313 < Chapter 56. Serpent's Grave (2) >

The sky was clear.

The night was still.

How do I properly explain how to expand my magical power and send it elsewhere? It was a quiet time enough to worry about it.

"It's like lengthening your magic."

In front of Hina, Plants, who explained the process of consolidating and expanding his magical power, kept his mouth shut.

How do I explain it properly?

What Hina deals with in the first place is natural mana. Unlike wizards who turn Mana into their own magical power and store it and use it in a circle, they use it to heal their natural flow. Thanks to you, I would rather be exhausted even after treating so many injuries. Maybe Mana never showed her bottom.

Since it was different from Manat's personality, it was not easy to continue the explanation colorlessly.

"Calculate where to send the magic, and get there like this."

As I added a few more explanations, I gradually understood Kalian. It was absurd, but I empathized deeply with why he explained it and why he had to.

Yeah, it is.

He did the best he could.

- I get it, I do.

However, Hina surprisingly said, looking at Plants with her eyes wide open and thinking about something.

Just like when I saw Lucy go perfectly inside a vase half the size of my body.

"· · · · · · · How."

Plants questioned the answer.

- And I kept thinking, when I sent my magic away, I didn't know how to control it, how to control it, how not to connect to me. Now a little bit, I think.

Hina rises from her seat with a nodding plant unable to find the right answer.

- I'll practice. I'll practice. Try it, and if there's anything you don't know, I'll ask you again.

"Do it."

- Dear Prince, please don't tell him yet. If you do it right, I'll tell you.

"Got it."

Plants smiles as he replies.

When Calian found out about this, he couldn't figure out how great our Hina was, if he was going to make a fuss, or why his brother told him.

I suddenly thought about it.

I still haven't made my wish.

When Plants, who still don't have a watch and don't know how to measure time in the sky, opened his mouth to ask what time it is, and Hina took a stand to bring strawberry ice cream as promised.

- Cluck.

Sounds of armored chains clashing against each other.

"Be careful."

Kyrie's voice, which I thought was nearby.

- Ta-ah!

- Yuck!

The sound of someone stepping on your feet.

The sound of something flying.

Tearding!

You hear the sound of the small metal being thrown out at the same time. Of course, none of those sounds matched the patronage of the royal palace.

Plants pulls on Hina first before looking into the situation. He draws a hina between Kyrie and himself, and draws his sword. There was no panic or anxiety. Like someone who's faced what he's been waiting for.

Soon, Plants' gaze turned to the ground.

A small needle appears to have fallen from Kiri's sword. By the time Plants' eyes had turned thin, he had heard a calm description of Kiri as an answer to his gaze.

"Memory. There will be anesthesia or poison, so don't touch it."

"Got it."

The short stuffy plant draws its sword as it surrounds the three of you and sees knights slowly closing the streets.

They wear lightweight armor, but in the end it is metal. Fifty knights of such a heavy movement will never defeat Kalian's only knight. Plants knows it well. Kyrie has been battling every Knight of the Balkans almost every day.

"Zeon mixed."

Therefore, if some of them were not glowing red with their swords, Plants would sit back comfortably, without even thinking about picking them up.

- Keying.

The blade of the plant was split in two with a low echo.

Along with him, Kyrie stands behind each other, leaving Hina in the center.

Hina looks around, keeping a close eye on the two of them. I just couldn't fight. I didn't intend to use my earrings to talk to Kiri or interfere with her and Plants' movements in the future. Because of this, I decided to stay calm as best I could to live with the experience behind Kiri's back.

Not long. Kiri looks around and asks.

"Are they the wolves of the Great Desert?"

"No. Looks like a regular knight with pebbles."

Plants saw a wolf in the Great Desert belonging to Zeon, but not Kiri. And Plants used a good head unlike Calian, who distinguishes them with the unique energy of the Great Desert Warriors. It means that they have memorized the minor appearance of those born in the Great Desert. such as eyelashes that are a little thicker than the people on the continent, or that the habit of walking on the sand is a unique step that has not yet been erased.

"The wizard is putting up a silent barrier somewhere. As soon as I heard their voices, I asked Lord Grace to set up a perimeter around them, so I'll find them and destroy them."

