Chapter 120: Machia (10)
Although Antero despised Carla, his steps were cautious.
‘… There’s no sign of it yet.’
He continued to search Carla’s eyes.
It was natural. I don’t want to provoke you and turn you into a stone.
Antero has faith that the collar will not turn him to stone. If that happens, the situation Carla will find herself in will be a terrible tragedy for her.
However, this is a safety measure that borders on intimidation, and if she really messes up and turns Antero to stone, he will be finished.
Of course, Carla’s life will be miserable, but as her dead mother, he has nothing to do with it.
Therefore, Antero has no choice but to prepare for any eventuality, no matter how low the probability.
‘But it’s a shame to miss it.’
In Antero’s eyes, the sight of Kala and Frontier together is very strange.
He is a man who loses focus and just stands still. The sight of Carla desperately protecting him.
‘I thought the use of color these days had already reached its limit.’
Her Kala’s secret is too dangerous for her to fit into her human society. Knowing that, Antero can use the color.
However, Antero made her mistake due to her overwhelming superiority. She was asking too much of Carla.
‘The deadline for obtaining information was too short. If this continues, Kala will not be able to retain his position as head of Atlas before the truth is revealed.’
In fact, just moments before, her Achaean wife and her nobles who joined her in her cause had come close to revealing her secrets to her collar. Although Frontier stopped it midway.
To Antero, who does not know this fact, the man who suddenly appears in front of him is nothing more than tasty-looking food.
‘I came here to see if I could continue to use it by giving it a reasonable period of grace.’
Antero tried to change his original plan.
If she takes that man hostage, if it really works for her, then he doesn’t have to negotiate with her.
Another threat material has arisen that can take away Kala’s bones.
Jerk.
Antero takes a step again, and her collar’s expression hardens.
But she still wasn’t petrified.
‘As expected, it was a bluff.’
Antero grinned. Even if you can’t prevent petrification, you can know it in advance. Because Carla’s eyes change.
So, at least until Carla’s eyes change, it’s safe.
‘Yeah, Kala there’s no way you could use petrification on me. ‘You desperately want to become human like that.’
Antero has already drawn her sword. She takes just two steps forward and she reaches beyond the collar to the frontier. No, if you use the auror now, it’s a sufficient distance to reach.
But this street,
“Hey.”
It may be a safe bet against Kala, but
“What are you doing.”
Not for Frontier.
There are still two steps left for Antero, but from Frondier’s perspective, it has already gone far beyond the acceptable range.
“!”
Antero’s steps stopped. He saw the frontier.
Eyes that have returned to focus. A gaze looking at him indifferently. None of them are out of their minds.
Ha, Antero twists his lips at that sight.
“I thought he was just an asshole, but it turns out he wasn’t. “Is he sleepwalking?”
“You’re an asshole.”
Frontier also laughed. It wasn’t a face of ridicule like Antero’s. He just smiled darkly.
It was natural. Because he was really funny.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen someone call him by that title without fear.
“F-frontier! “You’re awake!”
Carla shouted happily. She said, looking back at Frontier.
“For now, leave the place. “I will take care of this.”
At those words, Frondier looked at Carla for a moment, then turned his gaze back to Antero.
“What is that guy?”
“Eh…”
Carla stopped speaking in surprise at those words. Antero’s expression hardens.
“F, Frontier. “Don’t you know who Antero is?”
“Is this a name I should know?”
Fron Deer tilted her head and looked at Antero.
He studied this continent and country in his own way at the library. But there was no face like that anywhere. Actually, it was difficult to find the book itself with the person’s photo registered.
Carla shouted in confusion.
“Antero is a paladin! Frontier! Have you really never heard of it?”
Paladin?
In the previous world, it was a name that was so familiar that it was even boring. However, it is so familiar that I have no idea what the Paladin referred to here refers to.
“Twelve knights, paladins, united under the Palma nation. “You really don’t know them?”
Aha. Only then did Frontier know.
It seemed to refer to Paladin, a very classic term.
‘So, it’s a similar concept to the Zodiac of the Palind Continent.’
The Terst Empire on the Palind Continent, their 12 decisive battle weapons against monsters, Zodiac.
There are 12 such people here too.
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‘I really like the number 12. If it is natural, is it natural?’
This world is filled with all kinds of myths and legends. The number 12 is inseparable.
‘Just like the Terst Empire, Palma is the name of the king and the name of the country.’
Each has 12 powerful people by their side, and one fights monsters and the other fights demons.
And on this continent of Agoris, the only country is Palma. As far as Frontier knows.
There is a strange thing about this: Palma never uses the name ‘empire’. Even King Palma is not called ‘emperor.’
What is the difference between the two?
“Hey, half-asshole.”
Then Antero called him.
“If you know who I am, kneel down. “You stupid thing.”
Frondier blinked at those words.
It sounded so fresh that I couldn’t understand it for a moment.
Kneel down? To a guy who is not an emperor or anything?
