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

Episode One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Three: Heroes and Guardian Saints (III)

"If we don't even know what the gods down in the field are for, as a divine army, the gods who are organizing one army also remain unclear as to what they are for. Setsuna, aren't you grabbing something?

"You heard the story from Rem, didn't you? Then there's nothing to say from me."

When Setuna told him to blurt, Malik reacted a little bit, even if he missed expectations.

"I mean, you don't know anything, do you?

"Oh, not at all. Not at all."

Shake your head and say it off.

Actually, I don't know anything about the problem. I'm not even hiding anything, but I guess the odd feeling of guilt is because it's distressing not being able to provide him with information. That's why there was no point in telling a lie out of my mouth, and I just had to tell the truth.

"I don't know what the Divine Army and the others are working for, and what they're doing, and in the first place, it was during this time that I recognized what a Divine Army is. Until then, he was engaged in a battle that had nothing to do with the Divine Army."

"Is this about Benoa? I heard that. That sounds like a tough one."

Rem seemed to have explained a lot to Malik. If you look at her sideways, she just smiles the way she always does though.

"Sort of. But I was able to see Rem again, and I met Maria, and I was able to make sure Fari - the goddesses of war were safe. That's good enough."

"I didn't doubt Maria was safe, but I was relieved to hear from Rem that it was true. Her disappearance has become a major problem in Lyohan."

"Well, well, well."

"Maria not only excelled as a doctor, but she also supported the hearts and minds of Falia and Emil. When it became clear that she was gone with the spirits, it was already a fuss."

From Rem, I had heard Faria and the others react when Maria and Amara reported that they were in Benoa, and counting backwards from that, I could imagine the fuss when Maria disappeared. That must have been the kind of noise that turned the heavens and the earth upside down. Maria was a person whose superior mental strength and actions could be more reliable and spiritual pillars than her definitive arm as a doctor, as Malik said. Emil had been a mentor to Maria, and she would have been very careful when Maria suddenly disappeared.

Now that we know such Maria is alive, it seems that not only Emil, but also the Phalia and the others were very pleased to learn that she is still working vigorously and eagerly to establish a cure for albinism. When I heard such a story, Setuna was as happy as she was about herself.

"Anyway, I'm glad Maria's okay"

Malik also had a happy look on his face.

And I guess it's because I thought of Maria. Setuna was stunned when she remembered something extraordinary.

"Ah!"

"Hmm?"

"What's wrong?

"I remembered that Maria told me to deliver all the luggage to Lyohan and leave it on the Aleu Terrace."

"Oh, speaking of which, you do"

"Luggage?"

Malik seemed to have deepened his doubts further when he was convinced that Rem was annoyed by Setuna's explanation.

"Oh, Maria gave me a bunch of new drugs. He asked me to take it to Lyohan. With Amara's help, we have all kinds of useful medicines."

"Really? That's Maria."

"Oh, really."

Setuna was pleased that Malik had let go of Maria and praised her. Maria and I have known each other for a long time there, and she is helping us scattered. I even have the pride that one who knows her powers as a doctor well is herself. Even though there was the cooperation of the Spirit Amara, it should be said that Maria's arm was the one who successfully developed the new drug. A number of medicines that were not completed by Amara alone or Maria alone. I'm sure it will help Lyohan in the future, and Emil would mass-produce those drugs based on the materials Maria handed me along with the drugs.

"But when it comes to the Areutheras, it's not easy."

"Right..."

"Even flying a horse takes a month. No, under these circumstances, it could take more."

Aleuteras is situated on the southern tip of this continent. Lyohan is present slightly north of the centre of the continent, flying horses, as Malik said, and there seems to be a distance that takes more than a month to ride and crush. It was Setuna at that time who traveled so short a distance, but that kind of impotence is not something you can do.

"Mmm..."

"With their help... or"

"How about your husband get it in one flight?

"Oh, come on, you're crazy."

"Can't you?

"I can't, but I'm going to sleep again."

When Setuna told him half the joke, it went like Lem panicked.

"Oh, you can't do that. Dear Faria scolds me, and I don't like it."

"Right?

Even as a setuna, I didn't like sleeping for another few days, and I don't know if I'll ever have to do it again. Fully armed, not extremely armed. It is powerful enough to fight God's opponents unilaterally, but it is not in such a state that it can be used steadily. The fruits of two years of training in hell can't be said to have spooked this, but even if we could have gotten that far, it should have been your word. Without training in hell, we wouldn't even have been fully armed. Three or four must have summoned simultaneously to reach their limits. It is unthinkable for ordinary people, such as the simultaneous use of all seven summoning weapons, and it is a way for even extremely good armed summoners not to try to get their hands on it.

That's how you draw your own power, and there's no way you can control it.

"So, what about them?

"I'm a family member of the Ramles. Ramles is very cooperative with us about Ufiria. The dragons of my family may listen to me."

"I see. Well, let's hope for that"

When Setuna said, Malik nodded calmly.

