Chapter 94 – 94. Return of the Empress (8)

Immovable.

And stubborn.

Elizabeth raises her great sword as she looks at Carnesia, who naturally shows that she will follow me no matter what. She looked like she was going to cut off her head right away. Naturally, she doesn’t seem to have any intention of letting Carnesia die that easily, but she will eventually be defeated by a heavy amulet.

That’s because, as long as Elizabeth was there, she had such crazy fighting power that she could have defeated the Demon King as much as she wanted, and her stamina was no joke either.

That’s right, he completely destroyed the large army brought by Tio Gransha. If he had been an ordinary knight, he would have collapsed from exhaustion and heavy damage.

To that extent, she was the core of the expedition and, along with Gawain, were the two major mountains of the party.

However, if we fight here, the surprise attack will definitely fail, and of course, that is not the situation I want.

However, if they follow us here, we may be pointed out as insiders.

Of course, that’s not their part-time business, but what’s the point?

Indeed, this is so.

Elizabeth seems quite uncomfortable.

“…I don’t think it’s possible. I’d rather just kill him here-“

I look at Lunaus.

Now, this guy is the highest ranking guy here except for Carnesia, so I don’t know why she’s lounging around here.

“…Do you have anything to say about this?”

“Damn, why would you stay here if I could have stopped it? We’re going to get out of Elvenheim anyway. What are you going to say to me if I tell you to just leave here quickly? They say it’s the only way for us to survive… Fuck, it looks like everything is behind.”

Is that it?

Tsk.

But I have only one thing to say.

My only fault is that I met the wrong boss, but this is it.

“Why should I care that you failed to persuade me? At least for now, I think you should care more than me. Am I wrong?”

“…He’s the captain who led us through that hellish battle line and helped us survive. Would you be able to cut it like a sword?”

Well.

The same goes for me about that, and Elizabeth reprimands them with her exasperated face.

“First of all, I don’t think it’s any of our business. Why on earth is that ‘Kanf’ so infatuated with Clark?”

Actually, it’s strange that you don’t know this. From that passionate gaze and what Elizabeth said, I can tell that she has a rational crush on me.

Calling me a human and not a lower species…

No, calling me a human was the same as before, and asking me to call you by my name was the same as before.

That subtle change in behavior was proof that she had a rational interest in me, but I had no intention of responding to this and had no intention of accepting it.

But why are you asking me to make you a slave all of a sudden?

“I’m just trying to repay a favor. I’m just trying to help the benefactor who saved the lives of my men, including mine, and I came here because I thought I could help with this.”

Help…Help.

“Your help means dying here…”

And Elizabeth reacts sharply by raising her great sword, and it looks like they’re about to get into a fight at any moment.

“Ah.”

And I just clapped my hands together.

When I thought about it, there was a way.

“Elizabeth.”

“Yes, Clark. What’s going on?”

“Let’s fight each other from now on.”

“…? No, why are you saying it that way when you could just tell me to kill you?”

Naturally, Elizabeth asked me if I knew what I said was strange. Of course, you could just kill them, but why on earth would you do that? Of course, why did I tell you to fight here?

“Everyone, attack with all your might.”

Carnesia, surprisingly, understood that.

As if asking if this is right.

Yes, this is correct.

And of course, he realized why I said that and tried to act accordingly. After all, the top level of Elven Guardian is not for everyone.

In particular, in order to survive in Elven Haim, which is full of psychos, she would have had to behave well, and in order to survive among the unique psycho-like behavior of elves, she must be able to understand the other person’s feelings even through simple actions.

And only then did Elizabeth seem to notice something.

“Be gentle so you don’t die. There’s a lot to ‘interrogate’.”

I also raise my fist.

And then a sylphid was wrapped around her fist, and a sylphid was also hanging on her shoulder. For some reason, an unknown gaze was coming from Elizabeth, and Sylphide was giggling and whispering to me.

-You’re so good at using something like this.

Well, I think this is the most effective means right now.

“To be honest, I think we need to gauge how good your true skills are.”

“You’d better take out the hammer. Golden Sun.”

“I thought the hammer was the main weapon?”

“Aren’t you a battle mage?”

Well, you could see it that way.

Because my father was also a battle mage.

He moves so quickly that you can’t even think of him as a wizard, and even has excellent dueling skills. Considering that more than a hundred wizards and paladins had flocked to catch my father, I could see how wary they were of him.

My father said it was just a method he used to survive, but it was quite impressive to me, who had been looking for traces of him.

That may have been why I was very positive about learning martial arts from Dick.

