Dean, who was far away in the empire, had no idea that someone was planning such a crazy thing in the dark.
After he wandered around District 1 for a few days and gathered enough wool, he started to pack his luggage and prepare to go home.
Although there are still a few days left before the ceremony period is completely over, due to some plot and sense of ritual, Dean would rather go back to Area 13 and spend all his time at home than spending all his time in Area 1. The tail end of this festival.
The saying that a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse is probably what it feels like.
After sorting out the professionals' belongings and stuffing them into luggage that was nearly double the size when he arrived, Dean poured himself a glass of water, thinking that he would have to discuss the return time with Lensak later.
He has already finished handling it here, but he doesn’t know if there are any pending matters on Lensak’s side...
Dean, who was thinking this, had just picked up the water glass when he saw Lensak opening the door with a serious face and striding in.
"Section 1 is under martial law."
Successfully rushed Dean in the room before the personnel transfer began, allowing Lensak to relax a little. He walked straight to the window, pushed it open, and motioned for Dean to look outside.
Dean, who had not yet recovered from what he said just now, stuck his head out and looked out the window. He saw several streams of light flying out from the palace, with such power that people could not help but feel a chill in their hearts. The breath fell in all directions.
Soon, a huge hemispherical mask rose from the boundary of Area 1 and completely enveloped it.
The originally sunny sky turned gloomy in an instant.
Dean's expression turned serious involuntarily as he looked at the streets that suddenly changed from relaxed and cheerful to heavily guarded.
"What happened?"
"have no idea."
Lensak answered simply.
"I only received news that the security system in the palace detected something sneaking into Area 1."
After speaking, he raised his head and looked at the sky enveloped by the magic circle outside the window with a solemn expression.
Suddenly, Lensak seemed to hear something and listened intently. After a moment, he patted Dean on the shoulder and walked towards the door.
"Come on, come on, we have to check the passage."
What he received at this time was obviously an urgent task. Dean didn't have time to explain too much. He just asked the apprentices to watch the room and not go out casually, and hurriedly left the reception office with Kana.
He followed Rensak and asked: "Where is the passage? I will take you there."
Lensak glanced at him, shook his head, and rejected the offer.
"In the magic circle that was just activated, there is a sealing circle that prohibits the use of space abilities. I don't know how your teleportation came about, but as long as it involves space-related abilities, that magic circle can block it."
Dean tried to use teleportation without belief. The next second, his figure appeared just half a meter away. As soon as he landed, he was overtaken by Lensak.
"...The effect is good. This magic circle can be renamed 'Hit My Friendly Forces'."
Feeling the physical exertion, Dean twitched his lips slightly, used the Falling Star Hair Demon to levitate, and caught up with Lensak who started to accelerate.
"You can also use teleportation, which is surprising enough."
As a native of another world who didn't know what Versailles literature was, Lensak rarely felt like he was being humbled. He glanced at Dean, stretched out his finger, and pointed it downward.
"Go underground."
As soon as this keyword came out, Dean instantly understood why this kind of task fell on two outsiders, himself and Lensak.
He found the tunnel he passed through according to his memory, and as soon as he landed, he keenly caught a strange smell.
"Don't come down!"
After Lensak stopped drinking, Dean released the Akkaman divine fish and used his mental power to sense it carefully. He stood at the end of the tunnel and looked at the scene that was the same as when he came. Suddenly he froze and looked Towards the distance.
"What did you feel?"
This unusual performance attracted Lensak's attention. He lowered his body and at the same time reached out and grasped the hilt of his sword.
"I'm not sure, there seems to be something..."
Dean pondered for a moment, then tapped his fingers, and several small stars flew out one after another, creating a gorgeous flight path in the sky.
Meteors shuttled through the dark passage, illuminating all the places they passed. Dean looked at the passage that quickly lit up and quickly returned to darkness, and the strange feeling in his heart became more and more obvious.
"Kana."
This vague sense of crisis was very uncomfortable, so Dean chose to let himself go and seek help from his magic pet.
"Here."
Kana, who was called, jumped from the balloon, landed in front of her master, and took over his job.
The next moment, starting from the Demon Pet's foothold, the black color that seemed to swallow everything was released and began to spread forward rapidly.
The feeling of a ferocious beast coming out of its cage even made Lensak feel a little threatened.
There was a bit of surprise on the knight's face. He couldn't help but straighten his back, and there was a hint of complexity in his eyes when he looked at Kana.
However, the busy people over there obviously had no time to pay attention to him.
Kana raised her claws, and the black energy rising from her feet slowly climbed up along its calves.
It looks like a light and elegant silk, or like a long black snake wrapped around the body.
Along with this change in energy, the shadow eroded faster, as if it were a running beast, opening its bloody mouth and swallowing up all the remaining light.
Lensak could no longer see the ore and the tracks, and everything in the tunnel was swallowed by darkness.
Kana's power continued to extend forward. After breaking through to a certain distance, the looming aura was finally exposed to the shared perception of it and Dean.
Without Dean's urging, Kana immediately increased her energy input, trying to capture the opponent in the shadows.
However, just when it was about to catch up with the strange aura, everything suddenly disappeared.
The aura that was originally like a candle, swaying slightly in the perception of one person and one pet, was extinguished.
Kana paused and reluctantly explored the place where the aura disappeared. It even brought that space under its control. It went back and forth and searched several times, not even leaving the ore on the wall. However, the owner of the aura seemed to suddenly disappear in this space, leaving no trace.
Withdrawing his power, the Demon Pet cast questioning eyes on Dean.
"……nothing."
"Maybe I felt wrong."
Watching the shadows dissipate and the light of the tunnel return to normal, Dean was silent for a moment, and finally faced Lensak's questioning gaze and shook his head.
