The next day, Alec went into the enemy camp.
This ti, I prepared a to see what was going on with his opponent. I had engraved a mark on his sword so that I could observe the battle from anywhere. Thanks to this magic, I can project the situation around him through mirrors and water surfaces.
As soon as I tried to watch, Olympia and the others who were just visiting the tent also wanted to see what I was up to, so they too decided to watch Alec fight.
Wow! Is this a reflection of where Count Gilflea is?
Yes, it is. It can show a radius of about a hundred ters, centered on the place where the mark was carved. This ti, I'm focusing on the magic sword he's holding.
Excellent! I've never seen a magic like this before!
lvina seed to be a little excited by the magic she saw for the first ti, but Olympia looked unamused by the projected scene.
I know, but why is that man supposed to be the leading? Master is far more worthy of praise than that man. ......
Olympia doesn't seem to like Alec. This is probably another result of raised her overly loyalty.
When I checked Alec's condition again, I saw that he was riding alone, so he could ride his horse as fast as he could, and he was able to reach his target, the enemy unit, rather quickly. From the enemy's point of view, a knight rushing in alone is nothing more than a target, and naturally, a large number of fireballs were raining down on Alec. But he drew his sword and swung it at the fireballs, which ca flying at him like rain, not only drowning them out, but also blowing away a group of enemies ahead of him with a gust of wind.
I can't say for sure because I can't hear the chanting, but the mouth movents of the guys who used the magic seed to say only a few words, as if they were omitting the chanting. Unless the average soldier has mastered the art of chanting abbreviation in such a short period of ti, it is a code word to draw out the magic.
If that's the case, then there are other magicians who are supplying them with formulas. The fact that they are able to hold that many formulas together ans that there must be at least a thousand magicians left.
It's very powerful. It's no wonder Master himself modified it. But can't this magic heard the sound?
Sound is impossible. The only thing I can share is sight.
Murhh, after all, it's hard to understand the battle situation without sound. Is he shouting?
Alec stopped his horse after knocking down the enemy, and seed to be shouting sothing. Given his personality, he was probably announcing himself before he started the fight.
Even lvina, who had nothing to do with the army, knew that he was the hero who defeated the "Red Scales", so his fa was considerable even within the Demon Empire. In fact, the soldiers were trembling when they heard his words.
When Alec dismounted from his horse and raised his sword, the group of soldiers in front of him broke up as if they were avoiding sothing. It was probably to avoid being hit by the wind that had just hit them, but they wouldn't be able to avoid it as much as they could avoid it to the side. I was saddened to see the soldiers making such a futile effort.
There was a soldier shouting in the back of the group, but I guess that was the commander. As soon as he ordered sothing, the enemy began to retreat in two directions in a broken formation. They may not have been frightened by a single attack, but this was unexpected.
Alec, too, was startled by the suddenness of the situation and seed to have stopped thinking, but when he saw the fleeing enemy, he hurriedly began to pursue one of the groups. However, it would be difficult to annihilate even one of them, since the other was trying to escape.
Mmm, the enemy's behavior is still clearly strange. It looks like they're trying to buy so ti.
Are they stalling for ti, or are they drawing a magic circle of strategic class magics ......?
While watching the scene of them continuing to cast magic on Alec while retreating, I try to think of a reason why they are stalling for ti. You can expect that they might be stalling the kingdom army and preparing reinforcents or secret plans. Maybe another unit will get behind the Royal Army and launch a pincer attack.
As I was thinking about this, I suddenly heard the sound of a hard object cracking around my neck. When I looked at the necklace Elaine had given , I saw that the magic stone attached to it was cracked. The fact that it cracked even though it wasn't pressed against force would be proof that sothing had happened to her. I can't help but have a bad feeling about this.
Olympia, lvina, and I will jump to Leshiana. If anything should happen, you can count on Sagami-dono.
Eh? Huh?
Wh-What's the matter, sir? All of a sudden, you're doing that ......
I feel uneasy leaving them like this, but I don't have ti to explain the situation in detail. Besides, Sagami would not do anything rude to the girls.
Leaving the two of them bewildered by my sudden comnt, I transfered to Leshiana.
