Magi’s Grandson - Volume 3 - Chapter 105.1

Rushing Fortifications
C105 – Part 1
Translator: Kyn Katan Editor: IonMan

Author’s Note: Thank you very much for your patience… My private life has been so busy that I haven’t even been able to log in. I’m finally getting settled down so I will update. I’ll try not to have a month-long gap between updates from now on, so please continue to support me.

Synopsis up to the last time: There were devils in each country, so we headed for them, but they escaped. Instead, disaster-class demons have reappeared.

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“Disaster-class demons have appeared!”

Through the open channel, Mark proclaimed something outrageous.

[That’s absurd! We already eliminated all the disaster-class demons earlier!]

I could hear Aug’s confused voice on the open channel, but that was not surprising at all.

By the time I rushed over, there were no more disaster-class demons left, only devils.

“What do you mean?! Wasn’t that all the demons that came out of the former imperial capital earlier!?”

[I don’t know! Anyway, please come back as soon as possible!]

“Oh, alright! I understand!”

Mark was unusually disturbed.

Is that how urgent the situation is?

“Sicily! We better hurry back!”

“Yes!”

“Wait a minute, Shin! Take me with you too!”

“Mr. Garan?”

What should I do?

To be honest, I don’t think Mr. Garan is capable of fighting a disaster-class demons.

Bringing someone unskillful along to the worst possible place and put him in danger was also…

“I beg of you. I just came back from the frontline the other day, and I can’t sit back idly by while the people who replaced me at the frontline are in danger.”

Since he mentioned that now, I couldn’t strongly disagree with him anymore, and moreover, I didn’t have time to continue on thinking about it at the moment.

“If that’s the case… However, please don’t even think about fighting any of the disaster-class demons, alright?”

“Yes, I think I know my place.”

After receiving a promise from Mr. Garan that he wouldn’t fight against the disaster-class demons, I opened the gate to the Earlshide’s camp where I had just been.

“Oh, this is amazing… It took me over a week to get back from my rotation, but now it was… instantaneous.”

Mr. Garan lets out an exclamation of admiration, after passing through the gate behind us, but it gradually faded.

It would be so.

I, too, was at a loss for words at the sight that greeted me immediately after passing through the gate.

I saw several gates opening as everyone, including Aug, was gathering here one after another while I observed around, but as soon as they passed through the gate, their eyes widened and were stunned.

“Wha-Wha-What the hell… is this…?”

No one was able to speak up until Mr. Garan finally managed to utter out his voice.

It was that kind of a scene.

“Bean! Is Bean here!?”

“Yes, Your Highness! Right this way!”

“What the hell is going on?!”

Once again, Aug, finally regaining his senses, called for Mark and demanded an explanation of the situation

“It was after everyone reports were received. Disaster-class demons appeared from the former imperial capital.”

“I understand that. But… this… what are these numbers!?”

A scene that left us utterly speechless.

It was a horde of disaster-class demons that completely filled the horizon.

It was a nightmarish scene that was slowly coming towards us.

“I received a report from a soldier who was monitoring the former imperial capital that the demons had come pouring out from it again. So I used my far-sight magic to check the situation…”

Then Mark cut off his words, glanced around at everyone, and uttered the following words.

“It was indeed true that the demons of a certain size that appeared to be disaster class had appeared from the former imperial capital. One after another… they kept appearing endlessly, and eventually led to this situation…”

The recalled scene at that time must have been so shocking that Mark spoke in a tone as if he still could not believe what he had witnessed.

“What the hell… could it be, that there are disaster-class demons were hiding throughout the former imperial capital?”

“All of the former imperial capital… how many of them are there…?”

Aug mentioned the possibility that he most honestly didn’t want to acknowledge.

In recalling about the former Bluesphere Empire, which was considered to be a great power.

Its imperial capital was as large as the royal capital of the Earlshide’s Kingdom.

If all of the capital had demons hiding within it, it would only mean…

It was not surprising that Maria couldn’t help but wonder how many of them there would be.

“Hundreds… No, thousands?”

I muttered involuntarily.

Disaster class demons are classified as disaster class because their increased sizes, and they generally have massive physiques.

Even taking that into consideration, how could still have about this many out there?

“Thousands of disaster-class demons… ha-ha… you’ve got to be kidding me…”

Mr. Garan, who overheard my muttering because he was standing beside me, let out a dry laughter and then looked at the slowly approaching horde of demons with a despairing expression.

From the perspective of Mr. Garan and the others, who were unable to fight the disaster class demons alone, the scene before them could only be described as an utter nightmare.

Even for those of us who can fight a disaster class demon on our own, it’s a sight that makes us wish it was merely a bad joke.

“What are we going to, Aug…?”

“…What do you think we should do… do you think we can defeat these numbers with just us alone?”

“……”

To be honest, there’s nothing that is truly impossible to do.

However…

“…If you don’t mind about the terrain changing completely.”

“Okay, let’s try to stall them somehow.”

You just dismissed it immediately. Hey.

“I didn’t think it was possible, but I know you can really do it…”

“I rather not do it either if I can help it. If I do this, I might be labeled as an enemy of the world.”

“…I’m glad you finally learned some prudence.”

There’s something about the way Aug statement that bothers me, but I can imagine at least that much.

However, then it becomes more difficult…

“But what should we do, Aug? As expected, these numbers are too ridiculous for us to handle alone.”

“Mmm…”

“They’re approaching us pretty slowly right now, but we can’t afford to be complacent.”

“I know. I’m thinking about it at the moment, so hold on just a minute…”

“Wha-What is this!?”

Suddenly I heard a loud voice interrupting Aug’s words.

When I turned around, there was a large group of soldiers and a man who seemed to be a commander had shouted.

“You’ve arrived at the best time…”

“Huh? What’s this army?”

“When the previous disaster-class demons appeared, it was reported that rescue teams had been sent in from each country…”

“I see, because they didn’t have a wireless communication device…”

“We had no way of contacting the troops that had already left. It seems they have arrived at this very moment.”

“Your Highness Augusto! What the hell is happening here? I’ve heard in the reports that there were only dozens of them.”

I don’t know which country’s commander he is, but I can tell from his equipment and his other personal things he had on himself indicated that he was a high-ranking person, and the way he spoke to Aug.

“We don’t know either. We’ve already eliminated all the demons we reported earlier…”

“Tha-That’s terrific, too, but… nevertheless, this is…”

That Mr. Commander, also choked on his words when he saw the hordes of demons that filled the horizon and were slowly advancing towards us.

“Something like this… Can humans handle something like this?”

Another person who seemed to be the commander of a different country joined the conversation.

The commanders of each country were staring hopelessly at the horde of disaster-class demons that were now only visible in the distance.

The troops behind them were also staring ahead with the same baffled expression.

Even so, they were approaching us very slowly.

When seeing it from a distance like this, I felt as if I had wandered into a zoo or safari park…

“That’s it, a cage!”