Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) 2018

c91 - vs Holy Knights pt. 2

At the same time as Arnaud abandoned himself to a desperate struggle,

Every other division too abandoned any hopes of being able to set up a barrier.
For example, let's see how one squad fared...

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Auburn haired team Captain Grenda.
Her squad was smoothly setting up the barrier.
And suddenly they saw a single young lad walking towards them.
He was strolling in their direction, his blue hair parted by two horns.
These horns signified him as a non-human being.
Grenda clicked her tongue, left the setting up of the barrier to her adjutant, and readied a squad to engage.

「Are you also this city's denizen?」

Though it was obvious, she asked in order to buy some time.
And though she didn't expect a response,

「Correct. Let me give you a warning. Peacefully sit down and wait.
If you do, no harm will come to you, you know? That's the best outcome for you lot」

He said completely looking down on them.
Grenda snorted and rebuked the offer.

In the first place, you can't make a deal with a monster and there was only a single one before them.
Though he seems like a high ranked ogre he would hardly be a threat to them.
Ogres tend to favor combat focusing on raw strength.
They slaughter their enemies by wielding heavy weapons with their brute strength.
Furthermore, these are also individuals who can protect themselves with incredibly tough muscles and high regenerative abilities.
Ogres are an adventurer's natural enemies.
But they are the knights templar. Not a group that could possibly lose against an ogre.
They have never seen an A ranked ogre.
The monster before has an appearance of a particularly weak ogre. But, he carries the air of dominance about him.
Chances are, it's a named unique monster.
Its confidence must come from the fact that it's among the strongest beings in the forest.
If so, they needed to teach it the strength of the Templars.
Like teaching a frog that has never left its birth-swamp how wide the world is. So that it would never look down on them again.
(Well, we will kill it here so it won't have that chance)
Grenda thought closing her eyes.

「Attentiont! Single target. Danger rating A-! Three members, dispose of it!」

She had thought to wait until her subordinates set up the holy barrier, but there was only a single enemy.
It didn't release a powerful aura, so it's danger rating was rate low.
That rating, however, decided Grenda Squad's fate.

「You are being careless. Aren't you looking down on your enemy too much?」

As soon as the three knights approached the lad the scene turn hazy for a split second.
And, passing right through the knights, the lad continued the leisurely stroll.
Why did he pass the knights... no, the knights have already collapsed.
The moment they were in range he had completely immobilized them.
These three powerful knights were rendered defenseless. In a single moment.

「W-what did you do?!」
「You bastard... what are you?!!」

She heard her adjutants cry out and an intense feeling of deja vu assaulted her.
She was remembering what Commander Hinata has said so many times...
And the enemy before her emitted strength that could make you despair.
At this point, she understood the meaning of Hinata's warning. But, it was far too late...
Shadows creeping from behind her have already disabled her entire team.
Completely expressionless, a group of lads with identical face disabled them and disappeared.
It seems that he had cloned himself and encircled the enemy from the very beginning.
Just like Hinata, the moment he warned them the battle had been decided.
He did not look down on them at all but prioritized results.
Grenda lost.