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Chapter 288
No Risk, No Return
Hestia Village had instantly turned into a monster's board.
However, since everything was carried out systematically, the situation was under control.
Isabella and the Blue Dragon Spawns watched from the sky, commanding so that nothing would break through.
The moment there was even a single slip-up, it would collapse in an instant.
That was precisely what this wave of monsters was.
Ẇ.eb ñ ȯṽе̂l Еñú m̂a
"These sons of bitches! They keep pouring out endlessly!"
Even amidst the 10-minute standoff, the monsters' numbers didn't decrease at all.
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The point they poured out from was the same, so it was an easily deducible problem.
"It seems the rift is still open."
In a situation where they didn't know how long the duration would last, they couldn't just insist on defense.
Ferda sent a signal to escalate the situation by one level.
Ěnu ḿ a.і d.
Then, knights moved forward between the infantry.
They were armed with swords, shields, and double-barrel shotguns.
"Great Dragon Knights!"
"Show them the flames of karmic fire!"
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Kwang! Kwang!
Blue explosions resembling dragon flames burst forth.
Е̃ ǹ ùm̈ă . іd
The monsters before them lost their form, were pushed back by the explosions, and their movements visibly slowed.
Purple flesh and green blood spurted up as the battle formation gradually narrowed toward the gate.
'So those are knights......'
They were said to possess overwhelming firepower, but even so, they were walking into death.
To the infantry who merely pulled triggers in one direction, their appearance was nothing short of noble.
As valiant as they were, it was a completely different story from solving the problem.
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-Situation suppression impossible!
-We used three mana grenades on the point, but it doesn't show any signs of disappearing.
-Squad 3 and below, same here.
Failure reports bursting out everywhere.
Ferda listened to the reports and turned his head.
If the magic circle remained in that spot, it would have been destroyed by the pure mana of the mana grenades,
Ën̆u m ӓ .іd̄
And if there was a medium maintaining the gate, it would have already been shattered by the grenades.
If there was something that complex, it meant it was beyond the knights' hands.
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"We need to grasp the rift's mana. Administrator, can you do it?"
-Please just give the order.
Isabella answered in a reliable voice.
Of course, Ferda didn't spare his body and moved as well.
Ӗn̄ ǔ ḿ а̇ .ї d̀
He headed toward an alley where streaks of mana bullets struck without cease.
As he was moving leading his horse, a single dot floating in the sky cut across Ferda's path and fell.
The infantry shouted in unison at the sight of its form.
"Dr, dragon!"
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"A small dragon!"
A silver-haired girl in a maid uniform.
E_n̊ ü m а. і́d̊
With large wings, a tail, and horns revealed on her head, anyone could see she was a dragon spawn.
Ruri glared at one of them with killing intent.
That man was the one who had shouted "small dragon."
"......Huu."
She was extremely displeased at being called a small dragon, but she couldn't act more childish than that.
Ruri gripped the large axe she held with both hands and ran toward the monsters.
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Movement no different from lightning.
Unlike the stupidly large axe, her attacks toward the enemy were precise.
By the time Ferda arrived, things were cleaned up so neatly he didn't even need to lay a hand on them.
"Good job."
"Praising me for something obvious has no meaning."
Was it his imagination?
Е̂ n̈ úm̌ a
Her tail was strangely swaying.
Ferda left her behind and looked at where the gate was.
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True to a place where monsters poured out without rest, they kept bursting out.
Just as Ferda predicted.
'The mana supply itself is starting from inside the gate.'
That was the reason it didn't crumble or weaken no matter how much pure mana they exploded.
W̊ ë bn о̇_vеl E n̊ üm а
"How do we solve this?"
Ruri, who couldn't see any clue at all, asked Ferda.
"It's a problem a mage can easily solve."
There is no perfect magic in the world.
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If it stays open because it's supplied from inside, then block it from outside.
Ferda activated a manifestation magic similar in size to it.
Е́ṅu.m̊ а̄ . іd̂
The rank was 4th Circle; any magic would do.
The forcibly opened space was forcibly closed by the form created as the magic circle compressed.
A truly simple-looking solution.
But if one wasn't skilled in magic, it would have been a method no one could solve.
Dding-geurang!
The sound of metal falling to the floor.
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It was a curved ritual dagger.
It was undoubtedly the type of magic where stabbing it into one's own body manifests mana to become a signal flare.
Ferda collected the ritual dagger and sent a telepathy.
"Administrator, convey the method I just used to the others as is."
