Chapter 352 – 352. Struggle and Life (6)
– One –
Woo woo woo woo!
Projectiles fall while drawing a parabola.
Beneath them were two elite combat agents,
With a splash!
Tearing through the water barrier,
Tat tat tat!
They spur as hard as they can and run at the same time.
They run at a speed that the water barrier created by Echo cannot match.
Chii profit!
Tititic!
Moisture on their skin evaporates in an instant.
Her hair shriveled, and sparks flew from her leather clothes.
I run at the fastest speed I can, but I can’t feel the comfort of the wind blowing in front of me.
Ignore all of that.
Endure the pain
“Back cover!”
As the rather small and nimble agent shouted,
Tatatatatatat!
Whee-ae-ae-ae-ae-aek!
Hit the front
Dig!
The moment you leap forward,
Wedge love!
Pachang!
The first projectile to arrive grazed his toe.
It reaches the bottom and shatters.
“Huh…!”
The relatively large fighter takes a deep breath.
Kwong, crackling!
Swish
Stomps his feet and turns his body half a turn.
Whoa ae ae ae ae!
Jump into the air
By the time you get between the nimble agent and the projectile,
Shiik, Chang!
Pull out the sword from the waist
“Haaaaap!”
Exhaling spirits,
Whee-ae-ae-ae-ae-aek!
Pacha chacha chacha chacha!
It begins to slash projectiles at an invisible speed.
Hit by the blade he swung, the projectile exploded.
It breaks.
In an instant, a safe zone forms behind him.
“Catch!”
He shouts loudly without looking back.
The nimble agent doesn’t answer.
Awesome love!
It just spurred on and ran forward.
Taking a few steps ahead of Gallo’s sprawled body,
Whiik!
Leaping forward
Tup!
Grabbing Gallo’s body,
Chaaaaagh!
After rolling once on the ground,
That’s right!
Stand up while correcting your posture by playing with your feet exquisitely.
As I hoist the gallo over his shoulder, the speed at which he runs doesn’t slow down at all.
“Follow me!”
“Goes!”
Tatatatatatat!
The moment they start to run faster,
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Numerous projectiles start pouring down from the sky.
The projectiles rained down on Gallo and the nimble agent,
“Huh!”
Aww!
Pachang, Pachang!
A large agent follows and takes care of it with a sword swing.
Chee Hee Hee!
Passsss!
The flames subside due to the projectiles containing water and cold.
As the thick mist rises, the vision is further blurred.
But the heat was only slightly reduced,
Chae Chae Chae!
Cheehee hee!
“Kuhh…!”
It was hot enough to cook the flesh where the metal part of the hilt came in contact.
Gallo’s appearance was relatively intact, but the two agents’ skin was covered with blisters.
It was caused by exposure to high temperatures and burns.
At that time,
Shoot aaaaa!
Slam!
“Paha!”
The lukewarm water is poured on them.
It was the water that Echo created anew to suit their course.
“Damn it! You waited for when it would pour!”
Haha!”
Cha cha cha cha cha cha cha cha cha!
Thump, thump!
They run while getting hit by the water.
It was lukewarm, but it was relatively cool, so it was enough to lower their body temperature.
That moment,
Woo woo woo woo woo!
The two sense the movement of something massive in the sky.
Slap!
A large agent quickly checks behind.
His expression hardened as he confirmed the huge block of ice beyond common sense.
“Joint chanting magic is flying! Faster! If you don’t want to die, run with all your might!”
“What about Echo?!”
“I hope you survive!”
“Damn…!”
Ta-ta-ta-ta-tat!
Whee-ae-ae-ae-ae-aek!
They run faster and faster.
Jijik, giyi profit!
Chow.
The flesh, which had been cooked at high temperatures and flaccid, was torn apart by the wind.
They were truly desperate.
Woo woo woo!
A huge chunk of ice collides with the ground.
The ground shakes like waves.
Within it,
Pachang!
It shatters.
Qurrrr!
