Red Pagoda Owners-3
The reason Rios was able to appear where the red tower owners used to be was due to two things of luck.
The first is ariaspil’s fast information communication.
[Brother…!]
When telepathy became unusable due to the explosion, Ariasviel hurriedly summoned the nearby spirits and relayed the information.
“…Ah…Aria? Are you okay?!”
“Ariaspil? Is Leonardo okay?!”
It was luck that was possible because Ain’s flight speed was faster than expected, and he was able to enter the range where he could operate the spirits.
[That’s… I’m fighting the enemy tower owner again…]
“What does that mean?! So you’re saying that the one that just exploded is something else? Rather than that, why are we together…!”
[Ah shut up! Say something!]
As Eileen was worried, Aria was worried about everything. However, since he trusted Leo’s skills more than that, he headed back to the Mage Tower.
[…The owner of the red pagoda copied his body.]
“…Your body?”
At those words, Rios naturally remembered what happened at the Reinhardt Banquet.
At that time, Leo’s mother was not real, but there were two physical bodies.
If it was applied to the body of the enemy pagoda owner, there would be nothing strange about his extra life.
“Wait…! Then…!”
[Leo says there might be a separate pillar inside the magic tower. Therefore…]
I could understand without having to listen to more than that.
“There is a red pagoda pillar inside…!”
Eileen and Rios, knowing that fact, hurriedly rushed inside the Mage Tower.
The fact that the owner of the red pagoda was inside meant, in other words, that a bomb had been planted that could cause a big explosion like the one before.
So the party had no choice but to do their best to find and subdue the owner of the enemy pagoda.
Rios headed inside the magic tower and found his second luck.
‘…This is…’
The second luck was going to the library, and that was the biggest luck for Rios.
In the library, the flames of the red tower pillar left scorched marks, and at the same time traces of Ameri’s teleportation map remained.
That’s why Rios was able to judge what happened to Ameri more quickly.
‘…Reverse the coordinates of teleportation…’
Ameri’s map was originally a magic tool made with the help of Rios, and her understanding of the structure was as good as that of the creator, Ameri.
Just as the Red Tower owner traced the coordinates by looking at the remaining map fragments, Rios was able to know the location of Ameri and cast teleportation just by looking at the traces of movement.
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So currently.
“Ameri.”
Rios was able to emerge right into the scene where the flames were seething.
“…Uh…Uh…?!”
Ameri was taken aback by the appearance of Rios.
Although in my heart I wished to save him again and again, I really did not expect that he would appear immediately at this critical moment.
Rios, who couldn’t afford to be considerate of Ameri’s condition, gave cold instructions while holding the sage’s staff.
“Quickly take that idiot and run outside”
Regulus was an idiot, so he couldn’t refute Rios’ expression of treating him badly.
To do that, Rios’ spirit was frighteningly cold,
Because he was so incompetent that he had to say that he was glad he didn’t express it as a lump of baggage.
“…I will deal with that crazy b*tch,”
Rios’ hand was visibly shaking. The only thing that doesn’t tremble is the eyes and the two legs that keep the spot.
Ameri understood how determined Rios was when he said those words.
“…Hurry!!”
Ameri hurriedly carried the prince on her back at Rios’ request. The flame of the red pagoda was not considerate enough to listen to the conversation between the two.
Puuuong!!
“Is the story over?”
What was produced by the explosion was not the usual black smoke. The white steam created by the meeting of fire and water gradually dissipated, revealing Rios’ face again.
“No, you ruined everything.”
Rios’ face was bloody.
Perhaps he wouldn’t have looked like that when dealing with a clay master.
“…Was it fun? Are you deceiving me knowing everything?”
It was not simple hostility, but because it was overlaid with a new feeling of betrayal, so it was possible to guess briefly.
“…Because of you, my brother…”
Do you think about what kind of life Leo, who is like his younger brother to the person he trusted, lived?
“Do you know how Leo lived!?”
Rios’ face is naturally distorted.
“… Ha…”
The owner of the red pagoda sighs as if he is too lazy to reply.
I was fed up with answering one by one to those idiots who didn’t even understand the value of what they were doing.
Originally, he had an alibi by being with the prince in the magic tower.
The person who raised the alarm was planning to burn the corpse, either by talking to another body or by removing it.
However, unexpected situations continued to occur.
In the first place, the first button of work was wrong, since the sample he studied was Leo’s parents.
“…So you want me to feel guilty? Rios Reinhardt?”
Fire burned from the staff of the Red Tower. The bodies that were dealing with the party of warriors had already been torn apart and defeated.
So I’d rather take the prince hostage. Life in the Mage Tower was almost over anyway, and in that case, the answer was to take care of research materials.
The prince was the hostage he needed.
“Well… It doesn’t matter if it’s you.”
The eldest son of a noble family of warriors named Riosdo Reinhardt.
His value as a hostage was not inferior to that of Prince Regulus.
If you subdue it moderately, break the circle, and then melt the limbs, you could become a usable hostage until all the data is removed.
