"What?"
Everyone was dumbfounded. A single monster was already hard enough to deal with, and now there was a monster that could flood the battlefield with reinforcements?
They had been exhilarated when they saw that magnificent explosion earlier wipe out tens of thousands of monsters.
Now it seemed they had celebrated too soon. One monster had been lurking underground, breeding like mad.
Although that bug had fled shamelessly when it appeared beside Izuki, sooner or later it would return with an army in tow...
Everyone fell silent. Izuki was like a bringer of disaster. Whoever stayed with him would have to face a tide of bugs next.
"What do we do..." They looked at one another, all deeply worried.
They did not want to die. After the monsters killed Izuki, they would surely kill them too. From a rational standpoint, anyone "infected" by the monsters should be abandoned and sent as far away as possible.
But they did not dare suggest driving Izuki away. For one thing, Izuki had saved them. For another, he was the strongest man there.
Izuki smiled and took the initiative. "There are traps set up all around here. Against ordinary monsters, if you work together, you should be able to put up a fight."
"If I stay, I'll only hold you back."
He actually intended to leave voluntarily so that he would not drag everyone down.
The weapons he had organized everyone to make and the defenses he had arranged before leaving were not meant to protect himself, either. They were for everyone else.
No one tried to stop him. They merely looked awkward.
The High School Student stood up and gritted his teeth. "Ibu-kun, you must have a way, right? You said you fought bugs before. You must have defeated them."
Izuki said, "I