Chapter 340 – 98. The Sinking Forest (1)
I glanced at Remiella, who was leading the way.
Pointy ears with a beautiful shape like a high elf. And the white nape of her neck, exposed underneath, was red.
‘Could it be that last night… Did I hear the three of us having sex?’
From the beginning, elves have very sensitive hearing. Among such elves, the noble high elves.
So, Lucia and Rosette’s chanting resounded all night long enough to leave the bedroom. You may have heard it all.
Just in time, an outsider from Remielado Temple. So she was assigned a bedroom on the same floor as us.
Sure enough, he glanced at Lucia and Rosette, who were walking together. I could see that his ears were quivering.
‘Couldn’t it be a virgin…?’
No, I think it might be unexpected. Blonde green eyes. And even her body is beautiful, it’s Remy Ella, who is like the standard of an elf.
Remiella said she had put her body on the battlefield all her life as a member of the Royal Knights. I heard that she is the kind of person who goes on her mission without a moment’s rest.
She said, ‘Maybe she didn’t have time for romance.’
Although not as extreme as dragons. She heard that there are many elves who are not active in reproductive activities. It might not be that strange.
Her friend Tricia was also a virgin for a long time. She followed Remiella as she guided her way, so she thought nonsense.
And two hours later. The group finally reached their destination.
“Is this the sinking forest?”
At my words, Remiella nodded her head.
“Yes that’s right. Your Highness Julian.”
At her words, the expressions of Lucia and Rosette also changed.
‘It must have felt like that.’
A primeval forest full of demons from the beginning. But this place was special. Manaab overflowing in all directions was very strong compared to other places in the primeval forest.
“This is the place where the great spirit sorcerer and the fixed spirit, who were said to have existed during the Old Empire, slept together. This place.”
Like Remiella said. Everywhere was full of spirits. From low-level spirits to high-level spirits. It was floating all over the place.
At that moment, Rosette shouted.
“Huh … Ah … Power … I feel like I’m full of power … !!”
Rosette is the Spirit King’s contractor. So, in this place, he would receive a buff that could not be imagined in the ecliptic.
However, the voice was strange. As if the memory of last night had resurfaced, Remy Ella’s face blushed again at Rosette’s voice.
“Hmm. Anyway, this is where the knights of the Royal Knights come every time they hit their own wall. As you can see, the concentration of mana is so thick that you cannot feel it anywhere else.”
However, Remiella’s expression was not so bright. Seeing that Lucia also made a similar expression to her.
It seems that he realized the meaning of this place.
“But when the concentration of mana is this high… It seems rather difficult to use the proper mana acceleration method.”
And at Lucia’s words, Remiella made a surprised expression. But she said with a calmer face.
“Lucia-sama was said to be a high-level swordsman who honed her skills at the human academy. Then it wouldn’t be strange to find out.”
Remiella briefly explained. Although all mana awakeners are similar in absorbing, converting, and using mana into her body.
The magic-type awakening and the swordsman-type awakening’s mana usage principles were completely different.
“Rosette-sama is a magician and spiritist. So he can use nature’s mana as it is and create magic with theoretical formulas and circuits.”
So, actually, the process of refining that mana takes place through magic circuits or spirits.
“But prosecutors are different. Because mana is directly refined through the mana acceleration that occurs in the mana heart.”
In other words, it means that you directly use your body as if it were a magic circuit.
So, the virtue necessary for a wizard is the ability to calculate circuits and magic formulas in one’s head.
And what virtues do prosecutors need? It is the ability to withstand the intense acceleration of mana with the body by constantly training the mana heart.
“In other words, to a swordsman who uses the mana acceleration method, this terribly thick concentration is rather poison.”
“That’s right. Majesty.”
If the mana heart inside the body accelerates this high concentration of mana. Before proper acceleration occurs, the overcrowded mana destroys the mana heart and mana rod.
“That’s why we Royal Knights call this forest the Sunken Forest.”
The feeling of not being able to resist that concentration of mana. He said it felt like sinking into a deep swamp.
“But it is not necessarily harmful. A high-level swordsman already has a solid mana heart and mana rod. It is a very good experience to absorb this high concentration of mana and use the mana acceleration method.”
Mana with high concentration has a rebound similar to extremely accelerated mana. That is, once you get used to the thick mana concentration of this forest.
After that, it means that it is also possible to use higher mana acceleration.
“But to endure that recoil… It’s more than a swamp feeling, it’s a limb-ripping pain. So, a swordsman who has not reached at least the 5th level is prohibited from entering this place.”
Remiella looked at me carefully. She’s not ignoring me. She seemed very concerned about me.
But I felt very excited by Remiela’s words.
“I have found the right place.”
And I’m really resisting the mana that weighs me down like a swamp. I tried to move my body towards the center of the forest.
“There is a place where you can feel the scent of mana more strongly. If I had to train, I would like to do it there.”
At that, Remi Ella raised her voice.
“Y-you can’t go there!”
And Remiella stood in front of me.
“In the depths of the forest there is a lake! That place is where the thick mana of this forest… Literally sinks to the ground as a puddle! If you don’t, your body could be shattered due to the pressure of mana…”
But I held up her hand to stop her.
“Remiel. Who am I?”
She was silent That expression of concern for me hasn’t changed. She opened her mouth and said.
