Episode 14. Declaration of war (7)
“Whoa… ….”
Currently, Urca was in a state where the spirit’s power was unlocked, just like when she fought with me. Her hair was on fire, and fierce flames shot up all around her.
If there was a difference from that time, she had a special weapon in her hand.
Flower Sword – Flam.
It was the sword that Phoenix, the fire spirit king, gave to Tina.
Booung.
Every time he swung his sword, a different temperature than before gave off heat. He frowned at the high heat he felt despite being far away.
If Maria hadn’t put up a barrier, the heat would have threatened her mansion.
“How do you feel?”
I asked Urca above the training ground.
“Awesome, this. It draws out much stronger flames than before, and consumes very little mana. There is no burden in drawing out Ignis’ power. Now, I think I can do things that I couldn’t do before because of lack of mana.”
“I see. Fortunately, it seems to fit. Until the official sparring is over, that weapon is yours. Get used to it as much as possible and beat Thoreau.”
“Yes! Okay!”
Urca doesn’t hide her excitement, and starts throwing her skills into the air.
“I got that to give to my master… ….”
Tina whimpered, her lips pursed. I had received it for myself, but since someone else was using it, I didn’t seem to like it.
I gently pinched Tina’s cheeks and stretched them out. Soft. Is this really baby skin?
“Oooh… ….”
“It’s just lending. Don’t worry, I’m going to get it back.”
When the four swords of the Spirit King are gathered, they can finally become one. If any of them were lost, Maria’s final weapon could not be made.
“Take this rather than that.”
I held out both ends of everything that had removed her rust to Tina.
Perhaps thanks to entrusting it to a competent blacksmith, both ends of the sword have been transformed into sharp Japanese swords.
To be honest, I wanted to have it. Another world Japanese sword. I can’t stand it.
“It is your weapon.”
“Ohh….”
Tina’s face, which had been disapproving before, had changed to admiration before she knew it. Her eyes twinkle at the slender sword body with both ends drawn from a black sheath.
“It won’t be as light as before.”
“hahahaha! Great! Good! I love this! Just take a test…… !”
She grabbed Tina by the shoulder as she started to walk towards the tree.
“Before that, Tina, make a promise to me.”
“Yes?”
Tina looks back, puzzled.
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“That weapon is a sword that can cut anything. Every time you swing your sword, dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people could die.”
Apart from her ability, both ends of the universe was a sword that could defeat even the demon king as a final weapon. If such a sword was used carelessly, it would inevitably lead to many problems.
Especially since Tina is usually distracted and playful, she needed to give her enough attention.
“Be sure to think twice before swinging your sword. However, if there are monsters or demons in front of you, there is no need to think about it. Swing it without hesitation.”
“…… You gave me such a dangerous sword.”
Tina looks down at the sword she is holding. She looked down at her Japanese sword in a black scabbard for a while before she raised her head and shouted.
“That’s what the master did to me! You mean trust me?!”
“… Uh?”
“Whoa whoop! All right! I will definitely think about it when I draw this sword against a human!”
“Yes, yes.”
Should I say Tina-like? She
She was saying that she felt pressured, but Tina seemed to like the nuance that she believes in herself more than she does.
Tina seemed to have a hard time laughing, but she wouldn’t be in a big accident.
As for Tina, she jokes around a lot in normal times and shows an immature side, but she is always helpful at important moments.
So she will be fine.
…… Maybe.
“Master.”
“Hmm?”
As she looked at the excited Tina, her sleeves suddenly pulled up. Looking to her side, she was raising her eyebrows as if Iris was upset.
“Do you not trust me?”
…… Are you jealous
“…… No, the one I trust more than anyone else is you, Iris.”
Among the heroes I’ve seen, the one who can make the most rational judgment was Iris.
Even if she looks at her battles, she seems to be excited by her emotions, but she always maintains her senses.
Even in the midst of a very fast-paced battle, she couldn’t think clearly what she should and shouldn’t do without reason.
“Eh… ! Is that so?”
My ears stand up. Her white tail swung rapidly from side to side. Iris purses her lips and she restrains the corner of her rising mouth. I guess my words are quite happy.
She stroked her hair between her ears, her iris glancing at me.
“You know very well that I don’t express myself.”
“That’s right, but… ….”
“With regards to weapons, I plan to find something suitable for you and give it to you. Wait a moment.”
“Nah hee hee… ….”
It was a truly grotesque laugh.
“Master, what about me?”
I wonder if I was eavesdropping, Maria asked from the other side this time. He gently grabs my arm and leans on it.
“The same goes for Maria. I plan to prepare a weapon suitable for you. Do not be impatient and stay.”
If we give the final weapons to the heroes at the right time, there will be no need to buy weapons for the middle of the scenario, so we can minimize the relic collection route.
I could focus more on the War of Succession episode.
“No, not that.”
What else? Are you talking about trust?
“…… She’s more reliable than Tina.”
“How come Nuance doesn’t look good at all?”
“Whoops, Maria. Master is saying that he likes me more than you.”
Maria looks disapprovingly at Iris as she speaks triumphantly, tapping her chest.
“I didn’t say that.”
“If you trust me more than anyone else, wouldn’t you, Maria, be no good to me?”
“Master, that is nasty. Can I blow it up?”
Maria asked, pointing her chin to her iris. A small typhoon was forming in her grasp that did not hold me.
“Don’t fight—”
“Whoops! It’s all wrong!”
