Chapter 724

Chapter 724

Levitation or flying were slow.

It may be easy to avoid traps like crevasses, but if the number of snowballs increases, it will become a fatal friendly fire. That’s why Chiyou didn’t bring any mages from Yamato’s group.

If Prea wasn’t around in the first place, they would have all fallen into a fatal situation.

“Phew, that’s enough for today.”

“What? Are we stopping here?”

Chiyou had to turn around with a grim expression.

Although they had climbed more than when they came with Bluebeard last time, they still had a long way to go to reach the castle.

“There’s no need to be greedy right now. It’s not like it’s a deadline... If it’s a rescue mission, they’ll keep replenishing the troops.”

“Who are you going to bring along?”

“Well, you’ll see when you meet her later, won’t you? Hmph.”

Chiyou shrugged and turned away. Prea also turned around accordingly.

Prea relayed Chiyou’s words to Leeha in full, allowing Leeha to extract significant information from their conversation.

‘That cunning woman... I can’t tell who it is. But the expression clearly must have come from Bluebeard to Chiyou. In that case, the target narrows down to two at this point.’Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com

The ‘Blood Maiden’ Bathory.

And the Demon King’s Fragment whose gender has yet to be confirmed, Pyrot Cocri. Bluebeard had discovered one of the two. But why isn’t she trying to awaken either one of them?

Even when Leeha asked, Prea shook her head. Chiyou had said that he didn’t provide that much information.

“I told you. I’m still under suspicion. I only appeared briefly today, so if I stay too long, won’t I be exposed?”

“Ugh, do you remember the location at least?”

“Of course! Even if I don’t remember, – Noeanen remembers it for me.”

“Hmm? You only used the ice spirit.”

“Haha, women have many secrets, you know.”

Prea gave Leeha a stern look. Just as Chiyou didn’t tell Prea much, Prea also didn’t show everything to Chiyou.

“Is it possible to use the top-grade spirits in secret? Well, I’m not a Spirit Medium but I use spirits in the form of skills, so I don’t have a clue.”

Perhaps, that statement itself could be a lie. From the beginning, if he had launched an all-out attack with all the spirits alongside Chiyou, what would have happened?

“No, not to that extent... If all top-grade spirits had been summoned, we might have reached the ‘castle’ at that point.”

At that moment, there would have been another risk.

Perhaps she had already reached the castle? Was he being lured into that castle?

A trap of thoughts! Leeha bit his lip.

Being cautious is good. But caution shouldn’t make you lose too much.

“For now, you have to believe. There must be some covert way of using the spirits. And Prea didn’t summon all top-grade spirits. Why?”

Was it an expression of willingness to support him? It was probably not just that.

“Because dark spirits are that much desirable. He wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity right in front of him.”

He asked Prea for the location. Prea promptly summoned the top-grade earth spirit.

“Noeanen? Will you tell me the coordinates?”

The information was relatively easily obtained. With Blaugrunn also present, memorizing the coordinates was not difficult.

“Okay. If we go there and truly find a castle—”

“Then the dark spirit contract! It’s a promise, right?”

Prea’s eyes sparkled as she approached him, causing him to take a step back.

“Oh, well, there’s no promise yet! Let me gather people and go see it myself. I’ll check and get back to you.”

Ram Hwayeon-ssi, can you find someone for me right now?”What? Right now? You disappear and then suddenly want me to find someone?It’s urgent.Okay, who do you need me to find?One is Crowley. Remember that crazy alchemist? His whereabouts. The last place he was seen, etc.He’s nothing but bad memories. Got it, I’ll contact Jachung to look into it.And there’s one more.

“If we stay longer, the buffs you placed on me will be dispelled! I will descend now!”

“Got it! Slowly! Try to observe a bit more! Ahh!?”

Leeha barely dodged something coming towards him by ducking. Although he couldn’t see clearly, he could hear a sharp sound.

“There are sharp ice shards mixed in the blizzard! It’s not like ordinary hail or snowballs, so if we go down slowly, we might be in danger!”

“Damn, I got it! Let’s retreat as soon as possible!”

Nip!

Whoosh!

Blaugrunn chose to retreat rather than descend. Sounds of thud, thud came from behind the dragon flying away. If it weren’t for a dragon capable of carrying Leeha on his back at this speed...

“I would have already been dead.”

After retreating for a while and no longer being attacked, Blaugrunn finally began to descend. It was a place slightly higher than the base of the mountain, where the eternal snow was not yet visible.

“Phew... I could have died. Forget about the castle—ah, Blaugrunn, did you see something like a castle?”

“Yes. I briefly saw it through the Blizzard clouds. It must be that.”

“I must be crazy.”

Leeha muttered as he shook his head. This place was in the eastern part of the New Continent. Without any specific maps, it was impossible to know the overall flow or ridgeline of the mountains. Not to mention, they couldn’t even pinpoint the location of the castle. In other words, they couldn’t even explore a climbing route that could be used from elsewhere.

“How... Then can we go this way?”

“If what the Spirit Sage Prea said is true, it will be quite difficult. Even I, as a Lightning spirit, find it comfortable to breathe here, but that doesn’t mean I have enough resistance against the Ice element.”

Blaugrunn, who had returned to human form, stated curtly.

“Alchemist and Pyro have already arrived. That was right before Prea left Chiyou’s side. Ready? If the Alchemist has the environment ready to make a potion, or if the potion has already been created... They will immediately move.”

When Chiyou’s team moves, confidential information will be relayed through Prea. In other words, if the worst comes to worst, Leeha would come alone using camouflage and set up an environment to snipe Chiyou in the snowfield.

But if that happens?

“It’s a matter of concern that there could be a spy. Whether it’s Prea, or anyone else, they won’t leak information to anyone.”

It can only be used at a crucial moment. Turning Prea completely around means when there is a chance to completely annihilate the Chiyou faction, Bluebeard, or monsters equivalent to Grievers. Only then.

“We need someone who can deal with ice.”

“We can’t call Prea... To deal with ice... Ice?”

Naturally, they couldn’t ask Prea for help either, as that would also reveal Prea as a spy.

“Huh?”

“Oh!”

In an instant, Leeha’s and Blaugrunn’s eyes, who were lost in thought, met. Both had expressions that they had thought of something. It wasn’t a difficult task to think about.

Ice? Who was the most excellent at that? Leeha and Blaugrunn shouted simultaneously. The conversation they had simultaneously intermingled.

“Ram Hwajung-“

“-T!”

“What? Who?”

Leeha and Blaugrunn’s eyes met quickly. It meant that their brains were quickly working.

“Ah, got it! Come to think of it, Blaugrunn mentioned that before, didn’t you? And we have that!”

“That’s right! And the human you’re talking about, Ha Leeha, is that person who was good at handling ice—”

“Ram Hwajung! That’s it!”

Ram Hwajung alone might not be enough. But what if they called all the ‘tools’ at their disposal as reinforcements?

Ram Hwajung was not currently connected. Fortunately, Ram Hwayeon was still wandering around the paleo area of the New Continent, so if they asked her, they could quickly summon Ram Hwajung.