Chapter 226: Unholy Feather
— King Levios has been stabbed.
A cry of rage echoed through the garden.
The assailants who attacked the strike team are continuing the fierce melee. The surrounding area is so thick with dust and sand that it is impossible to see the details. To make the most of this situation, where detection magic cannot be used, the enemy may be deliberately fighting to scatter.
Although I could only see that moment when they flanked the strike team, those attackers who targeted King Levios seemed to be armed against the main ancestor, unlike the first group of attackers. A glimpse of a plain, purple-dyed cloak caught my attention.
He retreated to the rear. That's the Lord's ancestor.”
My father gave this short instruction. When I tried to ask him a question, he repeated in a strong tone, “Just retreat. If the purple cloak was in fact the ancestor soldier, the aftermath of the attack magic might fly, so I would meekly follow my father's instructions.
I, Plume, and Count Silopea moved back in the direction indicated by my father. I thought it would be safe to stay at this distance.
“Master! Young master! Are you hurt?
Our knights, military officers, and Quardenze guards, who were supposed to be waiting in the waiting booth, gathered.
In contrast to my slight surprise, my father responded in a perfectly natural way.
No big deal. Assume that the enemy has more than one ancestor, and maintain the utmost vigilance.
Ha!
The Quardenze convoy was fully armed. Apparently, my father had given them instructions to jump in whenever the need arose. Although not armed against the main ancestor, they were clearly equipped for battle. The castle during the magical beast ruckus at the castle.
We were soon joined by the Silopea convoy, which was also in the same condition.
The other families' guards are also mixed in, always be aware of the distance you can see. Try to avoid friendly fire as much as possible.”
Ha!
There is a rule that only one follower is allowed in the hall for the evening party, but no one observes this rule even in an emergency. If there is a knight who continues to “Wait” In the waiting booth while sniffing his nose in the face of such an unexpected attack, I would have to say that he is negligent. After all, the life of the master, the Lord Ancestor, is more important than anything else.
Looking around, I saw several mini-groups of what appeared to be guards from other families wandering around looking for their masters. Quardenze school. Count Evenapis was also protected by his own place of escort.
We would like to join up with the Evenapis family if possible, but there is a bit of distance between us and them. Judging that a bad move might cause unnecessary trouble with the other family's escort group, they decided to stay here and wait.
Still, with armed groups running here and there, one might think for a moment that they were part of the assailants. The confusion in the garden is probably due in part to the convoys of the various houses that are coming one after another.
The Quardenze and Silopea escorts are clearly prepared to intercept the other families to prevent them from approaching. Thanks in part to this, no one is approaching us.
Now that detection magic was useless, the presence of the guards was truly appreciated.
The one who ambushed the strike team seems to be the main ancestor alone, and it looks like we'll be able to keep him at bay.
As I said this, I magically enhanced my eyesight to peer into the melee.
The strike team is armed to fight the second demonic beast, or in other words, the matured demonic beast, so they are not equipped to fight the main ancestor. The King's Landing social gathering. If they were to fight a lone ancestor, it would not be too difficult to bring them into a crushing formation and beat them to a pulp, even if they lacked the equipment to do so.
There were several Levios family members and ancestral soldiers there, so there was no way they could be defeated. And since Levios soldiers were rushing in from all over the castle as if they were poking at a hornet's nest, the more time that passed, the more disadvantageous the attacker's purple cloak would become.
With this difference in numbers, they will soon run out of strength.
My father said. But the words do not end there.
There may be more attacks before …… They are crushed,” He said. Always be aware of your surroundings.
He scolded me. Had I let my optimistic remarks catch me off guard? Well, it certainly doesn't seem like they will end up assaulting a valuable warrior of the Lord's ancestors. I felt it was quite possible that further pursuit by another assailant would follow.
And my father had hit the nail on the head.It was at that very moment that my consciousness spread to the entire garden.A suspicious figure in a robe appeared in the garden again.The robed figure, all in wisteria, was dressed exactly like the first assistants.
“Surround them!”
The Levios soldiers, who had been deployed in the garden as a reserve force, would not have missed it. They maneuvered quickly and surrounded Fujinrobe in a circle.
Ah, ah, comrades! Come on, over there!
The strange voice, audible even from this distance, probably belonged to a woman.The reason why I cannot be sure is that there was an unnatural noise mixed in with the voice.It sounded eerie, as if her vocal cords had rotted, melted, and distorted in the process of screaming.
Get down on the ground! Don't move!”
One of the Levios soldiers raised his voice as if to crush the eerie cry.
We were on a slightly higher elevation than the surrounding area to get a wider field of vision.
The angle and distance combined to make it difficult to get a good look at Fujinrobe's face. But it was clear from the direction of his body that he was about to charge the strike team. Naturally, the Levios soldiers could not allow such help. Surrounded Fujilobe in a circle and took one large step forward to reduce the size of the circle in order to prevent the purple cloak from joining them.
However, Fujilobe was completely unconcerned and continued to move forward, swaying and swaying.His gait is suspiciously slow and he looks as if he could fall over at any moment.
