249. Obelisk
An overseas territory remote from the Imperial mainland, the Desert Frontier is a formidable military town.
As it was in peacetime, now mercenaries and soldiers from all over the continent were gathering to create an even more formidable atmosphere.
In addition, since I came, even the security has been tightened, so it was enough to raise doubts that we were at war.
A catastrophe that would burn such a desert frontier all at once…
I couldn’t remember a few things.
The first is the attack of the demons.
However, if it’s just one demon, the troops in the desert frontier and I must be able to resist.
If magic enough to blow up the city is used, it must mean that two or more demons have come.
‘Alexia and Tilpitz are coming together…?’
I didn’t want to doubt Alexia.
Because he is the person who puts his body into the chair of Imperial University.
Besides, she knows that she hasn’t even given up her position as chairman yet.
This should at least be accepted as a will not to go over to Tilpitz’s side.
Then is it a combination of a tilpitz and a madman?
Okay.
A madman prefers physical attacks, and will never try to perform large-scale magic by merging mana.
“Obelisk…”
“Huh? That one?”
I raised my head and looked toward the main entrance of the campus.
There was a tall stone tower standing upright.
Hearing my words, Erica rushed over and started reading the explanation in front of the stone tower.
“It is an ancient ruin, presumably built to show off the authority of the royal family. Considering the level of civilization at the time…”
An unidentified ancient stone pagoda.
Obelisks are known that way.
However, not many people know that the obelisk is actually a weapon for anti-magnification.
To be precise, it is the starter of the anti-marijuana weapon.
When the humans were in the middle of thinking about the annihilation cannon, the elves came up with a weapon that uses sunlight.
The ultimate weapon that turns the entire desert into a gigantic spell.
Although it has the disadvantage of not being able to aim separately and having to lure the opponent into the focus, it is theoretically possible to exert a different level of power than the annihilation cannon.
However, the obelisk was never completed.
This is because during the war with the demons, those who went to shoot the final parts of the spell went missing.
No one other than them knew the overall structure of the spell, and interest in the obelisk itself had faded as the war with the demons had just ended.
In this way, the obelisk was gradually forgotten, and those who wanted to reinterpret and complete the spell disappeared.
‘Someone will complete the obelisk…?’
If it is true that the future that Iris saw is due to the obelisk, it means that someone will complete the obelisk’s spell.
There is only one person with the ability and funds to interpret and complete all the huge spells engraved throughout the desert.
Damian, Duke of the Desert Frontier.
There is no one other than that human who can operate the obelisk.
‘No way…’
I don’t think the duke of the desert frontier would turn his city into ashes in an instant.
Did someone secretly activate the obelisk immediately after completion?
Is that also why Damian had to destroy his own city?
I decided to keep all possibilities open.
Even Damian isn’t someone you can trust completely.
“Erika. Would you like to go back to the islands now?”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“I think it’s going to be a little too dangerous.”
“Can you handle it without me?”
“What?”
“Can you overcome the danger without the genius barrier magician?”
“Huh…”
She burst out laughing at what Erica said as she ran through her hair.
After taking a look at the university level here, it seemed that his confidence was fully charged.
A genius barrier magician.
It’s definitely true, but it was a little funny when he said it himself.
“I was just saying this in case you were scared.”
“Am I scared? I can’t be.”
“Iris did it. She saw the whole city burn.”
“Uh, uh… I see…”
“Isn’t it still working?”
“All, of course…”
Erika’s voice trembled.
She seemed quite rightly frightened.
Maybe she shouldn’t have said it.
‘Things have become very complicated.’
Starting with Jin’s sudden action, various variables completely disrupted my plan.
There were more than one or two variables to pay attention to, but now it was a situation where even Damian had to be kept in check.
It seemed like it was time to set a new goal.
The third goal, survival.
Perhaps even coming out of the desert alive was a miracle in itself.
***
“It’s f*cked… It’s f*cked…”
The sound of footsteps echoed continuously.
Celica couldn’t stop walking around her room, holding her lips and biting at her.
Watching this, the aides who kept an eye on each other opened their mouths.
“Princess, don’t worry too much.”
“It’s okay. The princess is not a woman who sells herself-“
“Sell yourself? Ha! Do you think Schluss Heinkel called me to her room to hug me?”
“Well, then what the heck…”
“He recognized me. Schluss Heinkel.”
“What do you mean you recognized me? Are you by any chance old?”
“No! They recognized that I was the princess of Ajax! Atatürk wasn’t even there!”
