He was ordered to attack villages near E-Rantel, so he had done things like this many times.
It was just that he didn't expect to be frustrated here today. After all, in his opinion, so-called success should be a matter of course.
Now, they could only place knights around the perimeter, and when they saw villagers fleeing outside the village, they would order people to kill those fleeing guys, thereby bringing greater panic to those villagers who were shrinking inside.
That was all he could do right now.
"Damn it, which magician was so idle to set up such a magic array in this small town!"
Belius's face was gloomy, and he cursed in his mouth. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, the warhorse under his feet neighed, and he, riding on the warhorse, began to think of a countermeasure.
If these villages didn't have barriers, they would be quite easy to deal with.
Belius would order a part of the knights to search the houses and slaughter the survivors, and another part would directly launch a massacre in the square.
After the slaughter was over, they would just leave a few survivors, and then burn down the entire village, and their work would be over.
This was the mission of the knight team led by Belius.
If there were a few women with good looks in this village, Belius would also have some other interests, but unfortunately, the girls he had met so far were all of mediocre beauty, and none of them could make his heart flutter.
Moreover, he had to find a way to deal with the barrier in front of him.
Thinking of this, Belius couldn't help but feel a headache.
"Damn it, why would I encounter such unlucky things." Belius cursed in his mouth and shouted to the knight beside him: "Hey, Londes, do you have any good ideas?"
The knight named Londes had a sinister look in his eyes. When Belius asked this question, Londes forced out a smile that wasn't too ugly and said to Belius: "It seems that we can only try to attack by bypassing those shadows."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Belius with a disdainful look. He said in a loud voice: "Stupid, how can you say such stupid things? Look around the village, where isn't covered by this thing."
Being scolded so mercilessly by Belius, Londes's expression became very ugly. His eyes became even more sinister, but he couldn't say anything because of their status. He could only lower his head and nod, not daring to speak.
Obviously, the relationship between the two wasn't good, and even to some extent, it was pale to describe it as not good.
The guy in front of him named Belius wasn't a well-trained knight, nor was he a companion who got along with them day and night. He was just a young master from a very wealthy family who was sent in to be gilded.
This young master would violate the village women who were the targets during the mission for his own lewd desires. After being stopped by the other party's father, he would immediately vent his anger on the other party and swing his sword at the other party. He was just such a dirty person.
Naturally, such a person couldn't be very popular. If it wasn't for the fact that the discipline of the army didn't allow challenges, and that this mission was an important action made to cooperate with the people above, Londes would never be pointed at by the other party like this, and he would have challenged him to a duel sooner or later.
It was just that right now, the mission was important. For the sake of the mission, he could only swallow his anger.
Even if it made him feel very unhappy.
While the two were thinking about countermeasures, what they didn't know was that a figure had already hovered in mid-air, looking down from above at this team of knights that could be called elite.
Who could it be if it wasn't Roa?
And next to Roa were those two thin girls.
The youth slowly descended from the sky with the two girls, and such a striking scene was naturally seen by those who were interested.
The villagers shouted in a panic: "Look, isn't that Enri and her sister?"
"No, why did they run back again!"
"Who is that young man next to them?"
The noise became a jumble, and the knights looked at each other.
The leading knight found that the purpose of the other party's descent was actually in front of him, and couldn't help but squeeze out a terrifying smile. His eyes looked directly at the three people above, Belius licked his lips, and thought about what to do in his mind to force this group of people out of the turtle shell.
Soon, the youth and the two girls landed on the ground. Roa waved his hand, and the two girls trotted back into the village. The knight wanted to stop them, but was stopped by Roa stepping in the center.
Roa's gaze was cold, his face was frosty, and he exuded a strong sense of crisis.
After seeing Roa's appearance clearly, Belius curled his lips unhappily, raised his hand, and waved to the two knights holding bows and arrows next to him.
The two knights understood, raised their bows and aimed at Roa. However, before the sound of the arrows breaking through the air could be heard, Roa said expressionlessly: "Third tier magic - Lightning"
Magic power gathered in between, converted into purple lightning, and the purple lightning instantly pierced through the two.
At this time, everyone realized, and their faces showed horrified expressions. Looking at the corpses lying on the ground that were already charred, someone cried out in shock: "It's actually a third tier magic! This guy in front of him can actually use third tier magic! He is undoubtedly a high-level magic caster!"
The scene instantly fell into an uproar. The heavy expressions on the faces of the only two people with the right to speak in the field were undisguised.
Whether it was Londes or Belius, they all knew what this meant.
In this world where ordinary magic casters can only use up to second tier magic, being able to use third tier magic is undoubtedly an elite among humans.
If you divide them by the adventurer level, generally speaking, copper-level and iron-level magic casters can usually only use first-tier magic, while silver-level and gold-level magic casters can usually use second-tier magic. The third-tier magic is the domain of platinum-level and mithril-level magic casters.
In this world where the highest-level magic that humans can use is the sixth tier, the fifth tier is a magic that only those who have entered the hero domain can use.
Therefore, the user of the third-tier magic is already considered a strong person among humans. And facing such a strong person, they had to deal with it carefully. What was even more crucial was that there were no strong people of this level in this knight team.
Thinking of this, Londes's face became even more unsightly.
He originally thought it was an easy task, but he would encounter this or that trouble. Now, he had even blown out a high-level magic caster. These days were really getting harder and harder to live.
