“Where is here?”
“The road to the ruined city of Epomos.”
taken from noblemtl.com
Me and Haruna quickly moved to the capital.
Getting there wasn’t difficult.
“You have to hide well here. When someone comes, they say my name.”
“i get it.”
I was able to get here using the red dragon, the dragon dragon, that I had captured.
I wondered why he was given this name, but once Evan said that he had decided that, he thought so.
“But there is only one way to come in?”
We are outside the capital.
It was a strange cave in front of the castle.
“There is a way out of the capital, but you cannot get into the capital, right?”
“To the capital?”
I soon realized why.
There was a checkpoint on the way to the capital now.
He was still carrying out the checkpoints he had started to catch Perian Astria.
In that state, Haruna could not enter the castle.
Because Haruna was hiding as much as possible right now.
The reason I went to the academy was to create a good situation for Haruna to appear.
The Academy is a more difficult place for the rebels than the capital.
Since the capital is such a large castle, it is difficult to manage all of them.
On the other hand, the academy was small and McDowell and Cromwell were guarding it with their eyes wide open, so rebels couldn’t come.
“Where should I go?”
“Soon.”
We walked to the depths of the cave.
I didn’t know where to go because I couldn’t see the end, but I could see the end right away.
“… … Are you blocked?”
The problem was that the end was blocked.
I looked at Haruna with a puzzled face.
“You have to dig it.”
“Do you want to break through?”
“Epomos disappeared and all the entrances were blocked, so you have to drill through them to get in.”
I looked at the ceiling.
If I used great power in the cave, the ceiling would collapse… … .
It was difficult to know how much it was blocked, so it seemed to require exquisite power control.
I rubbed my chin and touched the wall.
“Can you pierce it?”
“… … It seems a bit like piercing by force.”
It was clear that the ceiling would collapse if it was struck with a fist.
Then there were options.
Pierce with space magic.
There were also obvious risks.
You can even cut through the space and touch important parts.
then… … .
“Behemoth.”
I had a demon of earth and metal, Behemoth.
Although he looked like an elephant, he was quite useful.
“Puu!!!”
thud!
When I summoned the Behemoth, a large body suddenly popped out.
“What, what!”
Obviously, when summoned before, Behemoth’s body was very small.
It was about the size of my waist, but now it was bigger than my body.
Kugugu Palace… … !
Behemoth’s large body filled the cave.
As his body touched the ceiling, the cave began to ring.
I quickly slapped Behemoth’s body.
“hey! hey! Reduce your body! Reduce it quickly!”
“Puu?”
Behemoth tilted his head while gradually shrinking his body.
coo… … .
As the size of the Behemoth became small enough to reach my waist, the ceiling returned to its original state.
If I did it wrong, I almost got stuck in a cave… … .
I stared at the Behemoth with my heart pounding.
“hey! I usually have this size. Stay in this state unless I tell you otherwise.”
“Puu… … .”
Behemoth looked like he was dissatisfied with something.
I didn’t care about that and pointed forward.
“Can you drill a hole in that?”
“Poo!”
As Behemoth moved his nose, the wall in front of him jerked and moved.
The stone that seemed hard turned to mud and began to open the way.
After doing this for a few minutes, a clear path was opened in front of me.
“let’s go.”
“All right.”
I went forward with Behemoth and Haruna.
As we walked a few steps forward, we saw a clear view.
underground city.
However, destroyed.
It just felt like this.
All the buildings were torn down, and no one was seen.
“… … But that one.”
In such a ruined city, there was a house with a sense of alienation.
A house built in the center of the city.
All the houses were broken, but the house was intact.
At the same time, there was an uneasy feeling there.
time magic.
Time magic was being used there.
“Haruna, you are here. I will leave Behemoth behind.”
Haruna is not a person capable of fighting.
If Aryandor was there, he wouldn’t leave Haruna alone.
It seemed right for me to go there alone.
“All right.”
I left Haruna behind and ran to there.
When I reached the front of the house, I carefully opened the door and entered.
“ah?”
I had a puzzled expression on my face.
As I entered the door, I saw a familiar face.
“… … Ophilus mansion?”
It was a house built exactly like the mansion of Ophilus.
Then the truth of the incident was pictured in my mind.
I quickly ran up to the second floor.
In the mansion of Ophilus, the place where time magic was used was the bedroom.
So, if you go to the bedroom… … .
I opened the door to the bedroom on the second floor.
Then there was a man.
A man looking into the air as if in despair.
It was Aryandor.
As I entered, Aryandor turned his head.
I moved my mana right away.
However, Aryandor did not show any reaction.
“It’s already late.”
“What?”
Ophilus is nowhere to be seen.
No, his body isn’t there either.
“What did you do?”
“… … .”
Aryandor didn’t say anything.
I just walked towards the window.
“You can’t run away.”
Aryandor looked at me blankly.
And laughed.
“Are you going to stop me?”
“I can’t stop it.”
It’s an opponent I’ve already fought with.
Haruna could see if a fight broke out here, so she could have caught him if she asked for help.
The question was, how was this situation now?
Where did Prime Minister Ophilus go? Did Aryandor kill him?
Then the power… … .
According to Haruna’s words, I cannot stop Aryandor, who has obtained all of the time magic.
