After fighting the Demon Army’s elites, we had lost many people. Including myself in the count, there were nine Dimensional Mercenaries left, but twenty-one knights had died and seven of the surviving ones had received grave injuries preventing them from continuing. There were also only four magicians left. With twelve knights, four magicians, Bellode, and Ludia, there were a total of twenty-seven people left. If there was anything to be relieved about, it was that most of the knights and magicians were First Dungeon explorers.

That said, we still had a chance. In fact, with the Army Commander defeated, we would be able to rescue Shina before the Demon Army could reorganize themselves. As such, there was still some fighting spirit left in everyone.

However, the fact that the Demon Lord couldn’t move got on my mind. Could he really not move? In that case, couldn’t we kill him with our strength? Was the Demon Lord really heavily injured from the Hero?

“There’s no choice but to go on.”

Ludia nodded in agreement. Right, we had no other choice but to go on. Even though we knew there was a spy within the knights or the magicians, we couldn’t separate as that would only split up our strength. As I could at least trust the Dimensional Mercenaries, I wanted to complete the mission with their cooperation. However, it wouldn’t be so easy.

Something had to be done. I couldn’t ignore Peruta’s words.

“But Ludia, we can’t just keep going like this.”

“What do you mean? Didn’t...