Chapter 709,
Chapter 179. Inescapable Trap (8)
While the wizards were gathering, Beradin gathered the researchers in Kojek.
“You will have nothing to do while dispelling the Dante spell. So take the researchers outside.”
“There may be an attack when you cancel the spell.”
“Maybe. But why do you have to do that with illusion magic in place to buy time? First of all, we must somehow find clues to mass teleportation. It’s better to divide the people and do something while the feet are tied up. Not only teleportation clues, but also other camps.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll give you a signal when the welcome is over, so let’s rejoin at that time. Perhaps, as you said, in the process, if there is an attack and it gets torn apart, let’s meet at the destination.”
* * *
Same time Riccarton western border.
What stood in the way of Kingelo was actual troops.
“The Archduke… enemies… many.”
“Where did you suddenly come out like that? I haven’t seen anything until now.”
said Bianca and Ranke. The dark and empty sky ahead was filled with an army of chaos like a swarm of bees.
It was to the point where I couldn’t even guess how many ships and chaos dragons there were. Not only the front, but also the side and rear.
“It must be an ambush using massive teleportation or illusion magic. Probably the latter. The opening of the dimensional gate has not been observed.”
It was as Zephyrin expected.
The Army of Chaos had been building a siege ever since Kingelo entered Riccarton.
However, the siege line was overly extensive, and it deceived the field of view with illusion magic, so it was not noticed.
The eyes of the executives focused on Zephyrin. Orgal hadn’t returned to the fleet yet, so the decision was up to Zephyrin.
“We will respond with the goal of annihilating the entire area, not breaking through to the target area. After all, this is the land of evil spirits, so if you leave a remnant behind, we’ll meet again. Get ready for an all-fleet battle. The assembly will be delayed, but there will be no one in the alliance who has not anticipated this variable.”
“Okay, Mr. Zephyrin.”
“Sir Owl.”
Zephyrin met Owl’s eyes.
“I think it would be better for Nameless and Secret Palace to go to the ground. One side discovers the camp and secures massive teleportation information. One side rescues Cold Joe. Especially now, Kyung-jo is more likely to take out when the enemies surrounding us are pushed back.”
“I see what you mean.”
“Cho Kyung is a person who must be rescued from our Kingelo’s point of view. Of course, if the worst happens, you will have no choice but to give up, but I hope you take care to prevent that from happening. And Sir Berakt.”
“Tell me, Grand Duke Zephyrin.”
“Kyung-eun, it would be nice to participate in rescuing Kyung-jo with these people.”
Berakt wanted to yell at me asking me to save that bastard, but I managed to close my throat.
“…I see.”
“I know Lord Berakt hates Sir Cho, but he is still the most important man to our cause. I hope you don’t mess with your work because of your emotions.”
“Part of our secret palace is missing, so we will infiltrate the destination first. Owl-sama, it looks like you need to recruit people even from unknown.”
Siris, who had been listening, opened her mouth.
“I agree with the opinion of Acting Vice President. When Jin is in danger, there is no surer solution than an eye toad.”
Zephyrin nodded.
“Do by that way.”
* * *
Waters south of Riccarton.
Cosmos’s fleet safely escaped through the steel gate and spread its ranks on the sea.
“That’s right, when the world’s movement gateways were closed, there were more mobility techniques than that. They said that if the spatial movement used in the red owl is mass produced, the black prince will share the benefit with us too. I hope it develops soon!”
Cosmos said while looking at the disappearing steel door.
[Noisy you pirate. And it must be Mary Runkandel, not you, that Jin will share the technology
. Let’s not do that and have a good time. To save people, our hands and feet must be in sync.”
Cosmos, the pirate king, was unexpectedly skillful in dealing with a young boy wearing a veil.
Bale grumbled, but he didn’t really hate Cosmos.
“Cosmos. I think the reason Lord Bale became sensitive was because he felt a certain energy as soon as he came here.”
Balkas spoke in a low voice and looked at the veil.
He was feeling the dark brain energy unique to Fadler Runkandel that was transmitted from a distant land. Of course, Bale is recognizing more clearly than Balkas.
[I didn’t expect him to be waiting for me as soon as I arrived… Didn’t Orgal betray you? It seems like they knew in advance that we were entering this way.]
“That’s not likely. The maritime access route is limited anyway, so it must have been deployed in advance.”
Normally, Bale would have been excited and would have thought of quickly ending the Padler.
But now there are too many targets to protect. It is not a situation that can be ruled out that there is no other enemy besides the Padler.
[Heung] When we first met, I couldn’t use much strength at sea. It’s your domain now. This snake-like guy… But let me tell you that the ranks are different. Valkas, keep these things here and take a detour. I’d rather go alone first. If there is a problem, fire a flare immediately.]