"Got it."

It was not long before I heard strangers' footsteps in Kyrie's ears, where I was speaking with Rachel, where I could see Hina and Plants. He told Hina about it with a communication bracelet and quit as soon as possible. It was because I was worried that if I found out that I had noticed their approach on this side, I would run without a fight.

"Without sound, the knights of Chase Ceza won't even notice. What should I do?" Are you going to inform the outside world? "

"No, don't tell him."

Chase's knights in the palace are an important force. If there is a wizard, it is easy to get caught and killed. It was better to leave the knights' location and sponsorship unseen as an annex.

In fact, it's all an excuse. For whatever reason, I didn't want to create a situation where the knights of Cecretia died here. So I postponed wearing a communication bracelet connected to Chase for a while.

"I understand."

Since it was Kiri who didn't need to listen to Plants' instructions, it would be more appropriate to consider the answer as a will of consent rather than submission. At any rate, Kiri nods at the fact that she doesn't inform the outside world. I also guessed the reason for the great Kiri.

"You're welcome to kill them."

"It's okay."

Knights who came into the support of the annex and sent memorization first.

Killing them won't be a problem, of course. Like a doorknob in Callian's hand this morning.

"Very well. I'll keep you as close as I can." "

In order for the two of them to stop an attack from spreading out from all sides, they must have similar skills or one of them must be stronger than the other. Otherwise, it would be better to not let them come this way with their swords swinging before them, since they can't withstand many attacks and either Plants dies first or Hina dies first.

"Stay as long as you can."

"Got it."

Plants nodded and said, "Don't leave Hina alone."

After saying a few words like this, I didn't have much time to lose. The people who surrounded the sponsorship were only five steps closer.

- Ta-ah!

At the end of the conversation, Kiri flew away. As if you were waiting for it, you hear the slimming once more slicing through the air. At the same time, Plants takes a short breath and reaches for the sword.

If he had listened to them properly, he would have known that Kiri didn't pay attention to memorization.

- Tadadadang!

I don't know why I'm wasting my time without a good reason.

Plants quickly stretches out the crossed two swords and slashes at the thin memorize, looking behind you for a moment. And I looked forward again to seeing Hina, who was always preparing to use her healing power with a face that was not even a little scared.

Kiri steps forward.

The Sword of Silence locks in darkness.

They say it's the same Cecretian knights, but they chose the wrong king. We walked the wrong way with the wrong king.

- Aah!

It's all their fault after all.

The knight's sword, flashing in the moonlight, loses its power and falls to the ground. Kyrie quickly turns away from the four swords falling towards her. And without delay, I reached out my sword. Cut out the heart.

- Ka-ang!

The sound of the wings touching each other resonates. It wasn't Kyrie's. The swords of the two knights who were after Kiri are intertwined. In between, the shivering sword of Kiri moves twice. Two lives rolled into the ground.

Kyrie's feet don't stop.

While a particularly tall Kyrie sword slits the throat of the next knight, Plants breaks free of the Kyrie and stops the knight's sword running toward him with its right sword. Then you pick up another sword and stab it deep in the chest.

- Woof!

A dark red bloodstain leaks from the chest of the person standing in front of you, following a sensation that is still unpredictable. Plants stops another sword from running with him without keeping an eye on it.

You raise his sword with the crossed sword, and then extend your legs to kick him out. In the meantime, I made a long, deep wound from the shoulders to the waist, wielding a combined sword. You can see the knight's breath no longer continues.

The spilled blood soaks the soles of Plants and Hina's shoes.

Should I tell Hina to keep her eyes closed? Plants folds up his momentary concerns.

Now I know where my brother and sister came from. Hina also survived in the same place as Kiri. So if you're worried about Hina wasting your time fighting, Hina will scold you again.

Ka 'ang!

Once more, the man rushes toward Plants, quickly stopping and raising his sword. It was because I had to stop the sword of Kiri who was approaching like a fly.

After retrieving the bounced sword, Kiri turns and continues the attack. A knight faced with a swift sword that seemed to cut through the wind shifted for a moment, but soon he regained his center and looked forward again.

