156. Whereabouts of the Tower
that.
Huge.
Again it was magnificent.
Device gig-
It makes a bizarre mechanical sound, exuding mana, no magic.
A magic circuit glows, and the cold metal heats up. As the snow melts and evaporates, water vapor pours out from all directions.
Kigi geek-
legs are stretched A giant tens of meters long, thought to be impossible to move, slowly, very slowly, rises.
“Okay, that’s it! It really is!”
“Oh, not yet! Don’t be hasty! Now it just happened. If I didn’t even walk properly, can I call it success?”
“Even if diarrhea fails, this is somewhere! A golem of several tens of meters! You made this with my own hands!”
“I have to be honest, my stake is about 99%. You are about 0.0001%.”
“what? This fucking big-headed bastard!”
“What? I can’t even hammer properly because of my frozen shoulder!”
The voices of the dwarves were soon buried in a louder noise.
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legs moved. It was huge and heavy, slowly stepping on the snow and moving its next foot.
One step, two steps, three steps.
The chattering Dwarves shut their mouths. They shed tears of emotion at the miracle of seeing them again for the rest of their lives.
“···Oh oh.”
“···beautiful.”
“You helped me make this.”
“I spilled my nose 23 times, but it’s not worth it at all…”
“It’s all thanks to me! I made it according to the blueprint I made!”
A distance as wide as a gigantic fuselage disappeared. The tower, which ran 50m in an instant, stopped on the spot. And with a thud, the body faced the ground again.
And the door opened. The Demon King came out.
“Everyone ride.”
Today, we are leaving this place.
* * *
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The tower moves.
It leaves a deep mark and makes noise, but the monsters who have been drawn to the vibrations are frightened by the tower’s majesty and curl their tails themselves.
Berge sat on the throne at the top and watched it all. The wall, which only became transparent from the inside, made it possible to see the whole view of the outside at a glance.
“So where are you going?”
Vivian sat down halfway on the armrest of the throne. Berge angrily pushed him away, but he did not give in.
“There are places I have already seen.”
Berge displayed a hologram and pointed to a place.
It was about 80 km from here. It was also a basin, surrounded by rocks, making it the best place to hide the tower.
“How about going down the mountain at all?”
“It’s crazy.”
The tower is too huge. Sometimes the size is an advantage, but there is also the disadvantage of being too conspicuous.
“Well, it is. But what are you going to do with the back?”
“I have already given orders to Croutu. Together with the Ful Orcs, I will leave a mark.”
The weight of the tower left a deep trace. The Fer Orcs will take care of them all.
“But wouldn’t it be better to go further north than here? The deeper you go, the harder it is for humans to find, right? Because the monster’s level is getting stronger. It looks pretty good here, doesn’t it?”
Vivian, who was carefully examining the hologram, pointed to a place.
“It’s impossible there.”
“why?”
“Because the one you shouldn’t touch is sleeping.”
“Where is there that the Demon King can’t touch?”
“I know that you also became a member of my family after being framed for touching Louise Werft.”
“You are the one who framed it!”
“I never put it on.”
Vivian’s eyes turned pale.
“Oh, is that so?”
The expression on his face that he wanted to shoot something, but he couldn’t do it was clearly revealed. Berge laughed and ignored her.
“What?”
“What do you have? He’s dangerous.”
“monster?”
“Rather than a monster…”
After contemplating for a moment whether to tell him or not, Berger shrugged his shoulders. Come to think of it, there was no need to keep it a secret. Rather, it was necessary to warn them not to go there and be careful.
“It is a symbol.”
“symbol?”
“okay. For example, . . .”
Berge’s gaze returned to Kaede, who was standing behind him. Lavinia’s head followed.
“Why me…?”
“Is it a symbol of the empire?”
“···What?”
“···Yes?”
“···Five?”
Lavinia’s eyes twinkled.
* * *
A valiant march made up only of all the warriors. A hero’s journey with four stars.
There were no people with a wall that was large enough to block the power that the Empire had created for three months.
The hero’s journey safely left the Empire and passed through the Horton Kingdom. After arriving at Horton Walk in the Korzen Kingdom, he took a short break.
There was no such thing as building a network of connections and receiving additional investment support in general bravery.
It was a warrior squad that received full support from the Empire from the beginning, and the emperor’s will was to kill the Demon King of Fire as quickly as possible.
Even so, some warriors could be dissatisfied because they were giving up a way to get more rewards.
However, he was also blocked by Balaf Dislord, the leader of the Brave Squad.
“Those who are dissatisfied, go out. But you will have to do it yourself.”
A great warrior known to have already decapitated one demon king.
Although Hillen Cargill was building a reputation by killing two demon kings, the prevailing opinion was that he could not keep up with Ballaf This Road.
No one could ignore his words.
Because there was an empire behind him, and no one knew that if he killed the Demon King of Fire this time, he would fly higher.
