Chapter 66: Vol2 Ch23 – The Goddess of War (2)

She stayed quiet at first, but thanks to the Rune of Compulsion, Amelia felt pain that slowly ramped up. As the pain increased, she felt herself unable to hold back her answer. “I am loyal to Lord Pha-” The pain rapidly increased as she tried to answer.

The pain she felt was only a byproduct. The Rune of Compulsion gradually increased in power as the subject continued to refuse to resist, which resulted in increasing pain proportional to the subject’s defiance. The Rune of Truth did the same, increasing in power the more the subject attempted to lie, also causing pain as a byproduct. One would eventually force an answer, and the other would force the truth. For safety reasons, Atalante refused to teach certain spells to others.

“Your magic is quite powerful, Lady Atalante.” Amelia continued trying to give the answer she wanted, but as the magic increased in power, she found herself unable to do so.

“Answer me honestly. The magic will gradually increase in power until you don’t have enough mana to fight it.” Despite being angry, Atalante truly cared for Amelia as she did every other citizen of the Atlantis Empire.

Unable to resist any further, Amelia finally let it out. “My family is at stake! Please do not force me to answer!”

Atalante smiled gently. She was undeterred, but her smile was genuine. “Your family is safe.”

“What?” Because of the magic, Amelia could no longer hide her emotions. Her shock was on full display. “But-”

“Look around. Do you not see someone missing?”

“I don’t...” She scanned her surrounding and saw that one person was no longer there. “James Barrett is not here? But he was before!”

“I teleported him to our portal chamber. He had advance instructions that if we ever were to confront Phantom and you were taken prisoner, he would immediately go to Icarus. By now, every founder and many other elder royals will have your estate on lockdown. Any spell that may have been placed on your family will be removed. James is quite skilled with magic. He can use many of my runic spells.”

“No, you don’t understand! If I even speak of it, they’ll die!”

“I see, then we will postpone your interrogation temporarily. I shall return momentarily.”

“What are-”

Atalante was gone before she could ask. She teleported to the portal chamber and went through to Alcanus. She then quickly teleported to Icarus and entered the Evans estate. Inside, she found Amelia’s family surrounded by James and every founder.

“Have you identified any issues?”

“I have,” James answered. “It’s something none of us can deal with.”

“Explain.”

“There is death magic on their souls. If I even try to interfere, they’ll die.”

Atalante frowned. “I see.”

“Where’s my mother?!” asked Amelia’s son, Sean.

“She is safe.” Atalante formed a magic circle and channeled mana into it. “The death magic can be removed, but it can’t be done here. Hold tight, Evans family. Rune of Teleportation.” In a flash, she teleported herself, James, the founders, and the Evans family to Arslade and brought them through into the Void with Kaede’s white mana, who was waiting outside for them to return. The Evans family commented on her power and young age. Atalante led everyone outside, but did not let them speak to Amelia. “Alethea, I need your help. Their souls are afflicted with death magic. I believe if Amelia says the wrong thing, it’ll trigger the magic and they’ll die.”

“So that’s what she meant.” Alethea’s expression hardened, and she immediately set to work. She began channeling her pink soul mana and surrounded all five members of the Evans family, which included Amelia, her husband, and her children. “Magic that affects the soul is difficult to deal with if you don’t know what you’re doing. Fortunately, I have both ample experience with and ample control of soul mana. It’ll take me a moment, but please bear with me.” She sat in the seiza position, closed her eyes, and clasped her hands together. “Benediction!”

*****

“I’ll bite,” Allison said, not hiding her annoyance. “What is this pet of yours that you believe will take everything from us?”

“Now that would be telling.”

“I’m guessing your pet is already on the move, whatever it is, and that it’s either an SS Class beast or equivalent to one. Let’s go with the idea that this monster is lurking near our palace here in the void. It’s going to attack and kill everyone there, yes?”

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Shiro grinned. “That’s exactly right! And there’s nothing you can do to stop it!”

