What Havre left behind
***---***
"Basten, did any sort of birds fly?"
[ Yes, I shot down several birds, but I couldn't confirm any letters. ]
On the day of the suppression operation, before heading to the Royal Castle of Aldaros, I visited Basten, who was keeping watch over the Calvine Territory.
In addition to Basten, ten members of the Kobold Corps had been stationed around the Calvine Territory and continued to monitor the skies.
It was like a Kobold anti-aircraft surveillance radar.
During the winter, the Calvine Territory could experience long blizzards, but it was said that the birds flew in just for a few moments when the weather cleared up.
Waiting for a bird that you don't know when it will fly was a task that required patience.
After the operation is over, I have to pet everyone.
"Fred, how is the situation in the Territory?"
[ The daily life of the people of the Territory ... has calmed down ... ]
"How about the managers?"
[ It's fine ... they don't seem to have noticed ... ]
By distributing daily necessities such as food, firewood, and magic stones, it seemed that the exploited residents didn't starve.
Even at the housing complex I went to see with Fred, the smiles had returned to the faces of the residents.
And most of all, I was worried about the leak of the strategy, but it seemed that the managers and their subordinates didn't seem to have changed, so it seemed that it was okay.
Even in Tunnel 7, where supplies were kept, the men were snoring loudly even though the sun was high.
Maa, this had nothing to do with the suppression of the bosses, so they were left unattended during the operation.
When the operation was complete, I would call for surrender, and if they didn't comply, my genus would only suppress them.
"Hey, Reinhardt. If it had been noticed, it would be better to postpone it, right?"
[ That's right, even if we proceed forcibly, there will only be many sacrifices. If they are aware of it, we will postpone the operation, and after assessing their countermeasures, we will just carry out a new operation. ]
"But, if that's the case, it won't be resolved no matter how much time passes, right?"
[ It certainly would take time, but it's not like those guys can continue to hole up indefinitely. If the snow melts, the road will open, and if that happens, it will be possible to do double-sided operations with Kent-sama's repatriation technique. Also supply-wise, since they are limited. ]
Certainly, just as Reinhardt said, Camilla and the others would definitely be in a better position, but this kind of troublesome matter should be settled quickly.
I decided to have Basten and the others continue to monitor them until the very last minute, and proceed with preparations for the execution of the operation.
When I moved to the Royal Capital of Aldaros, in addition to Camilla, there was also the Knight Commander and the Branch Commanders who took command on the field.
"Morning, Camilla."
"Good morning, Maou-sama."
"Those in the Calvine Territory haven't noticed."
"Then, let's carry out the plan. The knights who are participating are already ready and waiting, so all we have to do is wait for the time to come."
"Then, is it okay if I confirm my role again?"
"Yes, Berdets, please explain ..."
"As you wish."
My role in the operation to take control of the Calvine Territory was six summons.
The knights would be sent to the Lord's Mansion, where the five managers were gathered, and to the managers' bases.
Since the explanation had been received and the summoning location was discussed, this was just a confirmation.
The knights would be in the hall of the most important Lord's Mansion, summoned to an unused dance hall in the absence of the Lord.
It would be really surprising to see knights suddenly appear inside the mansion, not just inside the site surrounded by ramparts.
Even among the managers' bases, the security seemed to be the weakest, so the easiest place to enter would be selected for the summons.
The knights who would rush in were told about the inside of the mansion and the bases, as well as the physiognomy of important people.
All that was left was to make sure I didn't get the summoning locations or order wrong.
No matter how much they were prepared, it would be meaningless if they were summoned to another base.
"Is this fine, Maou-sama."
"Yup, no problem. However, because there is another party, we have to prepare for an accident just before."
"Yes, to avoid confusion, the knights' arms are wrapped in colored cloth for each base. In the unlikely event that the order of summoning changes, please call the knights by color."
"Roger that. So, the cloth is sewn onto the floor plan of the bases."
"It is indeed."
After my confirmation, the preparations were complete, and all that was left now was to wait for the execution time.
The Knight Commander and the others also returned to their posts and I became alone with Camilla.