It was said that superior ‘physical power’ is good against enemies that magic cannot work with.

There are so many beings in this world who do not need magic as long as they have excellent physical power, and any one can replace the other when reached to its extreme.

And he said that we must master everything and have a heart that can accept it.

Well, it seemed like Elizabeth finally found out about my plan and sighed.

“…Ha, yes, yes. Well, we have to follow that plan. It’s none other than the plan you made.”

And as Elizabeth said that, the auror on her sword changed its form.

Instead of sharpness, the shape of the aura is bluntness itself.

And of course, if you get hit there, you die. Elizabeth’s strength must have been so strong in the first place.

However, is it completely cut off or is it hit somewhere and dies?

Considering their skills, they won’t die from being hit like this.

Okay.

You won’t die.

It just fucking hurts.

“Yeah, that’s what you said, right? Come on, I’ll make you an asshole.”

“…”

You can buy them, right?

What I said.

I’ll make you an asshole! While looking at him swinging that huge greatsword, Lunaus thought, “This is a bit much.” Seeing you doing it.

…

I don’t know.

There are elixirs that can definitely restore you if you don’t die,

Recently, I was able to make an [Elixir] From my sister’s blood, but it was so strong that I had to use only one drop at a time to dilute it, and there are some elixirs that mutate horribly if you add more than that.

I hope I don’t have to use that.

Umm.

No matter how much I think about it, this is the best thing for now.

The power of the wind resides in both fists.

The rapier in Carnesia’s hand still contains the power of wind.

I look at Sylphid.

-Wow, did he still have my powers?

“What are the chances of becoming a contractor?”

-Uhm. But it will disappear soon. To begin with, he and I are not compatible. In your case, I was completely twisted, so a contract was possible because I was compatible with you, who was an even more twisted being.

They secretly criticize me for being twisted.

-Ahaha! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, but I wasn’t the right fit for you back then.

I smiled and moved on and told Carnesia.

To be honest, I wanted to see the level of skill of Elven Haim’s top-tier warrior. Although she was on a par with Anna, she was slightly superior.

Of course, if that’s the case, things will turn around the moment Anna pulls out her fist.

This is what he showed while fighting with T.O.

They don’t want to show that it’s so barbaric, but considering that Tio gets cut with one hit from the moment they bring it out, it’s a magic sword battle, including sword fighting.

Even fighting with magic.

I understand your desire to show only your good side, but I don’t really care what you look like.

Just because she shows that way doesn’t mean Anna isn’t my family.

Let’s stop thinking about this.

To be honest, from my perspective, it’s a bit annoying that the number of people who follow me continues to increase, but that doesn’t mean she came with bad intentions, and she even gives us the justification we need.

What I mean is that they responded to my somewhat unreasonable suggestion.

Yes, they are asking me to put my head down and accept it, but I have to save them.

“Carnesia, you’d better fight with all your might. You don’t have the option of becoming my slave for no reason. Just being a helpless slave is not my hobby.”

“…Did the Kikimora next to you do the same?”

If you’re talking about Anna, well.

“No, I saved Anna. The reason she did that was purely of her own will.”

She is Anna who, through sheer will alone, ignites her loyalty to me and says she exists to serve.

Even during her travels, she makes a living by receiving various help, such as food from Anna. Normally, if she travels around like this, she will become shabby, but there should be a wizard or two in the party in the first place.

Besides, Anna was more sincere to me than anyone else.

The wind in my fist.

And I clap my hands.

And as soon as you open your hand, golden lightning bolts burn in your fingers.

Has this become my default passive since I unlocked Soul Spark?

And the blade of the golden thunderbolt.

And the breeze of Sylphide winds around it as well.

-Oh oh! Is this really good? It’s amplifying my power! At this rate, I could help you a little more… Ah! Carnesia, you wouldn’t call me a coward for helping Clark, would you?

And Silphid was admiring that her power had become stronger, and as a result, a strangely windless zone was created around me where I couldn’t feel anything.

In a windless area that resembled the eye of a typhoon, Carnesia shook her head and answered.

“Elven Haim abandoned the Spirit King, and I have no intention of complaining about that, Sylphid. It was the Golden Sun that saved you.”

-Hehe, you speak beautifully. If only all royal families were like you… How much better would it have been if you had been elected as a warrior in Elven Haim?

“Give up. There is no light.”

-I really hate it. Just hitting the facts like that.

What if it’s true? There is no light in Elvenheim anymore.

-I’m more worried about other kids than that. Are they…Are they okay?

