Chapter 104: Premonition – Part 3
Ciel organizes the healers, and they all cast [Detect Evil] on every single soldier in search of more heretics. Fortunately, the spell doesn't consu that much mana, so a single high-grade MP potion should be enough to recover their mana before the battle.
anwhile, we set up a tent and gather around a table, then we proceed with a grim eting in which the girls and I explain my visions.
"Visions…" Jacques mumbles in thought, combing through his red beard with his claws. "I know that they're common among the Gifted, but only Léonne would know more about that sort of thing."
"But how did heretics get in the middle of your n?" Yunia questions Darcy accusingly.
"Are you sure they're heretics?" He imdiately deflects without flinching.
I frown in distaste and affirm, "It was fast, but I don't doubt what I saw, nor the feeling I had when I looked into his eyes."
"At the least, they're spies, or working for soone suspicious since they deserted without a single word," Yunia confidently points out.
"There haven't been any reports from the scouts about enemy movent. The imperials haven't even reacted yet to what happened here," Nen stiffly retorts, a bit intimidated by the atmosphere.
"What about their camp?" Jacques stoically questions.
"Nothing," I answer, and they turn suspicious gazes on , so I explain, "I'm a summoner, so I'm watching both the camp and the ambush site." And that seems to appease them.
"I don't want to call off this operation just because two of my n decided to disappear!" Darcy angrily exclaims, gritting his teeth like an angry rat.
"At least one of them is an unregistered Master Porter since I can hardly believe that they walked into a [Gate] coordinate just by coincidence," Alissa calmly points out.
Darcy grits his teeth in anger, but even he can't go against that argunt.
Jacques hums in thought, his stern look so fearso that it even makes Allura a bit ek. "I'll call the Sworn Hunters. I don't want to call this off either, but neither can I ignore the warning of danger from Lord Wolf's vision," he calmly decides.
Anton quickly discusses sothing with Klein, then he cos over to , looking so grim that he could pass for having [Intimidate]. He stops right behind
and hurriedly whispers into my ear, "Wolf. Commander Sandoro would advise us to retreat, right now."
Ever since I saw that pair of eyes, my gut keeps telling
that sothing bad is coming, but I can't defeat the heretics by running forever. I need to know what they're going to do, and this ti, I won't just watch as they cast [teor] above , I… no, we, my wives and I, need to counter them.
"I'll apologize to him later, but I can't go back now, though I can afford to switch you and Klein with other knights or Oritiki," I coldly dismiss Anton's concern.
"She doesn't want to leave, so neither will I…" He grumbles back.
I sigh softly and apologize, "I'm sorry that you got involved in this."
"Apologize to us by not dying," he grumbles again, and I snort softly, then he returns to his post.
Sandoro cramd plenty of training into everyone's heads, including the knights', about how to protect us from assassination, and the father-daughter duo already has a lot of experience with keeping the n steady to face off against organized bandit attacks, so while they don't have the sa levels as the knights, they're still reliable in this situation.
"I'd like to know what everyone thinks of this operation," I ask through [Bind].
"I'm wary. I'd like to follow Sandoro's advice, but I don't want to abandon my family's n," Alissa anxiously replies first.
"I don't know what to think. I'm scared, but I don't want to run," Roxanne hesitantly admits.
"Sa," Lina quietly agrees.
"I want to fight," Hana brusquely adds, determination dripping from her voice.
"Sa!" Aoi energetically agrees.
"The cons of running are just too great," Yunia points out.
"Elaborate," I quickly prompt.
"We're set to make the Misty Foxes into close allies, so retreating here and now could damage our relationship since the heretics are after us, not them. Not only that, but I also agree that we shouldn't run from them because I know that we'll definitely et them again in the future, so we need to learn how to face these heretics."
"Ciel…?" I hesitantly ask. Her mood seems grim, and it's making
a bit worried about her.
"We need to stay and fight," she sternly states, then her heart suddenly burns with righteous fervor. "These heretics need to taste our steel!" She angrily exclaims, then goes silent as she feels embarrassed about her outburst.
She might be having so sort of premonition like I did, so it could be the Gods telling us to fight, but I'm not sure, none of us are.
"I'm still feeling a bit vulnerable though, so I think we need more n," I confess.
"Bringing an army would be inconvenient, so perhaps soone with more raw power, like Silvano," Yunia suggests.
Alright…
After the roll-call is complete and everyone has been checked, we discover that the two who disappeared were just veterans who had recently been reassigned to the 24th, by chance. The person who made that decision was Nemie, the Elder of War, soone who regularly gets checked for heresy through [Detect Evil], so unless there's so big conspiracy between him and the temple, it was just a coincidence that they were there, just like how I first saw those eyes in the middle of a crowd of people at the Turn of the Wheel.