Maa, the maids and attendants were on standby, so I wouldn't do anything naughty.
"Maou-sama."
"Wh, what is it?"
"Do you have any concerns?"
"Ehh, no, I don't."
"Is that so, because you seem to be restless, pardon me."
"Aahh, I'm certainly uncomfortable. Up until now, I've been on the side of being attacked, not the side of attacking ..."
"That is certainly true. It's all thanks to Maou-sama's help that I've been able to overcome so many dangers. Thank you very much."
"M, maa, unless Resenburg calms down, the compensation won't proceed."
"Yes, that is certainly true. Regarding the compensation ..."
"Aahh, wait. That, let's do that after the operation is finished. For now, let's focus on conquering the Calvine Territory."
"Ha!, I respectfully obey."
I thought it was good for Camilla to obediently obey, but I wonder why the maid-san in the corner of the room is smiling, outrageous.
Even after lunch, there was still time until the operation was carried out, and I was unsure how to spend the time.
"Camilla, I'll return to Volzard for now."
"As you wish."
When I was with Camilla, I had too much time on my hands, or rather, I felt like I was going to wake up to something strange, anyway, I decided to leave my seat because I felt uncomfortable.
I headed to where Nero was.
I thought he would be at my home's construction site, but instead, he found a sunny pool at the training ground in the Devil's Forest.
"Nero, can I lean on you for a moment?"
"An easy task, nya. Goshujin-sama works too much, nya."
"No, I don't think so ..."
When I leaned against Nero's fluffy belly, I immediately fell asleep, feeling full after lunch.
"As expected, you work too much, nya ..."
"Y, yu~p ..."
After getting a good rest, I returned to Aldaros, ordered Camilla to wait, and headed off to scout the evening party.
The managers gathered at the Lord's Mansion on the shore of the lake on sleighs pulled by large deer called Varka.
One by one, ringing the bells hanging from their necks, the five sleighs gathered together this night as well.
In the Calvine Family's opulent drawing room, the same people as last time were sitting in the same places as the previous time.
The five of them didn't seem to have changed, but only Hegel, the housekeeper of the Calvine Family, who welcomed them, showed a stiff expression.
"Everyone, thank you for gathering tonight even though traveling is tough. I thought I'd start as usual, but I have one piece of news ... The news from the Royal Capital has stopped."
"What's that, then you don't know if Havre-sama is safe! What are you doing!"
"Calm down, Lacroix. This snow, even Hegel's hands are limited."
"But ..."
Lacroix, a macho man who rose up from the sofa, reluctantly sat down after being reprimanded by Benoit, the eldest.
"Thank you, Benoit-sama."
"Hegel, did the news stop because the spies were caught? Or was it because the weather prevented the birds from flying?"
"I'm sorry, but I don't know the exact reason. It's possible that the spies were captured, or that the bird that carried the news was hunted by a raptor."
Apparently, we were able to prevent our strategy from being leaked, but I still felt that it was shrewd to focus on the fact that the news did not arrive.
"Whether the news is coming or not, we can't do anything right now, can we? In that case, hurry up and start the evening party."
"Donie, if all the spies are captured, the royal army will attack as soon as the snow melts."
"Isn't that kind of thing already decided from the beginning? At least, at my place, we're always ready to deal with the other party."
"Fuun, that's fine, go ahead, Hegel."
At Benoit's words with a sour expression, Hegel also scowled.
From Hegel's point of view, his master was Havre, and he probably thought that there was no reason for Benoit to be able to push him around.
[ Kent-sama, it's about time. ]
"Yup, let's get this started."
I returned to the training grounds of the Royal Castle and called out to Camilla.
"Camilla, let's start."
"Ha!, the operation will begin now! 1st Unit, get ready!"
"Ha!!"
Art, Irt, Urt, and Ert were arranged to surround the 100 knights who saluted, and I moved to the dance hall in Havre's Mansion and activated the summoning technique.
"Summon!"
In an instant, 100 armored knights appeared.
"Okay, come with me!"
At the command of Magdalos, who lead the troops, the knights opened the door and rushed into the mansion.
