Chapter 84 Signals
When Frondier’s sword energy struck the top of Cape Mangot cliff.
A huge earthquake struck Mangot.
It wasn’t enough to destroy Mangot, but everyone guessed that something strange had happened.
“… … “What is this?”
Belphegor frowned.
Hagley’s eyes sank together.
“… … It’s not the monster outside. Strange mana that suddenly appeared. “It’s a magic circle.”
“At what point did you install a magic circle here?”
It was difficult for the two to easily understand the current situation.
It may sound obvious, but a magic circle is a technique that is drawn on the ground.
And this magic circle includes Mangot within its range. In other words, the caster drew a magic circle on Mangot.
In what gap?
And if that’s possible, why attack from outside?
“You’re trying to lure me in.”
“Could it be an imperial interception unit?”
“well… … .”
Hagley’s reasoning was reasonable, but Belphegor’s head tilted.
Just because Mangot did not mobilize all its troops for this war. Leave a minimum number of people for defense. Most of the remaining personnel specialize in sensing abilities.
‘No matter how hard humans try to hide their energy, they cannot reduce it to zero. Since all living things have energy, it is impossible to do so without dying. And even if you hide your energy to that extent, if the majority shows organized movement, it will be noticeable.’
No matter how well you save it, something that resembles an herbivore is bound to remain. In other words, hiding one’s energy is closer to disguising oneself as a herbivore.
It’s not about completely escaping from detection, but just hiding it to the point where it doesn’t bother you. However, if it becomes the majority, and the majority approaches the direction of Mangot, the movement itself becomes suspicious.
However, this means that they infiltrated to a range where they could snipe Mangot without being detected.
‘Could it be that you came all the way here alone?’
“Hagley.”
“yes.”
“If it’s Ospreet, is it possible to draw a magic circle remotely?”
Hagley was surprised by those words and looked at Belphegor.
“Are you really saying that what we are intercepting now is Ospret?”
“I don’t know. But I can’t think of anyone who is possible.”
As Belphegor knows, Ospreet is a master of space magic. Due to his characteristic of taking pride in separation and movement, isn’t it impossible to create a magic circle at a wide distance?
“Hey, there’s no way to know if you just turn your head like this.”
Belphegor stood up.
Hagley was taken aback by that sight. First of all, it was surprising that Belphegor got up on his own, but it was difficult to understand his behavior.
“Is there any need to follow the enemy’s thoughts? It would be effective to draw him into our territory.”
“I think that’s because you don’t really understand the attack just now.”
Belphegor lifted the staff hanging on the wall. There was nothing special about the shape of the wand, and if I had to put it that way, its characteristic was that it looked very clunky.
It looked like the thick tree trunk had been cut to an appropriate size and only the handle and base that rested on the ground had been slightly modified.
“That blow just now, he missed on purpose.”
Belphegor said, looking at his staff for a moment.
“If you shoot it directly, Mangot will collapse.”
“… … !”
Hagley was surprised by that.
“Are you saying that the strike just now had that much power?”
“Well, not everyone is exterminated. Those who will survive will escape alive. That’s not what he wants. He plans to completely eliminate the central point of Mangot. “Me or you.”
“… … “I am not the focal point or anything like that.”
“hahahahaha. I worry that your humility goes too far sometimes. “I wonder if you really think that way.”
Belphegor seemed to have finished inspecting the staff and placed its end on the floor.
“I’ll come back for a while. “If you delay any longer, a direct hit will come.”
“I will follow you too.”
“no.”
Belphegor denied it outright.
“Look inside the bay cape. “It might be a diversionary operation.”
“… … All right.”
Hagley nodded.
In fact, Hagley had the same thoughts as Belphegor. Saying that I would follow was a semi-formal statement.
He won’t be of any help in the fight between Belphegor and Ospreet. I’ll be glad if you don’t disturb me.
And above all, it is pointless to worry about Belphegor.
* * *
When Cape Mange is shaken by the sword of Frondier,
“W-what is it?”
The guard guarding the prison inside Mangot was very nervous and looked up at the ceiling.
