The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 122

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“Kiran……?!”

Seeing Kasena blink in disbelief, I examined the young man’s face once more.

Oh, this person……?

Wasn’t he the young wolf I saw at the executives’ meeting earlier? The one who said he saw Kasena at the Sega Assembly…….

“Kiran, is that really you?”

“I’m the one who’s surprised. Who knew the wild child who used to climb the outer walls during the Sega Assembly, making it impossible for the adults to hold a meeting, would turn into such a lady.”

Kiran smiled at Kasena, then turned to me with a friendly smile.

“I didn’t even get to introduce myself earlier, Rain. I am Kiran Wolf Blado.”

Blado, the Blado barony.

A powerful magical family from the north, with the bloodline trait of amplifying magical power through blood magic.

Another interesting point was the presence of the middle name ‘Wolf.’

That wasn’t just a common surname, but an honorary title given only to mages who graduated at the top of their class from the northern magic university, Winterhold.

“Actually, I greeted you at the Sega Assembly, but you ignored me…….”

“Ah, that…… I’m sorry. I was, well, going through puberty back then.”

“No, it’s okay. You were very young then, so it’s understandable that you were shy.”

I later heard that Kiran first met five-year-old Kasena at the Sega Assembly around our current age.

He was assigned to babysit her because she was so unruly during the adults’ meetings…….

That’s how they became as close as siblings, but then Kasena injured her leg, and Kiran joined the White Wolf Corps, so they stopped seeing each other.

“But…… do you trust us? The other executives didn’t seem to trust me earlier.”

Instead of answering, Kiran took something out of his pocket.

The Treasures of the Gods, casting an incomprehensible black light that illuminated the surroundings…… a pair of Black Ram Lings [powerful magical artifacts].

As Kasena and I exchanged bewildered glances, Kiran grinned.

“With this in my possession, who could possibly say you’re not a Page [a high-ranking member of a magical order or organization]?”

“……!”

“But a pair with Kasena, did you two get engaged while I wasn’t looking? To win over the empire’s top beauty, you’ve got some skills, Rain.”

A brief, awkward silence followed.

The story of how I received them is really long, but how can I explain it in detail?

“If Lord Madelia acknowledges him as her son-in-law, he must be an incredibly powerful mage, right?”

“No, it’s not, it’s not like that! It’s just that I, well, felt sorry for Rain, so I gave it to him!”

Seeing Kasena vehemently deny Kiran’s engagement theory, it seemed she really didn’t like me.

Since Kasena denied it for me, there was no need for me to deny it as well. Now was the time to talk about more important matters than such trivial topics.

I pressed my face against the bars with a desperate yet relieved feeling and asked.

“What did you just say? Alakish is alive?”

“Yes, there are three survivors who saw Alakish moving west in dragon form.”

In an instant, a sigh of relief escaped my body, and my strength drained away, causing me to kneel down.

He’s alive…….

Alakish is alive…….

Why he didn’t come to the barrier and instead went west was a mystery, but if I thought he decided to protect Lavenfell from that monster, it wasn’t incomprehensible.

“Now it’s my turn to ask questions. No, honestly, I want to release you right away because the situation is urgent, but there’s something I need to confirm.”

“……?”

“What did you do to the Commander-in-Chief earlier? I know you didn’t intend to harm him. But when you used your power, I heard a strange voice.”

“Did Kiran hear it too?”

“Of course, I did. The other executives must not have heard it because their magical sensitivity is low…….”

To avoid repeating the same mistake as before, I calmly explained the hypothesis I had established based on my experiences in Harbardonia.

Something was clearly plotting to disrupt the relationship between humans and beastmen…… and what I eliminated earlier was a 5-Star Possessing Spirit [a powerful entity that can control or influence others].

Kiran, who had been listening to the story calmly without Kasena needing to help, finally furrowed his brow.

“So, my hunch was right…….”

“So, if we leave things as they are, it will end up playing into their plans. We have to open the gates of the barrier somehow.”

“If the beastmen are moving to the naval base as you say, the closest gate to there is…….”

Then Kiran nodded in that direction, and immediately another wolf ran over and opened the prison door with a key.

“The situation is urgent, so let’s talk while we move. Alphonse, release their hands too.”

I could only blink because the plan, which I still didn’t know, was progressing too rapidly. Kiran handed me the dragon egg basket and the Black Ram Lings, now that my hands were free.

“The fact that you were holding onto this is proof that you have Alakish’s trust. So, I can trust you.”

“……?”

“Actually, I’ve been thinking the same thing as you. It seems like you’ve confirmed that it’s the truth.”

“What are you talking about, Kiran?”

“The current Commander-in-Chief was actually friendly to the beastmen before he was elected, no, if you look at the history of the barrier, most of the Commanders-in-Chief were like that.”

“……!”

“But as soon as they are elected as Commander-in-Chief, they become extremely hostile…… no one really suspected it. They just thought they realized the reality.”

Most of the Commanders-in-Chief……?

Before those words could finish, my mind went cold.

“It’s him. It must be the work of that Possessing Spirit’s warlock.”

“Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.”

“So, what are you going to do now? Why are you suddenly releasing us?”

“To send you west.”

“West?”

Following behind him as we left the prison, two wolves who were on lookout nodded to Kiran.