"Reinhardt, I will be doing the next summoning, so I leave this to you."
[ Roger that, leave it to me. ]
I asked Reinhardt to block the room where the evening party was being held.
As expected of Havre's Mansion, there was a hidden door in the room where the managers were gathered.
Before the evening party started, the inside of the door was filled with earth and sand, and hardening magic was applied, but there was no guarantee that it wouldn't be broken by attack magic, so I asked Reinhardt to keep an eye on it.
"Now, I'll keep summoning you, are you ready?"
After returning to the Royal Castle of Aldaros, five units were sent in rapid succession to the bases of the managers.
As expected, if I use the summoning spell six times in a row, I would lose a lot of magical power.
I swallowed a pill that helped restore my magical power and headed to the room where the managers were gathered.
"How is it? Reinhardt."
[ They've been successfully suppressed. ]
"Who's that lying over there?"
[ It's the chief butler of the manager called Magnifica. He tried to buy some time while his master escaped through the hidden door, but he was defeated. ]
The one knight who was kneeling in the corner of the room must have been attacked by the butler.
The five managers and Hegel were all handcuffed and chained.
"Hegel, bastard, you sold us out!"
"Noisy! Can't you see these shackles, you senile old fool!"
To Benoit, who reproached him for them being captured by knights, Hegel retorted.
"Damnit, these royal dogs, where did you get in from!"
"Fuun, the Calvine Territory had no chance of winning from the start as they had turned against the Demon Lord."
One of the knights answered Lacroix with a relaxed expression.
No, no, it would be bad if the knights of the kingdom responded like they were the Demon Lord's minions.
"I am Magdalos Eisler, the Leader of the First Branch of the Royal Knights. You guys will be sent to the Royal Capital to be investigated and punish all of your past misdeeds. Prepare yourselves ..."
Zugaaaaaan!
As if to drown out the words of Magdalos, who made his pronouncement with ample complacency, an explosion sounded.
Zudoooooon! Zugaaaaaan!
The window glass of the room where the evening party was held vibrated, and the shaking was transmitted to the floor.
When I went outside of the mansion, I could see black smoke rising from all over the moonlit town.
"Hanh! Don't be so sure you've won. The knights who attacked our bases are all in smithereens."
Donie, who didn't lose her bold demeanor even when she was put in handcuffs, showed a confident smile.
"Bastard! What did you do!"
"What, if it's explosives, then didn't Havre-sama let you taste plenty of them? Your subordinates will blow away with our bases ... What, this sound is ..."
Donie, who was speaking confidently, had her eyebrows droop and cut off her words, and those who were in the room listened carefully and tried to find out what was going on around them.
Dodododododododo ...
I felt that the sound like rumbling earth was getting louder and closer.
Unlike the time of the explosion, the window glass began to vibrate again due to the vibrations resounding from the depths of the earth.
[ Kent-sama ... An avalanche ... ]
Upon hearing Fred's news, I hurried outside and climbed up to the roof of the mansion, where snow clouds were billowing from the mountains surrounding the city, and a wall of snow was approaching with tremendous force.
[ Kent-sama ... behind ... ]
"Uwaah!"
When I turned around after hearing Fred's words, a large avalanche hit the ramparts and soared high like a wave.
I hurried into the shadows, left my body there, and used star attribute magic to ascend into the sky, the city was hidden under the smoke of snow that the avalanche rolled up, and even the black smoke of the explosions seemed to be buried.
The snow that had piled up on the mountains must have collapsed all at once due to the vibrations of the explosion, creating a large avalanche.
Although part of the walls of Havre's Mansion collapsed due to the rushing snow, it seemed that the building of the mansion had not been damaged.
The safety of the knights who headed to the other bases was unknown, but it seemed that almost all of the 100 people transferred to this mansion were in good health.
"Magdalos, a large avalanche has occurred and the city is buried."
"What about the other units?"
"Since even the black smoke from the explosion can't be seen, there's a high possibility that they're buried alive."
"What can I say ..."
"Rescuing the survivors will require a lot of manpower, so gather the people you captured in the mansion in one place and keep an eye on them. Those who are free will help dig up the snow."