Awesome love!
Kwajik, Kwajik!
Debris is scattered in all directions.
Being hit by sharp pieces of ice, the whole area is in ruins to the extent that it is difficult to recognize.
Cheehee hee!
Hot fog rises as it cools down.
The light fades
The pillar of fire completely disappears.
– 2 –
“Done!”
“Mist rises!”
“The lights are out!”
Aaaaa!
Surviving soldiers cheer.
The sorcerers smile.
[Make a rain cloud by replenishing your lack of skills there!]
“…”
They, too, silently chant incantations.
The mana that wrapped around the bodies of the shamans resonated in unison.
Woo woo woo woo!
The air trembles.
It fluctuates.
Shureuk, shrrrr.
Rain clouds wriggle in the air.
However, instead of gathering and merging as intended, rain clouds in the distance and inside the Imperial military camp keep getting out of control.
“Oh… Is there a wall in the air…?”
“Maybe someone was playing a trick to sabotage it?”
“Does such magic or witchcraft exist?”
“…I don’t know.”
The wizards who have completed their mission express concern while looking into the air.
Because I was so exhausted, I couldn’t dare to go check it out.
Due to the high temperature, strong air currents and turbulence were formed, so the risk of falling while using levitation magic was high.
They choose to be on the sidelines even though they are aware of the anxiety factor.
Jerk, jerk, jerk.
The warden approaches them.
Wizards keep their heads down and ignore him as much as possible.
The possibility of that would be small, but it was because I thought that I might have something done while I was resting from exhaustion.
“…”
Jerk, jerk, jerk.
Fortunately, they pass by.
The warden passes them by and goes to the commander of the shaman unit, the Grand Shaman.
When the warden arrived,
Chuck.
The great sorcerer gives him a courtesy.
The warden accepted it, and
“Please disable the voice amplification magic tool for a while.”
Get out of the main
Tick.
“Yes, General. Please tell me.”
“Is there something wrong? It seems that the joint chanting spell was activated too late.”
“Ah… That’s…”
The Grand Sorcerer looks up at the sky.
The warden raises his head as well.
“Because of the strong updraft, or because of turbulence in the sky, the rain clouds are not gathering properly. Because of that, time is being delayed by squeezing mana to control the rain clouds.”
“Can’t we make it rain properly with just the amount of rain clouds we’ve gathered now?”
“We can make it drizzle.”
Swoop, Swoop.
The warden strokes his chin.
Since the flames had not yet died down in various parts of the field, it seemed that it would not be easy to put out all the fires with drizzle alone.
However, it seemed unlikely that new flames would be born from spontaneously burning plants if only a drizzling rain was used to lower the overall temperature.
It just seemed like things would get better soon.
“Hmm… Just in case, I’m asking, can’t you make it rain all over the field, then collect the evaporated water vapor and make it rain?”
“It’s possible. But won’t the mana consumption of our shamans increase dramatically?”
“You mean it’s possible…”
The warden is worried
Make a decision soon
“Then let’s do it. If it’s not easy to draw in the external manual, let’s solve it with the internal manual.”
“All right.”
Chuck.
The great sorcerer raises a military rite.
There were a few things that got stuck, but he was quite tired, so he wanted to solve the problem quickly.
And I wanted to rest as soon as possible.
– 3 –
Thru thr.
Whoa oh oh oh
Rain clouds that had gathered in abundance scattered in all directions without even seeing the rain fall.
Looking at it from the same height,
Haha!”
Jose smiles cheerfully.
Jose, who had been laughing for a while, paused his laugh and said,
“Huh…!”
Whoa oh oh!
Hey hey hey hey!
Raise the breeze loudly.
It spirals out, scattering nearby rain clouds far away.
The area gradually begins to lighten up.
“I’m leaving now, my love. I think it’s over.”
– Thank you for your effort. But why did you interrupt the collection of rain clouds?
Seed profit.
Jose doesn’t respond quickly, but smiles.