Ready!
The Levios soldiers all thrust their weapons at him at once.
I thought that it would be better to just kill him without warning, but I soon realized that I could not do that.
The crushing formation is a tactic that uses multiple follower soldiers to stall the enemy's leader and then unilaterally strike him with a powerful attack.
At the moment, they have their hands full just surrounding the enemy for the time being. It would have been better if even one of the Levios family members had been in that camp. …… No, I wonder if that wisteria robe is the main ancestor in the first place. The attack magic released by the first attackers was of the master-ancestor class, but does it really have the same power,……?
As I pondered this, Fujilove extended his arms toward the heavens.
Will!”
Plume, standing next to me, gripped my hand tightly. He held his arms straight up, and his sleeves slipped down, revealing his bare skin.
What is……That?
The arm that extended from the robe was a color that could not be considered the skin of a living person. Unevenly extended reddish-black claws were also extremely creepy.
A closer look at the arm reveals that it continues to pulse with a bizarre pulse, as if a giant parasite were crawling around on it. And back at any moment.
Is it really a human being?
Then, the wisteria robe makes a gesture as if it were muttering something to the heavens. It looked like he was praying to the sun, or like a madman offering a curse to an evil entity.
Curse you, filth, Levios……! Cursed, unclean, Levios……!
The Levios soldiers all jumped at the same time as Fujinobu demonstrated his power his.
It was magic I had never seen before.
Suddenly, a band of light, similar to an aurora borealis, appeared to protect Fujinobu's body. It resembles a celestial maiden's robe of feathers, to use an analogy. It.
The Levios soldiers who jumped at it were repelled at every turn by its plumage. Some soldiers released fire attack magic, but it dissipated into clouds the moment it touched the robe of feathers.
“Lord ancestor level!
Unknown magic! Intercept at all costs!
“Jam activation, ready!
The Levios soldiers were once again forming up and trying to block the activation of the magic, but Fujilove seemed to pay them no mind at all. He swung sideways with his robe of feathers as if he were reaping in the air. White particles scattered like a spray of water.
'Snow?
With greatly enhanced eyesight, he confirmed the identity of the particles.
Every time the feathers swayed, its white feathers were produced and scattered in large quantities like cedar pollen.
'Aaaaahhh……!!!'
Some of the Levios soldiers who had been exposed to the feathers writhed in agony and collapsed on the spot.
Is it poison magic? Such an expectation came to mind, but fortunately or unfortunately, the answer was soon discovered. A single white feather, which I don't know how to describe it ……, Diffused from the robe of feathers, fell on the bare ground with no grass. Then it disappeared like snow melting away, leaving the ground the color of dirt.
No way, a magic spell to sprinkle the dirt?
No way.
It was a simple association based on what I had witnessed, but if it was true, it was the worst kind of magic, very scary and simply malicious.
Fujinrobe continues to scatter a large number of feathers. Most of the feathers are floating in the air, but they will eventually land in the garden. If the feathers were to rain down on the castle, the capital might suffer serious damage.
The Levios soldiers are attacking hard to tighten the stopper, but the robe of feathers embodied by the wisteria robe prevents all of them. Then, Fujirobe wobbles but does not stop his steps, and approaches the defeat squad and to the purple cloak.
Don't touch those feathers! Don't touch those feathers! You'll get poison from the soil!
That was Orcian's voice.
She was running around the perimeter, looking distraught. Or perhaps it would be more correct to say that she was on the verge of tears rather than distraught.
Hearing her scream-like pleas, the nobles around her realized that the filth was spreading.However, the only people moving to stop the Fuji robes were the Levios soldiers.
Everyone was unable to move, fearing the appearance of further assailants and a surprise attack.
As if to mock them, Fujilobe waved his robe of feathers.
“Ahhaha! Perish! Die out!
When a large number of feathers landed on the scene of the melee, it was very confusing. Even the visibility was poor, and the main ancestor soldiers were being attacked by an unknown magic that transformed the earth into dirt.
In the panic, the Purple Cloak broke away from the scene of the melee and joined Fujinobu.
The purple cloak was already covered in mud with full wounds. He was probably out of breath from the fierce attack. It was a wonder that he was still alive. However, he was not deformed like Fujinobu.
The Levios soldiers and the strike team precisely coordinated with each other and surrounded the wisteria robes and purple cloak. Since the strike team had the main ancestor soldiers of Levios, they could complete the crushing formation this time.
The purple cloak of the main ancestor and the wisteria robe, which activates the feathers of the defiler, are on the lookout for each other, and a standoff ensues. There was a moment of silence in the garden, which had been in turmoil until then .
Then, at the next moment, the purple cloak announced in a high, clear voice: “I am the Holy General Esho.
I am the holy general Ephial. I am the one who cursed the vanity of fools.
I knew it,” I thought to myself.
Purple is the color of the Holy Army, the military organization of the Zethusian Sacred High Society.
