Chapter 675 – Concealment
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A huge city appeared in the red wasteland where there was nothing.
Pantheran, a city under the planet, was transferred to the surface by Helena.
Even though a lot of what appeared to be the Zephyria army’s reconnaissance planes passed over the city in a rather noisy manner, nothing much happened… I don’t know what method Helena used, but it seems like she neatly concealed the city.
‘It doesn’t seem like anything was done to the city itself…’
I think Helena may have interfered with a reconnaissance plane passing near the city.
When I was dealing with Besmore, the military force heading to the city’s central palace was suppressed and imprisoned by Cowra and Claire and their group.
And after the city’s transformation, there was a small commotion as people from the Laurent and Bouik organizations, who came with Claire and the magic stone convoy, came to the palace, but they also met the same fate as the military forces.
This is because Laurent had a history of active cooperation with the military, and Buik’s people were executives of a famous criminal organization in Zephyria.
I thought it would be better to dispose of them without any consequences rather than imprison them, but only Rania and Emily agreed with my opinion.
Above all, Helena had a strong aversion to murder, so she had no choice.
A week passed like that.
It was still peaceful inside the city.
The residents didn’t seem to even notice that they had moved to the ground.
You should have felt a bit of a sense of difference only when the city moved through space, but it was only for a short time… Above all, the residents have never been outside the city, so there is no way to understand the current situation.
For them, the only view of the city outside was the sky seen beyond the wall inside the city.
The sky above the large planet Panthera may be foreign, but the inhabitants are obedient and have no negative thoughts.
Even if something strange happened, wouldn’t there be anyone who could argue with it?
“…”
Even so…
There could be a woman who is anxious… No, it could be a citizen of the city. And among those citizens, there are women with whom I have formed a small relationship.
Casper, the bakery girl… Joe, who was in charge of lodging services… Etc.
I suddenly wondered how they were doing.
Maybe he’s anxious.
I felt a sense of duty to appease those women.
I decided to go outside the palace.
“Bark… No, Unho. Where are you going?”
As I take a step outside the palace, a familiar female voice catches me.
When I turned my head, I saw a beautiful woman with a face as cold as a fly, looking at me with her arms crossed.
Kaura, one of the leaders of Rebellion.
Her eyes look like they are interrogating me.
“Hmm… I’m going to look around the city…”
For some reason, the ends of my words become blurry without me knowing.
Cowra’s eyes narrow when she sees me like that.
“Really, I’m just going to look around.”
“Really?… Then let’s go together.”
“Let’s go together?”
An unexpected obstacle appeared in my plan.
Actually, this is not the first time something like this has happened.
For the past week, whenever I tried to leave the palace, Cowra appeared from nowhere.
At this point, I’m starting to wonder if they’re watching me. I never thought the day would come when I would avoid the attention of a beautiful woman.
“You said you were going to see the sights? Why? Are you trying to do something that shouldn’t be done alone?”
“That’s not… But…”
There is a saying that good things should be done without others knowing.
I didn’t want Cowra to find out about the ‘good work’ I was planning to do from now on.
She thought about picking on her, but she did…
If you even tell Helena, you will be in trouble.
Because Helena, the owner of this city, can watch my every move if she puts her mind to it.
I don’t mean to do anything bad.
But the problem is… My good intentions may be seen differently by others.
〈You’re saying the same thing. 〉
Cosmos feels like this is the right time and bites me like a hyena looking for an opportunity.
Unfortunately, it was now necessary to worry about Helena’s reputation. I need her help to go to the planet Panthera.
“Hmm… Now that I think about it… I forgot that I had something to tell Helena.”
I eventually gave up on going out of the palace.
“…”
I headed towards where Helena was, feeling Kaura’s stinging gaze on the back of my head.
Helena is still where she was sealed.
When it comes to the Great Devil Castle, it is a place called the Hall of the Great Devil or the Throne Room. The Great Devil’s Hall, where the throne is located, can be said to be the place where the Great Devil conducts his duties to decide matters big and small.
There were two people standing in front of the door of the Great Devil’s Hall. These are Evat and Peters, executives of the Helena Liberation Front.
I don’t think Helena was appointed as the gatekeeper… And Nora isn’t the type of person to do something like that.
