"This is the cloister crystal that the man who entrusted me spent all his wealth to buy. The destination is set in the prison of the Black Iron Palace. I want everyone to fly to the prison."
Everyone around me huddled up, and I looked at Rosalia with a calm expression on my face. And it’s a bad guy’s smile.
"Black Swordsman, aren't you very cunning? With such abilities and such a dragon. However, you must pay attention to these cunning things."
"What?"
The moment I said this, there was a scream from behind. Lilan and I looked back and were startled. Silica, who was watching our fight from behind, was strapped into a weapon by a man who looked like a fellow Titan Hand.
Silica was strangled by the neck, and a short knife was pointed at her neck, with a fearful expression. Behind him, the man smiled evilly.
Because the search skill had been activated from just now, it was impossible for the player to approach without understanding why the man was not noticed. Could it be that he has higher mountain climbing skills than Rosalia...!?
"Don't move. What can this guy do?"
I didn't expect that he would resort to such means. I always thought only bad guys in cartoons and TV shows used this method.
I thought that as long as Lin and I were here, I could protect Sirika until the end, but that was foolish. If I had known this, I should have allowed Silica to carry the transfer crystal. No, maybe there is, but it can't be used now...
"Mr. Tong..."
Silica said my name in a weak voice, and the man pointed the knife at Silica's neck.
"Husband, don't move either, I'm going to chop your head off."
She saw a slight stabbing on her neck, her body shrank in fear, and tears fell from her eyes. At the same time, my heart was filled with anger, like water about to gush out. I was about to attack the man who was restraining me, but I suddenly couldn't move.
I looked around and noticed that two criminal men had grabbed my arms at some point.
"Mr. Black Swordsman, spit out everything on your body. You and Silica are together, so it's impossible not to cherish Silica's life. If you don't want Silica to die, spit out everything on your body." Hand over all the money.”
Rosalia said calmly, and the man who caught Silica also spoke.
"You too, you have to spit out everything. If you do anything unnecessary again, I will fire you on the spot."
Silica cried silently and trembled. I was also fucked by such a despicable person, and I was shaking all over, as if I was about to get angry, but I just held him down.
With my agility, I might be able to rescue Silica immediately, but I am now bound by those men and must get rid of them. Then throw her away and go to find Silica, Silica's head might be chopped off - don't act rashly. Having said that, if you just sit there and wait, your items will be taken away.
Moreover, these guys are crazy guys who don’t know mercy and take pleasure in attacking players... They will definitely kill Silica after taking the items. Whether she moved in anger or remained calm, Silica would be killed.
(We have to find a way...but how??)
I gritted my teeth and thought about the battle plan to break this situation in my mind, but the regret for not protecting Silica first and then despising the Titan Hand spread in my mind.
Why does this happen?
Why do you think divorcing me will solve the problem?
Isn't this exactly the same as then...?
"Kirito, Silica, be patient!"
In the whirlpool of this thought, the "voice" of an old woman suddenly sounded. I immediately turned my face to the familiar that was the source of the "sound". The next moment, my familiar, the wolf dragon, roared, and the sound didn't sound like a dragon's.
It was like the sound of metal, the loud sound of mosquitoes, the sharp screams of beasts, and the howls of wolves mixed together. It spread from the ears to the whole body and penetrated into the brain. That wave shakes the surrounding flowers, spreads across the entire hill of memories, and enters our ears and brains without mercy.
Standing near the center of the sound wave, I felt that my brain was being shaken by the unpleasant sound at an excessive volume. I wanted to cover my ears, but found that my arms could move freely at some point. I covered my ears with my hands.
I thought something had happened, but when the men who arrested me took a look, they all fell to the ground with dull eyes and their bodies were twitching slightly. From the signs that he was trying to cover his ears, he must have been carried away by the sound.
He turned to look at Rosalia, who plugged her ears with her palms and lowered her head. Maybe it was the loud noise that made him unable to move. Those who attacked me also covered their ears like Rosalia and couldn't move.
On the other hand, I turned my gaze to Silica and saw that she had her eyes closed and her ears were blocked with her strong hands. ——The man behind stood and rolled his eyes, his whole body stiff. Because he had a knife in his hand and Silica was tied up, he couldn't cover his ears.
After hearing Ruilan's strange voice and knowing that almost all members of the Titan Hand were incapacitated, Ruilan yelled and sent a "voice" to me.
"Now, as soon as you stop shouting, scratch Silica away!!"
After Lilan's "voice" rang in her mind, her screams stopped. In less than a frame after that, I ran out and arrived at Silica's side almost instantly. He pulled the man who was rolling his eyes and stiff from Silica, hugged the freed Silica with both hands, and ran away from the men.