The dissatisfied people shut their mouths, and as if responding to that, the speed of the heroic act grew even faster.
“welcome.”
They were welcomed at Horton Walk, but they only stayed for two days, and all they had to do was relax.
“It’s cold here too.”
Gillian Eind, the great star leading the white eagle raid, was struck by Erzest’s blizzard and breathed white breath.
There was no significant difference compared to the snowy field. However, it could not be denied that it was more like a beggar in that the terrain was more rugged.
“Where is the snowy field?”
“Well, it’s a dark place.”
Gillian Eint smiled bitterly. As an attempt to escape the imperial influence by tying a leash to the frigid demon king failed, the tribe became more dependent on the empire.
It was also the reason why Gillian came all the way here. Because I can’t refuse the Empire’s orders.
“Come to think of it, would you be a little familiar with Erzest?”
“Well, this is the second time.”
Wharton Colo. The hero who went on a brave journey with Hillen Cargill in the past and failed, and now became a new star, also had a not very bright smile.
“Will you get used to coming to this place only twice? Gillian-sama, do you think this bravery will be successful?”
“That sounds natural. All five hundred are warriors. It’s self-congratulatory, but there are four stars. Not the Demon King, but even if the Demon King Grandfather comes, he has no choice but to die.”
“I do, but…”
As Wharton, who has a strong memory of his first heroic journey, could not help but feel reluctant.
“At that time, we couldn’t find the tower, but we met countless monsters.”
“I know. Isn’t the Demon King of Flames the one who quietly welcomes the heroes in the tower?”
“you’re right.”
Not only in Hillen Cargill’s Heroic Journey, but also in the search for Akan, and in a large-scale coalition search.
However.
“It’s different then and now.”
The power itself is different.
“I have no intention of causing the blood of my people to be shed on other lands. I will finish it as quickly as possible.”
The star of the northern snowfield showed confidence.
“More than anything else, since there is that person, it would be meaningless no matter what the Demon King does.”
Gillian’s gaze turned to the back of the knight who was advancing silently.
“That sounds right. Once set on a goal, the Balaf Dislord never retreats.”
Aina smiled softly.
“Isn’t it cool?”
“…it is.”
“Aren’t our new stars a bit intimidating? Usually, I was full of confidence and poked here and there without looking up or down.”
“Oh, no.”
“Cute. There is freshness.”
“Go, thank you!”
“I want to keep that freshness until the very end. One piece of advice would be to stay away from Roselle.”
“If it’s Roselle, are you talking about Roselle Chartres?”
“That year is not worthy of being labeled as ‘sir’. If it’s a crazy year, I don’t know.”
“·················ogue.”
“Understand. Because we couldn’t eat each other, we didn’t get along.”
“Oh, yes…”
“If you want to see the battle between the Archmages, you can pass on what you heard today to Roselle Chartres. It will be spectacular. If possible, I’d like to do it in front of the tower of the frigid cold. In the aftermath of the battle, the demon lord of the frigid cold falls behind.”
“···uh.”
At Gillian’s advice, Wharton’s head filled with chaos.
‘Is this a star?’
The illusion was awakened.
I didn’t expect a very serious and omnipotent figure. However.
‘Healen Cargill didn’t do this.’
Although opinions were divided at the end of the Bravery, at least Hillen Cargill was his ideal star.
Kind to everyone, always calm, compassionate and benevolent.
‘I will not be like them.’
Wharton Colo promised.
‘I will definitely cut the throat of the Demon King of Fire.’
Even if there was a Ballaf Dislord, it was the goal of every hero to behead the Demon King.
The fame of killing the demon king, the truth of the demon king’s power, and the past that, for Wharton Colo, stood up from failure.
‘Even if I miss the Demon King, even the Four Heavenly Kings.’
Wharton Colo vowed to use this bravery as his emergency. Like Hillen Cargill, who failed in the same way, but flew off after killing the Demon King of the Beast.
* * *
“Always be vigilant!”
“Watch out for the appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings!”
The warriors, including Ballaf Dislord, chose guerrilla warfare as the most important thing to be careful about in this bravery.
There were several attempts to find the Tower of Fire, and each time the Demon King used monsters, demons, and the Four Heavenly Kings to harass the bravery and search squads.
There was always an avalanche, and monsters appeared when there was always confusion.
The Demon King made better use of the environment called The Erzest.
“One thing to be especially careful about is the Four Heavenly Kings and the Dark Spirit Magician. They are all presumed to be high-level demons, and they are probably the most powerful of the Tower of Chlorination.”
Although nothing was revealed other than the dark elemental magician, the dark elementalist had a history of causing a tidal wave of eyes and sweeping away the search party.
“If the Four Heavenly Kings appear, let’s take one of each.”
“of course.”
There were also four stars here.
With that in mind, he hurried his steps towards the tower.
