The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 298
63page. Heir of the Faded Star (6)
7.
Go to the desert right now.
Immediately after the order of the next emperor, Chartrand, was proclaimed, the imperial army stationed on the southern front immediately began marching into the desert..
According to the imperial order, the commander-in-chief was assumed by Count Istan el Deorg, and the three masters, who were given separate missions, formed separate groups..
“Umm, I think it would be better to move with the main force until the central fortress..”
However, it did not act differently from the beginning..
It was because the Mage of the Mage Tower, Count Demuel Ron Dermore, who was ordered to rescue Perticia along with the three Masters, came up with an opinion..
“I agree with the count.”
“me too.”
Theoric and Limer also nodded silently. Currently, they are at the beginning of the desert. Because it was a place where the pagans had little influence.
In other words, the possibility that there was a group that kidnapped Perticia was small. So it would not be efficient to move separately already..
“Well, it can't be helped that everyone is like that..”
The sword of the north, Barka, also shrugged with a sad face. The response was to accept Demuel's offer..
Some time after that, while continuing the march with the main unit, Barca looked back at Istan as if she had suddenly remembered something and asked:.
“Oh, but how long does it take to get to the fort??”
“Take at least two days.”
“what? Two days?”
“exactly.”
Istan nodded silently at Barca's question, as if surprised. In response, Barca asked back as if she couldn't understand at all..
“No, it doesn't look that far on the map, so why take two days?…….”
“This is because the desert environment is special..”
Then Seoric intercepted the answer..
As the saying goes, the climatic environment of the southern desert was famous for being very fickle..
where is that?
The sand is full of monsters who don't know when to come out, and it's unknown when and where the cultists will attack..
“Therefore, compared to the speed of marching in the plains or forests, it is inevitable that it will be slow..”
At Seoric's words, Istan just nodded without saying a word. As if that's the right answer.
“Tsk, what a boring two days.”
Meanwhile, Barca clicked his tongue low..
It was with an expression that he did not like this situation at all. Around the time we continued our march to our destination.
flash!
In an instant, an incident occurred that caught everyone's attention. It was Demuel's backpack that intermittently began to glow..
“Eh?”
“that……?”
Unlike the Masters, who were the first to notice this, Demuel, who was wearing a backpack, did not seem to notice this fact..
Then Barca spoke to him on behalf of the four masters..
“hey mage.”
“……yes?”
“Backpack glowing, what's inside?”
“ah!”
Only then did Demuel realize that the light was twinkling in his backpack..
After a while, what he took out was a large crystal ball. It was a special magic tool that was said to be able to track down Perticia..
and the moment I saw it.
Rimmer opened his eyes wide..
“did you find the location?”
“Let's take a look.”
Demuel injects magic into the crystal ball.
After a not-so-short period of time, he licked his lips with a strangely subtle expression..
“probably found it.”
“I really?!”
Rimmer asked with delight..
A face with a bright smile. After that, Seoric and Istan sighed as if relieved..
It was a natural reaction. If we can safely secure a candidate for empress here, the all-out war with the cultists may not have happened..
“yes, but that…….”
But suddenly, Demuel slurred his words..
A somewhat perplexed expression. Did you feel bad about this? Theoric asked right away..
“Why? is there any problem?”
“Actually it is. According to the device, the empress candidate is here..”
After answering with a sigh, Demuel tapped the floor with his toe. Rimer, who was watching this, muttered with an absurd face..
“……under the ground?”
“Yeah, that's pretty deep too.”
Perticia is deep underground.
The room was momentarily engulfed in desolation at the absurd answers that followed. But even for a moment, Seorik, who had hurriedly regained his composure, looked back at Istan and asked:.
“Look, Sir Istan. Are there any underground lairs of the cultists nearby? Or an underground cave…….”
“As far as I know no.”
Istan shook his head..
The answer without hesitation gave Seoric a puzzled expression. Around the time when Rimmer was also making an expression of incomprehensibility.
Barca commented.
“it's not too late?”
“yes? what does that mean?”
“It means that it may have already become a corpse and buried under the ground..”
“……!?”
a rude remark.
The faces of the three Masters hardened at once at a fairly direct statement. Among them, it was Rimer who showed the most violent reaction..
“How dare you do such a foolish thing……!”
Rimmer growled with a ferocious face..
It was because Perticia was a very special existence to her..
Besides, Rimmer felt guilty about not being able to properly escort Perticia, so it was natural for him to react like this..
“why? You're not saying anything wrong?”
Of course, Barca's attitude was rude, but.
Rimer is enraged by Barca's unyielding opinion and his rude attitude. The moment the atmosphere became cold again.
“Wrong.”
Istan intruded on their conversation..
After shaking his head lightly, he turned to Barca and answered in a calm tone..
“The possibility that the empress candidate died is slim.”
“hmm? why do you think so?”