After a while, Londes made up his mind, took a step forward, stood at the front of the team, and said loudly to the youth: "We are knights of the Baharuth Empire, unknown magic caster, please retreat quickly!"
However, these words were like throwing stones into a calm lake. The calm lake surface instantly rippled.
Londes's voice was loud, but it was this yell that made the villagers who were originally in despair roar out in anger.
"As expected, they are knights of the Baharuth Empire!"
"Why are you slaughtering us? Don't you even let the civilians go?"
"Is it because of the war?
Such noisy sounds rose one after another, and the crowd soon became a mess.
Honestly, the villagers weren't surprised by the identities of these knights.
But that's precisely why they felt angry.
The Baharuth Empire was a neighboring country of the Re-Estize Kingdom, and it was a country that frequently launched wars of aggression.
Its relationship with the Re-Estize Kingdom wasn't good, either. It could even be said that they were completely hostile. The two sides, along with the Slane Theocracy, had fought countless times near E-Rantel. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were enemy countries.
However, in the past, the flames of the Empire's invasion would only spread around the fortress city of E-Rantel. Both sides were still restrained. After all, war was war, and they wouldn't deliberately slaughter the villagers in the villages.
But these knights weren't just affecting them, but actively launched a slaughtering operation against the villages near E-Rantel. This was no longer considered war.
This was already a naked slaughter, the actions of invaders, and the worst invaders would do.
However, in the face of the inquiries, doubts, and even scolding of these villagers, Londes's expression remained calm. His eyes were calm, and he still tried to persuade Roa: "Looking at your attire, you shouldn't be a member of the Re-Estize Kingdom, but a civilian, right?"
The so-called civilians referred to those in the adventurer category. These people weren't loyal to the country. Most of them roamed around various countries, earning commissions. For them, it didn't matter who the client was.
However, Roa showed a mocking smile when he heard Londes say this.
Having read the original plot, he naturally knew that these guys in front of him couldn't be the so-called knights of the Baharuth Empire. Their true identities were people from the Slane Theocracy.
The reason they pretended to be knights of the Baharuth Empire was to impersonate them and provoke the relationship between the two sides.
After all, the two countries were already at odds at this moment. As long as they were slightly guided, one side would inevitably explode, and a chaotic battle would begin. At this time, the Slane Theocracy only needed to sit behind the scenes and reap the benefits.
Of course, this was just the latter part of the plan. Their real purpose now was to lure someone out.
That person had a pivotal position in this country, and the supporters behind the knights' actions weren't just the Slane Theocracy, but also the nobles of this country.
First, you pretend to be knights of the Baharuth Empire, appear near E-Rantel, and launch a slaughter. Then, let those nobles of the kingdom use this as a reason to propose to the king to send that important person here.
This was the entire content of this operation.
But unfortunately, a change occurred halfway through the plan.
A high-level magician popped out from nowhere, making them feel quite tricky.
Looking at Roa's mocking smile, Belius was very dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say anything too outrageous because of the other party's strength as a third-tier caster. But even so, he couldn't help but shout self-righteously: "I am the captain of the elite knight corps of the Baharuth Empire! If you dare to attack me, the Empire will never let you go!"
This was a threat, using the name of the Empire to threaten Roa. For ordinary people, the Baharuth Empire was indeed a behemoth. If you weren't a native of the country, it would undoubtedly be an extremely uneconomical act to offend such a powerful force for a small town.
But Roa wasn't an ordinary person.
Such a threat, in Roa's view, was so ridiculous.
Roa sneered and directly revealed the identities of the two.
"Still pretending? You're pretty good at pretending, you dogs of the Slane Theocracy."
Roa's words were like a bolt from the blue, striking the heads of everyone. Almost instantly, Londes and Belius's expressions froze.
And the villagers below burst into an uproar.
Everyone looked at these guys in front of them with incredible eyes, and an exaggerated arc appeared on the corners of their mouths. It seemed that they didn't expect the other party to be people from the Slane Theocracy.
And Londes had a completely gloomy face, and looked at Belius, scolding the other party for being a fool in his heart.
Belius's words just now were extremely inappropriate in Londes's view, and inappropriate from all angles.
First of all, the sentence itself had a somewhat deliberate meaning. Repeatedly emphasizing that he was a knight of the Baharuth Empire could easily make others suspicious.
Secondly, why threaten the guy in front of him?
The magicians in this world were different from the magicians in the Mushoku Tensei world. The magic they mastered was instantaneous, which led to the fact that a third-tier magic caster was quite terrifying.
They had a variety of combat methods, and they couldn't be compared to those fragile magicians in the Mushoku Tensei world.
There were no strong people in his team who could compete with the other party. At this time, he shouldn't threaten the other party.
Now it was good. Not only was his identity directly seen through by Roa, but it also caused the other party to be displeased.
While Londes was complaining bitterly, he was also scolding Belius in his heart.
"Why would you let such a fool be the captain of our team?"
Londes was very dissatisfied with those high-level officials who made this decision. He didn't care if a kid who didn't know anything came over to mix qualifications, but he had to hand over the power to command the team to this person so trivially.
However, the information Roa revealed was more than just this. He saw Roa pacing and continuing slowly: "I already know all your information. However, looking at your combat power, I'm afraid your strength is still lacking if you want to kill 'that person', right? If I'm not mistaken, there should be other masters behind you."