Chapter 299 – Reckless Rush

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Cleon, who climbed the stairs to the passage on the upper floor, checked the condition of the other party who had arrived earlier.

Although the mana and stamina were consumed to some extent by the breakthrough battle, they all seemed to have no major problems.

Except for one person…

As if they still couldn’t control their improved physical abilities, they struggled in place and looked at the smoke created by the reverberation of magical power rising from their bodies.

No matter how you look at it, Cleon opens his mouth feeling a little uneasy about the technology and phenomenon that looks dangerous.

“Gray, no, Hermes. What is Gray like?”

[Think of it as wearing armor made with ancient technology. Rather, what happened to the golem?]

“… The golem used her own body as a shield to stop those coming up.”

Upon hearing that, Sif nodded his head.

“As expected, the name seems to have an effect on the character. To make such a choice even if the caster did not give an order. Perhaps, the image Peruluca has on Cleon is projected?”

“Uh, uh, is that so? Yeah… Maybe something like that…”

At Sif’s words her, Peru Luca was a little taken aback, but her face her blushed and she scratched her head.

[I express my gratitude to my summoner for giving me a name so that I can exist as myself.]

At that time, Cleon heard a voice behind him and hurriedly turned around.

Then, a golem that had lost most of its body size and had grown to a height shorter than Gray was standing there, looking at the party.

“Wow, small.”

When Sif uttered such a voice as if startedled, the summoner and creator, Peru Luca, nodded as well.

It seemed that she did not know that a golem could be reduced to this size.

“Could it be that you have separated your other body and made it into a wall… ?”

When Cleon asked such a question, Gray gave a tone of admiration.

“It’s a mysterious sword…! Wouldn’t it be possible to combine three stages later?”

“No, because you’re the most amazing thing here right now…”

At Sif’s tackle her, Gray laughed shyly and wiped the bridge of her nose with his fingers her.

While looking at Gray’s figure, Sif’s expression she became a bit tired, but he soon shook his head and asked Cleon a question.

“Yeah, I didn’t compliment you. Ha ha, so? Which direction should I go now? …Even so, most of the passages are blocked except for the one that came up. Which direction is Cleon’s fellow raider pointing? “

Cleon felt indescribable from Sif’s strange choice of words, but as she said, the surroundings were covered with thick bulkheads.

However, even such a steel bulkhead could not prevent the attraction of the imprint that connected Cleon and Amelia.

“The direction is this way… But if we don’t do something with this bulkhead, we won’t be able to move forward.”

Hearing Cleon’s words, everyone in the party fell silent, and soon Hermes’ voice rang out as if to erase their worries of her.

[If it is the control system of this fortress, it is possible to break into it even for a moment. Grey, put your hand on the wall.]

“Another intrusion! As expected, Hermes is a clever sword!”

[So, that’s not a compliment.]

Gray’s shrugged shoulders did not go down.

She could feel that she and Hermes were helping everyone.

When Gray approached the bulkhead blocking the direction Cleon was pointing at, he gently put his hand on it.

The flow of magical power flowing through the fingers of the blackout suit ran over the wall.

While randomly stirring the inside of the steel circuit inside the wall.

Hermes’ will spread to dominate the bulkhead.

Eventually, when the vibration of ‘Koo-gung’ sounded, the bulkhead went up and began to open the passage.

“If that girl is with us, there are no closed walls.”

Hearing Freyja’s words, Gray smiled broadly and put a hand on her waist as if to trust herself.

[The only things that can be opened are the walls and doors of machines that are controlled by circuitry. You cannot open walls that do not use mechanisms.]

“Well, it’s a sword that can be opened by force.”

“Wait, Gray. Stay away from the door. There’s something over there.”

Sensing the sign of something beyond the slowly rising bulkhead, Cleon tells Gray that he will fall off the wall.

Gray, too, must have noticed that something was standing behind him, so he quickly fell off the wall, took up a fighting stance, and looked over the bulkhead.

Then, what appeared was a wild boar of a huge machine.

