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It is now clear that preparations for the demon’s resurrection are complete.

“What are you going to do?”

I asked Leo.

Luke is temporarily a member of the secret task force.

In this case, it would have been right to ask the captain.

“There is only one thing we have to do.”

Leo readied his sword.

Just by changing my posture, my spirit changed.

Until just now, you were using a soft sword.

Just looking at it now, I felt overwhelmed by its heaviness.

“Kill Kalchad Bertain and prevent the demon’s resurrection.”

It was a heavy remark, befitting the situation.

“Please wait a moment.”

Luke nodded.

A convenience spell was cast on all members of the secret task force.

Of course, the body strengthening magic I used earlier.

Dark vision magic.

Poison immunity magic.

Bleeding resistance magic.

Mana boost magic… … .

I continued to cast the convenience magic I had developed so far.

“Is it okay to just walk like this?”

“I won’t feel any pain anyway.”

“You’re saying it’s not okay?”

Cheryl clenched her fists and opened her eyes, which had been closed until then.

“I haven’t seen the captain’s younger brother much… .”

Black sclera with red pupils.

The eyes of the reverse side stared at Luke.

“If you get caught, you’ll have to stay still no matter what your little brother does.”

“… … Yes?”

“No, no. It doesn’t really mean anything. Just say whatever happens, it’s my karma~ and deal with it.”

It was a playful remark, but it had some substance to it.

“Then shall we go? Mr. Temporary Special Agent?”

Wow… .

The water and Cheryl’s body mixed.

Water was soon Cherel, and Cherel was soon water.

The same goes for her twin brother Watt.

Phagecic-!

The body appeared to be mixed with the elements.

I’ve heard that there are still some mixed blood of ancient spirits left.

Was that the Howard family?

“Ready.”

After surrounding Tristin with a defensive barrier.

“I will open the way.”

thud…!

Leo stepped on the awakening.

The surrounding snow evaporates, unable to withstand the compressing heat.

Flash-

Leo’s shining swordplay.

Kwaaang-!!

Blew up the entrance to the base.

* * * * *

It was a deliberately extreme stance.

There’s no way his followers wouldn’t know that he killed his servants outside.

It means waiting inside.

“Krrr… .”

In fact, the followers who were hiding inside collapsed, foaming at the mouth.

It seems like almost half of it was blown in one go.

Now, I guess he feels like there’s no point in hiding.

“He’s coming!!!”

“In the name of the great one… … !!”

Followers poured out like a beehive had been stirred.

“Wow. There were so many hidden.”

Cheryl slammed her fist into the floor.

Chook-

A water slick that is laid on the floor.

Jejejeok-

Freeze your ankles at once.

“Guweak… He, He is coming… !”

The followers muttered madly and tried to break the ice.

The ice element, combined with the bitter cold of the outermost regions, showed no sign of breaking.

Kugu Palace-

Dark clouds covering the sky.

Watt’s body, half-mixed with lightning, floats up.

Let’s raise the window high.

Pah-pah-pah-pah-!!

Lightning pouring down from dark clouds.

Those who believe in ungodly gods will be severely punished.

“Keuk… !”

The followers who were struck by lightning were unable to move and were turned into roasted meat.

I wish it had ended there.

Thud thud.

In fact, the followers were practically nonexistent.

“… You’re definitely interfering with my plans.”

A cool voice that seemed to further lower the already low temperature.

Dark purple hair, almost blue.

Blue eyes that burn like a beast.

A sword master who is respected by all knights.

“Insignificant things.”

A devil worshipper who has adopted Bertha’s filthy vices.

Carlchad Bertain has appeared.

Of the followers, only Kalchad survived.

Whether or not the devil’s mark remains on the continent.

If I cut off that neck, it’s all over.

But no one in the secret task force could move rashly.

A feeling of pressure as if weights were placed on each joint.

Leo was the first to leave.

Kwaaang-!

The sword, swung with full force, struck the air.

Carl Chad did not draw his sword.

It was blocked by the invisible sword.

