The Shadow King's
A Heavy Start

"Obviously this is a good opportunity, if monsters attack this City, the Automatically the guards here will definitely be busy, and they will focus on driving out the monsters."

I began to pick up an apple on the table and eat it, and continued the conversation.

"When their attention is diverted, we'll start infiltrating the dungeon. With that time, we'll make sure it works, what do you think?"

"Why didn't I think about it that way."

"Well, I don't know, ask yourself, more importantly, what about your training?"

"I've been able to master the element of darkness, with half power."

"Hem, good, so we just have to wait for the monster to move, if the help you say it comes, they will also definitely make use of it to the lackeys in this town, too, so guess now just waiting for the monster to attack."

"Yes, then, I'll start back training."

Suri left my room.

I also began to break down, because too many activities have occurred lately, which is still a mystery, how the many monsters suddenly appear.

"Just thinking about it makes my head hurt," I muttered a little, and began to close my eyes.

****

Turning to Nia Kazuki where they had reached the Island of Ice, where this ice island was where the ice kingdom stood.

Nia Kazuki and the troupe began to look for a place to camp, as well as a suitable place to scout the City.

Nia Kazuki and the troupe had found a good spot, the place was in a quite deep and large cave.

Although this was a monster nest, but they were not worried. According to them, no monster could hurt 10 Generals.

"Nia, it seems like something's weird."

Wira Kazuki who was again preparing the fire, spoke to his sister.

"Any brother?"

The confused Nia, with the hero statement.

"Do you not realize it, otherwise you still need to learn a lot."

"Yes, I know, I still need to learn a lot, so brother, what's weird."

"Yes, is it not strange, the absence of monsters we encounter, and more suspect it again, here is a nest of monsters, but we do not find the slightest monsters, and even more suspicious, here is a nest of monsters, like monsters are gathering somewhere."

"After you say it, brother, it's weird."

"Well, we better rest first, while waiting for the team to lurk back, when it is, maybe we get the answer."

"Hah ..yes sister, I am also still tired in the long journey."

They also rested in a cave, accompanied by a bonfire to warm the body.

Not only that, they also eat dinner, with cooked venison, by burning it.

Although tampa seasoning, the meat already has a good taste.

Moments later, the four scouts who had carried out their duties returned.

"Wira!!!"

Shouted a man named Rondus who was also among the 10 Generals.

The woman, who was asleep, woke up to the screams of a man named Rondus.

This Rondus had the largest body among the 10 Generals, as well as the most grumpy nature, but even like that, he was a man of undoubted loyalty.

"Wira, come here they've returned, scouts."

Wira and Nia heard that the scouts had returned, and they came out of the cave.

"Rondus you don't..."

when Wira had come out of the cave, Wira wanted to tell Rondus not to scream, but suddenly he did not so continue.

As something more important happened in front of him, one of the 10 Generals members was injured, who was assigned to reconnaissance.

"Hey!!! why haven't you guys raised Airi in, take her quickly."

Shouted Rondus, to tell Airi to bring into the cave, on the instructions issued by the Hero.

"Nia, Winna, and Rondus, just in case, you check outside, whether anyone is following them or not, and you should report if anything suspicious. Winna your assignment, you need to quickly activate it teleportation, if there's anything very urgent, for the others you come with me in, understand."

"Yes!!"

The three of them, who were told to stand guard, spoke simultaneously.

****

The hero, and the others were already in the cave, Airi had been left lying down, and was dealt with by Anya, who was a specialist to treat the wounded.

"Well, what about the wound, can you heal it?"

The hero asked Anya.

"Yes, the wound is quite severe, he's lucky that no vital organs were affected, but what's regrettable about his hand, I can't connect it if we don't find his hand."

"Yes you're right, but please save him, then I'll leave him to you."

"Good."

Anya said.

The hero turned around, towards the other three who had been waiting.

"All right, you three, tell me what's going on."

The first person to speak was Amakawa.

"Alright I will say in luan, first to what problems Airi experienced, obviously I do not know, it is true that I was the first to find it. But at that moment, he had been unconscious, covered in blood, so I really had no idea what was happening.

The second one, regarding my report on the reconnaissance, I felt that this place was something strange, because when I was lurking westward, I found a huge monster society, inside the horde of monsters, they had a conversation, because my distance with them was quite far, so I could not figure out what they were discussing. I didn't want to take the risk of approaching them, hem. and one more, as long as I was heading west, I found some villages burned to the ground, and had been abandoned, its inhabitants, it was likely the monsters that destroyed the village. That's all I can report."

"Okay Amakawa, there's something I asked, when you found Airi, was there anyone following her or something suspicious?"

"Nothing, I've circulated my senses, to the maximum, but still didn't find anything like that."

"So that, Amakawa, means you're not spying on the City from the West."

"Yes, I didn't make it to the city, because the monsters blocked the road, if I approached just a little I was afraid that I would get caught."

"Well Amakawa, now Haruto, what about you."

"That's the same as me. I also found a horde of monsters from the North."

"So, Koasiki."

"Yes, so do I."

"Hem... The three of you found something similar, Airi must have also found a horde of monsters from the south. What attacked him as well, was likely a monster, judging from his injuries, it was similar to a monster attack. The problem was, what kind of monster made him so badly injured like that, even though the monster was strong or numerous, he could definitely escape without having to lose his arm. Huh..... You three, how many monsters there are in the horde."