However, it might be a little different now that I have acquired the power.
Dealing with power takes time to get used to it.
If you don’t give me that time… … .
Aryandor looked at me and opened his mouth.
“Rudy Astria.”
“… … ?”
“Aren’t you planning to do business with me?”
“What?”
Is this kid crazy?
deal?
I swallowed something that almost made me swear.
“What deal?”
I thought I’d like to hear a word.
Even now, he might have been converted.
“I will return you to the world you were in.”
“What?”
“This is not the world you were in. Wasn’t he actually caught? So, they are saying that they will return it to its original place.”
“Are you crazy?”
I couldn’t stand the swearing at those words.
Did this kid really turn around?
“I know how to get you back to the original world.”
“I know, lad.”
Surely in the future, I finally used space magic to return to my original world.
So, when this is done, won’t you know how?
“No, you don’t know.”
Aryandor said with dry eyes.
He seemed like a really crazy person when he said that.
“What is that method?”
Aryandor easily answered the question I implied.
“All but one of the time, space, and dimension magic users will die. The one remaining can have the power to roam the dimensions.”
“ah?”
I opened my eyes wide.
What if all of the time, space, and dimension magic users die?
Then the future me… … .
I started to understand the situation.
Then everyone is dead.
Aryandor and Haruna too.
So I was able to move.
“Then you mean you’re going to die?”
“Yes. Don’t let me die.”
“… … .”
Instead of returning to my original world, Aryandor dies.
Is this the right option?
If I choose this option, it’s all over.
This chaotic situation and everyone’s risk.
“What do you think. Will you accept my offer?”
“Hmm… … .”
I looked at Aryandor.
A situation that can end everyone’s danger… … there was no way
I raised the corners of my lips.
“Damn it.”
There was no way this bastard would make such a tempting offer, and I had no intention of killing Ian and Haruna.
If the two of you said they would commit suicide by themselves without dying, they would welcome you with open arms, but just looking at it, it’s a trap.
“Cutting space.”
Aryandor turned to dodge my magic.
“Hmm… … Why don’t you listen and judge for yourself?”
“Do you think I will believe you?”
I am the one who has continued to see the end of those who cooperated with him.
He abandoned his leadership like a devoted mate, and also killed Perian, who was allied with him.
But will they really cooperate with the enemy me?
Unless I was an idiot, I couldn’t accept this proposal.
Aryandor had a genuinely puzzled expression on his face.
“If you go back to your world anyway, it doesn’t matter what the world will be, doesn’t it?”
“Is it a problem to go back or not? Does it look like you have a lot to betray? Hey, then I’ll make a suggestion. If you die here, I will accept your offer. So will you die?”
When I said that, Aryandor grinned.
“By the way, this is a proposal I made sincerely.”
“Then I want you to die.”
“That is difficult. I have a few things left to do.”
I raised my middle finger to Aryandor.
“Then turn it off. I’m going to kill you without seeing anyone’s sacrifice.”
“Yeah, give it a try. I will support you hard.”
Aryandor sarcastically moved his mana at my words.
His surroundings tremble.
“Time magic… … . Priscilla!”
“You, can’t you stop the time magic yet?”
Aryandor was laughing at me.
“Rudy.”
“Priscilla.”
I looked at Aryandor and focused.
You just have to use the same sensory technique as last time.
The sensation of freezing the space.
A feeling of immobility.
Remember that feeling.
“Let me see you on the battlefield. Rudy Astria.”
“Ugh… … !”
Identify the senses with Priscilla.
Show Priscilla the realm of space.
So the movement of space… … !
“Goodbye.”
Then Aryandor disappeared.
“… … f*ck.”
I cursed and looked at the place where Aryandor had disappeared.
but… … . If it had been as easy as I thought, I would have attacked the rebels right away… … .
Not being able to contain that technology is the reason why you can’t defeat the rebels.
I sighed.
***
The rebel’s stronghold.
When Aryandor arrived there, the necromancer, Damon, walked out.
“Are you back?”
“okay.”
Damon followed Aryandor and opened his mouth.
“There’s a lot of stuff going on.”
“is it.”
Aryandor quietly listened to Damon’s story.
“Now Raven has been caught… … .”
Aryandor was not interested in Damon’s words.
His interests were different.
‘He is slowly able to use his abilities.’
He looked at his hand.
He has just returned to this place with time magic.
However, it did not come all at once.
Rudy’s attempt to block the time magic worked.
He tried to use time magic to get to the rebel’s stronghold, but it didn’t matter where he got there.
He couldn’t stop the magic, but he succeeded in suppressing it to some extent.
‘If time drags on more than this… … .’
defeat
Victory was no longer seen by the rebels.
“Aryandor?”
At Damon’s call, Aryandor turned his head.
“There’s a lot going on inside right now… … .”
“Does not matter.”
“… … yes?”
Aryandor stood up.
‘Aryandor, live your life.’
Aryandor pondered Ophilus’s last words.
The answer to that has already been decided.
‘This is my life.’
Aryandor looked at Damon and opened his mouth.
“Prepare for war.”
Damon’s eyes widened at those words.
“Is it war?”
“Before Rudy Astria awakened her powers. I will go to war.”
Aryandor said with bloody eyes.