Nothing.

Gone.

And...

- · · · · · · · Qajik!

The horrific sound in the knight's head echoes in place of the footsteps of Kiri, who disappeared momentarily before his eyes. The knight's body crumbles as he stares at the piercing sword across his waist. After escaping the knight's side, Kyrie, who penetrated deep into her waist, reaches for the dark sword and strikes herself again.

The Knights of the Kalian run relentlessly towards the two Knights of the Devil. Two red energetic swords stand in front of Kiri.

Yeah, come on.

Kiri smiles.

Who has dealt with as many Red Orders as Kyrie, similar to theirs, but completely different?

Kaga River!

- Aaaaah!

It is said to be a sword of error, but the simple knight with the sword in his hand.

A knight who had survived a couple of times fell bleeding from his chest. Another knight lunges for Kiri, trampling on the knight's body. You hold a shield in one hand and a sword with a red aura in the other.

- Ka-ang!

The sword of silence rises against the silver shield. On the shield, the black and blue Kiri's eyes flash for a moment before disappearing.

He glances down at the knight with an emotionless look and swings his sword straight back. The knight pushes out his shield once more, and the blade of Kiri bounces off once more.

Kyrie didn't stop.

- Yuck!

The sword of Kiri is swarming on the ground. Again, the knight who stopped Kiri's sword with the shield in his left hand aimed at his heart with the sword in his right hand.

No, I was aiming.

- Qasim!

A shield that size won't stop Kiri's power and the sharpness of a sword made of melted stars three times. The knight's body, pierced through the heart with the shield, has collapsed.

- Ka-ang!

- Kang!

While the assassination of Kiri blocked the Knights trying to run towards Plants, another escaped from Kiri's range and headed for Plants.

I forgot.

Plants' eyes slowly close and come up.

'Sir Grace is running late.'

The surrounding Silent membrane remains.

The thoughtful Plants grips the handle of the split Sinister. And he swirled the cinnamon, which was the shape of a long sword, about the length of a window. The user slashes the target's sword with its first slash, then a series of downward sharp Sinister days slash the target's throat.

There are 30 knights left.

- Kang! Ka-ang!

Ka 'ang!

Kyrie's sword constantly decreases the number of knights.

Sinister's blue and silent light reflects the moonlight and lingers, piercing another heart.

Rachel's not coming back. I can't feel the wizard's workshop coming or going. That doesn't mean the Wizard's attack is coming at the support of the annex. And the knights are sending a moderate attack on Plants, but they're not targeting Hina.

I wonder what that means.

While I was thinking about it, I remembered a conversation that Calian had with Plants before he left the annex with Chase.

'Consider that I will remain and divide the numbers. This place could be in danger if I don't get out.'

I have sent Eyria, Arsen and Eila to the Mansion of Marquis Lynn, which is more susceptible to attack than the Royal Palace. It is clear that Kiri and Rachel were relatively weak, even if Kalian were to fall from here. Moreover, Hina and Plants, who will remain in the absence of Khalian, will be very popular hostage candidates for Devil Lan.

'I'll be right back. I don't know if I'm going to go between them, but I think Devil's going to look that deep, but I'm nervous. So I was thinking maybe we should go together.'

'Just go.'

'· · · · · · · Would you be okay for a moment?'

'It's okay.'

"Yes, sir."

Suddenly, my mind twists.

I have clearly prepared for the dangers here. It was closer to preparedness than preparedness, but I expected it anyway. Devilan sends you an article, just as he expected.

- Ka-ang!

- Ka-ang!

The two blades reach out to both sides at the same time, stopping the attack by two rushing knights from both sides.

"The head. Hina."

When Hina heard the short words, she leaned down straight away. Plants swings both swords, rapidly rotating their bodies. Blood splatters, and a knight's body rolls to the floor. The second knight also collapsed in the same way.

- Too quiet. Wizard.

After a brief moment of defeat, the two knights quickly encounter Plants and Hina's eyes.

Plants nods.

I was thinking the same thing.

Kalian is not here.

There is a Wizard, but there is no Wizard attack. But if there is a commotion here, Khalian will come.

