"All the enemies have been eliminated, Your Highness."
"…Where did they send this person?"
"This... seems to be some strange beast or something..."
"Strange beast?"
In the center of the motorcade that had stopped, in the rose-colored carriage that was protected by layers of layers, a woman sitting inside the gorgeous carriage was opening the door curtain in front of her, quietly listening to someone in front of her. An imperial royal guard knelt on one knee and reported: "What kind of strange beast?"
"It looks like it's been spliced together from the limbs of various other beasts."
Still kneeling on one knee, the imperial royal guard said without raising his head: "We originally wanted to bring those corpses back for a closer investigation, but they disappeared quickly, as if they had never been there before. It’s the same thing that happened before.”
"Diba has performed magic appraisal on some of the corpses, and several other colleagues have also seen it." A royal magician standing next to the carriage door then silently bowed his head and reported: "We think... these The enemy may just be a high-level illusion."
"That is to say... we have been entangled with a group of illusions for so long, right?" She put down the door screen in front of her with force, and the woman sitting in the carriage said with a hint of anger: "Where are the casualties? ?What are the casualties?”
"Yes, seven soldiers were killed and thirty-two soldiers were injured..."
"A bunch of trash!"
The angry screams were like lightning penetrating the sky, suppressing all the movement around the rose-colored carriage. A corner of the honorable woman's clothes appeared behind the curtain that was raised by the strong momentum for a moment. What followed was her extremely angry reprimand: "The Royal Guards of the Frey Empire, the strongest force in the empire that protects me, Reina, were attacked by unknown enemies before they even left the house? And they were broken into the hands of a group of phantoms. ?”
"It's simply a disgrace to the Frey Empire!"
Her voice returned to its previous low tone, but the seriousness in her voice did not slow down at all: "If you are all a bunch of trash like this, then why are we going to the principality? To let them watch the joke?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, calm down." The imperial royal guard kneeling in front lowered his head further: "It is because of my incompetence. I will definitely try my best to find the murderer and avenge this killing!"
"...There is no need for revenge or anything like that."
The door screen gradually calmed down, and at the same time, Princess Lena's majestic voice in the carriage also calmed down: "I just want to remind you, don't always look like you take it lightly. Although you are just My bodyguard, but also the bodyguard of the Imperial Investigation Team, represents the image of the entire Empire."
"The tone just now may be a bit too strong, I hope you can understand." Her voice then brought a sense of exhaustion and earnestness: "I also hope you can really wake up and stop making such mistakes again."
"Immediately send out reconnaissance cavalry to search and guard the area within a radius of twenty miles." Nodding heavily, the royal guard captain, whose face became serious, then ordered in a deep voice behind him: "Each team is equipped with a A magician will identify all traces of magic around him. If an abnormality is found, be sure to proceed with caution."
"Pull up your spirits! Ensure safety around the convoy!" He then shouted loudly: "Otherwise... military law will be dealt with!"
"yes!"
Loud cheers then echoed around the rose-colored carriage, accompanied by countless Imperial soldiers running around, and Rena, who was watching these soldiers leaving, also felt the signs on them. He came out with a solemn aura, and then nodded slightly with satisfaction: "Now it looks a little bit like... Diba."
"exist."
Another magician who was different from the one standing next to the carriage door then appeared in front of the door screen. The figure in the royal magic robe then bent down: "What are your orders, Your Highness?"
"Are there any clues?" The voice paused slightly, and then Princess Reina asked in a low voice: "This attack... do you have any opinions on the identity of the murderer?"
"We have some guesses, but we are not sure yet." The magician known as Diba replied in a low voice: "But at least what we can be sure of is that this attack is just a small fight."
"Oh? What do you mean by this?"
"Even if it's an illusion, the threat this attack poses to us is really too small."
His small eyes quietly glanced around the carriage, and then the royal magician raised his head: "Either the enemy is just joking with us, or... they have other goals, and this trip is just to make a splash in the east. That’s all.”
"...We are the only one in the investigation team. I can tell you about this first." After remaining silent for a while, the figure representing Princess Reina waved vaguely behind the door screen: "Is His Majesty the Emperor? Those who will accompany us on our mission to the principality will probably not have similar plans in the future, so...well."
"Are there any other important figures in our investigation team?" Looking at the other party's reaction of being silent again, Diba, who had already thought of something, asked his question calmly: "Does Her Majesty Reina know?"
"...Let's go investigate."
The silence lasted longer as the surrounding soldiers withdrew. Accompanying it was Rena's quiet and slender body silhouette sitting in the carriage, with a vague and hazy figure among several magicians. He pondered again for a long time under the gaze and waiting of the master, and then issued his next order: "The Diploma family, the Pamuir family... there may be some people among those nobles that the enemy cares about, or they may be enemies. Internal response and the like.”
"I know." The royal magician named Diba lowered his head again: "We will find out the identities of everyone including the Rock Bear Army one by one, and -"
His voice paused for a moment, and his hesitant expression was replaced by the indifferent expression of the magician beside him: "Do we still need to investigate those insignificant people - such as adventurers?"
"……ah."
The princess in the tent let out a sigh, then turned around and asked as if she had remembered this matter: "I forgot about it, don't we still have some people who are professional in handling this kind of things? Let them Wouldn’t it be nice to go investigate this matter?”
"Where are they now?"
Following her line of inquiry and exploration, everyone turned their attention to the rear of the motorcade. Duan Qing and others who had finished cleaning up also took back their belongings as the investigation team left again. Go in a carriage. After staggeringly cleaning up the last few traces, Asahi Dongsheng, who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, curled his lips helplessly, then jumped back into the car that started to set off again, while looking at this uninhabited wilderness. All around: "Sure enough, there is nothing."
