Chapter 174 – Wires (2)
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A red sunset falls in the sky.
The Emperor of the Empire looked down from the highest room in the capital. It is a familiar landscape that he has seen all his life.
The emperor looked out of his window and spoke softly.
“The true identity of the hero is not the hero of the empire… He was the hero of Astria, right?”
The old knight answered the emperor’s bitter words.
“Yes. Your Majesty.”
“Ha… I’d rather not know about this. It only hurts from festering wounds.”
“Originally unrequited love is painful. Your Majesty.”
“Because it’s not unrequited love.”
The Emperor knew Lina. Before Lina became her her hero her, he met her at her ball her and fell in love with her at first sight.
“Have you conveyed the message well? That we have no intention of fighting Astria.”
“Yes.”
“I didn’t know that the spy planted in Astria would be used like this.”
It was time for the emperor and the old knight to talk.
An alien sensation rushes through the room. The emperor and the old knight knew that feeling very well.
It was the sensation I felt every time an uninvited guest came.
As the emperor turns around, he sees a man enveloped in black smoke. Neither his face his nor his figure his can be seen in detail.
The emperor and the old knight called him ‘Shadow’.
He was the man the emperor wanted to drive out of the imperial family.
The shadow said in an annoyed voice.
“You did something useless, Emperor.”
“…”
One piece of information is staggeringly fast on a subject that hides behind shadows and moves sullenly.
The emperor refuted the shadow’s questioning.
“Didn’t I hear that you shouldn’t come in contact with the hero?”
“I’m not asking about contact with the hero.
I’m talking about helping the hero. Who told you to deliver a message to the hero?”
“…”
“Don’t act on your own accord with the puppet subject.”
An emperor who has absolute power in the empire.
But he doesn’t work on shadows. As the shadow said, the emperor was a puppet of the shadow.
Not just the current emperor.
The previous emperors and the previous emperors were just puppets of the shadows.
That immortal monster hid behind the imperial family and ruled the empire throughout history.
‘My father’s last will was to not fight against the shadows.’
The shadow is getting angry now.
The Emperor was a little embarrassed.
That Shadow was so arrogant that he, the emperor, didn’t care what he was doing.
I just followed the orders given by the shadows and stood by.
The meaning of the shadow’s attitude was one. It meant that no matter what you did, you couldn’t do anything about me.
The emperor didn’t like that.
‘Is that arrogant guy acting so sensitive because he helped the hero a little?’
Well, I shouldn’t be a hero for nothing, but I couldn’t help but feel that the shadow’s appearance was unfamiliar.
“I’m sorry. I’ll be careful next time.”
The emperor was inspired by the fury of the shadows he had never seen before.
“But isn’t a being like you obsessed over little things?”
The emperor even did flattery, something he wouldn’t normally do, to get information.
“A hero is not something to be taken lightly. Especially since he has the spirit sword Endmion.”
“Spirit Sword?”
“You don’t have to know.”
If you tell me more, it will be added. So anyway, you stupid bastard.
“From now on, be careful with your warriors. Emperor.”
“Let it be.”
A shadow disappears in the air.
It’s not a teleport. Literally disappears out of thin air.
The emperor searched the entire empire for someone who knew that skill, but there was no one.
“Huh. Did you leave now?”
“You worked hard. Your Majesty.”
“Yeah. You’ve worked really hard. But when only a shadow appears, you don’t fuss around like usual and become quiet. Isn’t this nasty?”
“The old man still has a lot of lingering attachments to the world.”
At the old knight’s words, the emperor giggled and laughed.
Even if he said that, he had no doubt that he was a loyal man and he would always do his duty as a knight.
“Rather than that, how would you like to deal with the warriors? Should I cancel everything in progress?”
“No. Go ahead. Instead, more stealthily and cautiously than now.”
“Whoa. I knew that.”
“Originally, when you’re my age, if you tell me not to do it, I’ll want to do it more.”
“The Emperor is not an ugly five-year-old.”
“I hate thirty-five. Hehe.”
The emperor laughed to himself, as if he liked the joke he had made. The old knight shook his head at the sight.
*
It was the time when the emperor and the shadow met.
Kerry finally arrived at the promised border post. The sunset was setting here too.
Because the forest was dense, I couldn’t figure out the details of the war yet, but I could feel the unique spooky aura of the undead.
Above all, the footsteps of giants echo in the forest.
Every time the thump and footsteps sounded, the birds in the forest took flight in surprise.
The appearance of a gigantic ghoul when he raised his eyes told him that the message of the messengers was by no means a lie.
The ghoul giant looked like it was made from crushed rotating flesh. Fuck. It looks so damn dirty.
“Princess, we’re all here. You can get off now.”
Arwen was still caressing Kerry’s ear her, looking at her with a strangely relaxed look.
“Princess?”
Arwen, preoccupied with caressing her ear her, answered.
“Yes? What, what did you say? Kerry-sama.”
“I’m here now.”
“Ah yes…”
Arwen puts on a wistful expression as she steps down from her back.
The pseudo-sex act, which was developed by the standards of an elf with ears and pussy of the same class, was finally over.
I see Arwen’s face her flushed red after coming down to her land her.
Arwen looks at Kerry’s ear with regret.
She’s on the way and she’s touched as much and how much more to touch.
‘Rather than that, where else would Lina be?’
In fact, I thought it would be an atmosphere where things were roughly finished after she arrived, but surprisingly, it doesn’t seem to be the case.
I don’t know what’s going on.
It was the moment when he thought that finding Lina was the first step to understanding the situation.
The tiger also said that it would come if I said it, and Lina appeared. After that, the group appeared one after another.
“Kerry!”
“West!”
“Kerry!”
Luckily, they all seemed to be nearby. The three of them showed signs of having already fought.
