286 Lesson 255:

As he was transferred by scrolling, he hugged me...... clinging Amako predicted that he would be surrounded by enemies and attacked simultaneously shortly after this.

As soon as I wrapped around Thunderbeast mode, I decided to leave the scene with all my might while avoiding all attacks, hugging Amako so he wouldn't shake it off.

Kick the wall, sometimes jumping out of the small entrance and exit of the arena while running.

The soldiers of the Demon King's Army can't even follow my movements with their eyes.

"Do you mean a narrow passage to counteract me?"

However, from a wide area like the arena that was flown on scroll, there are soldiers patrolling the remote narrow aisles quite often, and if we were to impose them poorly, a large number of soldiers would push us into this narrow aisle.

Fast movement of corners also makes no sense if the range of action is narrowed.

And the extremes--

"Suzune, stop. There's a trap set on the wall."

"You mean scrolling that acts on those with a particular speed? You'll do it."

Magic described on parchment paper affixed to the wall.

Amako says that if I get caught up in this, a magic similar to a spell will befall me in Nair's confinement, and on top of that, my presence will be made known to the soldiers around me.

"Suzune."

"What?"

"painful"

I just solved Thunderbeast mode and left Amako in my arms.

I'm already cornered and in pressing circumstances I won't be disturbed because I have a presence in this arm to protect.

I guard my surroundings as I further embrace Amako's body.

"There may still be danger...!"

"I don't see anything in prediction, do I?"

"No, because predictive magic isn't complete either. But don't worry. As long as I'm here, I'll protect you."

"Either that or I want you to protect me from Suzune"

That said, then Amako, who got out of my arm, starts walking.

"Follow me"

"... Amako's, plush..."

"Pull normally"

I'll be sorry. Amako goes down the narrow aisle, blushing his face.

Due to the black dome over the head and changes in the city, it would be natural to assume that this place has been fortified - or labyrinthed.

"The fact that we've been transferred inside the city means that you can assume that you're in this city as well."

"First, let's find Usato and Mr. Leona. Oh, Suzune, stop."

When Amako, who nodded, stops, he hears the soldiers talking from the end of the bend.

Did you hear that? They're being chased by the brave men flying in the air. "

"In previous battles, the sky wasn't supposed to fly."

"Apparently, Kazuki, you're here."

"When it comes to flying, there's only Kazuki."

From here, wrapped in a dim sky, I can't confirm how the sky looks, but it's good to have been able to confirm your presence, Kazuki.

I wonder if I can gather a little more information. As I clear my ears with Amako, I gather new soldiers again.

The soldier, who looked confused, snorted at the soldier on his side with half a cry.

"Oh, hey, what's going on?"

"Ah... Aku... ho!"

"Relax, take a good breath."

"Ah, the devil... I'm out...!"

"Oh, you're Usato."

"So I'm convinced. I think you're inside too."

No, I know how to erase him.

The immediate answer is that, Usato. I feel sorry for you.

'The devil has disappeared somewhere with the ice manipulating brave man...! I am searching for him as hard as I can right now, but maybe he's coming this way, so tell everyone about this...!'

Copy that. Tell me the characteristics of that demon. '

"It grows black wings on a disastrous corner. You'll see soon enough. '

Is that really you, Usato?

If you look at Amako properly, she has a subtle look as well.

Maybe a real demon is a line...

"He usually wears the skin of a healing wizard. Don't let the looks fool you...... '

"Usato, it was you"

"It was Usat"

We move away from the spot after the two of us are convinced to meet each other in the face.

As a compilation of earlier information, Kazuki, you are in the middle of a battle in the sky.

Usato, you and Leona are lurking away from the battlefield just like us.

"First of all, Usato, I'd like to say that rendezvous with Leona is our top priority, but it's pretty hard to find them while avoiding the soldiers," he said.

"Yeah, predictive magic will limit the range of travel, even if we avoid patrolling"

First of all, the premise is that we must reach the Demon King while preserving as much magic as possible.

The reason the Demon King pulled us apart would be to drain our power in the battle against the soldiers he had placed in each of us.

Then there's only one option I choose in this situation.

"It's the demon king we should go to."

"Aren't you going to join Usat and the others?"

"We end up in the same place. Then there's a good chance we'll be able to rendezvous with you."