Considering all that bullshit about the Threads of Fate, my destiny, and Shade, I don't believe in coincidences anymore.
Though, the next ti I see those eyes, I need to react with [Discharge] and imdiately [Equip] that [Gate] "Scrubber" tool I have to prevent their escape. I can't let them escape again without at least interrogating them.
Silvano saunters into the tent with his usual annoying smirk, then stops before our chairs and kneels. "Your Highness, I've answered your call," he greets politely, but his tone is still annoying.
"Rise," Yunia coldly orders.
He obeys and turns to . "I'm happy that you've chosen
to aid you in this battle, but Sandoro asked
to relay the fact that he's opposed to your decision."
"Noted," I tersely reply.
Léonne joins us with the Sworn Hunters, so I get to see her ride elephant-Jacques, which is quite amusing.
She's taking my vision very seriously, which I find very reassuring. I don't like to base my decisions on gut feelings, but I can't ignore what I saw, and the fact that the two spies teleported away the very mont that I noticed them is very telling.
The bait caravan will be reaching the ambush site very soon, so we double our marching speed to get there in ti. The Sworn Hunters will work together with our Lordsguard since it's extrely unlikely that they're heretics. They've sworn to serve the Chief only, so unless Jacques and Léonne betray us, they're as trustworthy as our own knights.
We leave the valley, and I notice how the rough terrain looks like modern Verdun with a few suspicious sword-shaped imprints in the ground and spikes of rock everywhere.
"I think this was the site of an ancient battle between the Symbol of Might and a God-Ruler," Alissa explains through [Bind].
Scary…
Fox-Nen slows down and shares a few words with Fox-Montague, his older brother.
"Things sure got serious, huh," Montague casually comnts, barely having to raise his voice due to the almost entirely silent werefox army.
"I've never seen the Chieftess this serious," Nen quietly replies, though Alissa can still hear them.
"Try not to drool as you watch them fight," Montague teases and shows his fangs in a frightening grin.
"Try not to trip and get your hollow head caved in by a rock," Nen bites back and returns to his post.
"So he can exchange a bit of banter…" Roxanne curiously mumbles through [Bind].
"Only if Alissa isn't nearby," Hana wisely points out.
I sigh and give them both a light poke. "Put on your war faces, girls," I calmly urge them to focus.
"[Sir, yes, sir!]" Roxanne playfully replies in English, then we drop the levity and gradually enter into a trance as we focus on the battle to co.
Now that I can use any spell up to level 50, there's a specific one that interests
quite a bit, so I make so changes to my skill allocations to give
access to it. [Blessing Magic]'s [Haste] is a very powerful spell, but it doesn't last long, so Blessing mages rarely actually use it since they're typically non-combatants who stay far away from the front line.
I test [Haste] a few tis, and it feels like it slows down ti for everything around , allowing
to do anything I want at double the normal speed without actually requiring
to spend twice as much energy. It's an odd spell, but it's really powerful.
Our skills are like this now:
Spoiler
Wolf Ryder Skill Report
Physical
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Sword Use
17 13
Spear Use
12 3
Polearm Use
12 4
Dodge
12 8
Parry
14 6
Block
7 8
Shield Bash
4 1
Battlefield Perception
8 2
Muscle Explosion
4 1
Acrobatics
13 2
Ekrano Style (creator)
4
Magical
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Sense Mana
0 6
Mana Control
3 17
Mana Recovery
0 0
Mana Efficiency
8 7
Reduced Mana Cost
8 7
Mana Overuse Resistance
5 4
Blackout Resistance
0 1
Fire Magic
1 4
Earth Magic
2 3
Water Magic
4 1
Wind Magic
1 4
Electric Magic
6 14
Light Magic
2 13
Space Magic
7 23
Summoning Magic
8 32
Blessing Magic
28 22
Nature Magic
2 18
Conjuring Magic
1 4
Spirit Magic
0 3
Illusion Magic
0 2
Golemancy
0 10
Redirect Mana (creator)
6
Sense Soul (creator)
6
Soul Manipulation (creator)
9
Godly Language
30 5
Dragon Transformation (innate)
7
Equipnt System
5 5
Miscellaneous
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Dancing
0 1
Cooking
0 4
Andraste Language
4 6
Dismantling
0 4
Piloting
0 3
Massage
0 3
Oral Technique
0 1
Mana Body (innate)
4
Info
Na
Wolf Ryder
Age
17
Race
Weredragon
HP
100
MP
1825
Magic Power
780
Level
57
Stats
Strength
15
Endurance
17
Dexterity
12
Speed
15
Intelligence
22
Wisdom
18
Willpower
19
Charisma
17
Piety
17
Perception
17
Sanity
14 4
Other
Status Effects
'NONE'
Titles
'Nickna "Good Luck
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