Chapter 667 – Seal
We headed to the lodgings where the inmate who escorted Maseok was staying.
“Hmm?”
I recognized people with unusual magical powers in the buildings around my accommodation.
It wasn’t that great.
However, he did not appear to be a resident of this city.
As with Karaz, the only natives of Pantheran were those who had a weak magical awakening that was beneficial to their health.
With a population the size of two cities, it is possible for a slightly superior and unique awakened individual to emerge, but… The magical power reserves of the natives are all surprisingly similar.
It is probably the result of management by Zephyria Army.
However, not just one, but quite a few people possess a large amount of magical power that cannot be compared to that of the Pantheran residents.
It looks suspicious to anyone.
‘It would be correct to think of it as Zephyria-kun.’
Considering that they were stationed in the buildings around the dormitory where the Karaz inmates were located, it appeared that they were probably watching over the inmates.
It didn’t seem like there was any other reason.
When I first came to this city, there was no such blatant surveillance.
Why is this type of surveillance different from before?
Before escaping, I remember Nora and Kaura saying that Zephyria’s army seemed to be plotting something in this city.
Considering that even Commander Besmore was absent from Karaz, there was a high possibility that what he said was true.
I don’t know exactly what I did.
“The military suspected that the disturbance that occurred in Pantheran was the work of one of the four groups. And immediately after we were released, they rushed to escort Maseok.”
Nora and Kaura answered my question with a reasonable guess.
“We didn’t just send them on the magic stone convoy to fit your escape plan. This magic stone convoy was no different from coercion. Someone had to go, and we had no choice but to send them to the Pantherans.”
“You know, Bark, that you have tried it, but convoying the magic stone is not that difficult. There is no reason to include us in the magic stone convoy. Nevertheless, the military was aiming for something by somehow putting us in the magic stone convoy. “
“Besides, they caught us escaping from Karaz, so it wouldn’t be strange for the military to keep an eye on them.”
I decided to use the ‘Power of Deception’ against the watchers.
It is said that the Watchers had a higher magic rank than the city’s residents, but they were not strong enough to resist the power of the Great Devil.
Compared to other Great Devil powers, the more I used the Power of Deception, the better I felt.
There was a reason why mental abilities were considered dangerous and managed with care, whether on Earth or this world.
The power of deception goes one step further and is powerful enough to affect not only living things but also machines.
I don’t know how the Great Devil’s power works.
When you become the owner of the Great Devil, you will feel that a part of your consciousness is connected to the Great Devil, and you will instinctively know how to use your powers.
It seems similar to my skill, but something is different.
It may be because the power is activated using the power of the Great Devil, not the magical power I possess.
I placed the building where the guards were hiding within the realm of my consciousness and used the power of deception.
The observers’ perception was simply disturbed.
Now they will perceive everything that happens from now on as natural.
Even if we take an inmate from a dormitory, we just recognize it as a natural phenomenon and do not feel the need to report it to superiors.
Still, you will get caught eventually.
The power of deception is disturbed only by the watchers in this place. If you interrogate the guards at the headquarters in Karaz, you are bound to notice that the prisoners have disappeared.
I also had no intention of fooling them forever anyway.
The fact that Besmore wasn’t in the city meant that the vigilance was somewhat relaxed now, and it wasn’t likely that they would be caught quickly.
That alone was enough.
Because I just need to buy time until I can get Helena out of the seal.
I didn’t have the complacent thought that I wouldn’t be caught even if I touched Helena’s seal.
“It disturbed the perception of the guards. You just have to go quietly and bring him out.”
Hearing my words, Nora and Cloud headed to the dorm without any hesitation. It’s probably because I’ve already seen the ability to travel in and out of two cities as if I were going in and out of my house.
After some time, Nora and Cloud came out with their colleagues.
The four new members had puzzled faces.
He must have heard the story from Nora and Cloud, but he seemed to have no idea that he would actually escape from Karaz and come to Panteran.
“… I never thought it would really succeed… It’s amazing.”
“What kind of magic did you do?”
Claire and Hermann, who joined the team this time, spoke with admiration.
“Let’s unpack the fabric later and move for now.”
It was decided to slowly release the magic suppressing devices of those who joined. If we remove it here and now, Karaz will immediately notice the change.