Ferda told them how to close the gate, and Isabella, who was deployed, moved according to his method.
Soon, relief was mixed in Isabella's voice.
W̊ebnó_v_е̂ ĺ Е̊.n u_ṁ а
-We solved it using the Regent's method. We'll spread the method to other places as well.
The Doppler cleanup operation seemed to conclude for now.
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But demons were more persistent bastards than expected.
-Emergency! Demons appearing in the refugee district! Deploy immediately!
The refugee district.
That was a place with only women and children.
Еn̆ u mа̂
If monsters started pouring out there, the casualties would grow beyond control.
"Ruri. Take me to the refugee district."
"Understood."
Ruri held Ferda and flew up to the refugee district in one breath.
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Ferda, who had risen into the sky in an instant, looked down at the refugee district.
Contrary to the report that demons appeared, no monsters were visible in the refugee district yet.
En u̇ m̌а̊ . і d̆
Instead, a crowd hesitating and pacing anxiously outside caught the eye.
Ferda jumped into that crowd.
"What's going on?"
"Th, that... Sofia is in there! Sofia!!"
A woman screaming as if in agony.
As she waved her hands not knowing what to do, Ferda left her behind and looked at the closed door.
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Even though quite some time had passed, the fact that monsters didn't burst out meant they hadn't self-destructed.
He carefully pushed his shadow in.
The shadow became his eyes, and the interior showed itself to Ferda.
'They set up meat shields.'
The demon was holding women and children wrapped in ropes around its body, staging a hostage situation.
They were bound so tightly there was hardly any gap visible.
Е̊ ǹúm̌ а. іd̊
-The one out there is the Valdrova Regent, right?
The bastard's voice is heard.
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-If you don't want to see the territory people turn into lumps, it'd be best to come in alone.
Ferda heard those words and signaled to Ruri.
It was a gesture saying he'd handle it alone.
Ferda opened the door and walked calmly toward that voice.
Е̄ň ù m̈а
The demon wearing human armor spoke.
"You've used quite a marvelous trick. I thought that old man Golt only screwed over the Empire's nobles, but to think he'd even touch commoners here."
Ferda answered that exclamation leisurely.
"Even if you carve out flesh, not giving any room to escape is the wisest best move."
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"True. Gokma-nim also said something similar to you."
Ferda put his hands behind his back and took one more step forward.
Ẃе b_ňо́ v еl̈ Е ńu mа̂
He had to deal with the bastard before he could use any tricks, but he needed time to find that opening.
"Why didn't you self-destruct like the other bastards?"
Ferda asked him.
"The situation was pretty okay. So I guess I wanted to try talking with you a bit?"
"What story with that bastard?"
"I received an order to find that traitor bitch Linne. I couldn't find the traitor, but I at least wanted some harvest."
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"Who's that woman?"
"Don't play dumb. You succeeded in making the potion at Blue Eye, but we already know the source is this place. You definitely received a promise of protection from them and handed her over. Right?"
"You're barking up the wrong tree. That woman isn't here."
"If that's how it is, I don't care."
His sword lightly stabbed the neck of the woman he was holding.
Blood beaded up.
Ẇ éb̆ n о̆ v̇ е̄ l Е̊ ńǔm а̀
"Hiiik......!"
The woman in pain ended up wetting herself.
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"If you lie or try to weasel out cleverly, I'll kill not just this woman but all the other kids too."
Ferda looked at them.
Those captured were women and children, 12 total.
Only 12 would die.
W̄е̊ b ñ о̃ ṽ е̌ľ Ӗ n u ṁа
'No risk, no return......'
Hadn't he resolved himself that someone would be sacrificed in this operation?
Their sacrifice was included in that too.
There's nothing good about spilling info to demons.
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"Linne is under the witches' protection."
Ferda answered simply, neither twisting nor dragging out time.
Е n u̇ṁ.а́. î d
"How do you prove that?"
"You're not the only ones who want to kill that woman. I never intended to keep the promise from the start. So I tried to kill her, but the witch took her first."
"......Is that so? That bitch pulled an even better scheme. Damn, should've sent her away faster."
"That's all I know, so release the women."
"Release them?"
The demon sneered.
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"You said it yourself? That you never intended to keep the promise with Linne from the start. There would've been no room for negotiation with dirty demons."
"........."
"Think you're the only one like that? I'm the same. They want to see you despair."
I know.
I already planned everything assuming a desperate situation from the start.
However, even with that assumption, in the end, no opening was visible.
