- Before I approached that place, I had a feeling there might be something uninterrupted ahead of me.
As we approached, the smell of iron interspersed with the smell of (su) a choking odor that irritated the nasal cavity, making the air feel raw and warm. And because they were popping their own skin.
Don't the others feel it, or do they just know and don't put it on the table, pretend they don't see it, pretending to be calm except for the soldiers in the vortex of restlessness. Hadrias remained tattooed, and only Titania's eyes dwelt in some swordswallowing light.
Drop your eyes off the horse. I could see the rainwater pouring out from under the fallen leaves blinking red from time to time, rubbing my eyes whether it was because of the addition or subtraction of light.
Eventually, the trees break off.
"... this is"
Sounds, the voice of Hadrias and breathtaking sounds.
What Trinity saw when she arrived at the scene that the scouts saw, that there were demons, was the sight of suspicion in her eyes.
"What, this..."
Trinity also just exhales fearlessly that the sight you see from the horse is hard to exhaust to the brush tongue.
Following the scourge, out in the distance to the mountains and the promising flats that the vast plains would have wanted, what was there were giant ground cracks, cold and solidified ground exposed to high temperatures, icebergs poking heaven, bright black swamps not sure what they were, and the carcasses of countless scattered demons and demons.
- Fulfill, what the hell happened here? Under a cloud of bright light, a shitty sight you'll never normally see, and a host of wreckages. It was a tragedy that I don't think was caused by a natural disaster.
If you do describe this place, the word with the sour nose would suit you. That was a tragic sight, so much so that if you clear your ears, you could hear the cries of the exorcisms uttered by the demons even in their aftermath. How many enemies, so much so that I even get sympathy for them when I see them like this.
Yes, that's exactly what it doesn't look like compared to a hell painting, that was after hell happened.
Take the lead in scouts and soldiers, make sure they follow Hadrias, and Trinity doesn't say who while riding the horse, but asks.
"This is the way..."
The road leading in front of me was fractured in a straight line. Only then, there are no traces of blood, no pieces of flesh, no traces of scraped or destroyed. As if something had pierced this main road - no, it was created, straight, just straight, without any hesitation, bending over, up to the point where you can see it, up to the forest on the mountain hem. It continues as it paves with the carcasses of the demons who have attacked its side.
Watching such a scene, Mizuki, who was following him, suddenly squeals without telling anyone.
"After magic..."
"Mizuki?"
"Yeah, for sure. This is all after magic."
I ran out of words because I'm sure. Mizuki pointing her pregnant expression towards the ice and burning that are unnaturally present around her. Point to them and say the result of being used with magic.
To her determination like that, Titania raised her voice of interest.
"Mizuki, you know very well..."
"Yeah, really, it's slight, but it's got magic residue, probably because there's traces of the procedure by the time the ice or burns there."
"... true"
When he gazed and sharpened his senses, Trinity also learned of its' leftover stuff '. Even though I didn't know until earlier, when I felt that the things they enclosed were a surgical formula, it was clearly determined that even if it was dense, it would clear in an instant.
But how fine the procedure is applied to residual things such as leftovers, ice, etc. Only in a moment until you defeat and cut off the Demon Clan will you need an art ceremony that will serve as the backbone of your magic. Nevertheless, with care to what remains, and -
"Mizuki, what is this?"
"Yeah. The surgical ceremony being handled is so advanced, I have no idea what it is...... Maybe it's not the magic we use."
"That's true, too, but I can't believe you can use such advanced techniques for so many."
- It's not normal. Did this destroy the Demons with so many armies?
Such an absolutely impossible conjecture floated through Trinity's head, and disappeared.
If you look at this scenario, such as the big army bumping into each other, it's impossible. If you say there was such a clash here, there must naturally be the body of the other force. But there is no such thing here. Until that other side on the visible horizon, united by the demonic body. Besides, it is impossible to prepare a large army in the first place, or to unify most of that large army with highly magical magicians. I just think this is something, something overwhelming has passed, such a scene.
Horses sensitive to human tension and the subtlety of the atmosphere in which they strike are squeamish. As you gently forgive those restless horses and continue on the trail that hasn't dried up yet, you can hear the breathtaking voices of Teatania most of the time
"Is this...!?
Hadrias' voice follows her in her eyes.
"Even Baymouth..."
Trinity and the others also turn their gazes, as prompted by the words accompanied by their low groans. What was there was the carcass of a giant demon.
"Oh, big..."
I can hear such a noise of Rui Shu, such an astonishing twinge.
The total length is probably, over two hundred meters. It sprang up as if a black cruiser had risen on a hill. It had thick, squiggly skinned skin like a thick skinned beast, with heavy limbs and huge horns that did not match the size of the body.
Scarlet cloudy giant eyes open and horrible. First and foremost, there is such a horror that creepiness freezes your spine.
However, now this demon too, due to some kind of magic that Mizuki calls it, had fallen clean away, as if the diagonal half of her body were buried under the ground.
"It will be an extra second-degree demon. I didn't know you were even knocked down like this..."
Forget even the explanation of how many names distinguish that demon, Teatania remains stunned. A flashing breath exhales.