"If you can still drop things for you by beating a group of illusions, then you are really seeing a ghost." Duan Qing, who was pulling the reins of the carriage and sitting in the driver's seat, replied expressionlessly: "I told you not to search, you I just don’t want to give up.”
"The casualties are so heavy, why don't we find some ground to come back." Asahi Dongsheng waved his fist angrily: "Next time I meet that guy again, I will definitely cut him in half!"
"I hope you can have a full understanding of your abilities." Duan Qing tilted his eyes: "To put it more simply, I hope you can know how many levels you can have."
"...If we really face that guy, we should still be able to fight him." With a grin on his face, Asahi Dongsheng patted his chest nonchalantly: "Even if I can't do it, I still have it. As for our group leader, the others, and those two women...well."
"Has that woman recovered?" He shrank his neck and at the same time pulled his eyes towards the car behind him: "Especially now that we have taken care of her for so long... This guy and that guy are still in a daze. You have to explain to us why you are by our side, right?"
"Now that you have restored your ability to communicate, if you have any questions, just ask them yourself." Duan Qing rolled his eyes: "People don't want to say, of course they have their own reasons. I can't give you any answers. .”
"Nonsense, you must have known their situation for a long time." Chao Ri Dongsheng looked at Duan Qing with a look of contempt: "One of them follows your orders every day, and the other follows you every day, and even runs out to protect you at critical moments. Looking at you...even I can see the relationship."
"Then I can't say it, and you can't say it either." Duan Qing looked at the other party with warning eyes: "You'd better not publicize this matter everywhere, otherwise... we may attract more than just enemies. That Ivost was at the same level just now.”
"……whispering sound."
Asahi Dongsheng, who spat softly and picked up the giant ax, then jumped off the carriage again: "That's just right. Let them come as they please. The more bosses are given to us, the more rewards we can get. ah."
"Then you have to live to enjoy it." Duan Qing shook his head and replied: "Don't forget the wounded soldiers in our car...not to mention the future, even if the current Ivost comes back. If so, I’m afraid we won’t have any means of resistance.”
"Your strength is still too weak." After passing the slow speed of the convoy, Asahi Dongsheng's figure disappeared in front of the long convoy: "Look at that Gedman, he brags all the time, but in the end Wasn’t it injured at the critical moment?”
"Although I don't agree with your point of view, as a zero-level person, I have no position to accuse you."
Duan Qing looked at the direction the other party was leaving with a wry smile. Duan Qing, who was sighing, then turned around and got into the carriage: "...did you hear that? People say you are not good."
"When I recover from my injury, I must teach him a lesson."
With a large number of bandages wrapped around his shoulders, Goldman, who was sitting in the corner of the carriage, then smiled and pointed in the direction of Ri Dongsheng's departure: "Let him know who the father is."
"Your multiple armors may be very powerful against opponents of the same level, but the effect of leapfrogging challenges is really not very good." After checking the opponent's injuries, Duan Qing shook his head in a low voice: "Not to mention facing The opponent of that strength just now... his defense and all that, might be useless if he can hold on for a while."
"...It seems that the shield warrior needs to make various preparations, not only the shield, but also the armor." So Gedman could only show his wry smile: "If I have the chance, I will think about it. There’s a way.”
"The weight will also be a problem then." Duan Qing stood up and looked towards the other side of the carriage: "But I have heard of some alchemy methods that can create a weight-free space... Are there any? ?”
"..."
Sitting quietly at the end of the field of vision, Violet, who was questioned by Duan Qing, then slowly raised her face, as if she was thinking about something, her expression gradually turned into doubt and confusion. She seemed not to have heard what Duan Qing had just said. What is the question being asked. With a wry smile, Duan Qing closed his gaze. His eyes then moved past her position, and then he staggered towards the back of the carriage, approaching Xue Ling Huan Bing who was lying there: "How do you feel?"
"...It seems that it is indeed not a power suitable for us to use."
Still maintaining that pale face, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was covered with a blanket, said with a helpless smile: "Forcibly rely on the power of blood to move, and continuously drain out one's own blood... It seems very simple on paper, But actually using it is simply anti-human.”
"It does not belong to the normal category of power. Of course, we should not expect these things to be consistent with common sense." Duan Qing looked around to check the other party's body: "I don't know how Fleur developed this way of using power. Its abandonment is the natural final result..."
"We relied on this power to defeat Ivost." Xue Ling Huan Bing shook her head resolutely: "As long as I can help, I will not give up."
"Okay, okay, at least it's a skill recognized within the framework."
Duan Qing stretched out his hand to try the other person's forehead. Feeling the coldness, Duan Qing reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the other person's body: "Rest now. We will discuss the rest later. There are still toxins in your body." , I have to find a way to solve it."
"You are a zero-level player, so don't keep going back and forth here." Xue Ling Huan Bing pushed Duan Qing's hand that wanted to continue checking aside: "The best way is to go out and upgrade quickly."
"The previous errand missions finally rewarded me a little, and they are my main source of experience recently." Duan Qing replied with a faint smile: "As for the future... look at the current investigation team, the mission signs that can be discovered Not too much."
"Then you should go, don't always rely on me -"
"excuse me."
A powerful voice then interrupted the conversation between the two people, and also completely drew Duan Qing's attention away. The gray-robed magician and the white-haired woman nodded to each other and then stood up and walked out of the carriage. , taking into his eyes the sullen expressions of several imperial soldiers who arrived on horseback.
"We are members of the Imperial Rock Bear Army. We have something to ask you. I wonder if you have time now?"
