BLACK MOON - Black Magic War Beginning with Jailbreak - [Full story illustration available]

Then some time later, Bell and Knight stood in front of the Valentis Ruins District.

Spread out in front of the two are vast ruins and swarms of abandoned castles. All of them are magnificent and make the beholder feel mysterious.

However, it was a little difficult to recall the appearance of the former empire from the ruins that remain in modern times. That is to say, almost all the buildings there are decaying, intertwined and obsolete. What spreads there was a beautiful, vain view.

As Bell moved his gaze over the sky, he was able to confirm that there were a tremendous number of orbs floating there. Some of them can also be seen glowing heterogeneously, as Gregorio put it. Souls with memories of the Elba Empire are still sleeping in the land.

Knight and Bell went on for a while and stopped again. There stood two men in the uniform of the Serbian King's Army as they blocked their way.

"I am Marco, Captain of the King Sertoria Army. Beyond this is a restricted ruins district. The Knights, what can I do for you?

Not long ago, one of the two, Captain Marco, opened his mouth. I guess they are like the gatekeepers of the ruins district.

"With the life of Knights Commander Gregorio, I'd like to enter the Ruins District to carry out my mission"

"This is rude. Was it Lord Dissenber of the M-12? And you don't seem to have a Knights ID..."

Captain Marco, who was watching Knight, immediately notices that Captain M-12 is in front of him.

And I also noticed right away that Bell was not in possession of the Knights ID.

"He is Black Sarteen. He's one of the best in the Knights."

"Blonde, burnt face... is this some kind of talking faust"

"Yes, it's you, Belle Queer Faust."

"That's why you can't pass a human without a Knights ID..."

"I don't care. I don't care! He's my buddy. We've been together since HQ, so it's unlikely that it's someone else."

"... if it was in the sleigh, there's no choice."

Bell's face, once under nomination arrangements, was widespread throughout the Kingdom of Serbia. Captain Marco was a hard-headed man who obeyed the rules, but listened to Knight and guessed the situation. Only in this case was Knight serving as a Knights ID for Bell.

Thus, Belle and Knight finally set foot in the Valentis Ruins District.

"Belle, ancient orb recovery is also important, but most importantly, the discovery of suspicious persons. I want you to always be careful around me, even while I collect the orb"

"I know! If it's wide open and nobody's around, we'll find it soon."

"But no matter how much the King Sertrian Army looked for, I couldn't find it. It's gonna be a long day."

"Isn't that just because the Kings were incompetent ~?

The greatest purpose of this mission. That's a suspicious person investigation. Bell knew Captain Marco was right beside him and deliberately criticized the King Sertoria army out loud.

"What ⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉

"Huh? I didn't say anything to you..."

"Belle, that's not a good idea."

"... excuse me"

Naturally, Bell's murmur had reached Captain Marco's ear, and Marco, with his stiff head, immediately began to rebel against Bell. It is Belle's bad habit to obstinate the relationship with his surroundings. Knight, who knew it, admonished Bell by tying his mouth to a single letter.

"Dangerous."

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Then suddenly Knight shouts out loud. Reacting to it, Bell looks back aggressively and confirms the imminent threat.

Nearing behind Bell was a soldier dressed in armor he had never seen before. If you look carefully at the soldier, you will see that there is no one in the armor. What was approaching Bell was empty armor moving alone.

Ancient orbs possess relics. As struck by lightning, Bell remembered the words and immediately lit a flame on his right hand.

Bum.

Empty armor shook the sword he was holding, directly beside him. Bell gave himself up to evade the attack and flew the burning fire toward his armor.

As soon as he touches the armor, the fireworks burn up all at once, enveloping the whole armor. Gradually, the armor was starting to make noises with the clatters. All you have to do later is remove the ancient orb from the collapsed armor. Bell thought so, taking the orb absorber out of his nostalgia.

"Whatever ⁉"

But the armor broke out of the burning fire and waved its sword at Bell again. Is it true that the armor in front of Bell is so refractory that it is unbeatable to Arosha's fireworks?

"Be careful! Something special may be used in Imperial armor. If it's going to be hard to stop the armor from moving, I'll take care of it."

"Leave this place to me. I also want to practice black magic."

"Okay. But don't push it. If you think it's dangerous, I'll help you right away."

Bell was about to replace his battle with black magic (Grimoire) training. Erosion (Illusion) has given Bell unparalleled firepower, but it cannot be fought efficiently without using it like one's own hands and feet.

"Shh! I'll do it!

As he faced the armor coming this way, Bell grinned. Substances that can withstand Arosha's fires are not so present. The imperial armor in front of him was a convenient practice opponent for Bell.

When Bell lit the flame on his right hand, he put his hand straight on the ground.

Then the red flame stretches thinly from there and proceeds toward the armor. The appearance was still like a fiery serpent.

But the flaming serpent was interrupted because Bell's control was not good.

"Are you practicing manipulating flames as you imagine..."

By the side Knight analyzes what Bell is trying to do. As he expected, Bell is practicing manipulating Arrosha's fireworks exactly as he had in mind.

