135 – Einherjar
The northern part of the wide continent.
In a forest quite south of Ariane Road Fortress.
A big battle was taking place in this place where monsters and beasts mainly lived and where hunters came and went.
On one side is a heroic spirit that erupts dark red energy in all directions.
The other side is a thought form that fights with all its might, risking its own existence while receiving a supply of magical energy from the surroundings.
Whenever two beings erupted with magical power and used magic, the waves of magical energy generated by the collision between the two magical forces made the surroundings tremble.
“Right…Get out of there right now! Get out of there!!”
Saint Velia, as if possessed by something, screaming and trying to pass through this place.
Seeing her like that, Cheney remembered the words of a young man in her mind.
‘Did Saint Belia really do this of her own will?’
Kyouwentos, who heard the story of the past, said that to himself later.
Listening to it, she definitely looked unnatural.
Velia definitely had a dark and fanatical side to her.
At first, she thought that she might have gone crazy because all that negativity exploded all at once.
But, no matter how much it is, can it be done like this?
I’m not sure about that.
Because she has never gone crazy.
But the sight of Velia before her eyes was as if she was possessed by something.
It seemed like she saw only one thing and ran like a stage gun.
“Master of the Magic Tower! A large number of troops are approaching this way!”
“What? What is that…?”
Fairies cannot even be called troops.
She knew that Velia had no subordinates to call her troops.
But she has a medical history.
“Confirmed! It’s an elf!”
“Elf? Why did an elf suddenly appear here?!”
Soon, the image of an elf appeared in the eyes of Cheyney, who was confronting Velia.
Elf warriors equipped with weapons in addition to bows.
However, their pupils were dilated and, like Velia, they were dark red and emitting a very ominous aura.
This is not a normal condition.
“I’m going crazy! I can’t even stop Velia…!”
“Master of the Magic Tower! We…!”
“You guys stay back! It’s dangerous to deal with skilled elf warriors!!”
Even though they are advanced wizards of the Magic Tower, they are not wizards specialized in combat in the first place.
The wizards of the White Magic Tower are wizards who focus on magical research and magic that is helpful in everyday life.
Magic combat is only taught at the same level as what is taught at the academy.
It is too dangerous for them to fight against skilled elf warriors.
…One thing is, there is no way to overcome this method.
However, it is too dangerous.
Away from the magic tower, he is barely able to fight with the magic support of his wizards.
If you use this method, you may not be able to withstand the burden, and your existence as a thought form may be at risk.
But even so, if this situation is left unattended, the wizards under his command will die and be defeated at the hands of the elf warriors.
What if you lose? I don’t know what Velia will do when she goes there.
…There was only one conclusion from the beginning.
“Elise.”
“Yes?”
“…I’ll leave the next magic tower position to you. Turn all your magic towards me.”
With those words, Elise knew what the magic tower lord Cheyney was talking about.
She also knew that this situation was hopeless.
Therefore, she accepted her choice without much objection.
“…Prepare for magic power support, everyone send magic power to the magic tower lord.”
Nevertheless, it was inevitable that there was a ray of sadness in that voice.
After informing his father of the situation, Arianrod strengthened the security and defense of the fortress.
He spread a thick magical defense wall above the fortress and mobilized all of the Count’s wizards to activate detection magic.
Probably, if there is an enemy approaching this fortress, they will be able to spot it right away.
But a wave of magical power so strong that even that was not necessary was transmitted all the way here from far away.
“…Ugh”
“What is this…?”
Of course, those who were sensitive to magic, including Liliana, Riel, and the wizards of the Magic Tower who had taken refuge in the fortress, felt the waves.
A wave of magic power that even I, who is not very sensitive to magic, could clearly feel.
I could clearly feel that something was happening in the distance.
“……”
Mr. Chaney, the magic tower lord, is fighting with someone.
An opponent she could fight using this level of magical power.
Isn’t there only one opponent like that?
This is Saint Belia.
“…Dad.”
Sir was also trembling with a very anxious expression.
“Dad, I’m scared. There’s something scary.”
“Sir, it’s okay.”
Riel hugged the trembling Sir tightly.
I patted Sir’s head and stood up.
…I couldn’t just wait like this.
Even if I go, I don’t know if I’ll be able to stand against Saint Velia, but even so, it’s better than staying still.
As I began to put on my sword and armor, Riel held my hand.
“Kyou, where are you going?”
“Riel…”
“Well…If you’re going there, stop! It’s really dangerous!!”
Riel is holding my arm with an expression that almost makes her cry.
It’s definitely dangerous.
When I think about this wave of magical energy that still resonates, I don’t know what I could do even if I were there.
But there is something we can know with strange certainty.
As it stands, the fact is that Mr. Cheney loses.
I don’t know the reason. But I could tell.
Is it because we come from the same world, or is it just a feeling?
Anyway, after Mr. Cheney is defeated, Saint Velia comes this way.
Even Mr. Cheney is a defeated opponent. It would be dangerous if Saint Velia came here.
Above all, Saint Belia hates Riel, and she is obsessed with the World Tree.
Both Riel and Cyr could have fallen into a dangerous situation.
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I hugged Riel tightly.
“Riel, trust me.”
“…What?”
“I promise, I will definitely come back safely.”
“……”
Her strength went into her arms that held Riel.
“Have I ever broken a promise?”
“…It’s shameful. If you say that, there’s no way I can stop you any further.”
In the end, Riel was defeated.
With teary eyes, Riel looked up at me.
“You promised, right? You will definitely come back safely.”
“Yes. I promise.”
“…Okay. Then take this.”