Elaim, Ifrit, Trowell.

Are you talking about the rest of the Spirit Kings?

Silphid definitely looked like this, but what is this?

Well, that’s later.

It’s much later.

It is clear that the Wind Spirit King’s contractor is Alicia, and just by sending Alicia, Elvenheim played a part in forming the hero party.

It’s just a bright apricot.

It would have been better if she had come, so what would have been 5 years would have been reduced to 3 years.

Well, that’s good.

Blades in both hands.

And the rapier in Carnesia’s hand. And the magic and the breeze.

How much wind power can she use in this windless area?

And what is the maximum power of the Spirit King that I can exert?

There are so many things I haven’t tried yet.

That’s why I’m looking forward to this matchup.

A moment of silence.

And-

Quaaaaa

At the same time that Runius was thrown between us and Elisabeth, we squared off.

“…Wow, fuck- this…Since there was nothing like this, Elvenheim…Is thinking of invading this place…”

And Lunaus fainted as he uttered those words.

As expected, it ends quickly.

Naturally, Elizabeth didn’t even break a sweat, and with her sword stuck in the ground, she stretched out and smashed the wall around her body, killing all the Elven Guardians.

And the expression looks refreshing.

That refreshing expression that seems to blow away all the accumulated stress.

And even while doing that, I would laugh and say, “Oh, ho, ho, ho.”

Like right now.

“Ugh~ As expected, it’s really nice to relax after a long time! Ohhohohohoho-!”

…No, didn’t you just wake up from sleep?

Of course, two years have passed for me, but not for her.

I’d like to mention that, but in the first place, her skills are only about 2 years old, so it’s not like they’ll be completely destroyed, and seeing as it took less than a minute to subdue her, if it were really just her, Gawain, Elizabeth, and Kogan would have been able to do it before Cassandra could even struggle. The bones and flesh would have been finely separated by these three.

The more I think about it, the more I regret it, but it’s not something I can turn back.

Well, that’s good.

Kakakakang-!!

A rapier thrust thrown out at high speed. None of them are fatal. Carnesia’s sword was pursuing me fiercely, stabbing and cutting at high speed with the intention of piercing it again and again.

Actually, I had no intention of using magic, but the situation happened as soon as I pretended to use magic and widened the distance.

Wow!!!

Kwaaaaa!!!

It creates an explosion of air strong enough to break the wall and send Carnesia flying.

A powerful omnidirectional explosion around me bounces Carnesia away, but as soon as she is thrown back, Carnesia pours out fierce sword blades riding on the breeze to the extent that it can be seen that she reacted almost immediately. It looks like it didn’t even take much damage.

After all, you have to make sure you have a way to protect yourself.

In total, more than 10 weeds are pouring out.

The car was about to flick away all of that weeds with the blade that summoned soul sparks and hit it with the rapier.

They seem to know that they will be pushed back if they fight with their strength, so they quickly distance themselves and take a stance with a thrust.

If she were to fight Anna with this sword, it would immediately become a dagger, and it would be impossible for Elizabeth to even fight back.

We’ve confirmed that she can create auras on her sword, but the enemies she faces can also use her auras.

In Anna’s case, this is out of the question since she can use her arcane energy to throw a massive arcane smash comparable to that of an Auror Blade, and the sword itself wasn’t made to break that easily in the first place.

However, she has a considerable secret skill beyond that and is suitable for cutting off her opponent’s breathing and vital points.

And I dodge her converting blow by twisting her face.

Her face is scarred.

Although it was a slightly missed wound, the stabbing attack was strong enough to tear not only the sylphid I was wearing but also its shield in an instant.

And it continues to happen, and I also cut them all down with my blades.

The skill of exquisitely channeling the force so that my blade does not break the rapier is fierce. Above all, even if I know that it is weaker than me, I cannot easily suppress it.

Above all, it may be because I am not an expert in melee combat, but in actual combat, all of that is meaningless. Even though I’m a wizard, I don’t avoid this kind of close combat because my father taught me to do so, and it’s also because Dick is a being that magic doesn’t work on.

Of course, if I were to encounter such a being alone, I would have no choice but to die as I only have magic.

That’s why I’m dealing with this with all my heart.

She has literally trained herself to the limit and her fundamentals are very solid. And at the same time, I realized that my strength and attacks were unusual.

Kwaaaaa!!!

“…I don’t think that the blade created by that finger would cause such a violent explosion.”

“This is the first time in my world I’ve seen someone pierce my shield and the Sylphid’s attack without even wearing an Auror Blade.”

