25. Caught Red-Handed
As the saying goes, “A man and a woman working together makes the task easier.” My mission here is to ensure the little fox’s safety before the great wizard can strike. Meanwhile, Kephiel has some special tasks to handle before coming to support and protect me. So, while it may seem like I’m running away, I really just want to find an open space and use the power of the star fairy, which, like the queen, only shines brightly and has no real offensive capability, as a “signal flare.”
But Kephiel’s side is something else entirely—a brand new, genuine self-disciplined fairy, the Moon Fairy, with a moonlight cannon, plus enhancements from ice magic and thunder magic…
Come on, Kephiel! I just stumbled while holding the little fox, and you’re gearing up to turn this great wizard into…
A pile of ashes that can’t even fit in a coffin!
[Boom]
Moonlight cascades down, and it’s impressive that this great wizard has some skill; sensing danger, he retreats in a panic. The moment he falls to the ground, the very spot he stood on transforms into a large pit, with puddles of water from melted ice and flickering golden lightning above.
At this point, I don’t know whether to marvel at the Moon Fairy’s overwhelming power or to criticize Kephiel for being too ruthless.
The great wizard, now so frightened he can barely stand, loses the smug expression he had just moments ago. He looks up at Kephiel atop the temple and finally realizes something, shouting in panic to his lackeys around him.
“The cunning humans have brought reinforcements! Get rid of them, quick!”
Wow, great wizard, your reaction is quite swift. But… from the moment Kephiel appeared, along with the disappearance of my death script, the orcs you brought have no chance whatsoever!
I see the crescent moon shining in the sky, and this time it’s not Kephiel but the crescent itself pouring down more moonlight like a flood! The scale of this is immense; if Kephiel’s earlier attack was a laser pointer, then this time it’s a quantum ray!
The moonlight directly lands on my head, blowing away the orc lackeys who were preparing to pounce at the great wizard’s command! Meanwhile, the little fox in my arms and I remain unscathed, thanks to the presence of the star fairy’s power, which shares the same origin as the Moon Fairy’s.
This… is even just the fairy power lent to Kephiel by the Moon Fairy, Elisse, after losing some of her strength. All I can do is exclaim, “Great beings, great souls, all are superior beings!”
After accomplishing all this, Kephiel leaps down from the temple, and she is not met by any bushes but rather the embrace of the Ice Fairy, Alsas. Once she steadies herself, she kicks aside the orc lackeys who were just knocked senseless by the moonlight and comes to my side.
[Oh, Kephiel has thwarted the great wizard’s plan!]
The protagonist has arrived, and the script has unfolded; now… everything has become a foregone conclusion!
“You… you are finished! I am the chieftain of the Austro-Hungarian tribe! With just one word, those foolish orcs in Austro-Hungary will definitely…”
Hah… So, great wizard, do you still not understand? Why I went through all this trouble to risk being mocked and ridiculed by you, only to call for Kephiel’s support at the last moment, was to ensure that I could expose your conspiracy without a doubt, leaving you unable to use your identity to argue or defend yourself!
“The one who is finished is you, great wizard.”
Because, just as I thought before: orcs from the Austro-Hungarian tribe, like Gelrom and Gu Erdan, are mostly simple and straightforward, to put it bluntly, a bit foolish. They can indeed be deceived and manipulated by incomprehensible words, but… once they experience, confirm, see, and hear the truth for themselves, changing the minds of these simple yet stubborn orcs becomes nearly impossible.
Just like now.
“Do you think you still have a chance to spout nonsense with your identity?”
“!”
The great wizard realizes something, but it’s already too late. Because in the next moment, led by Gelrom and Gu Erdan, the high-ranking orc warriors who attended the meeting have already sprung out from the surrounding bushes, their faces filled with anger