“Okay.”
“Cheer up, teenage knight. And don’t worry too much about us, because we already have a history of escaping from the army of evil spirits. The immortal Cosmos fleet!”
The veil’s golden wings began to cut through the dark sky. Those who remained in the fleet turned the bow while looking at the back.
* * *
Meanwhile, after passing through the steel door on the right, Jin and the others were facing a sudden darkness.
“Is it strange darkness? You only see the person next to you and you can’t see anything. This is the heart of Riccarton?”
Sandra grabbed Jin’s shoulder and said, and Hedo grabbed her hand and pulled it off.
“It seems to be a subspace, lady. You don’t know where something will pop out of nowhere, so you shouldn’t limit your teammates’ movements.”
As Hedo said, as soon as they recognized the darkness, their colleagues were keeping a proper distance and were vigilant in all directions.
“I haven’t heard anything like this from Orgal. It must have changed while he was opening the portal.”
Jin said so and wrapped Bradamante in aura.
And as usual, as soon as he cut through the darkness of sub-space, Jin immediately realized that this place was not made of a single layer and that space ‘reacts’ to attacks.
Shag Geuk-!
As soon as he cut through a layer of darkness, awls of chaos poured out from all sides. The party’s strength was so high that it wasn’t threatening, but if it was repeated over and over again, the story would change.
As a test, I cut through the subspace a few more times, and each time the awl came out.
‘It feels like adding the characteristics of boundary magic to subspace. It seems like they’re trying to play around like this… to buy time.’
The awl was only responding to Jin’s spirit sword.
With the exception of the spirit sword, it was possible to pierce through the layers one by one, but there was an indescribable difference in efficiency.
It was to the point where Hedo could not be seen to be cut cleanly even if he sincerely spread the realm of kendo.
It was not the size of the power, but the difference that came from the uniqueness of the spirit.
“If it wasn’t for the spirit sword, it would take a year just to break through.”
“Everyone, stay away. Please pay special attention to non-combat power protection like Kwaul-sama.”
“I understand, sir.”
“Okay, boy!”
At Jin’s words, the party widened their distance. And when I swung the sword, the awl seemed to fall only near Jin.
‘Is the situation not good enough to buy time like this, Brother Difus? Besides, Rosa is in a situation where she can’t move…’
As usual, Jin would have chosen to move forward while adjusting more variables over time.
But now it was necessary to break through quickly. Every time there is a delay here, the number of prisoners that can be saved will decrease and Difus could recover.
Even if we assume that Dipus has already fully recovered and this subspace is only being used as a means to confuse the party, breakthrough is still the only means.
“We will break through quickly. The rest keep a certain distance so that the awl can’t reach them, and follow me, but don’t miss me.”
“Okay.”
“Anything that buys time for recovery will undoubtedly try to tear us apart at some point. It must have been because it was burdensome to deal with us alone, so we formed a sub-space. Even if you split up with me at that time, the number of people agreed in advance must never separate.”
The party, who entered the center of Riccarton anyway, planned to disperse at a certain point even if there were no such traps.
Valeria and Quaul must find clues to teleportation, while the others must rescue the prisoners.
Only Jin and Hedo were scheduled to fight Dipus directly.
However, Jin decided to send Hedo to Kwaul’s side.
“Sir Heddo, please protect Kwaul in case of a tear with me inevitably. Until someone like Vail or Orgal comes to assist, I think it will be safe for Lord Hedo to take care of Kwaul.”
“I get it.”
Jin cut through the subspace and started to move forward.
Countless awls were thrown, but none of them even touched Jin’s hem.
By the time he cut through about three hundred layers of subspace, Jin felt that he was slowly approaching the end.
The repulsive force transmitted from beyond the subspace was rapidly weakening.
Let’s cut the last layer soon.
All of a sudden, the bizarre darkness dissipated, and I saw Riccarton Castle standing tall like a black volcano… and
black trees around it that towered as tall as Riccarton Castle. It was the very tree that Ziffle and the Empire had identified on the northern border.
In addition, the tree was swaying like crazy as soon as the group exited the subspace, shaking off the fruit the prisoners were confined to everywhere.
No matter how Jin is, he cannot help but be taken aback by the terrible appearance.
‘Comrades! I need to check my colleagues…!’
At least it was Jin, so he swallowed a breath and immediately looked back at his colleagues who were chasing him. The veil of spirit that formed a subspace separated Jin from his colleagues.
Of course, if the sub-space confines the comrades, it is enough to cut them down again with the spirit sword.
But Jin couldn’t swing the spirit sword towards it. It was because a single greatsword fell on Jin’s head like lightning.
[Welcome, the youngest.]
It was Bolgar, the great sword of Difus.