“If the cultists had intended to kill the candidate for empress, they would have dealt with it when they attacked Lord Lapidis. But they chose kidnapping.”
There must be a reason for that.
For example, using the empress candidate as a hostage and negotiating with the empire. When Barca couldn't come up with a reasonable rebuttal to a reasonable answer.
“Yes Sir Istan is right.”
Demuel also supported Istan..
He tapped the still shiny crystal ball and explained why..
“Because this magic tool has the property of chasing the mana of the living. In other words, if the device responds, it means that the empress candidate is still safe..”
When the detailed explanation returned, Rimer's hardened expression relaxed somewhat. Soon after, Demuel looked back at everyone and said as if suggesting.
“So why don't you search around first? Maybe there's a road leading underground that even Istan doesn't know about..”
“Got it. don't do that.”
“yes i agree.”
Masters complied with the proposal without a word..
As of right now, the only way to find Perticia was with Demuel's magic tools. After that, Istan immediately tried to call the command of the main unit..
It was to stop the march for a while and search the surrounding area. But before that, a familiar face appeared..
“Commander! That's urgent!”
A man running in a hurry.
It was Istan's adjutant. He screamed with a pale face..
“Non-standard monsters have appeared!”
“what? that is…….”
“yes! It's Rudric's family.!”
“……!”
At that moment, Istan's expression hardened..
“Rudric's family?”
“What is it? Do you mean the demon of the desert??”
On the other hand, unlike him, the other three Masters each tilted their heads as if they didn't know what Ludrick's family was..
In response, Istan briefly explained Ludrick's family, and the masters who heard his story finally nodded..
“Ah, you meant the gods of the heathen..”
“If so, I've heard of it too. With the warning that you'll need at least a Master or Archmage level to deal with it..”
“ho, is that really?”
Barca's eyes twinkled..
It was a completely different reaction from before, when I yawned all the time saying I was bored..
After a while, he tapped the greatsword on his back and raised the corner of his mouth..
“If it's true, I'd like to try it.”
“……Sir Barca, refrain from rash actions..”
Did he feel uneasy about his words??
Theoric spoke as if warning. But Barca made no reply..
When I felt more anxious about this.
Istan turned to his adjutant and spoke..
“What is their purpose? where are you going?”
“It seems that the current route overlaps with ours somewhat, so we stopped marching for now. And their destination is the current Crow Brigade…….”
The adjutant continued with a detailed report..
However, before he could finish his words, two men suddenly appeared out of thin air..
men in white robes.
They were the Crow Brigade, the direct unit of Istan that the adjutant mentioned..
“I report you, sir..”
“Rudric's people have just passed through the quicksand and headed underground in the desert..”
“Hey, it's underground.?!”
It was none other than Rimer who responded to the Crow Brigade's report. Subsequently, Demuel also touched his chin with a serious face..
“oh well, that's…….”
“I guess we've got a job to do.”
Barca grinned as she pulled out her greatsword..
It was a very aggressive smile..
8.
Meanwhile at that time.
Ulan and the others stared blankly at the sudden appearance of an unknown being..
Monsters in the form of birds and snakes.
First, the bird swam in the air flapping its wings wrapped in pure white flames, and the snake sat coiled in a purple swamp..
“that's alternative…….”
Sven couldn't take his eyes off them with alert eyes. That would be the case, because I instinctively realized it..
that they are so powerful.
Meanwhile, the two beings that appeared out of nowhere had one thing in common. The fact that both of them have their eyes fixed on Ulan.
Ulan, of course, had no choice but to stare at the two, and time passed again and again like that..
Ulan was the first to speak.
“what are those guys?”
“……It's Rudric's family..”
Then Syrpy answered the question..
Soon after, she glanced at Baekrang, who suddenly appeared, and continued her explanation..
“They are called a grotesque bird that spews eternal flames and a venomous snake that constantly proliferates. Baekrang, who hides in the fog, is like a brother..”
“well, brother…….”
Ulan blurted out with a puzzled face..
It was because they were of different species, so they wondered how they could become brothers..
Meanwhile, while Ulan was tilting his head, Baekrang suddenly took a step forward. With this as a signal, the three members opened their mouths at the same time..
[Aww! Caw!]
[Hiss! hey hey!]
[purr! greung!]
Fellows shouting as if having a conversation.
there was just one problem.
“……what are you saying?”
From the looks of it, it was clear that they were having a conversation, but it was because I couldn't understand what was going on..
In response, Syrpi and Muak reflexively looked at Noah. Noticing their gaze, Noah shook his head with an awkward smile..
“I don't even know about that. instead…….”
“instead?”
“Tisha will do it.”
After answering, Noah turned his head..
Then, Ibella and Dillia also moved their eyes, and Muak and Sirfi also naturally looked in the direction everyone's eyes were headed..
A girl with white hair and red eyes.
Directly towards Pertishia.
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