Chapter 271
Chapter 271 . Kahar (5)
In under 20 minutes, Lotte really brought a giant wyvern . Ellos got frightened out of his mind when he saw the wyvern and refused to ride it, but as he said before, he was jumping into a dragon’s mouth . How could he give up now?
Suppressed completely by Lotte’s league, the wyvern obeyed her words absolutely . Even when Ellos got on, it was looking at Lotte . For the record, it seemed Lotte was okay with other women riding her as she let Licorice get on .
“Let’s go then . ”
“Friend, I’m beginning to regret this . ”
“Don’t worry, everyone says that at first . ”
One large and one small, two wyverns flew up into the sky, drawing attention from many in the palace . I ignored their gazes and souted .
“Let’s go!”
[Grrrrruaaaa!]
Lotte flapped her wings with a spirited roar . Ellos seemed to have given up, as he also entrusted his body to his wyvern . In an instant, we left the palace and was soaring through the sky . There was nothing that could block our path .
“At this speed, we’ll enter their territory in ten minutes!”
“Got it!”
“Dear Husband, here . ”
Entering the invaders’ territory meant that the dungeon’s inventory and messaging system would become unusable . I already told the guild members that I wouldn’t be able to contact them, so all I had to do was take out the items I needed from the inventory .
Licorice, who was taking this opportunity to hug me tightly, peeked her head over my shoulder and gave me a silk pouch .
“What’s this?”
“It’s the inventory substitute Dear Husband talked about . I’m good at space magic, you know . ”
“So this is…?”
“Yep . It should be able to hold about a thousand potions . ”
“Great . Thanks, Licorice . ”
A pouch this size was also easy to carry around . I happily took the pouch and began to move items from the inventory . At that moment, Licorice, who was watching me fixedly, asked .
“Dear Husband, will we be fine on our own?”
“Yep . ”
“Really?”
“Yep . ”
“… Okay, I trust Dear Husband . ”
Licorice then went back to hugging my back . I was fairly used to it by now, but it was impossible to resist Licorice’s natural fragrance . My heart was beating faster .
“This is nice . I wish I can stay like this without having to do anything . ”
“You’ll be able to, one day . ”
I moved the remaining two Elixirs from my inventory and murmured .
“It won’t be long . ”
Soon, I could feel that we had entered the invaders’ territory . My strength fell slightly, and I couldn’t open my inventory when I tried . Thanks to Lin’s bracelet, I didn’t feel too weak . It was really a supreme treasure . No, it was part of my body now .
“Shin, are you okay!?”
“I’m fine!”
Ellos shouted with his voice still shaking, and I replied nonchalantly . If Ellos was fine, everyone else would be fine too .
“We’ll pass over their castle soon!”
“Then we’ll have to prepare a gift . ”
Along with my words, Licorice immediately began to chant . I also summoned two elementals and put them on standby . I looked down on the land from Lotte’s back . According to Ellos, the invaders were humans who called themselves invaders .
Because of their appearances which were identical to Edias continent’s inhabitants’, no one believed they were invaders when they first revealed themselves . Apparently, everyone thought they were from foreign lands . But when more and more invaders revealed themselves in battles against Edias continent’s people, and invaders who had infiltrated the continent made great achievements politically, people finally caught on . When Edias continent’s people found out, several countries had already had their societal values flipped by the invaders . Their methods were truly worthy of the name ‘invader’ .
The invaders were specialized in magic, and many apparently wielded powerful magical tools . This was also the reason we didn’t fly too high . Each castle apparently had huge magical tools that shot down flying entities above a certain altitude . They were more or less identical to antiaircraft missiles .
“They’re coming!”
The first thing I sensed was cannons installed on the castle’s walls . Even though no one was operating them, over two hundred cannons all turned towards us and shot magic bullets . They were weaker than antiaircraft missiles, but they were more than enough to turn a city into a beehive .
[Eit!]
Before anyone else did anything, Ruyue made a cute shout and spread her arms out . A giant transparent ice barrier appeared under us and easily blocked all the magic bullets . The ice barrier then shattered and fell . No, Ruyue had done it on purpose .
[Crush them!]
Ruyue’s voice strengthened the falling ice shards, and they ravaged the castle walls like a storm . The ice storm continued until about half of the cannons were broken or buried . At the same time, a loud siren rang out . Just when I was wondering whether they were having a defense training, thousands of people suddenly shot up from the castle .
“Enemies!”
“What squad are they from?”
“It doesn’t matter . Leave one alive and kill the rest of them!”
“They’re only two of them…?”
They really didn’t look that different than Paul, Ellos, or the soldiers and knights I’ve seen . I hesitated for a split second, but soon realized that they were all wearing something .