I guess this Baymouth monster is quite a monster because of the scarce appearance of surprises directed against him compared to the demons and monsters around him. Soldiers and Gregories around them, even Hadrias, have a tough time.
When everyone is swallowed by surprise that way, eventually a soldier who had gone to check on them until earlier, approaches.
I guess the appearance that follows is not something that comes from tiredness, but something that was put against this acid-nosed perimeter.
"Also,... my name is, I'll raise it.... Again, the Demons seem to be wiped out. The total number of them is probably"
We wait and drink the words a soldier on his knees won't say.
Instead of a lot, he himself seems confused about uttering the word. Besides, Hadrias kept his facial tension unbroken.
"How long have you been away?
"Ha! Perhaps 10,000 was exceeded..."
It was a moment when everyone forgot the time. 10,000 and the vast number that doubts its ears makes everyone on the spot deaf to exhale.
And as the identity gradually returns, Hadrias dyes his voice in amazement,
"Ten thousand..."
"But if there were more than 10,000 demons, then it doesn't seem to match the number of carcasses?
"Afraid. After the demons and demons move or from the range this attack has taken, it seems that the number is reasonable."
Hearing the words of scourge, Hadrias again says with a rugged face.
"Around a thousand, I didn't know it wasn't..."
A voice with a mixed emotion somewhere in the middle of nowhere to be surprised. Imagine if you were fighting that number. No matter how many bad predictions you had, that number is out of your imagination.
To such Hadrias, when Titania turns her gaze, he mends his expression.
"I didn't know you were mislooking at the size of the Demon Clan. I'm relieved to think they might have attacked Metail or Kranto City."
"Who the hell made this happen when, huh? Do you know Sir Hadrias?
To Titania's words, Hadrias meditates and thinks. Eventually he reached the answer or he quietly opened his mouth.
"... I have no idea who it is, but there was a fierce lightning day about seven days ago. It was probably that day that the Demons were wiped out."
"Thunder Day......"
"Though the bishop of the Salvation Church and others said that the goddess was trembling in anger," he adds, as Hadrias says after Teatania's whining. Is it together in this world to think that it is thunder that embodies the will of heaven?
But is it true that Arshna, the goddess, defeated me? No, there can't be such a convenient story. If that could happen, you shouldn't need a brave man first.
But the mystery only deepened. I have no idea when, but we all don't know what happened in the end.
In the meantime, Mizuki sounded worried.
"Mizumin-kun, I wonder if you were okay"
"I wonder..."
She leans anxiously, and Trinity's heart is in tune.
What the hell happened to the whereabouts of Shuiming? I wish the Demons had been defeated before they met the Demons.
"Demons! We had a survivor!
――
Together they turn to the voice that hung from behind them. A soldier who was exploring his surroundings was screaming about the existence of the demonic tribe.
Was it mixed in the carcass? Or did you fly in from the near field? There are a few remnant-like demons, jumping up and heading toward us with fierce momentum.
Besides, it was Hadrias who raised his voice as soon as possible.
"- They're coming this way! Everybody, take a fighting stance!
Pull out your sword on horseback, while giving orders to soldiers around you. Soldiers who hear his voice and move into action without interruption. A soldier with a spear forms a formation ahead of him, and behind him the wizards form a line to begin chanting the spell.
Following Hadrias' voice, Trinity immediately turned to Luca.
"I'm going to step up, too. Mizuki, wait here with Luca. - Tia!
"Yes! Master Reggie!
"Tia's got a magic prep about behind me! I'm gonna use the horse to go around from side to side!
I scream in a hurry, and Trinity pulls out her sword, too.
What you see is a formation of demons and soldiers trying to intercept demons. Aiming to cross that line, Trinity also drives the horse. Follow it, Teatania and Roffrey, Gregory.
Meanwhile, Hadrias' command is flying to the soldiers.
When Trinity's horses chased him, the soldiers had already surrounded the demons. A spear soldier tows a demon clan trying to fly, and a wizard punches magic into a frightened gap. He is a brilliant soldier with control and yet carries the battle to Theory Street. Each soldier is highly skilled, and if he stays like this, he can seal off the demons without any damage.
(No...)
or so it seemed. But the Demons were also desperate. The main unit was wiped out, and they were no longer dead soldiers.
Dead soldiers. On the battlefield, their presence is often confirmed. The defeat has been decided yet to stop, and this is the place to die, and just reward the enemy with one arrow and eat it with all his heart. They will not hate death because there is only death where they return and where they go. A determined soldier is strong and ungrateful.
They are dangerous on the battlefield the more they look at a soldier plane and what it takes for a dead soldier and even words like that.
Eventually, such a lifeless battle broke loose in formation and broke the soldiers' enclosure.
Want to make more roads for one, or a demon clan that will break out into tears.
They're about to be brought into a mixed war, and the soldiers are in danger.
"Back off!"
Seeing it, Hadrias rushes through a giant black horse. While laying down their lives on the soldiers, the demon clan, who was directly in front of them, was amputated by a wave of sword, but still a few demons went through their sides.
