Episode 403 The war clouds that came to Celia
“Ah…”
A deep voice came out naturally.
Every time light leaked out of the magic circle made of crude pictures, I was immersed in ecstasy.
Intermediate level magic.
With that alone, the ancient magic circle was resurrected.
“Nonsense things do happen. Is beautiful.”
Heprion gave a silent compliment.
Although it is not as precise as other magic circles and its mana efficiency is low.
That thing in front of me was unmistakably an ancient magic circle.
Ray closed the book with a sigh.
finished middle school
As for the remaining books, there were only three.
It looked like it could be done with ease in just a few more days.
Aira approached Ray.
“You did a good job.”
“It’s thanks to reading a lot of magic books.”
While he was treating Aira, he also stole a lot of magic circle books.
It was also thanks to this that the rapid pace of learning basic science was accelerated.
Aira’s head nodded.
“right. But from now on it will be a little different. If it is an intermediate level magic circle, it can be said that it is a stage where humans have no place to go. However, it is not enough to touch the altar. Do you know that, Ray?”
“huh?”
“The magic circle is a single body. The formulas that make up it become blood, and mana becomes life. So, when you draw a magic circle, you should be determined to create a single life.”
Her serious voice echoed through the temple.
it’s life
There was never a time when I thought of the magic circle as life.
Gears that move according to mana.
When the cogwheels mesh well and turn, it manifests as magic.
I thought the magic circle was just that much.
Aira’s fingers drew a small magic circle.
A delicate touch laid down the formula and made the formula.
When ‘life’ entered her ‘body’, a magic circle resembling her glowed.
It was warm.
It was fragrant.
She approached cautiously and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
“Take care of only your magic circle, no one else. put the life you’ve lived I dare to guarantee that you have the weight to be worth it.”
A dazzlingly beautiful smile crept across her face.
The white gray hair and the blue eyes looking at herself from there.
When her red lips touched her cheeks again.
“I will.”
he replied.
“Thank you.”
Aira was purring like a cat in his arms.
Then, a coughing sound came from the side.
“Hmmmm. I have nowhere to turn my eyes…”
“It sure is romantic! I want you to pour a little of that romance into the design of the magic circle, Aira!”
“We… Oh, do we have to keep watching something like that in the future?”
“Resign Sert! Isn’t it the best time! After two hundred years, boredom will come!”
“…”
Heprion comforted Sert, who was immersed in grief because he was worried about the future.
* * *
Hafman’s Merchant was in charge of several intelligence organizations.
The beginning was to predict the outbreak of war in advance and to sell military goods.
Now they were being used to inform various kingdoms of danger.
The branch manager gasped and entered the office.
“Everyone, my lord! It’s a big deal!”
At that, Halfman looked at the branch manager, who was making a fuss after counting the gold coins.
“What on earth are you running with the momentum to smash the door? tell me.”
“The forces of the Minor Kingdom Alliance have turned from the north! It is facing east Celia!”
“what! Why are those guys who have only been moving north so far, all of a sudden turning around!”
Harpman, stunned, jumped up from his seat.
Confederate forces moved north and rode through the mountains.
In the meantime, if you move east, Celia will be there.
“It makes sense if they rode the mountain range targeting Celia from the beginning!”
“Everything different? How many there are, how long it takes to get food or armaments!”
“I had quite a hard time getting this information as well. Others know nothing.”
“Ugh! It’s not like this, I need to send a letter to Celia! Prepare your messengers! Bring me the mana orb!”
“I see!”
* * *
The Kingdom of Celia, which was contacted by the Harpman Company, was turned upside down in an instant.
Not only King Theogard, but also the princes and princesses turned blue.
“It’s a big deal! We need to send troops to the border right now!”
Some nobles suggested sending soldiers immediately.
On the other hand, however, there were nobles who dissuaded it.
“Is there any need to provoke them? A coalition that has only moved north so far! Who knows if this time will just pass by!”
The nobles who first commented on their overly optimistic words frowned.
“No this man! You mean it’s okay even if the border is destroyed!”
“I don’t mean that. In a situation where we don’t even know if the coalition is really climbing the mountains to attack us, the matter is too big to move based on the words of a single guild.”
I heard that too.
Up until now, Confederate forces had only moved north.
I veered a little westward from time to time, but that was pretty much it.
Will they risk a huge loss to attack a giant country like themselves?
If you think about it rationally, absolutely not.
No matter how big they are, they have been supported by the magic corps of over 300 people (?), and the military funds are also quite large.