We easily took out the allies that Nora and Kaura wanted and headed straight to the Panteran’s central palace.
I had no intention of breaking the door and entering like Sunni did.
As with the gate of the city wall, when the power of deception is used, the huge gate of the palace, which had been tightly shut, opens in vain.
Security is more lax than the Great Devil Castle.
It was impossible to break into the palace in the Great Devil Castle with just the power of deception.
It may just look similar.
Even if I fooled the security sensor, I would have been caught if I looked at the log records, but I was satisfied with not getting caught right now anyway.
The faces of the group that entered the palace were full of tension, but the situation was smooth enough to make you yawn.
Even the security robots saw us and passed by without reacting, and their tense faces relaxed a little.
“The ability to deceive humans and even machines… The military wouldn’t have left them alone, but they’ve managed to hide it until now.”
Claire shook her head and said as she saw me moving around the palace as if it were my home with a free pass called the Power of Deception.
I think I roughly analyzed the power I use in that short period of time.
“You have this ability, but you’ve been so quiet all this time?”
The reason is simple.
Because then she wasn’t sure that Helena was here, and she is sure now.
It wasn’t difficult for her to infiltrate the palace, but she wasn’t confident that she would move without leaving a trace, so she didn’t want to cause any unnecessary trouble.
We headed to the place where Helena was sealed, as if we were on a tour.
It wasn’t difficult to find the way.
I had seen it once with Sunni’s eyes, and only the interior was different, because it was similar to the Great Devil’s Palace in the Great Devil Castle.
Helena was in front of the large door of the sealed room.
“Is there a space transport device here?”
Cloud, who had been quiet, asked.
“No.”
“…?”
My companions looked puzzled at my answer, which was different from what they expected.
“Let’s see for ourselves.”
I opened the huge door of the room where Helena was sealed.
-Okay…
Helena was still sitting on what appeared to be her throne with her eyes closed.
“Well, it looks like there’s someone over there?”
Nora screamed in shock when she saw the face of the woman sitting on the throne.
“Um, that person is heh, Helena?!”
“Hell… Lena? That… Helena?”
“Oh… That person…”
Evatt and Peters fall to their knees in excitement.
“Helena? Who is that? You have the same name as the lady in our store?”
Rania and Emily blinked as if they didn’t understand the fuss of the others.
“How dare you say such vulgar things to Helena!!”
“I was just telling the truth, why are you making such a fuss?”
Evat was angry at Rania’s words, but she just snorted without being discouraged.
“Bah, Bark… Is this really Helena?”
Nora seemed unable to believe that Helena, whom she had been searching for hundreds of years, had appeared before her eyes.
“Why can’t you recognize me?”
“Oh, no… I think her face is right, but it’s too sudden…”
“She is now sealed.”
“Are you really planning on taking her out?”
Cloud asked.
“That’s right.”
“She is the woman who once ruled Zephyria. Isn’t she imprisoned like that because she is dangerous? It may be a hasty judgment to release her without permission.”
Cloud’s concerns also made sense.
There is a possibility that Helena may not act as I thought…
I thought it wasn’t a big risk.
There is a high possibility that Helena does not get along well with Hellion.
‘If our relationship was good, Helena wouldn’t have been trapped here.’
Although they appeared to be her siblings, there are families who are worse than enemies.
Even if Helena doesn’t help me return to the planet Panthera, if she confronts Hellion, that alone can ease her burden considerably.
“I think I learned at the academy that she was the woman who massacred the Zephyrians on the side of the devils…”
Nora said to Cowra who looked uneasy.
“Since Hellions rule this planet, she must teach that way. The Helena I investigated seemed to have opposed the war with Pantera, and she was just trying to liberate the demons who had been exploited as slaves.”
Helena massacred?
First, the story of Helena told by Celestia…
Looking at the holographic images seen in the ruins, she didn’t look like a woman who would massacre her people.
Of course, that doesn’t mean she knows everything about Helena, and time has passed so that her personality has changed hundreds or thousands of times… But since she was trapped here most of the time, her personality has changed so much.
It won’t change.
Regardless of the arguments of her companions, I intended to free Helena from her seal, so I headed to her throne where she was sitting.
-It’s so bad!!
As you approach the boundary of the seal, you can feel the barrier giving strong resistance.
I ignored the resistance and plunged my body into it.