‘…Concentrate on the control method as much as possible…!’
The pouring water rises like a spear. It did not solidify into ice. As if the liquid itself had a will, the water rotates like a large window.
“…There is always something that comes to mind when I see your unique magic.”
After a while, the spinning spear blade was fired.
“Immature.”
Chi Yi Ik
The unique magical spears that fly in are vaporized in the flames. The spears were evaporated one by one in flames to the point that the premise that they were made of water was futile.
“Your unique magic is terribly unfinished. It’s embarrassing to be the same wizard.”
At that taunt, Rios trembled with his hands shaking, but he couldn’t retort. Jeoktapju’s words were a fact that he had no choice but to admit.
The unique magic of water he created was an imperfect magic that was limited to reservoir areas and boasted insignificant power when used in dry areas.
But
Pero!!
But that was not a reason to give up the fight.
The evaporated water vapor was compressed again and soon exploded in front of the red pagoda column.
‘…The form of water vapor does not last long…’
As for the power of a single shot, it was advantageous when it was in gas form.
“…Ho…”
Even the leader of the red tower, who was relaxing, focused on defense by building a barrier against the explosion of steam.
‘…Reopen the window…’
The important thing now is to break the barrier of the red pagoda.
And by letting water touch it, it was to control the amount of moisture in that woman’s body.
Water was still being supplied from pipes in the ceiling. The odds remained that the capital was not cut off.
Soon after, the spears of water were formed again.
“There is definitely water, so magic does its job. Then…”
As if the owner of the red pagoda was responding to the window of water, a huge sphere of flame was formed.
Without time for Rios’s spear blades to fire, a huge chunk of flame was thrown through the crack in the ceiling.
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It was already too late when the explosion sounded.
When the flames exploded, the ceiling, which was only half collapsed, was completely destroyed and debris fell as it was.
“…Damn it…!”
Rios focused only on defending against the explosion, and was unable to cope with the debris on the ceiling, so he fell as it was. He wasn’t crushed to death, but his injuries were already too great to deal with.
“…I can’t get enough of this because there’s no water.”
The owner of the red pagoda walked leisurely among the rubble and looked at Rios, who was buried in the rubble.
The amount of water flowing down did not increase at all despite the explosion of Aki. Rather, the walls and pipes were clogged with flames, completely blocking them.
In the current state, I couldn’t even prepare magic to lift the wreckage, let alone attack the enemy tower owner.
“…Ha…Ha…”
“You look in pain. Rios. Where did the courage from earlier go?”
Rios’ breathing quickened. As blood to carry oxygen gradually flowed out, the body tried to fill oxygen with breathing.
But that didn’t make any sense either. Rios was gradually dying, and in comparison, there was not a single wound on the body of the enemy tower.
“You know what? I intend to rescue you from the wreckage. It is to my advantage that you are alive.”
The owner of the red pagoda was sincere.
Keeping Rios alive and using him as a hostage was a greater benefit to the owner of the tower.
While escaping with the research data, Rios will be a good bait, and if you take him to the vampire as a bonus, he will be a good resource in his own way.
So I can’t kill him.
It’s a much bigger advantage to make it in a state where you can neither die nor live.
“… Now… Now…”
Chwaaa
At that moment, Rios’ blood spurted out like a blade. Breaking barriers one after another, the blade rushed toward the neck of the enemy pagoda.
“…You are cocky.”
Profit…
Even that blood is immediately evaporated by the flames wrapped in the red pagoda owner.
“…Hah…Cool…”
I feel a bitter feeling about the failure of the blow of bitterness.
The earlier surprise attack was the best for Rios.
Now he had neither the mana to control his blood nor the stamina to control his body.
I could feel myself dying more and more through my breathing.
I am afraid of death because I think I will die less.
It seemed like I was going to die too insignificantly.
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My younger sister and younger brother easily killed the owner of the red pagoda, but he himself couldn’t stand it for even a few minutes and became such a nuisance.
If he was captured by the enemy tower owner, he would only become a nuisance as a hostage.
Shuuk…
The blood starts moving again and runs up his arm.
The only option left was to commit suicide.
If things went on like this and the owner of the Red Tower took his research data, that would be a defeat.
‘…I miss Ameri.’
As he was about to die, the girl brushed Rios’ hair.
If I knew it would be like this, I would play less jokes, but the thought of doing it is deeply ingrained.
Or at least a proper confession…
“… Rios!!”
At that moment, Rios heard the voice of the person he had longed for.
“…Uh…? Uh?”
When Rios opened her eyes properly, Ameri was holding him.
“…Ameri…?!”
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Many thoughts run through Rios’ head.
What should I do if you come now? It’s dangerous.
How did he hold himself more than that?
What happened to the red pagoda owner?
Ameri condensed the answer into one sentence, as if she had heard all those questions.
“I brought you the Magic Tower Lords!! Now!!”
The enemy pagoda lord and the remaining 3 mage tower lords were already fighting each other.
To that reassuring word, Rios had no choice but to reply.
“…This must be why I like you… Ameri…”
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