I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

71 – Bait

The next morning,

A barbarian village that looks no different from the morning scenery of an ordinary village.

But…

The eyes and whispers of the villagers looking at me after I came out of the house…

At first, I groped my face, wondering if something was on my face, but the villagers still kept whispering.

“Hero, are you awake?”

Gilbert approached me while I was looking around at the villagers’ whispers…

He was coming after me, looking around, as if it seemed strange that I stood there and looked around.

“Hero, why are you like this?”

“Hmm… I don’t know if it’s how I feel, but why do people around me seem to be whispering about me?”

“Ha.. hahahaha.. Don’t worry too much about it. Maybe it’s because it’s strange to meet the hero.”

If it’s just because it’s amazing, shouldn’t it show the same reactions yesterday as it does now?

I don’t know why the villagers who were calm yesterday are acting like that today.

“Ah! You should have breakfast. Warrior? Others have already gathered in the dining room.”

“Ah… Yes.”

I tried to ask Gilbert, who kept looking at me, but he hurriedly changed the subject and led me towards the restaurant.

In the restaurant, Irene, Lucia, and Kir, who woke up before me, were eating first, and across from them, Irene’s mother, Queen Andrea, was also sitting.

“Hero, come and sit down.”

I slowly approached and sat down at the queen’s guidance, which somehow seemed to have changed the atmosphere from last night.

“Did you have any discomfort while sleeping? Aren’t you cold anyway?”

“Ah… Yes. Thanks to you, I slept well.”

Judging from the queen’s attitude, it just seems like the same reaction as yesterday…

The queen handed out the food on the table to me one by one and continued to offer food.

“What are you going to do after defeating the demon lord?”

“Yes?”

“Are you going to stay in the kingdom of Argen? Or do you even get a title?”

“Well… They say so… But I don’t think so…”

Let alone the demon king, I did not defeat the aide Krall, who is suspected of being the Four Heavenly Kings in the palace.

I don’t know why the queen asked such a question already, and Irene, who was sitting next to her, was looking at me and the queen’s face alternately, as if she didn’t know why.

“Ah! Then, do you actually have thoughts in other kingdoms?”

“Yes… Well, it could be… I haven’t decided yet… But why…?”

“Ah~ hahahaha, no. Sorry. You are eating…”

The queen hastily apologized, and then, with a shy smile, she offered me some food.

After a few minutes of eating like that, the time of silence passed again…

I wondered if the villagers were making a fuss outside, and then a barbarian warrior kicked open the door and came in.

“Your Majesty! It is said that the villagers who were held in the palace succeeded in escaping and are running away.”

Our meal stopped at the barbarian warrior’s words, and Irene got up from her seat and roughly wiped her mouth with a napkin.

“Mom, I will be back soon.”

“Me too…”

Irene followed Irene without Lucia, and I and Kiru left the house as they were.

If the real villagers are running away from the palace,

Since the Four Heavenly Kings or Necromancers could be chasing you, you hurriedly followed the Barbarian warriors to the palace.

*****

The palace of the Duchy of Alsmeyer.

Due to the blizzard the day before, the snow was piled up under the windows that had not been closed even though it was indoors…

Sayer, who was walking down the hallway, frowned when he saw the snow.

I hurriedly moved thinking of Balak, the same Four Heavenly Kings who were waiting for a report.

On the outside, he has a pretty man’s face and even his voice is neutral, but his personality is dirtier than an orc’s, so I don’t know what else to say…

Smart.

In the past, it was the king’s office, but now it’s the duke’s office.

The Four Heavenly Kings, Balak, were sitting there wearing the mask of aide Kroll instead of the duke.

“I released the captives as instructed.”

“hehehehe…Then shall we go out soon?”

“…..”

Balak got up from his seat, put on his coat, and was looking down at the palace through the window of his office.

The outside situation, which Seir could see at a glance, was that the humans who had left the palace were sprinting to get out of the castle gate,

After that, he was screaming for help as he was pursued by the undead.

Watching the scene with interest, Ballak left the office first with lingering eyes, and Seir also followed him.

“I will head to the barbarian village hidden in the mountain on this road, and Seir-sama is leading the Necromancers and dealing with the warrior party.”

“Yes…”

“Your mission is not to defeat the hero, but to buy time, so there is no need to overdo it.”