If I were to be specific, the Auror Blade feels like a super special move used to cut off a person’s breathing.

In other words, nothing else would get through my defenses, and she did.

As such, it cannot be used very often, and in particular, the Auror also has the power to shatter the wizard’s shield.

To that extent, the Auror Blade feels like a deadly dagger to put an end to it.

Of course, the gorilla back there is out of the question.

From start to finish, I used the Auror Blade at full power to block a corner of the road, and the enemies that were hit directly by the huge sword, which was over 10 meters long, were completely shattered and died.

According to his own words, he has so much magic power that he cannot use a greatsword to produce proper power.

Because of that, it was difficult to cast magic on the sword.

That’s because when the Auror blades were poured out, the amount of magic power was so high that the magic spell was overloaded and exploded.

In any case, the reason she can produce such power is that, due to the characteristics of her rapier, she, as an Auror, also has tremendous penetrating power.

She also asks me with a shallow smile as if she is satisfied.

“I see. This is the remaining power of Sylphid. Do you really like it? So, am I qualified to become your servant?”

And when Carnesia asked me about it, I could see a hint of anxiety in her eyes.

And I could see how she was driven here. Carnetia and its relationship with Carnetia.

Something like the uncomfortable relationship between those two.

And what she did to Carnesia and her subordinates in Elvenheim, she treated Alicia as a spare battery and told her to die, and she was never accepted by Elvenheim and was almost thrown out.

Of course, I have no obligation to take responsibility for her.

I feel a sense of kinship, but that’s it. There is nothing else to it.

There really isn’t.

It’s a harsh story for her, but really, I can just pretend not to see her here and kill her.

But what can I say?

Even if we assume that she only cooperated because her paths overlapped and she didn’t want to see an ugly bitch out there, it was obvious how much hardship she suffered in Elvenheim after being born as a mixed race, and above all, as a dark-skinned dark elf in Elvenheim, she was the guardian of Elvenheim. If you have risen to the top level as a warrior, you have really put in the hard work.

And, funny enough, it was a threat even to me, who had been through countless battles.

In particular, even for me, who had easily endured and survived against assassins and demonic knights trying to kill me, each and every one of them was a one-hit kill.

Of course, if it were me in the past, I might have been the one to be overpowered, but unfortunately, I wasn’t soft enough to lose.

If I were to ask further, Dick thrusts faster and stronger.

Above all, it didn’t even hit me with its enormous force, and even though it was fast, it suddenly became heavy and held on, so I was thrown off, so I was dealing with a constantly changing opponent, so this is the range I can adapt to.

Whoa!!

“Huh?!”

“…I’m getting used to it now. If you have anything to do, show it to me sooner.”

By pressing down on your thighs with your knees, you block your ability to move quickly.

Even though I stumbled, I somehow managed to escape, and naturally, I deployed my magic in earnest.

After all, I am a wizard, not someone who fights at close range or in close combat.

There were people who were better at it, so there was no need to stand in front of them and there was no reason for me to take the lead.

There are people who fight better and beat better, so it was efficient to assist them.

I’m going to fall in love!!!

A thunderbolt of solar flame.

I hold this thunderbolt, which is a combination of sunlight, flame, and lightning, in my hand and throw it towards Carnesia.

Kwaaaaa!!

In an instant, he reads the flying trajectory and avoids it by rolling, quickly grabbing the floor with his hands and taking steps. Using the remaining power of the Wind Spirit King, I use all my strength to break through my magic barrage and seize the opportunity.

A normal wizard would be embarrassed if someone rushed in like this.

Sunfire thunderbolt.

And it dwells in the blades of my two hands.

“…!”

Suddenly-!!

Carnesia’s rapier turns into six pieces and falls down.

You try to go back and get away from me, but it’s no use.

The blade of the left hand has already erased and pulled out the thread.

Nia’s power also resides in me, but why even that?

And if you do that, Carnesia will be cut into pretty pieces and only the thread will be pulled out.

Naturally, he wraps the carnesia with his left hand as if he were spreading a casting net, grabs it, and drags the carnesia away. And then he aims the blade at his neck.

This is checkmate.

And at the same time, as soon as I subdue Carnesia, Elizabeth comes towards me and grabs her face.

“…Wait a minute, Clark. Did you just get hurt?”

“That’s right, isn’t it?”

Well, with something like this.

Of course, even when we were on active duty (?), We had more serious wounds than this, and I’m glad that this is over.

However, it doesn’t seem to be Elizabeth.

