80 – Assault (8)

For some reason Elena’s face, looking at the forest from the balcony of the castle, looked very cold unlike before.

The magic power that unconsciously erupted from her spread frost on the railing Elena was holding onto. In addition, the temperature, which is gradually dropping in real time, tells us what her psychological state is now.

Elena’s face, which contained warmth like a spring breeze, had been frozen like permafrost for a long time since she saw the scene through the eyes of a bird. Only Alphonse and Louis, who had been by her side, questioned Elena’s sudden change, but they couldn’t figure out why.

Now, Elena was looking down at the forest through the eyes of a bird connected to her, unlike what she appeared on the outside. Since we see each other differently, there is bound to be a difference in perception. However, there was no time for her to explain the situation to the two of them now.

In front of her eyes, none other than Noel and Orcus were fighting against the pagan cardinal.

‘If it goes on like this…’

Elena looked at the two with half-expectation and half-worry at the appearance of the two not being pushed back against the cardinal. At first glance, it seemed like a favorable situation for the two, but in reality it was not so.

From the time Elena discovered the ‘altars’ installed in the forest the other day, from the time she felt the connection with them close, she could already guess what would happen here.

The same was true of the attack on Noel and Orcus, whom Elena was watching. It was also within the range she expected.

It was a fact that he knew from the time he faced the two cardinals who came to him from Merrohim that their actions would flow differently due to his return. Originally, it would have been normal to conserve strength, but at the moment when the power of the church was on the decline, the god they had been waiting for so much had descended to the ground.

As such, it is only natural that the actions of believers become bolder than before, in proportion to the size of their faith in God.

Since the god they believe in is with them, even if the god has no intention of helping them, they will believe that they and the god are with them.

A southern hunting competition held every year.

Due to the nature of the tournament, the prince and princess are the only ones who are separated from the crowd.

Here, before a band of fanatics armed with faith fuller than ever before, a good prey fell. They also knew that now was the time to buy themselves. If it was normal, the wounds caused by the temple had not yet healed, so I would have overlooked it even if I saw it.

Everyone did not know that the prince and princess’ participation in the hunting competition was propaganda to announce the victory of the holy war. The fact that the royal family, who had been quietly secluded in the imperial capital so far, was traveling around each territory of the empire showed that the situation had stabilized to that extent.

Without this level of reasoning ability, how could they have fought against the empire, the most powerful nation on earth, for such a long time? I was able to continue this tough life because I knew where to hit and where to get out.

But now they couldn’t stop even though they knew this was something they shouldn’t touch.

fanaticism.

Those belonging to ＜True Night＞ are fanatics fascinated by the strong power of foreign media.

They are confident in their abilities and believe that there is no one better than them in this world who have been baptized with the power of God. Since God descended to this land directly in front of them, their faith appeared twice as usual.

If he maintained his reason, it would not be called fanaticism. They are called fanatics because they have blind faith to the extent that reason disappears, and for them, the aftermath of the holy war was no longer a situation to consider.

That’s why they made a plan by mobilizing all that they could do in the South.

Without hesitation, the main forces of the Church were recruited, and if it was the original history, the plan was enforced, even bringing in the demonic control system of the Rune Proud Mountains, which should have been prepared over several years for the fall of the South.

They proceeded with an unreasonable plan just by the fact that God was by their side, and thanks to that, Elena was able to easily come up with countermeasures.

Damian’s protection and the control system in the forest were messed up by using the relics he took from the Merohim earlier.

He tried to prevent the situation from getting worse by attaching his eyes to Orcus and Noel, and thought that an invasion would occur in Legion to divert the eyes of the Confederates, so he wanted to reduce casualties by remaining in the castle.

Everything went just as she expected.

Like a well-planned play, the situation going according to her will gave her a sense of omnipotence, as if she could control everything in the world with her own hands, but she knew that the sensations she was feeling were all illusions. there was.

In the end, what Elena feared happened.

The precarious balance of the three eventually collapsed, and Noel was separated from the Holy Land and left alone with Walter.

‘I have to stop it.’

Looking at Noel being attacked by Balter through the eyes of a bird, Elena continued to say this one word.

Contrary to what I thought, Elena’s body was still standing on the balcony of the castle. The constraint of having to resolve the situation as the sorceress Elena Edelweiss without using her powers bound her body.

It would have been better if I hadn’t been conscious of such power. What do you do when you become several times stronger than before the regression? With this power, it was possible to rewrite the history of the continent right now, but for that, he knows that he must throw away everything he has.

Even if you can’t wield your power as you please, you still feel responsible for your power. Even if she had enough power to change the current situation, the fact that she couldn’t wield it at will was enough to make Elena feel helpless.

It seems that he has suffered considerable damage from the skirmishes so far, but he is still a cardinal even if he rots.

If you use the body’s power, you don’t know, but if you move freely with a magical creature created by a dragon, the bird will be disintegrated with a single sword. It was most efficient to move at the most dangerous moment, at the moment that could change this situation, rather than being sent off without being able to help.

‘Damian.’

She could see that Damian, who ran to rescue Noel and Orcus, was already close by.

So, Elena managed to calm herself down and waited for Damian to find them in a hurry. But maybe things weren’t better than I thought. She had no choice but to move the bird earlier than she thought.

Noel, who had been running away from him, collapsed from exhaustion, and Walter’s sword was now at her throat.

In the current situation, like bringing out unpleasant memories from the past, Elena threw the bird’s body full of magic power without hesitation. If she didn’t do it now, Noel might die, so she had no choice.

There was still a long way for Damian to find Noel, and now it seemed like the only way to save Noel was to use his powers to move there. I prepared my mind like that and took out the divinity that I had suppressed for a long time just like I did in Merohim.

