Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"(... I'm going to fight rats for dozens of people...)"

The knights who were trying to exorcise and fight with just one little rat. Looking at that, Waltz seems to have doubted their sanity --

Zdwwwwww!!

—— No foreboding, suddenly blowing up the battlefield in front of it, waltz as well as the other two seemed surprised when they accidentally opened their eyes wide.

"Nha..."

"What... that..."

I don't know what happened, Waltz and Lucia tilting their necks like that.

On the other hand, Catalina, who has been an adventurer for quite some time, seems to have had some idea.

"... Magic Specific..."

"" Huh?

"It's about demons with unusual magic powers. Unlike normal animals," demons "is a generic term for animals that can use magic, but among them, especially demons born with great magic, are called" magic particulars. "

"You're such a little rat... Is it possible because you're a special demon..."

"... are they rats?

"Yeah, as far as I can tell from here. A rat with a gray body?

That's what I said, waltz expressing the size of a rat with both hands. What she shaped with her hands like that was a rat one time bigger than a hatsuka rat, and about two times smaller than a dove rat.

Looking at its size, Catalina seems to have been able to identify the person.

"... Probably, Magimouse"

"MaggiMouse?"

"Yes, it is a very common demon that can be seen in any forest in this continent. They often attack mainly using wind magic, and sometimes seem to use thunder magic on very high. … but I've never seen them use thunder magic."

"Hmm. It's so tiny... honestly, I can't believe it... (when you come out in the house... it's already a disaster...)"

"Even if it's tiny, when it comes to magic specifics, it's not a story. The original Magi Mouse is a warm kind of demon, but when it becomes a magical specificity, it becomes more ferocious and when you see an adventurer, even if you are away, it strikes you immediately. So as soon as the demons of the Magic Specific are discovered, an urgent crusade is organized..."

"... in some cases, like this one, the knights are coming out, right?

"Yes, especially in this case, because it's close to South Fortress, leaving it alone would have been judged harmful to the people in town"

Dgowwwwww!!

Even while the Waltz were being briefed by Catalina about their magic specificity, the Knights' battle continued, and the wind magic and the ferocious wind were causing earthly smoke to rise on the spot. Should I just say lucky...... To the knights, so far, no harm seems to have been done.

In it, Waltz finds the figure of a certain person.

"... ah. Mr. Hunter, there he is..."

"" What... "

"No, I'm not fighting on the front line, but about the side of the great guy on that horse, as usual, looks like he's got a dagger, huh?

"Mr. Hunter...... I thought you were a knight?

"Don't you think? You say you're a knight and you have a dagger... you're kind of a chig hug, aren't you? Well, it's also some complicated circumstance. I'm sure."

and waltz to keep observing the knights fight, imagining the knight ”hunter” who would run the battlefield with a dagger.

There, about 20 light-armed knights were fighting the little ”Magi Mouse” at the behest of a man on a horse. Other than that, the front row also had the appearance of adventurers and thinkers, not wearing armor, about 30 in total, fighting against one magpie mouse. The second row seemed to have equipped knights specializing in close combat, and the third column was side-by-side with knights thinking of wizards... It's like laying a formation against a giant enemy or an army, I'd say.

Not so long ago, a creature named Magi Mouse, the magic specific, seemed to be ferocious and dangerous.

Like that, they were at first sight battling in formation with what could be described as a full force, but, as can be deduced from the fact that the battle was not quite over, the clouds didn't seem very good. They couldn't keep up with the fast moving Magi Mouse because the armor they equipped to boost their defenses was an enemy.

As a result ——

Dgowwwwww!!

—— and the knights seemed to have taken a direct hit of magic, inevitably avoiding Magimouse's magical attack. It's just that, "light” though, thanks to the heavy armor protecting them, they never seemed to get fatally injured.

"... doesn't it hurt?

"No... I think it probably hurts a lot, doesn't it? Wind magic has an effect close to slashing a sword, but if you take it with your armor, instead of cutting your body, you will be struck by a mass of air..."

"... you know more about that?

"Well... I've had a lot of blown up experiences..."

That's what makes me laugh bitterly, Catalina. Adventurer life, which has previously acted with the brave, seems to have given her a wealth of knowledge. … primarily in a physical sense.

Then the battle of the knights continues.