"No, no Ramles, no Uphilia. You haven't heard from him since then?

"Yeah. I just went after the Ark."

"Right..."

Behind Setuna's brain, the sight of that battlefield surfaced. At the end of the battle, as the ark flew far away, I think I saw a pale, shining meteor ascend to heaven as I followed it. That was probably Rameless, and Ufiria was with him. Ramless and I didn't have time to exchange words after all. If I were to try to be a setuna, I would have liked to put on one of my thanksgiving words to him for protecting Lyohan with all my might, but it was heartbreaking that I couldn't even do that.

It's disturbing.

I was just anxious to see if Ramles and Ufiria would look safe again.

Because they followed the Ark. The Ark seems to be a strategic weapon for carrying the power of the Divine Army and at the same time attacking enemy lands. It's hard to imagine something like Ramles-Sifa Dorrus, the madman king in Ethereal, taking a lag, but the other guy is the other guy. It's not what I found out.

"That's what they were after. We just have to hope it serves our purpose."

"Purpose… quon"

"He used to. They felt the smell of quon from the ark. So both Ramles and Ufiria were following the Ark of the Divine Army. And he helped us. By doing so, I guess I've been waiting for the opportunity to make contact with Quon's Ark."

"And the opportunity came"

Malik nods quietly at Setuna's words. Setuna, staring into his eyes, floated a scene of the ark across his transparent shining eyes. Continue.

"There was a quon on that ark."

"Master Quong... is it?

Rem's eyes weren't like blaming Setuna for keeping her mouth shut until now, but they looked incredible. That would be so. Rem also listens to various stories in Benoa. We also know that the White Shield, led by Quon, was headed towards Gandion, the king's capital, the center of rituals, along with about half of the thirteen knights. And we also hear the fact that the thirteen knights, headed by Failing Ring, lost their lives along with the “Great Destruction”. It is not surprising that the Quons, who would probably have been on the spot, were aware in the wind that they could not be safe.

Setuna herself, she recognized it that way.

Quon thought that he had lost his life to prevent the world from perishing. It was a common perception of the thirteenth knights of Benoa. We went to the heart of the ritual to save Iles Valle from destruction with the Savior Mibula. And the thirteen knights scattered, and Mivula was also out of news. I can't imagine that only the Quons survive, etc. The Quons also thought that it was something that had lost their lives for this world.

But it wasn't.

Apparently, Quon was alive, somehow fulfilling the divine army, at the mercy of God. The fact was hard for Setuna to admit. How can that Quon, the Lord Quon with pure souls, who does not hate to sacrifice himself for others, participate in the invasion of Lyohan with the Divine Army?

"Speaking of, you're going to admit it, so I didn't want to. Forgive me."

"My lord..."

Rem crushes, thinking about Setuna's mood, even in tears. Such Rem's care gently echoes Setuna's rough heart.

"Kuon's on it, isn't he? On that ark."

"Oh. I saw it with these eyes. Definitely."

Affirms Malik's words and puts a bullet in his own mind at the same time.

That's right. I was on the deck of that ark, undoubtedly, Quon. Quon-Kamiya. Known in this other world as the leader of the mercenary group White Shield, he led numerous battles to victory, as well as armed summoners who fought with Setuna. And who should have united with the supreme power in the Vashtarian community, the Divine Son Vara, and ascended to a being that could also be called the leader of the Church. It was also a convenience to defend this world, where he used the final war to go to the heart of the ritual, where he failed the resurrection of the Holy King.

With that fact, somehow he belonged to the Divine Army, probably a remnant of a party that sought to revive the Holy Emperor, and was in the Ark as commander.

"It had changed, but that one's a quon. It was a long time ago."

Bright white dyed hair, transcendent, facial expressions - everything looked different from the previous Quon, but at the same time, nothing was the Quon itself, and Setsuna had no choice but to take it as a fact.

"So Ramles and Ufiria can serve their purpose."

"Catch up with me."

"Ramles is a pillar of the Dragon King of the Three Kingdoms. I thought we could catch up."

Malik has become more reliable, but that has become a source of anxiety for Setuna. I know Ramless is strong. What prevented the Goddess from shelling perfectly is proof that Ramles has comparable power to God. I know that. I understand as much as I have more power than Ragna, who has been reincarnated more than once and has had to accumulate new power each time. But I still couldn't wipe my anxiety away.

"As far as I'm concerned, I hope I can't catch up."

"Why?"

"I'm having a strange heartbeat."

"Is it chest noise?

"... if Quon stays the same, he won't imitate the Ramless."

If Kuon stayed the same, he wouldn't be a member of the Divine Army in the first place.

He is not the kind of person to give unreasonable power for no purpose or reason.

(What if there's a reason or a purpose?

Setuna realised the horror of her thoughts and shook her head.

Once you decide, it's quon to do whatever it takes to get it done.

If there is any reason to belong to the Divine Army, and if it has a purpose, anything that prevents it will be eliminated at all costs.