Allison sighed. “You are really underestimating the group there.”

“Perhaps, or perhaps I’m right! Only one way to find out! Why don’t you go see for yourself? Shiori, you should go, too. My pet will kill you, and that would be just wonderful.”

Kye reacted to his provocation, but not with words. As he was speaking his last sentence, she vanished. She drew her blade and closed the distance so quickly that he could barely react. He blocked with his own blade, but the instant her blade made contact, she infused Hikarimaru with an immense amount of aether. She used a technique she called Mana Burst, that allows her to channel more power than what even Aether Drive allows, but it can only be sustained for an instant. Super compressing her aether, she forced over two thousand times her usual amount through on top of Astraia’s own output. As strong as Shiro was, he could not stop the attack. Kye’s blade sliced through his as though it were paper.

As Kye’s blade crept closer, he panicked. Her blade struck a skin-tight barrier, easily pierced it, and reached his bare neck. However, before her blade could dig in and sever his throat, he vanished, having activated the emergency teleport function on his ring when he raised his blade to block the attack. It activated quickly, but it was still slow enough that he almost lost his head.

“Tch.” Kye whipped her blade to the side to throw off what little blood was on it. “I thought as much.”

“Coward,” Luma commented. “No matter. We should group up with the others. Even if they can handle his pet, we should go help anyway.”

“Agreed,” Allison said.

Kye nodded and channeled aether. “Unlimited Teleport.” In a flash, they found themselves at the Void Palace in the front courtyard. Only the children, Hannah, Amelia, Amelia’s family, and Gustav remained. “Where is everyone?” Amelia grimaced, not wanting to answer. Her family was still working on understanding the situation. Gustav simply remained quiet.

“They went to Arslade. There’s an emergency there. You three should go quickly. We’ll be fine here. I’m just monitoring the prisoners and children.”

“Will you be fine? Is this Atalante’s rune magic?” Kye examined the runes on the ground.

“Yes. There’s several layers of runes, and all I have to do is maintain the flow of mana, though honestly I’m not concerned to begin with.” Hannah was clearly annoyed. “Layla treats me like I’m some weak mother that needs protecting, and my father does the same! Allison, you’ll stand up for me, right?”

She sighed. “This again...”

“Huh?” Kye wasn’t sure what was going on, having never seen Hannah treated like that, but she understood the sentiment. “I understand a child being overprotective of their mother, or a parent of their child. But... you clearly do not need baby gloves. I don’t know the extent of your combat abilities, but I do know your ability to control mana is very fine. You could pin these prisoners down quite easily with just mana... no spells attached.” Kye channeled aether and broke all the runes and other spells that were left behind on the prisoners. “This is also ridiculous. Treating them like this is only going to spawn more animosity. It’s not their fault they were fooled by that monster.”

Hannah started to respond, but Amelia reacted to Kye’s differed treatment with mixed feelings. “How could you possibly allow Gustav and I to-”

In a flash, Amelia found Kye’s blade at her throat. “Don’t misunderstand. You are not off the hook for your actions. Raise as much as a finger against my children and you die. The only reason you are alive right now is that you exist in this world instead of some other. You will do nothing more than wait here under Hannah’s supervision.” She sheathed her blade, turned to Hannah, and nodded before teleporting. Luma quietly followed.

“What did she mean?” Amelia asked. Allison had begun to teleport, but stopped short when she heard Amelia’s question and waited for her to elaborate. “She put extra emphasis into this world. What did she mean? I know that woman is from another world, but what makes this one special?”

“Do you know her real name?”

“Lord Phantom called her Shiori Sakaguchi.”

“Then you don’t know. I cannot answer directly. It’s not my secret to share. If - in your heart - you are loyal to Atlantis... pray for forgiveness and a path of atonement.”

Her family, confused, blinked in response. Amelia was unsure what to think. “Pray?”

“Pray. If you are sincere, you’ll gain the understanding you currently lack.”

“But... I...”

Allison shook her head and said, “Pray,” then vanished.

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