But there was no sign of her trying to raise her medication to arouse her curiosity.
His eyes looked vaguely vague.
– Honey?
“Oh, I’m sorry. I thought about the past for a while.”
– Any old thoughts? Um, is it when you’re in the mercenary corps?
“Yes. It was when I was a first-year-old chick.”
– Okay. Is there a connection between what happened then and the interruption of collecting rain clouds?”
“Yes.”
Hey hey hey!
The scaffold on which Jose stands moves toward their abode.
As if he had no intention of moving in a hurry because he was quite tired, he didn’t run across the sky skipping the scaffolding.
“It was the first time I was homeless after being selected by the captain.”
– Wow… This was when Jose was younger than me, right?
“Yes.”
– It must have been cute… Churup…
Haha…”
José laughs bitterly as Margarita makes a sound of swallowing her saliva.
“At that time, he was the same size as he is now. There was no cute corner, he was just rebellious.”
– Still…
“Anyway, I mean,”
Jose doesn’t want to think much of his adolescent self, so he quickly turns away.
“At that time, when I was homeless for the first time, the senior members treated me so much that I was a rookie and the youngest member.
– Ah… Were you bad at cooking back then?
“Yes. Because I wasn’t good at everything from the beginning.”
– I miss you, honey, childhood…
For a moment Margarita daydreams.
The caring José lazily waited for her time to escape her daydreams.
– So, anyway?
“That was the first time I tried stir-frying. At that time, I was so tired of being territorial that I wanted to eat roughly and rest.
– Oh no! Are you not hurt?
“Yes. Fortunately, thanks to the people who helped me, I wasn’t hurt.”
– Thank god. So how did it go?
After talking about heavy things, Margarita quickly fell in love with his story when he talked about light memories caused by her mistakes.
“So I was so surprised that I was about to pour water on it, but suddenly the manager at the time ran up and kicked me.”
– The leader did a good job, that’s it.
“Haha. Yes. Except for his bad mouth, he was a good person.”
With Jose talking that far, Margarita seemed to have realized Jose’s intentions in preventing her from gathering rain clouds.
– Hey, honey. Ho, maybe, that, that thing that pours water on burning oil…
“Yes.”
-Hee hee… !
While hearing Margarita’s frightened voice, José smiles.
“The leader said then that there are three ways to deal with a burning pan. Cover it, sand it, or throw it into the water.”
– Uh, um… Did you block the last one?
“Yes. Maybe in a little while.”
At that time,
Boom, pup pup pup pup!
Puff puff puff!
… AA AA AA… !
A faint scream is heard from below through the explosion.
“Oops. It looks like it started now.”
– I feel sorry for the imperial army…
Food.
Jose looks down and sneers.
“My condolences to their stupidity and complacency…”
– My condolences…
It flows emptyly along the clouds.
To the north, to the north.
– 4 –
Just now.
“No, General! Please reconsider.”
“I already gave the order.”
The officer dressed as a wizard once again dissuades the warden, but the warden dismisses it lightly.
“…”
Slap.
When he is silent, the warden completely turns his back on him.
The moment he looks up at the sky and is silent for a moment,
Wheeeee.
Shoot aaaaa
A drizzling rain begins to fall widely, but lightly.
“Goddess, my God…”
The moment the officer dressed as a wizard sighs,
Chee Hee Hee…
Burning oil, cistus sap, meets traces of water.
Tittic, tititic!
Whoop whoop whoop!
A small amount of water boils in an instant.
Inflate.
Fine particles of cistus sap bounced together.
As if finely sprayed oil is ignited in an internal combustion engine,
Fuhuaaaaa!
Boom, pup pup pup pup!
The flame spreads in an instant due to the rising oil vapor.
Explosive flames soar.
No, it explodes.
“…!”
The warden’s eyes widen.
His face burns red.
They turn red with shame, embarrassment, anger, and regret.
Explosive heat also plays a part.
Aaaaagh!
