Chapter 867 – Battle of Vajra -20-

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＂Ah~ Nothing! Anywhere!”

After going through the bookshelf for a while and pouring out all the books inside, Layla finally raised her voice, ruffling his hair as if she couldn’t stand it anymore.

Selena, who was blankly looking at her bookshelf, flinched and trembled at the sudden outburst of her loud voice, but her face became drawn as she let out a small sigh.

“There really isn’t any. There were some books written in ancient languages, but they were only ones that had nothing to do with the ritual of selecting holy swords. Of course, it is a very valuable book in other fields, but I don’t need it right now…”

Selena, too, leans back on her chair and slumps her shoulders.

Then, silence enveloped the entire group for a moment.

Of course, she didn’t think she would have put it in a place where it could be easily read, but it seemed like everyone was losing their minds over the search, which was more difficult than expected.

“When you’re surrounded by books like this, you want to have tea time…”

When Selena mumbles like that, Lila puts her forehead down on her desk and responds as if accepting Selena’s foolish behavior.

“Ah, that’s good. Prepare scones and herbal tea and line them up…”

“In Eastern countries, both are minor. In this country, it would be green tea and dumplings.”

＂It’s good to have red beans in it, but the rice cake with sesame seeds and honey in it-“

Riomes, Lilado, and Selena.

When we move on to talking about sweets, suddenly my thoughts start to go back to that direction.

After all, for women, does such a story provide vitality to their lives? Or, do they want to tell a story that will at least give them some energy in this stuffy space?

Either way, Demis, who was starting to worry about her ladies’ mental state, stopped looking through her bookshelf and tried to get some fresh air as she approached the door of the archives.

Hehe… Grrrr…＂

What Demis hears in his ears is the sound of Vuvre crying.

With his ruby ​​eyes shining, he climbed on top of Sigmund, a fallen member of the exiled church, and continued to stare at Mea, who was tied up without making a sound.

Could it be that she doesn’t understand the suffering of her group?

Since it’s a chimera, maybe that’s the case.

Carefully, pass by it so as not to attract Buvre’s attention, and press the button to open her door ─

＂Phew…＂

A sigh that flows naturally.

That was because the cool air flowing in from outside passed by Demis’ face.

Maybe it was my mood, but it felt like it was getting a little warmer around here.

The sweat flowing is probably not just because of the sisters’ tension.

Demis feels something uneasy, but since Lila and Selena, who are supposed to be experts in this field, don’t say anything or point out anything, he thinks it’s his mistake and perseveres.

If her sister hears, Riomes will say that it is a bad habit of hers.

“Diora~ How about that?”

＂Just a little more… I think it will be okay…! ＂

Lila sits down on her chair, turns her head, and speaks to Diora.

Then, Diora was bending over and fiddling with the top of the machine placed inside her data room with somewhat clumsy movements.

A machine with a lot of buttons, a type of machine that exists at least once in these relics.

If it was said to be inside the data room, it must have contained some information.

Among these, the person who has touched the most ancient artifacts is definitely Lila, but she has not accumulated that much knowledge about artifacts that are not of the type that can be manipulated with magic.

Since Artis is a specialist in this field, she was not able to step forward with as much confidence as usual.

Surprisingly, it was Diora who came forward to investigate her relics on Laila’s behalf.

It was questionable whether Diora, who moved her body rather than used her head and was impulsive and faithful to her desires, really had the knowledge to manipulate ancient artifacts, but Lila decided to trust her and asked her to do it herself. I could only focus on browsing books.

As a result, research through books was a failure.

In contrast, despite Diora’s stuttering, she seemed to be able to operate the machine and examine the data contained within it without any major problems.

She said-

“The old men of Babel thought that operating these machines was part of their daily routine, so I guess they forced me to learn as well…”

She spoke as if she was a little embarrassed, and when she looked at young girls, her lower jaw looked a little different from Diora’s.

What should I say? Should I say that I can feel intelligence and dignity in my words and actions.

“So you’re saying it didn’t seem like there was anything like that normally? Hmm. “

It’s strange, I didn’t say it out loud.

If Laila quietly looks at her back, recalling the conversation we had just a moment ago, after a while-

＂… Are you done? ─That’s it! That’s it!”

Finally, he threw the paper he was writing on in his hand into the sky and jumped up and down in place as an expression of joy.

After hearing her amazing achievement, Lila, whose motivation was gradually decreasing as she sat in her seat, stood up in surprise and walked over to Diora.

On the machine where Diora was wrestling, ancient languages ​​that had never been seen before were displayed in a row on a translucent illusory screen.

Considering that it was just blinking without any indication until now, I could tell that Diora had indeed released the security of her machine.

“I can’t believe it’s really successful…”

“Hehe. Will this change your perception of me on a daily basis?”

＂Of course! Let’s check where and what is written?”

Selena nods loudly at Diora’s words, and she begins to interpret the ancient words on the screen.

＂＇Candidate Search Report＇ ＇Jeolgyesu Descent Plan＇ ＇Survey of the Black Battle＇ ＇Report on Damage from Base Attack by Astarote＂

“They are all documents related to us… I am concerned about the contents inside, but what is more important right now is more than that…”

Lila extends her finger in place of Selena, who reads from the top.

“Here! A document that appears to have been kept confidential at first glance.”

The tip of Lila’s finger was shaped like a lock, so even people who were not familiar with or familiar with machines or ancient civilizations could tell that the contents inside were important.

“Is it locked? Then doesn’t that mean you need a key?”

“Should I say it’s a key…? Password. “

When Diora tapped her buttons, another screen appeared, as she said, and a message asking her to enter a password was displayed.

