I wonder what he's up to. I followed Gieselotte and found her meeting secretly with a man at a luxury hotel.
Is she having an affair? I'm not her housekeeper, but I saw it! I was so excited, but then I noticed that the guy I was with was kind of strange.
I can't see him.
Even with my improved Mija's Crystal, I can't see his magic level or attributes at all.
And the room is surrounded by wards, and they're so impressive that there are no gaps at all. I could break it, but then they would notice me.
I had no choice but to eavesdrop from outside with my hearing fully open, but I could only obtain fragmentary information.
Apparently, they are after the king's life and are going to carry out a <> today. And they're going to kidnap Professor Tia too.
It's a big deal, isn't it?
I left Gieselotte in the room with a ward to keep an eye on her.
I decided to watch the guy's movements.
But after the guy goes out with the maid, I wonder what he's up to. >>I'm twisting my head.
Their conversation was too small to grasp. In the meantime, the maid grew wings and flew away. And the wings flew up in the sky with her. The maid seemed to be more important than the man, so I focused on her and followed her.
I won't go into details, but she escaped for some reason or other.
I got the loot at least, but I had no choice but to return to the royal capital in case the revolution starts while I'm chasing after her.
So I had no choice but to go back to King's Landing.
The sky above King's Landing.
I'm watching the situation with a number of board-like wards floating around me. Of course, I was not only watching, but also activating my wards as needed.
"Isn't Riza's ice wall not strong enough? Should we reinforce it just in case?"
And.
"Char looks like a lot of fun. But will we be able to call Johnny and the others in time? I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do with it, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it. ......
Elder ghouls, you say? I'll use the invisibility wards to hold them back as they crawl out and buy us some time.
Frey is ...... indeed killed in an instant. I'm going to help out at the academy. In that form? Running through the city at full speed? Well, it's a little late for that, but the fewer witnesses the better."
I'm going to fly around with wards to fool the eyes of everyone who is shopping or on their way home from work.
"Lias is pretty good, isn't he? You and Iris are both good. But there are so many of them.
At the academy, the magic formula was completely triggered by some strange interference. It was the most dangerous area in the city.
I have to make an excuse that there was a mysterious unit that was after Lias and Marianne, so I was a little late in clearing them out from afar. I have only one body. I'll have to do it.
But, well, someone's bound to get bitten.
But that doesn't mean I, the Black Warrior, am afraid to show up and save them. I didn't want to hinder the efforts of Char and the others.
I have to be stealthy so that they don't notice me.
The Elder Ghouls approach from Lias's blind spot and are knocked down by his invisibility ward. I slowed down the monsters attacking from the front with a viscous ward to give Marianne time to cast a support spell. Iris notices and kicks it away.
I see.
They're like this when they're in a desperate state.
Apart from not wanting to disturb them, I thought it was a good opportunity to observe exactly how strong the top class of the academy is.
Looking at them, I think...
"Is this the level of the students?"
To tell the truth, I feel that even I can easily handle a surprise attack, let alone a frontal one, against those three.
I would have liked to see the guards in earnest anyway.
I'd like to know the difference in strength between them and Riza and Frey.
"Oops. The copy's here. I'll go refill your magic gun."
Thanks to the good work of guiding Professor Tia, we were able to get her to meet up with Lias and the others. I didn't want to miss them if they were scattered all over the place.
"Frey is here too. Riza, Char and the others are no longer a problem.
I turn around and tell him.
"I guess it's just you."
"......"
There's a man there, trembling and staring at me.
A handsome man of noble birth named Val Agos. But he's also a magician, and I can't measure his power.
It is too dangerous to face him head-on.
So I sneak up on him from behind and attack him.
It was a surprise attack.
I didn't put up any particular wards, so he didn't notice, and I caught him with ring-shaped restraining wards around his neck, waist, wrists and ankles.
That was a lot easier than the other girl.
This guy's actually weak, isn't he?