“You borrowed the power of a dirty devil.”

“If you guys hadn’t lifted the curse of Bertain, if you guys had just inherited Bertain’s traditions, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Shut up.”

Kwaang-! Kaang-!

It wasn’t the sound of a sword colliding with the air.

Blood flowed from the hand that held the sword handle tightly.

Leo didn’t stop.

Of course, Luke didn’t stay still either.

Kiing- Phew!

Fired a preheated mana shell.

“Nonsense.”

Kalchad split Luke’s mana with just a wave of his hand.

The mana sphere compressed to its limit crumbled into nothingness.

“Do you know why I let you live?”

“… … ”

Kaang-! Kagak-

Leo silently unleashed his sword strikes.

Drops of blood dripped down the hilt of the sword.

The pure white snows of the North were dyed red.

Still Leo didn’t stop.

“To become the fertilizer of the great one. Because you too have inherited Bertain’s blood.”

“… … !”

The moment Leo’s face became distorted and his movements became larger.

chuck.

Carlchad grabbed Leo’s sword with his fingers.

Bam-

Leo can split rocks and even waterways for a short while.

But the sword that was caught by Carlchad did not move at all.

Kuk.

Carl Chad put strength into his fingers with indifferent eyes.

Jjaeng-!

With an ear-piercing sound.

Leo’s sword broke.

“… … Captain!”

Tristin called Leo in a voice close to a scream.

Leo threw away his broken sword without hesitation and backed away.

I tried to pull out the spare sword I had on the other side.

Kwajik!

It was crumpled like a toy before I could even grab the handle.

It was not a feat that humans could accomplish from a distance.

Hwaruk.

The ominous glint in Kalchad’s eyes was proof that he was already halfway in touch with the devil.

“But if you want to disrupt the plan like this… .”

Srrrrung-

Calchad’s sword is pulled out.

… No, that wasn’t a sword.

Darkness emanated from where the sword should have been.

A sight that defies common sense.

Crunch.

Carl Chad, who returned to his original sword.

That alone.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!!!

A blizzard blew in.

Looking closely, they were all a series of attacks filled with black energy.

“Luke!”

“I know!”

“Captain!!!!”

Luke gathered all his remaining mana.

While opening a large portal.

Swish, swish-

Tristin continued to build new ones as the defensive barriers collapsed.

“Cool… .”

Blood flows out of Tristin’s mouth as she reaches her limit.

Chae Ae Aeng-!

When the defensive barrier is completely destroyed.

Woohoo-!

Luke and the secret task force were barely sucked into the portal.

* * * * *

While on one hand a fierce battle is being fought.

Elin was flying over the northern outskirts in her airship.

“Is that okay, Your Majesty?”

“Yeah.”

Lanian knows because he used the magic tower in the North.

The fact that once you leave the Duke of Glaze’s territory, a cold that humans cannot endure hits.

I was worried that the airship might stop mid-flight.

Swung-

Elin’s overwhelming magical power was not so weak that it could be defeated by that meager climate.

Even the entire crew on board the airship is kept warm by a warming magic.

I was having a warm, strange experience in the North.

“But are you really going to search this place thoroughly to find it?”

Bena, who was looking at the pure white snow field, asked Elin.

“Yeah.”

“… How long will it take?”

“I don’t know either.”

“I guess so?”

Bena laughed awkwardly.

“Sorry. There’s no promise, it was just my greed… I guess I brought you here for nothing.”

“No, no, no! I want to be with you, Princess. I was just asking.”

“If you want, I’ll send you back to the capital.”

“Did you just hear what I said?! I want to find Luke together with the princess!!”

Elin opens the portal without a sound.

Bena, who was about to turn back after saying the wrong thing once, clung to Elin tightly.

“Look over there, Princess! Isn’t that the magic tower?”

I was just saying something to divert Elin’s attention.

“Uh… Uh… ? Oh, that’s right! That’s it, that’s it!!”

Ranian, with his eyes narrowed, clapped his hands and jumped to his feet.

