What If the Strongest Villain from the Original Story Became the Protagonist's Ally? - Chapter 77 - Massacre, and Monster Horde

After parting with Iris and the others again, I ran through town.

Rioters were rampaging throughout the royal capital. They were probably companions of that old man and the insect-using men.

I killed them as soon as I found them.

“P-please stop—!”

“Impossible.”

I severed the rioter’s head.

It was too late to beg for mercy now. They were the ones who raised weapons. I showed no mercy whatsoever.

I killed rioters one after another, suppressing the disturbances.

Iris and the others were probably working hard in the distance too. The residents’ screams that had been audible gradually subsided.

“It was a relatively simple event… if you close your eyes to the casualties.”

At least there were fewer casualties than if things had proceeded according to the original event.

I had defeated enemies that would have given Iris and the others trouble, and the greatest threat was in my hands.

The rest was… exterminating the monsters surging toward the royal capital would end it.

For that purpose, I headed toward the royal capital’s outer perimeter.

Timing-wise, it wouldn’t be strange for large numbers of monsters to surge toward the royal capital soon.

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My prediction was correct.

When I approached the outer wall, I could hear soldiers’ commotion from afar.

“The monster went that way!”

“Surround it, surround it! Even if we have to split our numbers, kill it for sure!”

“Captain! More monsters from the rear!”

“Damn! Just how many are going to come out!?”

—Looks like my timing is perfect.

I kicked the ground and leaped. I landed on top of the nearly thirty-meter wall.

The soldiers around me were shaken. They aimed their long-range attack artifacts at me.

I raised both hands to explain.

“Don’t worry, I’m an ally.”

“Liar! A suspicious person wearing a suspicious mask! There’s no way someone like you could be an ally—”

“—C-Captain! Please wait! This person was with Princess Iris before. He’s probably really an ally…”

“What!? He’s an acquaintance of Princess Iris!?”

“Well, that’s how it is, so work hard subjugating monsters. I’ll do it alone.”

Saying that, I jumped down from the outer wall. Outside the city.

“Y-you!?”

“He went down!?”

I could hear commotion overhead but ignored it.

When I landed in the center of the gathered monsters, all the monsters present reacted to me.

I drew my sword from my waist.

“Well then… come at me, whoever wants to die first. I’m going to kill you all anyway.”

“Gruaaah!”

They probably didn’t understand my words, but monsters came toward me one after another.

I deployed the magical barrier I’d recently learned while wielding the magic sword I’d stolen from the old man.

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“Th-that man… just who is he?”

Right after Yuguram descended to the outside of the wall, one of the soldiers looking down at the ground muttered.

“You said that man was Princess Iris’s acquaintance. Who is he?”

“No… I don’t know either. He wears that mask so I’ve just often seen him getting arrested…”

“For a suspicious person—he’s quite strong.”

In their line of sight, Yuguram was majestically subjugating monsters.

Multiple monsters approached Yuguram, but blocked by an invisible wall, none of their attacks reached him.

If attacks couldn’t reach him, they couldn’t defeat Yuguram. And when their momentum stopped, the blade was swung.

It was truly work.

Yuguram’s way of fighting wasn’t even a fight anymore.

It was one-sided trampling.

“To have such an ally in this situation… how reassuring.”

“Yes. Though he’s wearing a strange mask.”

The soldiers were impressed while activating their long-range attack artifacts. They began supporting fire for Yuguram.

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“Guah!”

She slashed the body of a bandit holding an attack artifact.

Looking down at the man who fell to the ground, the silver-haired girl Iris muttered:

“It’s gotten a bit quieter.”

“Indeed. We’ve suppressed quite a number of rioters, so perhaps it’s nearly over?”

“Never let your guard down. If Papa went somewhere, we still can’t be careless.”

“Nana is right. For now, we should head to the royal palace to gather information—”

“—Princess Iris!”

A soldier was running down the destroyed street, approaching Iris and the others.

“You are…”

“Thank goodness! I have something urgent to tell Princess Iris.”

“Something to tell me?”

“This is no ordinary matter.”

“Yes. Actually… a large number of monsters appeared in the royal capital’s southwest district. Their number reaches approximately several hundred!”

“S-several hundred monsters in a horde!?”

Even Iris couldn’t hide her surprise.

Lycoris nearby, and even Nana, widened their eyes.

“Is that really true!?”

“Without doubt. Our soldiers are holding them off even now, but… how long we can last…”

“! We can’t stay here. Let’s hurry to rescue them, Lycoris! Nana!”

“Understood! My arms are itching for action!”

“Roger. Papa might be there too.”

“I hope Yuu-san is there…”

Iris’s expression clouded with anxiety.

However, when they actually headed to the southwest district, Iris would receive a strong shock.

That was—

A hellish scene dyeing the ground bright red.

Most of the monsters’ heads were severed, the ground was gouged, and nature was a shadow of itself.

Standing alone in the center was one man.

There was no mistaking him.

“Y-Yuu-san…”

It was Yuguram Albain Kushana.