Episode 82
EPISODE.41
Wedge-Ae Liquid!
rain of arrows.
In the meantime, the memoirs that had been coated with paralysis poison were beaten.
A dense yet wide-ranging attack that attacks the rear end tightly.
but-.
“It’s cold.”
It was an attack that posed no threat to the two war mages in this place.
Hwaaak!
A wall of wild wind disturbed the rain of arrows and the traces of memorization.
At the same time, flames rose from under Russell’s feet.
Roaring!
The rising flame fluttered in all directions, devouring tree roots and branches.
Hwareuk!
In it, the little dwarves made of flame rose up.
Daria Snowwhite’s originality magic, armed with a spear and sword made of flame, just like her body.
They were dwarfs of firewood.
It was a magic that in the past had stopped at the level of barely imitating its appearance.
However, now that he has reached the 5th circle, the firewood dwarves that Russell unfolded were absolutely perfect.
Fifteen, the number is much higher than before.
Considering that even this is not power…
Hwarak Hwarak!
Happiness!
The dwarfs who woke up dispersed in an instant towards the forest and rushed towards the enemies at high speed!
“Keah!”
“Ahh!”
A scream poured from the aft.
A magic created by assuming a battle situation with one against many from the devising stage.
There was no way a ranger unit made up of only a few knights and archers could deal with them.
‘I don’t know if there’s a swordsman who can use an aura to cut magic.’
It was a magic that made it quite powerless against one strong person rather than a lot of weak people.
“Huh-!!”
That was the final scream.
“…”
Glancing at the back end where not even a scream could be heard anymore, Russell withdrew his mana.
Hubert, who had retreated from the battlefield one step ahead of him, was persuading Count Kimbley.
“Did you feel it?”
A cold yet desolate expression, as if to say that this is reality.
It’s not something you would do to an ambassador from another country.
But I couldn’t help it.
There won’t be a means like this to convince the situation.
“If you continue to insist on the wagon, this type of raid will continue several times. I can’t guarantee that the attacking enemies will be at this level forever.”
Russell added.
“I’m not talking about using a wagon and soldiers as bait to divert the enemy’s attention.”
“…?”
“It’s a bit of a waste, but we’ll have to dispose of the wagon and horse here and send the others back by using a non-road.”
That way, returning soldiers won’t encounter enemies on the mountain road either.
‘Unless there is a group of people chasing us on the other side of the road.’
It was the best option available at this time.
“…”
He clenched his fists at the gaze of Russell and Hubert, who demanded an answer.
“If it’s the knights and soldiers, you can send them back. But as much as this child…”
“Count!”
In the end, Hubert couldn’t stand it and sparks flew out of his eyes.
To be stubborn because of a woman, even when life is at stake and the country is in chaos!
It was hard for him to even imagine.
“No matter what the Lord says-!!”
The moment Count Kimbley tried to strike back at that roar.
“stop.”
The woman’s mood changed.
A completely different look from before, when there was no significant presence.
“Is it okay if I explain from now on? Countess Kimbley?”
“Haona…”
It wasn’t just the woman who had changed.
At the same time, Count Kimbley’s attitude toward her also changed.
“If you don’t explain, these people won’t understand.”
Earl Kimbley, who was watching, nodded softly.
one step after.
“But before that…”
She stepped forward and met eyes with both Russell and Hubert.
“For now, it would be better to send the knights and soldiers back as you two said.”
.
.
“Her Highness the Princess-?”
Hubert, who had been running at high speed using acceleration magic, asked with a confused face.
I was so startled that I almost slipped off the branch I was stepping on and plummeted to the ground several meters below.
Fortunately, he recovered his balance like a skilled mage.
“yes. I am Camilla, the princess of Kiel.”
Somehow Count Kimbley’s attitude was unusual.
‘I never thought she was the princess of Kiel.’
The same goes for Russell, who is surprised.
Hubert inadvertently turned his head at the identity of the woman he hadn’t even guessed.
He met eyes with Count Kimbley, who was sitting on his back.
As if responding to that gaze, the Count nodded and murmured.
“That’s right, but blow this wind…”
He frowned as the wind cracked roughly.
The reason why the Count was carried by Hubert was simple.
Because it was much easier to move around than using a wagon.
Lifting a person up and running was not a problem if he used strength magic.
Of course, it will take a little longer than traveling alone.
For the same reason, the princess was carried behind Russell’s back.
“I should have come out and thanked you first, but I was late to say goodbye to the two benefactors. Sir Russell. Sir Hubert.”
Could it be because of the strong wind?
The princess said, holding Russell’s shoulder tightly.
“it’s okay.”
Russell, who read that sign, deployed a mana shield in front of him.
Hwaaak!
It was a body that was trained enough to pick up the princess without using strength.
There was no worry about the consumption of mana.
“But if it’s okay, may I ask why you’ve been hiding your identity? Her Highness the Princess.”
It would have been nice to say thank you.
However, it was necessary to know why a princess from another country was trying to smuggle into Endymion.
‘Even while hiding his identity.’
The answer came soon after.
“As a result, that happened, but I didn’t mean to smuggle people into the country.”
A voice more cautious than before. The princess must have also grasped the intention of the question.
“We just needed a way to get out of Kiel without alerting our enemies.”