The three wolves who were probably the prison guards were unconscious, their mouths and bodies tied up with ropes, and they were collapsed in a corner.

The barrier, bathed in twilight, shone with golden light, scattering a strange light into the world, from which a strange anxiety arose.

‘It’s already twilight…….’

How much time has passed? Only half a day has passed, right? It couldn’t have been more than that. It shouldn’t have been.

While I was thinking that, Kiran cast a fog barrier with magic and guided us past the guards’ eyes to the stone arch across the way.

It was a structure connected to the basement, and the wolf running at the front picked up a lantern hanging on the outer wall and opened a large oak door.

“This is the underground road to the west. You can move to the West Regulation Gate. You’ll have to go above ground once on the way because it’s cut off by the Silver Horn Bay.”

It was such a wide passage that it was hard to believe it was really underground, and it was even bright because of the regularly hung lanterns.

Moreover, there were five more wolves in front of the basement, along with ten ponies that were easy to move around in such a space.

I still couldn’t understand the situation, so I could only stare at Kiran, who was the last to enter the basement and firmly closed and bolted the door.

“Don’t be surprised. There are people among the White Wolves who think the same way as you. More wolves than you think have received help from the beastmen.”

Kiran, muttering like that, smiled sadly as he climbed onto the pony’s saddle.

“I was the same way too.”

Kasena, who was getting help from me to get on the saddle, showed interest in his attitude.

“What happened?”

“It’s a story from when I was nineteen. I encountered a fierce blizzard on my first patrol and got separated from the main unit.”

“So? What happened then?”

“Then a beastman warrior helped me get to the barrier. He was a polar bear beastman, a very kind, strong, and funny friend.”

As I listened to Kasena and Kiran’s conversation and stepped on the stirrup to get on the pony’s saddle, I had to stop for a moment and raise my head.

A polar bear?

A polar bear beastman?

I suddenly remembered the one-eyed polar bear, Opus, who was lamenting that his son had been killed by the wolf he had helped.

“But the senior wolf who opened the door suddenly stabbed the beastman in the neck. He said he was trying to deceive me and enter the barrier? When I asked him what he was doing, he told me to be grateful instead.”

Kasena and I blankly exchanged glances, then looked at Kiran with those same eyes. Kiran shook his head, telling us not to say anything.

“This may be an apology for that day…… and in the long run, it may be protecting the honor of the wolves. What will be recorded in history later if we are manipulated by the plans of unknown bastards?”

“……!”

“Let’s go to the West Regulation Gate. There are only 150 management soldiers there, and only three executives. It’s close to the naval base. Bring the beastmen there. We’ll leave the gate open.”

* * *

Barefoot, ‘Shar’kass, the White Spirit [a powerful being from the Abyss], quietly stepped through the snowfield and looked up at the structure he was seeing for the first time with an indifferent face.

Hmm, is this the Frost Rampart [a magical barrier]?…….

Those lackeys of the Creator God, daring to build such a ridiculous thing in the king’s territory.

‘According to the extracted memories, the keys to unlock the seal have escaped beyond this barrier…….’

The Time Queen, who had just awakened, also chased after those little ones…… KarenDen intervened there.

For the new millennial kingdom, we must capture those human brats and look into their souls.

‘But this is blocking the way.’

The moment he approached and touched the ice wall of the Frost Rampart.

A streak of light flickered faintly on the outer wall, then suddenly concentrated into a fierce flash and exploded, Shar’kass’s eyes widened.

Suddenly, his left arm was cut off, and in the middle of the light, it was instantly burned to ashes and scattered meaninglessly into the air.

‘What……?’

In that very instant, if the spiderweb hadn’t severed his left shoulder, that light might have spread throughout his body like a poison and caused fatal damage.

Shar’kass, examining his condition, frowned slightly, which was rare to see.

‘Hyper-regeneration is not occurring.’

The spiderwebs eerily protruded from the severed surface of his left arm.

Those spiderwebs quickly knitted together a new body up to the elbow, but they were not creating the lower part at all.

Hyper-regeneration is the immortal authority that the Transcendents of the Abyss received from the Lord of the Abyss, and the power that can resist this immortal authority so strongly is…….

‘KarenDen’s power? No, Tersia? Either way, it’s become troublesome.’

He had no regrets about his arm.

He had to create a new one because he had suffered fatal injuries in the fight with Asura’s clone anyway. It would be newly created within a week anyway.

‘You scoundrels, did you think you could confine the king’s power with just this wall?’

Hmph, it’s useless…… the fact that they built this wall is proof that they no longer have power. Or they have left this world.

I’ll tear it down soon, after I rebuild the king’s army. There were countless talents to be newly conscripted in this land.

The name of the bitch who wielded that ridiculous weapon called the Holy Sword was Enuel. The descendants of those who invaded the king’s land following that bitch.

“Let’s go to Lavenfell.”

The moment Shar’kass turned around, the giant Transcendent, standing like a mountain behind him and waiting, bent down so that the boy could comfortably climb on his back.

If someone had seen it from afar, they would surely have recognized it as a Red Dragon.

The dragon scales, which once burned fiercely like flames, were covered with sticky spiderwebs and reeked, and the golden dragon eyes, which shone nobly, were stained dark blue and emitted eerie thoughts.

Yes, before being devoured by the Abyss, this was called Alakish.