It was thought that it was not possible to challenge them with an ambiguous force to attack other kingdoms.
As public opinion began to decline, he gave strength to his voice.
As if your guesses were true.
“They weren’t even planning to attack in the first place. If we overreact to such people, they might attack us. There is no need to react.”
“But…however…”
“If that’s the case, I’ll just be careful. Just to the extent of telling the neighboring lords. How is it? That alone will help quite a bit when you need it.”
When the Viscount persuaded him, the Count struggled.
Looking at it, Deogard thought.
‘Halfman’s top team wouldn’t have blown an urgent report for nothing. They thought it was dangerous, so they must have even used the emergency contact network. This… is dangerous.’
He knew that the small kingdom federation was no longer small enough to be called a small kingdom.
They might have grown much bigger than themselves and had stored up their strength.
It is an alliance that expands the territory of both wings with the dark forces on its back.
It was no longer a small kingdom and could not be ignored.
Deogard ignored the nobles’ opinions and lightly struck the tabletop with an aura.
A majestic sound,
like the ringing of a huge bell, spread throughout the Great Hall.
As a result, the noisy hall suddenly became quiet.
“You have decided. Jim will not see this as just passing by. What would the surrounding kingdoms think of us if we passed Celia’s front yard and held our breath like honeydew mutes? Deploy your troops immediately. Send soldiers and knights to the border and show them Celia is not dead.”
The momentum of Deogard, who had reached Sword Master, burst out.
The nobles, weighed down by the majesty of the absolute, did not dare to raise their opinions.
Despite being the king of a kingdom, his potential as a sword master made even the viscount shut up.
They trembled and got down on one knee to pay their respects.
“I accept your order, Your Majesty.”
“I accept your order, Your Majesty.”
* * *
The forces of the Small Kingdom Alliance were deployed around the Kingdom of Celia.
Their advance climbed north and then broke east.
Directly in front of him was the border of the Celia Kingdom.
Thanks to this, Celia’s alert posture, which was very tense, rose to the highest level.
Thousands of soldiers are put on top of the castle walls and they shoot vicious eyes.
The small kingdom alliance had no choice but to turn again at the fierce momentum that seemed to blow arrows at any moment.
In a pretty fancy barracks, a knight in dazzling armor was kneeling before another soldier.
Conversely, the soldier, clad only in shabby leather armor, sat on a chair and looked down at the knight.
“I would have said that I was hitting Celia. Why didn’t you finish your preparations?”
Sweat dripped down the knight’s face as a low pitched voice rang through the barracks.
“Ah, it seems that the information has leaked out. Just give me a little more time and I’ll get it right away.”
“The information was leaked… Who leaked the information prior to hitting Celia?”
“That’s…”
“It’s done. The coronation job was just to look at Celia’s condition. Do you want to die for sabotaging your plans?”
A soldier with an ordinary face looked at the knight expressionlessly.
Then the knight immediately hit his head on the floor.
thump-! thump-!
“sorry! I certainly committed a mortal sin, but if you take pity on my oblivious subordinate and give me one more chance, I will definitely try to make up for it!”
Even though blood was already seeping out of his forehead, the knight did not stop.
The soldier who had been watching him quietly nodded his head.
“There is no second time.”
“Thank you!”
“Stand up because the surroundings are not good. Be sure to wipe away the blood. If any information leaks out this time or gets discovered about us, we will not escape death.”
“I will keep that in mind!”
The soldier, who had been leisurely looking at the article for a while, got up from his chair as soon as he felt a human presence outside and took an immobile posture.
His expression also changed instantly from expressionless to frightened.
The soldier showed a courtesy to the knight who had just been stamping his forehead on the floor.
“Well then! I will finish the report now!”
Shocked, the knight who covered the blood on his forehead and turned his back nodded and gestured roughly.
“That’s right. Go see.”
Celia’s response halted the advance of the Small Kingdom Alliance.
As a vicious atmosphere prevailed between the two kingdoms, the upper half of Hafman began to move busily in the dark.
It was time for them to show their performance.
On behalf of the Celia Kingdom, which was vulnerable to information warfare, the upper half of the halfman moved the ganja planted in the dark forces.
Because it was a dark force that did not go smoothly, it was common to lose contact with moving tribes, but there were some who succeeded.
They disrupted information about Celia.
Slowly and not suddenly, she leaked misinformation to the dark forces.
And the reaction from the dark forces has returned.