"As you command. I will start preparing immediately."
"Yup, I'll go ahead and check the situation."
I dived into the shadows and traveled from Havre's Mansion to the city.
Beneath the clear moonlight, the city had transformed into a pure white snowfield.
"I don't know where the houses are or even where the road is."
Due to the amount of snow, even if I stood on what was probably the road, all I could see was snow, and I didn't know where to start.
[ Kent-sama, there is no choice but to dig. ]
"Even if you say dig, where should I take this snow ... Right, if it goes through the shadow space."
I came up with an idea and made a 50 cm square shield of darkness and inserted it diagonally into the snow.
The snow on the shield of darkness could not bear its own weight and fell into the shadow space.
"Okay, I can do this!"
The shield of darkness could be deployed through soft objects such as air and water, but could not be deployed to cut through hard objects such as rocks and wood.
As for the snow, though I didn't know where the exact line was, it could be expanded somehow.
When I deployed the shield of darkness aiming just above the ground at what appeared to be a road, the snow fell down with a thud, but it seemed that the snow was still piled up.
When I dug to the place where it was originally trodden down, the piled snow was likely to be more than 3 meters high.
For the time being, I aimed at a line with a depth of about 3 meters and deployed a shield of darkness, dropping more and more snow into the shadow space.
After removing the snow from the road to some extent the next step was to remove it from the top of the buildings.
I was worried that the difference in height from the road was small due to the snow piled up, but most of the buildings were crushed by the weight of the snow.
"Somebody ... Help ..."
I heard a faint voice coming from under the snow-crushed building.
"Kobold Corps, assemble!"
I used shadow summoning to gather the 33 Kobolds.
"Everyone split up and dig out the people buried in the building!"
"Wafuu! Understood, Goshujin-sama!"
As for me, I roughly dug the accumulated snow, and the Kobolds dug out the victims from under the collapsed buildings.
While digging along the road, I aimed for the place where the housing complex used to be, but all I saw was a white snowy field in front of me.
This, I have a feeling this is going to be a long night.
What Havre left behind
***---***
"Basten, did any sort of birds fly?"
[ Yes, I shot down several birds, but I couldn't confirm any letters. ]
On the day of the suppression operation, before heading to the Royal Castle of Aldaros, I visited Basten, who was keeping watch over the Calvine Territory.
In addition to Basten, ten members of the Kobold Corps had been stationed around the Calvine Territory and continued to monitor the skies.
It was like a Kobold anti-aircraft surveillance radar.
During the winter, the Calvine Territory could experience long blizzards, but it was said that the birds flew in just for a few moments when the weather cleared up.
Waiting for a bird that you don't know when it will fly was a task that required patience.
After the operation is over, I have to pet everyone.
"Fred, how is the situation in the Territory?"
[ The daily life of the people of the Territory ... has calmed down ... ]
"How about the managers?"
[ It's fine ... they don't seem to have noticed ... ]
By distributing daily necessities such as food, firewood, and magic stones, it seemed that the exploited residents didn't starve.
Even at the housing complex I went to see with Fred, the smiles had returned to the faces of the residents.
And most of all, I was worried about the leak of the strategy, but it seemed that the managers and their subordinates didn't seem to have changed, so it seemed that it was okay.
Even in Tunnel 7, where supplies were kept, the men were snoring loudly even though the sun was high.
Maa, this had nothing to do with the suppression of the bosses, so they were left unattended during the operation.
When the operation was complete, I would call for surrender, and if they didn't comply, my genus would only suppress them.
"Hey, Reinhardt. If it had been noticed, it would be better to postpone it, right?"
[ That's right, even if we proceed forcibly, there will only be many sacrifices. If they are aware of it, we will postpone the operation, and after assessing their countermeasures, we will just carry out a new operation. ]
"But, if that's the case, it won't be resolved no matter how much time passes, right?"
[ It certainly would take time, but it's not like those guys can continue to hole up indefinitely. If the snow melts, the road will open, and if that happens, it will be possible to do double-sided operations with Kent-sama's repatriation technique. Also supply-wise, since they are limited. ]
Certainly, just as Reinhardt said, Camilla and the others would definitely be in a better position, but this kind of troublesome matter should be settled quickly.
