The momentum of the beast people was being weakened.
Qualia knew why. The chivalric orders were mobilized and were starting to suppress them.
But that also led to knights viciously attacking beast people who lost the will to fight.
“W-wait, I was wrong, wa…”
A beast person sat on the ground and begged for mercy before the gleam of a sword being swung down.
The knight was not hesitating.
“Type SWORD.”
Qualia flashed his photon weapon from the other side, and the cut blade did nothing more than make an echoing sound as it fell on the ground.
The knight threw away what remained of his sword, the handle, and glared quizzically.
“What? You look human, but are you actually with Azure Skies?”
“Error. Azure Skies is registered as a small beast people community.”
Qualia plainly expressed that what he was hearing contradicted what he heard from Ina the previous day.
“What are you talking about? They’ve been seen as a dangerous beast people terrorist organization for about a year… And they’re finally attacking the capital.”
This time, a green, in other words, wind magic circle was pointed at the beast person sitting on the ground.
“Eek!?”
Before the spell was activated, Qualia pushed the knight’s arm away, making the wind blade miss its target, and cut a crescent moon shape into a nearby wall.
Had Qualia not intervened, that would have happened to the beast person, not the wall.
“It is possible to neutralize without eliminating. There is no need to terminate vital activity. What you are doing is an excessive response to the current risk.”
Qualia read an irritated expression on the knight’s face.
“Who are you anyway? If you don’t stop, you’re going to be seen as an enemy too.”
“This individual is Qualia, a member of the guardian knight chivalric order Hello World. Qualia’s role is to create ‘tasty’.”
The knight took a step back.
“Qualia of Hello World? Are you the one who destroyed the fifth division of Troy?”
“Even if it’s an enemy, we can’t have unnecessary killings.”
From behind the knight, many sounds of creaking metal could be heard.
A chivalric order that wore crimson armor was gathering nearby.
“Human detected. Human detected.”
“Supreme commander Woodhorse…!”
A middle aged man with long hair and clad in remarkably tough looking deep crimson, faced Qualia.
“My name is Woodhorse, the supreme commander of Troy… Are you Qualia?”
Woodhorse approached Qualia as his subordinates seized the beast person.
“Affirmative. This individual is Qualia, a member of Hello World.”
“I knew it. I apologize for the other day.”
Woodhorse kneeled.
“As the supreme commander of Troy, it falls to me to apologize for the misdeeds of the fifth division. Edwin has been banished from Troy. I understand it may seem a little selfish to ask for forgiveness, but…”
“You are not wrong. Edwin is the one who behaved unfavorably towards Spirito.”
“No, it falls on me to control him. I have not been the supreme commander of Troy for long.”
Humans hiding nearby cheered when they saw Woodhorse.
“Commander Woodhorse…!”
“You came! Our savior!”
Qualia had received information about Woodhorse, the supreme commander of Troy, the previous day.
Although corrupted, Troy was a major chivalric order with a lot of influence, and could not be ignored.
A knight who carried a lot of trust from his subordinates was named its supreme commander. The deep crimson knight, Woodhorse.
“Qualia, I assume you have been taking on a search-and-destroy kind of role. If so, this area is under Troy’s control, so will you help the knights in other areas?”
“Proposal accepted.”
“The fighting is particularly fierce where Liebe, the leader of Azure Skies, is. Although the tide may be changing now that the magic doll unit has arrived…”
Magic doll. Qualia heard about this from Lobelia when they were traveling to the capital by wagon, but he did not know the details.
“Request explanation. What are magic dolls?”
“Oh, you don’t know? Well, if you came from outside the capital… Up until recently, their creation was top secret.”
He spoke as if they were weapons of destruction.
The way he spoke was probably not too dissimilar from when the project to load autonomous weapons with all-purpose artificial intelligence was announced.
“A picture is worth a thousand words, so rather than me explaining it, it’s best if you see it. Watch out for boys and girls with magic stones in their chests using skills.”
“Commander, we should…”
“Yes, I know… Qualia, I wish you luck in battle.”
Qualia did not stay to watch Woodhorse leave, instead running in the opposite direction.
Qualia perceived magic dolls as beings of high importance.
People, beast people, monsters, and a new denomination, magic dolls.
He headed west, in the direction Woodhorse pointed him to, in order to acquire information about these magic dolls.
However… His calculations changed, because he found something so risky, it made even the existence of those magic dolls seem unimportant.
“Analyzing situation.”
It started when something popped into his head.
All the explosions and fighting he had been hearing were situated in the lower area. There was also smoke billowing all over.
But if beast people were acting out in response to their unfavorable treatment, they would probably target the upper area, where nobles lived.
Even Qualia, who was mostly unfamiliar with the concept of hierarchy, reached this conclusion. But there were no signs that fighting was occurring in the upper area. The attacks were simply too concentrated on the lower area.
Qualia stared at the upper area. He had not acquired information about it.
It was also too far for his human eyes to see very clearly, but he considered the little information he had.
And then he found it.
Among that false peace, he saw a beast person he could not ignore.
“Mind detected.”
Qualia headed to the upper area.
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