#317. Kaisel Valencia (1)
Desert region of southeastern continent.
There is the Lavliant Monastery, a holy site of the Order of the Holy Spirit.
Originally it was the remains of an ancient civilization, but it was treated as a holy place because a saint of the Order of the Holy Spirit performed a miracle here long ago.
Dozens of monks from the Order of the Holy Spirit always guard the temple, and hundreds of believers make pilgrimages to the holy site every day.
“Everyone, I want you to pay attention to this gray wall.”
The monk in charge of guiding raised his hand in front of the congregation.
“Do you see the huge footprints? These are the marks of the Glorious Sword Emperor’s subjugation of the evil Lich 650 years ago.”
“Oh… … !”
When the most revered saint in the Order of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Sword Master, was mentioned, exclamations erupted here and there.
“The Commander’s Cult was destroyed 2,500 years ago, but its remnants were hiding and operating in secret throughout the continent. The Lich who hid in this temple was one of them.”
“You evil bastard… …!”
“Because the temple was built alone in the desert, humanity was not quick to notice the Lich’s plot. By the time the Holy Spirit Order noticed, the area was already covered in an aura of death.”
“oh my god……!”
“The Holy Spirit Monastery immediately contacted the Emperor of Light. At that time, the Emperor of Light was old and sick, but he personally went out to punish them.”
The monk said with a somber expression.
“The Sword Master fought the Lich alone. Although his chances of defeat were slim, he mustered up the last of his strength to strike a miraculous blow and defeated the Lich… … and then he died here.”
“iced coffee……!”
“Oh, the Sword of Radiance… …!”
Many people were moved to tears.
But one of them raised his hand.
“Monk, I have a question.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“What was Rich plotting here? At the time, this was a desert with no one around, so it would have been difficult to create undead.”
“Um… … Well.”
The monk looked embarrassed.
“The inside of the temple is clean now, but… … Back then, there might have been monster corpses or something like that. They might have turned them into undead.”
“I don’t know for sure.”
“Yes, that part isn’t in the records… … Ah, then let’s move inside.”
When the monk tried to move from place to place while talking like that.
Suddenly the sky darkened.
“… … ?”
Some people mistakenly thought that dark clouds were gathering.
But that was never the case.
A huge, high in the sky, airship was flying towards us.
“Unfair?”
“Which family’s unfairness is this?”
It costs a lot of money to run an unfair system.
That is why it was mainly the nobles who rode on the airships.
“The Marquis of Colaine also possessed an airship, right? Do you know which family’s airship it was?”
“Hmm, this is a model I’ve never seen before. Let’s see… … .”
The old nobleman frowned and looked up at the sky.
“hmm……?”
Right then.
A gun-like thing protruded from the airship approaching us.
“What is that?”
“cannon?”
“Hey, no way… … .”
Everyone was looking up at the sky, thinking, ‘That can’t be happening.’
but…….
“… … !”
Boom!
A volley of flame grenades shot out from the aircraft and engulfed them.
* * *
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Lavliant Temple was instantly turned into a sea of fire by the bombardment of the Magic Airship Zeppelin.
The monks of the Holy Spirit Order rushed out in a hurry, but they were unable to block the barrage of airships created by pooling the Academy’s technological prowess.
In the first place, since this place was a ‘tourist attraction’, there were no excellent personnel assigned to it.
“About 90% of the people in the temple have been cleared out, Dean.”
“You’re working hard, Hernus.”
In the command center were Yosteras, Hernus, Pyotr, and Wayne Trigger.
“There are a lot of victims.”
“Does your heart hurt, Pyotr?”
“no.”
Pyotr shook his head at Yosteras’ question.
“It is a sacrifice for a greater purpose, so there is no choice.”
“Is that so?”
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“yes.”
Pyotr said, checking the situation on the ground through the screen ahead.
“It actually turned out well.”
“Why?”
“We have secured a large number of corpses to be zombified into Animate Dead.”
“… … .”
Yosteras looked bitter after hearing Pyotr’s answer.
Because originally, Pyotr was not such a cruel wizard.
‘If Shainas had seen this, he would have raised his voice and said that he knew it would happen.’
