The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 277

Side Story 6.

The Forgotten War, Spider Lord Subjugation (6)

‘It’s gone……?’

Mirngardia felt an ominous sensation and opened her eyes from meditation.

There was a Dragon Word charm that allowed her to sense Rain’s presence, no matter where he was.

Rain always kept that charm close, allowing her to recognize his aura no matter where he was in the world.

‘No matter where he is in the world.’

That phrase snagged on something in Mirngardia’s mind.

Perhaps it was to deny the information that he might be dead. To deny that possibility, this was the only answer.

‘The World Tree.’

Mirngardia immediately entered the Pure White Dream [a meditative state where she can access vast knowledge] through the World Tree.

With a flick of her finger, countless letters were reflected on the surface of the water.

Mirngardia did not yet have the ability to foresee the future like Yeriserica, but she could gather all the knowledge she had accumulated there.

‘Dimension, Multiverse, Outer Space.’

Soon, the core knowledge was summarized.

Mirngardia rapidly summarized and organized the knowledge in her mind and created a new theory.

Time flows twelve times slower in the Pure White Dream than in the real world. Nevertheless, she had to hurry.

‘Outer Space Dimension Transfer.’

Soon, she was able to create a rift leading to outer space with the dimension transfer formula she had created.

In an instant, Mir’s eyes widened.

‘Found it.’

I need to specify the space.

His energy is very weak. How much longer can he hold on?

Just as the space specification was about to end, absolute thought surged into the dream space and began to erode the lake.

There was no time to feel embarrassed.

She had to immediately close the rift and spend a considerable amount of time purifying them.

‘There are two practical problems.’

One.

Mirngardia’s abilities could only open a very small rift.

If measuring the size based on humans, it was only large enough for a teenager to barely pass through.

Two.

She couldn’t cross over directly.

She had to maintain the rift and prevent thoughts from invading the real world, as she was doing now.

‘I need to find someone among the fairies.’

Stepping out of the Pure White Dream, she stopped her hurried steps.

‘But is there really a fairy who hasn’t grown past adolescence who can withstand the power of outer space?’

If there was, they would already be receiving private education and would be in Mirngardia’s information network.

And too many fairies had gone north with the White Dragon Legion.

Those who remain now…….

“Frowning is evil! Sighing is evil! When you feel alone, looking around is justice!”

At that moment, there was a voice that resonated like a ray of dawn.

Golden hair, shining brilliantly under the old, worn-out bamboo hat, holding the light of the sun.

But what was even more brilliant than that sacred golden hair was that welcome face.

She had grown up to be a maiden, and it was the time when the horn of the Bireyong [a type of dragon] was growing, so her brow was swollen like a wart.

Soon, the eyes with the cross pattern smiled in a beautiful arc, patting Mir’s head.

“How have you been, Mir Mir!”

“Nen, I demand an explanation as to how you came here.”

“I escaped with the power of justice to see Mir! In the gap when Elder Yoshhar and Elder Hagon went north!”

The Yellow Dragon Legion also went north……?

Oju wouldn’t even have the leeway to leave his position to assist the Mad Dragon…….

At that time, Father’s attitude was very strange. Something must have happened in the north.

Without even sharing the joy of reunion, Mirngardia explained the current situation so that even Setsunen’s brain could easily understand it.

After organizing the story in her head for a long time, Setsunen nodded.

“Good Mir Mir! You need my help to save Daddy!”

“Unfortunately, that is indeed the case.”

“The Bible says that one who does not help his brother cannot help others, and honor your parents, so Nen will help in the name of justice!”

“It is indeed a dangerous attempt. Nothing has been clarified about the power of outer space. Even opening a rift to connect to that place is a gamble.”

Setsunen was, of course, the perfect being who could pass through the rift that Mirngardia could open, with no other alternative.

But.

Can I throw my sister into this uncertainty? What if I lose not only Rain but also Setsunen?

“It could cause a global crisis. Above all, there is a high possibility that Nen will be isolated or die in outer space.”

Then, Setsunen, who was usually full of playfulness, gave a sincere smile.

“If we were in this situation, Father would not hesitate at all, Mir Mir.”

When she received that smile.

Mirngardia, who rarely showed her emotions on her face, smiled.

“Acknowledged. That probability is 100%.”

Nen patted Mir’s cheek affectionately and nodded.

“So Nen will go without hesitation! For justice! Now, send me to where Daddy is quickly!”

* * *

Rem and Bart arrived above after crossing dimensions.

Its location was in Junghye-bu, and the battle situation was not as urgent as in other places because the naval base was located in front.

At the center of the mages defending this place were Ludwig and his son.

They asked about the whereabouts of Rain and Miria. Asking if they didn’t come together.

“A crack occurred in the dimension formation, so they seem to have gone somewhere else…….”

I had no choice but to vaguely say that.