There is a high possibility that they are doing something like that voluntarily.
In my opinion, those two have deeper faith in Helena than Nora.
In fact, Nora could be seen as acting based on her own foresight rather than her faith in Helena.
“Where are you trying to go in? Helena is busy right now.”
Evat blocks me from meeting Helena. I thought this guy had a bad head.
Now, I am not Zephyria Bark, but the Great Devil Unho.
This is a fact that not only Evat but also the people who escaped together new.
It is common sense to any ordinary human being that the Great Devil is not a being to be treated carelessly.
However, Evat lacks such common sense.
Is Evat strong enough to rival the Great Devil?
That’s not it either.
They are not close to Helena’s family or her lover…
It cannot be considered sane for him to show himself this way toward a dangerous being called the Great Devil.
-Pow!
My big fist got stuck in Evat’s stomach.
“Oops!!”
Evat, who was still on his knees, clutched his stomach and trembled.
I just stepped on his back.
The guy was stepped on by me and was shaking like an insect.
If you lightly apply force to his legs, his body will be crushed like tofu.
“Please forgive Evat. Unho.”
Peters, who was next to him, bowed his head politely and asked for forgiveness on behalf of his colleague.
As expected, Peters is different from Evatt, who has no concept.
It’s also a loss of face to argue with such a shabby guy.
If Kazel had been there, he would have beaten me up so as not to damage my reputation… Unfortunately, this was not my Great Devil Castle, so I didn’t have any subordinates.
〈True, I take my anger out on the wrong place…〉
‘It’s a misunderstanding… It’s a misunderstanding. Cosmos. I was admonishing someone who didn’t know the subject.’
A foolish allay is worse than an enemy.
I have no intention of getting involved in someone else’s organization… But I was wondering whether I should seriously advise Nora to cut Evat from the organization.
As I entered the large hall, I saw Helena sitting on her throne and Nora standing next to her.
When Nora enters the hall, she looks at me and gives me a light greeting.
Helena didn’t even notice that I had come in, and she was looking at the numerous hologram screens displayed in front of her.
It has been in that state ever since the city was moved to the ground.
From what I’ve heard before, it’s said that it’s about looking at past records from the time you were sealed…
It’s not that you can’t understand Helena’s feelings.
Her time stood still for a long time.
It was natural for her to wonder what was happening in her world during that time. She also felt the need to investigate in detail because of the Hellion issue.
There is a deep shadow on Helena’s face as she looks at the screen.
I don’t think it’s just because I’m tired.
Perhaps… Among the past records she looked at, there were many contents that she could not tolerate given her personality.
“…”
But somehow the atmosphere is difficult to talk to.
I noticed Nora.
“Hmm… Helena. Unho has arrived.”
Nora clears her throat lightly and calls out to Helena, who is distracted by her screen.
Only then did Helena’s golden eyes turn to me.
“Ah… I’m sorry. I didn’t even know you were here.”
Helena takes her eyes off her screen and looks at me.
“Where do you see such data?”
I suddenly wondered where she was looking at her past records.
Wouldn’t the data recorded in this city alone be enough?
“I accessed the link and was looking through Zephyria’s archive. The archive records all the information that goes to and from the link.”
Link can be said to be the Internet used by the Zephyria civilization. I also used it often when I was staying at Zephyria’s residence.
“Link? Were you able to access Link from the ground?”
“Link is a network system that encompasses the entire planet. As long as you are on this planet, you can access it from anywhere.”
I know that the link was created by Helena through information from her memories.
And since she created the system herself, it would be easy for her to access the link and collect her data. Sunni also easily broke through Zephiria’s security system, which she had a hard time with, and was collecting her information.
“Anyway, Hellion is quiet.”
If a being the size of Hellion steps forward, it is normal for that presence to have already been felt.
However, the Zephyria army was only taking action to the extent of scattering reconnaissance planes on the ground.
Was Helena less important than I thought?
“That’s because Hellion doesn’t know that I escaped.”
“… You don’t know? Is that possible?”
“Yes, Helion is not on Zephyria right now. No, his consciousness is not on Zephyria right now. His consciousness is on the planet Panthera, not Zephyria.”