It was a huge earthquake, but nothing happened after a while.
“It’s a surprise. “I thought a monster had come in.”
Well, if that’s the case, the people above will sort it out themselves. There will be no need to go this deep. This prison is located in the deepest part of Mangot.
“That guy, by the way.”
The guard, who sat down on his chair again with relief, snooped around inside a prison.
“Are you going to die like that?”
Lying inside was a woman who was too seductive to be just a prisoner.
“Hey, Jay.”
The prisoner called out, but Selena remained silent, as she had done so far.
It’s been four days since she was brought here.
Selena didn’t even drink a drop of water, let alone food.
Since she must not have had a very plentiful meal after returning to Mangot, it was extremely dangerous for her to have been malnourished to begin with and not drink water for four days.
“… … .”
The guard looked at Selena lying on her side in silence.
Selena was wearing the same clothes she was wearing at the meeting. The clothes, designed to seduce men, exposed Selena’s body, and even though she had not eaten anything for four days, that body was still the same.
The man, whose throat was sore without realizing it, shook his head and tried to look somewhere else. It’s not long before I glance back inside the prison.
“Hey, Jay. Stop being stubborn and drink some water. “It would be foolish to try to die after a failed mission.”
Selena is known to have failed in her mission within Cape Bay. Selena herself said that, and no one else.
We had to get all the ancient fish out before the Mangot War broke out, but we couldn’t. It wasn’t wrong.
However, this war started earlier than expected, and her operation did not have a high probability of success in the first place. Regardless of Selena’s skills, there were too many unknowns to gain knowledge of the ancient language.
“Jay. “Why don’t you say something back?”
Selena still doesn’t say anything.
After looking at it for a while, the man felt a strange sense of discomfort.
Anyway, isn’t that too unresponsive? I don’t know how much time has passed since Selena lay in that position.
At first, even the shoulders that were up and down were motionless, and even a single strand of disheveled hair was still, as if.
“Uh, hey, Jay?”
The guard stood up in anxiety.
At that time, I heard a faint voice.
“… … water… … .”
It was almost inaudible, the volume barely audible if you listened really carefully.
Could it be that Jay has been muttering those words this whole time? In fact, Jay has been asking for help over and over again, and he just hasn’t heard?
“Uh, hey Jay. “If it’s water, it’s in front of it.”
There is already a bucket of water inside Selena’s prison. The reason they put Selena in jail in the first place was not to harass her, but simply to imprison her.
Even now, if you raise your body and stretch out your hand, you can pick up a water bottle.
Nevertheless, Selena still repeated the word ‘water’ like a crazy person.
‘… … Could it be that I no longer have the strength to raise my body?’
The jailer got up and looked inside the prison.
Looking closer, Selena’s body looked even more haggard. I couldn’t eat or drink anything for four days. It was natural.
“Jay! Jay! Wake! “If it’s water, it’s right in front of you!”
“… … water… … .”
Damn it, the guard took out the key and opened the prison door.
Selena’s hands are already handcuffed. It is a restraint that prevents the use of aurors and magic. The same goes for shadow transfer. It was natural. As long as transference is possible, prison is meaningless.
“Jay! If it’s water, it’s here. “Come to your senses,”
Whick!
The guard thought he had walked away carrying a bucket of water. About one or three steps.
But right after that, he was looking at the ceiling of the prison. Selena was on top of him.
It was the same method that once defeated Frontier.
“… … uh?”
The guard still couldn’t come to his senses and let out a confused sound.
Selena appears like a silhouette in the pitch-black darkness. Her long hair fell down.
Selena looked down at the man, slowly reached out and picked up the water bottle he was carrying. Her head tilts slightly, and while she drinks water, a small drop of water flows down the corner of her mouth and down her slender chin.
Selena drank water for the first time in four days so sweetly and so fascinatingly that it was scary.
“How could you, how could you be restrained…?” … .”
After confirming that Selena’s hands were free, the man asked in surprise.
