even made his ears ring, Nozomu heard someone screaming in the distance.

"~! Old man! Don't move and stay where you are!"

The next moment, Nozomu ran toward the voice. Irisdina and Feo followed Nozomu. They moved their feet as fast as they could, weaving their way through the trees and thick grasses.

From the depths of the dimly lit forest, the sounds of battle mixed with the scraping sound of the grass and bush.

The sounds of clashing metal, magic explosions, and roars that seemed to belong to demon beasts.

Eventually, Nozomu and the others saw the sun's rays leaking through the grass. The sounds that had been so distant and inaudible gradually became clearer.

"Hurry up....... If we stay like this......."

"I know......! But ......"

Nozomu could hear someone's voice mixed with the sound of sword fighting and magic explosions, but he couldn't hear it clearly.

But from what he heard, the situation was not good.

Nozomu glanced at Irisdina and Feo, they nodded as if they knew what Nozomu was going to say.

The distance to the battlefield is not far. He thought that time was more important than conserving his energy, so he released the Qi in his body and sent it into his legs.

Irisdina prepared a technique with immediate deployment, and Feo also quickly activated a technique using a talisman.

The three of them accelerated by strengthening their bodies to increase their leg strength.

Nozomu started to be left behind due to his Ability Suppression, but he signals with his hand to the two ahead of him to go.

Irisdina and Feo saw him and accelerated further. As they plowed through the bushes, they put more magic power into their legs and accelerated.

Irisdina and Feo were ahead of Nozomu. Eventually, a light leaked from a gap in the trees, and their vision opened up with a light that spread out before them for a moment.

What they saw was the scene of the junior students they had met just before entering the forest being hunted down by the Orcs.

Eldor, the student who had invited Irisdina before, stood in front of the orcs, and the girls who had been with him fell behind him.

The spearman boy tried to heal them, but with the Orc right in front of him, he couldn't concentrate on healing them.

Eldor, standing in front of the Orcs, seemed to be completely overwhelmed, his sword and shield trembling. The Orc standing in front of him swung his club down.

Eldor raised his shield to block the club, but he was too weak to resist. The force of the club pushed him to his knees.

The orc went straight for Eldor, crushing him. Eldor's face distorted in fear before the pressure that was applied through the creaking shield.

"Feo-kun!"

"I know!"

Irisdina pulled out the rapier at her waist, and Feo pulled out a talisman from his pocket.

Darkness and lightning manifested along with the increasing magic power. Even with the assistance of abilities and talismans, the fact that they were able to create a magic formation in a matter of seconds spoke clearly about their abilities.

The darkness and lightning turned into a magic bullet, along with the sound of lightning, it flew towards the ugly orcs.

Intruders suddenly appeared. The Orcs, who snorted and glanced at Irisdina and Feo, were surprised by the sudden increase in magic power and immediately tried to intercept them.

Several orcs were standing in front of Irisdina and Feo, but Irisdina's magic attacked them.

The magic bullets that hit them explode and lightning burns their bodies.

However, the vitality of the orcs was also quite strong. The magic bullets gouged their flesh, and the lightning burned their skin, but they had not been fatally injured.

However, it didn't matter. This magic was originally intended only to distract the orcs and make them look away from the junior students.

With the momentum of their rush through the forest, Irisdina and Feo jumped into the midst of the orcs and brought them into close-quarters combat.

"Ooo!"

As the Orcs' attention turned to Irisdina and Feo, the force on Eldor's shield weakened.

In the meantime, Eldor put all his Qi into his legs. The Orcs retreated in the face of the increased pressure of the opponent. In that gap, Eldor pushed them back at once.

"Aaa!"

Along with his scream, Eldor swung his sword into his opponent.

The Orcs were shaken by the fierce counterattack of their pathetic prey, which until a moment ago was supposed to be their dinner for the day, and they had to go on the defensive.

In the meantime, the spearman began to heal the girls who had collapsed.

While checking the juniors to regain their posture, Feo and Irisdina continued to handle the remaining Orcs' attacks, weaving in and out of the wave of attacks to accurately counterattack.

There was only one orc that was fighting with the junior students. In addition, they were upset that Irisdina and Feo had suddenly arrived as reinforcements, and were being pushed back by the juniors.

Irisdina slashed at the belly of the Orc with her rapier and Feo swung the staff right between the eyebrows, reducing the number of orcs one by one.

"Take this!"

"Bugyaaau~u!"

Eldor's sword gouged deep into the flesh of the orc's leg. The orc who was dealing with him involuntarily fell to his knees.

This will be no problem. Just as Irisdina and Feo were thinking so, multiple shadows appeared from the bushes.

"Wha~!"

Irisdina's shocked voice leaked out of her mouth.

What appeared was a group of orcs with ugly faces. It was probably the companion of the Orcs she was dealing with right now.

"Bururururu! Buoooo!"

Seeing their comrades slashed and kneeling, the newly appeared Orcs scream in anger.

"Ugh~!!"

The roar that shook the trees caused Eldor to shrivel up and groan involuntarily. The next moment, the kneeling orc swung the club with one hand. The club swung with such force struck Eldor's sword and flicked it away.

"Uwa~!"

Eldor was hit with such force that he involuntarily fell on his butt.

It was a furious Orc that came into his eyes as he frowned in pain.

Its anger at being wounded by the prey that was only meant to be hunted by it was emanating from its body like an aura.

"Hii!"

"That's not good!"

"Kuh~! Eldor-kun, quickly run away!"

Irisdina desperately called out to him, but he was unable to move with his face distorted in fear.

In order to provide some support, she tried to release a magic bullet with immediate deployment, but the Orcs she was dealing with swung their clubs at her.

Irisdina somehow managed to dodge the rain of clubs, but her magic bullet was interrupted and missed its target by a wide margin.

"Kuh~!"

Frustration leaked from her lips, but Irisdina still tried to help somehow.

But the Orcs understood her intentions, and the Orcs that appeared as reinforcements came towards Irisdina and Feo.

Irisdina and Feo were unable to help as they were attacked by a wave of Orcs.

Eldor's will to fight back, which had been temporarily overwhelmed by the fear of death, was completely gone.

The fear that had overtaken his mind once again bound his body and mind, and he was completely unable to resist.

The orc had already raised its club in its hand to crush its hateful prey.

If it were to swing down the club now, Eldor would leave this world in less than a second.

I'm not going to make it.

Irisdina's face was dyed with regret.

But at that moment, her eyes caught a shadow leaping out from behind a bush.

When she saw the figure sprinting like the wind, what came to her face was not astonishment or resignation, but a smile of relief.

In the next moment, the arm of the orc, who had tried to smash Eldor, flew through the air.