Swaaaah!

“No signs of it stopping anytime soon, huh.”

One of the soldiers murmured irritably. They were gathered close together under a tent, near a warm, burning fire.

“What’s wrong with it? I rather like it. Thanks to it, we don’t even have to fight, wouldn’t you agree?”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

A soldier grinned and shrugged at his colleague’s complaints, showing his yellow, rugged teeth.

It was much better to huddle around a warm fire for a while, even if they were hungry and cold, rather than die fighting the army camped right outside the castle.

“By the way, I heard that they have real demons among their forces outside. Did you hear about it?”

“Are you talking about the orcs? They are the real deal. I heard that they pull out your hearts while you are alive and devour it.”

“Uwah…”

One soldier made a grasping motion in the air and pretended to chew, and the others shuddered.”

“No… The real demons aren’t the orcs…”

Their eyes naturally turned at someone’s voice. A soldier was staring blankly at the sizzling flames. He was one of the only one who had survived the last battle and returned.

“W, what do you mean by that?”

“I saw them. The demons in green. They had the devil’s marks on their faces, and they hunted us like...