Chapter 655 – Discovery
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When Suni heard that Basmore was approaching me, her movements became faster.
-Kwazajak!!
Sunni advanced quickly, smashing the security robots that often rushed at him with a hammer.
“But… Master? This… How is the structure… Familiar?”
Suni, who was exploring the inside of the palace, said with a shocked expression.
She wasn’t the only one who felt that way.
The structure inside the palace was familiar to my eyes as I watched it through Sunni’s shared vision.
I’ve seen about four palaces with this structure.
Can we say this is simply a coincidence?
Even though it was her first time traveling, Suni moved without hesitation as if she knew the way. And the deeper we went into the palace, the more our guesses turned into certainty.
Suni, who was moving quickly, stopped in front of the large door.
“Even this… It’s similar, right?”
Now I know for sure.
This place was similar in structure to the palace where the great devil resides in the Great Devil Castle.
And the large door in front of Sunni was the door to the throne room where the Great Devil’s throne was located.
Not to mention the atmosphere of the city,
When viewed from the outside, I hadn’t thought about it because it looked small compared to the Great Devil’s Palace.
If even the location of the throne room in the Great Devil Castle Palace is similar…
Is there really a great evil inside this?
When I came to this city with the Magic Stone convoy before, I did not feel the presence of the Great Devil.
… You will soon find out that mystery.
Sunni pushed open the huge door that was presumed to be the throne room of the Great Devil.
-Yeah…
The huge door slowly opens with a dull friction sound. It hasn’t been used for so long that I can feel the stiffness even to myself in Karaz.
Suni created a gap in the door that could fit a person and put himself inside.
It was dark inside.
However, the door closed automatically as if recognizing that a person had entered, and the magic light inside illuminated the room.
As we expected, we saw a large hall, with a throne in the center.
And there was someone sitting on that throne.
However, the shape is somewhat blurry.
“Is there a visual disturbance device?”
‘Is there a real great evil?’
However, the figure sitting on the throne has a rather small and slender human body to be considered a great evil. It doesn’t look like a devil… It doesn’t look like a strong man.
Sunni approaches the throne.
The face of the woman sitting on the throne becomes increasingly clear.
Her face…
“Huh? Master. I think it’s Helena… Right?”
Helena, whom I had only seen in paintings, photographs, and holograms, was sitting on her throne.
The woman who appeared to be Helena was still sitting with her eyes closed as Suni approached her.
“Sleeping…? Over here? Helena?”
Suni calls out Helena’s name.
The woman who appears to be Helena closes her eyes and does not move even when Suni calls her.
Feeling that her words should not be spoken, Suni approaches Helena a little more.
-Disruption!
Suni stopped when he felt powerful sparks flying through his toes. The wave that arose along with that repulsive force announces the presence of a transparent force field centered on the throne.
“Master, I think it’s a barrier…?”
「Woonho: Are you saying he was sealed while sitting like that?」
“I guess so?”
「Woonho: Sunni, can you lift the barrier?」
“Well… I’ll have to analyze it, but even if I could, it would be time-consuming… Master. Wouldn’t it be better to just hit it and destroy it?”
Suni says so and creates a sledgehammer with his magic power.
「Woonho: Sunni, wait a minute.」
Suni, who was about to swing the hammer at the barrier, stopped at my jersey.
Sunni’s discovery of Helena was an unexpected and unexpected event.
In fact, I hardly thought that the real Helena would be here.
She thought that if Helena was there, there was a greater chance that she would be on Karaz Command’s side.
The reason is that all the information this city has shown so far has been blatant, as if it knew what the inmate organizations wanted.
It was a natural assumption to think that the Zephyria army was after something, and that is why the probability of Helena being in this palace was low.
Of course, I wasn’t the only one who thought that way, Nora, Rebellion, and other organizations would have done the same.
Nevertheless, the reason each organization was unable to let go of their attachment to Pantheran…
Needless to say, the Panthera people who can’t give up on Liberion are struggling, and Nora and other organizations can’t ignore the possibility of ‘maybe?’.
It was the same for me too.