It looked like blown-up muscles, and artificial mana circuits ran around them . If I didn’t recognize them, I would bring shame to the Power Basilisk that gave me my Evil Eyes . Right, what they were wearing were powered suits . Plus, I could feel a strong scent of mana from their bodies . There were this many powerful people in a single castle… I wondered how people of Edias continent survived until now .
“Ruyue, just kill them all . ”
Of course, since they were aiming for our lives, I couldn’t be merciful .
[I can kill them?]
“Yep . ”
[It’ll be hard in this form, so I’ll materialize!]
Ruyue spun in a circle and materialized into a mature beastgirl form . The enemies looked surprised, but they soon shot magic attacks towards us .
“Shin, their mana is different than ours! They can absorb our mana and analyze them, and grow resistant to our attacks!”
“What, are those guys Book Walkers’ descendants?”
All the invaders I met in foreign worlds had strange abilities . Dealing with Earth’s two worlds’ enemies was annoying, but it seemed other worlds didn’t have it much better .
“Ellos, they can’t share the mana they collected with each other, right?”
“Uh, no, nothing like that . ”
“Ruyue, you heard that, right?”
[Un!]
“I’ll go first!”
Before the enemies’ attacks reached Ruyue, Licorice shot the magic she had prepared . Huge flames erupted and ravaged the invaders’ front lines .
“Kuaaaaak!”
“They have a powerful magician!”
“Damn it, such a large mana in just an instant!”
“Counterattack!”
In truth, she just had it prepared .
Following Licorice, Ruyue reached out with her hand and blocked all the magic attacks .
[I don’t like their magic power . It’s not pure . ]
“It must be their racial trait . Wipe them!”
As if she was waiting for these words, Ruyue kicked off the air . From her hands, white large ice claws rose up and glistened against the sunlight threateningly . The enemies seemed to have expected Ruyue to close range fight, as they fluidly changed their formation . Ones wearing full-body powered suits then came up front .
“They’re advance guards of the continent’s allied force! Don’t let them enter the castle! Kill them here!”
“Come at me, little gi…!”
Ruyue’s claws quickly decapitated them .
“Strong!”
“Damn it, call for reinforcements!”
If reinforcements came, it would become more annoying . I held up my crossbow and sniped the ones who left formation to call for reinforcements . With the power of Lightning God, each crossbow bolt pierced the enemies as miniature lightning bolts . My crossbow, Perfecter Hunter, could consecutively shoot hundreds of bolts . After killing the one who left to call reinforcements, I began to snipe the supporting troops in the back . Because of how much they resembled humans, I couldn’t help the ill-feeling I got whenever I killed one .
I murmured shortly .
“At least I’m getting used to it . ”
“You can use crossbows too?”
“Just as a spare . ”
“A spare? With this destructive power…?”
Ellos murmured with a dumbfounded face . All the while, the number of invaders was decreasing . The bodies of the deceased fell from the sky and into the castle . These men probably had families and friends to protect too .
However, co-existence was impossible . We had to kill them, and they had to kill us . The only thing we needed from them was knowing their combat capabilities and weaknesses .
Even so, it felt like I was the one invading them . With how easy this fight was, I wasn’t gaining anything from it either . I was only wasting time and feeling uncomfortable . I shouldn’t have listened to Ellos and gotten scared of these antiaircraft missiles .
“Let’s just raise our altitude . We don’t have time to waste like this . ”
“But their magical tool is frightening . No matter how high we fly, it’ll reach us . ”
“We can just outspeed it . Even if we can’t, there are other ways to block it . Licorice, help us clean this place up . ”
“Got it . ”
The magic Licorice prepared wasn’t just the flame magic . When she reached out with her hands, strangely white clouds rose up from her arms and swept over the enemies . Soon, they trapped everyone in the area, including Ruyue . Ruyue then released freezing energy at full power .
[Die!]
In an instant, the clouds froze with cracking sounds . Ruyue then dematerialized and left the clouds . The giant ice lost its ability to float and began to fall . Licorice smiled proudly .
“Now that’s an excellent attack . How is it, Dear Husband?”
“Amazing . ”
I made a wry smile and patted Licorice . Ellos asked a question with a blank expression .
“You . . Just what have you been doing until now?”
“Not much, just fighting monsters and evil villains… I also visited other worlds a few times . ”
Of course, I didn’t tell him I defeated worlds’ enemies three times . It was Lin who killed one of them, and the other two barely counted as worlds’ enemies . In truth, they were more like the world’s enemy’s underlings . What I told Ellos was more than enough . I could see his eyes shaking severely .
“Really… You…”
“Let’s go, Ellos . From now, we’re going higher and speeding up . Let’s reach Peruta Mountain Range in a day!”
I cut him off and shouted .
If I let him finish, I felt like it would make me unhappy .
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