Preparation For The

Alright, that aforementioned female archer is……oh, there she is, there she is. She's being made to be on standby even further behind than I thought. We still haven't finish attacking that vicinity yet. In that case, I guess I'll go while also doing the experiment.

I pour magic power into the magic crystal of black flame and clad it in flame. Like Suzaku, I alter the flame into wings and flutter it……I'm not used to it so I can't fly well, but, well, it's probably enough if it's only to head over there.

I fly towards a soldier who's yelling behind. There's no particular reason. If I have to say, I guess it's because the female archer is nearby.

Although the female archer notices me because I'm flying and shoots arrows at me, when I create a wall of black flame in front, the arrows burn out before they reach me. It was the same even when she clad them with magic power.

I ignore the arrows that fly at me and land towards the shouting soldier as it is. Without time to even dodge, the soldier was stepped by me and burned out by the black flame. Ooh, it burned nicely.

Although the Imperial Soldiers saw me descended from the sky and were bewildered, they're looking the corpse that burns at my feet and saying, ‘General' and so forth. Eh, this spiritless and incompetent-looking fellow, is this battle's General? I killed him normally.

“Kuu, everybody, take your distance! Don't touch that flame!”

The female archer says that, makes the Imperial Soldiers take their distance from me, and shoots arrows at me by herself. This is convenient. I can save up on the effort of separating her from the soldiers. I confirm that it's just the female archer and me inside the span

“Dark Room”

and activate my sorcery. When I activate my sorcery, 4 black posts rise from the ground so as to encircle the female archer and me, from there, walls of darkness spread towards the posts. The female archer hurriedly tried to leave from there, but she didn't make it in time and was encircled. It goes the same for the ceiling as well.

It probably looks as though a black box suddenly appeared when it's seen from the outside. Naturally, this box is also my sorcery and it's able to absorb and release magic power similarly. In order to break it, an attack that's beyond this box's durability is required, but there wasn't anybody amongst the lot outside who seem capable of doing that.

I move closer to the female archer who nocks the arrow on her bow while glaring at me. Well, it's a given that the female archer will shoot arrows at me if I do such a thing though. I defend against it by catching it between my index finger and middle finger. Although the female archer shoots arrows at me even while she's surprised, it's meaningless, you know.

However, as expected, we can't even have a conversation if it carries on like this, so I seize the female archer with darkness. A darkness that stretched from the ground binds both her hands. I guess she can't shoot her bow with this.

“Don't, glare at me like that. I only came to propose something to you”

“……What did you say?”

I utter one sentence to the female archer who glares at me

“I'll undo the curse of the person you love for you”

“Uuuーーー!”

I return a while after I accomplished my objective and, my subordinates and the Demihumans parted and were in the town that had been occupied.

The Demihumans were patrolling the inside of the town that was regained and my dead spirits subordinates that didn't have anything particular to do were gathering in 1 spot. However, in a way that they encircle somebody.

I was bothered by it so I head over there and……Relcend was whining like an unreasonable child. What's this fellow doing.

“Ah, Master. Do something about this. Rel's been acting like an unreasonable child the whole time and won't listen to what we say”

Liscia, who noticed the fact that I got close, told me in a troubled manner. I guess they've become close enough for her to call her Rel though…….

“And, why is Relcend moaning?”

“It seems she has not fought enough. It seems the battle just now does not satisfy her”

I grasped the situation with Elfion's words. However, If she hasn't fought enough even with that then how was she managing when she was alive? Well, I can speculate it though. I suppose when she was alive, she couldn't endure it either, and in the end, she attacked her own race. As a result of that, she was killed by her own race huh.

“Ah, Sir! Let's fight! I asked everybody but n.o.body will fight with me! I'm unsatisfied with only that just now! Heyy, heyy!”

When Relcend also notices me, she approaches and clings to me aggressively. Her tail is also slapping the ground loudly.

Uーn, I wonder what I should do. If I leave her as it is, she'll probably attack her comrades like she did when she was alive. It can't be helped.

“I got it. Lo, accompany her”

“Wau”

Lo makes its appearance from my shadow when I call it. Its size is unchanged from when it's a Divine Beast before becoming my subordinate, so when it comes outside, it takes up quite a bit of s.p.a.ce.

It happily went inside when I said, ‘It feels cramp for Lo as well, so in that case, how about being inside my shadow through sorcery'. It's been resting inside my shadow when there's no particular need after that.

Lo was satisfied after the fight was over and was submerging in my shadow, but it responded to my call and came out. My bad.

“Ooh! I'm getting excited!”

Relcend who looks at Lo and rejoices. Well, do it moderately. A person and a beast ran to the outside of town, and after a short while, tremors of the earth and roars of thunders were audible. Again, they're rampaging gaudily.

“And, what will we do from now on, Master?”

“Nn? As expected, it's reckless to attack the Empire as it is, so I'm thinking of returning for once. I want to have Liscia continue to go around the Empire's neighbouring countries after all and there's Chrono's set up as well”

I say that and, Liscia makes a terribly reluctant look. Well, it's fine this time around. I'm going to have Elfion tag along as well. So, don't make such a reluctant-looking face.

Well, I'll return to the Demihuman Country for once before that though. It'll be a walk in the park if the female archer, Cesira, does well though.

Well, I guess I'll go about things without expecting that much……ah, Mars is b.l.o.o.d.y sleeping with a ghastly look. It can't be helped since it's his first battle, but he needs to train a little bit more. I guess I'll have Liscia bring Mars along as well.