Chapter 72 – Destruction of Evil, Coming (2)

Liv followed Kundra into the fortress. As the two people appeared through the secret door, the eyes of several people standing guard naturally gathered.
The nature of detecting mana, or the ability to become a magician, did not discriminate between men and women, so the gender ratio of the defense line was also relatively consistent.
Nevertheless, the mercenaries’ eyes as they looked at the exceptionally beautiful Liv were unusual.

“Let’s go. “Don’t look at me for nothing.”

The reason they did not dare to speak to them and went back to scraping the soup residue from the brass floor was because the person with them was a skirmisher.

Those who lost their hometown, lost their parents, gathered in the mountains with a desire for revenge against the demons, or a sense of duty to protect humanity, formed a huge group.
Fenheim’s Okto, which was surrounded by phone calls when the defense line was once breached. The tragedy of having to chop down a family member’s body with a pickaxe as it came out of a pile of snails caused more and more people to head north.

Thus, the Ravier 108 League was born.
Knights of the fallen family, reinforcements from the Magic Tower, and priests gathered at the temple.
Farmers who abandoned polluted land, hunters who hunted tigers in the mountains, and adventurers who crawled out of dungeons.
Everyone who could stand on the rotten ground with both legs and hold a rusty spear with both arms gathered at the last line of defense for an all-out battle.

Even in the mountains where countless warriors gathered, the twelve ‘organizations’ were considered the best.
Elites who receive direct orders from the royal family.

Kundor, who guided Liv through the crowds splitting left and right, belonged to the 2nd organization, Skirmisher.
A hybrid of heterozygous body parts of demons and beasts and a creation of the Mizar Magic Tower.
The body is imbued with strength and reflexes that transcend human beings. He freely uses the White and Black Mages and is not affected at all by Helzeb, which is full of karma.

In fact, except for the Hooksclaws, the first knights stationed in the Ravier Mountains, they were the ones who knew the mountains best.

“Excuse me…”
“Why?”
“Can I go to a person named Paris?”

As soon as Liv realized she had come to the Lavière Mountains, she knew she had to meet her father. Unfortunately or fortunately, he gestured with his chin to the huge canal and dense forest spread out below.

“I’m still going to send it there. “It is difficult for free knights and wizards who have no affiliation or whose family has been extinct to fight here.”

The walls where the demons were most likely to invade should never be breached, so only those with outstanding skills were deployed.
On the contrary, those who came to the mountains after losing their land, clan, and family gathered in the relatively safe lowlands of Greenwood Forest.
It was Paris who embraced them all and created a huge force to stand against the demons.

“Why, do you know someone?”
“Just a little…” …”
“Well, if he was in the North, he would have heard the man’s story at least once. Hmm, I don’t think there’s anything special about him, but he has a good personality.”

While we were walking and talking about various things, we saw a group of soldiers in the distance.
The sight of them holding various types of armor and weapons showed that they were by no means elite soldiers. As soon as he saw the first person to get off the horse, Liv couldn’t hide his emotions.
Kundra waved his large hand and called out to Paris.

“Hey~! Forest keeper! “There’s one more straggler here. Take him with you!”
“Hmm?”

A handsome man in his early thirties at most, with black hair tied back like his own. Paris cared for Liv so much that he lost her wife and sent her oldest daughter away from the North first.
After putting the arrow he was holding in one hand into the quiver behind his back, he smiled lightly and greeted me.
It was a polite attitude that could be trusted even if he were a nobleman.

“Nice to see you. “My name is Paris, and I lead a vigilante group in Greenwood Forest.”
“Oh, well, I…” …”

My emotions were so overwhelming that I couldn’t open my mouth. What should I say?
Just as she was kissing her lips, she called out to the man who followed Paris.

“Look, Louis!”
“Uh?”
“Mister, who is that person?”
“Like you, I found a person wandering in the forest a little while ago. That’s good. “Let’s have a meal together and talk.”

Liv was startled when she heard Louis’ name. She destroyed the stall, because she was reminded of her past, which she had left as if she was running away from Parencia.
However, when he finally saw him approaching from behind Paris, his mouth opened slightly.

A somewhat youthful appearance, different from what I have seen so far.
Even though ten years have passed since the war, he has not changed much from the way he worked at the canteen.
However, since the mercenaries who had just passed by looked like they had aged drastically under the fire of war, Liv naturally thought that Louis was a person from the past.
Even ten years ago, his age was at most one or two years younger than Liv’s today.

‘At this time… ‘You have short hair.’

Above all, this explains why he knew his father.

“Huh?”
“… !”

When she made eye contact with Lewis, for some reason he looked so cool in his younger days, she ended up averting her gaze without realizing it.

***

Ravier Mountains. And the Great War.
It was a nostalgic time in a nostalgic place.

The smell of rotting corpses and the pain of the injured.
A dead sky that has lost its blue color due to excessive phase magic.

