Chapter 292 – The Levantine Empire

“Let’s go now.”

Iona nodded silently.

Soon after, a dark red magic light burst out, and a familiar form of motion sickness attacked us.

Ugh-

When I closed and opened my eyes, before I knew it, we were standing on a wide field.

He acted as if he would invade the imperial palace right now, but… Actually, that’s impossible.

Before the fact that we might have to fight the sword master who judged us to be a traitor, it was impossible to teleport to the system where the imperial palace was located.

“It’s a space movement jamming station that my family’s ancestors installed throughout the islands. No matter how long ago it is called magic, it is a great magic, so no one has ever been able to break it.”

“Sounds like it’s different now?”

“Lol. Master, can’t you do something later?”

“… Even if that is the case, if possible, I hope there will be no invasion of the capital of the Levantine Empire.”

It was only for a moment that Carla giggled at my expression as I replied with a careless attitude. Soon, a slight shadow fell on Carla’s face.

“Isn’t it a bit strange? Indeed, the Lindelheit family fell like this, but the traces of the Lindelheit of the most glorious days still remain in the empire.”

“Well. Carla, did you say that? Even if the name Lindelheit could change, the lineage would rise again. … And what we’re about to do this time, whether we succeed or fail, will draw a pretty big line in the history of the Empire.”

The first apostle who greatly influenced the values ​​of the righteous light. The country founded by one of her students prospered and became the current Levantine Empire.

That trace is the most vehement attitude of rejecting cultists.

More precisely, it is a spirit of uncompromising with all kinds of evil that disturbs the world.

Before cultists and evil spirits spread, disbanding cults, eradicating criminal organizations, eradicating warlocks, hunting vampires, etc.

Only the method and target were different, but it was a famous country in this way from before.

Thanks to that, it was a bonus to have a good relationship with the Righteous Church of Light.

Anyway, a cultist sneaked into the Levantine Empire? Even in the seat of the empress, who is called the moon of the empire?

The whole country will turn upside down.

While nodding his head alone. Now that the motion sickness of space movement has subsided, I looked around in earnest.

First of all, according to Iona, among the teleportable places, it is said that it has been transferred to the hill closest to the island…

“Oh, there it is.”

Even though it is a little far away, the castle wall is so huge that the feeling of pressure can be felt all the way here.

The undisputed hegemon that occupied half of the continent of Eurelia. It is the capital of the Levantine Empire, and during the War of the Gods, it was called an inviolable castle because it never collapsed despite numerous invasions.

Balder came right in front of me.

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“What are you going to do now, Yandel? According to you, the empress is our enemy… Are you thinking of sneaking in?”

“No way. We will go to the front door proudly.”

“Even if that would have given me time to prepare?”

“There seems to be one misunderstanding, so I’ll point it out. The biggest hurdle in this case isn’t the empress, Fiona Levantine. The sword master, Havel Kallios.”

Even if the imperial palace is difficult, you can sneak into the castle gate. However, that was only at the level of deceiving the eyes of the guards.

Can the sword master’s senses be deceived? I see it as impossible.

“… No matter how sword master you are, it doesn’t seem like an individual would put this entire wide system within his or her senses, right?”

“My disciple. That’s what you’re saying because you don’t know. Sword Master is definitely on a par with the Archmage. They say that if you become a great wizard, you can assimilate with the mana around you without using detection magic, and you can see the surrounding area as if you were reading the palm of your hand. If you are an auror user with more sensitive senses than a wizard, it might really be possible.”

It’s true. Why did Fiona, who was nominated as the next Apostle of Seething Calm, give up her combat power and focus on receiving protection from stealth?

That’s because the sword master’s senses can be deceived.

Conversely, only the Sword Master is on our side… No, Havel is always on the side of the Emperor and the Empire, so is that unreasonable?

Anyway, if we can properly convey that we are on the side of the Empire and Fiona is the enemy of the Empire, it will be the strongest wall.