I decided to have Basten and the others continue to monitor them until the very last minute, and proceed with preparations for the execution of the operation.
When I moved to the Royal Capital of Aldaros, in addition to Camilla, there was also the Knight Commander and the Branch Commanders who took command on the field.
"Morning, Camilla."
"Good morning, Maou-sama."
"Those in the Calvine Territory haven't noticed."
"Then, let's carry out the plan. The knights who are participating are already ready and waiting, so all we have to do is wait for the time to come."
"Then, is it okay if I confirm my role again?"
"Yes, Berdets, please explain ..."
"As you wish."
My role in the operation to take control of the Calvine Territory was six summons.
The knights would be sent to the Lord's Mansion, where the five managers were gathered, and to the managers' bases.
Since the explanation had been received and the summoning location was discussed, this was just a confirmation.
The knights would be in the hall of the most important Lord's Mansion, summoned to an unused dance hall in the absence of the Lord.
It would be really surprising to see knights suddenly appear inside the mansion, not just inside the site surrounded by ramparts.
Even among the managers' bases, the security seemed to be the weakest, so the easiest place to enter would be selected for the summons.
The knights who would rush in were told about the inside of the mansion and the bases, as well as the physiognomy of important people.
All that was left was to make sure I didn't get the summoning locations or order wrong.
No matter how much they were prepared, it would be meaningless if they were summoned to another base.
"Is this fine, Maou-sama."
"Yup, no problem. However, because there is another party, we have to prepare for an accident just before."
"Yes, to avoid confusion, the knights' arms are wrapped in colored cloth for each base. In the unlikely event that the order of summoning changes, please call the knights by color."
"Roger that. So, the cloth is sewn onto the floor plan of the bases."
"It is indeed."
After my confirmation, the preparations were complete, and all that was left now was to wait for the execution time.
The Knight Commander and the others also returned to their posts and I became alone with Camilla.
Maa, the maids and attendants were on standby, so I wouldn't do anything naughty.
"Maou-sama."
"Wh, what is it?"
"Do you have any concerns?"
"Ehh, no, I don't."
"Is that so, because you seem to be restless, pardon me."
"Aahh, I'm certainly uncomfortable. Up until now, I've been on the side of being attacked, not the side of attacking ..."
"That is certainly true. It's all thanks to Maou-sama's help that I've been able to overcome so many dangers. Thank you very much."
"M, maa, unless Resenburg calms down, the compensation won't proceed."
"Yes, that is certainly true. Regarding the compensation ..."
"Aahh, wait. That, let's do that after the operation is finished. For now, let's focus on conquering the Calvine Territory."
"Ha!, I respectfully obey."
I thought it was good for Camilla to obediently obey, but I wonder why the maid-san in the corner of the room is smiling, outrageous.
Even after lunch, there was still time until the operation was carried out, and I was unsure how to spend the time.
"Camilla, I'll return to Volzard for now."
"As you wish."
When I was with Camilla, I had too much time on my hands, or rather, I felt like I was going to wake up to something strange, anyway, I decided to leave my seat because I felt uncomfortable.
I headed to where Nero was.
I thought he would be at my home's construction site, but instead, he found a sunny pool at the training ground in the Devil's Forest.
"Nero, can I lean on you for a moment?"
"An easy task, nya. Goshujin-sama works too much, nya."
"No, I don't think so ..."
When I leaned against Nero's fluffy belly, I immediately fell asleep, feeling full after lunch.
"As expected, you work too much, nya ..."
"Y, yu~p ..."
After getting a good rest, I returned to Aldaros, ordered Camilla to wait, and headed off to scout the evening party.
The managers gathered at the Lord's Mansion on the shore of the lake on sleighs pulled by large deer called Varka.
One by one, ringing the bells hanging from their necks, the five sleighs gathered together this night as well.
In the Calvine Family's opulent drawing room, the same people as last time were sitting in the same places as the previous time.