This place, which has no other enemies to attack, was the best black magic (Grimoire) practice ground for Bell. Only one piece of armor in front of you is currently attacking Bell. Bell was able to concentrate on one-on-one combat without worrying.

"All right, all right."

Eventually, the flaming serpent, which had been interrupted, was beginning to connect beautifully. The fiery serpent crawling on the ground reaches the armor in no time. From the gaps in the joints that said knees, elbows, and shoulders, the serpent of flames broke into the interior of the armor.

"How about this?"

With that voice of Bell, the fiery serpent, which broke into the interior of the armor, rapidly begins to expand. The enlarged flame could not fit inside the armor, and overflowed from every gap.

But still, the armor never melted by the flames.

Katakata...

When the armor started making noises, it hit and changed and stopped moving perfectly. The armor does not dissolve by the flames without changing the phase, but it does not make previous movements as faint as lies. The armor fell, as if its soul had fallen out as it were.

"No way, you burned the inside orb..."

Knight, who saw how it was, considered a possibility. To say that the artifact that housed the ancient orb stopped the movement was natural to assume that the orb had disappeared from it.

Katakata...

But the armor rises up again, roughly to Night's apprehension. The orb in the armor didn't disappear.

"That's what I'm gonna do."

Bell was honestly delighted that the battle with the armor was not over. Bell faces the armor and just lights a flame in both hands.

Like the first, Bell enveloped his entire body of armor with a red flame. What's different from the beginning is that the flame wrapping the armor is gradually smaller and spreading to strain the membrane on the surface of the armor.

"I can do the flaming armor!

"Mr. Bell. Is it time for you to finish playing?

Knight was worried about time when he saw the bell slamming into battle. Bell seems to be trying something he has never been able to test before with highly fire-resistant armor.

"I know! It's time to end this..."

Once the bent bell raised his face again, his two eyes were stained red. Looking at the slight spread of the “mark" on his face, he probably proceeded to the second stage of erosion (illusion).

"Ancient orb, served"

With that word, Bell instantly raises the flaming firepower that wraps his armor. In the meantime, the flames remain the same shape as the armor. Bell's Black Magic (Grimoire) control skills were growing.

jue......

Then the armor melted into the drool, as if the fire resistance had been a lie until just now. The armor heated in bright red was already unable to retain its shape.

After confirming that the armor has melted, Bell immediately draws the Erosion (Illusion) back to the first stage. Erosion (Illusion) with heavy loads, but if you just use it for a moment, the load will not increase that much.

"Belle, that's the ancient orb."

"Heh."

One orb popped out of a chunk of iron dissolved in drool. Orbs usually emit a blurry blue glow, but the glow emitted by the ancient orbs was green.

"Oops... we have to collect it"

Bell, who was in love with the ancient orb for a moment, takes out the orb absorber as he remembered and moves on. Peeling the orb from the artifact makes no sense unless it can be recovered.

As Bell approaches, the ancient orb turns into a human form. As Gregorio said, ancient orbs are easy to ghost. The ancient orb released from the armor turned into an old man ghost, covered in his face with a long brow and a long beard.

“Eyes on the truth... don't let falsehood fool you”

"What?"

As Bell's hand holding the Orb Absorber approached the ancient Orb, the ancient Orb threw some meaningful words. Bell thought about what the word meant for a while.

“The ancient orbs will keep their lifetime will and will come to confuse you. Don't listen to them.”

Gregorio had said that to Belle and Knight, but Belle had forgotten it.

"Let's go..."

Having given up thinking deeply about the word, Bell put the ancient orb into Orb Absorber without any hesitation. Knight breathed relief when he saw Bell retrieving the orb safely without being confused by Ghost's words.

"The primary purpose of this mission is to investigate suspicious persons. Make it easier when it comes to orb collection."

When Knight said so, he suddenly meditated his eyes. Bell didn't understand Knight's words or what he was thinking.

Then after a while, relics from all over the ruins district began to vibrate by making noises with cataclysms. That looks like a poltergeist. Bell thought the sight was a little creepy.

"Wow..."

Shortly afterwards, the artifact that was vibrating with the cataclysm stopped the movement.

And the ancient orb is unleashed simultaneously from all of it. An ancient orb filled over the ruins district and dyed the area green.

When Knight, who opened his eyes, thrust his right hand heavenly high, the green glow gathers together as if it could be sucked into its hands.

Then, to the orb absorber held in the other hand, the collected orbs went one after the other absorbed.

"I am the best at retrieving orbs in the Knights. My dreamer can connect with a variety of consciousnesses. Orbs are no exception. If you link the orb around you to my consciousness, it's easy to collect."

"Then why don't you do that from the beginning..."

The ancient orb retrieval that Bell took the time to do is before breakfast for Knight. Bell was in a bit of a mood for a night that boasted about his black magic (Grimoire).

Dawn. Dawn.

At that time, a loud shock noise suddenly struck the ruins district. Where the hell is the source of this sound, Knight and Bell immediately looked around. The sound is unknown in any way, but it was certain that something was happening in this ruins district.