It’s not that the enemy hasn’t been found. Then what the hell is the problem
It’s time for things to be over already.
“Lina-sama. What’s wrong?”
“Yeah. That made things a little annoying.”
“Details…”
“Please wait a moment. Kerry.”
Rarely did Lina interrupt Kerry and approach Arwen.
“Why did Princess Arwen do this?”
“What about the princess?”
Rina’s reply was a bit absurd.
“You seem to have a fever. Your face is very red.”
Rina began to worry for nothing with her serious face her.
She even takes off her glove and places her hand on Arwen’s forehead.
“Your forehead is a ball of fire. Have you caught a cold? Princess Arwen.”
“…”
It’s probably just because he’s excited.
On the way here, I was quite aroused by the quasi-sex act of touching my ears.
The saintess, who knew the truth about her, shook her head as she saw her.
“…I’m fine! Hero.”
Arwen lit up her innocent eyes.
The look of Arwen looking up at Lina was that of an elf princess who was new to the world and didn’t know anything.
It seemed like a lie that she had just been touching Kerry’s ear her and gasping for breath.
“Princess, if you have any pain, it’s okay if you don’t hide it.”
“It’s really fine…It’s just…Nothing, haha.”
Lina made a fuss about her saintess her, asking her to look after Arwen. Victoria and Natasha were also a little seriously worried about her appearance.
Even though Arwen kept repeating’I’m really okay’with her innocent face of her.
‘I can’t imagine the other party getting excited about that naive princess doing naughty things.’
After Arwen’s commotion was over, Kerry was able to hear her explanation of her.
“So. The situation right now is that the enemies are intentionally spread out to avoid one blow.
Are you saying that it’s wasting time?”
“Yes. It seems to be aiming for it because it will be night after a little time.”
At night, ghouls become stronger. In addition, because there is no light, it is difficult to see at night, and it is vulnerable to surprise attacks.
Ghouls see well at night, though.
Kerry, who understood the whole situation, said.
“Lina-sama. If we gather them to the place where the huge ghoul is, can we strike it down?”
“…”
Rina was speechless. But Kerry knew. She said that Lina has a weapon that will make it possible.
‘It’s possible if you use the spirit sword. It’s Rina.’
Kerry already knew, but she checked the status window of the spirit sword again just in case.
[Name – Spirit Sword Endmion]
[Rating – Semi-Mythic Rating]
[Summary – This is a famous sword made by the founder of the elves. The Spirit Sword, which has been waiting for its owner for a long time, will do its best for its owner.
The owner of the spirit sword can temporarily ‘awaken the divine power’.
You can use the ‘wide area skill’ using the awakened divine power.]
Awakening of divine power.
When I first saw this, I had no idea what he was talking about. If it’s divine power, it’s divine power, what kind of awakening is it?
But now, there were parts that I vaguely guessed. Anyway, that’s not what’s important right now.
The important thing now was that you could use a ‘wide area skill’ with the spirit sword.
Lina looked at Kerry with amazement.
Lina was about to ask Kerry to drive her ghoul.
But Kerry took stock of the situation even without Lina’s request her, and she made the same decision as Lina.
It was as if he knew everything about Lina herself.
“Yes. Kerry-sama. If you drive the ghouls, I think I can do something.”
At Lina’s words, Natasha and Victoria looked puzzled.
Because they fought alongside Lina, they felt with their own bodies that the number of ghouls was no joke.
No matter what anyone said, it was enough to break down the wall. There were huge ghouls as big as the castle walls you see there.
“You say you can do anything just by collecting them?”
“Lina-sama? How do you catch so many ghouls? It’s getting dark soon…”
“Trust me, Rina. Natasha.”
Lina quietly looked at Kerry. She can’t even trust the people she was with.
Why did Kerry think she could wipe out the ghouls now? She was amazing
Kerry outlined the operation to her group her.
“… You know? I will send you a signal telepathically.
Everyone, please drive the ghouls under my command.”
The archmage’s pendant that Kerry had also had a telepathic function built into it.
If you use the magic storage orb’s tracking magic and telepathy, you’ll be able to command efficiently enough.
“Then let’s begin!”
At the same time as Kerry’s words, her party her spurts the ground and scatters.
Among them was Arwen.
Perhaps he didn’t want to be pushed back by the party, but he summoned the spirit in a hurry.
Arwen summoned a wolf-like spirit that burned with blue fire and rode on it.
‘Wait, if I could summon a ride… Wouldn’t it be fine if I didn’t carry it?’
As Kerry looked at him incredulously, Arwen spoke as if making excuses.
“Geuh…Guh…Materialization consumes a lot of mana!”
“Okay…”
If it was really like that, there would be no reason for her face to turn red.
Arwen disappeared as if running away. Even with her ears red.
According to her strategy, she will find her place her well.
Kerry used tracking magic first.
In the meantime, my magic skills increased day by day, and the radius that I could track became wider.
It was enough to grasp the whole forest now.
It was as soon as Kerry got hold of her magic storage orb of her.
Waves of mana spread around Kerry. At the same time, the topography of the forest was drawn in Kerry’s mind.
It was transmitted through the waves of mana of all creatures living in the forest.
Indeed. As Natasha and Victoria had said, the number of ghouls was staggering.
‘A total of two thousand two hundred ninety-eight guys. Count the biggest one over there separately.’
It’s not easy to drive out that gigantic guy who’s bigger than the wall.
Best would be Lina tying the big one down and driving the little guys around the big one.
Kerry sent a telepathic message to her party her.
[Are you all ready?]
She was at the same time as him.
For some reason, I hear the noisy voices of the excited party in my head.
Kerry couldn’t help but raise the corner of her mouth as soon as she heard the excited voices. Anyway, these are women who can’t stop.
