Bishoujo ni natta kedo netoge haijin. Yattemasu

Chapter 71 - Rolling armies.

'I wish the weather was this nice so I could take a nap.'

　I look up at the clear sky and mutter to myself to relieve the tension.

　A few hundred metres southwest of Michelangelo, we were preparing for the coming battle. With still no information on the enemy's identity or numbers, we had no choice but to form up in a double column behind Michelangelo.

　The distance between each of us was approximately three to less than four metres, and the wall of mercenary players, comprising 102 in total, could follow Michelangelo for more than 150 metres as a bulwark against him.

　But its thickness is very thin. This is because there are only two rows and too much distance to the neighbouring mercenary players. To put it simply, the result is tantamount to taking a skunky defensive position in order to prioritise coverage.

　But as we don't know where the enemy will come from, or how many, this is probably the best move we can make to react quickly when we spot a target.

'I don't really have a choice.

　I'm in the front row of such a wall, talking to Mina, who is standing next to me a little further away.

'George, is everything alright?

'Have you received any friend messages from Tenshi-sama as well?'

Mina, rubbing the hilt of her mace repeatedly as if she were trying to locate it, returned with a question.

'This one's not ready yet. Which means Mina's too'.

　George is not here at the moment. Besides George, Traj and several mercenary players are positioned far ahead, in every direction. The reason for this is to let the mercenaries who are waiting here as a wall know of the enemy's presence as soon as possible. If we are the main force to face the monster monsters head-on, then they are playing the role of reconnaissance and are searching alone for where the enemy is coming from.

　The advance party that Toraji-san sent to the vicinity of 'Ine Village' was killed while sending information about the enemy via friend message, so they may be a very fast group of monsters. Or they may have abilities that are difficult for us to detect. But even if that were the case, it would be difficult to completely conceal a large number of them. That is why George and the others were sent forward as reconnaissance, but from the current situation, they are still in a sacrificial position for the battle. The reason why high level George and Toraji were selected is because if only low level people were selected, the survival rate would be low and there was a concern that they would be killed before they could send information to us.

'Hmph. Even if we can't get the information to them, if they get killed, we'll know it from their friend list. If he gets killed, we know the enemy is approaching from that direction. That's enough."

　Wolff's cold point is certainly the best we can do at the moment, and it rings true.

　If we can find out where the enemy is coming from, we can concentrate this expanse of wall and face them with the best force we can muster.

　Now. With this in mind, and while worrying about the scouts who had to put themselves in the danger zone, I take out my 'telescope' from my right hand.

　Then, a few hundred metres away, I put my eyes on the equipment where I can see George and the others in a close-up.

　As I look left and right for where George is, I see a dark-skinned gay man sitting in the middle of the road, staring ahead. The form of his buttocks, pudgy and protruding, was in full view because he was wearing a pink leotard. I whine that I'm a sight for sore eyes, but my gaze moves off in the other direction.