The five of them didn't seem to have changed, but only Hegel, the housekeeper of the Calvine Family, who welcomed them, showed a stiff expression.
"Everyone, thank you for gathering tonight even though traveling is tough. I thought I'd start as usual, but I have one piece of news ... The news from the Royal Capital has stopped."
"What's that, then you don't know if Havre-sama is safe! What are you doing!"
"Calm down, Lacroix. This snow, even Hegel's hands are limited."
"But ..."
Lacroix, a macho man who rose up from the sofa, reluctantly sat down after being reprimanded by Benoit, the eldest.
"Thank you, Benoit-sama."
"Hegel, did the news stop because the spies were caught? Or was it because the weather prevented the birds from flying?"
"I'm sorry, but I don't know the exact reason. It's possible that the spies were captured, or that the bird that carried the news was hunted by a raptor."
Apparently, we were able to prevent our strategy from being leaked, but I still felt that it was shrewd to focus on the fact that the news did not arrive.
"Whether the news is coming or not, we can't do anything right now, can we? In that case, hurry up and start the evening party."
"Donie, if all the spies are captured, the royal army will attack as soon as the snow melts."
"Isn't that kind of thing already decided from the beginning? At least, at my place, we're always ready to deal with the other party."
"Fuun, that's fine, go ahead, Hegel."
At Benoit's words with a sour expression, Hegel also scowled.
From Hegel's point of view, his master was Havre, and he probably thought that there was no reason for Benoit to be able to push him around.
[ Kent-sama, it's about time. ]
"Yup, let's get this started."
I returned to the training grounds of the Royal Castle and called out to Camilla.
"Camilla, let's start."
"Ha!, the operation will begin now! 1st Unit, get ready!"
"Ha!!"
Art, Irt, Urt, and Ert were arranged to surround the 100 knights who saluted, and I moved to the dance hall in Havre's Mansion and activated the summoning technique.
"Summon!"
In an instant, 100 armored knights appeared.
"Okay, come with me!"
At the command of Magdalos, who lead the troops, the knights opened the door and rushed into the mansion.
"Reinhardt, I will be doing the next summoning, so I leave this to you."
[ Roger that, leave it to me. ]
I asked Reinhardt to block the room where the evening party was being held.
As expected of Havre's Mansion, there was a hidden door in the room where the managers were gathered.
Before the evening party started, the inside of the door was filled with earth and sand, and hardening magic was applied, but there was no guarantee that it wouldn't be broken by attack magic, so I asked Reinhardt to keep an eye on it.
"Now, I'll keep summoning you, are you ready?"
After returning to the Royal Castle of Aldaros, five units were sent in rapid succession to the bases of the managers.
As expected, if I use the summoning spell six times in a row, I would lose a lot of magical power.
I swallowed a pill that helped restore my magical power and headed to the room where the managers were gathered.
"How is it? Reinhardt."
[ They've been successfully suppressed. ]
"Who's that lying over there?"
[ It's the chief butler of the manager called Magnifica. He tried to buy some time while his master escaped through the hidden door, but he was defeated. ]
The one knight who was kneeling in the corner of the room must have been attacked by the butler.
The five managers and Hegel were all handcuffed and chained.
"Hegel, bastard, you sold us out!"
"Noisy! Can't you see these shackles, you senile old fool!"
To Benoit, who reproached him for them being captured by knights, Hegel retorted.
"Damnit, these royal dogs, where did you get in from!"
"Fuun, the Calvine Territory had no chance of winning from the start as they had turned against the Demon Lord."
One of the knights answered Lacroix with a relaxed expression.
No, no, it would be bad if the knights of the kingdom responded like they were the Demon Lord's minions.
"I am Magdalos Eisler, the Leader of the First Branch of the Royal Knights. You guys will be sent to the Royal Capital to be investigated and punish all of your past misdeeds. Prepare yourselves ..."
Zugaaaaaan!
As if to drown out the words of Magdalos, who made his pronouncement with ample complacency, an explosion sounded.
Zudoooooon! Zugaaaaaan!
The window glass of the room where the evening party was held vibrated, and the shaking was transmitted to the floor.