“The great cold-blooded demon lord. He is the son of His Majesty Lucifer. And…”
Remy Elado said that she had made up her own mind.
“This is Highness Yulian, who will ascend as the new demon king.”
I nodded. In the end, Remiella stopped blocking me any further and stepped aside to her side.
***
Lucia and Rosette did not follow me and stayed in the middle of the forest.
That is where Remielana and other Royal Knights train. In fact, if you are an ordinary Mana Awakener, you will be suffocated and unable to survive even if you do nothing there.
“But both of them held up very well there. After all, it doesn’t seem like an ordinary academy cadet.”
I nodded meekly.
“They both have special blood, just like me. And since the two of them have already crossed the 5th tier level, they should be able to endure it.”
“Okay. Indeed, these are the people Your Highness acknowledged. In fact, in order for the average knights of the Royal Knights to become High Knights, they must go through training there. There were not one or two knights who couldn’t hold on and gave up…”
And suddenly, as if remembering, he asked.
“Is that why Your Highness accepted the two of you as wives?”
As if it’s not a big deal, it’s a calm question. But I saw Remiella’s ears prick up.
Perhaps Remiella was the type of person who was not good at deceiving her heart.
“Not necessarily. Both of them are women who had a relationship with me at the academy in the imperial capital.”
“Hey, you mean love marriage.”
She was a little taken aback by the unexpected words. Remiella replied as if making excuses.
“Actually, the concept of dating is not common among high elves. Either they don’t date at all, or they get married with the fiancés chosen by their families.”
Of course, I also had a fiancée, Lilia, chosen by my family. She then turned her head away, as if Remi Ella thought she was mistaken, and she was silent.
‘There’s a cute corner.’
Same high elf. She was the exact opposite of Tricia, who was so easy-going and cool. It was a bit strange that the two of them were close friends.
Now I had something to ask her first.
“For a moment. Remiella. Come to think of it, she has something she wants to ask me. Centiac Knights. And about the Byrea mercenaries.”
And at those words, Remiella’s expression hardened coldly.
“Are you talking about those damned beings?”
I nodded her head. Remiella’s ears trembled just by bringing up the names of the two groups.
It was different from the reaction he had just a moment ago, trying to hide his embarrassment. The current reaction was pure anger.
“As your Highness knows, the Sentiac Knights are the greatest enemies of our Demon Kingdom. And the same goes for the Byrea Mercenary Corps. Because they frequently invaded the Demon Kingdom and took demons as slaves.”
She briefly got her information about the two groups. Although I knew about the basic omnipresence, famous knights, and mercenaries.
Remielara, who fought directly against them on the battlefield. Her information was more detailed.
“Then do you know about a guy named Chris? The leader of the killing squad, Chris.”
For a moment, Remiella was silent. It was completely different from the slightest reaction.
This time, it wasn’t her ears, because she inadvertently felt her body tremble.
“Puppeteer… You mean Chris?”
“I know too. I want to know all the information about him.”
“Why did he…”
After I stopped for a while. She said, looking straight at her.
“Two days later. When he leaves the primeval forest and heads back to the imperial capital, he intends to personally punish the leader of the rebels. And beside the monster. Puppeteer Chris. That little guy will be there. He needs me to take him down.”
Remiella’s face turned pale.
“Your Highness is speaking directly! Your Highness is His Majesty Lucifer’s only blood relative! Do not come into direct contact with him! If you really want to defeat him, then I myself…”
It was an unexpectedly violent reaction. No, it was a reaction that felt obvious fear of Chris.
I calmed down Remiella.
“Since you are a demon, it is difficult to follow you right to the middle of the ecliptic. And the Royal Knights have a mission to deal with Sentiac in the south.”
“But… Come on, Chris is too dangerous!”
“For now, calm down. If so, could you tell me more about him?”
Remiella was quiet. Lost in her thoughts, she finally opened her mouth.
“Puppeteer Chris. He is a necromancer who has existed undead for hundreds of years.”
***
Remiella and I finally arrived at the center of the Sunken Forest.
It was an ominous place that could not be seen in the same primeval forest. Trees growing tall everywhere in the primeval forest.
However, all the trees growing here were as dry as dead trees.
“All the trees in the primeval forest are magic trees that grew from the roots of the World Tree. However, even for magic beasts who grow by eating mana, the concentration of mana here is too high to properly absorb, so this phenomenon happened.”
And he felt mana rising around Remiella’s body. To resist the extremely high mana concentration. It seems that she used the mana acceleration method.
Over the clearing where the two are standing. Lake was visible. It’s not a big lake. It was about the size of a small reservoir, so it was a little short of a lake.
However, the blue light in the lake. Rather, it was darker and deeper than the deepest black. It seemed that the mana concentration was so thick that it distorted even the surrounding light.
“You can start training here. It is very dangerous to approach that lake instead. That lake is not water, but a lake of mana. Just making the wrong contact can harm your body…”
“Wait, Remiella.”
And I handed her her rosary off her neck.
“If the green light of this rosario does not go out, it means that there is no danger to my life. Don’t worry. Please be vigilant around here until you return.”
“Me, Your Highness? Suddenly, what is this… Your Highness! No!!”
But there was no time for Remiella to react.
I moved quickly and jumped out. Soon, he jumped into the lake of mana as it was.