Yes, towards Luca and Mizuki.
"Shit!
They pulled out the other side. It was already too late when I thought so. The speed of the demons flying in is fast, and the distance from the Mizuki trees shrinks as they look around. Two to three even with Rui Shu in. Fighting over her is too bad for Luca.
"Gregory!"
Gregory's horse flips within hearing or not hearing that word that Teatania reflexively utters. But...
"Shit! Lord Mizuki, please hold on tight"
"Ugh, yeah!
Luca manipulates the horse and tries to escape the Demon Clan's sudden assault. But the ground of mud takes the legs of the horse and stands in the way of the dodging legs. The amount of sogginess was known, but the slightest intrusion was a great loss of life here. Bringing swirling and footing. Smooth is being taken from the legs of the horse.
"Damn - Stain Scarlett!
While evil, Trinity unleashes the magic of flames. Following that, Titania also unleashes magic, but it doesn't hit the demons who have given up living.
(Not good! Not like this...)
The demons are approaching the Mizuki. Mizuki also unleashes magic toward the Demon Clan, but the Demon Clan goes toward the Fire without desperation.
It was too far from this place to go to help. Jin, and a nasty feeling of freezing, crawls up my back.
That was the time. From across his sight, several strips of white flames formed a vortex, tearing the sky apart and flying. Bright white flame. It envelops the demons who tried to strike the Mizuki in an instant.
The white flames instantly diffused into the sky, quickly burning down the Demons.
"Huh -?"
"No way this magic!?
The voices of Trinity and Titania are astonishing and aware.
I realized what it was and what it was by, and at the same time I hear the sound of the hooves howling from afar.
Someone is approaching me through a horse. And its speed, it's not normal. Perhaps even magically hanging on the horse? The meteor was exactly as fast as it was.
Teatania cheers on the person who eventually becomes clearly visible.
"- The White Flame Hall!
Yes, it was Fermenia Stingray, a young court demon mentor with a pure white robe who called Trinity Two into this world, who rushed on horseback.
Trinity yells at Fermenia.
"Sir!? How did you get here!?
"Lord Brave! Talk to you later! The rest of the demons first!
"Yes!
Pointed out by Fermenia, Trinity returns the horse and is still slashed by the remaining demons.
Hadrias's voice rose again as he split upwards and downwards with the sword of Orihalcon, undoubtedly.
"The wizard is ready to unleash magic again!
An ambitious command flies. Eventually the soldiers handily hunted down the demons, and the demons were wiped out by the wizards who were ready to unleash their magic.
Dust and dirt fly, smoke and steam wind up and the surrounding sight is poor because of numerous magic bursts all at once.
There are no more Demons around. Beyond blocked sight, too. There is no sign of any creature.
Eventually, the lowered Fermenia brings the horse closer.
"His Royal Highness the Princess, and Lord Mizuki to Lord Reggie. We're out of time."
Teatania nodding with meditation and satisfaction, and Trinity and Mizuki responding to Fermenian greetings.
"It's been a while. Doctor."
"Mr. Fermenia. Thank you. Thanks for your help."
"No, it's just good to walk by," Fermenia says, gently stroking Mizuki's hand. Then Mizuki smiled and thanked Fermenia again.
And Fermenia turns back to Hadrias, saying a word or two to him, and bows his head. Are you familiar with him? Without intimacy or disgust like Titania, the greeting ended with an administrative one.
Then, Titania turns to her to thank her again.
"The White Flame Palace. Thank you for your help. But why are you here?
"Hmm, I'm sure your lord was relieved of his duties as court magician?
and Fermenia gives a magical look to Hadrias, who joined the conversation.
"Ha. We are currently in the midst of taking the orders of His Majesty the King and replacing the duties of the Court Demon Instructor"
"Your life..."
It was also surprising to Trinity II that he was relieved of his duties as court magician. But I guess there's some reason, and instead, the immediate order of King Armadiyaus is via. That means...
"Maybe to help us?
"No, I'm not..."
"The White Flame Palace. What's the matter with you?
…………
To Titania's question, Fermenia seems difficult to say. Is it difficult to answer the princess's question? Well, if it's an order from the king, I guess that happens.
And, in the meantime, one soldier comes running out of breath.
"Ho, I'll report!
Tension runs around the demons again, but everyone is surprised there. Reporting and running soldiers came from the woods where they came for some reason. There are no demons there.
Hadrias asks the soldier.
"What's up?
"So, from the Empire, His Royal Highness Graziella Filas Riseld, the Third Empress, took a team and broke through the border!
Urgent reward. The appearance of Titania turned into something of dismay at the contents of the soldier's report, which he had managed to convey, even though he was intruding.
"Is Her Royal Highness the Graziella!?
"Ha! His Royal Highness forcibly crossed Astel's border without even asking to stop the garrison. We've already crossed the city of Kranto and are on our way with terrible momentum."
"Oh, no, why"
"- I suppose that's self-evident? Light Hall."
"Nah!?
Teatania turns with surprise to a voice that feels the definite authority that has interrupted.
From the smoke that began to subside, the woman appeared.