'If something urgent happens, call me through Brother Chase. I'll be right back. "

'Because I knew.'

'Yes.'

Devil doesn't know we can get through the Silent membrane and make contact with comms. Devil already knows that Plants has more than that. Nevertheless, it may have come to your attention that Plants will not summon Kalian at this time.

Plants knows what Kalian is doing in front of the palace. Chase has summoned the victims of the pruning. They should be pushing Devil far into the corner by now. In this situation, an objective, delayed and clear witness will disappear to prove the crucial moment that will never happen again.

So whatever happens here, Plants may have calculated that he won't call Callian first. If you've finally noticed that the two of you are not as bad as you think.

"Yes. If there's a commotion, my brother will come."

This place, it's quiet.

Calian doesn't go where there's no commotion.

"· · · · · · · · · · · Ha."

Plants sighs briefly as if he had realized something.

I quickly shifted my gaze with him and counted the remaining knights. Sixteen. The number of knights who write the red error is three.

Can you hold it?

The man who did the math moved his hand to remove the bracelet that was connected to Chase. And I made a very small voice.

"Kirrier. Take Hina and find Lord Grace. I want you to get to the Marquis Lynn Manor as soon as possible."

After finishing his speech, Plants turns his head briefly toward Hina.

- Wizard, attack.

The Knight of the Bright Hearing Calian listens to even the slightest sound of soliloquy, so Kiri listened to Plants and gave him an answer as a comm device connected to Hina.

Rachel should have stopped the Wizard's attack.

"Wizards don't attack here. Devilan is about to attack the Marquis of Lynn Manor. We have our wizard and our concubine."

A Cairys who wants to take over the Marquis of Louise and Arianne as hostages. That's what Devil is trying to complete now.

For whatever reason, the reason for keeping this place quiet was to keep it out of the limelight of others, including Calian. Whether Plants told Kalian about it or not as a comms item, this inn was meant to be peaceful in the eyes of others.

Keeping the annex quiet, Devilan plans to attack the Marquis of Lynn, whoever moves. It doesn't matter whether Cairys or Allen's first strike or not. Louise, who moved to the Marquis of Lynn, and Devil, who saw the wizards with Louise, came up with a new plan. The fact that the Cairys Wizards are with Louise will make it a preemptive strike.

Kalian said that there must be a last hidden hand for Devil Lan. He wants to "take him out" of Cairys' hands, either by sending all of Zeon to the Grand Chamberlain or by writing something else he has hidden. It may seem like a takeover, but it's practically going to make Louise a hostage and bring Chase and Callian to their knees.

When the flame rises on the Marquis Lean, Calian and Alan move toward you. After conquering the Marquis, Khalian gives you a clear excuse to pursue Cairys. And Plants and Hina, who did not summon Khalian, are eventually caught by the Devil.

It is in Devil's best interest that Hina saves Devil Lane's life, and that Plants' life will be well paid for at the negotiation table with Cairys. Even if we don't go to war, we have a new cause to capture the nobles and Chase.

"I can't explain it for long."

This is absurd and reckless, but there is no more efficient solution for Devil at the moment. Devil is literally a snake in distress. It's enough to bite Cairys or whoever.

So let Hina go.

Hina is the bride of Plants. There's no way the prince's bride will be put in a place where the forces will come and go as he claims. Hina had to go to stop the Devil's suppression. Safe and fast.

And Kalian should come to the annex. Not right now, not after all the witness roles we're playing.

- I'll stop the knights. Sir Rachel's footsteps are here.

- Don't.

Hina pulls off her earring and puts it on Plants' wrist. Thanks to you, Kiri's voice echoes through Plants' mind. I held a sword in both hands, so I did.

- Take Hinaman. Take Lord Rachel with you. I'll give you the bracelet. Tell Prince Chase when you get there. When you're on your way, your brother will pop out. Get there and do it.

- Give it to me and I'll count it.

- I'll call you when it's time. Take care of it.

Now it's eleven.

Plants sees eleven knights remaining, raising one lip forward.

- I know best how to call my brother.

The user's hands tighten with two swords.