Antero didn’t stop there.
“Get down on your knees and put his head on the ground. “If you stay still, it will end without pain.”
Surprisingly, he was proudly saying that he was going to kill me here.
Carla exclaimed in surprise.
“Antero!”
“Don’t intervene. “That guy crossed the line.”
Antero didn’t seem to be joking. He had a hard time laughing even if it was a joke.
Carla looked at Frontier and said.
“Run away, Frontier! “I’ll buy you some time!”
“…”
Frontier paused for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Frondier didn’t answer that but asked something else.
“Is that something that Paladins are allowed to do?”
“… On the surface, it doesn’t work.”
Aha.
Although they were saying no, the completely opposite meaning was strongly conveyed.
“Anyway, run away!”
Antero looks at him leisurely.
“Do you know why I’m silently listening to those words right in front of my eyes? Because four years of interference doesn’t even bother me at all. Try your best to run away. “You will only die more painfully.”
Frondier listened to Antero and thought deeply.
He really, really thought it over.
Let’s get a rough sense of the momentum that Antero is feeling right now, the measure of his strength, and the possibility that some of it is hidden. If it is hidden, how much is it, and how strong is it if it is fully revealed? Is this all a bluff or not?
While carefully examining everything, Frondier’s head tilted more and more. Antero’s expression distorted as he watched her.
“You guy, what are you thinking?”
“You said Antero, right?”
Antero was shocked by Frondier’s words.
Frontier’s voice was devoid of fear, anger, or contempt. It was as if she was talking to a man of the same age whom she had seen for the first time today.
It’s as if Antero’s power and fierceness are not conveyed at all, like a third-rate clown who can’t read the atmosphere.
It was very unpleasant, but Frondier asked again.
“12 knights under the king’s command. So you’re saying you’re very strong in Palma? “No matter how bad you are, you’ll still get 12th place, right?”
“… Don’t correct me. You’re an asshole after all. “He is irredeemable!”
Antero’s aura flows into the sword. At that time, the sword made a strange whining sound.
Needless to say, it was a mechanical sound. Frontier asked Kala.
“What is that?”
“It’s a magical weapon, the sword ‘Exo.’ When the user pours in the aura, the driving sphere inside rotates, causing the emitted aura to rotate sharply.”
In other words, the form of the aura’s emission changes to resemble a drill. Switching to a more lethal attack when using the same auror.
“Frondier, Antero can use all kinds of magical weapons at will!”
Frondier’s eyes widened at those words. Carla barely believed that her words made sense.
“You understand now, right? Hurry and run away! Frontier!”
The mana of the color is released. For her part, she is no match for Antero, but she may be able to at least bide her time. Above all, Antero doesn’t want to kill Carla, so it would be annoying if he tried to stop her by throwing her body at him.
But Frontier said:
“So you’re saying that the author’s body is now covered with magic pills?”
“Yeah, that’s right! So hurry,”
Fault!
There, Antero kicked her in the foot.
“Now shut up!”
A new type that rushes in with an aura. The sword ‘Exo’, which passed through the wind and reached Frondier at once, and made a loud sound, was extended straight towards Frondier.
A speed that cannot be traced by Kala’s eyes, a strike from a Paladin, the nation’s greatest power.
Immediately after,
Quaaang!
“Whoa?!”
Antero feels a dizzying pain. She barely managed to catch herself from losing consciousness for a moment. It was a miracle that she still held the sword in her hand.
“What are you doing all of a sudden?”
Antero thought she had been ambushed from somewhere and her fever was raging.
But my body didn’t move.
‘W-what is this?’
Only then did the surrounding situation come into view.
He broke the wall halfway and was stuck inside. A black solid pushed his entire body into the wall. He could barely move his fingers and neck, but his body was pinned against the wall and could not get out.
‘What is this pitch black thing! ‘Is it a monster?’
I thought it was an attack of bad luck. It’s something that has absolutely nothing to do with Frontier.
But the starting point of this black thing was Frontier.
For he was stretching out his hand towards Antero, as if Frondier was manipulating it.
“What…”
Antero looked at Frondier in shock.
But Frondier wasn’t even looking at him.
He only stretched out his hand to Antero, still placing his hand on his chin as if he was thinking about something, and lowering his head slightly, he was deeply contemplating.
“Yes, you! What kind of nonsense is this! How dare me!”
“For a moment.”
Frontier said: In a soft, gentle, yet slightly stern voice, as if comforting an angry child.
“Because I’m thinking about it right now.”
Frontier said so.
He pinned Paladin to the wall.
Without even seeing him.
Carla opened her mouth in surprise at the sight in front of her, and Antero opened his eyes wide in disbelief at his situation where he couldn’t even move.
However, it seems that he himself, more than either of them, does not understand this situation.
With one of his eyes furrowed, he thought really hard.
‘Does this make sense?’
Than Antero, who is in a helpless situation,
Frontier was displeased with this situation.