When I went outside of the mansion, I could see black smoke rising from all over the moonlit town.
"Hanh! Don't be so sure you've won. The knights who attacked our bases are all in smithereens."
Donie, who didn't lose her bold demeanor even when she was put in handcuffs, showed a confident smile.
"Bastard! What did you do!"
"What, if it's explosives, then didn't Havre-sama let you taste plenty of them? Your subordinates will blow away with our bases ... What, this sound is ..."
Donie, who was speaking confidently, had her eyebrows droop and cut off her words, and those who were in the room listened carefully and tried to find out what was going on around them.
Dodododododododo ...
I felt that the sound like rumbling earth was getting louder and closer.
Unlike the time of the explosion, the window glass began to vibrate again due to the vibrations resounding from the depths of the earth.
[ Kent-sama ... An avalanche ... ]
Upon hearing Fred's news, I hurried outside and climbed up to the roof of the mansion, where snow clouds were billowing from the mountains surrounding the city, and a wall of snow was approaching with tremendous force.
[ Kent-sama ... behind ... ]
"Uwaah!"
When I turned around after hearing Fred's words, a large avalanche hit the ramparts and soared high like a wave.
I hurried into the shadows, left my body there, and used star attribute magic to ascend into the sky, the city was hidden under the smoke of snow that the avalanche rolled up, and even the black smoke of the explosions seemed to be buried.
The snow that had piled up on the mountains must have collapsed all at once due to the vibrations of the explosion, creating a large avalanche.
Although part of the walls of Havre's Mansion collapsed due to the rushing snow, it seemed that the building of the mansion had not been damaged.
The safety of the knights who headed to the other bases was unknown, but it seemed that almost all of the 100 people transferred to this mansion were in good health.
"Magdalos, a large avalanche has occurred and the city is buried."
"What about the other units?"
"Since even the black smoke from the explosion can't be seen, there's a high possibility that they're buried alive."
"What can I say ..."
"Rescuing the survivors will require a lot of manpower, so gather the people you captured in the mansion in one place and keep an eye on them. Those who are free will help dig up the snow."
"As you command. I will start preparing immediately."
"Yup, I'll go ahead and check the situation."
I dived into the shadows and traveled from Havre's Mansion to the city.
Beneath the clear moonlight, the city had transformed into a pure white snowfield.
"I don't know where the houses are or even where the road is."
Due to the amount of snow, even if I stood on what was probably the road, all I could see was snow, and I didn't know where to start.
[ Kent-sama, there is no choice but to dig. ]
"Even if you say dig, where should I take this snow ... Right, if it goes through the shadow space."
I came up with an idea and made a 50 cm square shield of darkness and inserted it diagonally into the snow.
The snow on the shield of darkness could not bear its own weight and fell into the shadow space.
"Okay, I can do this!"
The shield of darkness could be deployed through soft objects such as air and water, but could not be deployed to cut through hard objects such as rocks and wood.
As for the snow, though I didn't know where the exact line was, it could be expanded somehow.
When I deployed the shield of darkness aiming just above the ground at what appeared to be a road, the snow fell down with a thud, but it seemed that the snow was still piled up.
When I dug to the place where it was originally trodden down, the piled snow was likely to be more than 3 meters high.
For the time being, I aimed at a line with a depth of about 3 meters and deployed a shield of darkness, dropping more and more snow into the shadow space.
After removing the snow from the road to some extent the next step was to remove it from the top of the buildings.
I was worried that the difference in height from the road was small due to the snow piled up, but most of the buildings were crushed by the weight of the snow.
"Somebody ... Help ..."
I heard a faint voice coming from under the snow-crushed building.
"Kobold Corps, assemble!"
I used shadow summoning to gather the 33 Kobolds.
"Everyone split up and dig out the people buried in the building!"
"Wafuu! Understood, Goshujin-sama!"
As for me, I roughly dug the accumulated snow, and the Kobolds dug out the victims from under the collapsed buildings.
While digging along the road, I aimed for the place where the housing complex used to be, but all I saw was a white snowy field in front of me.
This, I have a feeling this is going to be a long night.