“Yes…”

“Just in case you don’t disappoint me like yesterday, right?”

“Ps.. I won’t disappoint you…”

After hearing Sayre’s answer, Ballak looked at him with a suspicious look on his face for a while, then shook his head and walked on his way again.

“Haa… Why do I feel uneasy after being entrusted with a job?”

“…..”

“Even the demon lord… Yea… To see such a person seated as the Four Heavenly Kings and lurking in the Great Hall…”

“…..”

Balach continued to humiliate Seir,

Sayre couldn’t stand it and was about to say a word, but the memory of Ballak’s death the day before came to mind, so he shut his mouth again and clenched his teeth.

“Again, until I give you a signal, you must keep the warrior party on their feet.”

“Ugh… Yeah…”

After leaving his last words, Ballack headed towards the mountain where the barbarian village was located through the back of his palace.

Seir led the necromancers waiting outside and chased them in the direction where the captives fled.

Seir, who did not need to kill humans or stir up a party of warriors, deliberately slowed down the pursuit and approached from behind, scaring her away.

I couldn’t run away, so I could clearly feel the presence of humans hiding around me, but I ignored it and just headed forward.

“Yaaa!!!!”

The barbarian warriors who came from the barbarian village rushed at the undead chasing the prisoners with shouts of cheer.

Every time he swung his huge axe, dozens of undead’s heads fled and their spirits increased.

Some large barbarians use the power of their size to rip off zombies’ limbs,

We were showing combat methods that did not make sense to common sense.

And then…

Sock! Shut up! Months! Months! Months!

Kir, the Dark Elf who came through the undead at high speed and stabbed only the vital points with the daggers in both hands, was aiming for the necromancers like yesterday…

Kang!!!

Seir hurriedly blocked Kir’s dagger and was able to prevent further slaughter.

“The Four Heavenly Kings Seir?”

Sayir’s magic spear with a long attack distance was good enough to safely block Kir’s dagger with a short attack distance, but

Soon Kir turned his body and his dagger rode up the spear and aimed at Seir.

Kang! Kang! Cancan!!

Seir, who managed to block Kir’s dagger that was attacking him by quickly changing his stance, continued his attack without a chance to catch his breath…

“Whoops!”

Kir’s dagger penetrated so deeply that Seir could not bear to block it with his spear, so he hurriedly turned to avoid her attack.

“Sheesh…”

Kir, who had just seen his attack miss, showed regret by kicking the tip of his tongue,

Sayre barely escaped the attack, and cold sweat ran down his back and soaked his underwear.

“It’s quite the way… Kir…”

Seir was pretending to be relaxed by spouting her words that seemed to compliment her, but her Kir skills were definitely stronger than when she was in the Demon King’s Army.

Thinking of her using her normal dagger, unlike herself using her magic spear, it was no different from a fight that Seir had already lost with her skills.

Quad Deuk!!

After Kir, Irene with hair the same color as the snow that appeared on the floor appeared and froze the undead’s feet so that they could not advance any further.

Boom!!! Bang!!!

And then, huge chunks of ice that fell from the sky headed for Seir,

Sayre was overwhelmed by Kir’s dagger attack and Irene’s ice attack, which were stabbing at high speed, let alone avoiding the attack.

Sayre, who had barely escaped the attack of the two, was attacked unexpectedly…

Roaring!

Sayre, who was hit by the attack of the warrior who rushed in flames, floated in the air once and was thrown to the ground.

Boom!

“Cool!!”

Seir’s body, which was expected to be less affected by the fall due to the amount of snow on it, vomited blood as it was at the stronger impact than expected.

Chuck!

Remembering the words of the Four Heavenly Kings, Balak, to hold on to the warrior party as much as possible, Seir tried to fight again, but

The warrior’s holy sword was already touching his neck.

“It’s been a while.. Sayre.”

The hero’s life-filled regards reminded him of the figure of the hero who melted and killed the Four Heavenly Kings, Kim Maris, in the last battle with the heat of the holy sword, and his fingertips began to tremble.

“Yo.. Hero…”

No matter how late the hero appeared, Seir did not know that he would be pushed this far by the warrior party members.

I expected that he would be able to buy some time until the Four Heavenly Kings, Ballack, entered the barbarian village…

This is because I lost so absurdly, like an adult playing with a child.