The first candidate to attack the Levios family would be the priestly forces, and it is said that the martial priests who are in conflict with the priests of the faith faction to which Lorna belongs are a faction that is strongly supported by the Holy Army. This mean that they made a preemptive attack before the Royal Army invaded St. Navempos?
“Oooooh ……! My fellow Effieal! You are in charge of this ……! How about it, next land, our grudge ……!
The robe of feathers worn by Fujirobe grows huge.He is probably planning to unleash his greatest attack here.From the content of his cries, it is clear that he intends to let the assailant named Efial escape.
Wilk, retreat!”
The fact that the robe of feathers has grown huge means that the spread of the defilement will surely be on an even larger scale than before. How much effect it will have on the body of the main ancestor is unknown, but if it can be avoided I follow my father's voice and begin to retreat.
The Levios soldiers risked their lives to charge at the Fuji robes, but they were still blocked by the robe of feathers.
I told you to stop!
With a powerful, hair-raising intent to kill, Orcian pounced on him.
She hit Hagoromo squarely and hard with her own fist. A vicious sound of destruction echoed through the garden, as if thousands of glass bottles had been slammed onto the concrete all at once.
Oooooh!!!!”
The completely shattered feathers disappear in grains of light. But even so, Fujilove did not break his posture to attack, and prepared to launch his next magic.
However, he is not able to catch up with Orsian in time. A brilliant high kick catches Fujilove on the left shoulder. The unparalleled body-enhancing magic blew off Fujilove's left arm and tore off all the flesh around the collarbone on the left side.
The disheveled Fujilobe rolled around in the garden like a doll hit by a dump truck. As he chased after it to finish it off, Orcian showed no mercy.
It was a good spirit,” He said. “Good spirit, comrade,” Said the assailant Efial.
The assailant, Efial, let out these words and launched his offensive magic in all directions. It was clear that this was a diversion to create an opening, but there was no way they could ignore the attack magic of the master class. Moment's opportunity, the assailant Efial began to flee.
The Levios soldiers immediately began their pursuit, but it is doubtful how far they can keep up with the speed of the main ancestor's escape. The Levios master-ancestor was not pursuing anyone and was concentrating on healing. So perhaps even the followers could catch up with him, but the area around the royal castle would be difficult for detection magic to work, and I had a feeling it would be tough.
Ah! The demonic beasts are getting closer and closer!
Orcian raises her voice in a wild and crazy way. It seems that the second demonic beast is a higher priority for her than the marauder Efial.
The second magical beast was at the point where Orcian was pointing. It seemed to be coming closer to the capital than it had been just before the attack. Since only the advance party of the defeat squad has left, it may be that the stall is not working well enough.
I give this some thought.
It seems that when Orcian learned the news of the appearance of the first demonic beast, he was about to go to defeat it. He had invited Zeldmitra Sardin and Aterahan Novaruf to join him. He must have asked the people he met at the meeting of the next head of the family to join him.
But they did not come to me.I heard that Orcian was looking at me,trying to talk to me,but my father and the Quardenze nobles defended him well and kept him away.It is very interesting how he was able to tame that boorish princess, but that is irrelevant now.
In the end, Orcian did not go to the Marquis of Aterahan to give him a sermon and defeat him.However, he also boldly said that if push came to shove, he would go out her and defeat her himself.
What's wrong? Will.
I'm thinking.
Hmm?
The second demonic beast approaching the royal city, the Holy General Efial fleeing, the attackers who may still be lurking, the impact of this attack, the wounded King Levios, Princess Orsian who seems to be running away at any moment,……, There are many things to think about.
What should Quardenze do? The answer is simple: nothing needs to be done.
Both the magical beasts and the attackers are matters for the Levios family to settle, and the best solution is to simply sit on the sidelines.
What should be considered here and now is not what Quardenze should do, but what I should do.What I should be thinking about right now is not what Quardenze should do, but what I should do to help him fulfill his own desires.
In this chaotic situation, depending on how I stand, I may be able to find an “Optimal solution for me,” Something that would normally be impossible, something that has never happened before. It doesn't hurt to just think about it.
Of course, I can't act too rashly and arbitrarily. I am me, but I am also Quardenze Wilk. Without good reason and a good cause, my actions will be condemned.
Therefore, there is a good chance that the best solution as Quordenze, “Do nothing,” Will be chosen in the end. I do not intend to choose an action that would be more negative than the best answer when considering the pluses and minuses.
The first action plan that came to mind, running into the castle and secretly assassinating the Duke of Spierzeig, will be difficult. Here, it would be a good story for both me and the Quardenze family, but no matter how I tried, I couldn't come up with a logical solution and a good cause. Him.
I thought of another course of action.
The hustle and bustle of the attack gradually subsides, and the guards of the various houses find their masters and join them. The nobles began to gather together by faction, and the preparations for the attack were becoming more solid.
At that time, my eyes met those of Orcian, who was making a fuss about magical beasts and magical beasts.
Then I had an idea. Thankfully, my father was right next door.
Father, I have something I need to ask you about.