"Say something. You haven't said a word since we caught you, have you?"
Is that the right to remain silent? I don't know if there is such a thing in this world.
I fan myself with the thing (...) in my hand, wondering what I should do.
"...... what happened to Mercumenes?"
Whoa? He finally spoke.
"Who? "Oh, you're the guy who owns this."
I stop fanning myself. I'm holding black wings like a bat. I ripped them off the woman.
She runs away in the end, but there's no point in answering honestly.
"This is what's in here. You get the idea."
Agos bit his back teeth.
"Mercumenes born of a demon god. ....... You are a demon after all.
What's that? I've never heard that word before.
"What kind of a "demon god" are you born from? Or did you evolve from a human to a demon like me?"
I mean, what are you talking about? This man.
"Hmph, you're not talking. But not many forces would stand in the way of the resurrection of our master Luciphyra. I can imagine.
Mmm-hmm. To summarize the story you just told me.
There is a god or something like a demon god, and they are trying to revive it. And it seems that demons are either born from demi-gods or people become them. I don't understand.
Kuhkuhkuh. But that's too bad. You think you have interfered successfully, but the revolution has already taken place. When you killed King Zirk Orteas with your first move. The fuss that followed was a sideshow. Therefore, no matter what you do--"
"Hmm? The king is still alive, though, right?"
What?
"So the king is alive. I've been eavesdropping on your secret meetings with Giselotte. You were going to kill him when you were in some meeting at the palace, weren't you?"
So I went to the meeting place first after the trouble I had with the demoness.
I found a man who was obviously not a man. The atmosphere was different from that of a demon or a demon tribe, so I secretly set up a defensive ward for all the participants except for the demoness.
Then something suddenly blew itself up.
But all the people protected by my warding are safe. They are still scrambling around in different rooms in the palace.
My warding might not have been enough, but I'm sure the king and the nobles would have fortified themselves with defensive magic and courtesies.
So I was able to get through the battle unscathed.
When I showed them a picture of you all in good health...,
"Bah, you idiot! The explosive magic we applied to the homunculus had a formula to break through magical defenses. It's powerful enough to destroy even the finest defensive armor the royal family possesses. Then why!"
Really? On the other hand, it was pointless against mere wards, wasn't it?
"I mean, what's a homunculus? Is he that guy or something I don't know?"
"You think you can identify an elaborate imitation of a human being? Who the hell are you? ......"
So it's like a copy android of me? It was very similar. My copy had no magic power at all, but I think the homunculus had some.
...... Maybe it is possible to give magic power to the copy so that it can use magic? I'll try it next time.
I'll give it a try sometime.
"Now, you have a lot to tell me. About demons, demi-gods, resurrection, and the purpose of all this..."
Agos suddenly turns blue.
"If I tell you, will you let me go ......?"
Her eyes are frightened, yet somewhat expectant.
He's got a thick skin after all the trouble he's gotten himself into.
"Yeah, no problem. I'm just looking for information.
I didn't mean to kill you right away. These are strange people. If we don't know their magic level and attributes, we'll be in trouble if another one like them shows up in the future.
That's why we have to tinker with his body and make him an experimental subject (・・・・) to measure his strength.
Agos looks a little relieved. He even smiled slightly.
Somehow, he seems to be thinking <
So I made the first move.
"What? What the hell is this? My body, my body is falling apart!
Both arms and legs amputated. His torso was split in two from the waist down. And of course, they cut off his head. But they're all still connected (・・・・・・・).
That's what he did to Gieselotte's neck.
I grabbed Agos by the hair and hid the rest of his body parts in a mysterious space-time void.
"Where is my body ......?"
"Don't worry. I'm alive. So please be friendly with me, okay?
"Ha, ha hi. ......"
Agos responded by clicking his teeth. He has aged as if he were twenty years older.
"Well, let's get on with the cleanup.
Char, Riza, and Frey, they've all broken up. I've got to nail him and him and him.