However, contrary to expectations, there was no sign that the Demon King was moving.
Neither the collective behavior of the monsters nor the avalanche did occur.
It would have been nice if it had ended there.
“How did this happen?”
“Isn’t it here?”
“This is right! According to the records, this is for sure!”
It was empty.
According to the records that Daphner Philians risked their lives for, the only place where the tower should have been was the strong wind and pure white snow.
“Hey, this can’t be happening…”
“Ta, you don’t have a tower?”
“I can’t see anything!”
The warriors who were confidently chasing the recorder fell into a panic.
“There is no way there is no tower! Good luck finding it again!”
“There is not! If there is such a big thing, there is no way not to see it!”
Even though they were warriors, they were also human.
Erzestra had no choice but to be nervous as she stepped into the ban, and as she battled the snow, rough terrain, and monsters, the tension was extremely high.
But, how many people would be willing to accept that they were deceived that it was an endless void.
“This is a dream!”
“Did it really exist?”
“The Daphner Philian must have lied!”
Ballaf Dislord first set up camp in the basin and ordered a rest. And collected other stars.
“What do you think?”
“I can’t feel it. This is the first time I have ever experienced something like this.”
“But what if you’re still chasing possibilities?”
“Would it be two? Either the Daphner Philian recorded the wrong location or couldn’t find it in the first place.”
“It can’t be. Hilan Cargill has rescued the Crown Princess of Hilderan from the Tower of Fire.”
Yes, that gave the Braves more confidence. Convinced that the location of the tower Daphner found is correct.
“then···.”
“It is said that Daphner Philian was being pursued by the Four Heavenly Kings. If so, it would have been difficult to record the location in detail. But roughly it would be correct.”
“There must be a tower around here.”
“Certainly it makes no sense otherwise.”
“I think so.”
The stars agreed in turn.
In their common sense, there was nothing that the tower had moved.
The warriors were scattered in all directions and began to search. No one expected that they would search again when they found the tower, but it wasn’t too dark.
At least I was convinced that there was a tower nearby.
But three days later, that hope was shattered.
The warriors couldn’t find the tower, let alone its shadow.
As the day passed by the invisible hope, the morale fell rapidly.
“…Isn’t the Demon King already dead? Like the demon king of lust.”
“who?”
“As expected, Hillen Cargill . . .”
“If Hillen Cargill had done that, would it have gone quietly?”
“… it wouldn’t be.”
Hillen Cargill pursues fame and fame. There was no reason not to reveal the rare achievement of killing the third demon king.
“And the claims of the raid members who were with me are also consistent. It’s not about Hillen Cargill.”
“Then the third person…”
“No, he is alive.”
“Yes? How do you do that…”
“live. Absolutely alive.”
At Molly’s gaze, Ballaf Thisslord struggled to make excuses.
“It’s different from the lust that caused problems many times in the first place. It is rather absurd that he was subjugated without even a mouse or a bird.”
“It is true, but…”
“…First, I will retreat.”
No one said that you can’t go back until you kill the Demon King.
No matter how many warriors they were, they were human, and the atmosphere was changing darkly in the bleakness where the tower could not be seen.
The warriors who marched so dignifiedly descended without producing any results.
And the failure of the heroic act, which I thought would never fail, became a bigger shock and swept the continent.
【Another failed bravery…? ]
【Healan Cargill who saved the Crown Princess of Hilderan, but Ballaf This Lord who confidently went out to kill the Demon King? ]
【Why did Hillen Cargill succeed and Ballaf This Road fail? ]
【Gillian Eint, ‘It was wrong from the beginning. The tower was nowhere to be found.’ stir···. ]
【The Demon King of Flames is already dead? who killed him ]
【How did Hillen Cargill find the tower? How did you kill the Demon King…? ]
[Healan Cargill, ‘The tower was there. I just followed the guidance of the recorder.’]
【Healan Cargill’s remarks are excommunicated, the warriors who can’t even find the recorder are incompetent? ]
[Healan Cargill, ‘I never said that…’]
Balaf ignored everyone’s words and remained silent. And avoiding the gaze of others, he made contact with Hillen.
“It’s the right place. I found the location in Daphner-sama’s logbook, found the tower, and saved the Crown Princess.
“Not only me, but everyone in the raid that I was with is a witness.”
“That’s what I want to ask. Was there really no tower?”
Ballaf Dislord cut off communication.
In the dark darkness, his eyes fluttered with anger.
‘The Demon King is not dead.’
he is alive I could be sure that I had heard it from someone I could trust.
‘No, is it really reliable?’
Although it cannot be denied that we have had a good relationship so far…
Balaf hurriedly found the communication area. After a while, he growled towards the person he was connecting to.
“Where is the Demon King of Flames? Are you sure you didn’t lie to me too?”
“…were our trust just that light?”
The opponent beyond the communication area raised his one-eyed glasses.