126 – Spirit World – (4)

“Heh heh. Uriard, you smirking old man. What are you thinking?”

After hearing the whole story, Harzfeld gave a giggly laugh.

After a soldier came in and explained the tragedy that had happened to the High Lynx, he decided that he couldn’t hide it any longer, and he explained the whole situation to Harzfeld.

“Your Majesty’s will is too stubborn. Above all, there is an Archmage, so I thought it would be a little safer.”

“Is this safe? The fact that the highest rank spirit has appeared in High Linx doesn’t mean that the apostle’s plan has been half-successful.”

“That…… It cannot be denied.”

Harzfeld shrugged his shoulders.

“Even if this is solved, have you thought about how far the Golden Prince will come?”

“That’s it, I don’t think it’s a matter for me to get involved.”

“I can’t deny this time.”

The emperor’s sword guardian was not obliged to consider the political fallout.

Uriad changed the subject, apparently embarrassed.

“Anyway, it is said that the Wizards Union has come out of Hylingx and are calming the situation. It would be better to observe the situation a little longer.”

“Uriard.”

“Yes.”

“It has been the case in the past, but the option of watching the situation is bound to bring the worst results.”

“… ….”

Harzfeld shrugged his shoulders.

In fact, the tragedy of Iscobal that happened 20 years ago was like that.

One could have thought that it was a disaster caused by the idleness of his father, the previous Grand Duke of Harzfeld.

“Well, it seems you all have ideas.”

Hatzfeld looked at Lautrec. He had placed Sylphy, who was black and unresponsive, with a distorted expression on his hand.

“The reason why you dare to invite them to the old drawing room of the outer castle and all the guardian knights are stationed there must be to prevent something. He must have called me to attract Lord Eina. Isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“There must have been soldiers stationed nearby.”

“You are sharp.”

“What? If you think about it for a bit, it’s all clear. Aren’t you, Eina?”

“*Mush*.”

Heartsfeld looked at Eina, who was muddying the bread with a hearty smile, while listening to the story, and let out a sigh at her.

“Yes. So what is it that you are so afraid of that you are fully prepared for?”

“If the spirit realm is corrupted, the aftermath is bound to return to the real world.”

“Yes.”

“And the Guardian Knight, Sir Lautrec Pendrin…… He is an elementalist who contracted with the highest level of spirits.”

“Due to the corruption of the spirit realm, could Sir Lautrec be adversely affected?”

“Yes. And… ….”

Uriard paused for a moment, hesitated, then continued.

“The spirits of the entire continent may run amok due to being encroached upon by foreign powers.”

“Then… ….”

“Yes. The reason we are here is to prepare for the rampage of Sylphy, the highest-ranking wind spirit he signed with Lord Lautrec.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to just put him in jail?”

“I’m sorry, but the guards don’t abandon and imprison a comrade who hasn’t committed a crime yet.”

“You are very knowledgeable.”

“I hear that a lot. Well, most of all, it’s also that we don’t have the facilities to restrain the highest wind spirit.”

Uriad stopped talking and turned to Lautrec.

“How long can you last?”

“…… I do not know. One hour ahead…… I think it would be about the same.”

“It’s tight.”

Uriard clicked his tongue.

He was also an expert who had gone through all of the pre-natal battles, but there was nothing he could do now, ahead of a planned catastrophe.

With a sigh, Yuri Erd murmured as he leaned back in his chair.

“Freed. How is it going, anyway?”

In the end, there was only one Guardian Knight, Freed, to trust.

*

The heat that burns the whole body touches the angry face.

The flame of Flamrus, the highest rank flame spirit, was hot and sticky. Melting everything around him, Flam Ruth took a big step with his front paws.

After stopping for a while, it suddenly jumped higher into the sky faster than sound.

I couldn’t help but wonder where such leg strength came from.

“Damn it! Damage!”

I shouted out loud while looking at YuRia and strongly grabbed Lyncia’s arm, which was frozen in my arms.

Lin Xia, who flinched at first, realized the seriousness of her situation and vigorously swept her wind spirit’s back.

It must have been some kind of command, but the wind spirit we were riding hurriedly turned and flew up.

Quaaah!

In the blink of an eye, Flamrus’ huge body brushed past the spot where we had just been.

The huge wolf’s continuous charge literally disintegrated the colony of wind spirits floating in the sky. The spirit that Yuria was riding was also not free from that attack. Yuria, who lost her balance, fell to the ground, but there was no time to take care of her.