Riel grabbed my right arm and put something on her wrist.
…It was a bracelet.
A bracelet with one bright red jewel and one green jewel sparkled on her arm.
“This…”
“It’s a gift I prepared separately when I was preparing for the wedding. I was originally going to give it at the wedding, but I’ll give it to you now.”
Is it like a talisman?
He caressed the bracelet and smiled.
“Thank you. I will definitely come back, so please wait.”
“Yes.”
Riel closed her eyes and raised her head.
…Anyway, I know what this means.
I held Riel’s face in one hand and pressed my lips against hers.
In order to protect Chaney, who was preparing for the Great Magic, senior magicians, including Elise, deployed a protective wall.
Elf warriors clinging to that protective wall like crazy and pounding on it.
But he is not an advanced wizard of the Magic Tower for nothing.
Even if they don’t have much combat sense, they have devoted a long time to magic research.
The protective wall they deployed was not easily breached.
Boom!!
“Ugh…!”
“On standby! Deploy the defenses!!”
Of course, if a saint intervenes, the story is different.
Even after holding on for a while, the breaking barrier was quickly disarmed, and the next person opened the barrier.
It’s already been 3 minutes like this.
After the advanced wizards had bought time, Cheney shouted.
“Ready! Everyone retreat!!”
At the words of the Magic Tower Master, the senior wizards of the Magic Tower slowly retreated back.
Even though the elf warriors approached with their eyes wide open, Chaney held his staff high with a stern expression.
“I call the warriors of the reversal here! Einherjar!”
With Cheney’s shout, a movement of greater magical power than before made the surroundings tremble.
An explosion of magical power that causes even elf warriors, who have lost half of their sanity, to retreat.
And in the quiet surroundings after the explosion of magical power.
…Nothing happened.
“I don’t know what the magic was, but it seems to have failed, huh? Cheyney.”
Velia sneered, as if mocking.
Even though she is laughing like that, Velia’s face looks somewhat urgent.
“Now, if the fun party is over, get out of the way right now. If you get out of the way now, your subordinates will…”
“Velia.”
Chainy interrupts himself and opens his mouth.
Velia looked annoyed for a moment, then she looked at Chaney.
“Do you remember the fight against the Demon King in the Demon King’s Castle?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Even though we took soldiers to the Demon King’s Castle, in the end, the five of us had to fight the Demon King. Do you remember why?”
“I don’t know why you’re suddenly asking such a question, but it’s because the devil has placed a limit on the number of people in that space.”
“Yes, I was thinking at the time. How can I fight more easily in such a case?”
Cheyney consumes a lot of her magic power and looks exhausted even though she is in a spirit form.
But there was clearly a smile on that tired face.
“This is the answer.”
Velia did not understand what was being said.
“Kaaa!!”
The moment she was about to give orders to the elf warriors, a sharp scream reached her Velia’s ears.
What caught Velia’s eyes was the image of an elf warrior collapsing after being cut by her sword.
“What?!”
Velia raised her voice sharply.
A whitish figure who cuts down an elf warrior and then fixes his sword.
She must have been middle-aged, a very muscular figure holding a sword and shield.
She wasn’t the only one.
A young man wearing stylish armor and holding a sword and shield is chopping down elf warriors.
The young man also had a whitish appearance.
Both of them look like shapeless ghosts.
But she was clearly cutting down the elves with a weapon that used physical force.
They were incredibly strong people, but they were people Velia did not know.
But Velia knew who they were.
It was natural for her..
Because Velia had never met them.
But Velia had seen that before.
“Oghma the warrior, Sion the warrior.”
“That’s right. My magic, Einherjar, is a magic that recreates the warrior in my memory here.”
As he said that, Chaney looked at the two figures recreated by his magic.
Oghma is a powerful warrior who reliably protected Cheyney when he came to this world.
Shion… Sihyeon is truly an unstoppable person to Cheyney, and although he is a coward, his skills are real.
“You can’t go forward from here, Velia.”
“You can’t pretend to be proud that there are only two more phantoms…!!”
“Two? You think so?”
At those words, Velia gasped and looked down.
A beautiful woman is beating up elves.
As if to assist, this woman, dressed in her armor, cut down her elf.
“Olivia…Kalydos…”
“The warriors that Einherjar recreates are just as big as the ones that remain in my memory. It can’t be just two people.”
In his own way, this is Cheyney, who has been fighting as a warrior for a long time.
In her memories, there are many strong people.
“Then it’s just a matter of defeating you first. Everyone, focus your attacks!”
Hearing Velia’s screaming voice, all the elf warriors raised their bows.
The wizards who were retreating quickly stepped forward to set up a barrier, but it was already too late.
Numerous arrows approached Cheyney.
Elven arrows filled with magical power.
It hit Cheyney, and a huge explosion occurred.
Afterwards, the mass of her magic thrown by Velia flew in as if chasing after it, causing an even bigger explosion.
“Master of the Magic Tower!!”
Elise let out a sorrowful voice due to her unusual power.
“I’m fine. You retreat slowly, Elise.”
Chaney was fine.
In front of Cheyney, a white figure blocked all of her attacks.
Thanks to the large warrior wearing a wolf-shaped helmet.
Behind the warrior, Cheney smiled with genuine joy.
“I thought I was going to get upset because I was wondering why they didn’t show up when I called them like this, but when they came out like this, all those feelings disappeared.”
Velia, seeing that her attack was in vain, gritted her teeth even though she was in her spiritual form.
And she put the name in her mouth.
“…Leos.”
The illusion of the warrior Leos stood there proudly, as if protecting her Chaney.