The head of the Department of Radiance, Shinas, hates the magic of the spirit realm.
It’s not just because of simple prejudice, but because the more you use the magic of the command world, the more your personality becomes distorted.
Although not definitively proven, there is a hypothesis that dark waves may affect the brain.
‘Pyotr himself assured me that it would never happen… … but I guess it can’t be helped.’
Peter didn’t usually act like this.
But once he was able to justify killing people for his own purposes, he began to reveal his true colors that he had never known he would reveal.
It was highly likely that this tendency would become stronger in the future.
‘Even you, who had a good personality, ended up becoming a monster like us.’
This was a fortunate thing for Yosteras.
If Pyotr had tried to stop Yosteras by advocating ethics and justice, things would have been a mess.
“There is no more life response.”
Then Hernus’ voice was heard.
It meant that everyone on earth was killed.
But no one there seemed to feel any remorse.
“We will switch to autonomous alert mode.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Hernus.”
The work that had to be done in the airspace is done.
Now we can all go down to the ground together.
“Wayne.”
“Yes, Dean.”
Wayne Trigger, a former senior assassin of the Trigger family but now the new Sword of Yosterra, answered politely.
“Let’s all go down together, leaving only a few guys to guard the unfairness.”
“Okay, I’ll tell you to let me know if anything happens.”
“Please.”
Yosteras, Hernus, Pyotr, Wayne, and a dozen assassins descended to the ground one by one.
Hernus’ special golems brought from the academy were also included.
“hmm…….”
Pyotr, who had come down to the ground, looked around.
Bodies of those killed by the shelling were scattered here and there.
“Animate Dead.”
Swish, swish.
The corpses slowly rose up.
Most of it was burnt and there were a lot of damaged areas, but it didn’t matter.
With the magic of Pyotr, who is currently the world’s greatest sorcerer, he could turn them all into useful zombie soldiers.
“You are a minister.”
Yosteras muttered, stroking his beard.
If you include the golems that Hernus brought, the number was quite large.
“Do we need this many troops?”
Wayne looked around and asked.
I couldn’t understand why the golem was bringing a large number of zombies with it, even though they had already been swept away by the unfair bombardment.
“This isn’t a force meant for dealing with humans, Wayne.”
“yes?”
“There’s no way you’d go this far just to deal with a human.”
Yosteras entered the temple.
Because it was a temple without a ceiling, the inside was also burning.
“Hernus, where do you think you are?”
“Over there.”
Hernus spoke while holding an artifact that looked like a compass.
“I see a place that looks like an altar.”
“There you go.”
Yosteras, Hernus, Piotr, and Wayne approached the altar.
“There are traces of blood on the marble.”
Pyotr said, looking around.
“It looks like Richie made a human sacrifice here.”
“They really are old-fashioned.”
650 years ago, the remnants of the Commander’s Sect performed rituals here.
But they lacked knowledge.
That’s why he couldn’t achieve what he wanted, and was eventually defeated by the Sword of Light.
“We are not like that.”
“Yes, Hernus.”
Yosteras nodded and said.
“We will proceed in the proper manner. Using the information we have gathered from all over the world… and the data of the ancestors who remained in the Mirage Stronghold.”
“… … .”
“This is a ‘singularity’ where the laws of space and time are easily disrupted.”
Yosteras said, pointing to the altar.
“If we use powerful space-time magic at this singularity to break the laws of time and space… … we can reach the Red Moon System.”
The Red Moon System is nowhere to be found on Earth.
It exists in an area called the ‘Astral Plane’, which is a gap in space and time.
That is why no one has ever possessed the red moon.
“The Commander’s Cult knew of the existence of the Red Moon and regarded it as an object of faith, but ultimately failed to make direct contact with the Red Moon. The Trinity Emperors gained immortality by making contact with the Red Moon, but they never thought of obtaining the Red Moon itself.”
“… … .”
“But we are not.”
Yosteras said in a determined voice.
“We will obtain the highest truth and reach the ultimate realm. That is the ideal we have pursued since our days at the Ars Magna Magic Research Institute.”
“… … .”