The eyes of the aides opened wide.
I thought he was called simply because he liked Schluss Heinkel.
She was expecting to be able to clear her mind with pillow talk like that, but suddenly an emergency broke out.
“So, what can you say?”
“He said he would help the rebellion…”
“Rebellion?”
“Schluss Heinkel said that he would reclaim the desert frontier and give it back to us.”
“Princess. That’s-“
“I know. I know. It’s a trap at first glance. It must be tempting them to reveal the location of the rest of the party by coaxing them with sweet words.”
Celica sighed and let out her irritation.
Although she herself is a woman with wild dreams, she did not consider herself a fool.
This was clearly a trap.
The kind of trap you should never step into her feet.
Although the tips of her toes were already caught, she had to cut them off just about that much.
This time, Celica herself was on the tip of that toe.
Of course, Celica had no doubt that her aides would avenge her father even without her.
But most humiliating of all-
‘I could have done it by force at least once by threatening him… Pup.’
Schluss Heinkel, he said that he did not see himself as a member of the opposite s*x at all.
How could they put me on the floor and let me go without doing anything in that situation…
There was no other way to explain it.
Schlus Heinkel is a eunuch.
Selica came to that conclusion.
“So, what should I do now?”
“That’s right…”
“They’re pretending to be thinking about something. It’s enough if I get caught alone.”
“Princess! You can run away!”
“Do you think you can escape? From the Empire’s second-in-command? Where will you disappear into the sand?”
“Princess…”
“I’ll pass the time. I’ll pass the time by pretending to be fooled by him stupidly, pretending to cooperate. Schluss Heinkel doesn’t care about us. He’s just in the desert trying to clean up the intrusive things.” .If he thinks we’re a stupid and sloppy organization, he won’t actively try to catch us anymore and will leave the desert.In my opinion, Schluss Heinkel is a good guy who will work overtime and do good for Duke Damian. Is not.”
Persist until Schluss Heinkel loses interest.
That was Celica’s strategy.
The words that Schluss Heinkel helped the rebellion and returned the land were all bluffs anyway.
He pretended to be kidding, had no ability to actually carry out a rebellion, and it was important to appear harmless.
Ding-dong······
Then the bell rang.
“Leave it. The postman. I’ll leave it.”
Ding-dong······
The bell rings again.
Even so, Celica and her aides remained silent.
After a while, the shadow cast under the door disappeared.
Then a letter slipped through the crack under the door, and a loud voice came from beyond the door.
“This is a message from Schluss Heinkel to the princess of Aias.”
“What? It wasn’t a big deal…”
Selica’s face stiffened after laughing dejectedly.
From Schluss Heinkel to the Princess of Aias.
Doesn’t that mean that it has already been discovered that they are using this place as their base?
“It’s ruined…”
It was a super flight.
***
It didn’t take long to find the remnants of Aias.
Perhaps it was because Celica was overconfident in her own disguise ability, or because she didn’t pay much attention to her tailing.
What if I change her clothes and accessories?
Her body is actually her ID.
She ordered Jin to follow Celica, and it was not difficult to find the base.
I also remembered the faces of her entourage and all of her subordinates.
Now Celica will have no choice but to trust me.
Because if you don’t believe it, all of her men will die.
“What are you doing?”
While she was working hard on her hair, she suddenly got into a fight.
She looked up and saw Hurt Locker standing in front of her desk with a puzzled expression.
“Write a letter. Why?”
“To whom?”
“To your brother.”
“What… Why are you leaving the communications magic intact? Ah, to conserve magic, but?”
“No.”
“Are you afraid of being intercepted?”
“No.”
“Then why?”
“Letters are more romantic.”
“·······.”
Hurlocker’s expression crumpled.
She had that contemptuous look on her face, like when you see a dirty bug.
“Do you know that your face really makes me want to hit it?”
“Oh yes. That’s right.”
“No… He was smirking while writing, so I did something. Ugh, I’m throwing up.”
To throw up or not.
I didn’t care what my brother-in-law said, I continued to write letters.
Because if I don’t use it, Emilia will be very worried again.
She no longer wanted the child to hurt her heartache.
– Employer Neim. Are you on the phone right now?
At that time, her magic wave was received.
This unlucky voice and way of speaking were definitely Jin’s.
“Tell me.”
-The remnants of Aias sent their intention.
“What did you say?”
-The official residence of the Prime Minister. They said they would terrorize
It was good news while I was listening.
We have been able to move forward with our new plan.