Did a miracle happen at that moment?

Contrary to what Elena had expected, nothing had changed in her body. The divinity she brought out did not disappear, but the foreign aura like that of other pagan cardinals did not emanate from Elena’s surroundings.

If there is a difference, Damian, who was not there, suddenly appeared in front of Noel and Walter. Even Elena did not know what kind of causal relationship the sudden change of circumstances had brought to what had happened right before her eyes.

The only thing she could confirm with Damian’s appearance was the fact that Walter’s hand and neck were blown off in the next scene and that he had finished the situation.

Blinking several times to check the finished situation, she let out a sigh of relief.

“Haaa…”

As the tension eased, all of her magical powers, which were affected by her emotions, began to return to normal. Alphonse, who had been watching Elena blankly around her, came closer to her.

“I-Sister…Are you feeling unwell…?”

To Alphonse, who knew nothing about it, Elena’s complexion suddenly darkened and seemed to radiate magical energy. The reason Alphonse had been silently watching Elena all this time was because he was worried that if he talked to her, her condition would get worse.

I could see that it had stabilized to some extent now, so I approached Elena and talked to her.

Seeing Alphonse staring at her with a worried gaze, Elena felt her heart tingle. When I came to my senses and looked around, I couldn’t help but see the surroundings.

If Damian had been by his side, it would have been possible to calm him down by holding his hand, but the outrage of emotions that occurred without him left traces as if ice magic had swept through it once.

The first thing to do is to answer Alphonse’s words. The traces she left behind were too obvious to dismiss as nothing. But that doesn’t mean you can’t tell the truth as it is, so Elena thought for a while about what to answer before opening her mouth.

“I’m fine now. Were you worried?”

“Yeah…suddenly, his face darkened, and a chill came out around her, which surprised me. It was a bit scary… Is it a very dangerous disease?”

“Should I say it’s not a disease, but a constitution… Sometimes the mana in my body leaks out under the influence of my emotions. “

Elena extends her hand to Alphonse. She let the warmth flow from her hands as if to show that she was now settled. Only then did Alphonse smile at the warmth flowing through his hands.

What he said to Alphonse wasn’t entirely wrong.

It’s strange to call it a constitution, but it wasn’t a lie that mana erupted according to emotions. Considering Elena’s schedule for the past few days, Alphonse could understand the reason for the runaway.

“Sir Lewis. I’m sorry. You were very surprised, right?”

“No, young lady. It’s not something for the young lady to apologize for.”

The answer came back with Louise’s characteristic blunt face, but if you look closely into her eyes, you can see a slight shake. Even if it was her, it was embarrassing to see a chill suddenly emanating from her body. More than anything else, Louis focused on examining the changes that occurred around her due to Elena’s magic rather than her apology.

‘Simply responding to the image, and the mana spewed out, such a change… The amount of mana from before was also like that, so he wasn’t an ordinary person.’

Even if you’ve heard that Elena is a genius from the famous magical family of Edelweiss, there is a definite difference between hearing about it through rumors and seeing it with your own eyes.

Even the head of the Faculty of Magic, one of the most outstanding wizards she had ever seen, would not be able to compete with the amount of magical power she simply contained in her body. Contrary to Damian’s fuss and worries, Louis swallowed a laugh at the thought that if there were people who flirted with her without anything to protect, he would turn into an ice statue.

As soon as the surroundings seemed to be over, Elena looked away again.

I told Alphonse just now that everything was fine, but in fact it wasn’t. The chill in her heart still lingered. Although Elena was easily swayed by emotions, paradoxically, she was able to control her emotions with reason as she was the best wizard in history.

Precisely, it would be right to say that you are not buried in emotions enough to maintain a minimum of reason.

It was something that Noel and Orcus had already prepared for from the moment they expected to be attacked, but just as people don’t change easily, Elena couldn’t bear to be angry about what had just happened, even though she had made up her mind several times.

Only she would know if this was for the pagans who attacked Noel, or for herself who knew everything but didn’t step forward.

Elena did not intend to keep anger in her heart for long. She was the one who knew better than anyone else that tolerating was something she had done horribly before, and that the end of the road wasn’t very good.

She had to let this anger out in some way, but just then something caught her eye.

At the end of Elena’s line of sight, a tree can be seen shaking violently. It wasn’t long before a lot of people came out of the woods and there was a lot of noise under the balcony. Did Louis notice what was happening in the forest at the sudden increase in presence?

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Meanwhile, Louis, who had been standing quietly beside them, put one hand on the sword.

Perhaps she intended to take refuge inside the castle without telling Alphonse, she naturally pushed Alphonse back and looked at Elena, trying to hold her hand. Elena said with a grin as she saw Louis approaching her.

“Sir Lewis. Take care of Alphonse.”

“Young lady!!”

Louis hurries to grab Elena’s hand, but her hand just brushes the light left in the air.

When she hurriedly followed the light and turned her eyes to the forest, Elena’s body had already moved to the front of the camp that was about to become a battlefield. Elena walked towards the forest against those who were running from the forest towards the castle.

As soon as some of the people running from the forest saw Elena, they shouted for them to run, but Elena ignored them and walked forward.

Upon reaching the edge of the forest, Elena stopped moving forward for a moment and looked around.

I can feel signs running towards her from all sides. Rather than an army, it was more like a pack of angry beasts. Unorganized raw flesh poured down on Elena, but her face did not change.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t thought about how much I should do…?”

Elena looked back at the castle behind her once, muttered something, and soon corrected her face as if it was okay. I decided not to think about it because I don’t think I’ll get angry at all if I control it.

The ground she is standing on begins to shake as if to indicate that the distance is getting closer. Elena stood there as if nothing had happened and stomped her foot lightly, striking the ground.

Then the ground turned over.