＂Password~~~?! Came all the way here?”

Lila looked at the screen and looked bored, and Selena quietly thought about the password.

＂Is it something, an important phrase for the Exile Church?＂

“There’s no way we could know something like that. Should I wake them up and ask them?”

Lila and Selena were putting their heads together and trying various methods, but Diora was just quietly looking at the screen.

“Diora, you have an idea too…”

Saying that, just as Lila was about to ask her too, Diora slowly moved her fingers and entered her password.

＂What, do you know the password?＂

“No. It’s not that I know… Just in case…”

Saying that, Diora pressed her button eight times, and the password she entered was displayed on the screen.

String composed of ancient language-

When I entered a string in the shape of ‘1q2w3e4r’, the lock opened as if it were a lie, revealing the contents inside.

As we heard a clanging sound, most of the titles of the documents pouring out from inside contained words such as ‘ritual’ or ‘holy sword’, so we could tell that they were exactly the information the party was looking for.

At the same time, the group’s gaze was directed towards Diora.

“… How did you know?”

Could it be that he has that kind of ability?

But Diora thinks for a moment about what to say, and then she speaks.

＂No… That. The old people I talked about earlier said it was difficult to remember the password, so they all decided to use this as a standard… There’s a button attached…”

Diora herself reacted as if she didn’t know she would really open up, and after hearing her words, Selena and Lila couldn’t say anything more either.

It was true that the annoyance of old people who were enemies to each other was expressed in common in places like this.

“… Well, anyway. Because I was able to check what was inside…”

After Diora said that, she smiled and gave Laila her place.

“… I see. It’s as you said. First, let’s check what’s inside.”

Lila still looked like she had trouble understanding something, but she sat down on the chair in front of the machine to check the documents that Diora had opened.

001

While the group on Laila’s side was wrestling with the machine, the battle between Cleon and the Holy Swordsman with the owl mask continued.

If anything has changed, it would be Cleon’s movements.

After talking to Galatea about something, Cleon’s armament changed slightly, perhaps because he came up with his own secret plan.

Even if it has changed – it doesn’t mean that something has changed significantly.

It was close to returning to his usual form of fighting with Galatea and Caliburn in one hand.

However, if there is one part that is different from usual, should it be the length or size of the sword held in the hand?

The Holy Sword and Demon Sword, which were originally the size of an ordinary long sword – about the length of a long sword – should I say that their blades have become slightly larger.

At first glance, it was enlarged to the point where it felt somewhat heavy, so it deviated from the shape of a typical long sword and had an unbalanced size.

Seeing it, the castle prosecutor first frowned and spoke to Cleon.

“If you don’t use the right sword for the subject, you will only drive yourself to destruction.”

“Whether it fits the topic or not is not up to you to decide.”

Cleon answered like that, and the next moment, he sprinted in a straight line with both his swords and swung them at the same time.

Boom! And when the heavy sound of cutting the air was heard, it no longer felt like a blade, but like a blunt instrument like a club.

Kagagak! And, when the blade, which was longer than Cleon’s height, scratched the ground and made a sound, the sword being swung was naturally caught somewhere, and its momentum was slightly broken.

However, he may be paying attention to the fact that the sword has become larger and heavier to block from the front, but instead of taking the attack, he just moves his body backwards to avoid it.

Fortunately for him, the trajectory of the larger sword would have been much easier to read than before.

And, this time, he stabbed the holy sword towards Cleon’s side, which was once again filled with gaps.

Grasp! And his sword pierces the side of Cleon’s stomach.

There may be limits to the defense power of adamantite, but it had not yet suffered enough damage to be pierced by the Holy Swordsman’s sword.

After confirming that he had been attacked, Cleon widened the distance between him and him by swinging the sword that had missed wide horizontally once again.

Once again, it failed to overcome the weight of the sword itself and boom! And the sword fell to the ground and hurt the ground.

Even though the sword was clearly overloaded, the swordsman could tell without looking closely that it was somehow maintained enough to fight through self-strengthening using magical power.

＇… Have you become desperate and chosen to commit self-destruction?＇

The castle prosecutor decided that the change in Cleon’s sword was a handshake.

That’s why he sighed.

For him, who was an official of the Exiled Church and a warrior who saved the world, Cleon was definitely an annoying and annoying enemy.

At the same time, he believed that he was a dark enemy who must be buried for the sake of his desire to win as a swordsman and his father’s ideals.

I thought it would be a fateful battle, risking each other’s lives.

He could no longer think of Cleon, who had chosen a move that was incomprehensible to him, as an enemy of himself and his peers.

“If that’s the case, die.”

The next moment, the Holy Swordsman’s magic flows out through the sword.

Cleon looked at it and could tell that the extraordinary amount of magic energy exceeded the blow that came from beyond the door earlier.

[I don’t think that should be correct~]

Caliburn warns, and Galatea tells him to avoid it immediately, but-

Cleon glanced at the floor, then shook his head once and relaxed his body.

“If I avoid it now… It seems like everything I engraved will disappear.”

[That’s more important than life!?]

Galatea raised her voice, but Cleon nodded and crossed Caliburn and Galatea.

Then, the two swords cause a magical backlash, creating an intense magical force field and creating an even stronger magical pressure centered around Cleon’s body.

Of course, the direction is not necessarily ‘outward’.

Naturally, the magic flowed inward and also damaged Cleon’s body.

Crackling, crackling. Sparks flew so loud that you could hear a part of Cleon’s skin being burned-

Next moment.

As if covering his entire body, he flinched and the magic power emanating from the sword covered his body.