“A Siege Mission?”

Merlin was perplexed at the sudden mention of a siege, but then he recalled the conversation he overheard between Hanma and Adol. He also had a feeling that he’d heard something similar when he passed by the east boundary gate.

“I want to participate… do I need to return to the village?”

That wasn’t necessary. To the east of where he stood, about five kilometers away, a large group of monsters was gathered and beginning to mobilize.

“Those are…”

Since he was perched on the tall tower, Merlin was able to see the group of monsters. Even if he didn’t reinforce his sight with internal energy, his basic vision was still sharp. If it were only one or two mobs, Merlin might have had some trouble discerning them, but this was an entire corps of monsters, so he recognized them without any difficulty. Furthermore, among the gathered monsters, there were some that were the size of entire homes. After momentarily hesitating, Merlin realized that the monsters were heading towards Starting.

“I see. They’re not spawning near the village walls but moving towards them. DIO really is quite different from other games.”

As he muttered to himself, Merlin took out his bow and arrow. He had about sixty arrows on him.

Ping!

After releasing the drawn bowstring, an arrow shot into the air and soared in a neat parabola before falling into the large body of water. Merlin gauged that the maximum distance the arrow could fly was 110 meters; however, 60 meters was the maximum distance wherein he could accurately hit his target.

“Hmm, I didn’t think the range would be too long, but it’s quite short. It seems I won’t be able to attack them atop this tower.”

Merlin then tried...