I tell Knogen and the others to get ready to pull out, leaving Ville and Tabu standing there in front of . He calls the ssenger and orders him to do so. Imdiately, there is a sudden commotion around us.
"Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. It will take so ti to show you how we ca to be able to use magic. You may rest for a while."
With that I got up, turned on my heel and walked away from where they were.
"...... is this what you want?"
"Yes. That kind of guy, the more you play with him, the more he demands. Basically, it's best not to play with them.
I walk among the soldiers, conversing with Almond, who is standing beside . At first I had thought that Ville and I would have a lot to talk about. After all, in such a short period of ti, he had conquered the neighboring countries and even tried to annex this Sandanj nation. I thought that there might be sothing to learn from him or sothing similar, but from the looks of him, he seems to be more of a dictator.
"I guess that kind of thing is fine when things are going well, but when things go wrong, they seem to roll down the hill and fall apart."
"Do you have any idea what's going on?"
"No, I never t him either, but he was in a country. I never t him, but there was a dictator.
"Doksaisha?"
"Well, I'm talking about a king like King Tana, a king who wants to control everything at his will. The man ca from a commoner's background, but he used his eloquence to beco the king of his land. Imdiately after that, he invaded neighboring countries so fast that he was about to conquer the world, but one failed strategy led to his country's defeat. Naturally, the dictator of the country took his own life. Incidentally, the man originally wanted to be a painter, but since he could not beco a painter, he had no choice but to beco a dictator. Well, he made the worst career choice in the history of mankind."
"What a ......."
Almond looks as if he understands or does not understand. As I was walking with my sideways glance at him, the ssenger from earlier ca up to and told that everything was ready.
"You're early. That's great. Well, let's go back to that dictator again. Before we go back to ......."
I closed my eyes and began to concentrate.
A few monts later, I was back in front of Ville and the others. They and their attendants were being watched by the soldiers of Agartha, especially Ville, who looked uncomfortable as he glared impatiently at the soldiers around him.
I told them only that I was going back and put my hand on Posehay's shoulder.
Let's go back."
With these words, I activated the transition boundary.
"What is ......? What the hell happened?"
Scurrying around, Ville looks around. He was surrounded by white cloth on all sides, so the scenery remained unchanged, and the people on Tana's side did not seem to understand the transition. However, they could tell that sothing had happened because of the loud cheers coming from the surroundings.
"Your Majesty! On your feet!"
At the sound of one of the apprentices' voice, everyone looked at their feet, and then they were absolutely stunned. The sandy ground had been replaced by stony ground. As I watch, I order the soldiers to remove the cloth.
What appeared before us was a familiar view of the Kakona River. Ville and the others on Tana's side are staring at the scene spread out before them, their eyes black and white. It seems that they have a hard ti accepting it as reality.
Then, Ikkaku suddenly appears. Soldiers from the Tana side, who have noticed his presence, stand by Ville's side. I can't help but chuckle at their familiar behavior.
"To you, sir."
"Thank you."
He nodded at the sound of my voice and quickly looked behind him. Then, from among the soldiers, a man dressed like narwhal ca walking toward us, dragging a man behind him. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the man had white hair, and although he was equipped with armor, it was already in tatters and his face was covered with blood, indicating that he had suffered considerable wounds.
When the white-haired man who was being dragged away noticed us, he jerked his body and stopped his movent.
"You ...... can't be serious, ...... your majesty! Why is Your Majesty here?
"Geranius......"
Both n are wide-eyed and frozen. But one of the owaras, without caring about that, grabbed Geranius by the neck and dragged him to us.
"Thus saith Joni..."
Ikkaku introduces one of the owaras coming toward us. He has a black bandage-like cloth wrapped around his body, so we cannot see his face. However, we can see his body because of the thin cloth wrapped tightly around his body. His body was completely flab-free and, in a word, scrawny. I could not help but agree with myself that he could run long distances with such a body.
He slams Geranius' body down to the ground and makes him prostrate himself. Then he gets down on one knee and bows his head to .
"Heh ...... your majesty ....... Your Majesty....... Sorry ...... sorry ......"
Geranius wailed as if to declare the defeat of Thana's army.
During the standoff with Tana's army, Sadakichi reported that several n were gathering around a strong light at a certain location. The light was pointing straight in the direction in which we had set up camp, and the n there were holding their palms to the light and chanting so kind of incantation.
Intuitively, I judged it suspicious and ordered narwhal to investigate the light. However, the place was located far from the battlefield, and it would take a long ti for ordinary people to get there. However, the Owaras could run faster than ordinary people. So I ordered narwhal to find the fastest man among the Owara.
"...... completed."
Jouni also gives a brief report. I thanked him for his efforts.
As it turned out, Geranius and the others had been sending magic toward us with a device far from the battlefield. Needless to say, it was to contain our magic on this battlefield, and they were sending it with their lives.
In Jouni's hand was a pale pink stone the size of a human fist. This seed to be a device for sending magic power to distant places, which had been given to them by Octa, or Hayes, of course.
He had faithfully carried out my orders. I had given the order to turn off the light. Not only that, I had told him that if anyone interfered with the turning off of the light, he was to take them captive, or worse, I would allow him to take ruthless asures. For this reason he killed all the soldiers of the Thanatian army who were around him when he destroyed the device. The one who resisted most stoutly was the wailing Geranius. But even with his magic he was unable to inflict a single wound on Jouni's body, and instead he was cut to shreds. However, Jouni decided that it would be a waste of ti to fight him any longer, as he kept coming back to life, casting recovery magic every ti he was cut down. By the way, when I say "brought him here," I don't an that she pulled him by the hand and brought him here. He carried him on his back and ran. This is no longer a human feat.
"Thank God you destroyed the device. Thanks to you we were able to set up the wards and destroy the army of Thana. I would like to thank the OWARA people once again.
"When did the magic ...... notice you?"
"Oh, it just so happened that when we were resting at the oasis, one of the soldiers cast a light spell and it ca out. I thought it might be possible, so I used the magic and it worked as usual."
As I say this, I show that I can use magic by putting out fire and lights on my palm. Up to now, the magic could not reach a ter away, but now I can make the flas reach much farther. As I do this, I mutter in a small voice.
Magic is versatile and useful after all. If only I had this, I could end this battle right away. ......"
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