"Warning alarm! Warning alarm! The Mobile Fortress Destroyer is approaching the city! Adventurers, prepare and head to the Adventurer's Guild! Citizens, evacuate immediately!"
It was an emergency broadcast, and its use signified something critically important related to the fate of the entire city.
And indeed, the arrival of the Mobile Fortress Destroyer was no less significant than the previous arrival of the Devil King's General, and its danger level was even higher!
At least, Verdia hadn't touched a single brick in Axel, whereas the Mobile Fortress Destroyer might reduce Axel to not a single brick remaining!
It was said that wherever the Mobile Fortress Destroyer passed, nothing remained except the dwellings of Axis cultists.
Generally, so far, the only conceivable method was to have everyone in the city flee, wait for the Mobile Fortress Destroyer to demolish everything in its path, and then send people back to rebuild the city.
However, this was merely a way to buy time.
The Mobile Fortress Destroyer would not cease its rampage across human and monster territories until it was destroyed.
Moreover, the kingdom currently had no funds to rebuild Axel!
"Besides, the house we just bought can't easily be destroyed by others, right?" Ethan donned high-grade metal armor, with the Cursed Sword Gram on his back, appearing fully prepared for battle.
Beside him, Eris, Yunyun, and Iris were also fully prepared.
They exchanged glances without words, then everyone showed confident smiles!
"Okay! Let's move forward together! To protect our shared home! Destroy that so-called Mobile Fortress Destroyer!"
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Outside the city of Axel.
Not only adventurers but also city residents gathered, conducting emergency construction in front of the city, building temporary barriers.
Among the working people, Ethan even saw the foreman who had worked for a month and had even awarded him the model employee award, which made him feel like recalling something he shouldn't and couldn't help but twitch.
Almost no one fled the city.
Not because everyone in the city had the mentality that if humans exist, towers exist; if humans die, towers don't die, but because Ethan went directly to the emergency broadcast station and announced a message that made the residents of Axel stay.
"The kingdom has no money to rebuild Axel, even if someone wants to flee, they won't have a place to live in the future, and if anyone is determined to fight to the death, then our adventurer team, which has defeated the Devil King's General, will hold out to the end!"
Thus, except for the extremely cowardly, almost everyone in Axel stayed with Ethan to face the Mobile Fortress Destroyer!
Even if they wanted to flee, they didn't know where to go, especially since the homes they had gathered over their lifetimes might vanish in an instant, how could they accept this!?
Moreover, the kingdom didn't even have money to rebuild their homes, of course, it didn't have money to aid refugees! Better to hold out than to live as starving vagabonds, right?
At least, there's a strong team here, the chance of winning also increases!
However, what's strange is the odd atmosphere between Kazuma's team and Ethan's team.
"Sorry, is that really Princess Iris?!" The blonde knight widened her eyes in disbelief at Iris, seemingly finding it very hard to imagine the reality of Iris being here.
"Long time no see, Lalatina, I heard you became an adventurer, I didn't expect it to be true! But now we are comrades! Please take good care of me!" In response, Iris only showed a very sweet and warm smile.
This made the blonde knight called Lalatina by Iris tense up and shout nervously: "Y-Yes!"
"You really are Yunyun!? You joined someone else's adventurer team!? Even the strongest adventurer team that defeated the Devil King's General!? What kind of joke is this!? Damn! Was I dreaming when I saw Yunyun standing in the Adventurer's Guild to receive the award some time ago!? That lonely girl... turns out..."
A small red-haired girl, a Crimson Demon, whose development was very different from Yunyun, not only widened her eyes but also tugged at Yunyun's clothes.
"Of course it's me! Really! Does Megumin always think of me like this in her heart? Besides, stop pulling my clothes! Megumin is stupid!" Yunyun immediately blushed and wrestled with the little girl named Megumin.
"Really strange! I feel the aura on your body is very familiar, if I taste it more carefully, it feels even more familiar!" A beautiful blue-haired girl, but doing something stupid like a dog sniffing with a foolish face.
"Ahahaha, we should have just met today, you're really strange..." Seeing the foolish blue-haired girl keep approaching, Eris felt a bit embarrassed and hid behind Ethan.
This made Ethan's eyebrows raise, where did this idiot come from!? How dare you flirt with my Goddess Eris!?
"Hey! You three, what are you doing to Ethan's friends!?" Kazuma saw the foolish actions of his teammates, scared to the point of almost vomiting!
Who is Ethan!? To Kazuma, he is the person who gave him the task to defeat the Giant Toad that allowed him and his teammates to survive!
Even thanks to Ethan and the others defeating the Devil King's General, Kazuma and the others can now defeat monsters for money!
What are his foolish teammates doing now!? Provocation!? Aren't they afraid of being killed by him and directly meeting Goddess Eris!?
Ethan saw Kazuma's embarrassed face, he knew this was the teammate he previously called annoying, and rudely, he lifted the beautiful blue-haired girl and the small red-haired girl by their collars and threw them at Kazuma, his movements like a butcher carrying dogs at the market!
"Wow!" Two unexpected heavy objects came suddenly, Kazuma hadn't had time to react, he was immediately pressed down by both in a mountain-crushing style!
"Rude person! How dare you insult me, the Water Goddess! I will have all Axis followers worldwide punish you!" The beautiful blue-haired girl shouted angrily.
While Megumin was about to chant a spell, terrifying magic flowed through her body, making Kazuma stiff!