Еn̄u m̂ а.id̈
"Lastly, Gokma-nim asked me to send his regards. He said he'll see you at the Grand Council."
Grand Council?
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"May there be Void for Ferda Valdrova."
Muttering as if whispering to a lover, he stabbed the dagger into his own chest.
'Stay calm.'
A mage is one who examines all possibilities until the very last moment.
Е ṅ u m ȧ
I must catch the invisible opening.
If that bastard makes a gate, the tightly bound ropes will eventually come loose, and I just need to rescue them then.
But this man said this.
May there be Void for Ferda Valdrova.
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This was a final struggle to plant despair in Ferda.
That struggle was not a gate, but turning his own body into a bomb.
W ēb̃ñ o̊_v̊ е l̃ Ėṅǔ m а̀
His body was dyed in darkness.
Is there a way to stop this?
'None.'
But I can isolate it.
To do that, those bound ones must absolutely be sacrificed.
There is no way to save all the hostages.
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'A way......'
I think of a way.
I recall what method I failed to achieve.
"No! I don't want to! I don't want to die!!"
"Keueueu...... Euaaang!!"
The women and children's crying voices agitated Ferda's emotions.
Е̃ nû m а̃.i d̂
Screams and weeping were gnawing at Ferda's composure.
Something writhed again in Ferda's heart.
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Shadow Circle.
The lump of darkness forged from regret tried to cover Ferda's eyes, ears, and mouth again.
Something unrelated to his will wriggles.
"You really are a nasty liar."
Wе b n̄ o v̇е l̂ Ӗ n̂u m̊ а̌
A voice piercing the silence.
Ferda knew that voice.
The place that voice came from was one of the women composing the human wall.
One of the frightened women turned her head and spoke into the demon's ear.
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"Liars must be punished."
Along with the declaration of retribution, the ropes binding the women and children came undone in an instant.
W̊ е̊b nо̃vӗ l̆. E̊ ṅu̇ ṁа
The hostages poured out like water, and the demon stood defenseless with the dagger still stabbed in his chest.
His body becoming a bomb remained the same.
How do I stop that?
"Please catch him."
That woman said so.
At that request, Ferda strongly bound the demon's body with shadows.
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Right before his body boiled and was about to explode,
That woman pushed her palm into the chest where the ritual sword was inserted.
The dagger went in even deeper.
But a surprising thing happened.
His body, which was being dyed in darkness, began to regain its original color.
"This can't...... be......"
Wе b̀n̆õ v̈ е l̂ Ѐ ǹ_u̇m а̇
Unable to continue speaking, his body whooshed and disappeared.
The woman made a large rotation and struck his head with her leg.
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The Doppler flew like a straw doll and crashed into the far wall.
That was the end.
Ferda turned his gaze to the woman.
From her posture to her strength, everything spoke of her being a master of martial arts.
Е ñ_u̇ mа̊. і́d̂
'And she's not just a simple martial artist.'
Ferda, who was skilled in magic, read mana from that woman's actions.
The moment that woman's fist touched the chest, the spell was released like a lie.
As skilled in magic as in martial arts, and her mana operation was no less than a mage's.
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Ferda looked at her.
He didn't even throw the question of who she was.
Ŵ е̃ b̈ n оv е l Ẽ ňǔṁ а
Ferda knows who this woman is.
"Hello, Regent Ferda."
Blue color slightly showed in her narrowly opened eyes.
"We've met before, haven't we?"
At that refreshing smiling appearance, Ferda asks.
Whether it's the name engraved in his memory.
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"Sierra's Saintess, Angrem...... was it?"
"Oh my, what an honor. To think you'd remember my name."
She folded her hands prettily and shuddered as if delighted.
Ferda's tone remained cold.
"You must also know what fate awaits if Sierra's Saintess steps into the Arken Empire's territory."
"I know. I'm not stupid enough not to know that."
Ѐ ṅū m̀ a
Angrem with a cunning expression.
Her smiling face looked like a provocation.
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"But if I don't receive a reward, wouldn't that be a terribly sad thing?"
"What do you mean?"
"Regent-nim, when women were in danger, you answered the demon obediently. The one who broke the promise was the demon. So I just brought down the iron hammer on the one who didn't keep the promise."
A tone as if she had justification.
Enu̇m̈а̌ . і̆ d
Ferda slightly turned his head to look at the freed women.
If Angrem had hidden her identity, those women wouldn't have been able to hug each other and cry.
"So I have the qualifications to speak with Regent Ferda as a collaborator, don't I?"
Ferda couldn't refute anything.
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