It would have been nice to see the faces of the colleagues I miss. At this point, we are probably in the midst of charging towards the Demon King! It would be impossible to meet them because it is the time when they are shouting.
Instead, what I met was Liv, who I was looking for in the first place. And surprisingly, it was her father, Paris.

At the garrison food hall on the outskirts of the forest, Paris sat Liv and I down and invited them to eat.

“Now, eat a lot. “Lewis, you eat too.”
“…”
“…”

The only sound between the three of us was the sound of spoons hitting wooden bowls.
Liv was eating soup without paying attention. I also didn’t know what to say to Liv.
Should I start by telling her that she destroyed her stall, or should I apologize to her for kicking her out and locking her door? …
As she was thinking about how to boost her luck, Paris, who could not stand her awkward atmosphere, asked Liv.

“Oh, by the way, I haven’t even heard the introduction yet. “What is your name?”
“Yes? Oh, that…”

Liv was surprised and hesitated to speak. Surely she won’t just reveal her real name?
It is a time when the battlefield is full of suspicions. If she didn’t want to be mistaken for a doppelganger or a witch, it was better to hide the fact that she was Paris’ daughter.

“My name is…”

As I expected, Liv brought up her pseudonym.

“It’s Lev Labri.”
“Phew… !”

But is this really the best?
As I coughed and wiped my mouth from the soup splatter, several people looked at me. Paris also smiled awkwardly, as if she had heard something wrong.

Haha! Your name is unique. I think she looks a bit like my daughter. “Do you have a last name?”
“That… “I’m Baron Woodgreen.”
“It’s Wood Green. I’ve never heard of it…”

His cheeks were red, as he thought it was a ridiculous name. Nevertheless, Paris seemed to be convinced.

“There are countless noble families that perished during the war. All right.”

After that, the conversation proceeded relatively easily. Paris continued to compliment me as if he liked me. When I met him in the forest a few hours ago, he had just struck down a charging beast with his bare hands.

“Lewis, I’m so glad that a hot warrior like you came to the North. “For the past month, he has been a troublesome bastard, wandering through the forest and sending many hunters into trouble.”
“Okay? “I didn’t know.”
“Have you seen Baron Lev too? On the way here, a large Rhino corpse was transported. “This guy caught them all.”
“Ah yes. “He is truly an amazing person.”
“If you have that level of skill, the Federation might ask you to take a position on the castle wall, but if possible, I would like to continue to be with you in this forest.”
“Yes yes. “I think the same thing.”
“Hmm, how do you feel, Louis? If the war ends without any problems, even if it’s my daughter later…”
“You can’t do that!”

Clink!

The spoon fell on the floor. As me and her Paris looked at her at the same time, Liv hurriedly sat down in her seat and started gibbering.

“Oh, no! It’s not that it’s bad, it’s good! Because I’m here now…”

Fortunately, perhaps because his actions were considered as unusual as his unusual name, the topic returned to the story of the front line.

***

“I’ll show you around the canal tomorrow. As you can see, the barracks are full to capacity, so there are individual tents, so take them from over there.”

As the sun was slowly setting, Paris excused herself and got up, saying she was busy. After he left, Liv and I were practically bare-chested, so we took over the necessities of life at Greenwood Garrison.
A canteen, flint, a simple tent, and some herbs to help stop the bleeding.
In fact, except when there was an invasion, there were many people who roamed the forest and lived self-sufficiently, so it felt like they had received a survival kit.

Just as I was awkwardly trying to talk to him while holding a bundle that was as big as a bundle in his hand, Liv struck me.

“Are you saying goodbye to your colleagues? … ?”

We broke up about ten years ago.

“A colleague?”
“Yes, sir… “No, Louise yours.”

Strange respect. Even suddenly my name was called. As I was trying to guess whether she was really disappointed about what happened at the snack bar last time, I suddenly realized that she was taking this situation differently.
He has no way of knowing that I came all the way to the Vatudis region to investigate the demon statue, and that I followed him into Baldur’s nightmare.

For some reason, he wasn’t that surprised when he saw me. I just thought it was one of those active in the Ravier Mountains at this time.

I could have revealed the whole truth right away, but I felt like if I did that, we would return to our awkward relationship again.
From experience so far, Liv has a tendency to keep stepping into dangerous places such as the 12th Alliance or the Alkaid Tower of Magic.

While Adela has three criminal records for theft, Liv is currently on the run after being declared a seditionist twice.
He even eventually achieved his goal by reaching the Ravier Mountains, the most dangerous mountain range on the entire continent.

Fantasy murder. If he dies here, no one can know whether he will get out. I was going to protect Liv at all costs until I found a way to escape this nightmare.

But she couldn’t do that if she walked away from me again.
At least until we get out of here——

“My colleagues are temporarily somewhere else, Lee… “Baron Lev.”

I guess I should go back to my childhood.

“Is that so. You can call me Baron. Buy… Louis.”

Honestly, it was a little funny that she didn’t recognize me, so I wanted to see her like this just a little longer.