Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World

It was after noon the next day that Sheila and the others went through the woods.

After defeating a group of Gresbells, he's making an effort to erase traces of the battle. Gresbel's body was buried in the soil, and soil was also soiled in the marks of blood. That's all, but the signs that humans and imperial demons fought almost disappeared. Whether we had to do that or not remained in doubt, but we have never gone beyond caution. Though in the woods off the streets, it doesn't necessarily mean that soldiers on patrol don't get in. If there was a human battle with the Imperial Demon and it was read that man won, there was no chance that it would be a little noise either.

Sheila and I are going to infiltrate Abard. It is necessary to move with great care at all times and assuming every situation. I didn't even want to leave a slight trace.

We must also avoid fighting the Imperial Devil as much as possible. Gresbell is still fine. It was small and had the premise that defeating the commander could weaken it. Moreover, even the effects of the organization by the Demon King's Army remained. Except when it comes to medium-sized Imperial Demons like Resbell and Bethbell, and large Imperial Demons like Gavrait. You will have to rely on a subpoena weapon.

Combining the powers of Heart of Beast and Chaos Blinger, defeating the Imperial Devil is nothing difficult. That's not the problem. The harm caused by the use of summoning arms undoubtedly exists.

"From now on, let us know how close the Imperial Devil is."

"I know. I got it."

"Do you really understand..."

After the battle with Gresbel, Setuna said so to Ragna, but whether Ragna conveys the seriousness of things. Ragna is a dragon, even with such a small figure. I saw the Imperial Demon and other beings as not enough to take, and in fact, if Ragna meant it, even a bunch of Imperial Demons must have been able to kick ass. Most of all, the power to take that seriously does not mean that we have lost it for reincarnation.

If you look at him like that, you wouldn't know that there are such ridiculous things as alerting the Imperial Demon. Just because I get it, I don't know what it is.

Through the woods, the plains are spreading. The green field as far as I could see was blown by a refreshing breeze in the spring sun. It was calm like laughing at Sheila's swirling grief in her chest. Every grasshopper is shaken by the wind and enjoys peace. The trees and the animals of the tunnel sing the days of peace.

I just slammed through the plains. If he was tired, he sought rest in the shade of the tree, and the rest became just a few hours of sleep as it was. Even when it comes to sleep, it's close to hypnotic sleep. Sleeping was only a short time away, and it was also a shift. One of Sheila and Setuna and Ragna had to be on perimeter alert.

That's how I went through the woods, over the plains.

It was before the dawn of the thirteenth day, more than two days after leaving the Dragon House, that we finally reached the border between Gandhia and Abad. It's on foot. Even though we've been running all this time, there's also a limit to the speed we can get out on human feet. On top of that, it's nearly impossible to keep going at full speed at all times, etc., and if you do that, no matter how much Sheila you are, you would have quickly reached a limit. And it's impossible to keep running all day, even if not at all.

Nature, speed drops.

If horses had prepared it, we would have been able to reach the border sooner, and we would certainly have been able to reach our destination. but using a horse means you are more likely to be discovered. If two horses with people on them are traveling at full speed, they stand out even if they don't like it. Abard, in particular, is now investing in border security. Discovery and useless vigilance is unintentional.

In that regard, walking had the advantage of being easy to navigate and difficult to discover while hiding in the shadows. The speed is slow, and fatigue builds up, but I never crossed it without finding it.

"This was still faster than we thought, huh?

"Really?

"You can't be a good kid."

"What the hell are you?"

I'm not a dragon.

"Oh, I know."

As Setuna shrugged and shook her head sideways, Ragna somehow won over his head. I'm not sure what Ragna is saying or doing.

From the plains to the woods again. Of course, it's not a forest with five dragon lakes. Its forests across the southern Abad territory and the northern tip of Zalwarn also served as a border between Gandhia and Abad. It used to be a border line with Zalwarn and I couldn't count the skirmishes in the woods. The trees and ground at the point of engagement must be stained with the blood of Abad, Zalwarn soldiers. Over the centuries, Abard and Zalwarn continued to contend for national soil. Sometimes Abard won, sometimes Zalwarn won. Each time the Lord of the Forest changed, as did the call of the Forest.

Zalwarn called it the Black Dragon Forest. The black forest is probably because it's nice to call it hitting and putting on for a black dragon to live in. Abard called it the Urxal, but it also seems to mean to some extent the Black Forest. It's an ancient language, which means, in other words, an old place name. Now the Gandhian side - that is, the south - is called the Black Dragon Forest, and the Abad side is called Urxal.

The border line between Abad and Gandia lies in that forest, with the garrisons of the border guard units of both countries. Regardless of Gandhia, it was Roz-Melan's standpoint that Abad's border security seems to be severely extreme and will not be easy to break through. Roz-Melan said he managed to get into Gandhian territory as he was about to be killed by a fierce pursuit of border guards. If we can even get into Gandhian territory, we can't even get Abad's border guard. Of course, if Gandia's border guard had found me, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have done it. He said he didn't have to get caught up in Gandia's border guard network.

The security forces of the two countries are garrisoned in a way that stares at each other across the border. The garrison is no exaggeration when it comes to small forts. Surrounded by simple but thick walls, it is anticipation of the Imperial Demon's raid. The assault of the Imperial Devil is somewhat scarier and more realistic than the attack of an enemy country. It would have been more obvious than seeing fire to feed the Imperial Devil if humans had garrisoned in places where there were no walls either.

