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Volume 7 Chapter 177

Holy City Defense Battle (2/4)

「I’m sorry for being late. I will definitely revive all your comrades」
「Eh, ah—.」
The defense chief of the western city’s wall of the Holy City, who was called out by Tina, was stupefied.
All his subordinates had been defeated by the monsters. Furthermore, as demons appeared, those who had been sent as messengers were killed, and they couldn’t even inform the public about the emergency situation.
He too had been affected by the tremendous demonic power and had given up on life after his prized sword was broken.
Out of nowhere, a beautiful woman appeared there and instantly slaughtered two demons. He couldn’t believe the scene before his eyes.
He was captivated by every move of the beautiful woman.
She was said to be Tina Haribel, the legendary hero who saved the world a hundred years ago.
It was unbelievable enough that the legendary hero had suddenly appeared in this place, but she said she would revive the dead subordinates.
Not everyone was dead, but there were more than fifty people who needed revival.
Only the Holy Maiden could use Resurrection in this Holy City. The Holy Maiden could only use the resurrection magic a maximum of twenty times a day.
This was a fact known only to a few of the soldiers defending the Holy City, but the defense chief on the western side knew it. That’s why he couldn’t believe Tina’s words.
「Please carry the fallen ones to a safe place. Some of them are still alive」
「B-but, the monsters—-」
Regardless of whether he believed Tina’s words about reviving his subordinates or not, it was a good idea to move the fallen subordinates, at least those who were still barely alive, from this place.
However, there were still many flying monsters around. Although their demon commander had been defeated, there was no guarantee that they would leave him alone while he moved his subordinates.
「It’s okay. We will defeat the monsters」
The defense chief had doubts about Tina’s use of 『we』 but he immediately understood the meaning.
Suddenly, the demons flying in the sky were blown away.
As if a gigantic wall had flown in at high speed, a dozen or so monsters flying nearby were blown away in a cluster.
「I tried to imitate Haruto’s technique, nya!」
When the defense chief looked in the direction of the voice, a beast girl with orange hair was walking lightly.
Meldie created a huge fist of condensed magic power and struck all the monsters with it.
「Great job, Meldie」
「Thank you, nya! Rifa will soon bring the soldiers here」
「I see. Then let’s go down and confront the enemy. We can leave the sky to them」
「Roger, nya!」
The defense chief who had heard the conversation between the sudden appearance of the beast girl, Meldie, and Tina doubted his own eyes.
Tina and Meldie jumped down from the city’s wall to the outside of the Holy City.
Even without firing any light bullets, it was possible to confirm that a vast number of monsters were heading towards this Holy City.
The ground was trembling as the monsters advanced.
Approximately a thousand monsters were heading to lay waste to the Holy City.
The monsters that had attacked this place earlier were probably the vanguard of that force.
Even they were all C-rank monsters.
That meant there might be B-rank or A-rank monsters in that main force.
Moreover, defeating the demons earlier didn’t mean the end of it.
There might have been several demons in that main force as well.
Facing the worst demonic army composed of a thousand monsters and multiple demons—- Tina and the others didn’t hesitate to leave for the outside the city’s wall.
「I-impossible—-」
No matter how much they spoke of the hero Tina, it was impossible for her to continue fighting against such a large number of enemies.
Eventually, she would exhaust herself, weaken, and be overwhelmed by the monsters.
It was impossible to let only the two women fight.
The defense chief picked up a soldier’s sword and started walking.
He didn’t know how much he could contribute to the hero’s strength, but he was determined to at least become her shield. He intended to come down under the city’s wall and fight.
「Leave it to Tina-sama and Meldie. You should rest」
In front of the stairs leading down the city’s wall, he was stopped by a very beautiful voice.
Similar to Tina, a beautiful elf who didn’t look like she belonged on the battlefield stood there.
Behind her were the soldiers who protected this Holy City and the holy knights lined up.
「Ah, who are you?」
「I am Rifa Elnor. Due to certain circumstances, I have been entrusted with the command of the Holy City Defense Force by Holy Maiden Seira」
Saying that, Rifa showed the rapier she had received from Seira.

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Duke Ifel, who ruled the Holy City Sanctum, was actually the greatest enemy of the Holy City —- the demon Gusion.
Furthermore, the priests who held the power second only to Duke Ifel were also brainwashed by Gusion.
Elmia, who led the holy knights, was still missing.
In other words, there was no one to command the defense forces of this Holy City and the holy knights.
Although Holy Maiden Seira, the Holy Maiden, was able to command them, she had lost most of her power to Gusion, so she didn’t have the strength to fight demons now.
However, Seira was afraid that the Holy City would be devastated if there was no one to lead them, so even though she only had the status of an ordinary town girl now, she tried to go out onto the battlefield.
Rifa stopped her.
Instead of Seira— she proposed to take command herself. When Rifa was in her homeland Alfheim, she had her own unit, albeit a small one, and had the ability to command it.
Around that time, the holy knights who sensed the abnormality at the Great Temple arrived.
It took time to explain the current situation to the holy knights and persuade Seira, who insisted on taking command, but eventually, an agreement was reached that Rifa would go to the front lines, and Seira would take charge of evacuating the residents.
For protection, Seira was accompanied by four holy knights, and Yokuko and Luna were with her.
Rifa then asked for help from the holy knights who were present at the scene to persuade the soldiers of the Holy City Defense Force and gathered the fighters while coming to the city’s wall.
「Take the fallen members of the defense force to the medical unit. All the holy knights, deploy on the city’s wall」
Following Rifa’s instructions, the soldiers carried the fallen ones defeated by the monsters to the medical unit, and the holy knights spread out on the city’s wall.
「If you only target the monsters that Tina-sama and Meldie have missed, it should be fine. Please don’t push yourselves too hard. Let’s…… let’s protect the Holy City!!」
「「「Ooohh!!」」」
The morale of the holy knights was high.
One reason was that they had received the intense support of the beautiful elf—-
However, what they didn’t know was that Yoko had cast a brainwashing spell on the entire Holy City.
It reduced the fear of the fleeing residents, prevented confusion, and gave courage to the holy knights who were facing a thousand demons, stopping their hands and feet from trembling.
For nearly a hundred years, the Holy City, which had been untouched by the fear of demons, was suddenly attacked by a large demonic army. Normally, there should have been much greater chaos.
But thanks to Yoko’s behind-the-scenes work, the Holy City had transformed into a 『battle-ready city』.