“Let’s get off at once!”

“Yes, yes!”

If it stays like this, it will be an obvious pass.

Lyncia hurriedly drove the wind spirit, and we gradually began to lower our altitude.

I wondered if the land was finally getting closer, but the view reversed once again.

Whoop!

Missing the target, Flam Ruth just turned his body in the air and created tremendous wind pressure.

We had to do our best not to fall off the spirit’s back.

Of course, that wasn’t the end. Flamrus let out a huge roar and started running straight towards us.

Evasion was impossible.

Well then, I had no choice but to abandon the ship.

I grabbed Lynxia’s arm and jumped off her spirit’s back.

Flamrus clashed with the wind spirit where we were just now, and the poor spirit suddenly turned into a pigeon.

Wig and this guy were both miserable.

“Ah, ah… ….”

“There is no time for heartache.”

I tapped Lyncia on the nape of her neck and hurriedly turned her body to face Pedras.

“You are weak. Weak! The Archmage was only this far!”

“Not only your face, but also your lines are unpleasant, you.”

Dark red flames rushed toward Seira, who stood in front of her, and she deployed her shield to block it out.

As the situation escalated into chaos, it seemed that he also launched a preemptive strike against Seira.

Now that it’s like this, I can’t ask for help from Seira.

“I have to help Seira-san first.”

“I know. However.”

I glanced behind me. Yuria collapses on the ground and Seneca struggles.

And Flamrus attacking on top of it.

However, when the red wolf smelled Seneca, it only growled and did not attack easily.

Anyway, it seemed that Seneca had noticed the power of foreign powers.

“… ….”

Instead, Flam Ruth turned his body to look at us and began scratching his paws on the ground.

That’s not a wolf, but a bull.

“Uh, uh uh uh? Fried?”

“…… It seems like a big deal.”

Flamrus rushed at him as soon as he finished his words.

I held up Ernst in front of Lincia. Ernst, who had hit all the mana in his body that he could contain, emits a dazzling moonlight.

Quagagak!

As it were, it collided with Flamrus’s claws.

Intense sensation as if the wrist is about to twist. Before long, I almost bounced off and was blown far into the throne room. Of course, Lyncia, who was behind me, was the same.

“Heuk!”

I collided with several walls while flying.

I didn’t hurt my head because I rounded my body, but my whole body ached.

I finally hit my back on a small chin and slowed me down. With that momentum, I rammed Ernst into the ground and balanced him.

On the one hand, I grabbed Lyncia by the scruff of her neck as she was about to slide down my side and fall to the floor.

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She giggled for a while, then looked up at me and opened her eyes wide.

“Freed! Body!”

“It’s okay. Only the armor was damaged.”

I tapped the breastplate.

From the shoulder to the flank on the opposite side, the traces of Flamrus’ claws were drawn diagonally.

The heat was so strong that the inside of the mark melted as if it were crushed.

It was fortunate that the claws did not pierce the armor and reach the flesh.

In other words, it also meant that it would be difficult to save one’s life even if one direct hit was allowed.

“It’s embarrassing.”

As Seneca said, this place was no different from the invincible camp built by Phaedras.

For now, it’s just Flamrus, but as the encroachment on the spirit realm progresses, stronger spirits will try to kill us.

Judging from the fact that Flamrus wasn’t chasing, it seemed that Seira or Yuria drew their attention.

In the end, it meant that we had to somehow find a way out by ourselves.

“So where is this place?”

“Mmm.”

I remember breaking down a few walls and falling out.

As we looked around, something caught our eye.

“…… What is this?”

I tilted my head while watching carefully.

“A stone statue?”

What was in front of me was a stone statue.

A stone statue depicting a person sitting on a chair holding a spearhead serving as a pillar in one hand. His whole body was covered in armor, so his face could not be seen.

The great thing was the scale. The size of the stone statue was bigger than the spire of the imperial palace.

However, Lincia reacted quite differently.

“… ….”

The expression of Lincia next to her was unusual.

It seemed that she had witnessed an absurd sight with her mouth wide open.

“…… What do you mean by that?”

“That’s it. I can tell for sure. You can feel it as soon as you see it.”

“That?”

Lin Xia stuttered her words.

“The Spirit King.”

“… ….”

With those words, I looked at the stone statue again.

I checked closely and realized that what looked like a stone statue was a giant sitting quietly.