"I mean, Gandia's security is probably not enough."

Ragna snapped only after reaching the hills in the woods. From the top of the hill it was possible to look down at the creek separating the Black Dragon Forest, which is Gandhian territory, from Urxal, which is Abad territory. And across the creek, you can see the two bases staring at each other. Gandia's flag flied to the base of the Black Dragon Forest side, while Abad's flag was flying to the base of the Urxal side. From a distance, there seemed to be tension in Abad's border defense forces. By contrast, the Gandhian side is at peace itself. It would be a manifestation of the fact that the situation in which the two countries are located is as if it were different.

Gandia ended the fierce fighting in Kruselk and entered a period of stability. With no plans for an outing, King Leongand is staying in the royal palace and starting to invest in internal affairs. And even though it's a border, Abard is a friendly country for Gandhia. Abard's chances of attacking us were all equal to none. Lower alert may be an inevitability.

In contrast, Abad feared that domestic information would leak to the outside world since the Sheila faction gathered. If information comes to light that civil unrest is beginning to break out, it could be attacked by other countries. Because that's the gap that goes in. Abard's strict border security can only be taken for granted.

"Problem is, beyond that,"

"In that way, it sounds like Gandhia's border guard is out of control."

"That's what I'm saying."

"Hey."

"In fact, you're right, aren't you? I can't believe I missed the Abirds. The Border Guard will listen to me."

"... Well, maybe so, come on"

Setsuna, just about her country, may not have had the patience to be ridiculed. Or, you can't even argue with that. It is an unquestionable fact that Gandia's border security is weaker than Abad's. Roz-Melan is a soldier under Larnheil Larz-Taural. They don't possess special skills, they don't specialize in undercover work. It was only with that desire to inform Sheila of the catastrophe that struck the Taural Clan Royal Party that she took action and arrived with her life from Taural territory to the Dragon House. Isn't that proof that there is a problem with border security in Gandia? Of course, because of that, Sheila was able to hear from Roz-Mellan, and rather than make a fool of herself, she wanted to thank her.

If Roz-Melan had been captured by Gandia's border guard, it would have been long before Sheila could have known about the disaster that had struck the Taural clan party. And it must have been irrevocable then. That's why I'm here. Now, maybe we can do something about it.

I didn't want any more people dying for me.

"So, how do we break through?

"Well, I wonder what's going on"

"You didn't think about it, did you?

"For once, I've been thinking about it, but there's nothing you can do about not seeing the scene, is there?

"I see."

'Cause it's not an aerospace theory on a desk.'

"That sort of thing"

Sheila remained bent over the hill, comparing the bases of the two countries. Again, border security on the Gandia side can be described as loose. I have minimal vigilance, but my vigilance for Abard's side was extremely faint. The low likelihood of coming at us from Abad and the strong security of Abad's borders may be affecting us. Abad's border security is strict, which means that Abad humans never enter Gandhian territory. That kind of assumption may have led to Roz-Melan's breakthrough of the border.

"No matter how loose it is, you're on the Gandhian side."

"Right?"

"That's not a problem, though."

"Uh."

"Uh, no. You know Gandhia's security net hasn't reached this hill?

"Oh. If it had arrived, you'd have found it."

Setuna nodded as she turned mid-back on the hill. On a small high hill in the woods, good visibility. But that's because the Sheilas are forming on the hill, and from below the hill it won't be easy to capture what the Sheilas look like. The bases of both countries are both below the hills.

What's more, the hill is on the south side of the creek, or Black Dragon Forest side, which is a landmark on the border line. Although near the creek, it is close to impossible to capture the Sheilas, unless they are at a distance from the border defence unit garrison and have a good eye for the rest. Most of all, if there is one armed summoner, it is a problem to solve. If humans armed with subpoenas were on alert, that's just what they would have found.

But that seemed unlikely.

It is suspicious whether Gandhia can secure enough numbers to turn to border security to become more aggressive in recruiting armed summoners. Besides, it was hard to think of turning a powerful force into border security, even if you signed a contract with a large number of armed summoners. Apart from the story if we can hire hundreds of armed summoners, there couldn't have been that many armed summoners within Gandia. Although the technique of armed summoning has become widely known by the Continental Summoners Association, the number of its users is not necessarily high. It could have been a miracle to put all that number into the Kruselk war. And the activities of the armed summoners in the Kruselk war forced countries to compete for the recruitment of armed summoners. Gandia is not the only one. The countries that took part in the anti-Kruselk coalition forces, such as Gibel, Lucion, Berel, Isica, Meredo and Abad, have embarked on the recruitment of armed summoners for each of them, and the Association says they are screaming with joy. In other words, there can be no more concentration in one Gandia country than the armed summoner effort is occurring, and if so, there could not have been room for an armed summoner for each border security.

"... Gandhia's security is going to be manageable if we make a big detour from the west side of this hill"

"Really? Isn't that too sweet to look at?

"Setsuna's been expecting too much."

When Sheila told her honestly, Setuna was flashed. I don't know if he wants to kill his own border guard. Ragna, who accidentally descends on Setuna's head, strikes a chase.

"Well... I tried to fly and the guards on Gandhia's side were really thin"

Setuna dropped her shoulder disappointingly on one of his words.

"So, what about Abard?

"Don't let soldiers stand anywhere but around the base. Perhaps you can get caught up in Abard's security net."

"... then this is the only way"

Sheila, sighing softly, invited Setuna and Ragna.