109 – Hylinx – (5)

It has been five days since I left the imperial palace before I knew it.

It took almost two days to get out of Sigrun’s sphere of influence, and it took three full days to cross the long bridge and enter High Linx. Day and night, they hurried their steps to the point of overtaxing their horses, but they had barely crossed the border.

I realized that the size of the continent is enormous.

Things were different from when I went to Lumen El. Unlike the topography of Lumen El, where plains and grasslands stretched out, High Linx was an area dotted with sheer cliffs and hollow canyons.

So, even if the absolute distance was short, it took a lot of effort to go around it, and since the road was rough, naturally, Lincia’s motion sickness got worse day by day.

“Ugh.”

Lyncia groaned in my arms.

She was sweating profusely, so she took a handkerchief from Yuria and wiped it off.

Lyn Xia didn’t reject my touch as before, and only breathed heavily in her arms.

She sometimes hated even touching her body, but even Lynxia seemed to realize that she had no choice. Now, the space between my legs was like Lynchia’s exclusive seat.

“Please bear with me a little longer. It looks like there is an inn in half a day.”

“Bar, half a day is a little bit…” ….”

She grumbled with the sound of Bolmen, but Lynxia herself was well aware of the fact that there was no way.

She sighed heavily and leaned her body against my chest.

“You know, Fried.”

“Yes.”

“Even though she suffers from motion sickness, the fact that she is out is just nice.”

Lyn Xia giggled as if she forgot to flirt with motion sickness.

Although she did, it must have been a good thing for her, as she wanted to come out and see the palace. She must have been strictly forbidden to go out for her safety reasons.

Of course, our purpose is not simply going out.

A dangerous battle was waiting for a variable that could arise anytime, anywhere.

Come to think of it.

Suddenly, I thought of it, and I quietly muttered.

“Status.”

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Lyncia Hodier Ayrn

[Achievement Level: 4 / Empress of Dawn]

[Leadership 8] [Power 9(+1)] [Intelligence 13(+1)]

[Spirit 8(+2)] [Charisma 9] [Luck 7(+2)]

[Stress 6/10]

[List of talents]

– Obsession

– Paranoia

[Remaining Survival Points 37]

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The achievement level went up, and other sundry stats also went up little by little. Survival points were also earned tremendously by clearing the third act and avoiding the dead end associated with Aranion.

Especially, the intelligence stat is so high that I wonder if this is true, even as a viewer, I was surprised. This is a figure that can only be seen in at least 5 acts.

First of all, I was thinking of raising Lyncia’s stats before subduing Fedras.

I took a hard look at the status and made a decision.

The ring.

[Required survival score 8] [Required achievement level 3]

＞ Y/N

[Required survival score 16] [Required achievement level 4]

＞ Y/N

[Spirit 10 (+4)]

[Required survival score 4] [Required achievement level 2]

＞ Y/N

[Required survival score 8] [Required achievement level 3]

＞ Y/N

[Intellect 15 (+3)]

I decided to invest 2 points in Spirit and 2 points in Intellect.

Selection and focus. That was my decision.

Although unintentionally, Lynchia possessed considerable magical talent, and learned spiritism under an outstanding teacher named Lautrec. She decided that going all-in on intelligence was the right choice.

Moreover, wouldn’t it be safer to use magic rather than holding a sword?

Spirit is, of course, a stat worth investing in for an enormous survival score of 24 points.

If it was a game, I would have been able to push the story while properly managing my stress level, but in this world, there were a lot of indeterminate variables due to the intervention of the existence of me.

If there was even one more negative trait here, it would be a catastrophe.

That’s how it turned out.

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Lyncia Hodier Ayrn

[Achievement Level: 4 / Empress of Dawn]

[Leadership 8] [Power 9(+1)] [Intelligence 15(+3)]

[Spirit 10 (+4)] [Charisma 9] [Luck 7 (+2)]

[Stress 6/10]

[List of talents]

– Obsession

– Paranoia

[Remaining survival score 1]

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In other words, the monster-like status had been completed.

At this level, in the 8th act, I will become a scammer comparable to Seira.

“Whoa!”

Actually, the person who became a monster was groaning about motion sickness and was still repeating nausea with his face sticking out of the window.

Eina’s Gyro Drop was the same at the work meeting, and it’s still the same now. She

Gave her a pat on the back, and she seemed to have calmed down a bit. She wiped her mouth and leaned back into my arms.

“Here is the water.”

“Huh. Thank you.”

Give her a water bag and she starts to gulp.

What can I say? It’s like raising a hamster.

It wasn’t long before Lynn Xia had finished drinking and turned her body around.

Green eyes stare up at my face.

“Freed.”

“Yes.”

“What kind of place is High Linx? I heard from Lucy that Fried visited a few times for dispatch purposes.”

“…… Hmm.”

Do you have a chin?

The history of Hylingx that Lyncia wants to hear is only in the synapse of Fried before being possessed.

I was trying to think about what to do with her hair wrapped around her head, but the curtain over the seat in front of me suddenly opened.

“Are you curious about Hylinx?”

Seira was showing her face with a smile on her face.

I heard that even a tiger will come when I say it.

As soon as Yuria saw her face, she hiccupped and held her breath.

