"Don't bother, her mind was sealed by magic beforehand, she won't reveal a single secret."
Hiyama's voice rang out.
"Sealed her mind?"
Shizuku was shocked.
"How do you know?!"
Gaderia, who was beside her, immediately cried out in surprise.
Shizuku's words were also taken as a question, and the Demon Woman named Gaderia thus got a chance to speak, exclaiming,
"Go on."
Shizuku saw that she had something to say, so she let her continue. Anyway… Gaderia couldn't harm her anymore.
"Even if you know, what then? My companions will soon have the monster army break through this town!"
She said with a resentful expression.
"How so? The one controlling the monsters isn't you?"
Shizuku sharply caught the loophole in her words.
"Uh…"
Gaderia immediately showed a regretful expression of having misspoken.
"The one controlling the monsters is Shimizu Yukitoshi, isn't he? As for the one who gave him the ability to control the monster army, that's your superior—the Demon Fried."
"I'm not wrong, am I?"
Hiyama's faint voice came from the side.
"!!!"
Gaderia's current expression couldn't even be described as shock.
She stared with wide eyes as if she had seen a ghost, losing her voice and saying, "Why do you know everything?!"
If Hiyama hadn't had a human appearance, she would have suspected that this white-haired young man was a member of the Demon Race.
"Hiyama, you… why do you know so much…?"
Gaderia's reaction indirectly proved that everything Hiyama said was true.
Shizuku couldn't help but ask doubtfully.
Logically, as a human, he shouldn't know so many secrets of the Demon Race.
If this conversation between him and Gaderia had taken place in the human world.
For example, in a setting with Church personnel present.
Hiyama would probably have been immediately treated as a spy of the Demon Race hidden in the human world, arrested, and then subjected to an inquisition.
But fortunately, the only people still conscious on the scene were Kaori, Gaderia, herself, and Hiyama.
Kaori naturally wouldn't speak out, Gaderia was a demon, so no one would believe her if she spoke.
She, of course, would also keep this matter a secret.
"If I said I read it in a book, would you believe me?"
Hiyama said lightly.
"What time is it, and you're still joking."
Shizuku immediately became a little angry.
But she also knew Hiyama's personality; if Hiyama didn't want to say, no one could force him to say.
Although her curiosity was almost overflowing, given Hiyama's attitude, she could only let the matter drop.
At this moment, Hiyama dragged the half-dead Yongshan Jugo, Kosuke Endo, and Amanogawa Kouki over, arranging them side by side.
He then took out divine water from his ring and poured a small bottle into each of them.
Since he had made a promise with Kaori to save everyone, he naturally wouldn't leave anyone behind.
"Hiyama-kun, are they all okay now?"
Kaori squatted beside him, her eyes sparkling as she watched Hiyama pour the divine water into them.
This miraculous liquid, capable of instantly healing any injury, held an unparalleled attraction for her as a healer.
"They're fine."
Hiyama saw her looking curiously at the empty bottle in his hand and said lightly, "I'll tell you later, as long as you don't forget our promise."
"Of course, I won't forget."
Kaori recalled her "bold" promise, blushing as she said, "Now, is there anything you want me to do?"
Chapter 72: Steel Monsters!
"Not yet, but there will be, for example, tonight."
Hiyama smiled mischievously.
"Tonight?"
"Is there anything special about tonight? Why can't it be done during the day?"
Kaori asked with a puzzled expression.
It was rare for her to be ready to obey any command Hiyama gave.
"Alright, alright… you two stop flirting."
Shizuku quickly interrupted their conversation.
She felt that if she didn't speak, Hiyama might just go ahead and do the thing he was saving for tonight right now.
"Hiyama, you just said that the one controlling the monsters is Shimizu Yukitoshi?"
Shizuku asked doubtfully.
"Just to confirm, is it that… Shimizu Yukitoshi from our class?"
"Yes."
Hiyama said concisely.
"If it really is him, Shimizu…."
"I remember his profession is Dark Magician, and he does have skills to control monsters… But why would he betray us?"
In Shizuku's view, Shimizu should have been well aware of the potential of them… summoners.
In fact, with their leveling ability, as long as they had enough time to cultivate their strength and level up properly, mere demons would eventually be no match for them.
Plus, they were all from the same class, so there was still some… camaraderie.
Under such circumstances, Shimizu still chose to be a traitor.
This made Shizuku completely unable to understand.
"I don't care what he thinks."
"I only know that he's about to become a dead man."
Hiyama sneered.
"Dead? Shimizu Yukitoshi is an idiot, that's true, but he currently has a monster army of over a hundred thousand!"
"I don't think you can fight him!"
Gaderia mocked.
"A hundred thousand?!"
"Didn't we only see fifty thousand before?!"
Shizuku was shocked when she heard this number.
"Because the remaining fifty thousand monsters are still behind, that's why they stopped in front of the town. Besides… persuasion, it's also to wait for the remaining fifty thousand monsters, right?"
Hiyama scoffed.
Gaderia had given up thinking about why Hiyama knew so much; she remained silent.
Shizuku saw her expression, which was equivalent to confirming Hiyama's statement.
"Then we need to quickly go back and inform the teacher and everyone. That's right… Hiyama, you come with us…"
Shizuku suddenly realized she seemed to have forgotten something.
"Where are your three beautiful female companions?"
"Them?"
Under their extremely surprised gazes, Hiyama summoned a four-wheel hummer off-road vehicle from his ring.
"They're preparing a performance."
"No time to explain, get in quickly."
"If we're late, we'll miss the show."
Hiyama said with a smile.
.....When Hiyama led Kaori and the others back to Ulu Town, Aiko-sensei and the students, Meld, the Captain, and the town residents all came out to greet them.
But what greeted them was a… steel beast!
"Form up! Everyone, be careful!"
Captain Meld was greatly alarmed and quickly directed.
In their eyes, this vehicle looked like a monster no matter how they saw it, so such a… reaction was normal.
The Kingdom Knights and Temple Knights quickly drew their weapons, skillfully reforming their ranks into a horizontal line, ready to meet the charge of this tall monster.
Their swift response made one praise them, truly worthy of being first-class knights!
Just as the Kingdom's mages were ready to cast spells, everyone saw that someone seemed to have emerged from the fast-moving black object.
Captain Meld couldn't help but squint his eyes to look closer.
"Captain Meld!"
It was Kaori, poking her head out of the sunroof of the vehicle, waving to them with a beaming smile.
"This… Kaori! Is she being devoured by a monster?!"
Captain Meld exclaimed in horror.
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces immediately turned pale. Kaori, as the "Healing Goddess," had a high reputation within the team.
So no one wanted to see her being devoured by a monster! That sight, no one could bear it!
"Captain Meld, wait a moment!"
"This… Is this a hummer off-road vehicle?!"
Arima Daishi, the car enthusiast in the class, immediately widened his eyes in excitement when he saw the black monster approaching.
He never expected to see a product of modern technology in this fantasy world.
"Hum…mer?"
Captain Meld was full of question marks. What kind of horse was a "hummer"? He had been a knight for over thirty years and had never heard of such a horse!
"Captain Meld, that… monster isn't anything dangerous."
Aiko-sensei quickly advised, although she was also full of doubts.
"Alright, everyone, stand down… guard…"
Captain Meld was about to tell the knights to stand down… their guard, but that… black monster seemed to pay no mind at all, charging straight towards them without slowing down in the slightest!
"Get out of the way!"
The knights were greatly startled by this and quickly retreated from its path. For a moment, these… the Kingdom's most elite knights, were thrown into disarray by this black steel monster.