How could I tell my own father about his death in this situation? It would only add to the confusion. And it’s not yet confirmed that he’s dead. I didn’t want to believe it either.

In this situation, hadn’t he come back alive several times?

“Bart, what do we do now?”

It was then that the anomaly occurred.

The starlight trembled, and the moonlight began to flash seductively to the point of being obscured.

And the powerful blizzard that was so strong that they couldn’t see ahead swept through.

I saw it there…….

The chilling laughter of joy at meeting the true king. The sounds of madness or exploding to death from that happiness.

And I saw it again.

The absolute madness that gnaws at the mind, the transcendent darkness, the sacred wave that washes it away cleanly.

And I heard it.

The voice of pure blue that has protected this land for countless years.

「The barrier has fallen. You go south and block the Hushingyeong [a type of monster]. The Yellow Dragons will help.」

* * *

Eyeballs sprouted in the sky.

At first, I thought it was a crack caused by the belated action of the Space-Time Slash…….

The crack slowly grew, forming a cornea, then a retina, and then an iris. It was closer to a wolf’s eye than a human’s.

I saw it.

The unspeakably bizarre eyeballs sprouted one by one, then dozens and hundreds, soon covering the ceiling of the Millennium Snow Jade.

Beyond the pressure that felt like my whole body was being trampled on.

From beyond time, from the realm where light does not exist, the drums of madness are heard…….

Breaking, shattering, and crushing people’s minds…….

“Wh, what is it…….”

Miria, who had inherited the swordsmanship of her old memories but did not have the dragon’s soul in her body, gasped for breath.

And again I saw it.

The liquid that flowed like tears from those eyeballs turned into chilling tentacles.

The tentacles flew at us all at once the next moment.

* * *

The fear imprinted in the genes, or rather, learned in the past…….

Kasena’s breath poured out incessantly. Cold sweat dripped down from the forehead inside Frisvia’s optical helmet.

The Ain Hwacha [a type of artillery] unit muttered unprecedented languages one by one in the pain of twisting their brains.

“There’s nothing to fear!”

Frisvia’s closest aide, Eldvig, shouted to rally the unit’s morale.

“He has just awakened from the seal! Look, his body hasn’t been completely regenerated yet! There are traces of where he burned down in the past!”

Shar’kas leisurely looked down at his arm.

The arm that had burned and scattered below the shoulder was newly growing in the midst of disgusting gelatinous bubbles.

Meanwhile, all of the naval base’s main guns and thirty Hwachas were aimed at Shar’kas…… and at the same time as the earth-shattering gunfire, a simultaneous barrage was carried out.

「Heavenly Spider Web.」

A spider web that covers the heavens and the earth with countless diagonal lines…… shells and arrows were entangled and caught on the spider web.

Not only that.

The trajectory of the shells and arrows, whose trajectory had been reversed by a strange force, returned in reverse, and the night of slaughter began.

“Kk, kkkuaaaa!”

“Hw, Hwacha is!”

“Run away!”

In the midst of that viscous blood and chilling echoes of wailing, laughter erupted.

「Hhh, hhh, hhha, hahahahahahahahaha!」

Even the sound contained a nauseating divinity, and the eardrums of mortals burst and blood flowed out of their ears.

「The true king has awakened. A fragrance that is incomparably sweet covers the world.」

From that series of actions, Valensidice realized the difference in class that could not be narrowed.

Old Noble, Shar’kas.

Unlike Nariaduke, who took the body of Archmage Lynn, he was resurrected as the main body…… 3rd in the Obon rank [a ranking system].

Dealing with Nariaduke was a series of despair, but an old noble with even greater power.

“I can’t win…….”

Because they cannot be touched or confronted, gods are distinguished and called gods, not humans.

“We have to get out of here, Kasena Page! Staying here is a dog’s death! We can’t deal with an enemy that we can’t handle with our power!”

Even without saying it, Kasena was also desperately feeling that despair with her body and soul.

She had definitely become stronger than she was as a child. She even became a platinum-ranked adventurer. She should have become stronger.

But, what the hell?

It’s the same as back then.

It doesn’t seem like anything has changed.

This fear that makes my throat burn and my heart race like crazy…….

I don’t even think I can win.

But I couldn’t back down.

Because Frisvia stepped forward in front of Shar’kas as if she would definitely defend the naval base.

Their treasure, Isla, was sleeping in the naval base.

「You guys are…….」

Shar’kas, who was rapidly repairing his body, looked this way only after that argument.

As if a human would pay attention after a bug buzzed nearby.

Then his eyes narrowed as if he was very interested.

「Bitch, I was going to find you and taxidermize you, but I met you like this. Isn’t this also the grace of the king?」

“……!”

「Where is the clone of Karen Den? I don’t care what happens to the insignificant humans anymore, but I will definitely end you with my own hands for daring to shame me.」

In response, the three of them took action with movements that were closer to resignation than fighting spirit.