"If that's the case, I get it"

We need to get the demon king's location out of the soldiers for that.

Telling Amako that, she snorted.

"Then let's find someone who's going to get caught"

I'll put it that way. No, he starts walking alertly again.

No, I guess we're already safe with the predictions she sees, not alert.

I have complete knowledge of the location of the soldiers passing through the vicinity.

"Hmmm...... this is just about right"

Pick up the stone Amako is rolling at his feet.

Then I hear the soldiers footsteps nearby.

"Suzune, move as I instruct"

"Ugh, yeah?"

"Never hesitate.... Ah, now. Stop."

When he stops at Amako's voice, five demon king army soldiers cross his sight.

If one of you points this way, you'll find out - but as one of you somehow coincidentally crosses the aisle as it is without looking this way, disappearing to the other side.

"Well, move on. Maybe you should run a little."

Next run to Amako.

Running as she walks forward, she confirms the figure of a soldier trying to emerge from the front as he tries to turn the corner to the right - but at the same time throws the stone Amako picked up earlier forward.

"Hmm, what?...... stone? '

The eyes of the soldier who tried to send his gaze this way are directed towards the stone that fell at his feet.

In the meantime, we didn't have to find it by turning right at the corner.

... I can make you reaffirm that predictive magic, really bad magic.

Afterwards, Amako, who fully grasped the opponent's behavior pattern, slips through the soldiers patrolling him.

And -,

"Found"

So he muttered, stopping Amako pointing to the alley a little further away.

"In ten seconds, only one soldier will come from up ahead. Now, if we catch him, we won't find out."

It's okay.

Pull the knife in his reverse hand out of his sheath and fly to the alley at the right time.

As Amako predicted, I made sure that one soldier showed up, and in an instant I turned behind it, sticking a blade in my throat.

Don't move.

"Hih, yu, brave......"

"If we're adults, we won't take it to life"

Let him sit on the spot, dumping the sword and tools he could carry on his hips to the ground for now.

"Amako, how long till the next patrol?"

"... okay for a little while"

Then I'll interrogate you.

"Yeah, let me handle it"

Amako gazes at the powerless crouched soldier.

Seeing how Amako looks, whether she decides to be a child or a slightly relieved face-to-face soldier, she does not hesitate to throw questions.

"Where is the Demon King?"

"Huh?"

"Tell me where the demon king is."

"Well, say it -"

"Can't you tell? Yeah... yeah... I'm in the castle. Did you sink a castle underground in the magic of the Demon King? A map has been given in advance by the Demon King... to whom? Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Amako gavels with an unnatural soliloquy in front of a female soldier who is not likely to crack her mouth hard.

The soldier begins to tremble when he hesitates to say anything but to Amako, who speaks of more and more information that he is supposed to be hiding.

"Suzune, this man's squad leader says he has a map of the castle that sank underground."

"Oh, why!? Why...!?"

"Because I am a predictive wizard. I just put your fear into words."

Yes, Amako just said off, fainting the soldier with a light electrical shock.

I've seen my master and thought many times, but I still think predictive magic is scary magic.

It's honestly amazing that it can be used in combat and, more importantly, in this way.

"By analogy, it feels like we're continuing to redo important options, huh?"

"Don't tell me you don't know what that means. I'll get the captain soon."

"Ah, yes. Excuse me."

Unexpectedly, I follow Amako.

The female soldier put her to sleep to hide in the shadows, so she would not be found for the time being.

"Because of that, what did you say earlier that people were afraid to say?"

"That man, I think I've met Usat on the battlefield"

"Oh yeah..."

Well, Usato, you seem to be running around from edge to edge of the battlefield, so it's not a funny story either.

But why are you here, Usato? Thinking so, Amako, who is at times a foe around him, uttered the following words.

"So if I didn't talk, I said I'd give it to the devil, and he told me crying"

"Don't they say you, Usato, have come to resemble you?"

"Really? Hmmm...... thanks?"

"I didn't praise you, did I?"

What? What is it, that reaction?

I have some similarities, too!

Feeling Gerathy just a little bit, I quickly switched my mind and grabbed the knife I had laid on my sheath.

"Usato, you're okay..."

I'm not here. A voice that never reaches him.

Where we are now is in the middle of the enemy land, we are in the same place, but the distance feels so far away that we can't help it.