Tina, who was running around excitedly by herself, shouted “Tsk tsk tsk!” He clicked her tongue and waved her index finger from side to side. Every single action she did was inconsistent.
“Master loves me the most! Because she loves me the most, she takes care of me first!”
“…… No.”
I said firmly. The two ends of all things were obtained only by signing a contract with the king of spirits.
“… ….”
Tina paused at my words. As I wondered if his expression hardened, he suddenly snapped his fingers and pointed at me.
“… Anyway, the master is not honest! If you’re pretty, tell me you’re pretty!”
Aha……. Would you like to come out like that?
I laughed inwardly at Tina’s tricks. As for the other warriors, Tina’s performance was lackluster, and the appearance of competing a little while ago had disappeared.
“Okay, stay calm.”
I stopped Tina.
“More than that, Maria, I have something to ask of you.”
“Please?”
“From now on, I want you to train with Urca. Use only water and ice magic to subdue Urka.”
There are several patterns that can be seen when fighting Thoreau in the episode of the White Gwangjo subjugation that occurs when the resistance occurs in the game.
I was thinking of making a structure similar to that and telling you how to attack.
Of course, I know that there is no guarantee that Soro will use the skill as in the game. I don’t even think that Maria’s magic will be the same as Thoreau’s.
But, as I thought, if Maria followed suit, when Urca saw Thoreau’s technique, she would be able to respond properly without panicking.
“I’ll let you know, so let’s try it.”
“Okay.”
I was just about to go up to the training ground with Maria.
“Ahh~? What is that?”
A woman wagging red hair from behind strides forward. She had jam-covered bread in her mouth.
“I was hungry, so I went to a restaurant for a while. What is that? Why does that she-cat have my sword?”
“…… Phoenix.”
Agjak.
Phoenix bit off the bread. She chews moderately and passes it down her throat.
“Prause, explain. Why does that female cat have my sword?”
“I gave it to you.”
“I gave it to Tina? Why, by what right do you act like that?”
“This is something that Tina also allowed. She decided that doing this would increase her odds of winning.”
“It’s win rate and it’s Nabal. What I want to ask is, why is that child wearing a weapon that I spent hundreds of years crafting?”
He pointed to Urca, who was wielding a sword on top of the training ground, and asked.
“There is a reason we must win this fight.”
“What does that have to do with me? Should I be considerate of the fights of insignificant humans?”
“No, this fight will eventually affect the Human-Ma War.”
If Urca defeats Soro, the leader of Baek Gwang-jo, the greatest defeat of the emperor, it will instill awareness that the power of the princess should not be taken lightly, and at the same time, it will be the fundamental reason why the power of the emperor cannot move easily.
“… No, what effect does fighting between two S-ranks have on the man-man war?”
“The War of Man and Horse begins when the army commander invades the empire.”
“You… ! What did you say now? Do you know the future?!”
Phoenix strides forward, raising her voice.
At that moment, Ariel, who had been silent until now, sneaked out and intervened between the phoenixes.
“Phoenix, don’t think of harming Prause.”
Phoenix’s eyes narrowed at Ariel.
“Ariel, you… It was the same in the Iceberg Zone, but after all Phasma, did you like this guy?”
“…… All I have is Phasma. I have no intention of having personal feelings for anyone else. I’m just a little indebted.”
“Oh, is that so? Then will you get out of the way? I just ask questions.”
Ariel watched Phoenix and bit her body. Phoenix closed the distance. As she approached her, she asked her sarcastically.
“Is it the power of the player to see the future?”
“…… You can do that.”
“Then what will be the outcome of the Great War?”
“That is yet unknown.”
She was originally going to say, ‘The hero defeats the demon king and it ends.’ But she changed her words. It was to make her more cooperative.
“You don’t know?”
“Because the future changes depending on how we act. However, what I can say with certainty right now is that if the empire is not stabilized before the human and demon war breaks out, there will be an incomparably greater number of victims compared to the first human and demon war.”
“!”
The nearby warriors and the two spirit kings held their breath. Seeing her flinching gave me more confidence. This reaction was proof that you were recognizing the credibility of my words.
Perhaps it is thanks to my knowledge of the word ‘player’ written on the ‘World Tree’. That information would only be known to the King of Spirits.
Then I have a question here.
If only the spirit king knew, how would this have been implemented in the game? Was it a simple easter egg?
I don’t know right now, but it’s a problem you’ll know when you visit the world tree someday. Now was the time to focus on imperial affairs.
“And the fight we will do this time will be the first step towards the stability of the empire.”
I pointed to Urca and said.
The stability of the empire was the minimum condition to overcome the War of Man and Horse.
However, both the Resistance and the Man-Ma War take place in the 1,000th year of the Imperial Era. In other words, it meant that we had to go through a civil war and defeat the invading demons.
The difficulty of the game was not difficult for nothing.
Of course, there is a timing for the Resistance to wake up very quickly and deal with it, but going through a man-man war in an unstable state would inevitably be a headache.
“So understand.”
“…… Good. Since you agreed to cooperate, I will listen to what you say. But you’ll have to handle it with care. It’s because you can’t find the spirit king’s sword anywhere in the world.”
“Okay.”
I’m thinking of combining all the Spirit King’s weapons later. Should I give you a share?
Let’s take care of that later, whether it’s swearing or being ripped off. Right now, it’s more important for Urca to defeat Thoreau.
“Maria, get ready.”
“Yes.”
From now until you get used to it, it’s infinite repetition.