Immediately afterwards, Lilan suddenly ran out and bit Rosalia's body, which was unable to move. Just like that, I stuffed Rosalia's lower body completely into my mouth, tightly bound her body, and ran to me with a plop.
I held Silica and drew my sword with one hand, aiming at the thieves group. Lilan still had Rosalia in her mouth, and turned to look at the thieves group. Rosalia in her mouth began to resist.
"You, you, what are you going to do, let me go!!"
Rosalia picked up the cross gun in her hand and stabbed Lilan in the face, but Lilan did not waver. No matter how many times Rosalía stabs her, Lelan's health counter decreases and she heals repeatedly.
"I hand over your leader to you. If this guy is not good in any way, just stop messing around and use the Corridor Crystal to break into the cell."
The remaining thieves trembled when they heard the sound Lilan made. The anger towards the band of thieves who had arrested Silica and frightened him finally blurted out from his chest to his throat and then to his mouth.
"Don't run away, it can open fire and attack. If you try to run away here, all of you will be burned to death. Of course the first to die is your leader!"
The thieves were trembling with fear, and Rosalia was bitten by Lelan and began to retort.
"Wow, there's a green between us! If you attack the green, you'll turn orange!?"
Lin Lane answered this sentence.
"You want to kill me. I am just Kirito's familiar... Even if I kill you, Kirito's hands will not be stained with blood. Kirito is still what you call green!" What should I do? He is burned to death. What? Or jump into the cell?"
The thieves listened to Lilan's words without saying a word. It seems that he realizes that no amount of resistance is useless.
I put away my sword, raised the corridor crystal and shouted.
“The Corrido Open!”
Following my command, the crystals in the corridor were shattered, and a whirlpool of blue light appeared in the space in front of me. The destination is the prison area of the Black Iron Palace.
The people of Titan's Hand - holding their unconscious companions in their arms, rushed into the vortex of light without saying a word. Disappeared into the green player listening to our conversation, leaving only Rosalia imprisoned in Lilan's mouth.
"What, what, with such power and such a dragon, are you really not a gangster!!"
"A naughty guy... A naughty person? Guys like you who take pleasure in being mean and naughty would actually say such a thing. It's really funny."
Lilan bit Rosalia who was waving her arm, raised her head high, and swung it hard towards the corridor. Immediately afterwards, Rosalia, who was caught in Lilan's mouth, was released and disappeared into the vortex of light at super high speed like a spear. Then the cloister itself disappeared.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and there were no birds chirping. Lilan's roar resounded throughout the maze, and the animals and plants affected by the sound fell into silence. ...This is "silence". No, if you listen carefully, you can still hear the sound of gurgling water and the sound of flowers blowing in the wind, so it's not completely silent.
I looked at Silica. Silica hugged me tightly and remained motionless. ...It's so pitiful.
"I'm sorry...are you scared?"
Silica said nothing and nodded.
"It's all because of my negligence...that things like that happened. I'm really sorry, you know?"
Silica shook her head. At this time, he finally opened his closed mouth.
"Thank you Mr. Kirito for saving me. Thank you very much."
I hugged Silica involuntarily. Trembling slightly.
"But, I'm sorry...I can't get rid of the fear...my body can't move the way I want...the scene replays in my mind..."
That's for sure. If you encounter something like that, you will definitely be too scared to move.
It would be better to stay still for the time being - just as he thought this, Lin suddenly walked around behind Silica and lowered his body.
"Leland?"
Lilan didn't answer, she just opened her mouth slightly and bit Silica's collar gently and shallowly with her front teeth.
I couldn't help being surprised and screamed.
"W-what are you doing?"
Lilan didn't answer, and continued to bite Silica's neck, and then let go after a while. Just then, Silica rushed over and I stopped. Turning around, I saw that Silica had fallen asleep at some point. And he has a peaceful sleeping face.
"Huh? Silica?"
At this time, Lilan's "voice" finally came.
"... In your words, a 'spell' was cast. In this way, Silica will be fine. When she wakes up, she will no longer be tormented by fear."
"What does it mean?"
"Anyway, there's nothing going on here. Let's go back to the hotel on the 35th floor. Silica should be awake by the time we get to the hotel."
With a feeling I couldn't understand, I carried Silica on my back and walked towards the street.
The man's commission was completed for the time being, and Silica successfully obtained Punema's flowers. We're almost at the front line... I should probably go back to Shino on the 22nd floor, but I seem to have forgotten something. I didn’t remember what it was, but I carried Silica on my back and walked forward.
