The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

19 Carrying out a dirty attack

The large village of Orcs ruled by the Noble Orc Bugogan was peaceful at night.

To be more descriptive, the screams of the captive Ghoul women and female adventurers could be heard, and one of Bugogan's sons, Bubobio, could be seen executing Goblins who had made small mistakes.

However, these were everyday occurrences and nobody paid them any attention. There were no signs of anything that wasn't an everyday occurrence... such as an attack by other monsters.

Peaceful days were more common than non-peaceful ones. This was the village ruled by a Noble Orc.

When creating villages in Devil's Nests, weak monsters such as Goblins and Kobolds tend to do so in places that are difficult to spot from the outside by digging caverns and tunnels. However, groups of monsters that include high-Rank monsters build their villages boldly on the earth's surface.

That is because they generally have no need to worry about the enemies outside the village.

The monsters created by the Demon King and the evil gods that had appeared from another world have no concept of living in harmony with other monsters. Some races even kill and eat other members of their own race.

However, monsters do not dare to attack monsters that are clearly superior to them. They have no interest in committing suicide. For example, most monsters wouldn't dare try and mess with a monster like a Noble Orc.

Other monsters would instinctively sense Bugogan's presence and avoid the village.

There were incidents of inferior monsters incapable of understanding this throwing themselves at the outer wall of the village, however.

Watchtowers had been built along the outer wall and bow-wielding Goblins and Kobolds were stationed on them to prevent that from happening.

「Gyih.」

「Kihihi.」

However, the guards in the watchtowers were not very diligent with their work. They were confident in the wall's durability.

Severed logs had been driven into the ground in a row to form a three-meter-tall wall. They were tougher than they appeared and resistant to fire. This was because the logs used to build the wall came from plant-monsters called Ents.

The wall was strong enough to withstand a ramming attack from a five-meter-long Mad Boar, providing a stronger defense than a stone wall would. Rather than defend such a wall, the Goblins were more interested in discussing when the Orcs would next hand them a used woman.

But that was a mistake.

Just a little before the moon was high in the sky, the outer wall that was supposed to be unyielding gave a creak. The startled Goblins readied their bows in panic, but there weren't any targets for their arrows to be seen. But every single log that made up the outer wall was creaking.

What on earth was this?! Right before the confused Goblins' eyes, the wall transformed.

『GYIIIIIIIH!』

『OOOOOOOOOHN!』

They transformed into Wood Golems that let out screams that sounded just like the high-pitched creaking of wood being split and roars that sounded like those of vengeful ghosts.

「Gyih... Gyahiih!」

As the outer wall that was supposed to protect the village from outside enemies turned into outside enemies itself, the watchtowers that the Kobolds had built fell to pieces and the Goblins were thrown into the ground.