Transferring directly to the magic pool would be dangerous because of the possibility of shifting coordinates, so I jumped to the nearest village to where Elaine lived, but there was a horrible scene there.
The forest was engulfed in fire everywhere, and there were several dead bodies of Wood Elves lying around in the settlent. No matter how you looked at it, it looked like they had been attacked, and it was highly likely that Elaine and the others would not be safe.
I hurriedly tried to head towards the place where Elaine lived, but on the way I stopped when I heard soone's voice. It seed to be coming from a nearby warehouse.
I peeked inside and saw that the Wood Elves were trapped there, bound all over their bodies and rolled over a magic circle. Near them were two n dressed as soldiers of the Demon Empire. They were probably keeping an eye on the elves. They were chatting with each other without hiding their boredom.
When are they going to give us the order to retreat?
Who knows? I haven't heard the details, but at any rate, the plan is to attack the royal capital, right?
I'm also curious about the content of the conversation, so for now I'll just use to make them both fall into a coma.
I approached them and used my , but I didn't find anything interesting except the information that they were planning to attack royal capital. However, I was able to learn about the effects of the magic circle the elves were trapped in. It seed to force them to activate the fireball as long as their magic power lasted, keeping them in a standby state.
In other words, it seems that the soldiers fighting in the Frontier Count were using the magical power of the elves here. There was a man who thought of such an outrageous thing. The idea probably ca from Elle, though.
The only thing is that the elves here can't possibly activate the magic of 5,000 people. In fact, it would be impossible even if they gathered all the wood elves in Leshiana.Then there is only one possibility: Elaine and the others are going through the sa thing. The amount of magic power of the High Elves is incomparably more powerful than any other creature in this world. If it is a Fireball, Elaine alone can shoot thousands of shots. This is the perfect person to transfer the magic formula to.
The reason why the magic stone cracked just now is probably because the amount of magic power she possesses is decreasing and she can no longer maintain her existence. For her, as a spirit, the loss of magic power ans the loss of her existence. The magic stone in the necklace is not completely broken yet, but if I don't hurry, it might beco bad.
I want to help the elves here, but I have higher priorities than that. I quickly put a to the Demon Empire soldiers, dismissed the elves from the magic circle, and left the warehouse for the magic pool.
In the magic pool, the otherworld reversal that was supposed to have been deployed disappeared. It seems that the soldiers of the Demon Empire have already invaded the center of the magic pool. I also deployed an
I-I'm sorry. I'm a little weak. ......
It's better to rest a little and recover your magic power than to worry about it.
Okay, I'll probably be back to full strength by tomorrow morning.
By the way, it would take a normal person half a year to recover the amount of magic power she is losing. Even though the recovery is accelerated by the accumulation of magic power, the amount of recovery of the High Elf is nothing short of staggering.
Anyway, I'm glad you're okay. If it weren't for that necklace you gave , I might have missed the attack on this place, and that chills my heart.
I'm glad to hear that it ca in handy right away. It's a pity that it broke, but I'll make another one.
She smiled a little shaded, perhaps from exhaustion, and I could see a fragility in her appearance that made want to protect her, which was different from her usual supernatural atmosphere, and made her even more attractive.
I couldn't resist and kissed her on the mouth, but she accepted my tongue without the slightest resistance, as if she was expecting it, and we enjoyed our brief encounter.
After that, she rested for a while and recovered enough to stand up, so I let the other high elves go. They don't seem to consu as much magic as Elaine, so if I leave them alone, they'll recover enough to get back on their feet.
Elaine, in addition to the High Elves, there were other elves captured and trapped in the sa kind of traps as you. There are probably a few more places like this, can you identify them?
Sure, just give a minute.
When she ditated and muttered sothing, the detection magic was activated. The composition of this magic is much more precise than the ones used in the Kingdom and the Demon Empire. I wonder if it's a magic that has been handed down to the High Elves themselves.
All right. I'll tell you where they are, so give your hand.
I held out my hand to her as she told to, and when she grabbed it, she muttered sothing again, and at that mont, I could feel where the elves were being held captive.
I see, that's a useful magic.
I can tell you this directly, though, only in the Leshiana, where I have a good grasp of the surrounding terrain.