“Why don’t you give it a try!”

The moment Kasena drew four runes in the air, countless telekinetic bubbles of various sizes flew in.

“If you can! You disgusting spider bastard!”

This 4-star magic, which combines bloodline limits and telekinesis to the extreme, completely distorts the providence of gravity and inertia applied to the target.

“Ha…….”

Valensidice also reluctantly wielded the Abyss Relic Kashasur.

A 5-star wind spell of the dimension magic series that exquisitely imitates the idea derived from Space-Time Slash with 4-star sorcery, 4-star magic, and 4-star black magic.

The crescent-shaped wind blade tears through dimensions.

「Interesting, humans are using Nariaduke’s toys.」

When Shar’kas waved the index finger of his now regenerated left hand, spider webs flew in all directions and excluded all attacks.

No, when he tried to exclude it, Kasena’s providence distortion changed the gravity of the spider web.

The blade of dimension rushed through the gap that was opened in this way, neatly cutting off Shar’kas’s upper body by dimension.

「……?!」

Then Pipi ran up and swept the retina of the eyeball with her claws.

A momentary loophole just before ultra-high-speed regeneration occurred.

In order to seize this loophole, the artifacts installed on both of Frisvia’s knees emitted a mysterious light.

This ancient shin guard, which increases leg strength by nearly 48 times, is one of the Ascensi Quarier artifacts recently discovered.

If it were the body of an Ain [a type of humanoid], the knee joint would have been shattered, but because it was the newly transplanted beastman’s leg, it withstood the recoil.

Fixing her body by planting her left heel on the ground.

Then, at the moment when she spun her body and kicked her foot with even more centrifugal force.

「It worked, what you just did…… at the same time, you just missed it. A single chance.」

With Shar’kas’s smile, who had regenerated his body at an unbelievable speed, he was caught in the air.

「Don’t you remember this composition? I remember it very well.」

Paddeudeuk.

The shin guards creaked painfully and broke, and the bones inside began to twist like a dry rag.

「At that time, you cut off your legs and ran away like a rat.」

“Eu, euuuueup!”

「I won’t miss it this time.」

“Sa, Master!”

「I’ll tell you one important thing.」

“It’s a spider web. He grabbed his limbs with spider webs! We have to cut that off!”

「When taxidermizing humans, the heart and internal organs are not needed.」

“Your Highness!”

Kasena, Valensidice, and all of the adventurer party’s aides rushed to save Frisvia, but there was no way they could make it in time.

They couldn’t have the technology to transcend time…….

In the midst of the screams they each shouted urgently, when Shar’kas’s stabbing hand was about to pierce Frisvia’s chest.

───Kwarrrrrrrrr!

A torrent of crimson flames.

The flame was so enchanting that it was elegant to describe it as a simple flame.

The mysterious flame burned the spiders that were slaughtering the Hwacha unit, and even the spider webs that Shar’kas had laid in multiple layers to carry out the taxidermy, into ashes in an instant.

This flame.

This heat.

This warmth.

That can’t be.

It can’t be.

Kasena felt an aching and intense joy in her heart.

‘Alakish?’

That can’t be.

Alakish was dead, and even the body that sealed Shar’kas was shattered by her death.

However, as if denying such a realistic point, a very familiar beauty walked out of the vortex of flames, shaking her long red hair.

“Ah…….”

At that time, it was the great figure I saw in my childhood, which now feels so distant.

No, it looks alike.

It looks really, really similar, but if you look closely, something is different.

First of all, her hair was slightly shorter than Alakish’s.

Both horns were still simple enough to be cute, and the scales that were sticking out of her dragon scales were just starting to sprout from her sacrum, so they were very cute.

Decisively, unlike Alakish, who had a dignified beauty, there was something youthful about her face.

At that moment, Miria’s voice swept through my mind.

– What are you talking about? Look how pretty Aki has grown up. She’s already as tall as me. The days of being a baby dragon are over.

No way.

That was so cute…….

At that time, the Red Dragon took Frisvia out of Shar’kas’s grasp and placed her next to Valensidice.

Valensidice breathed a sigh of relief.

“You only learned bad things from your wicked father. Always waiting until the danger is at its peak to appear.”

Pipi flew around the Red Dragon, who gave Valensidice a naive smile, and recited her name.

“Aki, Aki, Aki, Aki.”

Really, really……?

At that time, the Red Dragon, who resembled Alakish, suddenly looked at Kasena.

“……?”

She frowned as if rummaging through her memories for a moment, but soon blinked her eyes big and cutely.

“Kasena!”

“Huh?”

“Aki sit! Aki lie down!”

What…….

Kasena couldn’t even make a sound for a moment. It even hurt as if something had pierced the center of her heart.

「What happened?」

Shar’kas’s confusion upon confirming Akirea’s appearance was incomparably greater than Kasena’s.

「Where did you make that body? No, it can’t be. How can you be alive?」