“It’s not smuggling, it’s smuggling…”
Count Kimblee sighed this time. He explained the situation in his country in a sorrowful voice.
“Do you know what is the surest way to seize power without undermining the legitimacy of the royal family?”
There have been several cases in history where non-royal aristocrats or high officials tried to seize power.
Among them, the surest way not to undermine legitimacy…
“Are you talking about your maternal relatives?”
“You got it right. Sir Russell.”
Countess Kimbley shook her head. He chewed and spit it out as if it was difficult to hide the rising anger.
“Giorio Comanche. That unscrupulous man is trying to get his son and her highness married with the power of the empire on his back.”
“The son of Giorio the Marquis of Comanche?”
According to the information, the Marquis of Giorio Comanche was already well over seventy.
his son like that.
If it wasn’t for the child he got belatedly through his second wife, he would have been over forty.
Trying to promote a marriage between such a son and a princess who seems to be in her late teens.
‘Of course, age is not very important in aristocratic marriages.’
There were a lot of cases where a rural noble’s daughter became the second wife or concubine of an older, high-ranking noble.
However, the opponent is the royal family.
It was rude and unreasonable even for a country’s marquis.
“It must be said that there is no more roughness as long as the power of the empire is drawn in.”
“exactly.”
He let out a long sigh with a dark face.
“That’s why His Majesty the King of Kiel wanted to secure the safety of His Highness the Princess through me.”
“You thought that Endymion’s arms would be enough to block even the Empire’s hand.”
A kingdom in name only.
Because Endymion was the only great power that would unite the empire and the male power throughout the entire continent.
The Count glanced at his chest.
“I also have a royal edict with detailed circumstances.”
“I understand the situation, but maybe the enemy knows about this.”
Countess Kimbley asked Russell’s words with a puzzled face.
“Why do you think so?”
She even disguised herself as her maid to hide the fact that she was leaving the country.
Even that was not enough, so it was unbelievable that the princess was moving, so she only accompanied a modest escort.
But the information might have been leaked!
“As soon as we crossed the wall, which is not even a border, the knights and soldiers of the empire chased after us.”
I thought it was simply a man of peace, but if the princess is in the party, I have to change my point of view a little.
“If they knew that, it would make sense for them to act in haste.”
A plausible guess, Hubert agreed.
“That makes sense. I can’t imagine the pursuit team is over with that.”
If the Empire had made up its mind and decided to devour Kiel, it would have dispatched a force corresponding to it.
I don’t know who it is, but I’m not going to let go of the news that the princess may have escaped.
There.
‘This mission was dangerous enough to take the death penalty’s life.’
There was no way he could stop at this level of threat.
If it was a wizard, at least two or more wizards of the same class or higher would have been dispatched.
‘If it’s a prosecutor, two or more at a level similar to that of a murderer’s spandom.’
This was when even this was counted as a minimum standard.
Anxiety, like the grip of a god of death, seemed to rise up the spine.
With that feeling, Russell said to the princess and the count.
“I guess I should speed it up a bit.”
“Here…faster?”
The princess’s eyes widened like drops of water.
Even if it wasn’t, it was about the speed of the snow.
It wouldn’t have been easy to even open my eyes if it wasn’t for the shield blocking the blowing wind.
‘But you’re going to speed up here?’
It must mean that they were the disciples of the famous Flame Tower Master.
Moreover, the person carrying him is the youngest war mage in the entire continent.
If only Kiel had such talent.
‘Kiel in 10 years will never hear the voice of a weak country.’
Leaving behind pessimistic thoughts and regrets about the situation of a weak country that I realized anew.
Princess Camilla nodded.
“all right. Sir Russell.”
With the words that you can speed up more, I grabbed Russell’s shoulders even more tightly.
Then snap!
Suddenly, Russell stopped walking.
I was startled and turned my head.
“Wow!”
The princess flinched at the sudden sudden braking.
“Why?”
Then, to Hubert’s question, Russell shook his head slightly before answering.
“execution.”
“…?”
“Wasn’t the wind a little strange just now?”
“hmm?”
Hubert tilted his head.
“I don’t know, but wasn’t it just an ordinary wind?”
“Hmm…”
Russell groaned at his shrug.
Was it a mere illusion that it felt as if the slight scent of blood and screams were mixed with the blowing wind?
“For now, it’s better to get out of the mountains as quickly as possible.”
Feeling a ray of anxiety gripping his heart, Russell hurried his steps.
* * *
That time.
Kiyel’s knights and soldiers, who had discarded all their wagons and horses and were on their way back from the mountain road, were facing an unexpected accident.
It was so strong that not only soldiers but also trained knights couldn’t stand a team fight.
A calamity in the form of a man holding a sword.
A half mask that covers half of the face.
What is reflected between them is the fading burn mark.
“Why, why…”
Before the words of a knight who recognized the identity of the other person were finished, suddenly!
The world reflected in my eyes turned upside down.
-The sword master of the empire is here…
His words are scattered in the wind like a will.
Great Swordsman of the Empire.
McRae Hughes.
Throwing the sword over his shoulder, he showed his fangs and smiled white.
“The mages of Endymion.”
Somehow…
the burn marks under the mask seemed to be throbbing.
dragon-swallowed wizard