Well, we'll talk about this later. We have to crush the Demon Empire's people first.
If we can free the elves who are being forced to supply them with magic formulae, the strength of the enemy soldiers that are currently fighting in the Naylor Frontier Count territory should decrease drastically. Then the sooner we act, the better. I imdiately moved to the place where I was told.
After knocking down the Demon Empire soldiers on guard, releasing all the remaining elves, and putting out all the fires that had been rising here and there, I was back under Elaine's care. I don't think more than an hour had passed, but she had regained enough of her healthy color to make think that she was already fully recovered by the looks of it.
I'm sorry that I left it to Yard-sama even though It's our forest
Well, we're allies, don't worry about it.
Even so, despite the fact that they had visited almost all the places, the number of soldiers from the Demon Empire was less than two hundred. The First Magic Corps should have had at least a thousand magicians, but this was too few. I wondered if they had left the rest in the Frontier territory for ergencies.
And there were other things to worry about. Or rather, the most important question.
Elaine, I don't think a high elf would fall behind a magician of that caliber just because it was a sudden attack, could there be sothing else causing it?
...... Yes, your apprentice was also there during the attack. If all the High Elves had fought together, we would have been an even match for her, but there were many other magicians
Then, do you know where Elle went?
No, I don't know what happened after I was captured. I only just regained consciousness.
So has Elle already retreated? Even if they occupy Leshiana in secret, the kingdom will eventually find out about it, and they'll probably imagine coming here. And yet, what would they do if they wanted to use up one of the few magicians they had?
Elaine, can you tell from their footprints the direction they moved?
Eh? Yes, that's possible.
Then please.
Since there was no trace of them having traveled by transfer, and not all of them were magicians who could use the , the only way to travel was on foot or by horse. It would be difficult for them to move through the forest without leaving any traces, and they would certainly have left so kind of trail.
There are traces of a large number of people moving around. The direction is ...... that way.
She then pointed in the general direction of the east. If they were to return to Naylor's territory, they would have to head north, so it seems that they have not retreated. I have a bad feeling about this, but I can't be sure.
But still, what was there to the east? I don't know much about the detailed geography around the kingdom, so I can't rember what exactly was in the east when I was told they were in the east. I can't help it, I'll have to ask soone who seems to have so knowledge here. I imdiately activated telepathy and called Tia.
(Tia, do you have a minute?)
(...... Master? What can I do for you?)
Her response was delayed for a mont, so I knew she was doing sothing, but now was not the ti to give her any consideration. I'll just have to accept that she's going to be late.
(Was there any important base of operations for the kingdom in the eastern direction of Leshiana?)
(Master, even if you say east of Leshiana, a third of the kingdom is within. Can I consider that question to be east from around the center of Leshiana?)
(Sure, that's fine.)
(As the region is close to the border, there are many important bases, but I think the most important place in the eastern direction would be the Gurtha Fortress? It's not that far from Leshiana..)
(I see, thank you for your help.)
(No, if it's okay with , please feel free to ask )
It seems that my bad premonition was right after all. I'm sure that Margarete is still in the fortress.
I hurriedly sent a reminder to her as well, but there was no response. If she's not asleep before dark, then sothing is wrong with her.
Elaine, I'm going to head to the Gurtha Fortress now. Leshiana was most likely used to secure magic and as a transit point to the kingdom.
This makes sense as to why there were not many magicians in Leshiana. If they proceeded to Istrian, they would be sandwiched between the armies of the imperial capital, so they would probably ignore that and use the Gurtha fortress as a foothold to invade the kingdom while securing elves in place of magic power in Leshiana.
A thousand n may not be enough to invade a kingdom, but there are hardly any soldiers in the royal capital now. With Elle there, it would be possible to overrun the capital.
Yes, please be careful.
Yeah. If you need any help, please co visit at my residence in the capital. I'll help you as much as I can.
Elaine imdiately recognized the urgency of the situation from the way I looked at her, and nodded as she stared at my face with a serious expression. I think it's safe to leave Leshiana in her hands now.
The soldiers in the fortress had probably been wiped out, but I hoped that Margarete was still alive at least, and with the help of my mory, I made my way to the fortress.
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