“… Huh?”

Bena smiled and squinted her eyes.

A landscape that had been obscured by a snowstorm was revealed.

A black building standing tall in a field of pure white snow.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a magic tower.

“I didn’t know either, how did you know, Bena?!”

“Uh… Hmm… Well?”

Bena, who was caught, couldn’t answer properly and mumbled.

Lanian, who was excited to finally discover the magic tower, didn’t feel anything strange.

She was eager to give Luke to Elin and explore the airship.

Anne, who approached Elin, pushed the excited Lanian away and said.

“You found it faster than I thought.”

“Okay.”

No matter how fast the airship was, the northern outskirts were a bit wide.

I could only say that it was pure luck.

“But where do I park this?”

“Huh?”

“Once we land, we’re bound to get caught.”

The airship is currently hidden by invisibility magic.

But if we continued on like this, there would inevitably be marks left on our eyes.

“No landing.”

So Ellen just gave up on landing.

“Yes?”

“I’ll leave it like this. I’ll open a portal and enter.”

“Then, Princess Mana… …I guess there won’t be a problem.”

To keep the airship in the air.

Plus, if you want to make it invisible, it’ll take up a ton of mana.

Come to think of it, it wasn’t really a problem for Elin.

Exactly.

Ellen snapped her fingers and opened a portal.

Is there a barrier?

It cannot be created inside the tower, so it was created at the entrance.

“Everyone, get ready. You can subdue the teacher by breaking his arms and legs. I’ll treat him.”

A gloomy light appeared in Elin’s blue eyes.

I heard from Aurora that everything went quite well.

I’m really worried about how I should punish him if I get caught.

Shu-

Luke Sanctuary went down to the tower through Elin’s portal.

* * * * *

“… It seems like no one is here?”

I came into the tower fully prepared.

But Luke wasn’t inside.

How did you open the barrier?

That wasn’t a problem in the first place.

It’s been a long time since I surpassed Luke’s level.

The barrier Luke had set up was not enough to stop Elin from entering.

“There are still traces of the teacher’s mana left.”

Sniff sniff.

Ellen wrinkled her nose.

The familiar scent of a teacher.

Luke’s mana stream faintly lingering in the atmosphere.

“It was there until recently.”

I must have gone through the portal fairly recently.

It’s not difficult to track the flow of mana and chase after Luke.

“Everyone, can you help me out a little?”

Ellen started another task.

“What are you going to do?”

“All doors will be sealed.”

“… Huh?”

Nia blinked.

Suddenly I couldn’t understand what Elin was talking about.

Knock knock.

Ellen opened the curtains as if she wanted to show us herself.

The barrier has been re-engraved.

To be exact, it was a subtle transformation of the barrier Luke had previously placed.

It was an advanced technology that did not sound an alarm.

“The teacher will come back here.”

“… I guess so?”

“So, I’m going to lock down all the corners where I can escape.”

Woof-

Taking a slow look around the tower.

Every gap that could be used for escape was blocked.

The tower was quite large, so it took longer than I thought.

There was plenty of time, as Luke hadn’t been back for a long time.

“Princess. But wouldn’t Luke be able to escape through the portal?”

Lanian, who was helping with the barrier work, raised his hand.

“I knew that would happen, so I planted a spell to disrupt the flow of mana. Even if you try to open a portal, you’ll just end up circling around in the magic tower.”

Of course, I prepared for it.

The rooftop is a bit wide though.

If I can’t get out of here anyway… I could just pretend it’s a game of tag and go back to catch it.

“Oh, I see… .”

Lanian shuddered at Elin’s thoroughness.

Chook-

As soon as the last curtain was closed, the light on the rooftop completely disappeared.

“This is where you were hiding.”

Elin completely blocked the escape route.

In the darkness, blue eyes scattered a cold light.

“What should I say first when we meet again… … .”

Click, click.

In the hope that the prey will be caught in the trap quickly.

Ellen fiddled with her dumb hair as she waited anxiously for Luke to return.