How bullied she was in bed, she said that just by looking at her face.

Like it or not, Seira continued her words.

“High Lynx is the source of sorcery. It’s like a wizard’s paradise. Even though the terrain is a bit rough like it is now, there will be little inconvenience if you enter the city because magic engineering is so developed.”

“The source of magic?”

“It has the highest mana concentration in the atmosphere across all continents. Thanks to that, there are many special animals and plants that only grow in High Linx. In addition, there are towers built by mages of the Age of Gods here and there. There are countless doors to the other world.”

“What a place.”

“It’s a great place to live.”

Seira said in a low voice, “To the wizards.” ‘ She added briefly.

At that scary word, YuRia hiccupped again.

Yes. It’s comfortable to ignore.

It wasn’t long after the short conversation that Lyncia ran back to the window and started talking.

That’s really hard too.

I asked Seira in the atmosphere of being blown away.

“Then Phaedras is corrupting the spirit realm through one of the doors?”

Seira shrugged.

“I think it might be one place. There should be too many doors. There are close to dozens of confirmed cases, and if you include unconfirmed ones, the number will easily exceed three digits.”

“It must be difficult to check them one by one.”

Are you saying we have to scour this wide, rugged Highlinx? I don’t know if it’s possible in two weeks.

But Seira snapped her fingers as if not to worry.

“It’s okay. It’s probably not as difficult as you think. A door that does tricks will definitely show through.”

“What do you mean?”

“You can tell just by looking at it. For example, the sky looks dark, or the corrupted lower spirits are wandering around. Well, there are several signs.”

“Whoa.”

Are you saying you can tell just by looking at it from afar?

It was good news while I was listening.

“So when I get to High Linx, I plan to fly through the air and scan the surroundings. If you’re lucky, you’ll find it right away, and if you don’t find it, you’ll find it within a week. If it doesn’t work out, you can ask for help from your father.”

Seira’s father.

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Golden Grand Duke Liantur.

I don’t know if they will come out cooperatively, but if Seira’s influence overlaps, they’ll probably lend their strength. He was also called an Arch Mage, so he would be a strong support.

“…… Uh?”

That was the moment.

Suddenly, Lin Xia, who was throwing up, raised her head in a daze and started looking out the window at her.

Then she turned her head towards us, and her eyelids fluttered.

“Miss Seira… …. I have a question for you.”

“Yes. Ask me anything.”

“Well, I said that where there is an attempt to corrupt the spirit realm, it is obvious.”

“Right?”

“…… Is it true that the sky is getting dark and the fallen spirits are roaming around?”

“Right.”

“… ….”

Lyn Xia stopped her words and turned her head, and we followed her gaze out the window.

And what is there.

“Huh.”

A golem the size of a house standing tall under a pitch-black sky.

From the gaps between the piles of stones that make up the body, the black smoke that I had seen on Atral and Arwen was slowly leaking out.

It’s been a while since I arrived in Highlings, and I can see things like that.

“I found it right away.”

Saira said as if she was dumbfounded.

“Your Majesty, how strong is that spirit?”

“…… It’s a senior.”

“How much is the seniority?”

“As many as 10 wigs combined…… Could it be?”

She said that with a puzzled look on her face.

And she added, as if remembering.

“That spirit is probably Gaia Khan, the earth spirit. Manipulating the land, throwing rocks the size of houses…….”

Lin Xia blankly blinked her eyes as she stopped talking.

Gaia Khan, a high-ranking earth spirit in the distance, suddenly threw himself at us and slammed his hand into the ground.

In the hand that I pulled out before long, I was holding a round rock that looked almost 3 meters tall.

Gaia Khan slowly put one leg out and his upper body leaned back. Then he made a big swinging motion with one hand.

“What the f*ck!”

It was Seira and I who grasped the situation.

I hurriedly pulled Lysia and Yuria by the waist. And he kicked the door of the luggage compartment with his foot.

Crunchy!

Freed’s leg strength was considerable. The luggage compartment of the wagon exploded as it is, and the tent covering the top was also torn apart.

Sunlight filtered through the tattered tents, but the light was enchantingly dark.

And then a huge, round shadow began to fall over our heads.

Whoops.

It was a rock the size of a house.

“Kuu!”

I made a great leap while still holding on to Lincia and Yuria, and Seira flew up, drawing the coachman through telekinesis.

And.

Quguaguagwang!

I thought that a rock was getting stuck in the place where we were, i.E. The carriage, and with a roaring sound, pieces of stone and dust rose up.

After a while, the dust cleared, and there was a huge pit where the rock fell.

Under it, the horses that had not been able to avoid the attack were spewing out their intestines while being rats.

“…… Worst.”

Caught in my side, YuRia said with a teary face.

“That’s right.”

I didn’t expect it to be like this.

A higher level spirit. Isn’t it an enemy that appears as a mid-boss or elite mob in Act 5 in Raising a Empress?

Saira, who was floating in the air, opened her eyes and said.

“Whoa~! The welcome is furious!”

As if in response to those words, Gaiacan started lifting the huge rock again.

I put down Yuria, who was at least able to preserve herself, and drew her sword.

“This, can you win?”

Lynxia clinging to me asked with her bluish complexion.

I shrugged her shoulders.

“Well, I have to try.”