Unlike the other machines I’ve seen so far, it has a body that shines in golden color, and it has pearl jewelery accessories attached to its neck.

To be honest, I didn’t feel it was beautiful, but looking at the mane made of that crystal, it looked like a work of art.

“…A new automata, it’s sending out without getting tired of it.”

“It’s your guys who don’t get tired of it. You fucking intruders!”

As if hearing Cleon’s voice, the golden boar’s eyes glowed red, and a voice came from within.

Everyone in the party, especially Sif, put on a nervous expression at the man’s gruff voice.

“This voice… I’ve heard. It came from some of the soldiers who have invaded the realm… It’s Edin the Thunder Lord.”

“The Dark Elf over there is the one who ran away from the whores’ realm. How did he survive? Did the chieftain who was the ruler of the realm give him a blessing?”

Edin insulted Sif and her people her in a natural flow.

Her party her, her expression her cooled a little, and she began to inject black magic into the gung nir she held in her hand.

“…”

“I don’t know how you guys were able to open this wall so easily, but I know what you came here for. My neck, and ruin it.”

When Edin, who borrowed the body of a boar, said that, Gray nodded, but the others did not.

“Uh, huh? Are they all different?”

“Even if it’s the same, there’s no need to tell us the purpose.”

When Freyja nodded at Cleon’s words, Peru Luca looked through the book of the law, looked at the wild boar in front of her eyes, and opened her mouth cautiously.

“Well, that boar is Edin’s mount called Gulin… It was originally classified as a magical creature because it was a long-lived wild boar, but it says that Edin remodeled it into a machine.”

“You come from the realm of that smug wizard. What is it, are you one of the surviving beings from each realm? If that’s the case… I guess you messed up too, Mimir.”

It seemed that there were other people beside Edin, who was using a wild boar as a communicator.

“Mimir…?”

For some reason, that name was Cleon.

Unfortunately, the wild boar did not hear anyone except Edin’s voice.

As if the conversation with the existence beyond was over, the boar opened his mouth again while looking in Cleon’s direction.

“Hmph. The pierced mouth doesn’t stop. Well, that’s good. Hey, the magic swordsman over there, the chaff.”

“What.”

When Cleon gave a short answer, the boar’s eyes flashed as if he didn’t like the arrogant attitude.

“I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse. If you back down like this, or stand by my side. I’ll release the girl you’re looking for.”

After Edin’s words echoed, Cleon and the rest of the party also stopped moving for a moment.

Gray, of course, crosses his arms to make an X, but Freya, who was by Cleon’s side, looked at Cleon with a little nervousness.

In fact, looking at the current situation, it was Edin who had the highest probability of absorbing all remaining areas and escaping the exile area.

If Cleon sticks to his side his, as Freyja, who was watching the strength of his power her right next to him, knows.

In an instant, his hometown will also burn.

“…”

Cleon felt the attention focused on him, and he closed his mouth for a moment before sighing in exhaustion.

“It is said that people like you often make ‘offers you can’t refuse’… Do you know the characteristics of the words that come out after that?”

After hearing Cleon’s words, Edin just stared at Cleon without answering.

“That’s it, with a very high probability of making an offer that isn’t even worth considering. Just like you did a moment ago. Thunderlord.”

Upon hearing his answer his, Freya and Gray let out a sigh of relief.

But again, Edin seemed to be angry all the way to his head.

Cleon’s refusal of his own proposal meant that he was against him.

The ruler of this world, the legendary dwarf who had been on the verge of commanding the entire continent in the past.

As the wild boar Gulin reacted to his master’s anger, lightning began to flow from his shining eyes.

“You mortals, all of you are foolish, arrogant, and urge yourself to do your own thing…! Seeing that you don’t recognize the difference between your opponent’s strength and speak that way, I don’t need to look at your skills…!”

The next moment, Gulin’s mouth opened, and lightning spread out like branches from a branch, striking the entire party.

However, Cleon collides with Edin’s lightning with black lightning that causes and disperses mana shock as if he knew in advance that such a thing would happen.