He looks at Carnesia with fierce eyes. Then she took her sword, which was hanging on her back, in her hand and said,

“I can’t do that. I’ll kill you.”

“Hey.”

It’s always my job to stop Elizabeth as she raises her sword and prepares to mount her dog, Jakdu.

“Scaring your face is a sin worse than a thousand deaths. For this handsome face-“

…

I never thought I’d be called handsome for this.

No, this is it.

Since my skin is dark, everyone focuses on that.

“Hey, that’s too close.”

“…Oh!”

Only then did she realize that she was too close.

Elizabeth, who came so close that each other’s breath touched, then stepped behind her, her face blushing.

Tsk.

“With this, with this, am I yours?”

“…Let’s decide that later. At least I won’t abandon you.”

And Carnesia looked at me and asked, and I assured her that I would not give up on this. No matter what, I don’t want to make someone else’s slave or anything.

Above all, I know that she has the power to break through my magic shield and Sylphid’s protection with just a simple aura.

Because I wanted to study this, test how she would handle it, and see how she fought.

This is my chronic disease.

Bottle of exploration.

And when you see something amazing, where will this end? A disease that people want to experiment with while doing. And I will spare no effort in helping you find that path. That’s why I tried to take Tio Gransha with me.

“Well, I’m curious about how you broke my shield and Sylphid’s protection without the Auror Blade. And I want to see how far I can develop it.”

Well, it looks like Elizabeth also has something she wants to say.

Somehow, while we were fighting, Elizabeth had already captured all of her troops, and now it was time to get in there.

No, someone has already arrived.

He is the knight commander who was in charge of the guard unit that blocked my path before.

“…Golden Sun!! Is it you!! How dare you attack the guests of Elven Haim here!! You are the one who will be punished to death!!!”

Naturally, we had various interactions with Elven Haim, and since they were [Guests], We had a duty to protect them. There is also a justification.

And of course, swords are drawn and the troops also draw spear knives. Wizards, and even war wizards to prepare magic suppressors and magic interruptions to suppress magic.

As I said in advance, Magia is not the only place where there are wizards.

There are wizard training institutions in each country, and Magia is particularly good at them.

Of course, it would be impossible to stop me here.

In the first place, there are plenty of ways to kill people other than magic.

“The girls Elizarote and Elizabeth you kidnapped…”

“Mistress…Miss. When did I come down from the Margrave?”

“…!”

And then, Elizabeth, who had been listening quietly, steps in front of them. Well, before I came here, I brought out Elizarote and even the stasis crystal that sealed Elizabeth’s body, and it is a self-evident fact that a wanted order was issued for me.

And when they see Elizabeth’s face, all the troops freeze.

Especially the driver.

“…Sir Sylvester Stallone. Tell me since when I came down from being the Margrave.”

Then, Elizabeth lowers her voice and calls out to the knight commander in a commanding voice.

The name is really unique.

Hmm.

Well, that’s probably good.

“…No, from the beginning you said I wasn’t qualified and you never gave me the qualifications to lead the soldiers. Why is Sir leading the soldiers, and who gave him that authority?”

“Get over it, you bitch!!! How dare you treat me like this after working in this area for 20 years-“

Ah, I know how you were treated.

And I could sense how his end would end.

Suddenly!

And suddenly the great sword strapped to her back was in Elizabeth’s hand.

And then put it into the ground once again.

“…I told you not to fuck me.”

“Because you don’t fuck me, I’m the one who fucks you.”

“?”

Did I hear wrong now? What do you want me to do?

-Wow, did you just have sex?

And Silphid couldn’t hide her surprise about it and told it to Elizabeth, and Elizabeth looked at me with even more passionate eyes and said,

“I’m always ready Clark. I mean it.”

No crazy.

Are you crazy to make a sex joke in this situation?

And just as that blushing face confidently told me to become his vassal, it is doing so again now.

And at the same time, I felt a strange gaze from Carnesia.

No, what the fuck is wrong, everyone.

Naturally, Sir Sylvester Stallone’s neck, which had been stiffened somehow, rolled.

It rolled and fell in front of us and I looked at it and laughed and said.

I was a fucking bastard who immediately blocked the road and prevented me from entering for no reason.

Well, apart from this complicated situation, I have a lot of feelings for this guy.

Dick was such a dick that he immediately called him a dick and tried to beat him up, so I said everything.

Yes, isn’t this kind of tea bagging a must?

“Lord Stallone, why did you come only with your neck?”

For a fucking bastard, teabagging is the rule.