The restraints, which seemed to be filled at first glance, were in fact already loosened. No, it is strange to be concerned about the restraints being released in the first place.
“In return for your help, let me explain.”
Selena’s other hand, which was not holding the water bottle, was revealed. The needle was held with two fingers, the index and middle fingers.
“I solved it with this. “It’s a simple prank that doesn’t require mana or aurors.”
“… … Uh, how. “That kind of memorization would have already been retrieved before entering the prison.”
The man already knows the structure of Selena’s clothes. The same goes for the recovered personnel. Everything from where the needles are hidden to how many are installed.
“Because it was remodeled. “Just enough to fit one piece between the fabric of my waist.”
“Remodeling, at some point… … .”
“Because I’ve been to a department store.”
department store?
An unexpected word came out.
How on earth did the people of Mangot go to a department store?
“… … “Frondier brought me there.”
“yes. “You’re smart.”
“He said he was completely obsessed with you, and it was true.”
I didn’t answer there. Selena’s gaze glanced to the side for just a moment.
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“Even so, how can you open the restraints with just that one needle? “These aren’t just ordinary handcuffs.”
If it were a restraint that could be removed by a method such as picking a lock, all common criminals who enter through someone else’s door would be able to remove the restraint. It is not a restraint that can be easily released.
But Selena let it go.
The answer was very simple.
“Because I know the structure of this restraint. “I also practiced a bit.”
“… … “You know the structure?”
The restraint sphere is a product of magical engineering. In other words, it is engineering after all.
If you know the design perfectly, Selena, who has the highest level of skill when it comes to needles, can solve it.
However, that premise should not exist in the first place.
“How on earth did you figure out the design? How can you see that structure! And what on earth do you mean by practice?”
“That’s unfortunate.”
Hold.
Selena’s needle lightly pricked the back of the man’s neck.
It’s not dead, but it probably won’t wake up unless someone throws it into the sea for half a day.
“It’s a secret.”
Selena stood up with the needle in her arms.
“sorry. Still, if you sleep here, you won’t die. “No one will be to blame.”
After a little apology, she raised her gaze towards the ceiling, that is, the top of the cliff of Mangot.
‘… … This magic circle.’
This huge size, the familiar smell of mana.
It’s so unmistakable and clear.
The moment Selena first felt this mana, she almost got caught pretending to be exhausted.
Frontier has arrived.
I reached this place where she is.
Even though she knew it wasn’t entirely for Selena’s benefit, Selena struggled to keep her heart from racing.
“… … “You really came.”
Selena asked Frontier.
Please save yourself.
Belphegor thought that Frondier had missed the mark to completely annihilate Cape Bay.
Only Selena knows the truth.
‘Belphegor must have set out to stop Frondier. He is not inside Mangot right now.’
If Selena just wants to get out of this prison, she can get out at any time.
But it is of no use because Belphegor is lurking inside. Even if she escapes from the small prison, she is already inside a bigger prison.
But at this moment.
Frondier used a magic circle to signal that she had escaped Belphegor’s surveillance.
“Really, you saved me… … .”
Frontier has already kept his promise to Selena.
This alone was enough for her.
“Now.”
When Selena takes a deep breath and exhales.
The shadow seemed to be possessing her, and Selena sank into the darkness that much.
“I have to do my job.”
I feel like I want to use transference right away, but I can’t do that yet.
Transfer means reaching someone’s side.
Now that she has cut off her shadow with Frontier, the place Selena will use the transference to go to is someone from Mangot.
If you use transference like that, you will immediately find out that you have escaped from prison.
“Okay, first of all.”
Selena examined her body. To be precise, I looked at my clothes.
The clothes Mangot gave her. One of several outfits to lure Frontier.
─That’s probably where you wore those ridiculous clothes, but there’s no place to change?
─From next time, please wear something normal, no matter what.
─After this trip is over, let’s go shopping for clothes.
─When I go to buy your clothes, I have to buy mine too.
“Okay, let’s change clothes first.”
I brought a few sets of better clothes than these crappy clothes.
“I should go back to my normal clothes.”