The reason I asked Sunni to investigate the central palace of Pantheran was not because he thought Helena was there, but rather to remove the uneasy feeling of ‘maybe?’.
Since Sunni was exposed to Zephyr’s allies, I was planning to take a close look at the Panderan’s central palace and shake off his hands…
I really didn’t know that Helena was here.
Helena was discovered in a situation where nothing was prepared.
What if Suni takes Helena out of the barrier?
I am just looking at this place through Sunni’s eyes, and the main body is in Karaz.
That means Sunni has to escape alone with Helena.
… Now I think I know why Basmore had a seizure and flew to Pantheran.
Basmore would not have known Sunni’s true purpose of inflicting justice on Laurent every time, and he would not have known that she would suddenly charge into the Pantheran Palace.
Wasn’t Bassmore, startled by the unexpected situation, heading to Pantheran?
But what if Suni brings out Helena?
No matter what we do with Basmore… What comes next is the problem.
There is a high possibility that the Zephyria army will launch an all-out offensive that is completely different from the current one. When something like a magic trick starts to pop out, it will be too much for Suni alone.
‘I don’t know if Helena is conscious… But I don’t think so…’
And it is impossible to predict how Helena will react if she wakes up.
‘A hellion might pop out…’
If I join quickly, that problem may be solved, but I also have to think about the relationships I have built here.
I have to think about the women I live with, and I also have to sort things out in Zefia where Chaos and Celestia are.
“Sir? I think Basmore is coming?”
Sunni said as he glanced at the door of the throne room.
It is said that there is quite a distance from Karaz to this city, but for someone like Bethmore, it is not that far.
It is also difficult for Sunni, who is composed of a physical body, to hide his body. Bassmore was not someone who could simply be fooled with something like a hiding place.
「Woonho: Are there any surveillance devices around?」
“Hmm… I can’t detect anything in here.”
I decided to reverse summon Suni.
Just confirming that Helena is here is harvest enough.
There is no need to forcefully try to rescue Helena right now.
If Suni touches her wrongly and things go wrong, she may end up in more trouble.
Even if Helena’s rescue is delayed a little, she has nothing to say. She still found out much faster than Celestia expected.
「Woonho: Sunni, there is no need to rush things. I don’t think it’s something to do impromptu. After making a clear plan, I take out Helena.”
“Yes, I understand!”
With that answer, Suni’s body dispersed like fog and disappeared without a trace from Helena’s burial ground.
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After Suni disappeared, there was a man who hurriedly entered Helena’s seal.
He was Basmore.
Bassmore looked around with sharp eyes.
At first glance, I couldn’t see anything special.
“What is the barrier?”
I asked the adjutant at Karaz Headquarters.
The headquarters had a system to check for abnormalities in the barrier.
『No problem.』
Upon hearing the adjutant’s report, Basmore sighed in relief.
“…”
If something goes wrong with the sealing barrier, even Commander Besmore cannot just pass over.
Hellion was directly involved in Helena’s sealing barrier. If anything goes wrong, it must be reported to Helleon.
It was not a matter that could be dismissed simply as a mistake.
Damaging the sealing barrier is more serious than if all Karaz prisoners escaped.
If an ordinary inmate had come here, I wouldn’t have been that surprised. No matter what they did, they couldn’t have affected the barrier.
However, the abilities of the unidentified woman in the black suit were unusual.
At first, Basmore was watching the operation to capture the woman in the black suit with a light heart.
It was interesting at first.
This is because the white skin exposed above the mask looked like a real Pantheraine.
The reason Basmore was astonished was when he found out that the magical power suppression device did not work.
Such beings are rare even in the military.
Must be at the level of a high-ranking combat officer or general.
Is such a being walking around here?
“What is his whereabouts?”
『That… Seems invisible.』
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What the adjutant said was that he missed it.
Looking at her abilities, it is difficult to find her with the current Pantheran troops.
Besmore recognized that this was not a problem that could be solved leisurely.
“Raise the Pantheran security surveillance level to the highest level and conduct a thorough investigation of all residents. And… Detain the prisoners who escorted Maseok this time. Interrogate them thoroughly.”
『Yes, I understand.』