Well, Fiona didn’t download any blessings related to force…

But anyway, isn’t he the one who was appointed as the Apostle of Seething Calm?

Judging from the pattern so far, it is clear that the evil god, who does not want to lose the hand he worked so hard on, will intervene.

And Fiona, who was appointed as an apostle at H&A, is a monster among monsters who single-handedly defeated the sword master and destroyed the entire imperial palace.

The reason why she didn’t head straight to the imperial palace and stopped by Fafnir’s Lair was because she was wondering if she might be able to get something that would be helpful by force.

She learned the truth that she thought she would know after harvesting beyond imagination, so it’s a jackpot as a result.

While holding Helena in her arms, she flew toward Balder at a moderate speed so that it would not be mistaken for her attack.

A question suddenly came to her, and she asked Carla.

“Carla. I absorbed the dragon heart, but is there any kind of reaction?”

“Ugh. There was nothing special about absorbing it. However, as the owner said, when I slightly brought her core toward her heart, I felt a strange attraction.”

“Haven’t you felt that way before?”

“Yes. It’s the feeling you get after absorbing a dragon heart. However, I didn’t try it right away because it would take a few days to get used to if I integrated it like this.”

“Good job. You may need strength right now, so there is no need to risk insecurity. I’ll take a look later.”

“Master, would you like to help unify the core?”

“Huh. There are many wizards greater than me among us, but I am the only one who has done core integration.”

At that, Carla smiled happily and nodded her head.

“Somehow, it feels like the first time I met the owner. Although this time, I will be taught by the master.”

“… Ah.”

That’s right. Even at that time, I was able to get a mana breathing method that was much better than the Lindbloom breathing method.

However, I had to learn how to breathe with Lindbloom for my constitution to be insensitive to mana, so I bought Carla.

It’s still pretty similar. There are better mages like Iris and Iona around me, but… Because I’m the only one who can help Carla right now.

In order to unify the core, you have to do unreasonable work.

I was embarrassed and scratched the back of my neck. Helena’s voice sounded strangely grumbling.

“Two minutes. It’s good to create a warm atmosphere by talking about each other’s memories, but now the castle gate is getting closer. It seems that the other side notices us and is wary of us, so I think you should think about what to say in advance.”

“No way. What are you thinking about? As I said, we didn’t inform you in advance, but we will officially enter through the main gate. It means that you don’t have to hide or embellish anything, just do it according to custom.”

And according to custom, it is a national rule to give the name of the highest person in the party when passing through the castle gate.

As a matter of course, high here means social status, not actual height.

The one with the highest rank among us…

He whispered to Helena, who was holding her in her arms, raising her smirk.

“Helena. Can you do that? It just flashed with divine power emanating from its body.”

“It is possible, but… Did you suddenly say something?”

“It is because I need it. I would like to ask you to make it as colorful as possible.”

“If so. … You are the light of justice. Brother Yandel is saying this, so could you help me a little?”

When Helena murmured softly, as if she were the answer, the lion’s ears and tail of light protruded in silence.

As soon as she saw it, she lifted Helena up.

“… To?”

Helena was taken aback by the composition that was set forward like a ship’s bow statue.

However, the Solari who dwelled within it realized what I was trying to do, and began to unleash her divine power with all her might.

Paaaaa-!

A pure white light bursting out centered on Helena.

The divine power, which is already deeply related to light, was used just to emit light, and the scale and output were enormous.

Will the sun fall on the ground like this? The amount of light was bright enough to cast a long shadow on the spire of the castle wall even though it was still quite far away.

This would have hurt the eyes of me and the others right next to me, but it didn’t dazzle at all, perhaps because Solari was considerate.

Thanks to that, I was able to clearly see the guards who witnessed the miracle right in front of me drop their weapons one by one.

People who put down their weapons and stare blankly at me, or pray quietly.

Shouted at them in a loud voice.

“Open the door! The righteous light has sent us!”

Anyway, that’s God’s will.