‘When you arrive, I want you all to climb on the outer walls of the town and look outward! And try to maintain an even distance from each other!’

I sent the order to the slimes .

This would be my first time creating a barrier of this size .

‘Okay!’

There was no time for rehearsals…but I had a lot of slimes, so it should be fine .

–While I was contacting the slimes and making preparations, the Adventurers continued to fight in order to protect the town .

“All of you! It’s just three more minutes that we have to hold the line!”

“Aye!”

They said as they held back the monsters from rus.h.i.+ng into the town .

As time went by, the number of monsters that pushed against them increased…but they somehow managed to hold them back .

—And then three minutes pa.s.sed .

‘I’m ready!!’

‘I’m ready when you are!’

‘Good! Proud Wolf, you should come inside now!’

‘Understood!’

So saying, the Proud Wolf slipped pa.s.sed the Adventurers with my concealment magic, and entered the town .

At the same time, the guild workers gave the order, and the Adventurers began to retreat into the town as well .

Now, the only thing that was outside of the walls was the enemy monsters .

“Magic Transfer–Magic Transfer Barrier!”

First, I surrounded the town with a barrier .

At the same time, to prevent the force of the magic from spreading out into the sky, I set up a barrier outside of the wall that was the same height as the wall that the slimes were on .

“…h.e.l.lfire of Death!”

I chanted . And then all at once, the barrier that surrounded the town became completely red .

There seemed to be a short pause, and then there was a thunderous boom as flames exploded everywhere .

“Woah!”

“So this the fire of a dragon…”

“How can a barrier be strong enough to withstand that…?”

The Adventurers cried out as they watched .

After a while, the flames and smoke cleared, and I could see through the slimes’ vision .

Just like when I had used h.e.l.lfire of Obliteration the last time, the ground was red hot and all the monsters surrounding the town had turned into ash without exception .

However…

There are monsters far away!’

‘There are still monsters left in the distance!’

Monsters that had been slower to arrive had survived .

As they had come in a large group, there was always going to be a delay in the time of arrival for those towards the back of the packs .

Not only that, but there had been an especially large pack that had been just barely out of the area of effect, which meant that many monsters were still alive .

Due to the situation here, it would not have been possible to wait until all of them had arrived…but the timing still felt bad .

And of course, the surviving monsters charged towards the town immediately .

The ground should still be hot…but that didn’t seem to affect their bloodl.u.s.t .

I estimated that I had killed about sixty percent of them with my magic .

It wasn’t bad, but still far away from killing them all .

If I didn’t do something, they would arrive just as the ground started to cool, and then break into the town .

If the Adventurers all worked together, they might be able to defend the town for a short while…but the walls wouldn’t last if the fight went on for too long .

I had to think of something… First, I would check my status .

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Job: Tamer, Sage

Skills: Taming, Light Magic, Shadow Magic, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Thunder Magic, Wind Magic, Time-s.p.a.ce Magic, Special Magic, Great Magic, Familiar Magic, Support Magic, Altering Magic, Ultra Combat Arts .

Attributes: None

HP: 524/702

MP: -204201/1820

Abnormality: Overuse of magic

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…I had more than half of my HP left at least .

The last time I used it, it had taken almost all of my HP… It was a good thing that my max HP had gone up since then .

Still, losing HP gave me a headache and I felt pain all over my body . But I could at least move .

–So I was capable of doing something daring .

‘…Time for another round!’

I declared to the slimes .