A magical system from an ancient civilization that can transcend time and space.
The descendants of the Ars Magna Magic Research Institute have been working secretly for 700 years to obtain it.
While outwardly taking a double standard of demonstrating the right path of magic.
“If they knew we were pursuing such power, they would all be shocked. The Rublekan Empire, other magic groups, and even the magicians within the Academy would vehemently reject it.”
“… … .”
“But after we bring down the red moon, any resistance is meaningless.”
Even if you only use some of the features of the Red Moon System, you can create magic that far surpasses existing space-time or command magic.
It may also be possible to summon the Immortals and harness their immense power.
Who on earth could possibly rebel?
“The Academy… … will take over the world.”
Wayne said in a nervous voice.
But Yosteras just shook his head and smiled.
“Once you have the power of the Red Moon, there’s a good chance that those things will become meaningless.”
“Is that so?”
“If we can transcend the limits of space and time, what’s the point of controlling just one space and time?”
As he said that, Pyotr, who was next to him, opened his mouth.
“That may be why the Trinity Emperor only drew on a portion of the Red Moon’s power.”
“I guess they expected that if they took control of the entire Red Moon System, they would lose the appeal of ruling this world.”
“In reality, none of the wizards of the ancient civilization who became immortals remain in this space-time.”
Wayne looked uneasy as he listened to their conversation.
I couldn’t keep up with the high-level conversations the Academy’s magicians were having.
“Then, we will proceed with the ceremony.”
At that moment, Hernus, who had finished preparing, opened his mouth.
She had already installed a lot of complicated machinery around her.
“I will generate waves that disrupt the laws of space and time and open a gate to the Astral Plane.”
“Okay, let’s go ahead.”
With Yosteras’ permission, Hernus activated the devices.
At that moment, an unidentified ‘color’ flowed out from above the altar.
“I guess I’ll have to take a step back.”
“All right.
As we all stepped back, the golems and zombies stepped forward.
The colors made contact with the golems and zombies, but there was no reaction.
“It doesn’t seem to have any effect since it’s not a living thing.”
“If we came into contact with that color, we would go crazy.”
Wayne looked slightly nervous as he listened to the conversation between Yosteras and Hernus.
Then, Pyotr, who was next to me, spoke to me.
“Do you regret joining this camp?”
“……no.”
“It’s still too early to think about that.”
Peter said in a gloomy voice.
“Soon… … the monsters that live in the cracks of space and time will come out.”
“Monsters… …?”
“As I said before, why do you think we prepared so many troops?”
“… … .”
“You’d better be alert. According to the information, these guys are more dangerous with mental attacks than physical attacks.”
As he spoke, Pyotr stared at the ever-growing door of space-time on the altar.
“While holding out against those guys… … we have to find the coordinates of the red moon.”
“So you’re saying we have to hold out until we find the coordinates?”
“That’s right. Oh, there’s also a possibility that the Guardian will appear before the Red Moon… … .”
Then suddenly a ‘sound’ started to flow out.
It sounded like bugs were flying.
“The monsters are starting to appear.”
“… … .”
When they were so nervous.
Suddenly a loud noise was heard from behind.
“… … !”
Everyone turned their heads in surprise.
And then… … I witnessed the airship outside flying fiercely towards me.
“what?!”
It was a strange thing.
The airship was staffed with assassins from the Trigger faction.
If anything happens, you were supposed to let me know right away… … .
“If we continue like this, we’ll collide!”
Wayne raised his voice.
If that giant airship crashes down here and crushes everything, consciousness and all will be useless.
“Hmm… … .”
But Yosteras only slightly frowned.
“Who on earth is it? It can’t be the Magic Tower, right? Or the Golden Cross? Or the head of the Trigger family?”
Yosteras raised his hand and muttered in a scary voice.
“If not that… … .”
Kukookung!
The airship collided with the ‘barrier’ deployed in the air.
The airship was unable to crush the people here, but it did crush a significant number of the golems and zombies in the rear.
“Kaiser, is that you?”
Boom!
Kaisel Valencia appeared on top of the exploding airship.
With eyes that held a clear will that would never waver.