Alive, aaaaa
The Imperial Army soldiers clamored.
Except for the inside of the shield where wizards and shamans gathered, there was no safety device to prevent firearms for all the soldiers who worked hard for evolution.
But their clamor did not last long.
“Keep it up, oh oh oh!”
“Hot”
Whoops!
It was because it was swept away in an instant by the rising waves of fire.
“Do, run away!”
“Retreat, retreat!”
Officers and noncommissioned officers outside the shield lead the soldiers and wander around.
However, far from resolving the confusion of the soldiers, they seemed to be caught up in it.
“Where the hell are you going to run to?!”
“That…”
Because of the waves of fire coming from all sides, it was because they had completely lost their place to go.
“Um, what the hell is that, what kind of phenomenon…?”
With his race changed to a red man, the warden asks an officer dressed as a wizard next to him.
As if to prove that he had withered away, his voice was very small and soft.
“The oil droplets popped up and spread the fire in an instant.”
“… Ki, oil droplets as wind,”
Wax!
He glares at the warden with terrifying eyes.
“Are you crazy, General?!”
“Mi, crazy…”
The warden shrugs his shoulders.
“I wonder if the whole area was covered with cold air from the beginning to keep the plant’s sap below the ignition point, hasn’t the fire already spread to other places? If you blow on it and oxygenate it, it will only make it burn better! “
“…That, then…?”
“The native wizards have no choice but to pour sand!”
“That, that,”
“Yes! Please!”
The officer dressed as a wizard left those words,
Slap!
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
I turn around and disappear somewhere.
Whether it’s to save a dying soldier or to put out a fire, he goes out of his way to do his job.
Although he did a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of_
It was because at that time, even one more soldier had to be saved.
With a limp voice, he commanded the weary mages and the weary shamans.
– 5 –
A place that is somewhat far from the inferno that the imperial army created for themselves.
In the middle of the forest, where you might even feel cold compared to that inferno,
“Your Majesty. We got out of there safely without losing a single one of your precious powers.”
Chuck.
Two men and one woman prostrate in front of Regal.
It was the two operatives and Echo.
Pooh, Pooh…
Next to them was a naked man, Gallo, who was soundly asleep, unconscious.
It was terribly unsightly, with no body hair left, but compared to the three conscious people, he looked most normal.
“You’ve suffered.”
“No, Your Majesty.”
“I just did what I was supposed to do.”
Regal shakes his head.
“The wound is serious, so get treatment first.”
“Your majesty.”
Swoop.
Echo looks up at Regal.
Regal looks down at her.
Looking at her, her face disfigured by her burns, her regal gaze sends her a little pity.
Maybe it was disgusting, I don’t know.
“With regard to the unauthorized lifting of the limit without His Majesty’s approval, I wish to seek disciplinary action along with post-approval.”
“It was an emergency situation, so let’s go over it. Rather, if you punish, Gallo should be the target.”
“…”
Echo is silent.
This was because Regal had the sole right to discipline, and he decided that he did not need to argue about it.
“First of all, recover your body. Is there anyone seriously injured that needs a senior healer?”
“No. However, I don’t know what Gallo’s condition will be…”
“Rightly restrain it and hide it in the carriage. Don’t forget to feed it with sleeping pills so that you don’t wake up. Did you understand?”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
At some point, Regal was openly being called by the title of His Majesty.
This is because, when with her own subjects, she yearned to be treated as an emperor rather than a duke.
Although the imperial dignity was damaged by successive crises, it was no problem for those armed with brainwashed loyalty.
“How long can I finish my personal maintenance, Your Majesty?”
“Nothing has been decided yet. If the situation seems to calm down, we will return at an appropriate time. So, relax and rest. “
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“And when you go back, there will be a lot of eyes, so be careful when you say titles.”
“Insect!”
Regal was a man who could only display his dignity when there was no crisis, and when he was behind the curtain.
None of his subjects, however, accused him of being cowardly.
It was indeed an ideal military-subject relationship.