Edin’s surprised expression seemed to be visible through Gulin.

Gulin with his eyes wide open, like a wide open mouth.

Then, Cleon, holding Arondite in his hand, sprinted through the battle of opposing powers.

Gulin tries to back away at a speed that is not befitting of his large size.

Cleon threw the arondite he was holding in his hand, and the crystal sword imbued with black magic flew while rotating and severed Gulin’s leg.

The leg of a wild boar with not a single drop of blood spilling out so much that it was unbelievable that it was originally a living thing.

Edin’s angry shouts echoed through the hallway.

Cleon reached out his hand, grabbed Gulin’s head, and jumped onto his back.

Gulin’s back his, which had been captured and remodeled by Edin, had been lent to Edin when he roamed the battlefield.

For the first time in thousands of years, it became something other than Edin to be burned on his back.

However, Cleon’s actions his do not stop there.

He immediately placed his hand on Gulin’s head and activated Mana Shock.

Destruction magic activated at zero distance penetrates the armor and goes inside, destroying the most important parts of the automata all at once in a straight line.

The black-and-white lightning streaks that used to confuse the eyes entangled with each other, destroying nearby objects.

However, after a while, the lightning on the rolled side stops, and it ends with the person collapsing to the ground while losing the light in their eyes.

When Cleon stretched out his hand, in response to his mana his, the arondite that flew off and stuck into the wall returned to Cleon’s hand his.

Then, Cleon put his hand into the part of the gulin where he felt his magic power his the most.

As if drawing lots, seizing the part and pulling out his hand forcefully, it was possible to separate and extract it at the same time.

What Cleon was holding in his hand was a magic stone that had been cracked and gradually lost its power.

A crackling voice mixed with noise seemed to be coming from beyond the magic stone.

Cleon picked up the magic stone and brought it to his mouth his.

“Can you hear me, Edin? Until I get there, if you lay a finger on Amelia, I’ll slit your throat in no time.”

After being notified unilaterally, Cleon gave strength to his hand his and smashed the magic stone with only his grip his.

Considering that magic stones are much harder than ordinary stones, it was clear that his anger had risen to a fairly high level.

“Ohh~ As expected, Cleon. He is the knight of the princess.”

Gray applauded as he watched it.

However, the body of the wild boar that had been destroyed looked a bit regretful.

“I’m not a knight, I’m an adventurer.”

If Cleon, who seemed to be slightly relieved by the fact that the connection with Edin was cut off and even Gulin was destroyed, he answered that.

Peruluca, who came closer at some point, inspected the remains of the boar’s body.

“What are you doing Peruluca?”

“Oh, no. Master told me to take a look because there are some useful materials inside…”

Crowley still seemed unable to rise to the surface of his own will his.

“…Ah, maybe this is…”

And what Peru Luca was holding in her hand was a mismatched necklace that first caught her eye when she first encountered a wild boar.

Although it was scorched here and there with the traces of the previous battle, its value as an accessory was significantly reduced.

It’s definitely a beautiful thing, thought Cleon.

“How are you?”

“This, this, is called the Breathing Gamen Engine… It’s in the form of a necklace, but in fact, in addition to that, it’s a device that unreasonably extends the wearer’s lifespan.”

Cleon shook his head as if he couldn’t understand Edin’s sensibility of entrusting such things to a boar or something.

“That Brisingamen… What are you going to do? After all, is destruction the answer?”

“It’s not like that. If you use it correctly, not incorrectly, you’ll get more power.”

With the Brisinga Men in her hand her, Peru Luca nodded her head.

Soon, Cleon looked back at the entire party, looking away from the direction where the boar died.

“Don’t worry, everyone. I won’t be the Thunder Lord’s subordinate.”

“Please, I hope so.”

The way he was sarcastic at Cleon was no different from Freya’s.

However, Cleon was already aware that she was genuinely concerned about her.

“Then, let’s start again!”

When Gray shouts the command, everyone slowly moves forward.

A little higher upstairs. Without knowing who Edin’s wrath hits.