would be troublesome if someone made a noise and called for help.
But no one came down from above, and Glimos returned from the bottom of the stairs.
"He was unconscious, so I tied him up." (Glimos)
"There are now three people." ()
According to information from the guild master, there were three people.
Now everyone. But they said it would be a little different, so I wouldn't let my guard down.
We went up the stairs and went to the roof.
It seemed that the knight that Glimos dealt with earlier was the last one, so there was no one on the rooftop.
The view was nice.
A magic circle was drawn on the floor of the roof.
There were also many magic stones.
"This is a magic circle that steals magic power..." (Ran)
"I guess we should just destroy this." ()
"As a magic researcher, I don't want to destroy it, but there's no other way." (Ran)
Ran said while looking at the magic circle.
"There's no point in leaving it behind. It will be destroyed as we discussed at the beginning." ()
"Wait, at least just the magic stone!" (Ran)
Ran's words didn't reach Blitz, and Blitz destroyed the magic circle with his sword.
"We don't have time. The magic stones belong to the residents of this city. We can't take them away." ()
"I think it's a little bit better." ()
Ran's words were rejected, and we broke the magic circle as well.
"Now, all we have to do is let out some smoke to let people know that something happened on the lookout tower." ()
"Maybe we should burn down the things that are lying around." ()
There were a pile of boxes and clothes.
There were even chairs for knights to slack off on.
We burned boxes, clothes, and chairs, producing smoke.
"Let's hurry and head to the next location." (Blitz)
If there was smoke, the knights in the mansion and town would gather here.
In the meantime, Yuna-chan and the others had entered the mansion, and we were planning to head to the next watchtower.
If it was true, I wanted to destroy the magic circles on all the watchtowers at the same time, but we didn't have enough manpower.
As if to harass them, I blocked the stairs with earth magic and left the lookout tower.
It would take a little bit of effort, but we should be able to buy some time before they came to check.
Then, we arrived at the second watchtower and succeeded in destroying the magic circle in the same way. By then, smoke was already coming out from several lookout towers.
I was relieved that guild master and the others seemed to be succeeding safely.
When we finished destroying the second magic circle and went outside the lookout tower, about five knights were waiting for us.
"One man and three women"
One of the knights looked at us as if he was licking us.
"You guys are the adventurers who subjugated the monsters around the city. I finally got to see your face." ()
Do you know about us?
"Indeed, you have three beautiful women with you. As for the man, I'm better looking, so the information is wrong."
Have you never looked in the mirror?
Or maybe you have a bad eyesight?
But when I heard them calling us beautiful, it seemed like they didn't have bad eyesight, so I guessed they had never looked at themselves in the mirror.
"But I'm glad we followed captain's instructions."
"Is it as the captain says?" ()
"My captain saw through your plan, pretended to go to subjugate monsters, and came back to town."
In other words, information was leaked and the knights who went outside the city to subjugate monsters returned?
"However, the magic circle was destroyed by us." (Blitz)
Our objective had almost been achieved.
"I guess we just need to fix that. It's the lord who has to suffer."
The man laughed.
"But here, if you guys lose and the fairy is taken out, I don't think there's any point in fixing the magic circle." (Blitz)
"It's okay because the captain remains in the mansion. He's strong."
Guild master said that the captain was one head stronger than the others.
Therefore, we were supposed to settle the matter while the knight captain was out of town.
"I see. In that case, the captain who remained in that mansion was also out of luck. And we are lucky. We just have to deal with small fry." (Blitz)
Blitz raised his sword.
If the captain was as strong as guild master said, we might have been in trouble if he was here.
But Yuna-chan wouldn't lose no matter how strong her opponent was. As far as we know, she was a stronger and kinder adventurer than anyone else.
"What are you talking about?"
"As far as I know, the person who went to the mansion is the strongest person. And the person in front of me is a small fry." (Blitz)
"You!"
The knights attacked.
Author's Note
Let's go back in time a bit and find Blitz and his party.
The returning knight appeared to the Blitz's party.
I would like to trust the captain, but the outcome is...
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